명동해방전선 Myeongdong Liberation Front

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Short before last year's Chuseok(2011.9.11~13) we got the order to leave "Cafe Mari"(occupied/squatted since beginning of June 2011 and the 'HQ' of the "Myeong-dong Tenants' Struggle Committee Against Forced Eviction", supported by "MDLF" and many other people).

Our 'HQ' 2011.9.08:

 
The same place, only 24 hours later:

 The related report you can check out here!

Here some reports/impressions from the following days(2011.9.10~13):
☞ [9.09] "Happy Chuseok!!"
☞ [9.09] Last night at our new struggle place
☞ We got the eviction order for our new sit-in struggle tent
☞ The "final version"(^^) of our struggle tent
 

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명동해방전선의 공식적 해산을 알리는 바입니다. 

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<지금까지 제안된 여러가지 15일 일정>
12:00 청계광장 (학생들이 중심, 드레스코드 검정)
13:00 여의도 증권가 (*)
14:00 서울역 ~ 명동 (행진포함, 빈곤철폐의 날 집회와 더불어서)
18:00 시청광장 (모두 함께 모여서 OCCUPY SEOUL!)

* complete pointless, because on the weekend (incl. Sat.) there is no one! The banks are closed (because of strong unions!!), the Nat'l Assambly is also deserted (because they don't like to 'work'^^!!) and nobody is living there...

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Here just some impressions from last Saturday's Myeong-dong Peace Concert (incl. a short "guerrilla" action^^) to support the struggle against "redevelopment"/gentrification:
 

More pics you can see here:
☞ Myeong-dong Struggle against the gentrification

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<명동 평화콘서트>

우리는 명동 재개발 지역에 평화가 깃들기를 원한다.

We Hope Peace In Myeng-Dong

밴드 스테이지
: 얄개들 치즈스테레오, 아홉번째 룩앤리슨, 적적해서 그런지, 오!부라더스, 야마가타 트윅스터

집담회 참여자
(1) 서울시장 후보 : 박원순, 나경원
(2) 철거 당사자 : 유채림(두리반), 이근혜(명동 세입자 대책위원회)
(3) 관련 전문가 : 김상철(진보신당 정책연구원), 이주원( (사)나눔과 미래 국장)

시간 : 2011년 10월 8일 오후 2시~8시
장소 : 명동성당 일대 및 명동성당 맞은편 먹자골목
프로그램 : 평화콘서트, 평화집담회, 평화마켓,

주관 : 명동 재개발 세입자 대책위원회
주최 : 평화노리, 노코멘트, 진보신당 서울시당

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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...
 

Yongsan 4-gu (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)



 

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9월 25일 잉여해방전선 주최

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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.