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GUEST: Serj Tankian, System of a Down, co-host of Axis of Justice Radio Network

On April 24th, 1915, the Ottoman Turkish government began a planned and systematic campaign of arrest, deportation, and annihilation against the Armenian people. By 1923, the mass killings had claimed the lives of over 1.5 million Armenians in what became the first genocide of the twentieth century. To this day, the modern Turkish government continues to deny that a genocide took place. Furthermore, after ninety-one years, the United States government has yet to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. In response, the multi-platinum, Grammy award winning rock group, System of a Down, will be launching a campaign in Washington D.C. to urge Congress to pass legislation officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Uprising co-producer Gabriel San Roman recently spoke with the lead singer of System of a Down, Serj Tankian about the weeks coming events.

For more information, visit www.anca.org.

Thousands are expected to gather at 10 am on Hollywood Blvd today in Little Armenia for a march. Call 818-971-5065 for more information.

Also, the Armenian Youth Federation is organizing a protest at 4 pm today at the Turkish Consulate, 6300 Wilshire Blvd. For more information, call 818-507-1933.

Sonali’s Subversive Thought for the Day:

John Evans, US ambassador to Armenia said to American Armenians on February 19, 2005: “Today I shall call this Armenian genocide”. “I think that we, the US government, owe you, our fellow citizens, a more straightforward and honest discussion of this problem. I can tell you as a person who has studied this problem – I have no doubts about what happened.”