#also why do people call the EAAJAF an anarchist group; l only 1 of their members was an anarchist the rest just hated japan specifically

[shafran-saffron]

I've been thinking a lot about the parallels between two of my favorite historical figures/role models recently. They are (left)Masashi Daidoji, leader of the East Asian Anti Japan Armed front, and (right)Yoon Sang-Won, spokesperson of the citizen's militia during the Gwangju uprising and the last person to die in it.

First of all you can see that they kinda look alike!! And they have the same style, all pictures of them are them in official costumes.

They are both east asian political radicals (albeit to different degrees) and militants from the 70s(come to think of it they could've met up if they wanted to)!! But there are some similarities even in their personal life:

They both had girlfriends that they cared about a lot, Masashi had Ayako Daidoji and Yoon had Park Ki-Soon. Both of them met them in their universities. Both of their girlfriends also participated in political struggles alongside them, although unfortunately Park only ever participated in peaceful activism, as she had died before the Gwangju uprising, and thus didn't get the chance to take up arms. Yoon even wrote a poem dedicated to her after her death...

By the way both Yoon and Masashi were also poets!! Although Masashi more acclaimed than Yoon.

Both of them also got to marry their university sweethearts!! But Yoon only did so only after his death in a soul wedding ceremony. One of my favorite songs ever: the march for the beloved, was written about that.

Both of them ended up as martyrs of their respective struggles, with Yoon dying in battle in 1980 and Masashi being sentenced to execution but dying still waiting on death row in 2017.

They were also about the same age!! Masashi was born in 1948 and Yoon in 1950. Come to think of it in the period of 1972-1975 both the Daidoshi couple and Yoon and Park were alive, free, politically active and relatively close to each other geographially. meaning THEY COULD'VE TOTALLY GONE ON A DOUBLE DATE TOGETHER!!! In fact the Daidoshis probably went to Korea at least once. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SO CUTE, AND THERE IS NO PROOF THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO FROM NOW ON IM CHOOSING TO BELIEVE THAT IT DID!! God a conversation between those two would be so good I wish I could sit at a table across from them in a restaurant and hear it.