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Democracy Can Move Backward. Citizens Can Pull It Forward.
What “civic muscle” looks like when the state forgets its job description.
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Democracy Can Move Backward. Citizens Can Pull It Forward.
What “civic muscle” looks like when the state forgets its job description.
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18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
On this day, 18 May 1980, workers and students in Gwangju, South Korea, rose up against their brutal US-backed dictator, Chun Doo-hwan. Peaceful protesters were fired upon, with many shot and others beaten and stabbed to death by paratroopers. This sparked an uprising across the city, as local residents raided local armouries and police stations, seized weapons and eventually succeeded in driving out government troops. Workers and locals then took control of the city, running it collectively for several days, until paratroopers invaded once more and bloodily suppressed the rebellion, killing hundreds. Though unsuccessful in meeting its immediate goals, the uprising contributed to the end of decades of dictatorship late in the 1980s. We spoke with participants in the rebellion for our podcast episodes 53-56: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e53-the-gwangju-uprising-1980/
Activist Sophon “Get” Surattithamrong is serving an 8.5 sentence in #Thailand for taking part in the 2020 protests. While imprisoned, he's been writing steadily about democracy in Thailand, South Korea & Myanmar. We’ve publish 3 of his letters: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Zuid-Korea doet inval bij Starbucks na advertentie over opstand in Gwangju
In het kort De autoriteiten in Zuid-Korea hebben afgelopen woensdag een huiszoeking gedaan in het nationale hoofdkantoor van Starbucks. Volgens een woordvoerder van de Shinsegae Group, die het merk hier beheert, houdt de inval verband met beschuldigingen dat een bepaalde marketingactie een belediging vormde voor mensen die tijdens de pro-democratische demonstraties van 1980 zijn omgekomen. […] The post Zuid-Korea doet inval bij Starbucks na advertentie over opstand in Gwangju appeared first on Newsmonkey.
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I have no idea what #dude is talking about but IMHO some of these beings draw #images from ones subconcious this might explain the tall whites most people who know they arent white yet claim #white as a race see I'd say some look #chinese and some are blonde 🤣a guess? www.youtube.com/watch?v=asUm...
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