Hibist Kassa

She/Her, A Sojourners Truth

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

#Revolution is ongoing just as life and dreams are ongoing, Mahinour El-Massry (serving over 1yr prison term in Egypt).

[Ana Gomes @AnaMartinsGomes]

So,so tragic! So,so sad! #Ethiopia

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

South Africa’s Country-In-Focus designation has been withdrawn by Puebla International Literature Festival in Mexico.

The invitation of South African guests and panelists have been withdrawn.

The festival made this decision over the victimization of Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina during her participation in Miss South Africa.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“Honestly I’m so shocked right now, to be treated this badly”

Faiza Shaheen, who was set to stand for Labour, describes hearing that her candidacy had been pulled over liking a series of Tweets which she claims Labour said would frustrate its campaign

#Newsnight

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

@DumaGqubule @alemayehuGeda …war, famine, locust invasions, mass displacement) and urban rate of unemployment (about 26%). Stats can hide these 2/2

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

@DumaGqubule @alemayehuGeda There are many aspects that offer lessons, both ways. It’s quite deceptive to consider the rate of unemployment appears so low, but consider underemployment and the difference between what prevails in a rural setting that is largely agrarian (now disrupted severely by..) 1/2

[Claudia Webbe @ClaudiaWebbe]

Over 100,000 civilians killed, maimed and injured in Gaza.

Yet, our political leaders still say with unabashed arrogance that Israel has the right to defend itself.

Free Palestine. End the occupation. Ceasefire Now

[hermela aregawi @HermelaTV]

It's disgusting watching you co-opt Palestinian suffering to lie about Tigray once again. Tigray leaders ran a brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia for 27 years; held thousands of political prisoners, tortured, killed. Thousands died to get them out of power. In 2020, they started a war to return to power. You'll never kill the Ethiopian people's truth. @timnitGebru

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

@solassefa Hilarious. You have a special relationship with that one.

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

‘Our hearts will be our saviours’ Sisonke Misimang, Always another country

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

‘…grace is more important than righteousness, and uneasy peace is better than war’, Sisonke Misimang in Always another country.

[Claudia Webbe @ClaudiaWebbe]

Israel is still bombing Gaza with airstrikes on Rafah

Not even 32,414 Palestinians killed, 14,000 of them children and 74,694 maimed, amputated and injured or the UN’s ceasefire vote has stopped Israel

Israel does not want peace it wants Gaza. Stop arming Israel. Sanctions now

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

petition to demand the @DOJCD_ZA automatically expunges criminal records for those who qualify. This is our opportunity to put pressure on the Department of Justice to make this expungement process seamless and accessible for those who need it https://t.co/FvU4ionx4D

[TUED @TUED_global]

📻Out now! #TUEDRadio Episode 4: Grid is Good: The Case for Public Ownership of Transmission and Distribution

@BrianIKamanzi interviews @BrusselerMel & @chrismwhayes of @Cmmonwealth

⚡️Tune in: https://t.co/udkscsLuyv

[Mariana Mazzucato @MazzucatoM]

Disappointing to see Labour drop £28 billion in Green Prosperity Plan. Climate & growth are NOT a tradeoff. This is a long-term investment to tap into UK's massive green potential (green industry growing 4x faster than others).

Read my @ProSyn op-ed ➡️ https://t.co/UTsuprMpK2

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

Accountability will mean businesses bearing the true cost of exploitation. All this eats into profits. Inequality and violence is embedded in the system, and won’t be easily uprooted. Enabling these is used as an edge against competition. A new global order has to rise 3/3

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

Germany is likely to vote ‘no’ on E.U. due diligence on human rights law, due to opposition by companies on liability regime along supply chains. While Germany has a Supply Chain Act, this does not include a liability regime.1/2 https://t.co/9K31l8aNe4

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

While Germany has a Supply Chain Act that, it does not include a liability clause. This is like watching the Treaty on Corporate Accountability get defanged. Not only can’t corporates ‘self-regulate’, corporate dominance ensures state won’t commit economic suicide 2/2

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

It has been clear for a long while now. if the actions of cruelty are the result of calculations there is some rationality that can be traced to contest it. How do you argue with ignorance? This is a shallow attempt to abscond from responsibility.

[The Horn African Guy @hornafricanguy]

PM Abiy Ahmed to Parliament —

Even for me, there are still many things that I don't understand. The reason why the world puts pressure on this country is not clear to me.

Sometimes, I try to see it from a political perspective, and sometimes I try to see it spiritually, and I ask if it could be because Ethiopia is God's covenant land as it is said. I don't know. It confuses me. You search, and I will also search.

[Hibist Kassa @hibist]

Incredible

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

In his parliamentary address today, PM Abiy claimed democracy was paving ways for the prevailing state of anarchy in #Ethiopia.

His response followed a question from MP Weldeyes Debebe on reports of government harassment and unlawful imprisonment of individuals with dissenting opinions including politicians and media practitioners.

“First of all, if there is no democracy in the first place, where did all this visible anarchy come from? Democracy gives birth to anarchy,” PM Abiy said.

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