Weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & so is the upcoming events🧵
b4 we start in the last 2 days in HK 3 people have been jailed for sedition under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. 1 for a T-shirt, 1 for posting online & 1 for graffiti. 🤬
1/hongkongfp.com/2024/09/20/hon…
There are 15 events in the calendar for this weekend.
3 Exhibitions, 1 heritage month, 1 conference, 1 commemoration date, 1 party, 4 protests/demonstrations, 1 market & 2 fundraisers!
Full details here:
2/ calendar.google.com/calendar/embed…
Sat:
Sept 21st marks 52 years since the declaration of martial law in the Philippines, 9 years of dictatorship & human rights violations. Little justice for the crimes committed then has occurred.
Oh and the son of the dictator is now president :s
3/amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Sat cont'd:
@hksa_official hold “Blessing Market” to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival! in Colchester!
&
@BurmaSA_CMU & many friends for "Myanmar Flood Relief Fundraiser" in Chiang Mai Dance, Music, Food, crafts & more!
4/
Sat Cont'd
@StandForCongoUK & allies hold "Boycott Iphone 16 Rally" in solidarity with Palestine, Congo & The Uyghur people in London.
&
Myanmar Diaspora will protest at Parliament Square to demand that Kyaw Moe Htun becomes permanent representative of Myanmar to the UN
5/
Sat'd Cont'd
Party time as @newbloommag turns 10!
Join them for a panel with the crew inc @wenliunyc @brianhioe @aurorachaang & a partly with performances from @DucksOnline & more.
(Seriously congratulations 10 years is impressive going!)
Details:
6/ facebook.com/events/1013476…
@newbloommag @wenliunyc @brianhioe @aurorachaang @DucksOnline Sat cont'd
"NUG Prime Minister cup soccer fundraiser" in California
&
@DagongrenUnited @EliDFriedman & Kevin Lin present "Keywords of Chinese Labor: An Exhibition" in NYC which runs till the 29th Sept!
7/
@newbloommag @wenliunyc @brianhioe @aurorachaang @DucksOnline @DagongrenUnited @EliDFriedman Sun:
Join @swujapan for solidarity demonstration & fundraiser in support of Ukraine's resistance against the Russian invasion
&
@viettan & other diaspora allies for "Protest Against General To Lam" across the street from UN in NYC
&
@peoplesgoal2022 may have their sunday talk
8/
Ongoing:
Sat is Last day of ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN People Forum (ACSC/APF) 2024
&
in the UK: ESEA Heritage Month continues w/ @besea_n with 15 events in it's own right:
9/ acsc-apf.org
eseaheritagemonth.co.uk/calendar-2024
Ongoing cont'd:
"LIMBO Festival Re-Imagination Work-in-Progress" Art, food, comedy, poetry reading, talks & music from artists, designers, researchers & scholars from Thailand & Myanmar continues in Chiang Mai
&
@ProtectRohingya's "Rohingya Genocide Commemoration Exhibition"
10/
That's all the events for now. Thanks to @MTA_Museum & others for sending us events to highlight.
Couple of bits to spotlight:
The Junta in Myanmar maybe about to execute more Activists, read @ASEANMP statement 👇🏼
11/aseanmp.org/publications/p…
@MTA_Museum @ASEANMP Then well worth reading @DavBrenner piece in
@newmandala
&
a court win for some Thai activists who had their case thrown out by court!
Moveover the court said "disorder was caused by the police operation, not by the protesters"
12/newmandala.org/ethnonationali…
prachataienglish.com/node/11133
@MTA_Museum @ASEANMP @DavBrenner @newmandala That's everything from us for now. We will keep looking for & adding events over the weekend.
Keep up the fight #MilkTeaAlliance, do what you can to support & amplify each other.
In love & solidarity.
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