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Washington DC: Ethiopian Women's Study Group in North America, 1974. 14x8.5 inch handbill. Gives address for the DC location of a demonstration following the coup of September 12. The Study Group was affiliated with the World Wide Federation of Ethiopian Students.

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Washington DC: Ethiopian Women's Study Group in North America; Ethiopian Students Union in North America, 1975. Announces a march to oppose the Derg, which had taken power in a coup the year before. The Study Group was affiliated with the World Wide Federation of Ethiopian Students.

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Washington DC: Ethiopian Student Union in North America; Ethiopian Women Study Group of North America - Famine and Human Rights Joint Committee, [197-]. Calls for the release of the imprisoned economist, with excerpts from his writing at right.

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Oakland: Ethiopian Students Union in North America, Iranian Students Association in US, August 29th Movement, I Wor Kuen, etc.

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Washington DC: DC Anti-Imperialist Committee, 1976. Includes a brief timeline of Eritrea's history.

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Washington DC: no attributed publisher, 1976. Announces a demonstration set to visit the State Department and the Ethiopian embassy

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Washington DC: Eritrean Relief Committee, 1978. Two examples of the same 8.5x14 inch handbill, with extensive and detailed notes of a demonstration penned on the blank versos.

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Washington DC: Ethiopian Student Union in North America; Ethiopian Women's Study Group in North America; DC Chapters, undated. Joint statement accusing the Derg of "unsuccessfully trying to stifle the democratic struggle of oppressed nationalities."

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Washington DC: Eritreans for Liberation in North America, undated. Describes Ethiopian military suppression of the Eritrean population, landmarks in the independence movement.

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Washington DC: Eritreans for Liberation in North America, 1975. Announcement of an event at American University.

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Berkeley: Ethiopian Student Union in North America, 1977. Calls on the reader to support this action "to expose and denounce the extremely savage and counter-revolutionary bloodbath being carried out by the military regime in Ethiopia against revolutionary and democratic opposition."

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Washington DC: Ethiopian Student Union in North America; Ethiopian Women Study Group of North America - Famine and Human Rights Committee, 1976.

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Collection of handbills, newsletters, statements and one poster related to 1970s Eritrean and Ethiopian activism in the United States, especially Washington, DC.

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Washington DC: Ethiopian Student Union in North America, Washington DC Chapter, 1975. The text on the verso notes that a main theme of discussion will be the founding statement of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party. "We expect all Ethiopians!"

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Washington DC: Ethiopian Women's Study Group in North America; Ethiopian Students Union in North America, 1975. On the executions of activists in Ethiopia under the military government.

Scope and Contents San Francisco: Ethiopian Student Union in North America, [1977-?]. “The ravaging famine that is taking hundreds of lives daily is expected to spread to others regions along with a devastating ‘locust plague’ which is the worse seen in 35 years. Even this has not slowed the junta from it campaign of genocide against the popular rising tide of resistance. We, the Ethiopian Students Union in North America, San Francisco Chapter call on all progressive organizations and democratic forces to...

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Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Party, Foreign Committee, [197-].Critique of the Moscow-backed Mengistu government's surprise searches and secret executions of revolutionaries.

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New York: Eritreans for Liberation in North America, 1974-1975. Five issues in staplebound booklet format, 5.5x8.5 inches, 28 to 30 pages each; mostly in English with some articles in Tigrigna. Minor creasing and handling wear. Issues present are vol. 3 no. 2, vol. 4 nos. 2, 3, 5; vol. 5 no. 1. Updates on Eritrean separatist struggles and international solidarity work.

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Washington DC: Ethiopian Students Union in North America, 1977. 8-panel brochure, fold-creased and worn. Describes suppression of dissent under the Derg regime; blurry photo shows example of protesters' heads being crushed to prevent their identification.

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New York: Ethiopian Students Union in North America, [1975]. Six-panel brochure, mild handling wear, showing solidarity with the independence movement in Eritrea. Undated, but mentions the first anniversary of the uprising that deposed Haile Selassie.