Teodrose Fikre
Founder at Ghion Journal
Teodrose Fikre is the editor and founder of the Ghion Journal. A published author and prolific writer, a once defense consultant was profoundly changed by a two year journey of hardship and struggle. Going from a life of upper-middle class privilege to a time spent with the huddled masses taught Teodrose a valuable lesson in the essence of togetherness and the need to speak against injustice.
Originally from Ethiopia with roots to Atse Tewodros II, Teodrose is a former community organizer whose writing was incorporated into Barack Obama's South Carolina primary victory speech in 2008. He pivoted away from politics and decided to stand for collective justice after experiencing the reality of the forgotten masses. His writing defies conventional wisdom and challenges readers to look outside the constraints of labels and ideologies that serve to splinter the people. Teodrose uses his pen to give a voice to the voiceless and to speak truth to power.
Originally from Ethiopia with roots to Atse Tewodros II, Teodrose is a former community organizer whose writing was incorporated into Barack Obama's South Carolina primary victory speech in 2008. He pivoted away from politics and decided to stand for collective justice after experiencing the reality of the forgotten masses. His writing defies conventional wisdom and challenges readers to look outside the constraints of labels and ideologies that serve to splinter the people. Teodrose uses his pen to give a voice to the voiceless and to speak truth to power.
Latest posts by Teodrose Fikre (see all)
- Which Corporate Sponsored, Cult of Personality Driven Sock Puppet Will You Vote for in 2020? - December 20, 2018
- Trump, Syria and the Derangement of the Establishment - December 19, 2018
- Bigoted Paternalism Behind “Russians Targeted African-Americans” NY Times Article - December 17, 2018
This past weekend, the page for Ghion Journal was shuttered by Facebook. Citing a nebulous reference to “community standards”, the world’s largest forum—and thus the preeminent conduit for free speech—shut down a page for a website dedicated to overcoming our differences and seeking universal justice (read more at A Speech Deferred). This is an attack on journalism and free speech as a whole; when a multinational conglomeration that is a primary source of news for…