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    A HISTORY OF KOREAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT by Ha Ki-Rok ‘Anarchist, Publishing Committee 1906 CONTENTS Te Prologue en winiiipiaiitinininian ES | A. People’s Struggle for Sel-Liberation—Until the Dawn of the Modern Age : ven Y 'B Realism Movement a8 an Ideology of Farmie?’s Revolution » . 7 5 ©. The Peasant Revolutionary War snout 10 I. Korean Anarchists Struggle against Japanese Imperialism ict A. The Former Era 8 1 Quickening Period 23 4, Korean Resolution Manifesto a bb. The High Tretson Case “ 28 2 Organising Period 0 8. Kiho Province 7 in 1) League of Black Flag = si 35 2) Manifesto of Niilist Pasty 35 1) Yicheoa Preedom Group 36 4) Chungiu Artists Movement Society 5) The Argument in Prolearian Literary Arts 6) Hoseo Bank Case ». Yeongnam Province and Jeja Island 1) The League of Truth and Fraternity 2) Amoi Anarchist Group and Jinju Anarchist Affair 8) Masan Anarchist Group and Changwon Black Friend League 4 Jeju Island Our Mutual Ale? Groups © Kwanseo and Kwwanbule Province 1) Wonsan Youth Society end Bonnunge League 2) Black Fight Society ; 3) Anjoo, Cholsan and Tancheon Black Society « 4) Pan-Koresn Black Socialists Conference '5) Korean Anarcho-Communist Federation(K. A.C) 4. Korean Anarchist Federation in Mancherie ©, Anarchist Movement in Japen: 8, Fighting Period ~ | Domestic Struggle , The Strugee in Japan &. The Struggle in China» a 2) The Koresn, Youth Federation in South Chins 2) The Consal Avivo Affair « 5) The Punishment of the Pro-Jaapencee Agents ©) The Wartime Operational Unite 5) The Koresn Youth Wartime Operational Unit 1) The Participation in the Provisional Government: 108, 10 m 1) The Private School of Korean Studies and Commemorative School for Shin Chae-Ho A. The Anarehi A. Pederation of Free Society Builders(P.F. 2.) B, Korean Anarchists General Federstion(K.A.G.F.) 4 The Returning of the Provisional Government and Anarchist Yu Rim to Kores '. Memorial Services for the Late Comrades: «©, South and North Kyeoagiang Provinee Anarchist Conference» at 4. Nationwide Anarchist Céaventionsese=n C. The Independent Workers and Farmers Paty IWEP) ‘EPILOGUE 13 Endeavor to Build a New Society 114 au a 1m 4 1. Prologue A. People’s Straggle for Self-Liberation—Untib the Dawn of the Modern Age ‘The history of Korea, like that of other nations, must have started from the consanguineal family community. Tt ean be ‘raved back to the neolithic era ($000~200 B.C. ), when there wes no distinction of power or wealth among people and so: ‘here wes no differeatiation of cocal classes between ruling and Being ruled. Not only the productive activities auch as hunting, fishing, farming and others but also the disteibtion of the products and their consumption must have been made common, ‘Therefore, there must have been no room for the: conception of private property. There must have been a bead of 1 tribe, who was wtlected et the meeting of the whole tribe members, bat he was not given any authority to dispense rbtearily the. important matter auch es distribution of food ‘and others without their consent. These fects en be een easily from the life stle of the primitive tribes remaining in the: world teday. However the family scety, a closed consanguineel community vas forced to come into contact with other families owing to the interfemily marriage, and thus several families were led to unite into a regional community which made « tribe ecety. Wis estimated thet ia. Korea the tribal society came into: ‘existence atthe Bronze Age around 7 to 6 century B.C. The “bronze swords and spearheads discovered at the remins of the bronze age suggest the tsit of conquest and pillage emong the family soeietes. At this time there appeared gradually a rel sonship of master and subordinate among tribel heads and ec “eoedingly emerged differentiation f the ruling end ruled sxciat ‘clases. ‘The tribal societies must have expanded their scopes to devel ep into « tebal union, and the ruling class composed of the ‘uibal heed, the priests and war leaders and others was formed, ‘exalating the subordination relations between taster and man. ‘A group of tombe (estimated 10 be constructed around 3 century B.C.) which ean be found ell over the country symbolizes the strengthened power of the ruling class: Construction of the great rent Aflac. May thy coal rest in peace! Lee Hyang, « member of Wonsan Youth Asocistion and In tinctve Fellows League, died while wandering about Manchuria and doing 4 Blkck Literary Movement, May thy soul rest in peace! Brothers, Kim Jee-Byoung and Kim Jee-Hong, died while laying an setve sole as a member of Mason Anarchist Asoc tion, May your sols vest in peace! (Choi Nak-Jong died in Tokyo while leading 2 revolutionary movement aa member of the Blick Friends League. May thy soul rest in peace! ‘Lee Jong-Moon was sorted t0 death at the Japanese Police endgurters, involved in the Violence Incident of the Rogue LLesgue, May thy soul est in peace! Jeong Hae-Ree died in Hong) Kong, leading an international movement asa key figure of the K.A.F.C. May. thy soul rest i peace! Na Wol-Hwan, « member of the K.Y.P.S.C, and a leader of the Korean Youth Wartime Operational Unit, died in ation, May thy soul rst in peace! Sin Soo-Rin took refuge in Chins, with Jeong Hwe-Ahm and Lee Bul-Kyu, While leading the independence movement, he was crested and repatrinted and died in Kongjoo Prison. May thy soul zest in peace! Ne Seok-Joo, & member of the Gallanty Group, was killed ‘while making en sorpriseateck on the Jopan Colonization Bank. ‘May thy sal rst in pesce! Choi Seon-Myoung, « woman fighter and ¢ member of the ae Sto a ott Soe oe wether we oe a oe chen wang gs ‘Theiefore, ll evolutionary groupe that were willing to part pte in the nati ional liberation front Ee ; front were eur friendly ery, ‘But those who depended on the foreign forces and forgot our ‘ational sovereign rights for the benefit of themselves; we ‘egatded them es enemies, although they were our fellow ceants ‘amen Now th wor soe in ot Ble git Joa: May of the patriot of old be pleased Our longstanding ‘eemny, Japan, was defeated and expelled! from Korea at long last, ‘Our countey’s Iiberation bts been promised ow! of the decessd, to the efforts T inform you of the followi ’ following in front of the mortuary ‘abet 3 tablet — up = [At the Csiro Conference of December 1819, the leaders of America, U.K. ond China declared, “We promise definitely that ‘the Koreans shall recover their liberty and independence eecording to the appropiate procedure, in the light of the Koreans! cond tion of being a slave." And later st the Potsdam Conference of July 1985, the above principle was veffizmed, As a result, Russia Prononeed to keep the princifle in the proclamation of war caine Japan, August 1915, We were encourged by the above: facts, Withost your noble scifice, how could the powers take oar situation into secount and come to sich # decision? On August 15, 115, the Jepanese Emperor made a declaration of eurcenter, As a result, our people's tragedy of sbout 50 years ended and so our primary fighting porpoe has been achieved at last. And all qur comrades were released from the prison eels all over the comtry. Give ear to whet people are ying with {oy. tie much tobe regretted that we cansot share the Joy with you. The Hberston has given us many hopes snd posites But there may be a danger in the pomibiliten And there ic a long war ta the independence for ourselves to go. Above all, it ia regrettable that the unexpected 28th Parallel should divide our country and foster the split of our people It i en ordeal that we must endure because we didn't expel the JIspanese Imperialism for umelves. We feel actully that liberty is something which we must schieve by fighting without others hel. Alter Jspan was expelled, American end Russian military overnments were established respectively in the southern and northern parts of Kores, They began to compete with ech other = 19 for extending their influence on our county. Accordingly Korea 's now becoming « battle ground of an international cold war ster World War IL In adition, the undemoerstie and anti Nona groupe that want to take power by taking advantage of the foreign fores are growing slowly in our county, The present situation ie much lke tat of the period when Korea was merged {nto Japan, If this situation were to develop, one could tel what tagedy would happen in the country. We must concentrate: on efforts to make the forign forces withdaw and give up the niltasy administrations. In apite of thie fact, the oinostion ‘between left wingers and right-wingers is becoming intense, ‘The fais tnt we mus overcentre pepe at ot in the ote AE we ee iinerenad and cope fr the pura of the ‘iid iniependenes, te stoton of ot mighning cmt, will make mo ditferene orcs. By the wa, the ath ces ie in ut no ig ble wo do ma Stir ofthe pas of lt How can we te oer thei stat yn ll ot have did in ain? Fit of al, we nee Oth ited natal sersntiveomiation we wom ose tnd win wveregnehe fom the mily algsnner Sima And this oration sl besa int dent ‘sulonomous and peaceful way, in which we anarchists can: realize cee eho a he i we on aig Stiri ofthe tit af lt Tak cae of un Give rurege ‘wisdom so tht we say diate cane wo tat eee eich you stv the tas fll ease of even sn! make 2 so forward, May the ite of the old prot set npn — m= December 22, 145 Members of the K.A.G.F ‘There were other memorial sléreses of the Federation of the Free Society Builders, Taegu Pree Society and so on. ‘The Norco Triparite Confience According to the newspaper of December 27, 195, the reports tout Korea were as follows “Koces willbe put under a fourpower tusteship (America, Soviet, U-K., China). The trustoeship coureil shall govern Korea foe five years on the condition that Korea shall become indepen: ‘dentin five yest ‘The two powers (America and Russia) will bold o meeting of the military administition to help govern orth end south Korea in the sime wa. ‘This caused a public commotion All the people objected to the trastoship. In other wos, an antitasteship campaign vas ‘conducted, Anarchists led the campaign. The 100 enachist who authored

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