#1314 Hong Kong Protests (Where Colonialism meets Neoliberalism)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Air Date: 10/25/2019
Today we take a look at the complicated series of forces driving the protests in Hong Kong that span the ideological spectrum.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Will China crack down on Hong Kong? - The Inquiry - Air Date 6-25-19
Pro-democracy protesters worry that this is being eroded as the Communist party is trying to bring it further under its influence. Complicating matters is Hong Kong’s significant but shrinking economic importance to China.
We break down the protests in Hong Kong.
Carl Zha provides a primer on what has unfolded with the protests in Hong Kong.
Ch. 4: Fighting for the Future of Hong Kong - The Laura Flanders Show - Air Date 10-9-19
The historic demonstrations began in June as a response to the proposal of an extradition agreement with Mainland China. All these months later, the issues have become a lot bigger getting to the heart of the meaning of democracy and Chinese Imperialism.
Carl Zha provides a primer on what has unfolded with the protests in Hong Kong.
China held its largest military parades ever in Beijing this week to mark 70 years of Communist rule. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, police escalated violence Tuesday by firing live ammunition at demonstrators for the first time in the months-long protests.
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Ch. 7: Don't let the older generations off the hook - Alan from Connecticut
Ch. 8: We are in this together - James from Sacramento, CA
Ch. 9: Pitching in - Erica from Illinois
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast, in which we shall |
| 0:07.0 | learn about the complicated range of forces driving the protests in Hong Kong that span |
| 0:12.5 | the ideological spectrum. |
| 0:14.4 | Before we get started, though, just a reminder that we are facing a fiscal cliff in the |
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| 1:09.3 | And now onto the show, clips today come from the inquiry, the Michael Brooks show, unauthorized |
| 1:14.8 | disclosure, the Laura Flanders show, and democracy now. |
| 1:18.9 | I think the young people do need to fight for what they believe in, but they need to fight |
| 1:30.6 | in a very smart way. |
| 1:34.2 | Our second expert witness, Professor Steve Sang, is director of the Soas China Institute |
| 1:39.9 | at the University of London. |
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