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Seoul vigil--Police kicking and beating demonstrators
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Update on anti-government protests in South Korea
The Lee Myoung Pak government unleashed a vicious police crackdown of anti-goverment candlelight vigils on June 28th and June 29th, as shown in the videos. The government has promised a hard line against protesters since it reached a meaningless, non-binding agreement with the U.S. in mid-June, which would limit some beef imports without addressing the movement's broader demands. People promoting an advertising boycott of the three right-wing newspapers have been investigated and threatened with criminal charges, and the two organizations promoting the demonstrations had their offices raided and computers confiscated by police.
On June 30 and July 1, Catholic and Buddhist groups forced the police to relent in their attacks and allow protesters back into Seoul City Hall Plaza by holding prayer vigils during the nightly protests. On July 1st, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions will hold a national strike in protest against the resumption of U.S.beef imports. The KCTU predicts that 200,000 workers will go out on strike nationwide, and plans to participate in the candlelight vigils through Saturday, July 5th. That day, July 5th, has been announced as another major demonstration. If you are in Seoul, come out on July 5th!
Unite and Resist: Labor Struggles in South Korea
Militarism and Resistance in South Korea
South Korea has the most citizens imprisoned for conscientious objection to military service than any other nation in the world. Nearly 1000 today. Every year, men face the brutal choice to follow their conscience or face social ostracism and imprisonment. A history of Japanese imperialism, a civil war sparked by the United States and Soviet jousting. Three decades of military dictatorship. Pervasive United States military presence. Violent destruction of farming villages for the expansion of U.S. bases. A National Security Act that restricts freedom of speech and opposition to military duty. Korea has recently begun to openly face its own contradictions of "democracy" and a deeply ingrained militarization.
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Anti G8 "music video"
g8-tv trailer musicvideo // german // 01.09.2006 02:41 // Hits: 1628 On http://g8-tv.org up-to-date videoclips of the protests against the conference will be presented every day. A team of translators will provide subtitles in several languages. Additionally there will be a live online newscast from 2 – 8 June daily at 21.00 CET, which resumes the happenings of the more ... Team: Cara Licence: CCL A-NC-SA 3.0 More Information: http://g8-tv.org
The art of daechuri
What happened in Oaxaca, it's like Pyeongtaek in Mexico
What happened in Oaxaca, it's like Pyeongtaek in Mexico.
video compiled and edited by people's media, Chamsaesang(www.newscham.net )
it's from here at http://www.newscham.net/news/view.php?board=media_report&id=1210
Seattle Struggle of Korean Delegation against 3rd round of talk of Kor-US FTA
This is a part of the film "Down Down FTA!", which shows Korean Delegation's struggle against 3rd round of talk of Kor-US FTA in Seattle, September, 2006. Director: Jongkwan Kim Producer: Jongkwan Kim Audio/Visual: sound, color Language: ko with ko and en subtitle if you want to get full-length of film, "Down Down FTA!", please feel free to contact to Korean independent film/video task force against Kor-US FTA: http://indieaction.net/ and dongwon(jonairship@gmail.com) in Media Culture Action against neoliberal globalization: http://gomediaction.net/inter
"Contaminated: The New Science of Food"
This video is about GM food. i, dongwon like to raise this issue together with mad cow disease . how do you think about it? Let me first contact the maker to see if they have an english transcript for korean subtitle. below are from http://www.archive.org/details/contam_bb Director: Josh Shore Producer: Anthony LappZ, Josh Shore Production Company: Guerrrilla News Network Audio/Visual: sound, color There are currently over 786 million hungry people on planet Earth. And while few would deny that world hunger is one of the most important issues facing mankind today, if the solution is left to companies like Monsanto, Aventis, Dow, and DuPont, we may face even greater challenges to the security of our global ecosystem. With the second Green Revolution well under way, the world's food supply is slowly being transformed by a radically improvised agricultural paradigm. Genetically engineered crops have been introduced into the market without the rigorous testing that many scientists feel is required. The history is instructive: In 1986, US biotech companies began testing the first genetically engineered food products. In 1993, the FDA declared that GM food was "not inherently dangerous", which gave a green light to biotech corporations who had been developing GM seeds. One year later, the first GM food product, Flavr Savr tomato, was released to enthusiastic US consumers. But, in Europe, GM food did not win such easy converts. Groups like Greepeace and Friends of the Earth protested the new "Frankenfoods," galvanizing a broad level of public outrage and the eventual policy mandate requiring all modified produce to be clearly labelled. Despite the highly publicized battle over genetically engineered food, many people are still unaware that many of the products they consume on a daily basis contain genetically modified. In Contaminated, Fritjof Capra, Paul Hawken and Vandana Shiva explain the evolution of the new biotech agribusiness and its potential dangers to the sustainability of the global food supply.
