Christine Ahn joined Matt to discuss the long history of US imperialism and violence on the Korean Peninsula. Christine is the founder and director of the peace organization, Women Cross DMZ.
Discussed in this Episode:
-Christine's background and interest in peace activism with a focus on the Korean Peninsula
-The origins and mission of Women Cross DMZ
- The genocidal behavior of the US in the conflict that Americans often call the "forgotten war"
- The need to understand how trauma of US' industrial scale violence still affects the peninsula today
- How should we talk about alleged human rights abuses by the Kim government?
- Sarah Lazare's In These Times article featuring Christine, which discusses feminist imperialism, and why we need to be weary of it
- Christine's article in The Nation, Anti Asian Violence in America is Rooted in US Imperialism
Our Work:
Read our "In the Context of Empire" blog with corresponding and expanded posts to this content!
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