{"id":266596,"date":"2015-07-03T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T07:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=266596"},"modified":"2015-07-03T11:20:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T07:20:40","slug":"%e2%80%9conly-hope-is-self-organization%e2%80%9d-when-downtown-yerevan-makes-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2015\/07\/03\/%e2%80%9conly-hope-is-self-organization%e2%80%9d-when-downtown-yerevan-makes-sense.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOnly Hope Is Self-Organization\u201d: When Downtown Yerevan Makes Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Thanks to the sit-in protest on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/25\/beyond-the-barricades-at-yerevan-demonstration-site-the-aftermath-of-violent-protest-dispersal.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Baghramyan Avenue<\/span><\/a>, downtown Yerevan has found a new meaning, it has become ennobled; and today, this demonstration is the most interesting thing about Armenia, Ashot Bleyan, director of &ldquo;Mkhitar Sebastatsi&rdquo; Educational Complex, said in an interview with Epress.am.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBleyan highly praised the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/30\/demonstration-in-downtown-yerevan-enters-a-stage-of-self-organization.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">self-organization<\/span><\/a> of the protest, stressing that, for example, during the movement in [19]88, people had an irresponsible attitude towards self-organization.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;Self-organization, self-management is an alternative to the hierarchical system in which we grew up. These tools are used very rarely. [The sit-in on central Yerevan avenue] is a very interesting and experimental approach; it&#39;s a good space. It really is a center, which should be highly appreciated,&rdquo; Bleyan said.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DL-fH7xZEMI?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWriter, publicist Vahram Martirosyan believes that the sit-in can already be considered a success, regardless of whether the demonstrators reach their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/23\/armenian-police-use-excessive-force-and-special-means-against-protesters-outside-presidential-residence.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">goal of reducing the electricity rates<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;Because the most advanced layer of society &ndash; I call them Internet generation and remains of jeans generation, which have not merged with bourgeoisie or bureaucrats &ndash; have found each other and felt each other&#39;s strength. This power will subsequently find new ways of expression and will give results,&rdquo; Martirosyan said.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Doao8IrgwAw?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNazareth Karoyan, art critic, director of Armenian Institute for Contemporary Art, stated there&#39;s presently a kind of obscurity on Baghramyan Avenue. According to the art critic, efforts are needed to give boost to the thematic groups forming daily.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;Groups must be functional, and as for the discussions, they are in a completely horizontal state. I am concerned about the level of efficiency of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/30\/mass-mobilization-armenian-demonstrators-form-new-agenda.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">groups<\/span><\/a>. There are 2-3 teams working really efficiently. However, there are others that I&#39;m not sure of. Only time can tell.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAt this stage, Karoyan added, he assessed the situation negatively: &ldquo;I think we have lost the peak to bolster our achievements. And there really are huge achievements. Now my only hope is self-organization, which will allow to make some generalizations.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oh0C24L_NeA?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBecause the most advanced layer of society \u2013 I call them Internet generation and remains of jeans generation, which have not merged with bourgeoisie or bureaucrats \u2013 have found each other and felt each other&#8217;s strength&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15008,34940,10463,56330,21222,50560,50559,38645],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}