"ARMENIANS AND PROGRESSIVE POLITICS" CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY

DeFacto Agency
May 26 2008
Armenia

YEREVAN, 26.05.08. DE FACTO. Writers, scholars, and activists from
around the world will join their East Coast colleagues in examining
Armenian issues from a progressive viewpoint as a part of the May
30-31 "Armenians and Progressive Politics" conference in New York
City, the Armenian National Committee of America, Eastern Region
(ANC ER) reports.

Seven panels on Saturday, May 31, will discuss issues
relating to Armenia, Armenian identity, gender, genocide, and
coalition-building. Notable panelists include international lawyer and
human rights activist Armineh Arakelian; journalist Florence Avakian;
poet Nancy Agabian, author and Professor Nubar Hovsepian, and others.

Armenians and Progressive Politics (formerly Armenians and the Left)
is an initiative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Eastern
USA. The conference is co-sponsored by the Armenian National Committees
of New York and New Jersey, The Nation Institute, and CUNY’s Center
for Place, Culture, and Politics. Previous participants include Noam
Chomsky and Robert Fisk.

To note, a West Coast "Armenians and Progressive Politics" conference
will be held on June 6-7 in Glendale, California.

For more information on both conferences, visit the conference website
at: