Sep 23, 2011

On the 2nd week of September, 2011, the leadership of the Institutive for Horn of Africa Studies and Affairs (IHASA) has embarked on a week-long historical trip to Washington DC to participate a conference co-organized by  IHASA, the Woodrow Wilson International Center (WWC) for Scholars and the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AFP). The Conference, Webs of Conflict...

If the neutral left is really neutral, why does it keep coming down hard on the West’s official enemies while ignoring the West’s henchmen? By Stephen Gowans Many left activists and progressives claim to be equally opposed to oppression, whether practiced by the friends of imperialist powers or their enemies, but are virtually silent on the well...

 Twenty-five years ago, the world was sickened when pictures of starving children flashed across their television screens each night. Extreme famine, drought, and war hit Ethiopia like a ton of bricks and the victims were the nation’s most vulnerable. Ethiopia was riddled by a deadly combination of war and apathy. And while many will never forget the images...