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:
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 3/
Tues Cont'd
There are a lot of rallies in opposition to the 75th Anniversary of the CCP. In Minneapolis, Bay Area, Madison & Toronto w/ @STFHQ & allies.
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Also in London w/ @freetibetorg @UyghurStop @hkaiduk @vtag_tibet @HKLiberty_Team & more 4/
Tues Cont'd:
@HKers_in_Leeds @manchesterhkers @hkaiduk & more hold Rally "Hymn to the Fallen: Facing the National pain"
Thurs:
@MekongWatch @PVamplify host 6th session in series "Listening to voices from Myanmar: Youth & digital Freedom in Myanmar, Voices from the Frontlines" 5/
Ongoing:
While "ESEA Heritage Month" ends in the UK & there are quite a few more events w/@besea_n & more
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@NgoDeiOrg host exhibition "Treasure in Decade - Hong Kong Protest" in The Hauge. 6/ eseaheritagemonth.co.uk/calendar-2024
Ongoing Cont'd:
@SEAJunction Exhibition “Not Just Labor; Migrant Photo Voices from Thailand Fisheries” will be on display at BACC Pop-Up Gallery till oct 27th
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Kinjai Contemporary hold exhibition "Presumption of Innocence"
W/ @112watch @ThumbRights @TLHR2014 & @iLawFX 7/
And that's all the events for now, thanks to @candramertha @MTA_Museum @BefriaHongKong for sending us events to add.
Few highlights...
@PVamplify's weekly highlight focuses on how the Junta in Myanmar continues to block aid to flood effected areas
8/progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2024/09/27/jun…
@candramertha @MTA_Museum @BefriaHongKong @PVamplify Then @MattersMohinga's weekly update on Myanmar is out:
There have been a lot of threads about the umbrella revolution over the weekend... 1 from @FY4Chan
And that's where we will leave it for now. To Hong Kongers there & in exile, to our Thai Friends, to our comrades in Myanmar, the Tibetans, Uyghurs & all our other friends of the #MilkTeaAlliance, we still with you.
In love & solidarity.
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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)
&
Free Burma action committee - San Francisco hold their weekly solidarity protest for resistance in Burma! 3/
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/
Weekend passes quickly but that does mean it's time for the upcoming weeks event 🧵
B4 we begin want to highlight which is a new site from @AmnestyThailand which provides info & a way to write to political prisoners in Thailand. Send them encouragement! 1/ freeratsadon.amnesty.or.th
@AmnestyThailand @thalugazzz @MilkTeaTHA There are 13 events in the calendar for this weekend. 4 exhibitions & 1 opening, 1 cultural month, 1 photo awards, 4 talks, 1 environmental week & a happy hour 🤔
@AmnestyThailand @thalugazzz @MilkTeaTHA Tues:
Mekong-ASEAN Environmental Week begins in Bangkok, we have added some but far from all of the events happening... Check out the full schedule here: