[mobglob-discuss] Save the Daechuri Farmers

[Gordon Flett]

KOREA OPPORTUNITIES
>From SchNews 538

Sign the online petition: 
http://www.petitiononline.com/antigizi/petition.html

Uncle 'locked'n'loaded' Sam has been flexing his muscles in South Korea, 
again (see the Korean War 1950-53 for more). This time, as part of their 
ongoing build up of military presence in the area, they want to double the 
size of one of their bases, engulfing a nearby village called Daechuri. The 
forced eviction will offer scant compensation to a long settled, close 
community. Callously, the eviction will be only be equated to a small piece 
of collateral damage in the neo-con Project for a New American Century (See 
SchNEWS 387). It's also representative of the US ambition to secure military 
control of the entire planet and squaring up against the 'Axis of Evil' and 
the other big kid on the block: China.

Unbelievably, the residents of the village didn't quite see the big picture, 
and as the prospect of one's hometown being swamped by horny no-brained 
rednecks armed to the teeth is nobody's idea of fun, they decided to act. 
This village has subsequently been turned into an autonomous zone by 
villagers and supporters. Wave after wave of riot police and military have 
been seen off by a determined resistance that involves lock-ins, human 
shields and huge barricades. An assault by 4,000 police several weeks ago 
failed to evict the villagers, and as we go to print, the village still 
stands defiant, despite beatings and arrests. For updates and some cool 
video footage of digger-diving Korea style, see their site below. Some 
amazing murals from the village can be seen at www.portland.indymedia.org

* www.saveptfarmers.org