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Echat (Amharic acronym for 'Ethiopian Oppressed People's Revolutionary Struggle') was a communist organization in Ethiopia. The organization was active between 1975 and 1978. The organization emerged from a split away from the All-Ethiopian Socialist Movement (Meison). Echat was initially allied with the Derg military junta, but later turned against it. Echat was led by Baro Tumsa. Tesfaye Habiso was the secretary of Echat. After breaking with the Derg, many of the Echat cadres joined the Oromo Liberation Front.