Empire Blues with Tim Shorrock

Empire Blues with Tim Shorrock

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Lee's clever obsequience, Trump's utter stupidity set tone for US-ROK Summit
The newly elected President of South Korea managed to win over the martial law President with flattery, smiles, and an unexpected celebration of his…
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A Liberation Song for Everyone
"Chimes of Freedom," with Tim Shorrock on voice and guitar accompanied by Michelle Shocked on mandolin
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7:35
Nagasaki and the US Division of Korea
Truman's plutonium bomb may have been the first shot of the Cold War. 24 hours after it destroyed Nagasaki, the United States declared it would divide…
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From 1944 through the very last day of World War II, the US Air Force turned Japan into an inferno
The atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the final horror of the war that had already ended for nearly all Japanese. By then, 67 other cities…
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July 2025

In right-wing "exclusive," Trump allies warn Seoul over "unfair treatment" of disgraced president Yoon Suk-yeol
It may be the MAGA right making the warning, but its repellent views are shared by the liberal imperialists from the Biden administration. Korean War…
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Korea's Donghak Peasant Rebellion of 1894 and the Rise of Japan's Empire
Contrary to the views of some American analysts, many Korean despise Japan for its cruel history on the peninsula, not simply because Japanese leaders…
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The Japanese Leader Who Said 'No'
"We should create a Japan without military bases," says former PM Hatoyama. In 2018, the politician told me how he came to that conclusion after a…
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16:17

June 2025

The Korean War: The 75th Anniversary
To mark the official start of the Korean War, I go deep with the historian Bob Buzzanco on the war's origins in the enormous divide inside Korea after…
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Pacific Rim Report: South Korea at the Crossroads
South Korea's new president takes command as Trump's White House says he is "open" to talks with the DPRK. Meanwhile, a former student activist will be…
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Chalmers Johnson, Presente!
The author of BLOWBACK was a mentor to me and helped place me in the pantheon of American journalism. I owe him a great debt.
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South Korean Voters Say No to Fascism
A new day dawns for the ROK in my first post on Substack
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