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We are diasporic Koreans and comrades organizing for a world free of imperialism, and for Korea’s re/unification & national liberation.
Joined June 2009
🚨 CAMPAIGN LAUNCH ❤️🔥 . Escalating war games and new military alliances indicate war is looming over Korea. As diasporic Koreans, our task is to mount resistance from the belly of the beast—the US Out of Korea campaign. 🧵 Launch events for NY, SoCal, and Bay Area in thread!
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Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, was assassinated. A powerful figure among Japan’s right-wing, Abe was an apologist for imperial Japan’s war crimes and supported US imperialist efforts in the Asia Pacific. A thread on Abe 🧵
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On this day in 1970, a south Korean labor organizer set himself on fire in protest of the working conditions of textile workers in Seoul. We remember Jeon Tae-il is on this day for his organizing and dying words: "We are not machines, we are humans!". 🧵THREAD
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#SquidGame is sweeping the globe. But how does this show reflect the real south Korea? Here's a look at the real events and dynamics echoed by the shows events and characters: from the debt crisis rocking south Korea to the real "VIPs" who run the country. ⚠️Spoilers ahead!
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As anti-imperialist Koreans, we stand unequivocally with Palestine, its people and its armed resistance against the Zionist occupation. This is neither a two-sided conflict nor a war: it is an occupation and a genocide. 🧵
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Last week, Kim Yo Jong of north Korea’s Workers’ Party stated that “south Korea is not our principal enemy.”. Kim clarified that north Korea will not strike unless south Korea attacks first, and reassured the public that north Korea opposes war (1/4)
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Our member Juhyun speaking at a #FreePalestine rally in NYC 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸. “As Koreans, we know that imperialism is our common enemy. There is a reason the United States wants Korea divided and Palestine occupied at the same time.”
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Some north Korean defectors have achieved global fame for their horrific and tear-jerking stories about north Korea. But behind their stories is a web of political schemes and cash incentives, intended to advance US imperialism. 🧵
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Abe was a member of fascist group Nippon Kaigi. They claim Imperial Japan’s war crimes were exaggerated or fabricated, and praise Japanese colonialism for “liberating” Asia from the West. In 2014, 15/18 of Abe's cabinet were Nippon Kaigi members.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have been rallying against Yoon in South Korea for the past few months, and Yoon is using the same playbook that the Rhee, Park and Chun military regimes used to suppress the people’s resistance.
#OTD in 1980, the people of #Gwangju rose up against Chun Doo-hwan's military dictatorship, calling for democracy in south Korea. In response, with a green light from the US, south Korean police & soldiers massacred 2,300 people. We will never forget the martyrs of Gwangju. 🧵
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On this day in 1948, Koreans on Jeju Island organized an armed rebellion for a unified, independent country, free of US colonization. In response, the US military government & ROK massacred 30,000-60,000 people until 1954. TW: Police brutality, torture, rape mention
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🧵US military pollution in Korea. The US military is poisoning Korea’s air, land, and water—and South Korea is paying hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up the mess. Here's an overview of the US military's environmental destruction, focusing on four former base sites.
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Abe refused acknowledgement of Japan's WWII sexual slavery known euphemistically as the “comfort women” system. Abe disavowed and considered repealing the 1993 Kono Statement which acknowledged and apologized to comfort women.
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On this day in 1945, Koreans celebrated liberation from Japanese colonialism. Japan annexed Korea in 1910, and the colonial government pursued a policy of brutal repression as it oversaw the pillaging of the peninsula. Koreans fought back and freed themselves. THREAD🧵
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US President Jimmy Carter has died. We do not mourn Jimmy Carter. Today we mourn the 2,000 martyrs of Gwangju, who were slaughtered by the South Korean military regime with the support and knowledge of the Carter Administration.
#OTD in 1980, the people of #Gwangju rose up against Chun Doo-hwan's military dictatorship, calling for democracy in south Korea. In response, with a green light from the US, south Korean police & soldiers massacred 2,300 people. We will never forget the martyrs of Gwangju. 🧵
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Abe praised his grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, who played a leadership role for Imperial Japan. At the end of WWII, Kishi was imprisoned as a suspected Class A war criminal, but the US govt never charged him. Instead, he became Japan’s prime minister.
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🧵 South Korea and the Vietnam War. From 1964 - 1973, south Korea deployed over 300,000 soldiers in the US invasion of Vietnam. Today is Reunification Day in Vietnam. Let’s take the occasion to reflect on south Korea’s role in imperialist aggression against Vietnam.
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The US is giving israel ammo left over from the Korean War to bomb Gaza. This is why we share a common struggle with the Palestinian people against US imperialism.
Expose by @Haaretz this morning - #Israel's military uses #US Korean War (1950-1953) surplus ammunition in #Gaza, leading to indiscriminate and reckless targeting, in what could very well be a grave breach of international humanitarian law #IHL.
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On this day in 1948, Jeju Islanders organized an armed rebellion for a free and unified Korea. In response, the US military & south Korean gov massacred 20% of Jeju's population. The US & south Korea want to erase this history. But we will not forget the martyrs of Jeju. 🧵
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The rising sun flag is flying in Korea today, thanks to President Yoon. Truly despicable and heartbreaking. We will never forget the thousands and thousands of Korean people who were raped, tortured, and massacred by Japanese imperialists.
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On July 26, 1950, the No Gun Ri Massacre began. For three days, US soldiers butchered 400 Korean refugees hiding in a tunnel. The US and South Korea denied this history until 1999. No Gun Ri is just the most famous of 200 reported civilian massacres by US troops in the south. 🧵
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Abe also visited the Yasukuni Shrine on multiple occasions despite opposition from China and Korea. The Yasukuni Shrine enshrines Japan’s war criminals.
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In 2015, Abe and Park Geun-hye settled an agreement to help former “comfort women.” Yet, no victims were consulted and the agreement did not reflect their demands. Abe later reaffirmed his stance that the “comfort women” system was not a war crime.
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Yeonmi Park is paid to make up horrific stories about north Korea. Who pays her? The Atlas Network, a think tank that supported right-wing coups in Brazil and Venezuela. If you follow the money, it's no surprise that she is a mouthpiece for imperialist propaganda.
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In Oct 2018, south Korea’s Supreme Court issued the opinion that Japanese corporations that used slave labor from Korea during WWII must pay $89K in reparations to surviving slave laborers. In response, Abe declared a trade war.
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Yoon has declared martial law for the first time since 1987 to “eliminate” all pro-DPRK and anti-state forces — the same narrative used to suppress the resistance from 1950s to 1980s. Right now, he is blocking other party members from entering the national assembly building.
Martial law can be lifted by a majority vote in parliament. But am hearing the police is barricading the entrance to the building with buses.
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PRESIDENT YOON HAS LAUNCHED A WAVE OF RIGHT-WING REPRESSION IN SOUTH KOREA. In the past week, police have raided multiple labor unions and peace organizations. These raids are an act of war against the Korean people. 🧵
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Abe also also targeted Okinawa, suffering doubly under Japanese colonialism and US imperialism. In 2019, Abe agreed to relocate a US military base in Okinawa, despite over 70% of its people voting against it in a referendum.
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Kamala Harris claims Kim Jong Un is “rooting for” Donald Trump. This is false. Trump tried to claim KJU endorsed him. This was North Korea’s response:. “No matter what [party] takes office in the US the political climate does not change. We do not care.”.
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Abe’s LDP party is using the assassination to accuse opponents of being traitors and political violence. Japan's elections are in 2 days. The defense budget, constitutional reform, and anti-discrimination measures are all on the line. We must keep a watchful eye on the future.
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Under Abe, the government revoked subsidies for Joseon schools for Zainichi Koreans in Japan, taking a hard line against Koreans in Japan. Zainichi Koreans experience systemic discrimination and hardship.
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In the fall of 1946, 300,000 workers in southern Kroea joined a general strike demanding rice and workers' rights from the US military govt. On Oct 1, 1946, police killed a striker in Daegu, sparking a rebellion that swept southern Korea. This is the story of the Autumn Uprising
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South Korea’s largest progressive union representing millions of workers calls for an indefinite general strike until Yoon resigns
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Shinzo Abe upheld US imperialism in Asia, taking a hard line against north Korea and China. He actively contributed to continuing the legacy of Japanese colonialism by erasing of Japan’s war crimes against enslaved Koreans.
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Today marks 76 years since the start of the Jeju Uprising—a patriotic rebellion against Korea’s division in 1948, two years before the Korean War. In order to crush the rebellion and keep Korea under its boot, the US orchestrated a massacre of 30,000-60,000 people.
On this day in 1948, Koreans on Jeju Island organized an armed rebellion for a unified, independent country, free of US colonization. In response, the US military government & ROK massacred 30,000-60,000 people until 1954. TW: Police brutality, torture, rape mention
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A South Korean court has just ordered the Japanese government to pay reparations to survivors of imperial Japan’s wartime “comfort women” system. This is the first time a court has ruled on the side of comfort women survivors.
(2nd LD) 'Comfort women' win first legal victory against Tokyo in wartime sex slavery case
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Thread🧵. On Aug. 6 & 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki. The Korean A-Bomb Victims' Association estimates 100,000 of the 700,000 killed or injured by the bombs were Korean. Korean A-bomb survivors are still fighting for justice. This is their story.
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Hundreds of thousands of Koreans called for President Yoon's resignation this past Saturday. Those on the street protested Yoon's peace threatening policies, pro-Japan stance, political retaliation, as well as difficulties making a living.
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One of our members, Jia, recently went on a tour at the Camp Humphreys US military base in Pyeongtaek in South Korea. Because it's illegal to take pictures of US military bases in South Korea, we’re using illustrations of what Jia saw and learned on the tour. THREAD 🧵
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TW: Assault. Last week, a civilian employee of US Forces Korea assaulted a 50-year-old parking attendant in Seoul. The assailant exclaimed he was part of the US military and was angry that the Korean worker did not speak English.
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Today, the US and south Korea begins live military exercises against north Korea after a 4 year pause. This year’s drills are unprecedented in scale, upping the tensions on the Korean peninsula. Thread 🧵
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This week, reports confirmed South Korea’s Intelligence Command purchased over 200 DPRK (North Korea) military uniforms back in July. Lawmakers allege Yoon's plan was to kill those dissenting from martial law and deceive people into thinking the DPRK had attacked South Korea.
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TW: police violence. Gi-hoon's backstory alludes to the 2009 Ssangyong Motor Strike, when 900 workers occupied their factory for 77 days to protest job cuts. Gi-hoon now survives by taking odd jobs, or as an "irregular worker." Over 40% of ROK workers are irregular workers.
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“As Koreans, our Palestine solidarity is rooted in a shared history of colonisation and occupation. We refuse to be complicit in Israel's crimes.” @The_NewArab
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팔레스타인 해방을 위한 한인들의 지지 성명서. 반제국주의 한국인으로서 우리는 팔레스타인과 그 국민, 그리고 시오니스트 점령에 맞서는 팔레스타인의 무장 저항에 명백히 연대합니다. 🧵
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In response to US atrocities in Korea, Picasso painted the piece “Massacre in Korea” in 1951. A communist, Picasso created this piece to highlight how the US used their goal of expelling communism on the Korean peninsula to justify their merciless violence.
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In South Korea, the US military occupation offers many clear examples of neocolonialism. Here are 5 examples:
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The story of Jeon Tae-il reveals the other side of south Korea's "economic miracle". This "economic miracle" was only possible through the exploitation of millions. Korea's workers continue to struggle against this brutal exploitation and continue Jeon's legacy.
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Migrant workers from non-western nations form a super-exploited strata in south Korea. Whether they have temporary visas or no papers, these migrants live at the mercy of their employers. Since 2015, at least 522 workers from Thailand alone have died on the job in south Korea
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Today is Korean American Day – this year, let’s explore Korea’s history of adoption. The US has the largest population of Korean adoptees worldwide. While adoption is often framed as an act of charity, it is a global industry that grew out of war, profit, and anticommunism. 🧵
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Yesterday, Israel posted a Korean language propaganda video depicting a fictional “terrorist attack” on Seoul. The tweet has now been deleted. Zionism is losing the ideological battle. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
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Last night we watched the film A Taxi Driver (2017). The film takes place during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. The US greenlit the south Korean police + military to massacre the people of Gwangju, who dared to fight against the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan. 🧵
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Congress gave you $600. At the same time, they approved $44,500,000,000 for nuclear weapons programs. Nuclear weapons are center-stage in the imperialist demonization of the DPRK. Let's take a look at the facts and see who the real nuclear "rogue state" is.
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Just as the mostly white VIPs run the game thru the Front Man and the guards, monopoly capital uses native "front men" to run south Korea. By 2004, 44% of the Korean stock market was foreign-owned. Under the 2007 FTA, US corporations can contest south Korean laws they dislike.
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On Oct 26, 1909, the Korean patriot Ahn Jung-geun assassinated Prince Itō Hirobumi, the first Japanese resident-general of Korea, and symbolic head of Japanese colonialism which formally lasted from 1910-1945. Ahn is remembered today as a hero in both north and south Korea.
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Over Lunar New Year weekend, Korean and Chinese communities came together in Flushing to show solidarity with Palestine. 🧧. In honor of the new year, we thanked our ancestors and asked them to lead Palestine to liberation. 🐲. Free Palestine! 팔레스타인에 해방을! 解放巴勒斯坦 🇵🇸
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In the 1980s, over 60,000 people were imprisoned in concentration camps under Chun Doo-Hwan's "Social Purification" campaign. Victims were often houseless, orphaned, and disabled people.
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TW: sexual violence. Migrants or "defectors" from north Korea also face discrimination and exploitation in the south. 70% of the 33,000 DPRK migrants are women, and 1 in 4 report experiencing sexual violence. Many cases involve ROK intelligence agents assigned as their handlers.
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Yoon is going to let Japan fly the rising sun flag in south Korea. No words for how unbelievable this is. Under this flag, Japan tortured and killed Korean people, forced women into sexual slavery, and tried to completely erase Korean identity.
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The show's desperate guards may allude to south Korea's system of mandatory military service for all persons assigned male at birth. Just as Squid Game's guards ultimately serve the VIPs, South Korea's 600,000 active-duty troops serve under the operational command of the US.
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August 15 is Liberation Day in Korea. #OTD in 1945, 35 years of Japanese colonialism came to an end. Over 75 years later, Korea remains divided and occupied. To understand why, we have to look at what happened from 1945-1950 on both sides of the 38th parallel.
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Has north Korea abandoned reunification?. On New Year’s Eve, global media reported that Kim Jong Un no longer supports Korean reunification. But this is not true. A thread 🧵
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Squid Game's premise echoes real events in south Korea's history. Countless wartime massacres were committed by the US and ROK and hidden from public knowledge throughout the 20th century.
On this day in 1948, Koreans on Jeju Island organized an armed rebellion for a unified, independent country, free of US colonization. In response, the US military government & ROK massacred 30,000-60,000 people until 1954. TW: Police brutality, torture, rape mention
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At least 149 people have been killed in Itaewon, Seoul, due to a deadly crowd surge on Halloween night. This is a horrible tragedy, and details are still unfolding. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. May they rest in peace. 💔
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Today is the 70th anniversary to the “official” start of the Korean War. Despite agreeing to withdraw troops and sign a peace treaty in the 1953 armistice, the US continues to occupy Korea and refuse peace. Consequently, the division of Korea and the war continue to this day.
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팔레스타인의 해방. The Palestinian people are waging a war for liberation — and nothing less. Power to every Palestinian fighting for their freedom, and glory to every martyr who dies fighting. For every martyr that falls, a new one will rise. @palyouthmvmt @WOLPalestine
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TW: suicide mention. Despite south Korea's appearance of prosperity, most households are in serious debt. Household debt is 105% of GDP, the highest of any Asian country. Household debt averaged 190% of household earnings in 2019, almost double the US average.
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France has put a stolen Korean artifact on display in a Paris museum — with no plans to ever return it to Korea. Jikji is the oldest book that was printed using metal moveable type. It was printed in Korea in 1377, and taken by the first French consul to Korea in the 1890s.
VIDEO: The oldest known work printed on a mechanical press, a Korean book that predates the first European example by several decades, goes on display in Paris for the first time in 50 years.
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Today we remember the Gwangju Uprising, a mass democratic rebellion in south Korea against the US-backed dictatorship of Chun Doo-Hwan. The memory of Gwangju is particularly pertinent this year, as the global student movement confronts capital in solidarity with Palestine 🧵.
#OTD in 1980, the people of #Gwangju rose up against Chun Doo-hwan's military dictatorship, calling for democracy in south Korea. In response, with a green light from the US, south Korean police & soldiers massacred 2,300 people. We will never forget the martyrs of Gwangju. 🧵
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President Yoon of South Korea has been arrested. This is thanks to the masses of people who mobilized for over a month for a people's democracy. This is a major victory—but it is not the end of the struggle in Korea. Onward, to total social transformation & national liberation.
BREAKING: CIO says they executed the warrant to detain impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to question him over his botched martial law decree
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The Korean right has long been nurtured by imperialist collaboration, and gender violence has always been part of this relationship. Men targeting An San for being from Gwangju shows us how important misogyny is to promoting right wing politics in general in South Korea.
S. Korean men are demanding the Korean Archery Association to take back the gold medals from Olympic record-breaking archer An San, alleging that “she's a short-haired feminist.”. And it's only the most recent episode in a barrage of mounting anti-feminist backlash here. Thread.
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Every year, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions holds its National Workers' Congress to Inherit the Martyrdom of Jeon Tae-il. This year, KCTU had its largest gathering in 6 yrs, rejecting privatization & negligence by the Yoon govt and demanding a govt that saves lives.
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🧵Food sovereignty in Korea 🧵. Hunger in north Korea is a favorite topic of imperialist propaganda. Yet on both sides of the DMZ, Koreans are struggling against imperialism for food sovereignty. Here's a look at the real food situation in Korea:
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Western media has ignored Kim’s calls for peace, cherry-picking her comments to paint north Korea as the primary aggressor and manufacturing consent for war. We denounce preemptive strikes, a military strategy designed to invade under the guise of defense! (4/4)
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In 1970, Jeon rushed to the front of a workers' protest and set himself on fire. Jeon's death galvanized the labor movement. In 1971, the first garment workers' union was founded. Jeon's mother, Yi So-sun officiated the ceremony. Yi devoted her life to the labor struggle.
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TW: suicide mention. South Korea's senior citizens are especially impacted by privatization of healthcare and real estate under capitalism. Many elderly people are unable to afford medical care or housing. About 50% of all senior citizens live in poverty.
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Let's take a look at Biden's cabinet. Pundits have praised Biden for his diverse picks, but where do the nominees stand on Korean peace? Here's a look at how Biden's cabinet will continue imperialism
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Kim was responding to south Korea’s defense minister who had announced that the country is ready to preemptively strike north Korea under any pretext – a stance bolstered by the new Yoon admin. Kim criticized preemptive strikes as a deadly setback for peace in Korea. (2/4).
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As Vice Chairman Kim points out, “war is our principal enemy.” . However, the US-controlled south Korean military keeps bringing us to the brink of it, with western outlets framing her response to Minister Seo as a "threat" to the south. (3/4).
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THREAD 🧵. From the 1960s-1990s armed struggles for decolonization toppled apartheid & colonialism in Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa. This is the story of the north Korea's role in supporting this fight. Pic: A north Korean mural of Namibian independence
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Not everything in this thread is explicitly referenced in this show. Nevertheless, an analysis of the role of imperialism and neocolonialism in south Korea's economy is essential to understanding the crises it faces today.
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The demolition of roads connecting North and South Korea is the outcome of Seoul and Washington’s unbridled aggression. South Korea now touts “reunification” in the form of regime change. In this light, the demolition of roads is a defensive maneuver against invasion.
North Korea just blew up its side of roads leading to South Korea in the latest expression of anger against Seoul and the idea of reunification
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#OTD in 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was founded. The DPRK has survived 73 years of US imperialism. To understand the DPRK, we have to understand its revolutionary origins. This is the story of the revolution in northern Korea before the Korean War.
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Thread🧵on Samiljeol (삼일절). On March 1st, 1919, 2 million people across Korea joined over 1,500 demonstrations for independence from Japan. This event became known as the Samil (Three-One) Movement. It is often considered to be the start of the Korean independence movement.
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Organized crime has often been used by landlords, companies, and the govt for everything from evicting tenants to breaking strikes. In 2009, President Lee Myung-bak mobilized "private security forces" to brutally evict street vendors from the Insa-dong district in Seoul.
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40 years ago today, the people of Gwangju took to the streets in armed resistance against decades of US-backed military dictatorships. While the military brutally suppressed the uprising, we continue to celebrate our revolutionary ancestors, and mourn their deaths.
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Jeon taught himself labor law and organized the first garment workers' association at Seoul Peace Market in 1969. He conducted a survey of workers' conditions and submitted a petition to the Ministry of Labor. But the petition was ignored and this drove Jeon to despair.
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Meme time! While the show #SquidGame grows in popularity, the stories are a bit too real sometimes.
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On this day in 1948, Jeju residents organized an armed rebellion for a unified Korea & one free of US occupation. The rebellion was suppressed, and the crackdown, now known as the Jeju Massacre, stretched for years, killing an estimated 30,000 residents.
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Yeonmi Park is the most famous celebrity defector. She is paid up to $41,000 per speaking event. Many of her stories have been proven to be complete lies.
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August 14 is International Memorial Day for Comfort Women, the day when the late Kim Hak-soon, a former comfort woman, first publicly testified about Japan operating an organized military brothel program during the war in 1991.
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Jeon began organizing in the garment workers movement after observing the conditions at Seoul Peace Market factories. Girls as young as 12 worked 16-hr days, 7 days a week, for less than a dollar a day. Abuse was widespread, and tuberculosis was rampant.
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🚨South Korea aids the US's cowardly attack on Yemen. The US uses south Korea as an attack dog for imperialism around the world. As Korean people, neutrality is not an option. We can choose the side of the oppressor, or the side of liberation.
The #WhiteHouse announced that 10 countries participated in the aggression against #Yemen. Here they are!
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Kim Jong Un has officially declared south Korea as north Korea's "primary enemy state," and will no longer pursue peaceful reunification. This is the direct result of unprecedented aggression from Yoon and Biden, who have colluded to bring Korea closer than ever to another war.
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On April 19, 1960 the working masses of South Korea—led by the student movement—toppled the US puppet dictator Syngman Rhee. When united with the masses, students are a potent force for liberation. We salute the brave @Columbia students standing up for Palestine.
April 19 marks the April Revolution in 1960 S. Korea. An uprising of workers and students overthrew Syngman Rhee, a US-backed dictator who used extreme political repression and killed tens of thousands. Koreans continue to struggle against imperialism and corruption to this day.
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Thousands of protesters gathered in Seoul on Saturday, calling for suspension of joint military exercise with the US. They also demanded the dissolution of the South Korean-US alliance and the withdrawal of all US forces. #USOutofKorea.
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Imagine if your entire country was carpet bombed by the world’s imperialist powers. Palestinians don’t have to. Neither do Koreans. The US and Israel slaughtered our people at the same time. And that is why we will always stand with Palestine.
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Jay Leno’s anti Asian jokes were targeted against North Korea. Imperialist aggression against Asian “enemy states” is what sustains the idea of Asians as enemy aliens. “Anti-racism” without anti-imperialism is just another form of collaboration.
when folks say you can't disconnect US imperlaism from anti-asian violence, this is what they're fucking talking about
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