No to Plunder, No to Maidan

13:30, June 26, 2015

 By Markar Melkonian  

Whether or not the demonstrators understand it, they are repudiating the generation of pro-Western leaders who long ago set the stage for the privatization of the energy sector in Armenia—and of the public transport system, agriculture, and pensions, too.  

No Soviet-era poster of square-jawed mechanics marching arm-in-arm with women in overalls could better depict the struggle of the have-nots against the haves than did yesterday's smart phone photos of demonstrators on Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan. 

Teenagers and 20-somethings lock arms in a nightlong vigil.  A young woman stands up to a phalanx of shields and cops in full battle dress.  Protesters huddling against a water cannon give the cops "the finger," while others pull themselves under the prow of an armored van, too close for the water cannon to hit them.   Read more... (1678 words)

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