Some Things Are Not For Sale: Winter 2010 Haytoug Explores Dangers of Protocols and What’s at Stake

GLENDALE–The Armenian Youth Federation released on Monday, February 1, the Winter 2010 issue of its Haytoug magazine. The issue titled, “Some Things Are Not For Sale,” will be available, free of charge, at community centers, schools, local book stores and the AYF Central Office. See a list of distribution points at the end of this release. For a complete city-by-city list, visit Haytoug.org/impact.

The entire issue will also be available on the new Haytoug website, Haytoug.org, along with PDF archives spanning the three decade legacy of the publication. Haytoug readers can also sign up for a free subscription to receive this and every issue directly in their mailbox at: haytoug.org/subscribe

This much anticipated issue presents a critical look into the uncertain juncture the Armenian nation has come to after nearly two decades of independence and statehood.

This juncture, the proposed Armenia-Turkey protocols, threatens to sacrifice the rights, dignity and interests of the Armenian people on the altar of political and economic expediency. The issue investigates the vested interests behind the dramatic rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey and how the growing disparity between the rich and powerful in the homeland has jeopardized countless years of relentless work in regaining the Armenian nation’s birthrights and legally designated homelands.

Though in this chaos and difficult attempts at democracy, there are many heartwarming stories of hope. In this issue, readers will meet Armenian-Americans strengthening their communities and working toward a better Armenia and members of the AYF’s Youth Corp who traveled to the Homeland each summer to set-up a day camp for underprivileged children.

This Haytoug also includes inspiring stories from the Artsakh liberation struggle. It also brings to readers a passionate call for repatriation, the urgent need for all Armenians to unite and do the work required to ensure the sanctity of our national and historical interests, and to declare that our nation, collective homeland and history are not for sale.