How Auto Workers Helped End a Dictatorship in South Korea
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The “democratic” Republic of Korea was ruled by dictators for almost 30 years, until a coordinated movement of students, industrial workers, and newly unionized auto workers brought down the last autocrat in 1987. Main topic at 58:00 Email us with tips, stories, and unhinged rants: [email protected] // Our social media links etc: www.linktr.ee/CarsAndComrades // Music by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: www.kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanaland // Links/Sources: The Deprogram episode about Korea: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-deprogram-2176302/episodes/episode-40-oppa-war-crimes-sty-147212654 // Blowback: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blowback/id1502178774 // BoyBoy: We Went To North Korea To Get A Haircut https://youtu.be/2BO83Ig-E8E?si=bObFuCN046PJv4z5 // To Kill Alice | Official Trailer | Means TV https://youtu.be/hPVBjMaD_58?si=qYNxx43jP5iX0bBb // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Act_(South_Korea) // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung_Hee#Final_years_of_presidency // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busan%E2%80%93Masan_Uprising // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Struggle // https://libcom.org/article/1987-great-workers-struggle-south-korea // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%931997_strikes_in_South_Korea // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye // https://time.com/4583033/south-korea-protest-demonstration-seoul-park-geun-hye-choi-soon-sil/ // https://www.reuters.com/article/southkorea-protest/massive-crowd-protest-in-s-korea-against-parks-labour-reform-plans-idINKCN0T30KJ20151114 //
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