Workers and students - Hagen Koo

A chapter on the alliances and solidarity between South Korean industrial workers and radical students in the 1970s and '80s.

Gratefully replicated from Hagen Koo's book Korean Workers: The culture and politics of class formation.

Files

workersstudents-1-6.pdf (7.2 MB)

workersstudents-7-13.pdf (9.07 MB)

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