E51: Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun
Working Class History
Working Class History
5.0 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | On the 13th November 1970, South Korean garment worker John Tayil, after trying to organise |
| 0:05.2 | for better conditions, poured kerosene on his body and set himself on fire in front of Seoul's |
| 0:10.1 | peace market. |
| 0:12.0 | After his death, his mother, Liso, son, dedicated her life to continuing his work, organising |
| 0:16.6 | amongst garment workers under the brutal US-backed military dictatorship. |
| 0:22.6 | This is working class history. Hi and welcome back to the working class history podcast, which is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
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