As global attention shifted elsewhere, one might have assumed that the movement had died a natural death. It did not.
Deep Dive
Taiwan and Hong Kong are often thought of as projections of each others' past or future. How can we move beyond this binary framing to open a path for broader transnational political exchange?
The social chaos of state failure during pandemic has created an apt cover for governments to begin consolidating their own power.
In China, the emergence of mutual aid groups in response to the pandemic brings new possibilities, amidst a narrowing space for public participation.
洛石·
Since the British colonial era, the Hong Kong government's apathetic approach to social welfare has undermined workers' rights.
Filipino workers experience a double precarity under neoliberal austerity and the lingering effects of US militarism at home, while facing abuse as cheap export labor in Hong Kong.
JP·
The offer of a potential escape route to BNO holders is a step in the right direction; but without a commitment to granting asylum to Hongkongers, it may fail to reach those most in need of protection.
What does the emergence of graffiti tell us about the tendencies and shortcomings of decentralized struggle in Hong Kong?
When others are in crisis, have we ever invested time and effort to understand their struggles, and extend our solidarity and support?
Can we advocate an agriculture that rejects the 'normal' that creates the conditions for pandemics, patriarchy and hegemony to emerge?
Beijing is but one of the most visible causes of Hong Kong’s social ills. The "invisible hand" of the free market lies at the root.
Hong Kong's short-lived radical leftist magazine laid the groundwork for our political action today.
