Institutions vs. Independent Movements

On this month, Buenos Aires will have its traditional BOOK CARNIVAL. There, all the editors show their news about books and also about their old stock to sell. Thousands of argentinians come to see what is going on in this carnival. It´s prepared on a big place and , the week of the Armenian Genocide, there is a day arranged for the REPUBLIC of ARMENIA. Before that day, the April 20th HAI GETRON organized a round table for debate and comment about the "New Armenian Press". There will be four exhibitors, Alex Sarafian from the Generation Third Magazine of the AGBU Youth, someone from the New Radio of Hai Getron, Jorge Toufenedjian from the unique complete armenian page in spanish href="http://www.arrmeniosonline.com.ar">, and me, because of the BASTERMAN comic. It is said that we are the new armenian press but i think that we´ll debate about other thing. Nowadays the armenian institutions, for example in Argentina, are in a big crisis. The ARF, the AGBU, the Mekhitarians, and more are trying to save a community that is sinking very deep. On the other hand , the independent movements are growing a lot. My comic or the armeniosonline web page is an example of that. We are only a few but we do a lot. The institutions have lots of members that , as typical armenians, are always fighting each other because of their thirst of power. Or just look this page, Mr. Kojian started his own movement and he did a page of a high level of quality and the he call us. No institutions, no donations (i think), nothing of that and its great and its armenian!
In Argentina we have three dance troupes and they always have problems because there are lots of members in and they start to argue each other plus each troupe represent an institution so there is a no comprensive sence of competition among they. In France there are twelve dance troupes and many of them do not depend on an institution. In middle 90' the armenian youth was almost dead. A group of guys auto-called J.A.I. (Juventud Armenian Integradora = Integrator of the Armenian Youth). After the great activities they done, the youth of ARF and AGBU woke up.
In conclusion i think that independet movement are like SPARKS. As RAFFí the writter said the "sparks will make the armenian people never to disappear."
I´ll continue now listening to Armenag Shahmuratyan in 1912 and the Strokes of NY, great mix!
CHAUUUU