명동 '재개발' 구역 (#4)

Yesterday evening the struggle tenants of Myeong-dong's 'Cafe Mari' reached an agreement with the "developing" and the construction company (Mafia). But as we know, they got an acceptable compensation only, but no really alternate place in the nearer neighborhood.(AND whether the compensation was acceptable is itself an unsolved mystery) And of course they'll get no place in the planned buildings.

The possible reason why they gave up so fast (we wanted to struggle until the bitter end!!):

1. They were completely inexperienced and unorganized.

2. The enduring attack by the gangsters really scared them.

3. Possibly they also were overchallenged by our kind of solidarity??!!

4. Physically challenged and tired by various pressures(e.g. lawsuits), they were driven to give up(only part of the process, though).

Anyway, today in the morning we had to clean the struggle center ('Cafe Mari') and in the early afternoon after a short press conference we left it and went into "exile"(^^), just around the corner(Myeong-dong 13gil).

Later in the early evening we decided to move some meters up in the direction of Myeong-dong Cathedral. And possibly here we'll stay until the 'bitter' end...