The group’s founders warn that today’s ‘cancel culture’ and ‘wokeism’ are reminiscent of tactics used at the start of China’s brutal Cultural Revolution
CLEARWATER, Fla.—The Asians For Liberty organization made its public debut recently when co-founder Cathy Kiang stepped up to the podium.
On the first day of the With Liberty and Justice for All conference organized by Sovereign Nations, Ms. Kiang shared how her great-grandparents escaped Communist China and made it to America.
It’s important to tell about that history so that it’s never repeated, she said.
“I will never truly understand the struggles that they went through and the sacrifices that they made,” she said at the July 20 conference.
“But it’s my mission to never forget and to always strive to preserve freedoms and liberties.”
Ms. Kiang founded Asians for Liberty in 2022 with her aunt, Sau O’Fallon, host of the podcast “The Asian American.”
The organization’s goal, they said, is to educate both the young and old about the horrors of Mao Zedong’s cultural revolution in China.
They also want people to see the parallels between what happened then and what is happening now in the United States, they said.
‘The Communists Won’
After the 2020 election, Mrs. O’Fallon’s mother said to her daughter, “The communists won.”
“I think that was probably a shock to her,” Mrs. O’Fallon said. “Like, she never thought she would be saying that here” in the United States.
The new organization is a family affair kicked into action by the death of Mrs. O’Fallon’s mother.
She was the last of Ms. Kiang’s grandparents. Her passing triggered a painful realization:
“They’re gone. There’s no one in our family left to share their stories. It’s up to us.”
Her aunt embraced the mission, too.
“We got to wake people up,” Mrs. O’Fallon said. “We need more people–you know, soldiers–on our side to combat the communist forces that come in different disguises.”
By T.J. Muscaro
