does anyone know why the US and the USSR were in Korea in this first place?

was the ussr just trying to expand? I know they liberated Manchuria and I guess you can assume they were trying to do the same for Korea

trying to read 3 books at the same time is not the vibe I gotta focus on one

Korea was under occupation of Japan during WW2 and when they surrendered, the USSR agreed with the USA to split it, im not 100% if there was some f***ery to the split like Germany were if there was one unified Germany they would vote the communist party into power so America wanted to split them.

Been reading slowly recently but in Liberalism a counter history when he talks about christians role in abolishment despite them being fundamentalist they had some lines about how we should disregard the laws of banking capita It's crazy to think those christians now days just became servants of the same banking capital.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Korea

here's a podcast episode of the PCP, its from a maoist and it briefly goes over there history so take in account the bias and such its only 30 mins

anymeansnecessary.libsyn.com/on-the-death-of-chairman-gonzalo-lies-about-the-pcp-and-the-cackling-of-hens?fbclid=IwAR12Ee3JQMdp9wM3peThCV0VrmXMy3Us-hM81ukG2wwWXPHavdnlGdsenrQ

the funniest thing is that the "domino theory" proposed by the foreign policy people at the time doesn't really work logically

has anybody read this one/knows anything abt the author? I found it randomly and was intrigued by some of its essays

Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology by Pramod K. Nayar:

wiley.com/en-us/Postcolonial+Studies%3A+An+Anthology-p-9781118780992

I also saw a few copies of mein kampf lying around in some stores, should I get it

why not lol

might f*** around and dive into the enemy's ideology one time

always fun to read some schizo fascist writing only thing u gotta worry about is explaining why u own a copy of mein kampf lol

I saw a tweet that went like:

Reading Mein Kampf in public and making sure I shaking his head every 15 seconds so people know I don’t agree with it

Real asf

Just finished A Threat of the First Magnitude by Aaron Leonard

Fascinating read on counter-intelligence tactics utilized by the FBI and how deeply they penetrated into the New Communist Movement, particularly Maoists.

It also shows the vulnerabilities in organization and the instability of the human element. Just pure social engineering was able to provide the majority of takedown.

Ayy!

Long Live Chairman Gonzalo!

Just read this again few days ago lol

got a link read a similar book about the same thing with the the us maoist movement, Heavy radicals FBI Secret War on US Maoist

He's dead G

I mean they are supposed to compliment each other, they’re written by the same author but the First Magnitude book has more updated info

oh i didn’t even know that i’m a check it out thx

I really like the way Fanon writes in Wretched of the Earth, really vivid prose that draws you in.

Just started reading it.

So much info is packed into the pages, it gets a bit tiring to read, so I feel like i’m going a bit slowly to digest it

I would say Avakian's RCP is separated from the US Maoist movement and is kind've their own thing

i would say depends on the era during the RCP era basically but during the revolutionary union era i would say they are integral of us maoist history