Can’t stop thinking of story @badiucao told at @OsloFF about “commemorative watches” for soldiers who participated in the Tiananmen Sq massacre, & his quest to get one as evidence of the atrocity (& his artistic rendering of what the watch really is). /1 
Reminded me so much of Soviet/Russian medals for internal crackdowns & invasion of Georgia, Crimea, etc, & how former Soviet nations have fought to get hammer & sickle removed from kitsch sports gear, etc.
It represents oppression & death of millions & too many do not know. /2
It represents oppression & death of millions & too many do not know. /2
While writing this tweet, I noticed Apple does not auto-fill “Tiananmen” — which is pretty pathetic.
Leaving it out of the dictionary doesn’t erase it from history. Remember. /3
Leaving it out of the dictionary doesn’t erase it from history. Remember. /3
Also please enjoy this new series of mock Olympic posters for Beijing 2022 by @badiucao — which are truly amazing, again meant to show what you should really see behind the pageantry the Chinese govt will use to woo world again /4
They remind me of the great series done by Ukrainian artist Andriy Yermolenko in protest of the World Cup in Russia in 2018 /5
Anyway, can’t think of a better recipient for this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent than @badiucao
We will all be haunted by history until we listen to it. /6
We will all be haunted by history until we listen to it. /6
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