Category Archives: Armenia

On the 100th anniversary of World War I

The following entry is from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.  – E.S. World War I (1914–18)  an imperialist war between two coalitions of capitalist powers for a redivision of the already divided world (a repartition of colonies, spheres of influence, and spheres for the investment of capital) and for the enslavement of other peoples. At first, theContinue reading “On the 100th anniversary of World War I”

Bruce Franklin’s Introduction to “The Essential Stalin”

Please note the posting of this introduction to the book “The Essential Stalin” does not necessarily imply support of Franklin’s political line.  — E.S. I used to think of Joseph Stalin as a tyrant and butcher who jailed and killed millions, betrayed the Russian revolution, sold out liberation struggles around the world, and ended upContinue reading “Bruce Franklin’s Introduction to “The Essential Stalin””

Forbidding the “G-Word”: Holocaust Denial as Judicial Doctrine in Canada by Ward Churchill

“Where scholars deny genocide, [they] contribute to the deadly psychohistorical dynamic in which unopposed genocide begets new genocides.” —Roger W. Smith, Eric Markusen and Robert Jay Lifton, “Professional Ethics and Denial of the Armenian Genocide” (1995) Denial of genocide has become a matter of increasing concern in recent years, primarily as a result of effortsContinue reading “Forbidding the “G-Word”: Holocaust Denial as Judicial Doctrine in Canada by Ward Churchill”

Communist Party of the Workers of France (PCOF): No to nationalist outbidding, Yes to solidarity among peoples

The law against “denial of genocide recognized by law” causes great tension with the authorities in Turkey, which refer, not without relevance, Sarkozy and Co. for past massacres (Algeria) and later (in several countries of Africa) committed by the French army. The tension that developed between our two countries and the bidding nationalists who meet,Continue reading “Communist Party of the Workers of France (PCOF): No to nationalist outbidding, Yes to solidarity among peoples”

TDKP: On the Armenian Question and Reactionary-Chauvinist Campaigns

As a response to two significant “external” events of the last couple of years -events with roots in prolonged domestic problems- the ruling classes of Turkey did everything to mobilise the people onto the streets for their own reactionary aims. The government and its institutions launched hysterically nationalist campaigns, first against Italy, based on theContinue reading “TDKP: On the Armenian Question and Reactionary-Chauvinist Campaigns”

Stalin: Long Live Soviet Armenia!

4/12/1920 Armenia, so long martyred and tormented, with its people condemned by the grace of the Entente and the Dashnaks to starvation, ruin and the lot of refugees— this Armenia, deceived by all its “friends,” has now found salvation by proclaiming itself a Soviet land. Neither the false assurances of Britain, the “ancient protector” ofContinue reading “Stalin: Long Live Soviet Armenia!”