TENSE CLIMATE IN THE STREETS OF SEOUL
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INDYMEDIA UK
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/11/467750.html
G20 Seoul: Breaking News/Links
cimc | 10.11.2010 22:59 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements
G20 Seoul, South Korea UPDATE
Breaking News, Articles, Links, Videos
G20: SOUTH KOREA
Thursday afternoon and evening (late Wednesday night Western Hemisphere time) thousands of demonstrators will gather in front of Seoul Station and then try to march several miles to the National Museum where the G20 leaders will be attending a reception and dinner. This march will likely end in a serious confrontation between several thousand demonstrators and another several thousand well-armed police force, backed by trucks with water cannons.
The tense climate in the streets is being compounded by the local police state which has enacted laws specifically to suppress the freedom to dissent during the G20 summit in Seoul. The security chief has been given a green-light to mobilize the military against protesters if needed. The security chief can also designate some areas as a security zone and ban any activity or gatherings that they think are dangerous to the G20 summit. Furthermore, no information of the security zone is easily accessible to people, that means, the police can do anything everywhere. Gatherings and demonstrations where the government has a clear expectation of violence, threats, property destruction, or arson may be banned from being held. All outdoor gatherings must be reported forty-eight hours before they take place. During any outdoor gatherings, the boundaries of the assembly can be designated and enforced by the police. The police may take action to stop any noise if the organizers or participants of an assembly cause serious harm to non-participants.
As other international activists have already witnessed first-hand at G20 summits across the western hemisphere, the police, politicians, and CEO's will do everything in their power to systematically silence opposition to its destructive policies. From creating draconian laws to utilizing the latest in totalitarian technologies such as the LRAD, it always becomes clear during these summits just how despotic the collusion of international states, multinational corporations, and central banks can be. As for the citizens of the world, we see just how much control over our own lives we truly don't have.
SEE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE INFO or GO TO:
KOREA INDYMEDIA – Breaking News/Action Alerts
korea.indymedia.org/drupal/
BREAKING NEWS:
Progressive international activists who had been granted visas denied entry into South Korea and expelled without explanation
korea.indymedia.org/drupal/
What is the Special Security Law for the G20?
korea.indymedia.org/drupal/
Main demo against G20 summit on Nov 11th will be held 2pm at Seoul Station
korea.indymedia.org/drupal/
Temporary Media Center opened for the G20
メディアセンターについて | 인디미디어 Korea Indymedia
korea.indymedia.org/drupal/
[Solidarity Action Appeal] Help us fight the oppressive G20 regime right now!!
korea.indymedia.org/drupal/
OTHER ARTICLES:
The G20 Summit is NO EXCUSE for Repression!
kctu.org/9842
KCTU Calls for international participation in People’s Week of Collective Action protesting G20 Seoul Summit
kctu.org/9845
Labour Assembly: Southern Trade Unions’ Voice on Global Economic & Social Crisis
www.rinoceros.org/article9756.html
LATEST VIDEOS (as of 11/10/10):
Two PETA activists arrested in South Korea - no comment
www.youtube.com/watch
20,000 Protesters Clash With Police As Seoul, South Korea Gears Up For G20
www.youtube.com/watch
South Korea Prepares to host G20 SUMMIT - Seoul
www.youtube.com/watch
CALENDAR:
November 11th, (Opening Day of G20 summit)
Action Day protesting G20
Organizer: G20 People’s Response Preparation Committee
November 10th~11th
G20 Trade Union Summit
Organizer: ITUC, OECD TUAC, GUFs
RECENT NEWS ABOUT PAST G20 SUMMITS:
Toronto Police Rearrest Activist
toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101025/g20-court-appearance-101025/20101025/
Ian Tomlinson death: senior judge appointed to oversee inquest
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/10/ian-tomlinson-inquest-thornton
ACLU Sues City Of Pittsburgh Over G-20 Mass Arrests
twincities.indymedia.org/2010/sep/aclu-sues-city-pittsburgh-over-g-20-mass-arrests
Democracy 101: Pittsburgh G20 Protests and the Police Occupation of Pitt University
www.youtube.com/watch
Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) G20 Pittsburgh
www.youtube.com/watch
The G-20 Song
www.youtube.com/watch
cimc
The G20 and its global economic agenda are an affront and a threat to people’s rights and welfare.
The detention and deportation of Filipino activists from Seoul and the harassment and intimidation of a number of other activists at the hands of Korean immigration authorities are manifestations of the undemocratic and anti-people nature of the G20 and further exposed the illegitimacy of this group of self-proclaimed caretakers of the global economy.
The protests and mobilizations in Korea of tens of thousands of people in clear defiance of the Korean governments security measures, is an indication of a clear disconnect between the agenda of the governments of the G20 countries and the interests and aspirations of their people.
The G20 Summit in Korea was supposed to address the issue of the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the wake of the global economic crisis. The G20’s prescriptions for economic recovery and development, however, anchored on the perpetuation of a flawed corporate driven, export-oriented development model would further exacerbate poverty and inequality and undermine social cohesion across the world.
The whole point of the Peoples Conference in Korea, and the reason why the deported Filipino activists came to Korea, is to articulate the peoples’ opposition and resistance to the G20 and to collectively discuss and put forward alternatives to the failed model of development that the G20 is so desperately trying to preserve.
We say NO to the G20 and the policies that continue to threaten jobs and peoples livelihoods, and erode workers’ rights and welfare;
We say NO to the G20 and policies that cause the expulsion and repatriation of migrants in the name of restrictive and Draconian migration policies and rules;
We say NO to the G20 and the policies that use women as safety nets in crisis, and is blind to the differential decision-making powers in the household and economy in general;
We speak out against the free trade agenda and the push of the G20 governments for more ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreements disguised as economic partnerships but are really instruments of economic domination and control by the rich over the poor within and across countries and regions;
We speak out against the development agenda of the G20 which threatens peoples’ right to food, destroys the environment, and perpetuates unequal access and control over natural resources in support of the profit-driven motives of corporations;
We say NO to the G20. It does not represent the interests of the peoples of the world and it cannot speak on our behalf.
We call on the peoples of the world to come together against the G20 and to intensify the struggle for a better and more just and peaceful world.
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CINA
Today's Korea Times reported(*): "With South Korea gearing up to host the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies, a security fence has been set up on the roads surrounding Coex, the main venue for the Nov. 11 and 12 G20 Seoul Summit, to protect participants from possible terrorist attacks and protests..."
Well, almost 5 years ago the APEC Summit took place in Busan and the (very special^^) measures to prevent so-called "violent" protests by thousands of workers, peasants and resistance activists...
...ultimately failed(!!), as you can see here:
http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/?m=2006-02
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DEMOTIX
http://www.demotix.com/news/503233/korean-confederation-trade-unions-hold-protest
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions hold a Protest
Media Summary
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Candlelight Cultural Event with international activists and representatives at Boshingak, Jongno street. 10/11/2010
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) is a national trade union centre officially established in 1995. Its predecessor was the National Council of Trade Unions (NCTU), established in 1990 as an independent alternative to the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. With 682,418 members in 2007, the KCTU accounted for 40.6% of trade union members in South Korea.
In 2008, during massive "mad cow protests" the KCTU declared a general strike to protest the import of US beef on grounds that consuming the allegedly tainted beef could damage worker productivity
The KCTU has more than 1,200 affiliated enterprise-level trade unions. It is the second largest trade union national center in South Korea, following the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU). On 1 April 2009, KCTU delegates at a special session elected Lim Seong-kyu as President. Of the two, the KCTU is generally considered to be the more militant.
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Candlelight Cultural Event with international activists and representatives at Boshingak, Jongno street.
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Police stop FTA protests in Seoul
http://www.demotix.com/news/502934/police-stop-fta-protests-seoul
Media Summary
Police stopped protests and dispersed a small group of individuals this morning from central Seoul. The demonstration by Labour Union JEI against the G20 was quickly broken up by police and people were moved on. Seoul, South Korea. 10/11/2010
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G20 Seoul: Korean Confederation of Trade Unions rally
http://www.demotix.com/news/503271/g20-seoul-korean-confederation-trade-unions-rally
Media Summary
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions rallied today near the Soul City Hall against the G20 Summit starting tomorrow as well as against the FTA agreement. Around 300 people participated at the rally. Seoul, Korea. 10/11/2010.
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions rallied today near the Soul City Hall against the G20 Summit starting tomorrow as well as against the FTA agreement.
Around 300 people participated at the rally; there where activists from the Democratic Labor Party Sit In as well as foreign activist, which arrived in the last day. Charles Santigo from the Malaysia Parliament held also an speech.
Several hundred Riot Cops where in guard in the surrounding streets.
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