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During the past days the S.Korean media addressed the ongoing/increasing STATE TERROR - related to the next G-20 Summit in Seoul - against "undesirable minorities", such as migrant workers, poor street vendors, homeless people...
Three days ago the bourgeois Korea Times reported the following:
Tight security for G20 Summit to deepen woes for minorities
With 100 days to go before the G20 Summit in Seoul, the National Police Agency said Tuesday more than 400,000 policemen will be mobilized around the event’s main venues to ensure security.
Tight security measures will be taken at all summit-related venues, including conference rooms, hotels and roads through which leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies will pass through, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
But human rights advocates warn that such measures put many underprivileged people and immigrants at risk of losing their space to make a living, planting a seed of social unrest.
“The most-affected people are street vendors, the homeless and migrant workers,” said Lee Young, a human rights activist. “The government is risking the well-being of a great number of poor citizens in order to form ideal conditions to host a meeting for a small number of leaders.”
The Ministry of Justice, police and other government offices have teamed up for months to “wipe out” unauthorized street vendors and homeless people spotted around meeting venues in central and southern Seoul.
At the same time, they have launched large-scale crackdowns on unregistered migrant workers nationwide, deporting many confirmed to have lived here with expired visas.
“These actions clearly show that the government views immigrants and poor citizens as people who can challenge the security of the meeting at any time,” Lee said.
To protest the crackdown, unionized migrant workers have issued statements and staged rallies in central Seoul.
During a recent rally in front of Myeongdong Cathedral in downtown Seoul, Michel from the Philippines, the chief of the Migrants’ Trade Union, condemned the ongoing crackdown, saying, “The Korean government is using the G20 Summit as an excuse to trouble minorities. We want the government to end their oppressive behavior. End the crackdown!”
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/117_70762.html
Two days ago the "left"-liberal Hankyoreh published the following cartoon:
G20 human rights sweep
A street cleaning car labeled “Successfully Hosting the G20 Summit” sweeps up a street vendor and a migrant worker with its giant whirring brush.
Meanwhile, a police officer, stained with criticism for the weak punishment of a police officer responsible for the torture of innocent civilians, orders the driver, “Clean everything perfectly!”
Related articles:
☞ Human rights abuses behind a G20 smokescreen (Hankyoreh, 8.04)
☞ G20 정상회의 D-100일...떨고 있는 외국인 노동자 (VoP, 8.04)
Neo-fascism/nazism in Mongolia? For insiders(incl. some "antifa"activists) it's not really new but its continuity and increasing influence is - nonetheless - shocking... Just check out the following unpleasant report, published in yesterday's Guardian!
Mongolian neo-Nazis: Anti-Chinese sentiment
fuels rise of ultra-nationalism
Alarm sounds over rise of extreme groups such as Tsagaan Khass who respect Hitler and reject foreign influence
Their right hands rise to black-clad chests and flash out in salute to their nation: "Sieg heil!" They praise Hitler's devotion to ethnic purity.
Mongolian neo-Nazi group the Tsagaan Khas ('White Swastika') salute
on the streets of the capital Ulan Bator
But with their high cheekbones, dark eyes and brown skin, they are hardly the Third Reich's Aryan ideal. A new strain of Nazism has found an unlikely home: Mongolia.
Once again, ultra-nationalists have emerged from an impoverished economy and turned upon outsiders. This time the main targets come from China, the rising power to the south.
Groups such as Tsagaan Khass, or White Swastika, portray themselves as patriots standing up for ordinary citizens in the face of foreign crime, rampant inequality, political indifference and corruption.
But critics say they scapegoat and attack the innocent. The US state department has warned travellers of increased assaults on inter-racial couples in recent years – including organised violence by ultra-nationalist groups.
Dayar Mongol threatened to shave the heads of women who sleep with Chinese men. Three years ago, the leader of Blue Mongol was convicted of murdering his daughter's boyfriend, reportedly because the young man had studied in China.
Though Tsagaan Khass leaders say they do not support violence, they are self-proclaimed Nazis. "Adolf Hitler was someone we respect. He taught us how to preserve national identity," said the 41-year-old co-founder, who calls himself Big Brother.
"We don't agree with his extremism and starting the second world war. We are against all those killings, but we support his ideology. We support nationalism rather than fascism."
It is, by any standards, an extraordinary choice. Under Hitler, Soviet prisoners of war who appeared Mongolian were singled out for execution. More recently, far-right groups in Europe have attacked Mongolian migrants.
Not all ultra-nationalists use this iconography; and widespread ignorance about the Holocaust and other atrocities may help to explain why some do.
Tsagaan Khass points out that the swastika is an ancient Asian symbol – which is true, but does not explain the group's use of Nazi colours, the Nazi eagle and the Nazi salute; or the large picture of the Führer on Big Brother's cigarette case.
Nor does it seem greatly relevant, given their unabashed admiration for Hitler's racial beliefs.
"We have to make sure that as a nation our blood is pure. That's about our independence," said 23-year-old Battur, pointing out that the population is under three million.
"If we start mixing with Chinese, they will slowly swallow us up. Mongolian society is not very rich. Foreigners come with a lot of money and might start taking our women."
Big Brother acknowledges he discovered such ideas through the nationalist groups that emerged in Russia after the Soviet Union's fall; Mongolia had been a satellite state. But the anti-Chinese tinge is distinct and increasingly popular.
"While most people feel far-right discourse is too extreme, there seems to be a consensus that China is imperialistic, 'evil' and intent on taking Mongolia," said Franck Billé of Cambridge University, who is researching representations of Chinese people in Mongolia.
Hip hop tracks such as Don't Go Too Far, You Chinks by 4 Züg – chorus: "shoot them all, all, all" – have been widely played in bars and clubs. Urban myths abound; some believe Beijing has a secret policy of encouraging men to have sex with Mongolian women.
Yet Tsagaan Khass claims it welcomes law-abiding visitors of all races, and Big Brother can certainly be hospitable.
Enthusiastically shaking hands, he says: "Even though you are a British citizen, you are still Asian, and that makes you very cool."
He says the younger members have taught him to be less extreme and the group appears to be reshaping itself – expelling "criminal elements" and insisting on a good education as a prerequisite for membership. One of the leaders is an interior designer.
But critics fear ultra-nationalists are simply becoming more sophisticated and, quietly, more powerful. Tsagaan Khass say it "works closely" with other organisations and is now discussing a merger.
"Some people are in complete denial … [but] we can no longer deny this is a problem," said Anaraa Nyamdorj, of Mongolia's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Centre.
The US state department has noted increased reports of xenophobic attacks since the spring. The UN country review cites a recent vicious assault on three young transgender women. When one of the victims publicly blamed an ultra-nationalist group – not Tsagaan Khass – death threats quickly followed.
"They are getting more support from the public," added Enkhjargal Davaasuren, director of the National Centre Against Violence, who fears that ultra-nationalists are growing more confident and victims too scared to come forward. She pointed to a YouTube video posted last year, showing a man roughly shaving a woman's long hair. The victim's face is buried in her hands, but her hunched body reeks of fear.
Others in Ulan Bator suggest the movement is waning and suspect the groups' menacing stance and claims of 3,000 members are bluster. Billé thinks there is "a lot of posturing".
"We have heard of instances [of violence]. They are not necessarily all right or all wrong," said Javkhlan, a Tsagaan Khass leader. But the group is simply a "law enforcement" body, he maintained: "We do checks; we go to hotels and restaurants to make sure Mongolian girls don't do prostitution and foreigners don't break the laws.
"We don't go through and beat the shit out of everyone. We check our information and make sure it's true."
They rely on police and media pressure to reform such businesses, he added. And if that failed? "We try to avoid using power," he said. "That would be our very last resort."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/02/mongolia-far-right
Mongolian fascist propaganda, by M.Y.A. ('Mongolian National Group')
Related articles:
☞ The Neo-Nazis of Mongolia... (Time, 2009.7.27)
☞ The Naivety of Mongolia's Nazis (UB Post, 2008.12.04)
The Migrants' Trade Union(MTU) has been conducting a sit-in protest at Hyangrin Church in Seoul's Myeong-dong since July 13 to protest the South Korean government’s unjust crackdown against undocumented migrant workers. Additionally MTU’s President began a hunger strike on July 25.
Here you can read MTU's 4th report, published last Saturday(7.31):
*July 27 (Tuesday)
Many people have been coming to the sit-in protest site to conduct interviews and report on our struggle. Yonhap News, a union researcher from England named Ciaran, a Korean foreign student from Harvard University and Salad TV visited and cover our story. It makes us feel as if we are receiving a lot of attention and encouragement. Kim Yi-chan from the KCTU Special Committee to Fight for the Reinstatement of Dismissed Workers and comrades from KCTU Seoul Regional Council, and Seoul General Union also visited our protest site.
*July 28 (Wednesday)
This was the fourth day of the MTU President’s hunger strike. There were also a lot of interviews on this day. Redian and Labor Today covered our protest. Our president gave a passionate interview, despite being very tired from the hunger strike. We also participated in a meeting of the Seoul Alliance of Irregular Workers Unions and spread the word about our protest. We were also visited by participants in the Migrant Rights Defender and officers from the Hyangrin Church.
*July 29 (Thursday)
Chamsesang(*) and Nepal News conducted interviews. As this was the fifth day of our President’s hunger strike Doctor Choe Gyu-jin from the Alliance of Health and Medical Workers Organizations came and treated him. Doctor Choe told the President that his is very weak and need to be careful. We agreed that the President would have regular check ups. This day we were visited by the Imprisoned Workers Supports Alliance, People’s Solidarity for Social Progress, a Nepalese comrade and Comrades Yuri and Dongyoung. The Incheon Migrants Alliance also carried out street outreach at Dongam Station Plaza in the afternoon.
* July 30 (Friday)
The Director and other comrades from the Seoul Branch of the Railway Workers Union and comrades from the Alliance of Irregular Workers Union, Seoul Branch, the Korean Clerical Workers Union for Solidarity, Hwaija Branch, Kiryeung Electronics Chapter of the Metal Workers Union, the Korean Public Interest Lawyers’Group, Gong-Gam, MWTV, the Morado Team and Student March visited this day.
We also held a candlelight protest calling for an end to the crackdown in front of Myeongdong Cathedral beginning at 7pm. Roughly 150 migrant workers and Korean supporters attended.
Despite it being the sixth day of his hunger strike, MTU’s President gave a powerful speech and received much applause. The Director of KCTU Seoul Regional Council, Lee Jae-wung and Minister Im Bo-ran of Hyangrin Church gave solidarity speeches. “Big Smile”a singing group from KCTU Seoul Regional Council’s Central DistrictCouncil performed and Nepalese comrades spoke and sang “We Shall Overcome.”Members of National Student March did a protest dance and Comrade Somodu of Stop Crackdown Band gave the final performance. We are very grateful to all who attended. It gave great strength to those of us conducting the sit-in protest and other migrant workers.
Participants included: KCTU Chief Vice President Jeong Ui-heon, KCTU Seoul Regional Council Director and other comrades, KCTU Seoul Regional Council, Central District Council Chairperson, Seoul General Union President and other comrades, Korean Public Service Workers Union, Seogyeong Branch, KCTU Special Committee to Fight for the Reinstatement of Dismissed Workers, People’s Solidarity for Social Progress, All Together, Human Rights Foundation Saram, Joint Committee for the Construction of a Socialist Party, Hyangrin Church, National Student March, Korea Exposure and Education Program, Public Interest Lawyers’Group Gong-Gam, Incheon Migrants Alliance, Democratic Workers Alliance, Nanum Culture, Workers Liberation Evictees Alliance, Korean Migrant Workers Human Rights Center, Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights in Korea, Joint Committee with Migrants in Korea, Friends of Asia, Korean Teachers and Education Workers’Union, MWTV, Morado Team, Dasan Human Rights Center, MTU.
* Chamsesang's interview you can read(but only in Korean^^) here!
And finally MTU's facebook you'll find here!
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