Podcasts about protest a recent history

Anthony Dapiran, author of the books City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong and City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong was my guest on today’s show. We covered the Hong Kong protest movements that have unfolded over the past two decades, their ongoing struggle with authoritarian China attempting to impose their rule on a still somewhat independent Hong Kong, and how the pro-democracy protest movement has been affected by the pandemic and the lockdown. If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, the Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You’ll find the link in the description below. PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE Get 25% off podcast hosting with Podiant RESOURCES Order City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong Order City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong Follow us on Facebook or Twitter or sign up for our mailing list to get information on my upcoming book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War. Music from Just Jim - https://soundcloud.com/justjim

Anthony Dapiran, author of the books City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong and City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong was my guest on today's show. We covered the Hong Kong protest movements that have unfolded over the past two decades, their ongoing struggle with authoritarian China attempting to impose their rule on a still somewhat independent Hong Kong, and how the pro-democracy protest movement has been affected by the pandemic and the lockdown. If you haven't already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don't forget, my book, the Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You'll find the link in the description below. [**PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1789044901/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1789044901&linkCode=as2&tag=thejist00-21&linkId=713eb889ae4131bec19abcebdee517f6) [***Get 25% off podcast hosting with Podiant***](https://pcast.link/chatter/) ***RESOURCES*** [Order City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong](https://amzn.to/33vtvRd) [Order City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong](https://amzn.to/3iyEkYX) Follow us on Facebook or Twitter or [sign up for our mailing list to get information on my upcoming book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War](http://www.establishmentcivilwar.co.uk/). Music from Just Jim - [https://soundcloud.com/justjim](https://soundcloud.com/justjim)

In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review: China's Hong Kong: the Politics of a Global City by Tim Summers The Trouble with Taiwan: History, the United States and a Rising China by Kerry Brown and Kalley Wu Tzu Hui Generation HK: Seeking Identity in China’s Shadow by Ben Bland City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong by Anthony Dapiran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our focus is Hong Kong and our podcast features Antony Dapiran, author of “City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong.” “Hong Kong is a city with a long history of civil disobedience.” So begins the book blurb on Amazon.com for a now-sold-out book published in July 2017. It was a timeless observation on the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover. It is a timely observation today with most in Hong Kong wondering what’s next. “We are on the cusp of what could be a general breakdown of law and order. It hasn’t gotten there yet, but the government hasn’t done anything to stop it," said Antony Dapiran in The New York Times on 5 August 2019, "City of Protest is a compelling look at the often-fraught relationship between politics and belonging, and a city’s struggle to assert itself." Listen to Antony as we discuss the changes and challenges facing Hong Kong today. You can follow him on Twitter @AntD.

    Hong Kong's streets are increasingly filled with violence as protesters clash with police following the local government's consideration of a bill which would make extradition easier to mainland China.      The Crisis Next Door host Jason Brooks talks about the protests and Hong Kong's future with Antony Dapiran, a Hong Kong-based writer, lawyer and author of "City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we speak again with Antony Dapiran, a corporate lawyer in Hong Kong and the author of City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong, to catch up on the fast-moving events in the former British colony. Antony talks about the occupation of the Legislative Council (LegCo) building by protesters, the curious decision by Hong Kong authorities to allow the occupation of that building — which has usually been a red line, to be defended at all costs — and the support that this seems to have within the broader movement. We also discuss reactions of mainland Chinese to events in Hong Kong and ponder what could come next. Listen to Antony’s earlier interview on Sinica: Umbrella Revolution 2.0 – or something else? Antony Dapiran on the Hong Kong demonstrations. What to listen for on this week’s Sinica Podcast: 4:51: July 1 is a public holiday in Hong Kong that celebrates the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. This year, members of the Legislative Council, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam, celebrated a bit differently, as Antony recounts: “Traditionally, the morning of that day has been marked by a flag-raising ceremony at [Golden] Bauhinia Square at the convention center, which was the site of the ceremony itself…This year, protestors had indicated that they were planning to protest that flag-raising ceremony. And, as a result, the whole area was sealed off by police. Carrie Lam and all the dignitaries were forced to watch the flag-raising ceremony from inside [the LegCo building].” 8:19: Antony describes the scene around the LegCo building on the afternoon of July 1. After “a good six or seven hours” of the protestors “battering away” at tempered-glass windows, protestors breached and briefly occupied the building. The passivity of the police puzzled onlookers. After protestors broke through, the police withdrew. Antony has doubts about the explanation given by the Hong Kong Police: “The police themselves said there were ‘operational challenges’ using things like tear gas and pepper spray, but again, I’ve seen them using those very tools in that same space before, so I don’t quite buy that.” Another theory Antony has heard suggests that the Hong Kong government made a deliberate choice to “allow the protestors to do this, possibly as something of a calculated gamble that in doing this, they would do themselves a disservice or do some harm to their own image and cause the protests themselves to lose support across the broader community.” 13:57: Antony explains that the protestors vandalized the LegCo building in a “very targeted and highly symbolic fashion,” with a focus on “symbols of the Hong Kong government’s undemocratic control of Hong Kong and symbols of Beijing state power.” Books in the library were left untouched, and cash was left for drinks taken from refrigerators. However, in the main legislative chamber, individuals spray-painted over the portion of Hong Kong’s official emblem that says “The People’s Republic of China.” Antony: “Certainly, I think there was a sense that the way in which [the protestors] went about it was not a wanton act of destruction, but a carefully considered symbolic act.” 21:53: Antony forecasts what he thinks will ensue as a result of the continued dissatisfaction among the Hong Kong populace. More protests are to come, “in all of the 18 districts in Hong Kong over the coming weeks and months,” which could signal a call to action to the broader population outside of the central business district. “This movement is, in interesting ways, unlike past protest movements in Hong Kong, really spreading out among the people,” he states. “That combined with the desire to keep up the pressure from the protestors’ side is going to create a really interesting dynamic if the government can’t find its way to doing something to defuse the situation and start giving people something that they want.” Recommendations: Jeremy: A thread on Twitter by novelist Jeannette Ng on the topic of Mulan, which contains this Foreign Policy article that describes the many different versions of the story. Antony: The Mekong Review, a quarterly literary journal focused on Southeast Asia. Kaiser: Peter Hessler’s new book, The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution.

Millions have turned out in Hong Kong to protest China's growing influence in their city. Meanwhile, Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces pressure at the G20 summit from the US China Trade War and President Trump. To learn more about Hong Kong protesters, joining us is Antony Dapiran, a HK-based writer, lawyer, and photographer. He’s also the author of the book “City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong.” Follow him on Twitter! @antd Twitter @chinauncensored @shelzhang

Antony Dapiran is a seasoned corporate lawyer who has worked in Hong Kong and Beijing for the last two decades. In that time, he’s become a historian of protests in Hong Kong and the author of City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong (2017), which explores the idea of protest as an integral part of Hong Kong’s identity. In a conversation with Kaiser and Jeremy, Antony brings a historical perspective to his analysis of the current demonstrations over the highly unpopular extradition bill, the shelving of which has not slaked the anger of demonstrators. What to listen for on this week’s Sinica Podcast: 7:46: Reports emerged last week that suggested that the extradition bill, met with fierce opposition in Hong Kong, originated from the office of Chief Executive Carrie Lam, rather than in Beijing. Antony provides his take on this development: “People felt it could only be the hand of Beijing behind this, directing the Hong Kong administration to do it. Otherwise, why would it be done in such a roughshod fashion on such an issue that was clearly going to be of great sensitivity in Hong Kong and potentially against the interest of the Hong Kong community? Notwithstanding how surprising it is, it really does raise questions about the competence of Carrie Lam and her administration.” 12:10: Given the stark pushback against the bill, did Lam and her team see this coming? As a career civil servant, she has never had to undergo a general election, so this fumble could be a result of “cluelessness,” according to Antony. “There are a number of jokes going around Hong Kong that she doesn’t know how to catch the MTR, or that when she first moved into the Chief Executive’s residence, she didn’t know where to buy toilet paper.” 13:57: Is the comparison to the Umbrella Movement of 2015 an apt one? Antony gives us his opinion: “They organized and mobilized themselves rather by way of online chat forums, private messaging groups on Telegram and WhatsApp — it’s even being said that they’re using AirDrop to communicate instructions and messages on the ground. And that is a really strong contrast to the Umbrella Movement of five years ago, which, even as a student movement, had very clear leadership and was very much centrally organized.”   He continues, “I think part of the reason why the protesters, this time around, are avoiding that model is precisely a direct response to the Hong Kong government’s aggressive prosecution and jailing of the Umbrella Movement leaders.” 24:46: What has happened since the Umbrella Movement in 2015? “The Umbrella Movement was regarded as a failure — it didn’t achieve its aims,” Antony states. “And then, in the five years since then, the Hong Kong government has steadily tightened the screws on dissent in the city… Using the cover of the legal system and Hong Kong’s rule of law has resulted in what I call a campaign of ‘lawfare’ for that reason.” 35:57: What of the leadership in Beijing and its take on the protests, and the handling of the protests by the Hong Kong government? Antony explains: “The vacuum that’s likely to be left by the much diminished authority of Carrie Lam in itself presents either an opportunity or a threat.” The opportunity being that, while the Legislative Council has “almost been reduced to rubber stamp function,” this may reinvigorate legislators in Hong Kong — whereas the threat may be that Beijing sees the vacuum as Hong Kong’s inability to govern itself, and “decides that it needs to intervene.” Recommendations: Jeremy: A Twitter account, @finnegansreader, which is a bot reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake line by line. There is a sister account for the author’s Ulysses, @ulyssesreader. Antony: The author Dung Kai-cheung, and his masterpiece, Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City. Kaiser: Total War: Three Kingdoms, a turn-based strategy game by Creative Assembly, and John Zhu’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast.

In Marx's 18th Brumaire he provides his famous quote about history repeating "First as tragedy, then as Farce". So what is unfolding in Hong Kong? Why are Hong Kong Tycoons who flourished under Beijing's rule turning against their former masters? Why are protesters who never knew democracy under imperial British rule marching with the Union Jack? To find out, we spoke with Antony Dapiran an Attorney with over 20 years experience litigating in both Hong Kong and Beijng. Antony also has written one of the best books for understanding contemporary protests in Hong Kong: City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong Is Hong Kong protesting for a future that doesn't exist, or for a past that never was? Do we march first against Beijing and then against the Tycoons? What to make of a world of illiberal democracy versus Authoritarianism are our only choices? All this and more in Part 3 of our series on the Hong Kong Protests! This is easily one of my favorite interviews. I know you will love it to! For more information on who we are, what we do, and the Asia we want you to explore, check out Asiaarttours.com !

Antony Dapiran, lawyer and author of 'City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong,' joined Amy from Hong Kong to discuss the mass-scale protests against the government's proposed extradition bill, as well as the long history of protest in the city. Broadcast on 18 June, 2019.

Playwright Rory Godbold and Dr Carolyn Johnston, Senior Research Fellow in law and biotechnology at Melbourne Law School, joined Amy to discuss Victoria's new voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws that come into effect this week and Rory's new play on VAD at La Mama Theatre, When The Light Leaves. Antony Dapiran, lawyer and author of City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong, joined us from Hong Kong to discuss the mass-scale protests against the government's proposed extradition bill, as well as the history of protest in the city. Plus Ben Eltham from New Matilda on the latest in federal politics.

We bring you an emergency podcast from Hong Kong, one day after extraordinary police violence saw 79 people injured by baton charges, rubber bullets and over 150 rounds of tear gas. This dark turn comes only a few days after one million Hong Kongers—one in seven residents—took to the streets to protest proposed legal amendments that would allow citizens to be extradited to mainland China. Louisa reports from the protest frontlines and talks to Antony Dapiran, author of City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong as well as Jeffrey Ngo, chief researcher of the political group Demosisto. Photo credit: Louisa Lim 2019See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the turbulent 1960s until today, Hong Kong has been a city shaped by civil disobedience. The latest wave of protests in Hong Kong’s long history of public dissent culminated in the Occupy Central movement of 2014. What emerges from these grassroots movements is a unique Hong Kong identity, one shaped neither by Britain nor China. Guest: Antony Dapiran (author of City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong) Follow Antony Daparin on Twitter: @antd Follow La Trobe Asia on Twitter: @LaTrobeAsia