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== 1900s == | == 1900s == | ||
* 1920: The [[Guangzhou Commune|Guangzhou City Commune]] is set up thanks to the influence of anarchist [[Liu Shifu]]. | * 1920: The [[Guangzhou Commune|Guangzhou City Commune]] is set up thanks to the influence of anarchist [[Liu Shifu]]. | ||
* 1922: [[Hong Kong General Strike (1922)|Hong Kong General Strike]] | |||
* 1956: Farmers from Sunagawa, Japan [[Sunagawa Resistance|prevent expansion]] of the US Tachikawa Air Force Base.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/sunagawa-farmers-prevent-expansion-tachikawa-air-force-base-1956-57</ref> | * 1956: Farmers from Sunagawa, Japan [[Sunagawa Resistance|prevent expansion]] of the US Tachikawa Air Force Base.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/sunagawa-farmers-prevent-expansion-tachikawa-air-force-base-1956-57</ref> | ||
* 1960: Workers and students in South Korea [[South Korean Democracy Protests (1960)|strike and protest]], forcing dictator [[Syngman Rhee]] to step down, creating a short-lived democratic republic.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-students-force-dictator-resign-new-elections-1960</ref> | * 1960: Workers and students in South Korea [[South Korean Democracy Protests (1960)|strike and protest]], forcing dictator [[Syngman Rhee]] to step down, creating a short-lived democratic republic.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-students-force-dictator-resign-new-elections-1960</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 17 March 2020
This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Eastern Asia (a region that includes the states of China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.
1900s
- 1920: The Guangzhou City Commune is set up thanks to the influence of anarchist Liu Shifu.
- 1922: Hong Kong General Strike
- 1956: Farmers from Sunagawa, Japan prevent expansion of the US Tachikawa Air Force Base.[1]
- 1960: Workers and students in South Korea strike and protest, forcing dictator Syngman Rhee to step down, creating a short-lived democratic republic.[2]
- 1969: Workers across Pyungwha, South Korea strike against sweatshop labor and win greater working conditions across the country.
- 1976: Women textile workers in strike in protest of management-union collaboration and rigged union elections.[3]
- 1979: Women workers in South Korea resist the closing of factories and are repressed by police.[4]
- 1980: A popular armed uprising occurs in Gwangju, South Korea, demanding an end to the dictatorship.
- 1980: Villagers in Shanyang, China begin a ten-year long campaign to seek reparations for the construction of the Dahe Dam.[5]
- 1983: Activist Kim Young-sam performs a hunger strike in protest of the dictatorship in South Korea.[6]
- 1987: Mass protests across South Korea lead to the collapse of the dictatorship, ushering in a new democracy.[7]
- 1990: Workers in Osaka, Japan lead an uprising against the government and capitalists.
- 1994: Environmentalists on Gulup Island, South Korea block the construction of a nuclear waste site.
2000s
- 2000: NGOs in South Korea win victory for democracy.[8]
- 2002: Anti-american protests breaking out across South Korea.[9]
- 2005: Farmers and workers in Pyeongtaek, South Korea fight land seizures to build US military bases.[10]
- 2006: South Korean environmentalists protect Gyeyang Mountain against golf course development.[11]
- 2007: Japanese workers in US military bases fight against a 50% wage cut.[12]
- 2008: Workers in the South Korean media sector resist the privatisation of TV stations.
- 2008: Workers and farmers in Chengdu, China resist the construction of an oil refinery for environmental reasons.[13]
2010s
- 2010: Car factory workers across China successfully strike for higher wages and better working conditions.[14]
- 2011: LGBT activists in South Korea win nationwide protections for LGBT students.[15]
- 2012: Workers for the car/construction/manufacturing company Hyundai win increased wages and an end to night shifts in South Korea.[16]
- 2012: High school students in Shifang, China prevent construction a ecocidal copper alloy factory.[17]
- 2013: Railroad workers across South Korea strike in protest of the creation of a new railroad company.[18]
- 2014: Protests, marches and vigils in South Korea force the government to investigate the Sewol Ferry Disaster.
See Also
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in North America
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Central America
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in the Caribbean
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in South America
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Middle Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania
References
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/sunagawa-farmers-prevent-expansion-tachikawa-air-force-base-1956-57
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-students-force-dictator-resign-new-elections-1960
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/korean-women-textile-workers-fight-fair-union-election-1976-1978
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-women-labourers-protest-closing-yh-wig-manufacturing-company-1979
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chinese-villagers-seek-reparations-effects-dahe-dam-1980-1990
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/political-dissident-young-sam-kim-stages-hunger-strike-solidify-dissidents-pro-democracy-mov
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-koreans-win-mass-campaign-democracy-1986-87
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-ngos-defy-corrupt-politicians-gain-greater-democracy-2000
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-koreans-protest-against-mishandling-deaths-two-korean-students-caused-us-army-2002-200
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-koreans-protest-land-seizure-united-states-military-base-expansion-2005-2007
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-environmentalists-protect-gyeyang-mountain-against-golf-course-development-inch
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/sunagawa-farmers-prevent-expansion-tachikawa-air-force-base-1956-57
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chinese-middle-class-and-farmers-protest-petrochemical-plant-chengdu-chengdu-stroll-2008
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chinese-autoworkers-strike-demand-higher-wages-honda-2010
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-activists-win-rights-seoul-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgendered-students-2011
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-hyundai-autoworkers-gain-higher-wages-and-fewer-working-hours-2012
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/shifang-students-prevent-copper-plant-construction-china-2012
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-railway-workers-union-resist-creation-new-affiliate-rail-company-2013