BY ALLEN YEKIKAN June 9, 2008 Historic Conference Brings Community Together to Discuss Progressive Solutions to Contemporary Issues GLENDALE–On a balmy California Friday evening, as thousands thronged to Glendale’s newest mega-shopping lifestyle outdoor mall dubbed the Americana, over 200 socially conscious intellectuals and activists gathered in the auditorium of the Public Library across the street…
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“Armenians and Progressive Politics” conference held in New York
NEW YORK, NY — Scholars, writers, and activists from around the world gathered to exchange ideas at the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s third annual “Armenians and Progressive Politics” (APP) conference on May 30-31 in New York City. The meeting is designed to offer a forum for progressive activists and thinkers who tie Armenian issues to a…
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ARF-D Candidate Laments “Artificial” Voter Choice
The candidate of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun complained on Monday that many Armenians view the upcoming presidential election as a two-horse race between their current and former leaders and could ignore other candidates opposed to both rival camps. “The people are faced with an artificial choice,” Vahan Hovhannesyan said during a campaign trip to the…
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ARF-D Candidate Still Hopeful About Opposition Support
Vahan Hovhannesyan, the presidential candidate of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun, said on Monday that he still hopes to win the backing of two prominent opposition leaders for the February 19 election. In an interview with RFE/RL Armenian Service, Hovhannesyan also stood by his view that none of the nine presidential hopefuls, including Prime Minister Serzh…
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ARF-D Candidate Deplores Election Fraud
The presidential candidate of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun questioned the legitimacy of Armenia’s leadership and pledged to end the country’s culture of electoral fraud as he campaigned in the southern Armavir region on Tuesday. Addressing a small crowd that gathered in the eponymous regional capital, deputy parliament speaker Vahan Hovhannesyan explained why he thinks the…
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ARF-Dashnaktsutyun signs cooperation agreement with new ruling coalition
YEREVAN — The Armenian Revolutionary Federation on June 6, 2007, entered into an unprecedented cooperation agreement with the new ruling coalition of the Republican Party and Prosperous Armenia Party. This agreement entails that the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun will introduce its own candidate for the 2008 presidential race, will fill two ministerial positions, one regional governor post and…
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Argentina conference focuses on “Armenians and Progressive Politics”
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Progressive activists and intellectuals from North and South America gathered here on June 1-2 for a conference titled “Armenians and Progressive Politics in the 21st Century.” Organized by the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun’s Armenia Cultural Association, the conference sought to build on the enthusiastic discussions generated by last year’s “Armenians and the Left” project…
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Armenians and the Left Symposium takes on pressing issues in Armenia and Turkey
By Andy Turpin Armenian Weekly On-Line, Volume 73, Number 15, April 14, 2007 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (A.W.)–On March 31, less than a year after the highly successful Armenians and the Left (AATL) conference in New York, scores of activists, students and intellectuals from across the Northeast converged at Harvard University for a one-day symposium organized by…
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DECLARATION on the Developments in the Middle East
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation has been following the developments of the last three weeks in the Middle East with grave concern, and condemns the Israeli bombing of Lebanon’s vital infrastructures and people, the most heinous of which was the bombing of a shelter in Qana. The ARF also is disappointed in the international community, especially…
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ARF-Dashnaktsutyun hosts “Armenians and the Left” conference
NEW YORK–The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun concluded a weekend-long conference entitled Armenians and the Left on April 9th, when featured speakers Robert Fisk and Noam Chomsky spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in front of a crowd of 750 about War, Geopolitics and History: Conflict in the Middle East. During his lecture, Fisk explained why…
