Self-determination or #Ethiopia& #39;s Decimation? [Thread]:

An Austrian Nazi named Baron Roman Prochazka wrote a book called "Abyssinia: The Powder Barrel" (1935) before Fascist Italy& #39;s invasion of Ethiopia.

[Available for Free via @JSTOR & @tsehai: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26586238 ]

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Prochazka frames Emperor Haile Selassie I & the Ethiopian empire as a threat to the colonial powers through collusion w/ Japan.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Prochazka frames Emperor Haile Selassie I & the Ethiopian empire as a threat to the colonial powers through collusion w/ Japan.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.[2/8]" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Prochazka frames Emperor Haile Selassie I & the Ethiopian empire as a threat to the colonial powers through collusion w/ Japan.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.[2/8]">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Prochazka frames Emperor Haile Selassie I & the Ethiopian empire as a threat to the colonial powers through collusion w/ Japan.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.[2/8]" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Prochazka frames Emperor Haile Selassie I & the Ethiopian empire as a threat to the colonial powers through collusion w/ Japan.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.[2/8]">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He undermines the "unitary state" & names denominations: "Abyssinians proper (occupying the central part of the country), the Gallas, the Gojjams, & the Kushites of Tigré".

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= He undermines the "unitary state" & names denominations: "Abyssinians proper (occupying the central part of the country), the Gallas, the Gojjams, & the Kushites of Tigré".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".[3/8]" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He undermines the "unitary state" & names denominations: "Abyssinians proper (occupying the central part of the country), the Gallas, the Gojjams, & the Kushites of Tigré".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".[3/8]">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= He undermines the "unitary state" & names denominations: "Abyssinians proper (occupying the central part of the country), the Gallas, the Gojjams, & the Kushites of Tigré".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".[3/8]" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> He undermines the "unitary state" & names denominations: "Abyssinians proper (occupying the central part of the country), the Gallas, the Gojjams, & the Kushites of Tigré".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".[3/8]">
Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.

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Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]" title="Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]">
Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]" title="Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]">
Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]" title="Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]">
Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]" title="Fascist invasion of #Ethiopia was intended to avenge humiliation at Battle of #Adwa under Menelik II. Their approach was to incentivize "extermination of all #Amhara chiefs" through propaganda & payment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Research post-liberation highlighted success of this campaign.[4/8]">
This ideology is developed by Western scholars on Africa, student movement, & eventually becomes the very essence of #TPLF& #39;s "ethnic federalism".

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Wallelign Mekonnen& #39;s 1969 essay on "On the Question of Nationalities in #Ethiopia" alludes to oppression by Amhara.

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This ideology is developed by Western scholars on Africa, student movement, & eventually becomes the very essence of #TPLF& #39;s "ethnic federalism".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Wallelign Mekonnen& #39;s 1969 essay on "On the Question of Nationalities in #Ethiopia" alludes to oppression by Amhara.[5/8]" title="This ideology is developed by Western scholars on Africa, student movement, & eventually becomes the very essence of #TPLF& #39;s "ethnic federalism".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Wallelign Mekonnen& #39;s 1969 essay on "On the Question of Nationalities in #Ethiopia" alludes to oppression by Amhara.[5/8]">
This ideology is developed by Western scholars on Africa, student movement, & eventually becomes the very essence of #TPLF& #39;s "ethnic federalism".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Wallelign Mekonnen& #39;s 1969 essay on "On the Question of Nationalities in #Ethiopia" alludes to oppression by Amhara.[5/8]" title="This ideology is developed by Western scholars on Africa, student movement, & eventually becomes the very essence of #TPLF& #39;s "ethnic federalism".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Wallelign Mekonnen& #39;s 1969 essay on "On the Question of Nationalities in #Ethiopia" alludes to oppression by Amhara.[5/8]">
...others by Amhara but ironically proponents of the theory omit author& #39;s mention of "Amhara-Tigre".

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Scholars such as @rene_renelefort allude to #Amhara tyranny via tweets & book.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Diplomats such as @CohenOnAfrica use above terminology.

Both appear on @OromiaMedia.

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...others by Amhara but ironically proponents of the theory omit author& #39;s mention of "Amhara-Tigre".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Scholars such as @rene_renelefort allude to #Amhara tyranny via tweets & book.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Diplomats such as @CohenOnAfrica use above terminology.Both appear on @OromiaMedia.[6/8]" title="...others by Amhara but ironically proponents of the theory omit author& #39;s mention of "Amhara-Tigre".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Scholars such as @rene_renelefort allude to #Amhara tyranny via tweets & book.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Diplomats such as @CohenOnAfrica use above terminology.Both appear on @OromiaMedia.[6/8]">
...others by Amhara but ironically proponents of the theory omit author& #39;s mention of "Amhara-Tigre".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Scholars such as @rene_renelefort allude to #Amhara tyranny via tweets & book.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Diplomats such as @CohenOnAfrica use above terminology.Both appear on @OromiaMedia.[6/8]" title="...others by Amhara but ironically proponents of the theory omit author& #39;s mention of "Amhara-Tigre".https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Scholars such as @rene_renelefort allude to #Amhara tyranny via tweets & book.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Diplomats such as @CohenOnAfrica use above terminology.Both appear on @OromiaMedia.[6/8]">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> TPLF& #39;s fallacious "unitarism vs. federalism" dichotomy. E.g. see propaganda slides created by @OmnaTigray.

This was intended to distract from #TPLF& #39;s own ethnocracy + plutocracy + totalitarianism (their manifesto labelled #Amhara their enemy):

https://twitter.com/TheDejazmach/status/1371029462247161856?s=20

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= TPLF& #39;s fallacious "unitarism vs. federalism" dichotomy. E.g. see propaganda slides created by @OmnaTigray. This was intended to distract from #TPLF& #39;s own ethnocracy + plutocracy + totalitarianism (their manifesto labelled #Amhara their enemy): https://twitter.com/TheDejazm..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> TPLF& #39;s fallacious "unitarism vs. federalism" dichotomy. E.g. see propaganda slides created by @OmnaTigray. This was intended to distract from #TPLF& #39;s own ethnocracy + plutocracy + totalitarianism (their manifesto labelled #Amhara their enemy): https://twitter.com/TheDejazm...">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= TPLF& #39;s fallacious "unitarism vs. federalism" dichotomy. E.g. see propaganda slides created by @OmnaTigray. This was intended to distract from #TPLF& #39;s own ethnocracy + plutocracy + totalitarianism (their manifesto labelled #Amhara their enemy): https://twitter.com/TheDejazm..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> TPLF& #39;s fallacious "unitarism vs. federalism" dichotomy. E.g. see propaganda slides created by @OmnaTigray. This was intended to distract from #TPLF& #39;s own ethnocracy + plutocracy + totalitarianism (their manifesto labelled #Amhara their enemy): https://twitter.com/TheDejazm...">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= TPLF& #39;s fallacious "unitarism vs. federalism" dichotomy. E.g. see propaganda slides created by @OmnaTigray. This was intended to distract from #TPLF& #39;s own ethnocracy + plutocracy + totalitarianism (their manifesto labelled #Amhara their enemy): https://twitter.com/TheDejazm..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> TPLF& #39;s fallacious "unitarism vs. federalism" dichotomy. E.g. see propaganda slides created by @OmnaTigray. This was intended to distract from #TPLF& #39;s own ethnocracy + plutocracy + totalitarianism (their manifesto labelled #Amhara their enemy): https://twitter.com/TheDejazm...">
In this way, the concept of "self-determination" & the advent/rise of the liberation fronts were a decades-long project in the making under influence from Colonialists, Nazis & Fascists to cause the fragmentation of #Ethiopia.

In short, #TPLF & #OLF are Nazi groups.

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