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MSSC STRUGGLE REPORT (서울, 南朝鮮 04-04-24/25)
For several reasons this weekend was really great. The main reason of course: our today’s really successful rally and demonstration.
But let’s start at the beginning. Yesterday, because nearly all MSSC members were in their home regions to organize comrades for today’s rally, only one representative was able to participate on the anti-war rally. Around 600 people (for the beginning of a possible movement it might be enough, but not for to push the parliamentarians to cancel their plans for troop dispatching!!) gathered in Seoul’s Daehak-no district. In the beginning only around 300 members of All Together participated, but a while later more 300 mainly self-organized students joined. The atmosphere, even only few people joined (Where are all the people who are against troop dispatching plan? Remember last
anti-war rally and even this, for to force the MP’s, it is not enough!), was just nice. Stop Crackdown Band was playing there.
In the evening three members of MSSC joined the Resistance Festival, held by self-organized student groups in front of the main entrance of Yonsei University. Around 200 students followed a nice program performed mainly by their friends and comrades. Highlight of the program: the performance of… Stop Crackdown Band. It was really great to hear from 200 voices “Stop crackdown, achieve working visa!”
Let’s come now to the weekend’s main act: our today’s rally and demo. Arrived in Jongmyo Park - the reporter had to carry the 2000 leaflets - the whole thing looked more like a nice All Together (thanx a lot, dear comrades) rally, joined by some Migrant workers. Around 3 pm Lee Soo-ho, the president of KCTU opened the rally with a speech, full supporting our demands. Also here one of the main acts, probably you’ll guess… Stop Crackdown Band. Meanwhile more and more migrant workers – at last around 400/500 joined (all together we were at least 900 demonstrators) - from the different regions around Seoul arrived. Another highlight: the performance of MSSC’s “Jeon Tae-il” “mime” team. You were able to see how much especially Korean students like their performances. All together the atmosphere on the rally and the following demonstration, we marched, accompanied by a large units of riot cops (f… 1001, 1002, 1003…), from Jongmyo Park to our struggle area Myeong-dong. Here, like usual, the cops blocked the way and we answered with a sit-in blockade. Finally the cops opened the way and we could enter our struggle place.
Meanwhile in the back of the cops a small party took place until the cops disappeared.
After all just a great event and when we are able - we will do our best, you can believe - to continue like this, finally one fine day we will succeed!
Here some impressions from the last days by pictures.
Yesterday's anti-war demonstration
Resistance Festival in front of Yonsei University
Today's migrant workers rally and demonstration
The third time in 24 hours: Stop Crackdown Band
Park Kyeong-seok's (representative of disabled activists) speech
In the first line: Kim Hae-kyeong (KDLP vice president), Lee Soo-ho (KCTU president) and Anwar (acting "chief" of ETU-MB)
Friends and comrades: Nepalese and Korean
Exactly the reason why the weekend was so great
Mahbub with Ossama's daughter
Marching from Jongmyo Park...
... to Myeong-dong
There blocked by...
... the infamous riot cops
We answered with sit-in...
... STRUGGLE
Party in the back of the cops until they disappeared
Finally we'd the masses on our struggle place
A last song: the International
FIGHT FOR RELEASE GUPTA, K.B., HAQ
AND ALL OTHER MIGRANT WORKERS FROM DETENTION CENTERS!
FREEDOM FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN S. KOREA!
LET’S FIGHT TOGETHER FOR A WORLD
WITHOUT EXPLOITATION AND OPPRESSION!
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, ONLY
IF YOU WANT AND FIGHT FOR IT!
WE’VE NOTHING TO LOSE EXCEPT OUR CHAINS!
굽타, 깨비, 헉 동지와 다른 잡혀간 이주 노동자들의 석방을 위해 투쟁!
한국의 모든 양심수들의 석방을 위해 투쟁
착취와 억압이 없는 그날을 위해 투쟁
다른 세상은 가능하다, 당신이 그걸 원하고 그것을 위해
투쟁한다면! 투쟁!
우리가 잃을 건 쇠사슬밖에 없다구!
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international solidarity!!! 
