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  • Please join us! A Gureombi Human Chain in Gangjeong on Aug. 4!

    Please spread!

    At the end of 2013 Gangjeong Grand March for Life and Peace (July 29 to Aug. 4), there is a huge and memorable human chain event for two hours in Gangeong village from noon to 2 pm on Aug. 4!

    The human chain is a succession of people’s daily human chain in front of the Jeju naval base construction(destruction) gate after daily Catholic mass and Gangjeong dance in protest to stop the Jeju naval base construction.

    Two more prisoners of Dr. Song Kang-Ho and Br. Park Do-Hyun! All four prisoners including Yang Yoon-Mo (the court added him fines of 2 million KRW  on June 25, which means he would spend 39 days more of prison labor. Because of that, he would be released in May, 2014, not April, 2014)  and Kim Young-Jae (the court dismissed people’s appeal for bailing on him on July 8) ! The daily struggle to stop the Jeju naval base project is being continued in Gangjeong.

    Peace-loving internationals, even though you may not be able to physically join, please join our human chain in spirit!  HOW?

    _ You may hurry to mail us some souvenir such as your t-shirts or whatever that can represent you with your name/ messages put on those. We will put those in our human chain. Please see the photos and videos below.  OR

    _You may send us solidarity messages(up to 100 words)/ photos/ videos no later than July 20. Please see last year’s here.

    _Contact: gangjeongintl@gmail.com

    We especially encourage all the peace-loving internationals who have been forcefully deported by ROK government or being threatened to be deported to join us! (To see the status of deported internationals, see here)

    All the names will be put at the ending credit of Director Cho Sung-Bong’s documentary, “Gureombi Wind blows.” Dir. Cho plans to take air shot of huge human chain event on the day.

    Human Chain on Aug. 4

     

    Noon on Aug. 4, 2013

    Jeju naval base main construction gate -naval base project committee building complex gate-Peace Center at the Sageori( four way intersection)-Gangjeong port

    People in happy faces are to go ALL to Gangjeong to Join the HUMAN CHAIN to HUG GUREOMBI ROCK!

    (translation of poster)

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    Photo fwd by Choi Hye-Young. people’s daily human chain in front of the Jeju naval base construction(destruction)  gate. Let’s see all in Gangjeong on Aug. 4. All of you can join us in spirit!
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    Photo by Kim Dong-Won/ Gangjeong is endangered. A peace keeper hung a photo of a villager in his childhood. We dream every life visible and invisible to join our grand human chain event on Aug. 4! For more photos, see here.
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    Photo by Kim Dong-Won/ Every t-shirt or whatever souvenirs you  mail to us can represent you. The t shirt is owned by a peace keeper who struggles daily. In that way, we want to represent all the prisoners, deported internationals whom we want to be together in our huge human chain event. For more photos, see here.

     

    People’s promotion video: Please join our human chain to stop the Jeju naval base project on Aug. 4!

    Video by Peace Nomad (source)

     

    Stop the building of war base!

    Boycott Samsung, the most criminal company for the Jeju naval base project!

    Stop the oppression on international peace workers!

    Free  all the conscientious prisoners in Gangjeng!

     

    As of July 11, 2013

    Yang Yoon-Mo (No. 301, 161st day in prison)

    Kim Young-Jae (No. 435, 91st day in prison)

    Dr. Song Kang-Ho(No. 409, 11th day in prison)

    Br. Park Do-Hyun (No. 535, 11th day in prison)

    Please write letters to the Jeju Prison, 161 Ora-2 dong, Jeju City, Jeju, the Peace Island, Korea

    Choi Hye-Young
    Photo by Kim Koon, July 11, 2013

  • Bruce Gagnon on the March for Life and Peace: CONNECT DOTS AND SURVIVE (Fwd)

    http://www.space4peace.blogspot.kr/2012/11/connect-dots-and-survive.html

    Connect Dots and Survive
    Nov. 5, 2012

    After 30 days of marching throughout South Korea the combined team of Gangjeong village resistance against the Navy base and many other progressive movements have arrived in Seoul for their final events.

    The movement there has brought together many threads of the opposition to the right-wing policies of President Lee’s corporate dominated government.

    For more photos by Fielding Hong, see here.

     

    We in the U.S. have much to learn from this kind of organizing.  Instead of going it alone, using the “business model” of organizing, we should be bringing labor, environmental groups, peace activists, women’s groups, and more into a grand coalition to stand against the corporate policies of the U.S. government.

    Instead we are divided over whether or not the Democratic Party truly represents the interests of the poor and the middle class.  Who can believe that we will ever get anywhere in our movement building as long as we remain in captivity by a political party that is bought and sold by corporate $$$?

    We should be organizing progressive summits in every state of the union and begin to have strategic discussions immediately.  No matter who wins the election(s) we’ve got to get this cooperative organizing process in place ASAP.  If we wait around for another four years it will likely be too late.

    Connect the dots and survive.

  • Grand March for Peace and Life Continues! Detailed Schedule for Oct. 25 – Nov. 3

    The motto “We are the Sky” comes from the motto of the Sky Act, a joint solidarity campaign of three struggles in Korea: (S)Ssang Yong autoworkers layoff struggle, (K)Gureombi Rock/anti-Gangjeong naval base struggle, and the (Y)Yongsan Tradegy struggle.

    The Grand March of Life and Peace which started in Gangjeong on October 4th runs til November 3rd where it ends at Seoul City Hall Plaza. Below is a more detailed schedule for Tomorrow (Thursday, October 25) until the end. Please come out if we are in your area and tell your friends to join when we pass their area! And remember to check our photo section every night for pictures from each day’s march.

    [Grand March Day 21] Thursday, Oct.25-Chooncheon
    6:30am Departure from Samcheok
    11am Visit to Hyeoldongri golf development struggle in Chooncheon
    12:30pm Lunch at Gumanri village center in Hongcheon
    1:30pm Visit to Gumanri golf development struggle in Hongcheon
    3pm Visit to Dongmakri golf development struggle in Hongcheon
    4:30pm Meeting with local people in front of Gangwondo Provincial Office
    5:30pm Dinner
    7pm Candle Rally at Myeongdong in Chooncheon

    [Grand March Day 22] Friday, Oct.26-Wonju/Yeoju/Pyeongtaek
    8:30am Departure by bus
    10am Arrival in Yeoju. 4 Rivers Project, Gangcheon Irrigation Resevoir, Pilgrimage
    12pm Lunch
    1pm Marching down Jasansangbyeon Street or Gaechinalu Street
    4:30pm Moving to Daechuri in Pyeongtaek
    6:30pm Arrival in Daechuri
    7pm Welcoming Village Party

    [Grand March Day 23] Saturday, Oct.27-Pyeongtaek
    Prepare for the Joint People’s Association (Manmin Gongdonghoe) and divide into groups to join the different programs below
    Programs: Korean People’s Theater Festival (in Pyeongtaek) or Temporary Worker’s Rally (in Seoul) or Dasan Human Rights Center 20th Anniversary (in Suwon)
    Accommodations in Daechuri (same place as on the 26th)

    [Grand March Day 24] Sunday, Oct.28-Pyeongtaek
    12pm Lunch
    1pm Joint People’s Association (Manmin Gongdonghoe) in front of Ssangyong Motor Company’s main gate
    5pm Dinner
    6pm Join Pyeongtaek Peace Festival at Pyeongtaek Station
    * Accommodations will be near Pyeongtaek Station

    [Grand March Day 25] Monday, Oct.29-Pyeongtaek/Osan
    9am March starts from Pyeongtaek station after the Press Conference for the Start of the Grand March in the Seoul Metropolitan Region
    12pm Lunch and then visiting Ebada School
    1pm March
    5pm Arrival in Osan and Dinner
    7pm Candle Rally
    * Accommodations will be near Osan Station

    [Grand March Day 26] Tuesday, Oct.30-Osan/Suwon
    8am March starts
    12pm Campaigning about Yeongtong Samsung Electronics factory
    1pm Lunch
    2pm March and Support Visit to the SSM opposition struggle
    6pm Arrival at Suwon station and Dinner
    7pm Candle Rally at Suwon station
    * Accommodations are the Suwon Diocese

    [Grand March Day 27] Wednesday, Oct.31-Suwon/Ansan
    9am March starts
    12pm Lunch
    1pm Marching continues
    6pm Arrival in Ansan and Dinner
    7pm Candle Rally in front of Ansan City Hall
    * Accommodations are not fixed

    [Grand March Day 28] Thursday, Nov.1-Ansan/Bupyeong
    9am March from Oido Station
    12pm Lunch
    1pm March and Visit to Samhwa Express, Daewoo Motor Sales Co. and other local struggle places
    7pm Arrival at Bupyeong Station and Joint Solidarity Struggle Candle Rally (& party)

    [Grand March Day 29] Friday, Nov.2-Yoido
    9am March Starts at Cortek
    Visit to Jae Neung Education Sit-in Struggle
    Visit to Demolition Struggle in Jung3dong, Bucheon
    12pm Lunch
    1pm Marching
    7pm Arrival in Yoido and Candle Rally at Yoido Plaza

    [Grand March Day 30] Saturday, Nov.3-Yoido/Seoul Plaza
    9am March after Press Conference for the Opening of the Life and Peace Grand March in Seoul
    11am Rally at Namildang in Yongsan District #4
    1:30pm Rally in front of Ministry of National Defense to stop Jeju Naval Base Construction
    4pm Join 1-day sympathy fast for Ssangyong Motor Struggle at Seoul station
    6pm Cultural Rally “Everyone is Sky” at Seoul City Hall Plaza

    If you have questions please contact: gangjeongintl@gmail.com