Timothy Snyder, historian and bestselling author of On Tyranny and The Road to Unfreedom With values, tactics, and courage, Joshua Wong shows us the way. If we want freedom, we need to learn from Hong Kong. Named by the Financial Times as one of the 50 people who shaped the decade. 'A guide to mobilising for democracy and representation in and far beyond Hong Kong.' - Julia Lovell, award-winning author of Maoism With values, tactics, and courage, Joshua Wong shows us the way.' - Timothy Snyder, bestselling author of On Tyranny 'If we want freedom, we need to learn from Hong Kong. When we free our speech, our voice becomes one.
His message is clear: when we stay silent, no one is safe. His actions have sparked worldwide attention and earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, as he continues to fight for what he believes in. Since then, he led the Umbrella Movement, founded a political party, and rallied the international community around the Hong Kong protests, which saw 2 million people take to the streets. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education - and won. It chronicles Joshua's path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner, and closes with a powerful and urgent manifesto for us to defend our democracies at time of global flux and change. Unfree Speech is Joshua's urgent call for us to defend our democratic values, whoever we are. INTRODUCTION BY AI WEIWEI, FOREWORD BY CHRIS PATTEN Imprisoned on 2 December 2020 for the third time, read Joshua Wong's urgent and powerful story - the Hong Konger fighting for democracy. 'Joshua Wong is a brave and inspiring young leader.' - GRETA THUNBERG
The urgent, first book from global phenomenon Joshua Wong – leader of the Hong Kong protests, Nobel prize nominee and TIME, Forbes and Fortune world leader – who will tell us how he took on the biggest country in the world, and why we all have a stake in the global fight for democracy.
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