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Background Noise in Ideology
I am not even saying ‘politics is the unconscious,’ but only ‘the unconscious is politics’Read More »
An Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev’s Kremlin — A Conversation with Pietro A. Shakarian
Khrushchev had a different and much more utopian approach. He believed that national differences were no longer relevant. Mikoyan said “no”.Read More »
‘Sew Faster’ at Gunpoint: Indian Workers Strike at Ijevan Factory
Workers both live and work on-site, under continuous surveillance—more than 40 cameras are installed throughout the premises...Read More »
Demarcation on the Ground: Along Armenia’s Tavush
In Shamshadin, people want the borders to reopen. In Azatamut, they prefer things to stay as they are. One thing is clear: it won’t be like it was before 1987..Read More »
I’m a Workaholic. It’s Like Alcoholic, But For Work
Through foraging, Anahit raised four children and put three of them through higher education — “exclusively thanks to nature”..Read More »
The Allure of the Armash Lakes
Mary and I went down to Yeraskh, the last village in the Ararat Valley, right on the border with Nakhichevan...Read More »
Survival of a Perverse Nation
What exactly is being preserved when survival is invoked in the context of a nation-state?Read More »
Zangezur Mine Workers Demand Pay Raises, Strike Enters Third Day
Armenia’s largest mine, the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC), has been at a standstill for three days as workers have gone on strike.Read More »
Dreams after Karabakh
I’m in Karabakh as a tourist. And I’m with Turks, but I try to act so they don’t realize I’m Armenian. Read More »
Yerevan Municipality Fires 39 Bus Drivers, Bringing End to Their Strike
The recent bus drivers’ strike in Yerevan has come to an end after the municipality fired 39 drivers, effectively dismantling the protestRead More »