Notes from the Pink City
Are We Overdoing Civil Disobedience?
On the morning of March 31st, opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan and a group of his closest confederates set off on foot from Yerevan on what would become, over the next several weeks, the largest and most successful application of popular civil disobedience in Armenian history. In launching a peaceful transition of power through direct action, the velvet revolutionaries set an unwitting precedent.
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Raffi, what an interesting perspective you bring in this article. You do a good job of informing your readers about Armenia’s current events.
Armenian Weekly Editors, please proof-read these articles. Some of them are rife with grammatical and syntactical errors, making them cumbersome to read.
very thorough, good analysis and questions posed
I wonder why this article appeared in Armenian weekly. I highly suspect that Raffi Elliott received a kick back from Lydian to misinform the public. In that sense, he is no different from corrupt officials who gave a green light to this shameful and genocidal project. I am ashamed for Mr. Elliott and Aremianweekly for publishing this. It just shows lack of critical thinking and ability to deeply research the subject before expressing an opinion, knowing quite well that most of the readers have zero clue about the subject.
If readers are interested to learn the truth about the history of goldmine they can watch “Amulsar: State of Indifference” on you tube, or watch Mr. Harout Bronozian https://www.facebook.com/econews.am/videos/1555847091190645/UzpfSTEwMDAwNTc1NzYxMTM1OTo4NzU1NjcwMDU5Nzg1NDU/?id=100005757611359
Calling mining a “sustainable development” is dubious at best. Your sarcastic attitude towards the people fighting for their right not to be killed by greed is ugly. We own a vineyard in Vayots Dzor and exports our wines worldwide. That’s a sustainable business with a huge potential. That’s where the investment should go and not into poisoning our nature.