EP6 On Anger, Repair, and How to Keep Going

This episode of Island Echo starts from the experience of Taiwan and Hong Kong collaborating on events, and closely compares the two places’ starkly different protest styles and social movement cultures. The conversation discusses the tension between the directness, heaviness, and solemnity Hongkongers are used to, and Taiwan’s gentler, more everyday approach to action, one that even makes room for song, dance, and humor. The discussion also looks back at a personal first encounter with state violence, reflecting that democracy isn’t about standing with any political party but about the ongoing capacity to question power. This episode tries to answer a hard question: under sustained pressure, how can resistance run on more than anger alone, and keep going through love, repair, and looking after one another.