123 – Taekwondo and Korean History Explains Everything (Part 2) w/ Jay

On Southpaw, we speak to Jay from Red Star Over Asia (@RedStarOverAsia) about his article "When Taekwondo Ruled the World": https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/when-taekwondo-ruled-the-world-by-jay

In part 2, we discuss:

• Ethnonationalism vs. international communism
• Americanization of South Korea
• Martial arts, martial leader, and martial law
• Yushin Constitution and Westernized conservativism
• National Security Act and anti-democracy
• South Korea as model minority country
• The erasure of south Korean communists
• Anti-Americanism and pro-democracy
• Projecting Western anticommunist politics onto Korea
• Toxic masculinity expressed in statecraft
• The West leaving collaborators and Nazis in charge
• The trauma of US occupation
• Park's Korea
• The use of Koreans in Vietnam and bringing fascism back home
• Support for northern forces in the south
• Racist stereotypes, internalization, and orientalism
• Cults and anticommunism
• KCIA, taekwondo, and factionalism
• Martial arts and showmanship

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• Part 1: https://ko-fi.com/post/122-Taekwondo-and-Korean-History-Explains-Everyt-T6T6AN2BF
• Red Star Over Asia: https://anchor.fm/red-star-over-asia
• Yoga's Colonial Past & Present: https://ko-fi.com/post/Yogas-Colonial-Past-Present-R6R44DJCQ
• Settler Colonialism and Decolonization w/ Mylan Tootoosis: https://ko-fi.com/Post/84-Settler-Colonialism-and-Frantz-Fanon-Part-2-D1D44116Z
• 100 – Racism, Capitalism, and Boxing w/ Dr. Gerald Horne: https://ko-fi.com/post/100-Racism-Capitalism-and-Boxing-w-Dr-Gerald-O4O14GDRT
• A Killing Art by Alex Gillis: https://amzn.to/3LI2D5I
• Cobra Kai, the Twilight of American Empire, and the Allure of Paramilitary Violence: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/cobra-kai-the-twilight-of-american-empire-and-the-allure-of-paramilitary-violence/
• 120 – Squid Game and the Long Shadow of American Empire: https://ko-fi.com/post/120-Squid-Game-and-the-Long-Shadow-of-American-E-W7W27LG4S

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