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The Armenian Weekly

Tuesday, October 15, 2013




Koutoujian Supporters Continue Pushing for Victory Hours Before Polls Close


WALTHAM, Mass. (A.W.)—Voters residing in Massachusetts’ Fifth District are going to the polls today for the Democratic primary of the special elections to fill Senator Edward J. Markey’s seat in the US House of Representatives. Armenian American activists also hit the streets canvassing for Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian’s campaign. They spoke with potential voters about the issues Koutoujian stands for, encouraging them to go to the polls.
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Belmont resident and ANC activist Heather Krafian canvassing for Koutoujian campaign. (Photo by Nanore Barsoumian)
Belmont resident and ANC activist Heather Krafian, who went canvassing for Koutoujian’s campaign this morning, said she knocked on over 100 doors today to urge people to go to the polls and hopefully vote for Koutoujian. “The majority of people were not in, since it’s a workday. I probably talked to a dozen or so people—they were all positive, and mostly supportive of Peter,” said Krafian. She viewed...
    


Akcam Awarded MESA’s Prestigious Hourani Book Prize


WORCESTER, Mass. (A.W.)—Historian Taner Akcam recently received the Middle East Studies Association’s (MESA) 2013 Hourani Book Prize for The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire.
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Prof. Akcam with his award
MESA’s statement reads: “We award the 2013 Hourani Book Prize to Taner Akçam’s for ‘The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire,’ a compelling work of scholarship that provides the strongest historical argument to date regarding the Armenian Genocide. Based solely on Ottoman documents, Professor Akçam details the motives, the planning, the communications, the organization and the execution of the Ottoman demographic policy. In the field of genocide studies it broadens the concept of genocide to include the forced assimilation of children and women and the confiscation of property. It sets a new standard for scholarship in a...
    


Every Vote Vital for Koutoujian Victory in Massachusetts Special Election


ANCA, Massachusetts Armenians Rally for Community Favorite Peter Koutoujian in Congressional Primary
WATERTOWN, Mass.—With less than 24 hours to go until the polls open in the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), building on weeks of local and national campaigning, is making a final push to encourage supporters and activists nationwide to reach out to friends and family in this district to deliver strong voter turnout for Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, in what is expected to be a tight seven-way primary battle.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tues., Oct. 15. Information about polling places is available at https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/.
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Koutoujian with ANCA National Board Member Stephen Mesrobian, ANCA Eastern Region Board Member Tamar Kanarian, and ANCA Eastern Massachusetts activists Mikael Garabedian and Dikran Kaligian.
“This election will be decided by the candidate who can inspire...

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