Unity or Irrelevance: The Eritrean Opposition’s Moment of Truth
Eritrea is no longer governed; it is controlled. The state has collapsed into one man. Eritrea is Isaias…
Semere T Habtemariam4 min read
Dictatorship
-
-
Redefining the Mission of the Eritrean Opposition
Dr. Abdulrazig Kerar16 min read
-
Who Owns the Legacy of the Martyrs?
Inspired by a Sufi parable and Dante's imagery of flickering flames, this episode examines the meaning of sacrifice and political memory. Drawing lessons from Algeria's civil conflict and Eritrea's post-independence experience, it…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
-
The Gettysburg Lesson Eritrea Never Learned
What separates genuine leadership from the exploitation of sacrifice? Using Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as a historical reference point, this essay examines the moral power of leadership during times of national crisis…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
-
Eritrea at 35: A Regime Out of Words, Out of Time
A sharp, uncompromising critique of Eritrea’s 35th anniversary narrative, exposing the regime’s empty propaganda, extractive elite, and decades of national stagnation while calling for a new political imagination beyond Isaias Afwerki and…
Semere T Habtemariam8 min read
-
Eritrea Celebrates — but Its President Is Somewhere Else
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
-
-
-
Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival (7)
Giants and Lilliputians of the HOA: Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival Part Seven Introduction The central argument of…
Semere T Habtemariam7 min read
-
Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival: Emperor Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki
Two Towering Figures–Giants and Lilliputians (Part 1) Across the sorrowful and entangled histories of Ethiopia and Eritrea, two…
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
-
Netsereab Azazi’s Book—Ona and Besekdira
I have written and spoken about Ona—a turning point in my life and among my peers. I thought…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
-
Nepal: A Lesson for the PFDJ and the Youth
Every era popularizes certain names—mainly names of rulers and prominent people of the time. Since the nineteen-forties and…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
-
Ageb and Eb, are these words alive in our languages!
I have talked and written hundreds of essays about reconciliation; the website I founded carried the slogan of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
-
Eritrea’s Succession Crisis: A Nation on the Brink
In the long arc of Eritrean history, few moments have been as ominous as the present. The country…
Semere T Habtemariam4 min read
-
“Military Communique #1: Coup d’ Etat”
This was a common radio announcement, preceded by martial music and read in the deep voice of an…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
-
Wobbly Thrones of Tyrants and Echoes of Empires
Ancient empires ruled with swords—today's regimes rule through propaganda, proxies, and fear. From Baathist Iraq to Abiy’s Ethiopia,…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
