Indian migrant workers at a textile factory in Ijevan went on strike over abusive working conditions, unpaid wages and rising production quotas. Their protest exposes deeper problems in Armenia’s labor system, where weak protections leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation, surveillance and coercion. Garren Jansezian’s report from Ijevan.

In this provocative critique of Armenian “neutrality” in the Middle East, Garren Jansezian argues that the refrain “no Armenian casualties” obscures moral responsibility, reinforces selective empathy, and risks aligning Armenian identity with dangerous geopolitical narratives at the expense of broader human solidarity.

A wildcat strike has erupted in Kajaran, where over 2,000 miners and technicians at the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine demand better wages and conditions. This strike, the largest in decades, underscores Armenia’s weak worker protections, corporate power and the potential for broader social change.

Opposition movements linked to the Church and former regime figures can potentially threaten Armenia's struggling democracy. Garren Jansezian argues that progressive alternatives to both the governing elite and the opposition are needed now more than ever.

Missak and Melinee Manouchian made history as the first foreigners to be inducted in the French Pantheon for their role in the fight against Nazism. The pantheonization sparked a wave of romanticism, glossing over the complexities surrounding foreign participation and the ensuing quest for recognition.

Over 30 years ago, a statue of Lenin towered over the heart of Yerevan until it was dismantled. The recent centennial of Lenin’s death went mostly unnoticed in Armenia but it might have sparked reflection on Lenin’s impact during the Sovietization of Armenia and how his definition of self-determination has had consequences on contemporary geopolitics.

The Non-Aligned Movement is a diplomatic platform where Azerbaijan, as a major oil-producing nation, tries to exert influence by supporting ex-colonies that are purportedly fighting colonialism. Garren Jansezian explains.