J. R. Flynn
@jrflynn87.bsky.social
PhD Canidate UW-Madison
Labor History: Korea & Japan
Lani and Lina's 아빠
Labor History: Korea & Japan
Lani and Lina's 아빠
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These protests are just as much about actual anti-Chinese sentiment as they are getting the Lee Jae Myung administration to crack down on them to fuel their claims that Lee is authoritarian and China’s man in South Korea. Sounds like Lee is going to oblige them
www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...
www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...
President orders ministries to stamp out anti-China rallies, citing harm to nat'l image - The Korea Times
President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday ordered a crackdown on anti-China rallies in Seoul, saying the demonstrations are tarnishing the nation's image...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
These protests are just as much about actual anti-Chinese sentiment as they are getting the Lee Jae Myung administration to crack down on them to fuel their claims that Lee is authoritarian and China’s man in South Korea. Sounds like Lee is going to oblige them
www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...
www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...
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Authoritarian Liberalism: From Schmitt via Ordoliberalism to the Euro
Werner Bonefeld
Critical Sociology, 2016, 43(4-5), 747–761.
sci-hub.ru/10.1177/0896...
Werner Bonefeld
Critical Sociology, 2016, 43(4-5), 747–761.
sci-hub.ru/10.1177/0896...
May 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Authoritarian Liberalism: From Schmitt via Ordoliberalism to the Euro
Werner Bonefeld
Critical Sociology, 2016, 43(4-5), 747–761.
sci-hub.ru/10.1177/0896...
Werner Bonefeld
Critical Sociology, 2016, 43(4-5), 747–761.
sci-hub.ru/10.1177/0896...
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Really incredible. This presidential election is being held in the wake of Yoon’s illiberal attempt to seize power through martial law. And the PPP seeks to encourage voters that this crisis is behind them by nominating a candidate in the middle of the night? 1/
m.koreaherald.com/article/1048...
m.koreaherald.com/article/1048...
Han Duck-soo registers as PPP's presidential candidate
Former Prime Minister and acting President Han Duck-soo on Saturday registered as the People Power Party's candidate for the June 3 presidential election, following the party leadership’s decision to ...
m.koreaherald.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Really incredible. This presidential election is being held in the wake of Yoon’s illiberal attempt to seize power through martial law. And the PPP seeks to encourage voters that this crisis is behind them by nominating a candidate in the middle of the night? 1/
m.koreaherald.com/article/1048...
m.koreaherald.com/article/1048...
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☢️Why Young South Koreans Are Cooling on the Bomb | @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org Korea Chair Platform
James D. Kim, 2024-2025 CSIS-USC US-Korea NextGen Scholar and Assistant Professor at University of Washington, analyzes South Korea's generational divide on nuclearization.
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James D. Kim, 2024-2025 CSIS-USC US-Korea NextGen Scholar and Assistant Professor at University of Washington, analyzes South Korea's generational divide on nuclearization.
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Why Young South Koreans Are Cooling on the Bomb
While many older South Koreans support nuclear armament, younger generations, the ones who will actually live with the consequences, do not share that view and see them as optional and potentially cou...
www.csis.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
☢️Why Young South Koreans Are Cooling on the Bomb | @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org Korea Chair Platform
James D. Kim, 2024-2025 CSIS-USC US-Korea NextGen Scholar and Assistant Professor at University of Washington, analyzes South Korea's generational divide on nuclearization.
🔗🔽:
James D. Kim, 2024-2025 CSIS-USC US-Korea NextGen Scholar and Assistant Professor at University of Washington, analyzes South Korea's generational divide on nuclearization.
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🚨NEW: Wisconsin judge threatens to go on strike in support of Judge Hannah Dugan, arrested by the FBI.
Monica Isham: “I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE & sent to a concentration camp without the due process the constitutions we swore to support require.”👏
Monica Isham: “I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE & sent to a concentration camp without the due process the constitutions we swore to support require.”👏
April 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🚨NEW: Wisconsin judge threatens to go on strike in support of Judge Hannah Dugan, arrested by the FBI.
Monica Isham: “I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE & sent to a concentration camp without the due process the constitutions we swore to support require.”👏
Monica Isham: “I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE & sent to a concentration camp without the due process the constitutions we swore to support require.”👏
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This is just so good m.youtube.com/watch?v=P53d...
HAWKWIND - Live London 1972
YouTube video by More than sounds
m.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This is just so good m.youtube.com/watch?v=P53d...
Thorough analysis of far-right youtubers in Korea and their connectiom to encouraging Yoon to declare martial law, and their defense of him during his impeachment trial.
'극우' 유튜버는 이미 계엄을 알고 있었다 www.khan.co.kr/kh_storytell...
'극우' 유튜버는 이미 계엄을 알고 있었다 www.khan.co.kr/kh_storytell...
'극우' 유튜버는 이미 계엄을 알고 있었다
윤석열 전 대통령과 '극우' 유튜버들은 얼마나 닮았나?
www.khan.co.kr
April 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Thorough analysis of far-right youtubers in Korea and their connectiom to encouraging Yoon to declare martial law, and their defense of him during his impeachment trial.
'극우' 유튜버는 이미 계엄을 알고 있었다 www.khan.co.kr/kh_storytell...
'극우' 유튜버는 이미 계엄을 알고 있었다 www.khan.co.kr/kh_storytell...
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Amid Trump’s assaults on labor and free speech, the organized working class representing 14 million union members had largely stayed quiet or focused on each union’s own fights.
But this joint declaration could lead to more coordinated direct action: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
But this joint declaration could lead to more coordinated direct action: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
Ten National Unions Call for Anti-Trump Resistance
Ten national unions and dozens of locals representing more than 3 million members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of immigrant workers recently snatched by Immigration and Customs ...
labornotes.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Amid Trump’s assaults on labor and free speech, the organized working class representing 14 million union members had largely stayed quiet or focused on each union’s own fights.
But this joint declaration could lead to more coordinated direct action: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
But this joint declaration could lead to more coordinated direct action: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
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Super excited to be part of the organisational team of this amazing conference we are putting together at @eui-law.bsky.social in September!
Join our incredibly list of speakers and come to our conference to discuss Law & Revolution: Prefiguration of Abolition?
Join our incredibly list of speakers and come to our conference to discuss Law & Revolution: Prefiguration of Abolition?
Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?
This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...
www.eui.eu
April 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Super excited to be part of the organisational team of this amazing conference we are putting together at @eui-law.bsky.social in September!
Join our incredibly list of speakers and come to our conference to discuss Law & Revolution: Prefiguration of Abolition?
Join our incredibly list of speakers and come to our conference to discuss Law & Revolution: Prefiguration of Abolition?
Interesting article on leader of far-right rallies, Rev. Chun Gwang-hoon's method for securing priority in rally registrations.
They camp outside police offices prepared to register, and even file for "placeholder rallies" to prevent other orgs from registering.
slownews.kr/133266
They camp outside police offices prepared to register, and even file for "placeholder rallies" to prevent other orgs from registering.
slownews.kr/133266
전광훈 집회의 롱런 비법, ‘경찰서 오픈런’을 아십니까? - 슬로우뉴스.
경찰은 집회 신고 시 ‘선착순 방문 접수’를 고수해 왔습니다. 우편으로 집회 신고서를 제출하자, 경찰은 문자로 접수가 되지 않는다고 통보했죠. 이에 대해 법원은 신청 방법을 ‘방문’으로만 정해 수리를 거부한 경찰의 처분은 집시법의 위임이 없고, 집회의 자유를 과도하게 제한하여
slownews.kr
April 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Interesting article on leader of far-right rallies, Rev. Chun Gwang-hoon's method for securing priority in rally registrations.
They camp outside police offices prepared to register, and even file for "placeholder rallies" to prevent other orgs from registering.
slownews.kr/133266
They camp outside police offices prepared to register, and even file for "placeholder rallies" to prevent other orgs from registering.
slownews.kr/133266
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My translation of a viral Japanese meme summarizing decades of U.S. complaints about Japan not buying enough American cars (while not making the kind of cars Japanese consumers actually want):
April 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My translation of a viral Japanese meme summarizing decades of U.S. complaints about Japan not buying enough American cars (while not making the kind of cars Japanese consumers actually want):
Did Sesame Street try to do "social realism? Serious question.
Scenes from 1984 OP.
Scenes from 1984 OP.
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Did Sesame Street try to do "social realism? Serious question.
Scenes from 1984 OP.
Scenes from 1984 OP.
According to a poll quoted in Labor Today, although the vast majority of office workers think the impeachment of fmr President Yoon will have an overall positive effect on society, most believe it will have little impact on workplace democratization.
www.labortoday.co.kr/news/article...
www.labortoday.co.kr/news/article...
직장인 52.7% “탄핵집회 뒤 일터내 민주주의 확대 안 될 것”
직장인 10명 중 7명은 윤석열 전 대통령 탄핵 촉구 집회가 한국 민주주의 발전에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다고 인식하는 것으로 나타났다. 그런데 일터 내 민주주의가 확대될 것이라는 데에는 절반 이상이 비관적으로 바라봤다.6일 직장갑질119가 여론조사 전문기관 ‘글로벌리서치’에 의뢰해 지난 2월10~17일 전국 만 19세 이상 직장인 1천명을 대상으로 한 설문조...
www.labortoday.co.kr
April 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
According to a poll quoted in Labor Today, although the vast majority of office workers think the impeachment of fmr President Yoon will have an overall positive effect on society, most believe it will have little impact on workplace democratization.
www.labortoday.co.kr/news/article...
www.labortoday.co.kr/news/article...
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"Ms. Chung does not appear to have been a prominent figure in the demonstrations that shook the school last year. But she was one of several students arrested this year in connection with a protest at Barnard College." /1 To read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation (Gift Article)
Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Immigration agents visited residences looking for her.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"Ms. Chung does not appear to have been a prominent figure in the demonstrations that shook the school last year. But she was one of several students arrested this year in connection with a protest at Barnard College." /1 To read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
The Chronicle asked universities how they would respond if the Trump admin demanded that they:
-Expel students
-Remove control of a department from the faculty
-Change student discipline policy
The response?
"No college or university... answered any of our questions."
😞
#academicsky #edusky
-Expel students
-Remove control of a department from the faculty
-Change student discipline policy
The response?
"No college or university... answered any of our questions."
😞
#academicsky #edusky
We Asked Colleges How They Would React to Demands From Trump. They Wouldn’t Say.
The possibility became more real on Friday, when Columbia University agreed to make changes in response to a letter from the Trump administration.
www.chronicle.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Of the 5 justices who rejected the impeachment, 4 determined that Han had violated the Constitution by refusing to appoint three Constitutional Court nominees approved by the National Assembly.
March 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Of the 5 justices who rejected the impeachment, 4 determined that Han had violated the Constitution by refusing to appoint three Constitutional Court nominees approved by the National Assembly.
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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
March 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
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A South Korean court has granted an injunction halting the Methodist Church’s expulsion of Pastor Nam Jae-young for supporting LGBTQ at pride festivals. It ruled the church violated due process and imposed excessive punishment. He will resume duties as legal proceedings continue.
www.yna.co.kr
March 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A South Korean court has granted an injunction halting the Methodist Church’s expulsion of Pastor Nam Jae-young for supporting LGBTQ at pride festivals. It ruled the church violated due process and imposed excessive punishment. He will resume duties as legal proceedings continue.
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What seems new often isn't
March 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What seems new often isn't
Cool new Webtoon about a colonial era strike in Daejeon, Korea led by women workers: Strike 1932
m.comic.naver.com/challenge/li...
m.comic.naver.com/challenge/li...
스추라익1932
1932년 대전 군시제사 공장에서 파업했던 800명의 청춘들, 그중 600명은 18세 이하 여공들이었다. 일제에 맞서 저항했던 이들의 저력은 과연 어디에서 왔을까. 식민지 조선 청춘들의 성장과 연대기, <스추라익1932>.
m.comic.naver.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Cool new Webtoon about a colonial era strike in Daejeon, Korea led by women workers: Strike 1932
m.comic.naver.com/challenge/li...
m.comic.naver.com/challenge/li...
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Emma Goldman was deported along with another 600 anarchists, communists & socialists, while 10k+ more nationwide were rounded up in the Palmer Raids, 105 years ago during the First Red Scare and tbh idek which number Red Scare we're on now
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals
A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.
www.newyorker.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Emma Goldman was deported along with another 600 anarchists, communists & socialists, while 10k+ more nationwide were rounded up in the Palmer Raids, 105 years ago during the First Red Scare and tbh idek which number Red Scare we're on now
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
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A lot of global academic conferencing is centered around the US, and US academic orgs have to be thinking very seriously now. You cannot continue to carry on with in person conferencing as if foreign scholars have no impediments to travel.
I know we like to pretend everything is "normal" again but..
I know we like to pretend everything is "normal" again but..
March 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A lot of global academic conferencing is centered around the US, and US academic orgs have to be thinking very seriously now. You cannot continue to carry on with in person conferencing as if foreign scholars have no impediments to travel.
I know we like to pretend everything is "normal" again but..
I know we like to pretend everything is "normal" again but..
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Many are pointing out that authoritarians and US rivals will celebrate this attempt to kill VOA. That may be true. But all I've ever wanted to do is shoot straight and tell the truth, no matter what government I was covering. If that's a threat to anyone, so be it.
March 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Many are pointing out that authoritarians and US rivals will celebrate this attempt to kill VOA. That may be true. But all I've ever wanted to do is shoot straight and tell the truth, no matter what government I was covering. If that's a threat to anyone, so be it.
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Check out the first ever episode of the @labornotes.bsky.social podcast: 'What the Tariffs Debate is Missing: Workers' Voices.'
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What the Tariffs Debate Is Missing: Workers’ Voices | The Labor Notes Podcast
When Nippon sought to acquire U.S. Steel in a $15 billion acquisition last year, the companies went to great lengths to convince U.S. Steel workers that the deal would benefit them too (and not just l...
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March 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Check out the first ever episode of the @labornotes.bsky.social podcast: 'What the Tariffs Debate is Missing: Workers' Voices.'
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/what-the-t...
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/what-the-t...