Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower Page #3

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Greetings, my fellow citizens.

I am Joshua Wong, founder of Scholarism.

A crowd of 1500 is more

than I expected here today.

At 9:
30, Joshua make his speech,

and we are getting ready for Joshua

lead us to reoccupy Civic Square.

No matter what the price,

we can't dump this on the next generation.

This generation must complete our mission!

Now let's go take Civic Square together!

There's a moment where you thought, "Wow,

we are going to make some massive change.

And we are going to make history."

Joshua just ran off

and jumped over the fence.

And suddenly there's a group of cops.

And then they just surround Joshua.

When I was arrested,

I met Joshua in the police station.

I remember that he didn't have his glasses

and he even didn't have his shoes.

I feel really powerless

because nothing I can do.

I'm still in the police station.

And I just hope every member

of Scholarism are safe.

Free Joshua Wong!

I'm going to make

a very important announcement.

It's a long-awaited one.

I announce that

Occupy Central is officially launched!

Occupy Central is officially launched!

We are not trying

to hijack the Occupy action.

We are just trying to mobilize people

to join civil disobedience.

The problem is Benny Tai

planned the Occupy action

to be a formal, organized activity.

Just like holding a concert or a ceremony.

But the participants

of social movement is quite organic.

You can't force them to directly

follow your rules and regulations.

Social movement is social movement.

The people scream.

It's just like the image of hell.

Everyone was choking.

We tried to hide, but nowhere to go.

The policemen always claim

that they hope to protect the activists.

But if they want to protect us,

why they would hurt us?

It's not Hong Kong anymore.

You've heard rumors

like they would cut off Internet.

And rumors saying that the army is coming.

And as organizers,

you have a huge responsibility

to the safety of the people.

Are we really ready to sacrifice?

I feel there's a lot of pressure

after they used tear gas.

Because I'm the convener of Scholarism,

I should be responsible.

But this responsibility

is too hard for me to bear.

It's a picture that no one

could fully express with words.

Camps sprang up all over Hong Kong.

Central, Admiralty, Causeway Bay,

Mong Kok.

The media began calling it

Umbrella Movement or Umbrella Revolution

because lots of protesters,

they used umbrellas

to resist the pepper spray

from the police officers.

Being famous is just part of my job.

If you need to increase your influence,

if you need to let people

to support your idea,

the first thing you need to do

is to let others recognize you.

I think the government is quite naive

if they believe that

I will not continue to fight.

If we need to fight to achieve

universal suffrage and democracy,

it's necessary to join

into a long-term battle

towards the Communist Party of China.

It's hard to sleep on the road.

Every day it's hot and rainy.

I miss my bed and I miss the shower,

and I miss my mom's cooking.

But we were ready

for however long it takes.

We believe in civil disobedience.

We believe

in the principle of nonviolence.

We will stand firm until the last moment.

As an organizer,

I was not prepared to be responsible

for such a huge movement.

There's no relevant experience

in Hong Kong's history

that we could take reference from.

And we were just so tired.

But Joshua, he's a robot, because

he could devote himself, like, 24/7.

For me, he's a very good person

to learn from.

But sometimes I do not know how to...

How to become a friend of him.

He shows no emotions sometimes.

Some days I have cried

and I think that I can't continue

or it's really tiring and I want to stop,

but it's not the time to cry.

Because I have a commitment

in this movement.

After two months, a part of the citizens

started to feel very impatient,

and they wanted the whole thing to stop.

That kind of impatience

motivated our government.

Please abide by the court order

and leave immediately.

We have asked the police

to help the bailiffs execute their duties.

The police saw me and pulled me

out from the crowd.

They want us to stop the occupation.

But students do not agree on that.

So, we will continue.

No one can stop us.

The street clearance is coming,

and the goal of this movement

seems to be blurred.

I hope to wake up all Hong Kong people

and people around the world.

I want to reignite awareness

of the Umbrella Movement.

The support is slipping away.

So, we have to call the people back again.

So, Joshua did a hunger strike.

My parents know,

and I know it's really harmful to my body.

It's really tiring.

You will feel

your body doesn't have any energy.

But we have to continue to show

that the students will persist

to fight until the last minute.

Rebellion is not the way

to achieve universal suffrage.

As I've said before,

any kind of rebellious action is futile.

Eventually he stopped it.

He lasted to the very last moment

that he could afford.

I think the lowest point is...

I see how people lost their hope

in this movement.

If we cannot see any hope in the movement,

the movement can't continue.

It's hard for me to accept the fact

that the Occupy has ended.

Instead of solving the problem,

Xi Jinping just ignored the people

who have raised the problem.

He just think that

they need to use the style

of the authoritarian regime

to rule Hong Kong.

I would like to thank you all for coming

to support us in the early morning,

even when you may have to work.

We will update you guys

on Scholarism's Facebook page.

In 2015, we will keep on fighting

for political reform and true democracy.

I'm going in now.

Thank you so much.

After the Occupy movement ended,

I'm still having a lot of meetings

with different people

and try to think about the next step

to continue the movement.

But I still know that

I could not turn back to a normal life.

I've been charged

with inciting unauthorized assembly,

participating in unauthorized assembly,

obstructing a police officer,

and contempt of court.

The maximum penalty

is to be put into jail.

Mentally, I already expected

to face the penalty,

maybe be put into prison,

but I'm not really ready for it actually.

Somebody needs to pay the price

for the movement,

and I've already expected...

to pay this price.

I believe that in the Central Government

there's a file that thick about me,

because we were the leaders

of the movement.

We're afraid, and we're scared

about this kind of issue happening again.

It's not really safe

if you're an activist in Hong Kong.

My parents pretended

they are not scared,

but I think...

they are worried about me, of course.

I can't ensure I will not be disappeared

in the future.

But what I can do is to fight

and to reduce the chance

for myself and my peers to be disappeared.

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