Samuel Chu 朱牧民

Building movements and organizations. | founder/president @campaign4hk | senior advisor @mazonusa | formerly founder @ hkdc_us | DM or [email protected]

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

That’s basically how @ChangeMakers99 Digest came to be.
Listen: https://t.co/jeS4VLs8b7

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

New thing: @AmandaTatts and I have never lived in the same city, country, or even continent. Our conversations happen through messaging apps at unholy hours because of time zones. Once in a while, we end up in the same part of the world long enough to break bread together.

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

One of us will send a tiny story, “I don’t know why, but this feels important.” Hours later, we are talking about democratic exhaustion, public trust, loneliness, political imagination, and why the same dynamics keep appearing in different movements around the world.

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

I tell organizers: Go where you are not allowed. But much of global civil society favors places where permission is granted.

Access is not power.
And permission is not protection.

https://t.co/ZswSInhinR

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

Go where you are not allowed: contesting global civic space. The cancellation of @accessnow @rightscon 2026 demonstrates the growth of #transnationalrepression and the fragility of the contemporary human rights ecosystem.

Read: https://t.co/ZswSInhinR

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

Much of contemporary global civil society moved in the opposite direction. It professionalized into international systems built around publicity, visibility, and access.

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

@CarterCruise I wanna know. spillllll!

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

@HARDSelects Hi Hard team! Was at the Los Angeles Hard Selects “Infinite Passion” event on Saturday and lost a wallet. Are you able to help us or point us to the right people to contact? Thank you!

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

@HARDSelects was at event and need lost and found help please! thank you.

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

Wie China die weltgrößte Konferenz für digitale Menschenrechte verhinderte https://t.co/LaWvA9oTY8?

[The Campaign for Hong Kong @Campaign4HK]

Zambia was due to host #RightsCon, the world's biggest digital rights gathering, this week — but abruptly canceled the event. Organizers blame Chinese pressure for the decision. @emilyzfeng @nikkigladstone @BonnieGlaser @samuelmchu @rightscon @accessnow

https://t.co/bib9s2x5KW

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

SIX YEARS AGO... What a banging cut.

PS. Do you still have my clipper?

Episode LII Pandemic Haircut 05042020 https://t.co/7m4HR7YD6j

[Access Now @accessnow]

The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled https://t.co/oIINRCdPv2

[Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @ZeyiYang]

The Chinese government pressured Zambia to screen and exclude Taiwanese speakers from attending @rightscon, leading to the largest international convention on digital rights being canceled a week before it takes place, the host org @accessnow tells WIRED.