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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed neglected to appropriately address domestic security in favor of parroting disproven, antiquated, and deadly colonial narratives in relation to his Northern neighbor Eritrea.

Threatening Eritrean sovereignty over the Port Of Assab took so much of Abiy and his generals time they forgot to handle the first priority of any government, internal security, contributing to the internal strife in Ethiopia you have seen widely reported throughout the world this week.

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Cumbia, Catholicism, & Crank: Cholombianos 🇲🇽

For years if you found yourself walking around the working-class suburbs of Monterrey, Mexico you would eventually come across a totally distinct subculture. One that mixed the aesthetics of Los Angeles Chicano culture & 2000s Emo with distinctly Colombian sounds & Catholic aesthetics. Their appearance and style was completely detached from anything else at the time: Groups of ragtag youth congregated on street corners, listening to slow, hypnotic cumbia while sporting eccentric haircuts, rosaries, and “Escapularios” the neck pieces you see decorated with images of the Virgin Mary and Saint Jude

While the community still exists today, it gradually began to die out in the 2010s due to misunderstanding and unfair treatment by authorities. Amanda Watkins’ (@mexicanaffair) documentation of them in their glorious moment under the sun is an essential archival work, immortalizing a sub-culture defined by eccentricity, creativity, and self-expression

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NEW YORK, NY - New York City’s Polish community celebrates Pulaski Day on the first week of October every year. The day commemorates Casimir Pulaski, an exiled Polish noblemen who served in the Revolutionary Army, eventually climbing the ranks to lead a cavalry unit. The day honors his contributions to America’s Revolution and offers Polish-Americans the opportunity to gather and celebrate there heritage…

1 child on the barricades

2 woman in folk scarf and flower headband

3 polish girls band march

4 an old eastern-bloc era vehicle drives through the parade

5 polish elders walking down 5th avenue with a portrait of former pope john paul II, the first polish pope

6 priest & princess….

Done in collaboration with Evan Guerrero (@evan06_g) by @conceptual.yoseph

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Union, blood by @conceptual.yoseph

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The news regarding war between Eritrea and Ethiopia is a shame. It is a shame Orthodox Christians are killing Orthodox Christians, let alone any other group. Death to tyrants everywhere and glory to an independent Eritrea, a peace-loving Ethiopia, and our shared civilization. ☦️

We will always support Eritrea, our people, and our martyrs. There sacrifice and suffering show that peace and mutual respect is the only way forward. by @conceptual.yoseph

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Mark Carney was perceived as a stern man, to the point and by the book. The former Bank of England Governor and economist was known for his policy goals, not his quick wit, charm, or humor… That is, until Donald Trump, through his brash and ungraceful rants targeted at him, his nation’s sovereignty, and his political predecessor, forced a reaction out of him…

The list of Trump’s condescending statements targeted at Canada are extensive, but we’ll list off the not-so-greatest hits for you here. This past year, Trump referred to Canada as the “51st State” and its Prime Minister as a governor. He sparked a full-blown and unprovoked trade war, sending prices through the roof for millions of Canadians and Americans alike. And, perhaps most strangely, he accused the Canadians of nefarious actions that led to a forest fire that spilled over into the north of Michigan, saying America would seek compensation, despite the accusations being totally baseless…

Carney withstood hit after hit gracefully, making sure not to provoke Trump. But at the World Economic Forum in Davos last year, Mark Carney stood up to Trump, albeit indirectly, and warned middle powers throughout the world to unite in defense of territorial integrity and democratic values, or risk having their sovereignty taken from them through economic coercion by larger powers…

The message was clear: Carney was warning countries that they could not simply assume their sovereignty was safe in a world where larger powers could use their economic might to exert political influence, much like the Trump Administration was doing to Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela in its bid to secure what it sees as its sphere of influence (the entire Western Hemisphere…)

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When a Westerner thinks of a politician, they typically think of a boring man in a stuffy black-and-white suit, inconspicuous, not necessarily bad, but definitely not exciting, or something that exudes character, culture, or frankly, anything of substance at all. The same could not be said for the wardrobe of Muammar Gaddafi, a man who, for all his faults, (which include thousands of human rights violations, including having critics and opposition tortured and disappeared) knew how to send a message with his clothing, carefully and strategically interweaving political messaging through his threads…

For example, in 2002, Gaddafi wore a Black, Gold, & Red Colonel’s uniform with images of Mao & other Revolutionary Chinese leaders, an ode to the revolutionary spirit he hoped to show the Libyan people still burned in him. And in February of 2004, he showed up to the African Union Summit in a traditional Fulani garment depicting African Revolutionaries including Patrice Lumumba, Nelson Mandela, & Kwame Nkrumah, in a strategic (and slightly performative) show of solidarity with his African counterparts…

Nonetheless, his aesthetics could not be dismissed as LARP, Gaddafi was putting these outfits together while making his presence felt in much more concrete ways throughout the world… whether it be supplying the IRA weapons to the dismay of the British or supplying covert funding to Corsican separatists, Gaddafi was outside and making bold moves in the geo-political and fashion game alike…

Grand displays and fascination aside, a smart man would say Gaddafi would have been wise to spend more time working toward the betterment & stability of Libya like a statesmen, not playing dress up like a teenager, and they would be right. If that were the case, maybe we would be speaking of Muammar Gaddafi in the present, and not the past tense…

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Written by Yoseph Woldu (@conceptual.yoseph). Primarily Edited by Salvatore Ambrosino (@salvatoremauricee) by @conceptual.yoseph

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Church Of The Innocents. Midtown Manhattan. taken in Manhattan, New York by @conceptual.yoseph

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Autumn by @conceptual.yoseph

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Ukrainian Mass in SoHo. Beautiful experience. Thank you for the hospitality and invite Misha, you’re a gentleman. We hope for the continued strength of your people. taken in The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church by @conceptual.yoseph

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