Koreans oppose U.S. military aggression
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Five days of large-scale U.S.-South Korea joint military drills aimed at North Korea began Oct. 31 and were executed in collaboration with Japan and Australia. The U.S. media repeatedly reported that “Operation Vigilant Storm” was in retaliation to four missiles fired by North Korea. These jo

Asia News on Aug. 14 quoted a speaker at an August demonstration who said, “Conservative forces of Yoon Suk Yeol and those in the U.S. are frantically conducting aggressive war drills in sky, land and sea and are about to start large military exercises aimed at the invasion of North Korea. We must stamp out this behavior of anti-reunification forces.”

    • d-RLY?
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      3 years ago

      What is the context of the “Roman salute” they were doing in some parts? Is it to call the US fascists? I support their civil disobedience and cause. Just don’t speak Korean and want to make sure I understand without just guessing.

      Re-unification will only ever happen (peacefully at least) if the US is made to leave and stop doing everything to keep divisions being built upon. More and more South Koreans are seeing how they are being oppressed by the ruling elites/families in the hyper-capitalist systems. They (and the Japanese being another close example) in this case aren’t bothering to have families or kids because costs, time, and the ever expanding invasion of their lives by corporate greed (the US and other “first world” nations are seeing similar of course). Some are giving into the defeatism of all efforts to stop it as being pointless. But a growing number of all ages are seeing through the lies and doing whatever small things they can to take back their lives and the lives of others. The masses of Korea should be the ones to decide how re-unification should happen.

      We need more and more nations and their masses to demand an end to US imposed sanctions. Along with its ever constant stationing of military and other elements of the Military Industrial Complex that require constant fear to keep feeding their greed.

        • d-RLY?
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          3 years ago

          Thank you so much for your response and the information! I hadn’t ever heard about the “6.15 Declaration” before, and I will need to learn more about/read it. The lyrics are true and I stand with them from inside the empire and as an internationalist. The idea of either a confederation or a federation between the DPRK and ROK sounds like a really good starting point for standing together against just allowing the US to be the self appointed decider of what will and won’t happen or is allowed.

          Please do reply or DM me if you happen to find out any additional info about the salute stuff (if you do and happen to think about it of course). They may mean everything against fascism, but it could be bad “optics” for the movement with regards to making the whole conversation about it and not the purpose they are fighting. Especially given the growing and open fascists giving it in Europe and in the US these days.