Every U.S. anarchist has heard of anarchist-controlled Catalonia (1936-1937). Many have heard about Makhnovshchina, the anarchist autonomous zone in Ukraine (1917-1921). How 'bout the Korean anarchist autonomous zone in Manchuria (1929-1931)? Today in Labor History September 18, 1931: The Korean People's Association in Manchuria was dissolved by the Japanese, after they invaded and established a dictatorship over the anarchist autonomous zone. Two million Korean migrants lived in the autonomous zone, after having fled Korea in the wake of the Donghak Peasant Revolution of 1894 and subsequent Japanese invasion, in which hundreds of thousands died. The anarchist autonomous zone they created in Manchuria, in 1929, was built upon the principles of stateless communism and mutual aid to support the numerous refugees with food, shelter and self-defense. They were repeatedly attacked by both Japanese imperialists and Korean communists. #workingclass #LaborHistory #korea #anarchism #imperialism #japan #communism #mutualaid #dictatorship #Revolution #uprising