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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.

Full details can be found in the calendar here:

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

Sat:
Exhibition "Behind the Struggle: Hong Kong Civil society" at Open Ealing Arts Centre
&
@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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Sat cont'd:
28th Sept marks 10 years since the beginning of the umbrella revolution in Hong Kong in 2014 when the HK Federation of Students & Scholarism started protesting outside the government headquarters. Banners said "We'll be back" & they were & one day will be again✊🏼
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Sat Cont'd:
@newbloommag & @NgoDeiOrg host panel "Umbrella Movement 10 Years on: The evolution of Hong Kong Protest art" w/ @KaceyWong15 @brianhioe & Loretta Lau
&
@TWDemocracy2024 March in London for "Support Taiwan for UN membership"!
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Sat cont'd:
Join @SFTHQ @BostonUyghur @CoalitionSRC for protest "The PRC’s long history of genocide, colonization & dictatorship is nothing to celebrate"
&
@Zephyr_Society hold "Rainbow Gathering / 彩虹小聚" with talk from activists advocating for LGBTQI+ rights in China.
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Sat Cont'd:
Free Burma action committee hold webinar with BPLA. instead of their weekly protest. Given the recent (bullshit) overture from the Junta regarding elections, defo worth a listen.

Details:

7/ facebook.com/FBACSF/posts/p…

Sun:
@SEAJunction host Panel discussion “THAI BAHT-MYANMAR GAS: The Neighbor's talk”
&
Chinese Democracy Party Overseas Committee & Allies to mark continued resistance to the CCP rule in China. "75th Anniversary of the CCP's usurpation of power" rally in Amsterdam.
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Sun Cont'd:
Not sure if @peoplesgoal2022 have their Sunday talk this week
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@TADCtoronto & many others hold "Resist CCP, No Celebrations, China's Dictatorship" protest in Toronto
&
@vanactivistshk Hold "929 雨傘革命十周年集會 /10th Anniversary of Umbrella Revolution Rally"
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Sun Cont'd:
As part of the Global Day of Action @SFTHQ holds "Resist CCP Rally" in Chicago. (see flyer for many other dates/places)
&
@VSSDM1 @vanactivistshk & @SFTHQ (Vancouver) & many more allies for "齊齊打倒共產黨" rally outside Chinese Consulate in Vancouver.
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Ongoing:
As you will have seen in some of the specific events MAEW2024: Mekong-ASEAN Environmental Week is happening in Bangkok There are a lot more events than the few we have added:

Their opening panel is also up on youtube:

11/facebook.com/ASEANMAEW
youtube.com/live/iwzEqbqU3…

Ongoing cont'd:
it's the last weekend of both:
"LIMBO Festival Re-Imagination Work-in-Progress" in Chiang Mai w/ @anewburma & more
&
"Keywords of Chinese Labor: An Exhibition" w/ @DagongrenUnited & @EliDFriedman in NYC

So check them out if you have the chance.
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Ongoing Cont'd:
@NgoDeiOrg's exhibition "Treasure in Decade - Hong Kong Protest" runs till the 10th Oct in The Hauge.
&
ESEA Heritage Month in the UK continues with @besea_n

13/ eseaheritagemonth.co.uk/calendar-2024

and that's all the events we have for now. Thanks to those who sent us events to add to the calendar inc @MTA_Museum & @BefriaHongKong

Few bits before we go:
Good interview with "border eyes" in @newbloommag (yes 2 NB articles & 1 event in🧵)
14/newbloommag.net/2024/09/27/bor…

Then as many of you will have seen the verdict in the Stand news case was handed down. We believe that #JournalismIsNotACrime & that both Chung Pui-kuen & Patrick Lam's convictions are bullshit.

Read more from @HKLabourRights

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https://x.com/HKLabourRights/status/1839292804888953210

Lastly couple of book recommends for those wanting to dig a bit deeper into some of the contexts.

1st: @ShonaLoong & @Aconlly's new book covers the situation prior & post coup in Myanmar.

2nd: @catielila & @mhar4 focuses on Taiwan from a Taiwanese perspective.
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And that's all from us for now. Take care of yourselves & each other #milkteaalliance

In love & Solidarity

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