E51: Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun

E51: Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun

Author: Working Class History April 12, 2021 Duration: 1:01:12
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Podcast episode about two extremely influential South Korean worker organisers, Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun, and the autonomous self-organisation of women textile and garment workers in the country from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Full acknowledgements, sources, links, photos, more info and transcript on the webpage for this episode here: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e51-jeon-tae-il-and-lee-so-sun/

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