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
@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.
@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"
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@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
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@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.
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.
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
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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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There are 9 events in the calendar this week, 1 exhibition, 2 community talks, 1 project presentation. 2 webinars, 1 letter submission, 1 film screening & a seminar.
All details can be found in the calendar as usual:
Today marks 4 years since the NSL was implemented in Hong Kong. It along with the recent security bill have dramatically reduced freedoms & we won't ever stop in our support of HKers, those still there & those overseas who really fucking love Hong Kong
光復香港,時代革命
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There are 15 events in the calendar for this week: 6 exhibitions, 1 launch, 3 protests, 1 commemoration date, 1 commemoration, 1 play& 2 talks.
All event details can be found in the calendar as usual: