Speaking Truth to Power (ft. Raissa Robles, Raad Rahman, Tenzin Dickie & Jeremy Tiang)




AAWW Radio: New Asian American Writers & Literature show

Summary: How is resistance possible when reality is obscured? Raissa Robles shares her work, Marcos Martial Law: Never Again, and speaks on the rise of Duterte. Raad Rahman reads about repression of Rohingya refugees and LGBTQ in Bangladesh, and Tenzin Dickie reads about Tibetan representation and Chinese occupation. Jeremy Tiang moderates a conversation on the rise in authoritarianism as a reaction to colonialism, and the importance of remembering the past. (Audio from our 2017 Event)