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May 27 2014 12:26AM
Today in 1989: motorcyclists solidarity with students

Hundreds of motorcyclists, calling themselves the "Flying Tigers," circulated the city outskirts as scouts and information carriers. Truck and bus drivers parked their vehicles in front of the military convoys since the Martial Law...

May 27 2014 12:03AM
What is Zahran Alloush doing to help free Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues?

The road ahead is still long and riddled with obstacles and mines. The end is still blocked, and what lies beyond it remains unknown – what lies beyond the siege, the revolution, and the war. It is a dream binding us all, as though we...

May 25 2014 11:02PM
1989 Participant's Profile: Li Wangyang (李旺阳)

Li Wangyang (李旺阳, 12 November 1950 – 6 June 2012) , worker in a glass factory in Shaoyang, Hunan, published a underground publication, set up a labour union during the Democracy Wall (1978-83). He co-organized the Workers Autonomous...

May 25 2014 10:48PM
Today in 1989: independent worker organizations emerged in over 100 cities around the country

Independent worker organizations emerged in over 100 cities. They had a real capacity to help articulate the workers through the initiative of the students. # 八九六四 # 八九六四二五 # 89june4 25年前的今天(5月26日):组织工人自治会的浪潮席卷上百个城市。工自联坚定支持民主运动...

May 24 2014 10:15PM
1989 Participant's Profile:Zhong Qing (钟 庆)

Zhong Qing (钟 庆), Student of the Precision Equipment Department at Qinghua University. On the night of June 3, 1989, Zhong was shot in the head at Muxudi. Half of his face was blown off and his body was identified because of a school...