매일 현실..

..fragments..

Germany:

While "Germany is celebrating - dancing - and winning"(Der Spiegel, 6.25), the media there is writing that the "entire nation is euphorically celebrating the 2006 World Cup(WC)", govt and capitalists are celebrating "happy cuts" in the social services and kicking out thousands of workers out of their jobs... without any resistance from the side of the oppressed/expolited class. For example Allianz, this company is also active in S.K., made in the last years massive profits, announced in the last week that they will kick out about 7,000 workers in the next time.

Already some days ago several representatives of the German govt were "joking" that it would be good when it would be possible to extend the WC, because it would be a great opportunity to "modernize" (like that the ruling class is calling the destruction of the social system..).

The War In Iraq:

"We already spent $ 750,000,000,000(three-quarter trillion) for the war in Iraq.. on the end it will be more than one trillion $", Larry Wilkerson, ex chief of staff in the US foreign ministry(Berliner Zeitung, 6.24).

Many countries in Africa or Asia cold nourish their population for decades if they had this money. Or for example the DPRK would be able to re-construct the entire country within ten years or so (of course without to spend money for the military and the ruling class).

S. Korea/Anti-War Movement:

Despite the announcement of countries like Italy or Japan - Japan already started yesterday - to withdraw its troops from Iraq, the S.K. made it clear in the last week that its troops will stay there. The majority of the S.K. pupulation is against the collaboration in Iraq..

Seoul says its troops will stay in Iraq (Hankyoreh)

But more and more the S.K. anti-war movement is unable to bring the masses on the streets to protest the S.K. military collaboration in Iraq. Before yesterday(maximally) 500 people, according to Voice of the People, demonstrated against the ongoing war in Iraq and the presence of S.K. troops there. (^^allone in Seoul, where the demo took place, are living roughly 12 million people.. and organizations such as KCTU or DLP with thousands of members, they were calling for the demo, .......)

"이라크 철군 줄이어.. 한국은 왜 철군 안하나"

Philippines..

..bans death penalty.

Actally a good news.. But on the other side: allone since Arroyo is in power(in 2001) - hundreds of left activists, journalists, farmers..- were killed by death squads with, at least, connections to(or in collaboration with) the military. According to the human right org. Karapatan, around 680 people were murdered by death squads in the last 5 years.

Please check out more here:

http://www.philonline.com.ph/~krptn/index.html

http://manila.indymedia.org/

http://www.philippinerevolution.org

Filipino journalists bite the bullet (Asia Times, HK/China)

And last but not least..