Weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the upcoming events🧵
b4 we start our allies & friends in Myanmar have been facing brutal flooding this week, but the Junta continue to carry out airstrikes on civilians & IDPs.
#WhatishappeninginMyanmar
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Given the situation here are some orgs that can be donated to who are continuing important work in Myanmar:
@karenwomenorg /
Kachin Relief Fund /
or DM @BeastBurmese
@karenwomenorg @BeastBurmese There are 11 events in the calendar this weekend. 2 exhibitions, 1 film screening run, 1 cultural month, 4 mid autumn festival events, 1 solidarity street station, 1 talk & 1 protest.
Full details of all events can be found in the calendar:
Sat:
@VHKA_AU hold "Mid-Autumn Festival" & "Victoria Moon Festival Celebration Night" at Manningham.
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香港人移居英國 (Hongkonger in Brighton) for 2nd year running hold bazaar in Brighton, UK with the theme "Hong Kong, A City in Memory"
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@VHKA_AU Sat cont'd
@hksa_official & friends hold “Blessing Market” in St Albans
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@birminghamhkers hold "Mid-autumn Street Station" to highlight political prisoners in Hong Kong
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Myanmar diaspora will protest @ UN Plaza, San Francisco for 79th UN credentials campaign
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Sun:
@newbloommag host discussion "August’s Protests in Indonesia & Black September” to talk about recent protests in Indonesia & the struggle for justice.
Ongoing cont'd:
@ProtectRohingya hold "Rohingya Genocide Commemoration Exhibition" w/ @thelibrary_o in Johannesburg.
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@anewburma & More hold: "LIMBO Festival Re-Imagination Work-in-Progress" in Chiang Mai!
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& that's all the events for now.
Thanks to @BefriaHongKong & @MTA_Museum for sending us events to flag & @mtealliance for some bits to highlight... inc this interview with Memee of @MilkTeaTHA from @bbcburmese talking solidarity with Peoples of Myanmar
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@BefriaHongKong @MTA_Museum @mtealliance @MilkTeaTHA @bbcburmese Then..
Journalists in Hong Kong have been facing coordinated intimidation, threats & harassment, doxing & death threats. @selina_cheng of @HKJA_Official spoke on the matter.
Lastly will end on some good news.
A human rights activist in Laos has been released after 5 years in prison! Learn more about her fight here:
#ຖ້າການເມືອງລາວດີ
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.
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.
Read more:
@PVamplify @Altsean @karenwomenorg @KPSN19 @bloodmoney22222 @TTFR__Myanmar There are 10 events in the calendar for this weekend: 3 exhibitions, 1 film, 1 twitter space, 3 protests, 1 book & craft fair & 1 fundraising event!
Full details can be found in the calendar here:
@PVamplify @Altsean @karenwomenorg @KPSN19 @bloodmoney22222 @TTFR__Myanmar Fri: (Due to time zones)
@hkaaberk hold screening of "Yellowing / 亂世備忘" to mark 10 years since the Umbrella revolution in Hong Kong.
Sat:
Join @hmicschool for twitter space to mark "2 years since Peng Lifa Sitong Bridge protest". x.com/i/spaces/1eaKb… 3/
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 manushyafoundation.org/post/all-you-n… 1/ x.com/ManushyaFdn/st…
There are 8 events in the calendar for this week: 3 exhibitions, 3 webinars, 1 workshop & 1 fundraiser.
Full details can be found in the google calendar here:
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 3/
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 1/ aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/4…
@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.
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! 3/
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!
There are 13 events in the calendar for this week: 3 exhibitions, last blasts of a heritage month, 2 talks, 6 protest/rallies & 1 simulcast film screening.
Full details of all events can be found in the calendar:
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.
@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.
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” 3/