In Episode 39 [14] of the CounterVortex podcast [15], Bill Weinberg explores the politics of the Hong Kong protests [16]—and especially how they have been playing out in New York's Chinatown [17]. It is natural that the Hong Kong protesters have made common cause with the Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongols also struggling for their rights and dignity against China's ruling party-state. But some supporters of these movements have come to embrace a separatist position, actually seeking independent states in Hong Kong, Tibet, East Turkistan and South Mongolia. This position inevitably raises certain contradictions [22]. Will self-determination for these regions and peoples be possible without active solidarity with the struggles for democracy and political empowerment [18] by the Han Chinese majority of the People's Republic? Listen on SoundCloud [14], and support our podcast via Patreon [19].
Production by Chris Rywalt [23]
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