Table of Contents

Preface i

Chapter 1. Ethiopian Democratic Instrument 1

Part 1. Problems associated with lack of democratic culture 4

Part 2. Summary of vision-mission-goal-object-strategy-tactic system 10

Vision 10

Mission 11

Goals 12

Objectives summary 15

Strategy- description 17

Tactics- description

Section 2. Objectives to Goal 1 (political) 18

Section 3. Objectives to Goal 2 (Economic and Social) 23

Section 4. Strategies to objectives to Goal 1 26

Section 5. Strategies to objectives to Goal 2 33

Section 6. Tactics 37

Section 7. Tactics to Strategies of Objectives to Goal 1 37

Section 8. Tactics to Strategies of Objectives to Goal 2 37

Chapter 2. Ten historical points of alienations 69

Part A. Historical points of alienation 69

Part B. The TPLF appeared 75

Part C. The TPLF Revolutionary Democracy Instrument 78

I. Revolutionary Democracy Goals 80

II. Political goals 81

III. Economic goals 87

IV. Economic strategies of Revolutionary Democracy 90

V. Political strategies of Revolutionary Democracy 96

VI. Tactics for political strategies 101

VII. Conclusions 108

Appendix

Appendix 1. A movement is much bigger than its officers 117

Appendix 2. Water authority 119

Appendix 3. The 1902 Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty regarding Nile river 145

Appendix 4. Ethiopians against the center 157

Appendix 5. The student movement 179

Appendix 6. The Rubicon is crossed 191

Figure 1. Rivers, lakes and mountains 205

Acronyms 207