창작과 비평

The Quarterly Changbi 202, Winter 2023

Abstract

These days, when an omnidirectional sense of crisis is heightened both in- and outside the country, problems are bursting forth on the domestic front: the national economy and management, foreign relations, justice, education, and the environment. Moderated by Changbi’s editor-in-chief Lee Nam Ju, three participants—political scientist Seo Bokyeung, former President Yang Kyung-soo of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, and Head of Operations Lee Tae-ho of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy—engage in a conversation to analyze the causes of this crisis and how efforts for true transformation collide with the current administration’s various measures, and they explore what should be done to resolve this situation going forward. They not only look at vivid discussions within the labor movement and civic society, but also estimate the direction our confrontation with our crisis should take, in enthusiastic discussions about “consensus for creation” and the “public sphere.”