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 …
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Causeway “anti totalitarian” march. An hour before scheduled gathering time and the tear gas warning flag is up already.
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See the rifles for Hong Kong police are holding? Made in Pennsylvania, USA.
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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.)
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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
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