![]() ![]() When we free our speech, our voice becomes one. He has been named by Time, Fortune, Prospect, and Forbes as one of the world's most influential. His actions have sparked worldwide attention, earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and landed him in jail twice.Ĭomposed in three parts, Unfree Speech chronicles Joshua‘s path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner, and closes with a powerful and urgent call for all of us globally to defend our democratic values. PENGUIN BOOKS UNFREE SPEECH Joshua Wong was born in 1996. In recent years, a third objective, that of reducing the time spent on fund-raising by legislators, has come to the fore. 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 2 million people – more than a quarter of the population – take to Hong Kong‘s streets. Campaign finance regulation is generally assumed to be necessary to achieve two important societal objectives: the promotion of political equality, and the prevention of political corruption. ![]() It chronicles Joshuas path to activism, collects the letters. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education – and won. Unfree Speech is Joshuas urgent call for us to defend our democratic values, whoever we are. the Hong Konger fighting for democracy.INTRODUCTION BY AI WEIWEI, FOREWORD BY CHRIS PATTEN Unfree Speech is Joshuas urgent call for us to defend our dem. When he was 14, Joshua Wong made history. ![]()
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