Be Water: Hong Kong & Catalonia

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When:
November 15, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
2019-11-15T19:00:00-08:00
2019-11-15T21:00:00-08:00
Where:
Tamarack
1501 Harrison Street
Oakland
California 94612

Tamarack and Commune Magazine invite you to a video presentation by the Vitalist International:

BE WATER : WORLD

Lessons from the freedom movements in Hong Kong and Catalonia

Magic and Technology In the Revolution of Our Times

Umbrellas, laser pointers, and cardboard boxes, black blocks using encrypted platforms to vote live on escape routes and designers quitting their day jobs to make Pepe memes full time: The movement in Hong Kong is a signal fire showing us the future of resistance in an increasingly digital world.

From low tech solutions against the most advanced surveillance state on Earth to mesh networks and live mapping software, two participants in the movement will discuss the revolution in Hong Kong, from a user’s perspective.

Catalunya Fall 2019

After the Spanish Supreme Court convicted 9 Catalans of “Sedition” for their roles in the 2017 independence referendum, a wave of revolt crashed over the region. Drawing on lessons from the laboratory in Hong Kong, millions of people have built a movement that goes beyond its nationalist framework and questions the meaning of democracy in our time.

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