5112개의 게시물을 찾았습니다.
Today in the afternoon I "visited"(*) the H.Q. of Seoul's riot cops. At that time several units practiced how to stave (peaceful/defenseless) protesters/demonstrators:
*But because I wasn't explicitly invited(^^), I had to take the pics from far away. Sorry!!
Ilsan/Pung-dong, May 2004: Dozens of gangsters, hired by the construction company (mafia!), armed with fire bombs, iron bars, precision slingshots and special modified excavators attacked people who defended their homes against "redevelopment", i.e. forced eviction...
Seoul, Yongsan (2008/9): "security guards" (i.e. organized gangs of criminals, Yonhap called them "temporary police workers", hired by the construction companies, commissioned with the "redevelopment..") terrorized the entire neighborhood...
Myeong-dong "redevelopment" zone, spring 2011: Gangsters, hired by Daewoo Construction (mafia!) attacked several times "Cafe Mari"...
Related articles/videos:
☞ South Korea, Terror of the Construction Mafia (May 2004)
☞ Terror against victims of forced eviction (video, 2004)
☞ Construction companies hiring security guards... (Jan. 2009)
☞ Yongsan Massacre... (Jan. 2009)
Here some (un-commented) impressions from yesterday's "Myeong-dong Bullshit" ("protest" performance):
Impressions from yesterday's rally (in front of Seoul Stn.) of "irregular" school staff workers (about 3000, mainly female workers from all across S. Korea participated), damanding equal payment, higher minimum wage, human working conditions and decasualisation:
Related article:
☞ 학교비정규직 “호봉제 도입하라”...3천여명 대규모 집회 (VoP, 9.25)
Myeong-dong "redevelopment" zone, resp. DISASTER area (because it is a disaster for the affected tenants and Seoul's urban development!!): Impressions from yesterday...
...and today (the same "building" as above):
Only the day before y'day the "owner" of the small grocery (just round the corner of "Jeukseok Kimbab"/즉석김밥) said that the house where his store is located will be remaining at least for the next three years... But today the situation changed completely:
So, as you can see, the situation on the "frontline" becomes more and more unstably and dangerous for the remaining tenants in Myeong-dong's DISASTER area.
서울, '이주노동자' 구역에 대한 인상
Today in the early afternoon I met a dongji(comrade) in Seoul's "Soviet"(^^) quarter, located in Gwanghui-dong, near the former Dongdaemun Stadium Station. Here many migrant workers from the ex-USSR (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan etc.) but also from Mongolia are living and working. But you'll also find a lot of small enterprises, owned(?) by people of the former Soviet Union...
Here just some impressions from the area:
Euljiro 2-ga, no. 5 area(Samgak/Suha-dong) was a residential/commercial district located between Euljiro and Cheonggyecheon, only a stone's throw away from Myeong-dong "redevelopment" zone. Here around 5000 people rented their homes and/or places for small businesses, such as restaurants, offices for different services or workshops. But in 2004 they all got the eviction order... (Here you can read about their story, incl. background etc.)
Samgak/Suha-dong, Nov. 2004:
Samgak/Suha-dong, Sept. 2011:
Related article:
☞ 철거민투쟁... (2005.01.11)
Impressions(*) from today's press conference(**) to denounce gangsters', hired by Daewoo Construction (mafia!), violent repression against tenants who are resisting the so-called "redevelopment" plan in Myeong-dong:
Always we'd the thugs, hired by Daewoo Construction (mafia!) around us!
And ultimately they just tried to provoke us!!
* More pictiures you can see on facebook:
☞ Myeong-dong Struggle against the gentrification
** Here an excerpt of the offical paper for the media:
명동구역 용역깡패폭력 규탄 및 화재진상규명 촉구를 위한 기자회견
Press Conference condemning the demolition gangsters, hired by Daewoo Construction (Mafia!!) in Myeong-dong area and calling for an urgent investigation on the fire, which broke out the day before Chuseok(9.10) in Myeong-dong 13 Gil.
강제 철거로 위협하는 명동도시환경정비사업 시행사 강력 규탄!
We strongly condemn the company that threatens with forced demolition in Myeong-dong environment improvement!
무력 기습점거 폭력만행 용역깡패 물러가라!
Demolition gangsters, who raid and commit brutal acts, get out of here!
대낮에도 자행되는 용역깡패들의 폭력과 협박
이를 방치하는 서울시, 중구청, 남대문서는 각성하라!
Seoul city gov't, Jung-gu district office and Namdaemun police station should wake up, to stop the gangsters' violences and threats even in a broad daylight!
Y'day afternoon in Myeong-dong: performance to protest against the so-called "redevelopment" and its devastating effects...
And here some impressions from last night's solidarity concert "Myeong-dong Inferno"("명동불바다"):
More pictures about both events you can see on our facebook site Myeong-dong Struggle against the gentrification!
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