Anarchism in Korea: independence, transnationalism, and the question of national development, 1919-1984
Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 13 2017 10:38
A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea by Dongyoun Hwang. This book provides a history of anarchism in Korea and challenges conventional views of Korean anarchism as merely part of nationalist ideology, situating the study within a wider East Asian regional context.
Sex work organisation in the global south
Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 30 2017 11:01
An overview by Gregor Gall of sex workers' organising and unionisation efforts in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Workers and students - Hagen Koo
Submitted by wojtek on Aug 21 2017 23:04
A chapter on the alliances and solidarity between South Korean industrial workers and radical students in the 1970s and '80s.
A journey to Seoul - Franco 'Bifo' Berardi
Franco 'Bifo' Berardi's impressions of Seoul upon his visit to South Korea. Gratefully replicated from his book Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide (2015).
Interview: the situation of left communism today
Loren Goldner's interview with the Korean Socialist Workers' Newspaper Group (SaNoShin), November-December 2007.
Japan's wartime use of colonial labour: Taiwan and Korea (1937-45)
Submitted by Reddebrek on May 31 2017 16:46
A thesis detailing the extent of the exploitation of colonial labourers of Taiwanese and Korean origin as Japan mobilised for war, the conditions of the workers and their resistance.
Fragmentoj pri la sekso-laboristo movado
Notoj pri la kondiĉo de seks-laboristoj en Koreio.
Construction workers riot at Samsung, Vietnam
Submitted by Craftwork on Mar 3 2017 19:53
On Tuesday, a riot involving hundreds of construction workers broke out at a Samsung display plant in Bắc Ninh Province, not far from the capital, Hanoi.
Gender politics in the Korean transition to democracy
Submitted by wojtek on Feb 3 2017 19:22
Jeong-Lim Nam's essay on Korean women's battles against dictatorship in the 1980s.
1960: South Korean Student Protests
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 19 2017 03:55
In 1960 repression and electoral fraud pushed students throughout South Korea to take action against the regime. The protests (called the April Revolution) forced the resignation and exile of President Rhee, but the period of civilian rule was short lived.
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