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May 28 2014 11:25PM
Today in 1989: dozen of workers were arrested

#八九六四 #八九六四二五 #89june4 #八九民主运动 #89june425 #TAM25 25年前的今天(5月29日)法院原计划对已经被逮捕的汽车司机易京瑶开庭审理,当局指控他“煽动(首钢)工人罢工,乱喊口号,严重扰乱社会秩序。北京高校数百学生在法院外抗议当局对工人的迫害,法院改变开庭日期。#八九六四 #八九六四二五 #89june4 #八九民主运动 #89june425 #TAM25 25年前的今天(5月29日)首都工人自治联合会筹委会委员沈银汉、钱玉明...

May 28 2014 3:47PM
I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

With the death of Maya Angelou , the world has lost a laureate of liberty. In tribute to Maya, here's her ode to freedom, 'Caged Bird'. A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his...

May 27 2014 11:38PM
Reclaiming Tiananmen (广场属于人民)

"Reclaiming Tiananmen" is a series of events to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and to remember the victims of the massacre which took place on 4 June 1989. Hosted and organised by Amnesty International...

May 27 2014 11:31PM
1989 Participant's Profile: Lu Peng (吕鹏)

Lu Peng (吕鹏), third-grade pupil in Beijing Shunchenggen Primary School. At around midnight of June 3, 1989, Lu was shot in the chest by the martial law troops near the Fuxingmen overpass. He died instantly. His body was paraded on the...

May 27 2014 11:29PM
Today in 1989: empty campus

Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation called for "empty campus". Students went back to hometown which was created one of multi-centres of the Movement.empty campus" was one of modes of civil resistance. #八九六四 #八九六四二五 #89june4 #八九民主运动...