The Right to Struggle is a selection of writings on the Armenian national question. The selections, all written between the years 1981 and 1991, were authored, either in whole or in part, by Armenian national hero, Monte Melkonian. Selections include discussions of organizational questions and strategies, interpretations of Armenian history, and observations about the Armenian diaspora. The final chapter consists of three short selections about the conflict in Mountainous Karabagh.
Author(s): Monte Melkonian
Edition: 2
Publisher: Sardarabad Collective
Year: 1993
Language: English
City: San Franciso
Table of Contents 2
A word from the author on the second edition 4
Editor's Preface to the Second Edition 4
Preface to the First Edition 13
Chapter One: On Methodology 16
OUR ORIGINS: TRUE AND FALSE 17
METHODOLOGY FOR CONSIDERING THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE ARMENIAN HOMELAND 20
MELKONIAN RESPONDS TO BAGDASSARIAN 24
DEFINITIONS 35
Notes: 54
Map: Historic Homelands 55
Chapter Two: Defining Armenian National Self-Determination 65
THE QUESTION OF STRATEGY 67
THE ORIENTATION OF OUR GOAL 84
A LETTER ON SELF-DETERMINATION 92
NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE ARMENIAN CASE TODAY 102
REPLY TO A COMRADE 113
Notes: 118
Chapter Three: Organizational Questions 35
ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE DIASPORA 37
FOLLOW-UP TO "ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS" 47
REPLY TO A CRITIQUE OF "ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS* 57
GENERAL PRINCIPLES 62
LONG-TERM ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES FOR THE ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT 65
Notes: 70
Chapter Four: Various Aspects of the Diaspora 81
NEWROZ: A NEW START 83
"ONLY THROUGH UNITY IS THERE STRENGTH!" 85
WHY SOVIET ARMENIA DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONSTITUTE A TOTAL RESPONSE TO OUR NATIONAL ASPIRATIONS 88
ARMENIAN-TURKISH DIALOG 93
ASSIMILATION AND ALTERNATIVES 94
A CRITIQUE OF PAST NOTIONS 99
REFLECTIONS ON COUNTERPRODUCTIVE THINKING 107
Notes: 116
Chapter Five 119
KARABAGH/ARTSAKH 119
OUR SOLIDARITY WITH KARABAGH 119
OUR SOLIDARITY WITH ARTSAKH 124
LETTER FROM SHAHUMIAN 127
Notes: 128
MAP: 128
EPILOGUE: 128
IMPERIALISM IN THE "NEW WORLD ORDER" 129
