EP149: Free Jimmy Lai from Chinese Prison with Eric Kohn - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

You're being invited to a conspiracy. Civil disobedience is a tradition for free people resisting crimes by unaccountable State actors. Jimmy Lai and millions (literally) of Hong Kongers used protests and vigils to call attention to the deeds of the Chinese Communist Party. Unfortunately, Jimmy was imprisoned in 2020, and in December 2025 he was finally convicted under the National Security Law - essentially, an accusation of sedition. This Hong Kong "law" is so sweeping that YOU are violating it if you share this episode with others, even though you don't live in Hong Kong or China. Watch. Learn. Then... Please join the conspiracy by sharing. ALSO... Watch THE HONG KONGER on CiVL - https://watch.civl.com/programs/the-hong-konger NOTES EP49: The Hong Konger - https://youtu.be/iGY_aXz3GCE Eric Kohn joins as one of the producers of the award-winning film The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom, the 2022 documentary feature from the Acton Institute. Eric Kohn is CEO at America’s Future, the nation’s premiere talent accelerator and social club for liberty-minded young professionals. For more than 10 years, he led the organization’s Chicago chapter. Prior to joining AF, Eric was Chief Marketing Officer at Empower Illinois. He has also previously served as Director of Marketing & Communications at the Acton Institute. Since 2019, he's hosted, co-hosted, or guest-hosted several radio programs including Sources with Knowledge, Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont, The Eric Kohn Program, The Guy Benson Show, Illinois Watchdog Radio, and Chicago’s Morning Answer. In his spare time, he enjoys (or attempts to enjoy) watching New York Rangers hockey, which he also writes and podcasts about for Blueshirt Banter. CHAPTERS 0:00 Acts of journalism 0:28 Theme 0:40 Outlaws in a Party-State 4:25 Eric Kohn, of America's Future 5:35 Get targeted by the Chinese Communist Party 11:47 The law under which Jimmy Lai's was convicted 18:03 Jimmy Lai in prison five years so far 22:53 Why didn't freer markets lead to civil liberty? 25:45 From a chocolate bar to Giordano 30:27 Chinese political history 33:27 The British handover of Hong Kong 38:10 One country, two systems 39:02 Two cycles of protest in Hong Kong 44:51 Using covid to kill vigils and protests 46:26 Why The Hong Konger documentary was made 51:38 Motivating the CCP to Free Jimmy 1:01:08 Why the CCP should choose mercy 1:02:08 Please join the conspiracy 1:03:09 Watch The Hong Konger on CiVL CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ ChatGPT is sometimes used to help write the show description (but not this time!). We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.