Korean People's Association in Manchuria
| Korean People’s Association in Manchuria 재만한족총연합회 / 在滿韓族總聯合會 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929–1931 | |||||||||
| Status | Historical unrecognised state | ||||||||
| Capital | Mudanjiang (de facto) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Korean | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | 1929 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1931 | ||||||||
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| Korean People’s Association in Manchuria | |
 Founding members of the KPAM in 1928 | |
| Hangul | 재만한족총연합회 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 在滿韓族總聯合會 |
| Revised Romanization | Jaeman Hanjok Chongyeonhaphoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chaeman Hanjok Ch'ongyŏnhaphoe |
| Korean Anarchist Federation in Manchuria | |
| Hangul | 재만조선무정부주의자연맹 |
| Hanja | 在滿朝鮮無政府主義者聯盟 |
| Revised Romanization | Jaeman Joseon Mujeongbujuuija Yeonmaeng |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chaeman Chosŏn Mujŏngbujuŭija Yŏnmaeng |
| Shinmin Prefecture | |
| Hangul | 신민부 |
| Hanja | 新民府 |
| Revised Romanization | Sinminbu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sinminbu |
Korean People's Association in Manchuria (KPAM, 1929–1931)[1] was an autonomous anarchist zone in Manchuria near the Korean borderlands,[1] populated by two million Korean migrants.[2] It was also known as Shinmin Prefecture[1] or Korean Anarchist Federation in Manchuria.
History
The KPAM formed in 1929[1] as a result of close collaboration between the Korean Anarchist Federation in Manchuria and the Korean Anarcho-Communist Federation, a project aiming to create an independent self-governing cooperative system against Japanese imperialism.[3]
The KPAM was part of the "autonomous village movement"[4] where anarchists and others, instead of focusing on some distant revolution or nationalist development plan, focused on meeting the material needs of the people and each other.[5] This was part of a coming together of nationalist and anarchist people as well as Korean peasants in partial response to hostilities from Imperial Japan and Stalinist Chinese forces. Though initially separate the two main affinities came together in a form of organization called "no rule" where social organization was based on individual liberty and mutual aid.[5]
After the assassinations of Kim Chwa-chin and prominent anarchist Kim Jon-jim, the former said to have been killed by an Imperial agent and the latter by a Stalinist one, the anarchist movement in Manchukuo and Korea became subject to massive repression.[5][6] Japan sent armies to attack KPAM from the south, while their former allies, the Chinese Soviet Republic, attacked from the north. By the summer of 1931, KPAM's most prominent anarchists were dead, and the war on two fronts was becoming untenable. Many anarchists soon went underground, and KPAM ceased to exist as a distinct political entity. The KAF-M and KACF continued to fight in China alongside the Chinese communists against Japanese Imperialism until 1945.[1]
Government
Decision-making within the KPAM territories was based on the anarchist ideals of participatory democracy with the society being dominated by village assemblies and various council systems to create a grassroots society.[7]
Economy
The KPAM drew heavily from the economic theories of libertarian socialism and established mutual banks, worker cooperatives and democratic schools throughout their territories. Decentralised regional councils were also created to deal with agriculture, finance, industry and social services.[1]
Military
The army was composed mainly of experienced military officers, former soldiers and peasant guerillas who were trained at local guerilla schools.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cartography of Revolutionary Anarchism". Anarchy in Action. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ MacSimoin, Alan. "A Talk by Alan MacSimoin to the Workers' Solidarity Movement, Dublin Branch in September 1991". Anarchy Archives. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ Steven. "1894-1931: Anarchism in Korea". libcom.org. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Korean Anarchists Under Martial Law".
- 1 2 3 Dongyoun, Hwang (2016). Anarchism in Korea: independence, transnationalism, and the question of national development, 1919-1984. Albany. ISBN 9781438461670. OCLC 959978940.
- ↑ Ha Ki-rak (1986). History of the Korean anarchist movement (PDF). Seoul: Anarchist Publishing Committee. p. 25.
- ↑ Gelderloos, Peter. Anarchy Works.