For Hong Kong, Beijing’s so-called ‘anti-imperialism’ is a sham
Structures of inequality do not simply wither away with the hoisting of a new flag.
Succumbing to Cold War rhetoric narrows our avenues for insurrection.
The narratives around the NBA controversy help both American and Chinese nationalist agendas.
Hong Kong's movement at the crossroads of Chinese class struggle and Western-backed self determination.
Hong Kong cannot singlehandedly dismantle the hegemonies that ensnare it.
On liberation
What is the meaning of freedom in a dying city?
Revolutionizing our times
If our home is so wonderful, then what are we revolting for?
This is not ‘restoration’
The British colonial past is no model to a democratic future.
Across borders
Navigating Hong Kong's geopolitical dilemma.
Can our ‘global city’ offer transnational solidarity?
Oppressed peoples of the world must stand together.
Have we actually put a revolutionary spirit into practice?
Succumbing to Cold War rhetoric narrows our avenues for insurrection.
We must carefully draw a line between pro-Hong Kong solidarity and anti-Chinese racism.
Like Hong Kongers, Goans were never offered a choice about their future.
On the ground
Histories that shape Hong Kong's struggle.
How real estate hegemony looms behind Hong Kong’s unrest
An interview with Alice Poon.
Hong Kong political strikes: a brief history
For Hong Kong, general strikes are nothing new.
The margins
Who is included in the idea of 'Hong Konger'?
More Hong Kongers must speak out for migrants’ rights
Hong Kong's treatment of Yuli Riswati is a call for all of us to do better.
Hidden behind Hong Kong's civilized image, domestic workers experience myriad forms of violence.
Yuli's story must not become a mere footnote in Hong Kong’s struggle for liberation.
How the current movement in Hong Kong affects migrant domestic workers and their continued battle for equality.
Is removing child protestors from their families really for their 'well-being,' or is it another form of political domination?
Nativism must be confronted in the movement for Hong Kong's self-determination. In its place, we need radical new imaginations of justice.
Sex workers have been central to the fight against police brutality—long before the anti-extradition protests.
What does it mean—and how does it feel—to be a leftist in the movement? Building power from the affect of dejection.
When 'housewives strike, tyranny will fall.'
The diaspora
Obstacles and opportunities of distance.
Neither close nor far away: on solidarity from afar
Distance allows us to imagine what this revolution could be.
Notes on a New York rally for Hong Kong
Examining inconsistencies in free speech, protest and policing.
The 'sixth demand'
What would it mean to disband the Hong Kong Police Force?
How to abolish the Hong Kong police
Thinking through the 'sixth demand.'
Thinking through capitalism, policing, and incarceration in Hong Kong.
The 'rule of law' is nothing more than a colonial myth.
Critiques of the Hong Kong Police Force may be the beginning of an abolitionist politics.
The police cannot be politically neutral—because the social order they maintain is not neutral.
HKHRDA
Close readings of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act: a critical analysis
Reading the HKHRDA from a decolonial perspective.
Finding the right match: HKHRDA and its contradictions
Is Hong Kong's fight for freedom seeking the wrong allies?
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