Listen free for 30 days
-
Unfree Speech
- The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now
- Narrated by: Dexter Galang
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Unfree Speech
Buy Now for $17.48
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's Summary
An urgent manifesto for global democracy from Joshua Wong, the 23-year-old phenomenon leading Hong Kong's protests - and Nobel Peace Prize nominee - with an introduction by Ai Weiwei
With global democracy under threat, we must act together to defend our rights: now.
When he was 14, Joshua Wong made history. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first-ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education - and won.
Since then, Joshua has led the Umbrella Movement, founded a political party, and rallied the international community around the anti-extradition bill protests, which have seen two million people - more than a quarter of the population - take to Hong Kong's streets. His actions have sparked worldwide attention, earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and landed him in jail twice.
Composed in three parts, Unfree Speech chronicles Joshua's path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner under the Chinese state, and closes with a powerful and urgent call for all of us globally to defend our democratic values.
When we stay silent, no one is safe. When we free our speech, our voice becomes one.
What the critics say
"If we want freedom, we need to learn from Hong Kong. With values, tactics, and courage, Joshua Wong shows us the way." (Timothy Snyder, best-selling author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century)
"[Wong's] tenacious dynamism shines through Unfree Speech: a guide to mobilising for democracy and representation in and far beyond Hong Kong.' (Julia Lovell, award-winning author of Maoism)
"One of the most prominent political activists in the world ... a powerful insight into the turbulence on the city's streets that made world headlines." (Rana Mitter, Sunday Times)