2026, 27 August, Thursday
Manufacturing Revolt

Manufacturing Revolt

Why did India's longstanding labor grievances suddenly flare into industrial action?

Reflexive impotence, immobilization and liberal communism

Reflexive impotence, immobilization and liberal communism

If the figure of discipline was the worker-prisoner, the figure of control is the debtor-addict.

How Migrant Workers Live and Why They are on Strike in Ijevan

How Migrant Workers Live and Why They are on Strike in Ijevan

Epress.am managed to enter the territory of the “semi-closed” factory, where the migrants not only work but also live, and spoke with participants of the strike as well as the company’s director.

"Слава Україні" sounds very much like "Слава Украине"

The popular theory was that this was the start of the inevitable and fast fall of the Russian Empire. I still don’t know how those people were measuring “fast.” 

My Mom Has Dementia — and Soon I Might Too

My Mom Has Dementia — and Soon I Might Too

My mother always said: “If something happens to me, take me to a care center without guilt...”

Don’t Forget to Remember: Dementia Is No Priority for Armenian Health Care

Don’t Forget to Remember: Dementia Is No Priority for Armenian Health Care

Most often, we learn about the illness from the caregivers. They look exhausted, limit their social lives, struggle with depression and burnout..

There is No Such Thing as Documentary

There is No Such Thing as Documentary

...we are afraid to show our confusion in public, but much depends on how we respond to it.

Hair and Lip Fillers Off, Chest Flattened — I Go to See My Folks

Hair and Lip Fillers Off, Chest Flattened — I Go to See My Folks

People don’t really clock me: neighbors, shopkeepers — no clue I’m trans.

Samvel’s Campaign Cash, Robert’s Map, Nikol’s Sorrow, and Gagik’s Christ

Samvel’s Campaign Cash, Robert’s Map, Nikol’s Sorrow, and Gagik’s Christ

What’s going on in pre-election Armenia?

Two Cultures of Denunciation

Two Cultures of Denunciation

Or, as Stalin would have put it, it’s class war. And if it’s class war, perhaps I should just stick to my own class standpoint and continue to oppose snitching in almost all circumstances. But wait...

KGB stayed the KGB: “Talk to the nachalnik, then take a walk”

KGB stayed the KGB: “Talk to the nachalnik, then take a walk”

“The chance to speak Russian without an accent” — that’s how the chief explained his curiosity about our company. We, for our part, admitted that we’d never before shared a table with an officer of the Russian FSB.

Background Noise in Ideology

Background Noise in Ideology

I am not even saying ‘politics is the unconscious,’ but only ‘the unconscious is politics’