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, by KINCAID Sally, LEUNG Lam Chi
Lam Chi Leung is a revolutionary socialist based in Hong Kong. He spoke to Sally Kincaid and Sally Campbell about the future of the Umbrella movement one month on.
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Sally Kincaid – Is the movement still going strong?
Lam Chi Leung – Today (28 October) marks exactly one (…)
, by AU Loong-yu
Hong Kong’s Occupy movement has inspired and engaged vast numbers of young people. Au Loong Yu, a revolutionary socialist, assesses its strengths and weaknesses following pitched battles with the police.
The retaking of the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong by occupiers on 18 October relied on (…)
, by Civil Servants
The following open letter to HK people is signed by at least 1314 civil servants from 65 Departments.
"On 20 Oct 2014, the Hong Kong Civil Servants General Union & Government Employees Association (The Unions hereafter) issued a joint letter to condemn the Occupy Central as a movement (…)
Public support for the Occupy movement has grown since the campaign began, and it continues to divide residents, a Chinese University survey has found.
Support for the movement was particularly significant among young people, pan-democrats and moderates. Pollsters said they believed that the (…)
, by GANDALL Marv, NOBLE Josh
The economic origins of the Hong Kong democracy movement
Democratic movements have customarily viewed the acquisition of political rights not as an end in itself, but as a means to improve living standards and redress inequality. A report in this morning’s Financial Times indicates these (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Mainlanders founded facebook page to support Hong Kong movement (mostly in Chinese of course, but with some English:
https://www.facebook.com/Mainlandsupporters
Some extracts:
I am afraid, so what?
Someone asked me, ’you are from mainland after all, are you not afraid since you are in (…)
, by SUNG Vincent
The Umbrella Movement, which involves every walk of life in Hong Kong, is entirely different from Hong Kong’s previous mass protests in the past few decades. This is due to its unprecedented methods of struggle, massive disruption of public order, its peacefulness and its spontaneity. The (…)
, by BAI Ruixue, CHAN Kelvin
We are publishing below a report on discussion held in Mong Kok on the movement and its future. Since this report was sent, the government has cancelled the talks with the students scheduled for this Friday. See below the AP article.
After Sunday night, when many people feared that there (…)
, by Left 21 (Hong Kong)
Class boycott of university and secondary school students initiated by the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism since 22nd September for genuine universal suffrage escalated to the full-blown Occupy Movement on 26th September evening. Attempts of the government and police to evict (…)
, by BAI Ruixue
After the attacks of yesterday and further threats by anti-Occupy groups to attack the protesters, large numbers have still turned out today undeterred. One pro-Beijing group, Caring Hong Kong Power, had earlier put out a call to its members to again go to Mong Kok. The message says that the use (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
Since noon, the government has started mobilizing gangsters to provoke the public. It is hard to imagine that the government is lining up with the mafia but it now happens during the CY Leung’s administration. This is something expected and no need to be shocked about it.
Looking at the (…)
, by BRADBURY Alexandra
After two weeks of protests, and a support strike by several unions, pro-democracy demonstrators were brutally attacked today by pro-government thugs in Hong Kong, scuttling the promise of talks between students and the government.
Just a few hours earlier, three Hong Kong activists supporting (…)
, by HKCTU
Chief Executive CY Leung promised to appoint the Chief Secretary for Administration and the political reform trio to have dialogue with the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS), yet allowed thugs to attack the protesters the very next day. This is no different from suppressing citizens who (…)
, by Globalization Monitor, LSD, Neighborhood and Workers Service Centre, Pioneer
We severely condemn the government’s conniving with fascist thugs to attack the occupation of the people.
Appeal to the Occupation to protect Admiralty first and retreat from other occupation places.
Today Hong Kong’s rule of law and basic human rights were totally violated. In Mong Kok, (…)
, by BAI Ruixue
In the last few days the Occupy Central movement has continued to grow phenomenally. Following a very tense day and night on Sunday as police continually tried to disperse the protesters with force, firing numerous rounds of teargas, the large numbers and protesters determination to keep the (…)
The protest in Hong Kong, which is now in its fifth day and was started by the Occupy Central with Love and Peace group that preceded the current mass mobilization, could turn out to be a game-changing social movement. Many local and foreign human rights groups fear that what began as a call for (…)
, by ADN
The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) condemns the violent crackdown of the peaceful pro- democracy protesters. We condemn the suppression of freedom of speech and assembly in Hong Kong and calls on the protection of the basic rights of free speech, assembly, religion and free press guaranteed by the (…)
, by AU Loong-yu
Monday 29th September 2014/Occupy Central Day 3 - Occupy central continues to grow by leaps and bounds.
I. The Situation
The general public has come out to support the students, and with their own bodies have resisted the tear gas to defeat the offensive of the regime of Leung Chun-ying, (…)
, by CHAN Sophia
The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong continue. Demonstrators have set a deadline of midnight tonight for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive to resign. German revolutionary group Marx21 interviewed Sophia Chan from Left21, Hong Kong about the background to and prospects for the mass protests taking (…)
, by HKCTU, Petition / Sign-on Letter
Petition sponsored by the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU).
The Chinese government has broken its promise for implementing true democracy in Hong Kong. On 28 September the Hong Kong government deployed anti-riot police and fired tear gas at tens of thousands of peaceful (…)
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