The rally at Tamar was pretty large (one of multiple simultaneous rallies today in Hong Kong). We want democracy—that’s what I hear most often from the protesters. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/GiBSzic6Rv
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This is a video of the riot police retreat from Prince Edward station. The protesters have long left. As they retreat, the police are being heckled by passengers and people who clearly look like residents.pic.twitter.com/4Iov9TlaHQ
Okay so the injured person was someone tackled by the police, suspected spinal injury. :-( It appears that it took a firefighter intervening to get some attention. See thread. (Sorry for sideway videos! On mobile!)https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1168916795010494467 …
Maybe they could tell that liquid nitrogen makes no sense, and all this is just people projecting their stereotypes onto them? Those degrees help you be smarter. (Below tweet is an attempt at joke about smart Hong Kong protesters using “liquid nitrogen.”) https://twitter.com/graemeburton/status/1168664933812310020 …
So yeah, it’s not liquid nitrogen (no kidding!) and all that viral stuff is either geek fantasies, or, worse, alt-right myth-making about IQ and race. Hong Kong’s protesters are brave, young, and vulnerable. They need solidarity not this nonsense. See:https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1168731678392504320 …
Carrie Lam has finally announced the withdrawal of the extradition bill that initially sparked the protests. But no amnesty for arrestees, no independent inquiry into police, and no democratic reforms. I don’t think they’re reading the public mood well.https://twitter.com/bydanielvictor/status/1169192151386746881 …
Ugh this nonsense now has a "Bernie's Tweets" version—vinegar rather than liquid nitrogen, but still "chemistry grads". 7.5 million views! See upthread on why this kind of fetishization—via alt-right or via geek fantasies—is harmful to Hong Kong's brave but vulnerable protesters.pic.twitter.com/2wKdZPKmI1
Also, see my other thread on how the copypasta "experts" following Hong Kong only via journalists (who often exaggerate or focus on what's visually attractive or sounds novel to them) or tweets can end up being harmful, too.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1169323269297717248 …
Hong Kong protests aren’t dying down because their other demands are no less important to them—especially the independent investigation into police conduct and amnesty for the “riot” charges. 1100+ were arrested and some of face 10+ years. Not over by far.https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/1170324067674537984 …
Crowd waiting outside the Queen Elizabeth Stadium where Carrie Lam had a dialogue with 150 people inside. They’re all holding up their hands in a gesture of five, chanting five demands, not one less—including universal suffrage! Fourth month. #HongKongProtests still high energy.pic.twitter.com/XLhCahBczI
Yes, yes, I’m back in Hong Kong. I should probably start a new thread.
With a 12 hour time difference, I need some “ga yao” myself but preferably in the form of a bottle of Pocari—a protester staple here.
Protest research is hard to plan. Who knows when they’ll pop up? How long will it last? You do what you can while it continues. Gratitude here to my colleague @smalljones who guest lectured to cover my classes during the Arab Spring! He’s still doing it! (Win for the students!)
The protesters just sang “Glory to Hong Kong” which has become their anthem. A few weeks ago, this didn’t exist. Now they all know it, and often sing it hand over heart.pic.twitter.com/7rUd9iJfqW
MLK, Mandela, Havel, Churchill and others as voiceover for the promo for the 9/29 protests! It is going to be a busy weekend, with the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement and the 70th anniversary of mainland China both coming up! https://twitter.com/tomgrundy/status/1177239068846878720/video/1 …
Tonight’s rally in Hong Kong on detainees and police misconduct, was pretty large. But the big one is tomorrow: a “global anti-totalitarianism march” followed on October 1st by a “wear black” day on the anniversary of mainland China’s founding. Big weekend for #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/zkfBv8zTxJ
The crowd coming out of the subway for the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella revolution rally is so big and dense that we can barely move. Popular chant: “five demands, not one less.” More and more protesters tell me the fifth, universal suffrage, is the most important to them.pic.twitter.com/DJ1C8iYUI4
The rally had barely started, but I already saw the red flag and police are already using pepper spray on people entering the rally. Meanwhile, a small orchestra (right past the pepper spray) is practicing “Glory to Hong Kong”—the anthem that didn’t even exist until recently.pic.twitter.com/OsoVrHPo5E
On its fifth anniversary, the Umbrella movement is back where it started, occupying Harcourt road. It’s tear gas, pepper spray, water cannons (blue water laced with something that burns) against a sea of umbrellas. But the movement is different—tenor, goals & methods all evolved.pic.twitter.com/kuo8CrrwlY
Causeway “anti totalitarian” march. An hour before scheduled gathering time and the tear gas warning flag is up already.
#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/YIHWe9gYhV
See the rifles for Hong Kong police are holding? Made in Pennsylvania, USA. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Yf3yYQLuYL
So we got tear gassed again. Ugh. In the middle of the shopping district. This woman was caught in the middle, and very badly affected. I watched a Hong Kong journalist give her his mask. He went out to work again without a mask. (We got her a medic.) #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/lBrfzYmNEZ
Hong Long protesters ended up marching anyway, despite the teargas. They had a contingent with United Nations and world flags. I also watched the Hong Kong police shoot rubber bullets and tear gas canisters directly at the protesters. Their weapons are made in Pennsylvania, USA.pic.twitter.com/WVoq34rAWd
I think this belongs in this thread. #HongKongProtestshttps://twitter.com/wsj/status/1177357178975457285 …
I was very near this—police disguised as protester was discovered, pulled gun. Live round reportedly fired. People rushed towards us to tell us. Hong Kong protesters keep coming up to me to plead with me to tell the world what’s happening.https://twitter.com/lokinhei/status/1178286307061055488 …
Today’s theme in #HongKongprotests was global anti-totalitarian solidarity. There was a lot of posters on that.pic.twitter.com/lJBfqSN9Se
Also, Hong Kong protesters are pretty clear in their demands. They have five enumerated ones, of which they already won one. It mostly comes down to preserving their autonomy as promised under two systems one country. But they also want universal suffrage.pic.twitter.com/KsowGOSkKw
Here’s a great investigation of the Pennsylvania factory and its poorly-paid workers brewing teargas that is being used on Hong Kong protesters. I took that picture of that canister here in Hong Kong. #HongKongProtestshttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/tear-gas-hong-kong-made-in-usa …
Sad news! Seems the Indonesian journalist shot in the eye by the Hong Kong police may have permanent damage.
Hong Kong police are using tear gas/rubber bullet rifles made in the USA. Same time as she was shot, I witnessed them shoot directly at people.https://twitter.com/Bruno_J_Navarro/status/1178355997225697280 …
Just a note of #ff appreciation. I find her Twitter feed to be among the most useful ones for following Hong Kong. She seems to be everywhere, or always come through with explanations and context.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1178501449992400897 …
At the 45 second mark, you see the Hong Kong police, under no threat, turn right around and shoot directly into the gaggle of journalists, injuring in the eye Veby Mega Indah, journalist with Suara HK News—a local paper read especially by domestic workers.https://twitter.com/_szheng/status/1178348910407897088 …
There was a Christian prayer meeting in Hong Kong today. They prayed, sang “the anthem”—hand over heart, some in tears—and then a masked protester announced a new charter they are calling for with universal suffrage and accountable government. (Last pic has charter QR code).pic.twitter.com/kYlMjz4bG2
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