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>>> Writer : KoPA > Around 7,000 Workers, students, and activists have started to gather at Sung-Sil University - From Seattle to Prague, O20 Newsletter #5 > > > The official ASEM 2000 Seoul Day of Action Against Neo-Liberal Globalization is not until tomorrow, but the ASEM struggle has already started in Korea. Around 7,000 Workers, students, and activists have started to gather at Sung-Sil University in Seoul to participate in the all-night anti-globalization culture festival. Participants will head straight to the rally sites tomorrow for the O20 actions against neo-liberal globalization. Tensions are high, as several helicopters have hovered over the university earlier in the evening, and police forces have started to build up around the area. At the same time, however, those of us who have been preparing for this struggle cannot help but be a little excited that tomorrow, the Korean people, in continuation with the international struggle in Seattle, Bangkok, Melbourne, and Prague, will speak out and act against the brutality of neo-liberal globalization. > > The action starts early tomorrow morning and will run throughout the day. There are continuous demonstrations scheduled at various locations for all of tomorrow, as well as the KCTU(Korean confederation of Trade Unions) rally on the 21st. The people's, social, and civic movement of Korea will come together tomorrow to voice their uniform opposition to the free trade order of modern day capitalism. > > The momentum for the O20 struggle has been building for some time now. The joint organizing committee of KoPA (Korean People's Action Against Investment Treaties and the WTO) and the People's Rally Committee have organized a diverse program of actions, discussion forums, publicizing sessions, and culture festivals. We have already let you know through previous newsletters about the concert/culture festival on the 8th, the joint discussions on the Korea-Japan, / Korea-U.S. Bi-lateral investment treaties and neo-libral restructuring, the struggle of the public sector workers against plans for privatization. > > In recent days, there also have been demonstrations against the anti-trade union activities of Omron, a Japanese company in Korea; a demonstration by temporary workers demanding equal labor rights as full-time workers was held in front of the Korean Employer's Federation building. A demonstration by oppressed workers at E-land was also held the next day in front of the same building. The ASEM 2000 People's Forum, where nearly two hundred people's organizations, social movements, and civil society organization in Korea, Asia and Europe came together to organize a conference entitled "ASEM 2000 People's Forum" with the theme of "People's Action and Solidarity Challenging Globalization," was held during the past 2 days at Kun-Kuk university in Seoul. Guests and speakers uniformly criticized the neo-liberal globalization process for oppressing the socially weak and destroying diversity, and called for alternatives such as control of trans-national capital. Participants will be present for the actions tomorrow. > > The Joint Independent Media Project Group for ASEM 2000 has been busy reporting on the live voices of the people during the preparation process for the O20 struggle. A 10 minute video has been uploaded onto our homepage, several more will come in the near future. We are also offering the standard text news, photos, and radio broadcasts on all that is going on. Our reporting team is currently on the site at Sung-Sil university and we will be bringing you all the action of the coming days. > > No one can predict what kind of situation will break out tomorrow, but the government's forceful stand in banning all demonstrations almost guarantees that clashes will take place. We again ask for your interest and solidarity; your continued interest, support, and solidarity for our actions is critical, both for the success of the movement and for the safety of the protestors. The voice of the people will not be denied! Solidarity! > > > The Struggle of the People Continues in Seoul!! > An Immediate Stop to Neo-Liberal Globalization!! > > More information on the ASEM actions can be seen at: > http://antiwto.jinbo.net > > Regular updates on the preparations for the ASEM action can be heard through the PICIS internet broadcasts at: http://cast.jinbo.net/news/yundai.html > > Contact us at: kopa@jinbo.net > > 19 Oct. 2000 > > Korean People's Action Against Investment Treaties and the WTO > People's Rally Committee > > <** This newsletter is originally from the Policy and Information Center for International Solidarity (PICIS: http://picis.jinbo.net) Newsletter Team> >
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