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Busy few days! Thai friends & allies been out with banner protests! to remember the 8888 uprising in Myanmar, against the dissolution of MFP & in solidarity with Palestine. Also a Thai protest guard got released.
Nice way to begin the weeks event 🧵
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There are 9 events in the calendar this week! 2 exhibitions, 1 commemoration day, 1 film festival, 1 campaign, 2 webinars, 1 workshop & a talk!

Details of all events can be found in the calendar here:

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Monday is Karen Martyr's day. The @knuhq will mark the day, remembering all those who've laid down their lives for the freedom and safety of Karen people and all ethnicities of Myanmar.

Learn more:

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Weds:
To mark the six month anniversary of the protests in Dege @TheTibetNetwork brings together many activists & groups for "Hands off Tibet's land" Live on youtube
#FreeTibet

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Thurs:
Re-water & Bare Project hold 齊齊織連儂旗 /"Lennon Art'' inspired crochet workshop

Fri:
@newbloommag host "Recognizing Change of Time and History: Social Movement in Fragile Context" w/
@forum_asia @IIDonline & more
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Ongoing:
@freedomfilmfest's 20th annual human rights documentary + social film festival in Malaysia!
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Exhibition at @baccnews "Humanitarian and peace: The Voice of hope amidst the knives" hosted by many groups (inc @THforPalestine) w. info booths & lots more.
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Ongoing:
@THforPalestine & friends invite everyone to join #StrikeforPalestineTH to show solidarity with the Palestinian people
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In Taiwan, Exhibition: Travel Unbound—An Exhibition That Navigates The Landscapes Of Identity w/ The Kitchen collective
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@THforPalestine And that's all the events we have so far for this week... no doubt will see a few more as the week progresses.

Couple of highlights to end. 1stly this banger tweet from @cvdom2021 which is on point... Laughing hard at the shade esp at #UselessASEAN


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@THforPalestine @cvdom2021 Lastly Five years ago today, on August 11th, a Hong Kong police shot a 1st aider eye with a bean bag bullet, was the 1st time but sadly not the last & something that has been seen in many contexts since.
#Eye4HK
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And that event did bring this artwork... the caption of which we think about alot.
"We persist not because of seeing hope but persist in order to see the hope"
And on that note #MilkTeaAlliance we will end the thread. Persist.
In love & solidarity❤️✊🏼

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Oct 13
New week is upon us #MilkTeaAlliance & a good % of the events this week are in Thailand.

So it seems appropriate to open with this letter in @KhaosodEnglish by a Burmese refugee & activist, a heartfelt call for solidarity, friendship &cooperation.


1/khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2024/1…
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Mon: @MTANeverForget
The 14th of October will mark 51 years since the 1973 Thai popular (เหตุการณ์ 14 ตุลา) uprising in which the Military regime of the time was overthrown by a mass uprising.
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3/ libcom.org/article/14-oct…Image
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Oct 11
Lot has happened this week #milkteaalliance & we will get to some of the highlights at the end of the upcoming events🧵for this weekend.

To begin though 240 Myanmar orgs called on ASEAN to finally take real action to prevent the junta's violence 👇🏼

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@PVamplify @Altsean @karenwomenorg @KPSN19 @bloodmoney22222 @TTFR__Myanmar Fri: (Due to time zones)
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A new week dawns & so here is the upcoming events 🧵for the week #MilkTeaAlliance. B4 we begin today is the 48th year since the October 6th Massacre at Thammasat University, Thailand. @ManushyaFdn have produced a good explainer on what happened that day
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Wed:
@PVamplify with Karenni National Women’s Organization, Karenni Civil Society Network & Union of Karenni State Youth  hold launch of paper “Federalism from the Ground Up: The Karenni Model of Nation-State Building” w/ @khinohmar Banya Khung Aung, Alar & Andrea
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Weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the🧵of events we know are happening.

B4 we start this article worth a read on impact of conflict between the AA & Junta in Rakhine on minority communities by @hpanja_brang @EmilyFishbein11 & @myothazin_nwe
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@hpanja_brang @EmilyFishbein11 @myothazin_nwe There are only 6 events in the calendar this weekend, nevertheless the ones that are in look good:
1 commemoration date, 3 exhibitions & 2 protests.

Full details can be found here:

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Sat:
@THforPalestine @PSCThailand &
@seriipalestine will hold Solidarity actions for Palestine in Bangkok & Chiang Mai! (see their accounts for March guidelines)
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Free Burma action committee - San Francisco hold their weekly solidarity protest for resistance in Burma!
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Sep 29
New week is almost here #MilkTeaAlliance & so here is the weeks upcoming events🧵

B4 we start in Thailand there are many cases related to Freedom of expression & assembly in Oct, some of those in court are our friends & allies. They should be free!

1/ tlhr2014.com/archives/70209
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Full details of all events can be found in the calendar:

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Mon:
@TheFortSpace hold "The Fort Talks: Crimes in Archival Form" A Conversation with Dr. Ken MacLean and Human Rights Defenders on Documentation.

Tues:
@GETSEA_ hold simulcast screening of "Breaking the Cycle" a film about coups & the youth resistance to them in Thailand
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Sep 27
Weekend is almost upon us #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the upcoming events 🧵

B4 we start want to highlight this piece from @krislc which while talking about his experience & Hong Kongers who have had to leave, we think will be relatable for many.


1/newbloommag.net/2024/09/25/hk-…
@krislc There are 21 events in the Calendar this weekend: 1 commemoration date, 4 exhibitions, 6 talks, 1 gathering 7 protests & 1 cultural month, 1 environmental week, the latter 2 with their own events.

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Sat:
Exhibition "Behind the Struggle: Hong Kong Civil society" at Open Ealing Arts Centre
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@SEAJunction host 2 Panel discussions "Mekong Dams, River Crisis, and Future Solutions: Can Science Help?" & "International Financial Institutions: Investment in Southeast Asia”
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