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    "ARMENIANS AND PROGRESSIVE POLITICS" CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN

    DeFacto Agency
    April 8 2008
    Armenia

    DE FACTO. Following the tremendous success of "Armenians and the
    Left" conferences held in 2006 and 2007, the Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation has announced plans to hold a similar conference on May
    30-31 in New York City, the Armenian National Committee of America -
    Eastern Region (ANC-ER) reports. Entitled "Armenians and Progressive
    Politics," the conference will build upon earlier discussions relating
    to imperialism and geopolitics, democracy-building in Armenia, the
    role of women in Armenian society, and other topics tying Armenian
    issues to a broader, progressive political field.

    The conference will open on Friday evening, May 30, with a plenary
    session entitled 'The New Imperialism." Featured speakers will be
    Tariq Ali, Editor of New Left Review, David Barsamian, Director of
    Alternative Radio, and Neil Smith, Professor of Anthropology and
    Geography at the CUNY Graduate Center. The session will focus on the
    contemporary politics of empire and how these affect small nations
    such as Armenia. The session will take place at Baruch College's
    Mason Hall, located at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

    Saturday's session will include panels addressing a wide range of
    topics from a progressive standpoint. All panels will take place at
    the CUNY Graduate Center, 34th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan.

    Featured speakers will be announced in a forthcoming press release.

    The conference is being co-sponsored by the Center for Place, Culture,
    and Politics at CUNY Graduate Center, and will be followed by a
    similar conference to be held in Los Angeles later this year.

    "Armenians and Progressive Politics" (formerly "Armenians and the
    Left") organizes forums that critically examine subjects pertinent
    to Armenians' political, social and economic situation within a
    global context. Such forums explore alternative ways of understanding
    Armenian issues besides the conventional, state-centered approaches,
    and examine how Armenian activists can build coalitions with other
    dispossessed groups and progressive movements. The project is an
    initiative of the Central Committee of the Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation - Eastern USA. Information on previous conferences may be
    found on the conference website, http://www.armenianprogressive.com/.
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