The Role of Students in the Oromo National Struggle

OromooLiberationFront.org - September 18, 2008

By Abaa Biyya

The student movement in the 1960s was the precursor of the current student movement in Oromia. Unlike the older students which used Marxist philosophy as political entry and institutions, the current students seems to use globalization theory; globalization in the sense that the spread and advancement of production, communication and technologies across the world. The young are amplifying their participation in unfinished project for freedom and democracy to freely make use of globalization. Students geared their question mainly to the realization of Oromo demand for self determination, to safeguard Oromos against arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and killings by minority-led EPRDF. The Oromo youth are now well-equipped with Oromo nationalism due to unparalleled attempt of planting Oromo cause among the Oromo people by the students and the globalization which simplified communication worldwide. Read More.