SQUID GAME IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT ABOUT COMMUNISM, SMH
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Thread on how Squid Game reflects real South Korean issues: https://twitter.com/nodutdol/status/1448707023349194753
Ssangyong factory's struggle: https://www.leftvoice.org/ssangyong-factory-s-struggle/
Squid Game reaction by an ex Ssangyong employee: https://twitter.com/gatamchun/status/1445842978820472835?s=21
Ssangyong motors strike in South Korea ends in defeat and heavy repression: https://libcom.org/news/ssangyong-motors-strike-south-korea-ends-defeat-heavy-repression-17082009
‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea: https://apnews.com/article/squid-game-strikes-nerve-south-korea-943ff3fd7269631aca6ee75da05c3757
The Real-Life Auto Strike Behind the Runaway Netflix Hit Squid Game: https://labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/real-life-auto-strike-behind-runaway-netflix-hit-squid-game
Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/gangnam-style-dissected-the-subversive-message-within-south-koreas-music-video-sensation/261462/
Thread on the atrocities American imperialism committed in South Korea: https://twitter.com/nodutdol/status/1378401391245418500
Uncovering the Hidden History of the Korean War: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/korean-war-seventieth-anniversary-north-korea-south
Article on how America has war-time command over the South Korean military: https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/08/21/why-doesn-t-south-korea-have-full-control-over-its-military-pub-79702
Mass killings in South Korean history: https://twitter.com/hermit_hwarang/status/1446848977056456705?s=21
How America violently put down South Korea's Autumn Uprising: https://twitter.com/nodutdol/status/1443965931772841985
Podcast on how Squid Game reflects South Korea's history and society: https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiosputnik/by-any-means-1291-seg3-jia-live
Squid Game & the Rise of Anti-Capitalist Entertainment: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/squid-game-netflix-anticapitalist
Interview with Squid Game creator: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/26/squid-games-creator-rich-netflix-bonus-hwang-dong-hyuk
Private lending in South Korea: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-16/the-seedy-world-of-private-lending-in-squid-game-is-a-real-temptation-in-todays-south-korea
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