Reblogged with permission from: Following in Martin’s Footsteps | by notonlyformyself * As my time in Gangjoeng has come to an end I walk away feeling grateful for having had the opportunity to meet people acting from a place of love, not hatred. Having met the ones who would rather go to prison than compromised their moral beliefs. Hung out […]
“Let’s go to Gangjeong to block the illegal construction.” at 10:30 a.m. on January 22 at the main gate of Jeju naval base building site. . .Campaign by National civic groups network. . . to stop the illegal construction that is being rushed ahead, ignoring the national assembly’s recommendation of 70 days stop for the verification of the suitability […]
Reblogged with permission from: Aegis: Guard of the Guardians Themselves | by notonlyformyself * There are so many issues and causes to care about in the world. Tigers going extinct, homeless folks, religiously motivated settlers in the West bank. And then there is world politics, armament races and wildly differently opinions, conclusions and analysis aimed at explaining how to keep […]
In this month’s issue: Struggle outlook after the presidential election and in the new year, a new support group forms, similarities of Gaza and Gangjeong, more prisoner releases, Buddhist unity ceremony, voting problems for villagers and more! Download PDF
Reblogged with permission from: No Pasarán! | by notonlyformyself * It is not a totally appropriate title on this blog entry. No Pasarán was one of the battle cries from the guerilla in the Spanish Civil War. Still, No Passage is one of the messages ringing loud and clear through the movement against the Naval base in Gangjeong. Yesterday the […]
Reblogged with permission from: Make art Not war | by notonlyformyself * It snowed when I walked down to the gate this morning. It snowed during mass and it snowed during the press conference held about the hurried naval base layout simulation that is said to take place today and tomorrow(with results to be presented on January 30th) and is […]
On the morning of January 17, 2013, two press conferences were held at similar times in front of the Korea Institute of Oceanic Science and Technology in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon and at the naval base project office gate in Gangjeong Village, Jeju. They were held to denounce the Korean government and navy’s hasty 3rd simulation that will be held for only two days on […]
1. The Ministry of Nation Defense reported its will to continue construction It was Jan. 11 that the Ministry of National Defense was told to have reported to the Presidential transition committee that the ministry would continue the Jeju naval base construction without stop. The Jeju Domin Ilbo, Jan. 12, 2013 reads: The Chosun Ilbo reported through its Jan. […]
Reblogged with permission from: 30 000 reasons to say no to the naval base in Jeju | by notonlyformyself * The history of Jeju is violent and bloody. In a not too distant history more than 30 000 people died on Jeju. Some estimates say that as many as 80 000 were massacred in what is referred to as the […]
Jan. 10, the villagers’ first monthly Unity Day in 2013 was a day to be remembered, as the military and police even ignored the national legislature by exercising police violence to two National Assembly members who joined people’s press conference and struggle in protest to illegal construction that is being done despite the National Assembly ruling on 70 days’ construction […]
