Impeach, Imprison, Kill

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/06/trumpimpeachimprisonkill98987687585.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>This powerful compilation encapsulates the mainstream media’s blueprint to first impeach President Trump to tarnish his standing, imprison him after he leaves office on bogus charges, then eventually kill him once he’s lost all power. Share this video with friends and family to expose the media-industrial complex operation against a U.S. president.</strong></p> <p><strong><em>The Big Tech purge is here! Follow </em></strong><a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/the-big-tech-crackdown-is-accelerating-follow-infowars-on-these-growing-alternative-platforms/"><strong><em>Infowars and Alex Jones on other growing platforms</em></strong></a><strong><em> now to stay informed as the information blackout accelerates.</em></strong></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/impeach-imprison-kill">https://www.infowars.com/posts/impeach-imprison-kill</a>

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Emergency Saturday Broadcast! January 6 False Flag Confirmed

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/06/jonesemergency2948142876.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Alex Jones breaks down how the January 6th Capitol protest was a confirmed false flag event meant to demonize Trump supporters and provide the Biden administration the justification necessary to persecute his political enemies.</strong></p> <p><strong><em>The Big Tech purge is here! Follow </em></strong><a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/the-big-tech-crackdown-is-accelerating-follow-infowars-on-these-growing-alternative-platforms/"><strong><em>Infowars and Alex Jones on other growing platforms</em></strong></a><strong><em> now to stay informed as the information blackout accelerates.</em></strong></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/emergency-saturday-broadcast-january-6-false-flag-confirmed">https://www.infowars.com/posts/emergency-saturday-broadcast-january-6-false-flag-confirmed</a>

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AOC Rejects $100,000 Raised By Conservatives Trying To Help Out Her ‘Abuela’

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/06/AOC29482489715.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) rejected a conservative fundraising effort to help her grandmother in fix up her home damaged by a hurricane.</strong></p> <p>The episode began Wednesday when Ocasio-Cortez claimed on Twitter that she visited her sick grandmother in Puerto Rico, whose home had appeared to suffer some interior damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="8.9265536723164"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="11.604519774011"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.</p> <p>This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR.</p> <p>People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them. <a href="https://t.co/wnRxLalA2D">pic.twitter.com/wnRxLalA2D</a></p> — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1400150275676160001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>The <em>Daily Wire’s</em> Matt Walsh weighed in, calling out AOC as a bad granddaughter for failing to help her “abuela” while at the same time “living in luxury.”</p> <p>“Shameful that you live in luxury while allowing your own grandmother to suffer in these squalid conditions,” he told the New York congresswoman on Twitter.</p> <p>AOC responded by accusing Walsh of perpetuating systemic racism in permitting Puerto Rico to remain a U.S. colony.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="8.5580736543909"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="10.810198300283"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">You don’t even have a concept for the role that 1st-gen, first-born daughters play in their families.</p> <p>My abuela is okay. But instead of only caring for mine & letting others suffer, I’m calling attention to the systemic injustices you seem totally fine w/ in having a US colony. <a href="https://t.co/QN0ZVoyDt2">https://t.co/QN0ZVoyDt2</a></p> — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1400163260918386696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>That’s when Walsh <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-aocs-abuelas-ancestral-home">launched a GoFundMe to raise money for AOC’s grandmother</a> in attempt to mock her hypocrisy, raising over $100,000 in less than 24 hours.</p> <p>From Walsh’s GoFundMe page:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote" readability="26.545123062899"> <p>“<em>On June 2nd, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1400150275676160001" target="_blank">reported to Twitter</a> that her dear abuela has fallen ill and continues to live in squalid conditions since her home was ravaged by Hurricane María. <strong>One cannot be certain of the cost to repair grandma’s house, but surely most of the work could be completed for the price of <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15020138/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tesla-illegally-parked/">AOC’s shiny Tesla Model 3</a>.</strong></em></p> <p><em>As AOC <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1400163260918386696" target="_blank">pointed out</a> to us, we “don’t even have a concept for the role that [incredibly successful children of two American citizens…] play in their families,” but clearly caring for their own grandparent isn’t part of it. Says the congresswoman, “…instead of only caring for [my own grandmother] & letting others suffer, I’m calling attention to the systemic injustices…”</em></p> <p><em>No, seriously. She really said that. Sadly, virtue-signaling isn’t going to fix abuela’s roof. So we are. Let’s all kick in to help save AOC’s abuela’s ancestral home. Any amount is appreciated, but the cost of a monthly lease payment on that Tesla is around $499…All proceeds will be donated to abuela, if she will accept them</em>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Walsh reported on Saturday that “someone” in AOC’s family told GoFundMe that they won’t accept the money he raised.</p> <p>“UPDATE: ‘someone’ in AOC’s abuela’s family told GoFundMe that she won’t take the money, even though AOC previously claimed that her grandma was in dire straits (and it was Trump’s fault). <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1401161206430371843%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.infowars.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php" target="_blank">@AOC</a> still hasn’t acknowledged this effort or thanked us,” Walsh wrote.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="7.0769230769231"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="7.9615384615385"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">UPDATE: “someone” in AOC’s abuela’s family told GoFundMe that she won’t take the money, even though AOC previously claimed that her grandma was in dire straits (and it was Trump’s fault). <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> still hasn’t acknowledged this effort or thanked us. Here’s the email from GoFundMe: <a href="https://t.co/MsM4ECLDX0">pic.twitter.com/MsM4ECLDX0</a></p> — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1401161206430371843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>The accompanying letter from GoFundMe stated that all donors would receive refunds within 3-7 business days.</p> <p>AOC appears to be so engrossed in partisan politics that she’s not even willing to even help her own grandmother with money that was raised by conservatives.</p> <p>However, it’s not surprising, and conservatives should know better than to think they can score points with these kind of ploys.</p> <p>“It’s pretty fascinating, really. We raised enough to change her grandmother’s life. We could have raised enough to lift her whole neighborhood out of poverty. AOC shut it down. She’d rather leave people to suffer than accept help from us. Very revealing episode,” Walsh noted.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <em>Twitter: <a href="https://www.infowars.com/rss.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@WhiteIsTheFury</a></em><br /> <em>Gab: <a href="https://www.infowars.com/rss.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@WhiteIsTheFury</a></em><br /> <em>Minds: <a href="https://www.minds.com/whiteisthefury/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@WhiteIsTheFury</a></em> <p><em>Owen reacts to <a href="https://freeworldnews.tv/watch?id=60ac3b41b0d09748137c582a">AOC coming out as a mental patient</a> over the January 6th Capitol protest.</em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/aoc-rejects-100000-raised-by-conservatives-to-help-out-her-abuela">https://www.infowars.com/posts/aoc-rejects-100000-raised-by-conservatives-to-help-out-her-abuela</a>

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Were Human-Animal Hybrids Approved By The U.S. Senate?

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/06/animalhybrid24029409.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Learn about the creation of chimeras, specifically human-animal hybrids, and how the U.S. Senate voted on a proposed ban of this type of scientific experimentation.</strong></p> <p><strong><em>The Big Tech purge is here! Follow </em></strong><a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/the-big-tech-crackdown-is-accelerating-follow-infowars-on-these-growing-alternative-platforms/"><strong><em>Infowars and Alex Jones on other growing platforms</em></strong></a><strong><em> now to stay informed as the information blackout accelerates.</em></strong></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/were-human-animal-hybrids-approved-by-the-u-s-senate">https://www.infowars.com/posts/were-human-animal-hybrids-approved-by-the-u-s-senate</a>

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Chris Wallace Defends Fauci: Wuhan Lab Leak Emails Contain ‘No Smoking Gun’

<p><em>[unable to retrieve full-text content]</em></p> "This is highly political. I can promise you. You’re seeing it as a major talking point from Republicans," he says.<br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/chris-wallace-defends-fauci-wuhan-lab-leak-emails-contain-no-smoking-gun">https://www.infowars.com/posts/chris-wallace-defends-fauci-wuhan-lab-leak-emails-contain-no-smoking-gun</a>

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China extends reach in Hong Kong over Tiananmen Square vigil

<p>In the face of a new national security law and the arrests of political activists, people in Hong Kong still took to the streets on June 4 to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the massacre at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.</p> <p>Victoria Park, in northern Hong Kong, usually draws thousands of people waving candles to memorialize the still-unknown number of people who died during the Chinese government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989. But this year, Hongkongers who dared to show up in person were met with signs from police warning of their possible prosecution, and Victoria Park was <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57356140">barricaded shut</a>.</p> <p>Officially, 2021’s Tiananmen Square remembrance was canceled by the local government because of the coronavirus pandemic, as it was <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/6/4/21280440/tiananmen-square-massacre-hong-kong-vigil-china-anthem">last year</a>. But activists <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPC8cj4gXec&ab_channel=BBCNews">told the BBC</a> that they see this year’s intervention as a step to silence dissent on the island, one of the few places in China where the 1989 Tiananmen Square activists have been allowed to be commemorated.</p> <p>Last year, when police closed Victoria Park to the Tiananmen Square commemoration, demonstrators knocked down the barricades and continued their candlelight vigil. It was the first time the Hong Kong government had tried to stop the demonstration in 30 years. But since then, the Chinese government passed a new security law, which makes it easier to punish protesters and gives the mainland more control over Hong Kong.</p> <p>The morning of June 4, the vice chair for the pro-democracy group Hong Kong Alliance, Chow Hang Tung, was arrested for posting about the remembrance online. Among other posts promoting the memory of Tiananmen Square, Chow called for people to “turn on lights everywhere, mobile phone lights, candles, electronic candles…” on her Facebook page the day before <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57353803">her arrest</a>. Chow, who is also a lawyer, predicted that she would be arrested in an interview before June 4. She was arrested for promoting an unauthorized assembly and was released from custody on Saturday.</p> <figure class="e-image"><span class="e-image__inner"><span class="e-image__image" data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg"><picture class="c-picture" data-cid="site/picture_element-1622942727_644_219989" data-cdata='{"asset_id":22639830,"ratio":"*"}'><source srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yviRWxn3q8IJvMO2yt2vtQxIDVE=/0x0:6048x4024/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jTs0bbkfhojS265JA42y3q68iE4=/0x0:6048x4024/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/zdU9AZDIIPf7VmusYYS-WQcXegI=/0x0:6048x4024/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/7lbWvouTWmDzDEBTVrp_7J3HPuI=/0x0:6048x4024/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ld5guf3vg1NXxS1qbyZR7iw0-oE=/0x0:6048x4024/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UFoaVbX54n3yiOawV7TrVnuq3os=/0x0:6048x4024/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YhdsUzFpgltg3jOzeRoPf9K_III=/0x0:6048x4024/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ocRhWBNfV3bOs4ngmEQGNeRd3A0=/0x0:6048x4024/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/569yOg5LFhSQD1-GGSLd6Rh2h40=/0x0:6048x4024/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:6048x4024):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22639830/1233281322.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 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The law’s 66 articles criminalize acts that fall into four categories: secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion. Critics of the bill, including <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/29/china-new-hong-kong-law-roadmap-repression#">Human Rights Watch</a> and <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/07/hong-kong-national-security-law-10-things-you-need-to-know/">Amnesty International</a>, have called the text a threat to free speech and overly broad.</p> <p>As Vox’s Jen Kirby <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/7/2/21309902/china-national-security-law-hong-kong-protests-us-sanctions">wrote in 2020 after the passage of the law</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Under each of these activities are some specific offenses. For example, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/world/asia/hong-kong-security-law-china.html">damaging government buildings could qualify as “subversion,” a serious offense</a> that could result in life imprisonment. On July 1, 2019, Hongkongers stormed and defaced <a href="https://www.vox.com/world/2019/7/1/20677066/hong-kong-protests-legislative-council">the Hong Kong Legislative Council</a> to protest the extradition bill, making this provision look very much like a response to previous protest tactics.</p> <p>Another example: Under the “colluding with foreign forces” provision, the law says Hongkongers could be arrested and prosecuted if they lobby or work with foreign entities against the Chinese government, including “enacting laws and policies that cause serious obstruction or serious consequences to Hong Kong or China,” <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/01/explainer-10-things-to-know-about-hong-kongs-national-security-law-new-crimes-procedures-and-agencies/">according to the Hong Kong Free Press</a>.</p> <p>This could implicate human rights groups, or even individuals who have called for sanctions or increased pressure on China to stop its intervention in Hong Kong. The Chinese government has blamed outsiders, specifically those in the West, for fomenting opposition against its rule in Hong Kong, and this looks to be a way to silence its critics.</p> <p>Of course, these expansive definitions are kind of the point.</p> </blockquote> <p>Activists in Hong Kong have asked foreign governments to intervene in disputes with China, including during the recent extradition bill protests, where it was not uncommon to see American and British flags among protesters. This direct lobbying done by activists like <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55154919">Joshua Wong</a>, a recently imprisoned former secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosisto, could now be considered illegal collusion.</p> <p>The law also <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52765838">extends Chinese authorities’ presence</a> in Hong Kong. Beijing now has its own security office on the island, the mainland capital will have the authority to interpret the law, and people suspected of breaking the law can be wiretapped or surveilled by these security forces (including non-permanent residents).</p> <p>“Effectively, they are imposing the People’s Republic of China’s criminal system onto the Hong Kong common law system, leaving them with complete discretion to decide who should fall into which system,” Johannes Chan, a legal scholar at the University of Hong Kong, told the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52765838">BBC</a>.</p> <p>Even before June 4, activists in Hong Kong were suffering the effects of the national security law. Chow became the face of the Hong Kong Alliance, in part, because so many of her fellow organizers have been arrested. More than 100 arrests have been made under the national security law since last June. Naturally, an increase in the number of people arrested for protesting, political dissent, or other anti-government efforts could be seen as a deterrent to others who may want to demonstrate.</p> <p>Of those arrested, as of March of this year, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-03/hong-kong-makes-100th-arrest-using-china-drafted-security-law">56 have been charged</a>. This includes those arrested in a 1,000-officer raid in <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55555299">January</a> that apprehended more than 50 pro-democracy activists for their involvement in an unofficial primary election, which government officials <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55555299">said</a> was an attempt to “overthrow the government.” Forty-seven people were eventually <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/world/asia/hong-kong-security-law-arrests.html">charged</a> with “conspiracy to commit subversion.”</p> <p>Under the national security law, legal scholar and former Hong Kong university professor Benny Tai, as well as former lawmakers James To, Helena Wong, Lam Chuek-ting and Claudia Mo, were all arrested in January.</p> <p>They join pro-democracy activist Wong, who was previously sentenced to 13 months in prison, along with dozens of other pro-democracy protesters and organizers on the list of those victimized by Beijing’s law.</p> <p>The national security law also allows the government to retroactively charge people. Media mogul Jimmy Lai was arrested and <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56770567">sentenced</a> in April under the new security law for his participation in pro-democracy protests in 2019. Lai, 72, was one of the few charged and sentenced for his role in the protests who was not also an elected legislator.</p> <p>In contrast to mainland China, where censorship and freedom of expression controls are strictly maintained, Hong Kong’s freedom of speech, press, and publication were written into its governing constitution and bill of rights when the “one country, two systems” policy was established. Hong Kong’s multi-party political system also inherently adds to the possibilities for political expression in comparison to the mainland’s one-party rule.</p> <p>Hong Kong’s capacity and tolerance for dissent and freedom of speech were also cited as reasons why NSA whistleblower <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-hong-kong-gamble">Edward Snowden chose</a> the territory to share his trove of documents with journalists in 2013. “[The people of Hong Kong] have a spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent,” Snowden told journalists.</p> <p>However, the erosion of Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous governance has sparked questions about the future of free speech there, and how people will keep alive the memory of the movement at Tiananmen Square.</p> <p>In mainland China, Tiananmen Square and other words and phrases related to the pro-democracy movement, as well as articles and Wikipedia pages associated with the events of 1989, have been censored.</p> <figure class="e-image"><span class="e-image__inner"><span class="e-image__image" data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg"><picture class="c-picture" data-cid="site/picture_element-1622942727_7719_219990" data-cdata='{"asset_id":14736288,"ratio":"*"}'><source srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/iKvzb-ALNEVxMHUvBmfRXXSS0sQ=/0x0:2040x1527/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/EL4JjisQozE5OyYhN3h3_qRbdW8=/0x0:2040x1527/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/L5E2sU-o1ChuGFMuprSo7i945P0=/0x0:2040x1527/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/znnqC6fRePd1IYUBLD-KWAbnHOg=/0x0:2040x1527/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hZmiKyP0D29LOoSUumrJJ9nWW14=/0x0:2040x1527/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/is8DUHVB4iLnqAoneQfkQFX_f-k=/0x0:2040x1527/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ir3P5EWAkPVFDKrc8xlzARXLUuE=/0x0:2040x1527/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3_BLzap1eSSNLinZ5uZTA1YAOeI=/0x0:2040x1527/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wtPGiD_EooHOaz-Ox4UpRIOqH_Y=/0x0:2040x1527/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" type="image/webp" /> <img alt="Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989" data-upload-width="2040" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ero8fNdbM1f-y9MtIj0x3ccNNEY=/0x0:2040x1527/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UjP29ccSLJ959SuWrmji_TKxqcI=/0x0:2040x1527/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3zJuiYWuyUu-petPYK17nmwwq_8=/0x0:2040x1527/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/LNGWnzkNNhh_Hgl3Bf_CQ9C58WE=/0x0:2040x1527/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Vm7UMGDeLJuWZWA8jbdkXqOo9yQ=/0x0:2040x1527/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/1ASTygg_HDmiaPC0gyhGLBQ8Nsc=/0x0:2040x1527/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yoE3SLV-6VOseMRdgL0N5tHS50M=/0x0:2040x1527/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wwJV450RrIVXDgyCvST-dcyxRLs=/0x0:2040x1527/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/kZpb_zv3Gq1d4aLCse4yayBqbbI=/0x0:2040x1527/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ViADFcpC1IQ57EyNgznJmbYZyGM=/0x0:2040x1527/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1527):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/14736288/1374461.0.1413133463.jpg 1920w" /></picture></span></span> <figcaption><span class="e-image__meta">The famous image of a lone protester standing in front of tanks, in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989.</span></figcaption> <span class="e-image__meta"><cite>CNN/Getty Images</cite></span></figure> <p>This year, Microsoft came under fire when its Bing search engine failed to return results for the popular image search “Tank Man,” which is the nickname of the iconic photo by Stuart Franklin of one protester blocking the path of three tanks in the middle of Tiananmen Square. Tank Man has long been a symbol of resilience for the pro-democracy movement. In the US, UK, and Singapore, the image vanished from Bing; Microsoft <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57367100">blamed</a> “human error.”</p> <p>Part of the significance of the Tiananmen Square commemoration in Victoria Park each year is its defiance against censorship and control by the mainland. “Hongkongers are still on our side and want to fight for democracy,” Chow said to the BBC. “Hong Kong allows political expression,” she added. “Are we letting them [the Chinese government] use their ‘red lines’ to change our basic principle?”</p> <p>In neighboring Taiwan, the Tiananmen Square anniversary is also used as an opportunity to show defiance against China. Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/taiwan-president-says-people-will-never-forget-tiananmen-crackdown-2021-06-04/">posted</a> on Facebook, “We will also not forget about the young people who sacrificed themselves on Tiananmen Square on this day 32 years ago, and that year after year, friends in Hong Kong who always mourn June 4 with candlelight.” In previous years, people have also commemorated the anniversary with demonstrations in Taiwan in solidarity with the people of Hong Kong.</p> <p>Critics of China’s national security law in Hong Kong and of the arrests in the last year fear that censorship norms from mainland China will transform the culture and freedoms on the island. However, activists have shown themselves to be unrelenting and undaunted by the new authorities, and pro-democracy organizers, in Hong Kong and in exile, continue to post online and share their dissenting views.</p> <p>“Many ask if the vigil will disappear. But I think we have been persisting for more than 30 years,” Chow said. “It is more or less in Hong Kong people’s DNA now.”</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/6/5/22520233/china-democracy-power-hong-kong-activist-tiananmen-square-vigil">https://www.vox.com/2021/6/5/22520233/china-democracy-power-hong-kong-activist-tiananmen-square-vigil</a>

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In the face of a new national security law and the arrests of political activists, people in Hong Kong still took to the streets on June 4 t...

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