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Red Star Over Asia
by Red Star Over Asia
Covering politics and social movements across Asia from a socialist perspective. Based in South Korea,
Episodes
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The Zainichi Experience: Koreans in Japan w/ Haruki Eda
Both Koreas have a historically frought relationship with Japan, due to the history of colinization. Beginning in the late 19th century, there were waves of Korean immigration to Japan. This accelerated dramatically with Japan's formal annexation of the Korean pennisula in the early 20th century....
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Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) Police Raid
The South Korean intelligence services and police raided the headquarters of a major umbrella labor union in central Seoul in late January 2023, on dubious suspicion that some members had violated national security laws. This is the audio version of a recent video livestream correct the record…
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South Korea Truckers' Strike
This is audio from a live stream on the South Korea truckers strike. In November, South Korean cargo truckers representated by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) launched a nationwide strike around the extension of a minumum wage guarantee and related work safety issues. The Yoon...
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Labor Militancy in Vietnam ft. Joe Buckley
We're thrilled to present this new epsiode with Joe Buckley, author of a fascinating new book, 'Vietnamese Labour Militancy: Capital-labour antagonisms and self-organised struggles' Vietnam has been undergoing significant changes, with a new Labour code that became law in 2021 allowing workers to...
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2022 South Korea Presidential Election Livestream (Bonus EP)
This is the raw audio/podcast version of a YouTube livestream recorded the evening of 3/8/22 (election night), before the results were announced. We are posting this the morning of 3/9/22 and we now know that Yoon Suk-yeol, the main conservative candidate, is South Korea's President-elect and…
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Korea's Socialist Century w/ Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja/박노자)
Vladimir Tikhonov, also known by his pen name Pak Noja/박노자, is a Russian-born scholar of Korean Studies and a Professor at the University of Oslo in Norway. He has written numerous articles and books on Korean politics, particularly on the history and legacy of Korean socialist and Communist...
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Early Korean Communism Pt. 2 w/ Owen Miller
This is part two of a two-part episode. Part one covered the origins of the Korean Communist movement and how they survived multiple splits and waves of repression by the Japanese Empire. Now, with part two, we jump forward to 1945. World War II has just ended, taking the Japanese Empire with it....
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Early Korean Communism w/ Owen Miller Pt. 1
The history of Korean Communism has long been obscured by the myth making of anticommunist regimes in the South, but also in the North, where Korean leftists outside of the partisan tradition have been erased. In the first part of this interview with historian Owen Miller, we uncover the…
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Imperialism in the 21st Century & East Asian Solidarity
For this episode, the crew discuss two recent articles. The first, 'The Specificity of Imperialism' by Salar Mohandesi, engages with some recent debates around whether 'imperialism' is still a relevant concept for understanding contemporary capitalism. In the second piece, 'Towards an East Asian...
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Reimagining Soviet Georgia w/ Sopo Japardize Pt. 2
This is part two of a two-part episode with Sofia Japardize, a labor activist based in Tblisi, Georgia. Before preceding, we highly recommend hitting the pause button and starting with part 1! Georgia is in some ways ‘a land between’. Red Star tends to focus on East Asian topics, but we had the...
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Radio Free Havana: The Cuban Revolution w/ Rodrigo Huamachi Pt. 2
This is part 2 of a two-part episode on Cuba with Rodrigo Huamachi. We recommend listening to part 1 first! Part 1 of our discussion focused on the history and legacy of the Cuban Revolution, as well as the structure and dynamics of Cuba's political and electoral system. Here in part 2, we cover...
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A New Yellow Peril? Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S.
The panel (minus Jay - he was out sick for this episode) discusses the nature of anti-Asian racism in the U.S., in the aftermath of the March 16th Atlanta shootings. *Disclaimer*: this was recorded in the immediate aftermath of those tragic events, when details were unclear. Please excuse any...
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The Farmers' Movement in India w/ Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar joins this week to discuss the farmers' movement in India, the Indian left generally, and his new book Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age. Since last year, an energized mass movement of farmers has erupted across India in response to the…
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Pandemic: COVID Response in Asia and the U.S.
The panel discusses how and why various Asian governments and the U.S. state have handled pandemic response the way they have.
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International Solidarity w/ Nokdu
The Red Star crew discusses the challenges of doing meaningful 'international solidarity' - with Korean-American organizer and special guest 'Nokdu'.
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Covering politics and social movements across Asia from a socialist perspective. Based in South Korea,
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