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...IN CONCERT, 2005.4.04

http://www.lazyblood.com

영상 by 숲속홍길동同志

http://www.nodong.com/hong

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사진 by no chr.! No CopyRight, just CopyLeft!

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새해 

福

복많이 받으세요

-투쟁-

LET'S PLANT 2006 THE RED FLAG

ON THE TOP OF CHEONGWADAE

(let's turn it into a workers'

palace, a huge party hall..)!

FORGET IT!!

It was already happen...

...and we don't need it again!

What we need is a world without dictatorships (parlamentarian, "proletarian"...), just a free world

(aka communism, or however you want to call it...)!

LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER

 FOR A WORLD WITHOUT

 EXPLOITATION AND

 OPPRESSION!

접수가 by 박준同志

http://www.nodong.com/joon/

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...축하(??)

Instead to meet our aim to force the government to bring home the S. Korean occupation troops(from Iraq), they(a part of the NA) decided yesterday to extend the occupation by S.K. troops until(at least) the end of next year.

Semi-official news agency Yonhap wrote y'day:

Assembly endorses troop cut, extended stay in Iraq

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Friday approved the government's plan to reduce the size of South Korea's troops in Iraq by one-third but extend their deployment in the Gulf state until the end of next year.

South Korea's parliament endorsed the defense ministry bill by 110-31 votes with 17 abstentions, effectively granting permission to slash the 3,200-strong South Korean contingent in a Kurdish-controlled area of northern Iraq to 2,300 troops.

The government plans to act on parliament's approval in the first half of 2006, but the downsized force will still leave South Korea as the second-largest U.S. coalition partner after Britain.
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http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20051230/610000000020051230184227E8.html

But actually it's not just the failure of the anti-war movement - it's the fault of the entire so-called progressive society(KCTU, DLP, NGOs, 'All Together' and so on)...

Finally it is not a successful end of 2005, not really...

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2005 - Year of Great Victory in History

of WPK and Country (KCNA, 12.30)

http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2005/200512/news12/30.htm#7

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Migrants Want Flexible Employment System   Shakil, vice president of the Seoul Kyonggi Inchon Migrant Trade Union (MTU) A leader of a migrant labor union is urging the Korean government to adopt a more flexible employment system towards foreign workers.   ``The government should introduce a more flexible and secure employment scheme, replacing the current work permit system, to allow migrant workers to work longer in the country and change jobs for higher wages and better benefits,’’ Shakil, vice president of the Seoul Kyonggi Inchon Migrant Trade Union (MTU), said in an interview with The Korea Times. He said that under the new hiring system, migrant workers will be able to choose a job that offers higher salaries like Korean workers and stay in the country as long as they want to. Shakil stressed that the government should abolish the current work permit system introduced in August 2004, which requires workers to stay in one place and renew their contract every year for a maximum of three years. ``It does not make sense to force experienced foreign workers to leave the country after only three years. It is also not good for Korean employers who need more skilled workers,’’ Shakil said. But the government has refused to adopt the new system, saying that it needs to maintain control on foreign populations for security and immigration reasons, and direct foreign labor to small and medium-sized manufacturing firms. It also said that migrant workers would move to easy and high-paying workplaces, such as ones in the services industry, and compete with Korean workers for spots if they are allowed to change jobs. ``Such things go against the government’s intent in admitting migrant workers in the first place. The goal is to provide necessary workforce to the nation’s labor-intensive manufacturing companies that are struggling to find workers,’’ an official at the Ministry of Labor said. Korea introduced the current work permit system to reduce the number of undocumented workers and help businesses ease their labor shortages. It replaced the decade-long industrial trainee system under which migrant workers suffered from low wages and human rights abuses due to their unstable job status as trainees. Under the system, foreigners willing to work in Korea are required to learn about Korean culture and language in advance, and are permitted to work here for up to three years. They are entitled to enjoy the same treatment as local employees, including the right to organize, benefits from industrial accident insurance, and a guarantee of minimum wages.  The government said the system has worked smoothly to supply qualified foreign workers to small and medium-sized businesses, especially manufacturing firms. But businesses and migrant workers have been complaining about the system due to its complex employment process and small worker quotas. Many employers in desperate need of foreign workers say it is difficult to find workers as they have to get government permission first, sign the employment contract and then wait two or three months for the workers. Workers are also dissatisfied that they have to leave the country after three years, causing a substantial number of workers to become undocumented aliens who work illegally. Turning Into Illegal Aliens Shakil, who came to Korea in 1992 as part of first batch of industrial trainees from Bangladesh, is one of many illegal foreign workers overstaying their visas. He said that the government should extend the employment period for migrant workers and renew their visas without asking them to leave the country to reduce the number of illegal aliens in the country. ``The Korean government is saying that undocumented workers should voluntarily leave the country and undergo a hiring process in their home countries,’’ Shakil said. ``But it does not make sense because only a fraction of migrant workers are allowed to come back to Korea to work and the whole procedure usually takes more than six months,’’ he added. ``Who would voluntarily go home under the current circumstances?’’ he asked. Shakil is currently taking part in a sit-in protest at the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) in downtown Seoul, demanding a release of MTU head Nd Anwar Hossin who was detained for overstaying his visa in May. ``We will continue to stage a protest until the government frees Hossin and urges the NHRC to submit a petition to the Ministry of Justice for his release,’’ he said. Shakil said that the large number of undocumented workers, including Hossin and himself, have no choice but to become illegal aliens because of the shortsighted employment policy for migrant workers in Korea, which is just focused on meeting short-term employment needs. Legalization of Migrant Workers Union ``We are urging the Korean government to give the MTU legal status as the first labor union organized by migrant workers. If it refuses to approve our union, we will stage a legal battle in cooperation with the Korean labor and civic groups, including the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU),’’ Shakil said. A small group of migrant workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines and Indonesia organized the union in April. In June, the Ministry of Labor decided not to approve the first-ever migrant workers’ union, citing a lack of enough documentation and the illegal status of its members. Touching on Korea’s civic and labor groups that are active in help migrant workers, Shakil said that he and other workers greatly appreciate their efforts. ``An increasing number of civic groups, such as the Joint Committee for Migrant Workers in Korea, have become active in helping improve the welfare and legal rights of migrant workers,’’ he said. He said that many civic groups recently stepped up pressure on the government to join an international accord on migrant rights on the United Nations’ international migrant day on Dec. 18. ``They have helped us stage a mass demonstration and various cultural events designed to urge the government to improve the rights of foreign workers,’’ Shakil said. He expects migrant workers to receive better treatment and more legal rights once the United Nations pact is ratified by the Korean National Assembly. ``Migrant workers continue to suffer from poor working conditions and discrimination from Korean employers. They are still treated badly by Korean employers and receive lower wages, and the situation gets worse if they become illegal aliens overstaying their visas,’’ he lamented. ``The bigger problem is the government’s harsh crackdown on undocumented foreign workers,’’ he said Government Crackdown on Illegal Aliens and Rising Crimes Shakil said that due to the government’s inconsistent and short-sighted labor policies for migrant workers, more than half of migrant workers have become illegal aliens. According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of migrants illegally working in the country stood at 199,000 in June, accounting for 52.6 percent of the total 378,000 here, up from 44.7 percent at the end of last year. Since the beginning of this year, the government has mobilized immigration officers across the nation and spotted a number of illegal foreign residents, persuading 30,000 Korean-Chinese and 16,000 other foreign workers to return to their countries by May. The government has said that it will step up the crackdown on illegal aliens and attempt to dissuade local employers from illegally hiring foreigners. ``The government’s tough measures is driving some migrant workers to support their livelihoods through illegal acts, pushing crime rates by migrant workers higher,’’ Shakil said. The Ministry of Justice said that the number of criminal offenses committed by foreigners rose from 8,046 in 2002 and 9,338 in 2003 to 12,821 last year. The figure has already reached 7,591 in the first seven months of this year. ``Since I came to Korea under the industrial trainee system in 1992, there have always been problems with crimes committed by foreign workers as many of them are forced to find alternative ways of making their ends meet,’’ Shakil said. He added that once foreign workers overstay visas, it becomes harder to find a job and even if they do, they are likely to be treated badly and receive lower wages and benefits compared to other legally employed migrant workers. ``I think that the government should pardon all illegally staying foreign workers and introduce a new employment system if it wants to reduce foreign workers’ crimes and improve their welfare and living conditions,’’ he said. Shakil said that problems inflicting migrant workers affect the whole of Korean society. Foreigners’ Increasing Role in Korean Economy Shakil said that migrant workers, mostly from Southeast Asia, have become the backbone of ``Corporate Korea’’ as they play a crucial part in the production of a variety of industrial goods. ``The world is becoming more integrated into one large global community and a rise in the number of foreign nationals residing in Korea reflects the worldwide trend as foreigners have played an increasingly important role in Korean society,’’ he said. The legally-registered foreign nationals who stay more than 90 days in the country stood at 433,394 as of the end of August, according to the Ministry of Justice. People from Southeast Asian countries account for about 68 percent of the registered foreigners. Shakil said that migrant workers from Southeast Asia provide manpower for the country’s light industries as they fill in for locals who are reluctant to work in labor-intensive industrial jobs. He stressed that the government should make every effort to improve the legal and social conditions for migrant workers and their families so that they can receive the same wages and benefits as Koreans. ``Korean society should also change its attitude toward migrant workers and treat us equally and fairly because we are now an integral part of Korean society,’’ he added. leehs@koreatimes.co.kr 12-30-2005 17:54

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200512/kt2005123017515610230.htm

K. Times is a bourgeois daily newspaper in S. Korea.

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FIGHT THE CAPITAL(ISM)!

성진애드컴 자본의

심장부를 향한

2차 진격투쟁의 날

- 장소 : 성진애드컴 천막 앞 집결

- 시간 : 12월 30일(금) 낮 12시

어느덧 성진애드컴 회사 점거 농성 10일째. 지난 화요일에는 투쟁의 승리를 앞당기기 위해 성진애드컴 회사의 서버가 있는 하이테크 공장을 향한 투쟁을 벌여냈습니다. 그날 성진애드컴 사장 김정호는 경찰을 앞세워 우리의 요구를 묵살하였고, 경찰은 성진 자본의 용역 경비인양 행세하면서 연대단위 동지들을 폭행하고 납치해갔습니다. 하지만 우리는 성진 투쟁의 승리를 앞당기기 위한 싸움을 또 다시 준비하고 있습니다. 올해 전에 반드시 승리하여 인쇄골에 밝은 새해를 드리우기 위해 2차 진격투쟁에 나섭니다. 이번에 우리가 향할 곳은 성진애드컴 회사의 인쇄상품이 드나드는 출고실입니다. 1차 진격투쟁 때 보여주었던 민주노조의 연대정신을 2차 투쟁에서도 보여줍시다!

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The Escalation Will Lead To... NOWHERE!!

Terrorists threaten to upgrade missiles

Three armed Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip on Monday threatened to continue their attacks on Israel and said they have long-range missiles capable of reaching more Israeli towns and cities.

One of the groups belongs to Fatah, the ruling party headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The two others are the Popular Resistance Committees, an alliance of various armed groups, and al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.

PA officials in Ramallah expressed deep concern over the threats and said Israel was responsible for the latest cycle of violence. "Israel must stop its military offensive before the situation gets out of control," a senior PA official told The Jerusalem Post. "Israel's decision to set up a security zone [in the northern Gaza Strip] will only complicate matters." 

Asked about the new long-range missiles, the official said he did not rule out the possibility that such weapons had been smuggled from Egypt in recent weeks.

Representatives of the three armed groups appeared at a joint press conference in Gaza City, where they said attacks on Israel would continue following of Israel's decision to establish a security zone in the northern Gaza Strip to stop rocket attacks.

"The security zone will never bring security to Israel," said one of the gunmen. "As the Zionist enemy is in a state of confusion because of our painful attacks, the war leaders of the Zionist enemy are threatening to wage a merciless war on our people and their freedom fighters."

A leaflet distributed by the three groups said the current truce with Israel "went to hell" because of Israel's policy of targeted killings. "Launching rocket attacks is one of the means of resistance and soon there will be surprises," the leaflet warned.

Earlier, the armed wing of Fatah, Aksa Martyrs Brigades, claimed that it possessed Grad missiles with a range of 25 kilometers.

"If Israel sets up a security zone in the northern Gaza Strip our group will not sit idly by," warned Abu Fadi, a spokesman for the group in the Gaza Strip. "We will use these weapons and the occupation government will be the biggest loser due to its own actions."

"Members of the [Fatah] rocket unit are capable of hitting targets deep in the Zionist entity," he added. "We want to warn the barbaric [Defense Minister Shaul] Mofaz that our men can hit targets in Ashkelon. But we have no plans to use these missiles unless Israel attacks the Gaza Strip or assassinates senior Palestinian commanders."

The 122-mm. caliber Grad missile, officially known as BM-21, was first used by the Soviet Red Army in 1963. The first missiles were fired from trucks fitted with launchers capable of firing 40 rockets within six seconds.

The Popular Resistance Committees also claimed on Monday that its members managed to develop a homemade rocket with a range of 15 km.

Muhammad Abdel al-Al, a spokesman for the group who is better known by his nickname Abu Abeer, said the group's armed wing, Salah al-Din Brigades, developed the rockets that were fired into Israel during the past few months with an accuracy rate of about 80 percent. He claimed that his group had maps of army bases and towns and cities near the Gaza Strip.

The claims of improved rocket technology came as Palestinians fired three Kassam rockets at southern Israel. No injuries or damage were reported.

One rocket landed near a kindergarten in a kibbutz near Gaza during a Hanukka party that was attended by 50 children.

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Please read the comments (about 50 or so..)!

For example:

"3. Stopping the rockets
Mark Rosenblit - Three Boys Presently Serving in IDF
12/26/2005 18:29

While it's possible to reduce injury to life & property by digging more bomb shelters, thickening building walls, or -- more radically but only creating a temporary respite -- relocating whole towns beyond rocket range, these defensive measures will not stop our adversaries from firing rockets at our civilian population centers. On the contrary, they will radiate weakness & serve as a catalyst for the manufacture of a better class of rockets. As distastful as it might sound to modern ears, the only way to stop rockets raining down upon our civilian population centers (short of expelling the Arabs from Gaza -- which may yet come to pass) is to retaliate with mortar fire against Gaza's civilian population centers. Yes, Israel will be severely condemned by the U.N, the U.S., the E.U. & an alphabet soup of "humanitarian" NGOs -- in fact, despite Israel's famous restraint, that already happens on a daily basis -- but the rockets WILL stop. Shame on the Government for not taking action."

"13. What are Israel's leaders waiting for
Earnest
12/26/2005 20:29

Hey, Israeli leaders, there is a war going on and bombs aimed at your peaceful citizens. What the h... are you waiting for. No country in the world would sit and wait for a split second. What has become of Israel. There is no father or mother there any more."

"28. Why not?
Bruce P. - Sweden
12/26/2005 23:01

Why not terminate a militant leader, wait for the fanatic funeral attended by his followers in the thousands, then drop a bomb right in the middle of it? Preferably a Daisy Cutter..."

And so on, and so on...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1134309652347&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Actually it's very interesting (well, with the most I don't agree, not at all..), because it just shows the reality there...

12.27, I"D"F heavy artillery against Gaza

Read also this:

IDF to enforce northern Gaza buffer zone as of 6 p.m. (Jerusalem Post, 12.28)

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1135696348167&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Israel hits back to halt Palestinian rocket attacks (The Guardian, UK, 12.28)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1674331,00.html

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Source: All Together(다함께)

Harrharr, this song – Paint it Black, The Rolling Stones – is possibly more related to my present state(attitude/frame) of mind (...once again, harrharr...) - as to any anti-war, class struggle, or whatever issue...

I don’t know how the designer was selecting the stuff, but about the relation between politics and culture/music, he or she has possibly no idea, not really... (even the complete song is very impressive...) Never mind! What for the "progressive" movement need to know about culture?? (Kultur ist eh nur buergerliche Scheisse!!^^)

Paint it Black (Jagger/Richards, Aftermath, 1966)

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back

I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black

Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!

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우리가 해요!

Produced by 숲속홍길동同志 (2005.12.25)

http://www.nodong.com/hong

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Documentaries about migrant workers' struggle...

...beginning with the occupation of Myeong-dong Cathedral's compound between Nov. 2003 and Nov. 2004 and ending with the occupation of NHRC Nov./DEc. 2005. Including statements from representatives of DLP, KCTU, Hangyeoreh newspaper etc.

Produced by Docu-In

http://docuin.jinbo.net

Here you can watch a documentary by People's Power (R-TV) about the

occupation of NHRC and the reasons why MTU used this measure

to fight (A. Hossain, the chairman of MTU, still in detention center,

the permanent crackdown of migrant workers...) against the S. Korean government:

http://migrant.nodong.net/bbs/view.php?id=pds_movie&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=31