Thread by @MTA_Calendar

The weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & so the upcoming events🧵is here.

B4 we begin highlighting again our friends at @bloodmoney22222 calling for coordinated sanctions on Myanmar Economic Bank and Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise

Full statement:


/1 drive.google.com/file/d/1XNYv4a…

@bloodmoney22222 There are 11 events in the calendar this weekend. 2 exhibitions, 1 book & craft fair, 1 commemoration date (7.21), 2 discussion spaces. 3 commemoration events, 1 protest & 1 talk.

Full details in the calendar here:

/2 calendar.google.com/calendar/embed…

@bloodmoney22222 Sat:
@AmnestyThailand hold "Activism Space 2024 1st time: Too dangerous to be yourself"
&
@China_Deviants & @Zephyr_Society
for discussion "Women in Social Movements: Bias and Invisible Labor"
/3

@bloodmoney22222 @AmnestyThailand @China_Deviants @Zephyr_Society Sat cont'd
Free Burma Action Committee- San Francisco hold their weekly protest outside city hall. This week marking "Martyr's day".

Sun:
Screening of @allstatic_noise in Sydney & panel w/ @AbduwelA @KyinzomD & more
&
@peoplesgoal2022 probably holding their Sunday talk
/4

@bloodmoney22222 @AmnestyThailand @China_Deviants @Zephyr_Society @allstatic_noise @AbduwelA @KyinzomD @peoplesgoal2022 Sun: (@MTANeverForget)
Marks the 5th year since the brutal Yuen Long attack in Hong Kong where Pro-Beijing thugs invaded the MTR station & carried out an indiscriminate attack on pro-democracy protesters, journalists & the public.

Investigative report

/5 dailymotion.com/video/x7x7tnc

Sun cont'd:
Freedom Connection HK Hold commemoration of the Yuen Long Attack (721) Melbourne
&
Hong Kong Indigenous Defence Force hold Commemoration of 721 "when HK police & Triads joined forces against us" in Manchester
&
Hong Kong Forum, Los Angeles hold "7.21 尋源, 未曾完"
/6

Sat & Sun:
@ThumbRights & Daybreaker Network for exhibition "The Letter" which highlights the power of letters from & to political prisoners! W/ discussions & food.
&
@SEAJunction hold their Southeast Asia Mini Book and Craft Fair!
/7

& that's all the events for now. Thanks to @MTA_Museum @SEAJunction for tagging us in events to add. Really appreciated.

Few other bits b4 we go.
3 activists arrested for singing a protest song in Thailand this week. Read more via @prachatai_en
/8 prachataienglish.com/node/11023

& also in a depressing mirror from Hong Kong, a student was charged with unlawful assembly for attending “sing with you” demonstration in 2020.

/9hongkongfp.com/2024/07/17/hon…

Then lastly, things in Bangladesh arn't looking good. There have been big protests against the civil service quota system by young people. The security services have responded with violence & reportedly killed over 100 people. there is an internet blackout too. #QuotaMovement
/10

Ah almost forgot... Earlier in the week we joined
@HKLabourRights & other orgs in calling on the
@WSJ to revoke the decision to dismiss
@selina_cheng & Investigate the management involved in this union discrimination incident
Letter:
/11 bit.ly/3zOWVxt

@HKLabourRights @WSJ @selina_cheng That's all from us for now #MilkTeaAlliance take care of yourselves & each other, keep that hope & desire for better burning. Do what you can & stay safe.
In solidarity.

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