Leftpoc

In this episode, I speak with Beatrice Wayne about Ethiopian student movements of the 1960s, their engagement with leftist thought amid oppressive social and political conditions, and the complicated struggles for state control that followed. Suggested Readings/Resources Ethiopian Student Movement: Bahru Zewde - The Quest for Socialist Utopia: The Ethiopian Student Movement c. 1960-1974 (2014) https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Socialist-Utopia-Ethiopian-1960-1974/dp/1847011640 Randi Rønning Balsvik - Haile Sellassie’s Students: The Intellectual and Social Background to Revolution. 1952- 1977 (1984) https://books.google.com/books/about/Haile_Sellassie_s_students.html?id=nZ8lAQAAIAAJ Ethiopian Revolution and its diverse effects: Gebru Tareke - The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (2009) https://www.amazon.com/Ethiopian-Revolution-War-Horn-Africa/dp/0300204140 Donald L. Donham - Marxist Modern: An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution (1999) https://www.amazon.com/Marxist-Modern-Ethn