Synopsis of Somos la revolución
At the age of fourteen, Joshua Wong made history. While the adults were silent, Joshua staged the first student protest in Hong Kong against the national education system, and won.
Since then, Joshua has founded Demosisto, led the Umbrella Revolution and spearheaded the protests against the extradition law in which 1.7 million people, a quarter of the country's total population, have taken to the streets of Hong Kong. His actions have drawn worldwide attention, a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and more than 100 days in prison.
This is Joshua's story told for the first time, directly from the front lines of activism. Compiling his letters written in prison and his personal reflections, Somos la revolución is Joshua's war cry for all of us to stand up and fight for our freedoms.
Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong was born in 1996. He has been named by TIME, Fortune and Forbes as one of today's most influential leaders. In 2018 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a leader in the Umbrella Revolution.
He is the Secretary General of Demosisto, a pro-democracy organization he founded in 2016 that advocates self-determination for Hong Kong.
Joshua jumped onto the political stage in 2011, at the age of fourteen, when he founded Escolarismo, winning protests against the forces of the Chinese national education system in Hong Kong. He has been arrested by the Chinese state on several occasions for his protests and activism and has been jailed for over a hundred days. He has been the subject of two documentaries. Unfree Speech.
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