Jeffrey Wasserstrom at the Wende Museum

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom, author of The Milk Tea Alliance will be in conversation with Sasha Razor, who has written about 2020 protests in her native Belarus—protests that had a lot in common with those that took place in Bangkok that same year as featured in the book. The two will discuss topics such as the role of music, humor, and references to films and fiction in protest movements.

Wende Museum
10858 Culver Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90230

The political situations in Burma, Thailand, and Hong Kong are radically different. Yet, many young activists and exiles from these regions feel that their struggles are connected. How do these activists, each facing their unique situations, find common ground and sustain one another? For The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom traveled globally to interview members of this loosely constituted alliance, finding them united by the rising influence of a common adversary—the Chinese Communist Party.

“A story of resilient defiance against not just local oppression but the expanding shadow of Xi Jinping’s China—a defining battle of the twenty-first century.” —Evan Osnos

Learn more about The Milk Tea Alliance