''Meskerem'' ( am, መስከረም) was a

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

theoretical publication published in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, issued by the Ideological Department of the

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

of the

Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia The Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ሰራተኞች ፓርቲ አደራጅ ኮሚሽን, translit=ye’ītiyop’iya seratenyochi paritī āderaji komīshini), generally known by its En ...

. The goal of ''Meskerem'' was to relate Marxist-Leninist theory to objective conditions in Ethiopia. ''Meskerem'' functioned mainly as an instrument for political education. Amha Dagnew was the editor-in-chief of ''Meskerem''. ''Meskerem'' was published quarterly.Lockot, Hans Wilhelm.
Bibliographia Aethiopica 2 The Horn of Africa in English Literature
'. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1998. p. 521 The first issue of ''Meskerem'' was published in September 1980 and the last issue (vol. 3, no. 14) was published in June 1983.Clapham Christopher.
Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia
'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. p. 262 ''Meskerem'', which appeared in both

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

and

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

versions, had a circulation of 100,000.Ofcansky, Thomas P., and LaVerle Bennette Berry.
Ethiopia: A Country Study
'. hitefish, Mont.? Kessinger Pub, 2007. p. 257

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“መስከረም”
— some issues of the Amharic-language edition of the journal “መስከረም” (“Meskerem”). 1980 establishments in Ethiopia 1983 disestablishments in Ethiopia Communism in Ethiopia Communist magazines Defunct magazines published in Ethiopia Defunct political magazines Magazines established in 1980 Magazines disestablished in 1983 Quarterly magazines