反자본주의/反戰..

10.27/28: Not Really Successfully Performances

of the S.K. Class Struggle..

At first on Saturday (10.27) in Incheon, during a demonstration of construction workers - since 120 days the KFCITU (Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions/전국건설노동조합) is striking there for better working conditions [construction workers in S.K. are subjects of maximum exploitation: many of them are just irregular workers, the working time is very long - at least 6 days a week, minimum 10 hours per day, the risk of (deadly) work accidents is extreme high, the payment is very low..] - KFCITU member Jeong Hae-jin committed public suicide by burning himself. Actually a great loss, but likeley for nothing, because the S.K. capitalists and the gov't are giving a shit on actions like that!! (1)

Later the same day in Seoul (on Yeoui-do, near the National Assembly, the S.K. parliament) the "2007 National Rally of Irregular Workers" took place. According to reports of the independent media around 2000 workers joined the rally. BTW, there are at least 8,000,000 irregular workers in S.K.!!! (2)

Finally THE main rally/demo against war in general and the presence of S.K. troops in Iraq in particular took place today afternoon in downtown Seoul. Just few days ago Roh Moo-hyun decided that the presence of the S.K. occupation troops there must be extended for one more year - despite the parliamentarian decision to bring them back home at the end of 2007 (노무현: '파병 만세). But although in the parliament, according to the media, this plan has complete NO support by the majority, the S.K. public (even in the so-called progressive movement - DLP, KCTU, hundreds of civil right/anti-war groups) seems not really interested in this subject. So, according to VoP, only 500 people joined the rally/demo. (3)