It’s been likened to the Paris Commune, but took place a mere forty-one years ago. In 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea, rose up against dictatorship, and for some precious days the liberated city governed itself from below through mass assemblies. George Katsiaficas discusses the history of repression and rebellion in Korea and the … Continued
Professor John H. Aldrich and John D. Griffin make a compelling case that competition between political parties is an essential component of a democracy that is responsive to its citizens and thus able to address their concerns. In the modern era, as party competition in the South has come to be widely regarded as matching that … Continued
We continue our series of conversations on historic uprisings with social movement historian George Katsiaficas. He has just finished a two volume set called Asia’s Unknown Uprisings.
In conversation with renown social movement historian George Katsiaficas. We talk about global uprisings of today and the past… including the birth of the Black Bloc.
Social movements scholar George Katsiaficas talks about recent upheavals in North Africa and compares them to the many upheavals that took place across Asia in the 1980s and 90s, from Bangladesh to Taiwan.
They took over factories in Italy, fought neo-Nazis and the police to a standstill, militantly opposed nuclear proliferation, squatted large urban areas, and attempted to transform gender relations and the politics of everyday life. Radical scholar George Katsiaficas discusses the formidable European autonomist movements of the 1970s and ’80s.
George Katsiaficas discusses the formidable radical autonomist movements in Europe in the 1970s and 80s — their factory occupations, squats, mass demonstrations, and militant battles with neo-Nazis and the police. With host Sasha Lilley.
Hauker Mar Helgason talks about the protests which brought down the government of Iceland. A look at the boom and bust in global food prices with Eric Holt Gimenez. George Katsiaficas talks about how South Korea and East Asia are weathering the current slump. And Canadian political economist Leo Panitch speaks about the role of … Continued
In her one-woman show "No Child …," Nilaja Sun shines a light on the struggles faced by public school students and teachers. Also, George Katsiaficas and Max Elbaum discuss the meaning and legacy of 1968, a year of extraordinary political upheaval and protest.
Hauker Mar Helgason talks about the protests which brought down the government of Iceland. A look at the boom and bust in global food prices with Eric Holt Gimenez. George Katsiaficas talks about how South Korea and East Asia are weathering the current slump. And Canadian political economist Leo Panitch speaks about the role of … Continued
