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Heiky Kwan

Heiky Kwan

@heikykwan.bsky.social

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(She/her/她/佢) Canadian Hong Konger Settler on stolen Coast Salish Territories aka Raincouver. Organizer/ diaspora /activist/ artist/ senior marcomm strategist/ Jesus follower. I talk all things equity, social justice, foreign affairs.

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Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Nov 10

Moots over at Twitter (I mean x) only know me for my organizing/policy analysis/ equity+ activism work/ foreign affairs commentary.

But folks don't know me for my art 🥹.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

Oy 🤣

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

And fucking Musk

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

I miss everyone 🥲

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

I much prefer here too but if we want to persuade...

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

The issue is there's less traffic from the public here so it doesn't make as much sense here for activists because you don't get the general masses yet.

It's really great for academics though, or ideas circulation/ thought-leadership.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

I mean for me also. I was active but NOT THAT active.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

💯

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

612係香港人真正覺醒嘅一日。

第一次有人真切感受到，守法唔等於安全，和平唔會換嚟對話。政府根本唔會聽你講。

而大家開始明白，civil disobedience嘅必要。

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

That peaceful protest alone was not enough. That civil disobedience was not chaos. It was necessary.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 12

June 12, 2019, was a wild awakening for Hong Kongers.

What began as peaceful resistance was met with tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons. Protesters were students, workers, elders. Armed only with umbrellas and makeshift goggles.

It was the moment many realized the government would not listen.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Anyone else on Threads?

Holy smokes. The platform is so toxic.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · Jun 4

I bought this t-shirt at the Tiananmen Mothers stand in Hong Kong's Victoria Park one June 4th and wore it on a number of other June 4ths. Now if I wear it, especially today, another June 4th... I'll attract unwanted police attention and might even get arrested for doing so.

"Support The Tiananmen Mothers" and an image of a motherly woman with a flower in her hand standing in front of tanks on the front of a t-shirt

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 4

💛

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 4

In 1989, students and workers gathered in Tiananmen Square to demand freedom and reform. The Chinese military opened fire on civilians. To this day, the exact number of deaths is still unknown.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Jun 4

June 4.

I came from a place that once lit candles.

Now, even public remembrance is banned in Hong Kong.

Those in power want to silence history.
We cannot let them.

If we still have the freedom to remember, then we must.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · May 24

Actually, instead of staying quiet, it'd be helpful to use your platform to quote and amplify voices that need the boost. 🙌🏻

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · May 23

We are honestly living in the shittiest timeline.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Apr 16

Stop trying to make Hong Konger's advocacy issues partisan.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Apr 12

Oh wow!!

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Mar 5

Goofrider @goofrider.bsky.social · Mar 4

Y'all don't have 4 more yrs or even 2 more yrs. If Americans don't find the resolve and courage to mount mass protests to oust this govt, it'd be an implicit acceptance of whatever New America it's being transformed into

Unless this govt collapses on its own under the economic catastrophe it causes

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Mar 5

We need to learn about the past.

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · Mar 4

One reason for the tariffs was to force the annexation of Canada. The McKinley Tariff declined to make an exception for Canadian products.
It was hoped this would make Canada more reliant on the US market, and push Canadians to become the 45th state.

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The image is a black-and-white scan of a newspaper article or editorial excerpt. The headline reads, "A TRIUMPH FOR CANADIAN BARLEY." The text discusses the McKinley tariff bill, describing it as an example of "protectionism run mad," and notes that it has failed to achieve its goal of affecting Canadian farmers. Specifically, it mentions that the bill increases the import tax on barley from 10¢ to 30¢ per bushel, but this has not reduced the importation of eight to twelve million bushels of barley yearly from Ontario, benefiting the western farmer. The text is formatted in a dense, traditional newspaper column style, typical of the late 19th or early 20th century.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Feb 27

There's different political stripes, and then there's evil.

What we're seeing now, is evil.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Feb 22

The uncomfortable truth is that many Hong Kongers (also Canadians & others) don’t truly believe in checks & balances, freedom of expression, or democracy.

They embrace them only when it serves their side. When it doesn’t, they see them as obstacles/barriers.

There are no principles.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Feb 6

Stop buying into US disinformation about Canada.

Heiky Kwan @heikykwan.bsky.social · Feb 4

The trade war/ tariffs flipflop had us all confused.