『조선지광』에 투영된 사회주의자의 국제정세 인식

Abstract

This article, which analyzes the contents of articles on international relations by dividing Joseonjigwang (Light of Joseon) into the first half (1925~1928) and the second half (1929~1932), contributes to identifying the media characteristics of Joseonjigwang, and results from understanding socialists’ perception of the international situation ranging from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s. Joseonjigwang had difficulties maintaining a consistent argument due to management problems and changes in writing staff, but it assumed that capitalist competition in selling products was the cause of the war and that the conflict between imperialist powers was the fundamental problem that undermined peace. It affirmed the role of the Soviet Union which overcame the anti-Soviet policies of capitalist countries and supported the struggles of the oppressed masses, and hoped for the liberation of the world’s worker-peasant class and the international solidarity of the class. However, the level of such an argument changed little by little under the influence of political changes and Comintern (a.k.a. communist International) policies. If we focus on China’s revolutionary movement, in the first half, it placed importance on the contribution of the Soviet Union and the struggles of the oppressed masses while trying to emphasize that the class movement should take the lead in the National United Front Movement. In the latter half, affected by the Great Depression, a new group of writers who segued into Shingyedan (New Stairs) emerged, and the Middle East railway dispute between the Soviet Union and China solidified the camp-based understanding of the world, which views the world as a conflict between the capitalist system and the socialist system. Accordingly, the awareness that the Soviet Union must be defended through struggle was strengthened, and thorough struggle against the Nanjing government was emphasized as the duty of the worker-peasant class.