[tokyoprogressive] TokyoProgressive's CPN #172 IndyMedia, North Korea, Gender Awareness, Radicalendar, Japan Focus, Japan Observer, more
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SECTION A: PETITION ON PEACE IN NORTH KOREA
SECTION B: LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Japan Focus, Asia Watch, ZNet, アクビさんのふらふら日記,
Indymedia Mailing Lists, Japan Press Service, Japan Observer,
益岡賢のペー, Brian Small's Page, more.....
SECTION C: LINKS TO ARTICLES
Japan Indymedia
1 アチェ緊急キャンペーン第３弾
2 Sexist comments and ads in Japan
3 Discussion on Japanese militarization in Kyoto
4 Human Rights Activists Arrested in Occupied Territories
5 ストリート・リクレーム／パーティをまもれ！
大阪2003年8月
6 Reclaim the Streets/Defend Our Party, Osaka August 3rd 2003
7 Intl. Vigils to Free Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower
8 IndyMedia Japan in UK Magazine
Also:
U.S. Admits to dropping napalm in Iraq,
Cost of War in Iraq, Nuclear Precipice: Korea and Iran,
International Green Network Japan, Gender Awareness in Language Education,
Farm Trials Show GM Crops May be Harmful, Campaign Against Japan's Dangerous
Legislation,
Education/Cooperative Learning (Spencer Kagan's workshops)/
スペンサー・ケイガン博士のワークショップツアースケジュール,
Hokkaido Symposiums on Gender/Human Rughts/Discrimiation,
Information of North Korea
SECTION D: NORTH KOREA INFORMATION from ZNet
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SECTION A: Sign the petition for a peace treaty in Korea
http://www.july27.org/petition/index.php?
Then click SIGN THE PETITION
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SECTION B: LINKS TO OTHER GOOD SITES
Japan Focus (translations of Japanese artcicles)
http://www.zmag.org/asiawatch/japan_focus.htm
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SouthEast Asia Watch
http://www.zmag.org/southasia/southasia1.htm
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Asia Watch: Some of the above, plus Korea,
East Timor, Aech, Malaysia, Phillipines,
Central Asia, Vietnam...
http://www.zmag.org/asiawatch/asiawatch.htm
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ZNet: News, commentary and activism
http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm
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Znet Japan
社会をかえようとする人々のためのコミュニティ・マガジン
Zmagのウェブサイト：
ZNetで読める記事の翻訳ファイルを公開・紹介するZネット日本語版。
http://rootless.org/z/
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チョムスキーの記事はチョムスキー・アーカイヴ日本語版をどうぞ。
http://rootless.org/chomsky/
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Akubi
アクビさんのふらふら日記
あーね。
http://akubi.tdiary.net/
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Indymedia Mailing Lists: become a part of the
Japan Indymedia collective
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-japan
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Common Dreams: Excellent News and Commentary
http://commondreams.org
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Japan Press Service
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/
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Makiko Nakano's site
recent:
-エドワード・サイード 帝国の視点 （05 Aug 03）
-サイードの最近の講演の映像や音声の紹介です（01/0７/03）
-エドワード・サイード 「ロードマップ」の考古学
(Al Ahram ６/12-18）を追加 （18/06/03）
http://home.att.ne.jp/sun/RUR55/home.htm
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Japan Observer, with these recent stories:
Bringing Bush, Blair and Koizumi to Trial,
Japan's Emergency Measures Legislation: Altering the
Role of the Armed Forces, The Imperial Prime Minister,
Koizumi's Support for Bush's War on Iraq,
Decrease in Human Rights Support for Foreigners in Japan
http://www.zmag.org/Japanwatch/index.html
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益岡賢のページ:
イラク：４０の嘘 (3)（8月7日）
イラク：４０の嘘 (2)（8月5日）
イラク：４０の嘘 (1)（8月2日）
コロンビア：何の停戦？（7月31日）
インドネシア：「忘れられた虐殺」（7月30日）
http://www.jca.apc.org/%7Ekmasuoka/
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Brian Small's Page:
宮崎県 綾町 巨大鉄塔 超高圧電線 についてのリンク
http://www.miyazaki-catv.ne.jp/%7Ebysmall/
WATER 水
http://www.mnet.ne.jp/~bjsmall/sub1.htm
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SECTION C: ARTICLE LINKS
a) Japan Indymedia (8 articles)
b) U.S. Admits to dropping napalm in Iraq
c) Cost of War in Iraq
d) Nuclear Precipice: Korea and Iran
e) International Green Network Japan
f) Gender Awareness in Language Education
g) Farm Trials Show GM Crops May be Harmful
h) Campaign Against Japan's Dangerous Legilation
i) Education/Cooperative Learning (Spencer Kagan's workshops)
スペンサー・ケイガン博士のワークショップツアースケジュール
j) Hokkaido Symposiums on Gender/Human Rughts/Discrimiation
k) Information of North Korea
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ARTICLE LINKS
a) JAPAN INDYMEDIA ARTICLES
(8 selected recent)
1 アチェ緊急キャンペーン第３弾
2 Sexist comments and ads in Japan
3 Discussion on Japanese militarization in Kyoto
4 Human Rights Activists Arrested in Occupied Territories
5 ストリート・リクレーム／パーティをまもれ！
大阪2003年8月
6 Reclaim the Streets/Defend Our Party, Osaka August 3rd 2003
7 Intl. Vigils to Free Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower
8 IndyMedia Japan in UK Magazine
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WRITE YOUR OWN ARTICLES
記事を発表する
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/index.php?function=publish
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IndyMedia Japan 1
アチェ緊急キャンペーン第３弾
アムネスティ・インターナショナル日本と日本インドネシア
NGOネットワーク（JANNI）は、アチェの人権を保障するため
インドネシア政府に働きかけを行うよう日本政府に対し要請し
ます。ご賛同いただける方は、ぜひ手紙・ファックスで要請書
を送ってください。
More...
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/display/583/index.php
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IndyMedia Japan 2
Sexist comments and ads in Japan and how to write back!
Everywhere you look its women childishly selling their sex and
recently sexist comments by Japanese politicians makes me wonder
why this country hasn't offed its politicians yet...
If you won't off them, at least write to them after reading
what they have to say!
More...
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/display/580/index.php
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IndyMedia Japan 3
Discussion on Japanese militarization in Kyoto
Saturday's meeting/discussion on the increased militarization
in Japan went well with 7 people in attendance. Kei facilitated
the meeting, giving a short intro to what is happening in the Diet,
most recently the Iraq bill was passed allowing National defense
troops to go to Iraq, which means they could be engaged in actual
fighting. "This is a good excuse for further militarizing Japan,
because once a soldier is killed, people will think it is
terrible and want more of a Japanese army."
More...
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/display/579/index.php
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IndyMedia Japan 4
OVER 45 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED
Detainees are from: ISRAEL, occupied terrirtores, U.S., U.K.,
ITALY, SWEDEN, FRANCE, DENMARK, JAPAN, IRELAND, GERMANY AND
CANADA . One Palestinian was charged with assault and a IWPS
member is being held as well.
[Occupied West Bank] At approximately 7 am this morning,
Palestinian, Israeli, and international human rights activists
were detained while attempting to block the demolition of part
of a Palestinian family's home, near the village of Mas'ha.
The building had been slated for demolition by the Israeli
Military because it lay in the path of the Apartheid Wall
that Israel is building on occupied Palestinian land.
More...
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/display/578/index.php
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IndyMedia Japan 5
ストリート・リクレーム／パーティをまもれ！
大阪2003年8月
大阪は御堂筋の日曜日、イラクでの戦争と最近議会を通った有事法
制に抵抗して、公共空間で自由に交遊する権利を訴える
ストリート・パーティ・デモがあった
More...
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/display/582/index.php
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IndyMedia Japan 6
Reclaim the Streets/Defend Our Party, Osaka August 3rd 2003
A street party demonstration protesting against the war in Iraq,
recent contingency legislation passed in the Diet and the right
to mingle in public spaces took to the streets of Osaka on Sunday.
More...
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/display/581/index.php
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IndyMedia Japan 7
Intl. Vigils to Free Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower
Vigils to be held at Israel embassies, consulates and other sites
around the world to call for immediate and unconditional release
of imprisoned Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu,
on or around Sept. 30, 17th anniversary of his kidnapping and
imprisonment
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO HOLD VIGILS TO MARK THE 17TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE KIDNAPPING AND IMPRISONMENT OF ISRAELI WHISTLEBLOWER
MORDECHAI VANUNU -
more...
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/display/575/index.php
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IndyMedia Japan 8 Tokyo Rising
An Introduction to TokyoProgressive and Japan IndyMedia
http://peacenews.info/issues/2451/245122.html
Other articles from Peace news on Asia
Includes:
Jamie Reilly, Moving into the future
Kim Petersen, Through the East Asian lens
China: act in solidarity
Syngman Rhee, Martin Luther King gave me a dream for Korea
Visiting media (Japan Indymedia & Tokyo Progressive), Tokyo rising
Andreas Speck, A young movement in search of direction
Ho Keun Yoo, Personal experience from a Korean CO
Taiwan - first Asian country to recognise conscientious objection
Bae Young-Hwan, Rice to the starving people of North Korea!
Christian Karl, South Korea: migrant workers and the anti-war movement
Pranjal Tiwari, Migrant workers demonstrate in Hong Kong
http://peacenews.info/issues/2451/index.php
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WRITE YOUR OWN ARTICLES
記事を発表する
http://japan.indymedia.org/newswire/index.php?function=publish
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ARTICLE LINKS
b) U.S. Admits to dropping napalm in Iraq
Officials Confirm Dropping Firebombs On Iraqi Troops - Resu
lts Are
'Remarkably Similar' To Using Napalm
by James W. Crawley, Union Tribune staff writer
Published on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 by the San Diego Union-Tribune
American jets killed Iraqi troops with firebombs - similar to the
controversial napalm used in the Vietnam War - in March and April as
Marines battled toward Baghdad.
More...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20030805-9999_1n5bomb.ht
ml
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ARTICLE LINKS
c) Cost of War in Iraq
Cost of War in Iraq - Website & War Casualties Overflow Walter Reed
http://www.costofwar.com/
This website runs a second-by-second account of the financial
cost of this war and compares that with what could have been
done with the money.
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ARTICLE LINKS
d) Nuclear Precipice: Korea and Iran
Institute for Public Accuracy
915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045
(202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * ipa@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Nuclear Precipice: Korea and Iran
BILL MESLER, b.mesler@xxxxxxxxxxx
A former editor of the Seoul-based Korea Economic Journal, Mesler said
today: "The upcoming talks in Beijing are a positive sign. Unfortunately
the Bush administration has continued to make unacceptable demands
without offering any concrete concessions, which continues to hamper
the possibility of reaching a fruitful accord. The Bush administration
says it wants the dismantling of the North Korean nuclear program.
There already is a prudent blueprint for an agreement: the 1994
'agreed framework' reached between the North Koreans and the
Clinton administration. The question is: Is the Bush administration
willing to return to resurrect the accord?
Contrary to popular belief, the North Koreans seem to have kept
their side of the agreement until 2000; then the Bush administration
came into office and decided to unilaterally ignore the U.S.
responsibilities.... The North Koreans also want a guarantee that the U.S.
will not resort to military force."
ROSS POURZAL, torke@xxxxxxxxxxx,
http://www.progressive.org/mediaproject03/mppj503.html
A Washington-based political analyst who is active with the Alliance
of Progressive Iranians, Pourzal said today: "The best way to reverse
Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program is to let it feel secure from
American threat. Bush's attack on disarmed Iraq, in contrast to his
stance towards nuclear North Korea, should convince any defense planner
that Iran must develop a nuclear deterrent in a hurry. After all,
Iran's cooperation with Washington in Afghanistan and Iraq has been
rewarded with more belligerent White House rhetoric. Tehran is
realistically fearful that U.N.-enforced transparency of its suspected
nuclear facilities will make Iran as defenseless as Iraq before a
U.S. attack. The way forward, Iran has suggested, is to rid all of
the Middle East of nuclear weapons and to replace Russian and other
'clandestine' sources with verifiable American nuclear cooperation
with Iran. That Washington has summarily rejected both offers
cannot inspire anything but distrust in Tehran."
JACQUELINE CABASSO, wslf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.wslfweb.org
Executive director of the Western States Legal Foundation and
co-author of the report "The End of Disarmament and the Arms
Races to Come," Cabasso said today: "The U.S. is demanding that
North Korea and Iran refrain from acquiring nuclear weapons in
accordance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. But the
treaty also requires the U.S. to eliminate its own nuclear
arsenal through good-faith negotiations. Instead, top-level
Pentagon officials are meeting this week at STRATCOM, the
U.S. military's nuclear command and control center at Offutt
Air Force Base in Nebraska, to discuss a proposal for the
production of modified and new nuclear weapons. Programs
are already underway at the weapons labs to upgrade every
weapon type in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, in many cases giving
them enhanced military capabilities. And the Bush administration
has announced that in order to defend its national security,
'America will act against ... emerging threats before they
are fully formed,' including, potentially, with nuclear
weapons...."
MASAKAZU SAITO, KOJI UEDA
[via JOHN STEINBACH, johnsteinbach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Saito and Ueda are hibakusha -- living survivors of
the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Steinbach
is an organizer for the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of
the National Capital Area, which is coordinating a number
of events marking the 58th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and
Nagasaki bombings. [Other events are listed at
<http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?caltype=9>.]
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167
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ARTICLE LINKS
e) International Green Network Japan
IGN ECOSTUDY GROUP AUGUST MEETING
(from Richard Evanoff)
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE IGN ECOSTUDY GROUP WILL BE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2003
Johanna Stratton volunteered to do a presentation for the EcoStudy
group in August, so we decided NOT to cancel the meeting as
originally planned. Please note, however, that we will be meeting on
the THIRD Friday in August.
DATE: Friday, August 15, 2003
TIME: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
PLACE: Aoyama Gakuin University, Shibuya (Tokyo) Campus, Building
#8, 3rd floor (10 minutes walk from Shibuya station; 5 minutes walk
from the Omote-sando subway station)
DIRECTIONS: Come in the main entrance to the university (with the
statue of John Wesley at the second floor level of the the building
just to the right), walk down the tree-lined walkway until you reach
the chapel (on your right). Building #8 is the next building after
the chapel (between the chapel and the library). Take the elevator
to the 3rd floor. As soon as you come out of the elevator follow the
signs to the meeting room.
PRESENTER: Johanna Stratton
TOPIC: "International Migration"
FUTURE PRESENTATIONS:
September 12: David Loy, "Remaking Ourselves: On the Duality
between Nature and Technology"
October 10: Tatsuo Hayakawa, "Personal Involvement in a Changing
Society"
November 14: Hilary Nicholson, "Waste Management: Whose
Responsibility Is It?"
December 12: Richard Evanoff, "In Defense of Anarchism"
Richard Evanoff and Guy Exley serve as co-coordinators for the IGN
EcoStudy Group. If you would like to give a future presentation or
have any questions about the EcoStudy Group, please contact Guy Exley
at Azalea Garden B-108, 2-2-25 Mure, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 108-0002.
Tel: 0422-72-0315. E-mail: <xh3f-tnmr[at]asahi-net.or.jp>.
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INTERPRETERS FOR PEACE DELEGATION TO CALIFORNIA
(taken from the "Honyaku" mailing list)
A delegation of peace and justice activists from Japan will be
visiting Berkeley, California, October 14-18, 2003. We will be
looking for volunteer interpreters for those dates. If you might like
to participate, please contact me at japan[at]progressiveportal.org
Meanwhile, I invite you to join us for the following event.
Steve Freedkin, Member
Berkeley-shi Heiwa to Seigi Iinki
SECOND ANNUAL JAPANESE PEACE LANTERN CEREMONY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2003
6:30 - 7:45 p.m.: Decorating of lantern shades
7:15 - 7:45 p.m.: Music
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Floating of the lanterns
Aquatic Park, Berkeley
At the west end of Addison Street
1 block south of University Ave., 2 blocks west of 6th Street
Information:
http://www.progressiveportal.org/lanterns/
Volunteer:
http://www.progressiveportal.org/lanterns/volunteer.html
Every August, people throughout Japan gather to make candle-lit
floating lanterns and float them on water, in remembrance of all the
victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and
Nagasaki (Aug. 9) during World War II, and the victims of all wars.
Last year the first annual Peace Lantern Ceremony was organized in
Berkeley. It was a beautiful, moving opportunity to rededicate
ourselves to building a peaceful future. Please join us for
lantern-making (all ages welcome), music from Japanese and Native
American musicians, and the lantern-floating ceremony.
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ARTICLE LINKS
f) Gender Awareness in Language Education
GALE: CALL FOR ARTICLES
GALE (Gender Awareness in Language Education) seeks unpublished
articles for its next newsletter. Information about GALE is available
at
http://members.tripod.co.jp/gender_lang_ed/
Short articles by teachers or students about gender issues in the
classroom (theory, practice, lesson plans, etc.), gender and
language, gender and employment issues, sexual orientation issues,
masculinities, femininities, feminism, men's studies, sexual
harassment, sexual discrimination, homophobia, bisexuality,
transgender issues, etc., are welcome. Articles can be in English or
Japanese (other languages possible). Alternative genre articles (e.g.
poems by students, narrative personal essays etc) welcome as are
short research reports related to gender issues and education.
Unpublished work is considered for the online newsletter. (Previously
published articles may be added to the Articles section of the GALE
website.) The newsletter appears three times per year.
GALE is in the process of converting from print to online format and
also new staff recruitment. GALE is a special interest group of JALT
(The Japan Association for Language Teaching / www.jalt.org).
I can forward articles to the online editor.
Best regards,
Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, GALE program co-chair
Aichi University of Education (Aichi pref., Japan)
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ARTICLE LINKS
g) Farm Trials Show GM Crops May be Harmful
ARTICLE: FARM TRIALS SHOW GM CROPS MAY BE HARMFUL
GM crops do harm surrounding flora and fauna, farm trials likely to
reveal
By Marie Woolf, Chief Political Correspondent
02 August 2003
GM crops can be more damaging to neighbouring flora and fauna than
ordinary strains of sugar beet, maize and oilseed rape, the
Government's farm trials have shown.
The experiments have disproved the theory that GM plants would
interact with other species in the same way as their conventional
counterparts. In particular, the impact on insects, weeds and
hedgerow plants has proved radically different, the trial results
have revealed.
More...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=429820
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ARTICLE LINKS
h) Campaign Against Japan's Dangerous Legislation
(from Jennifer Sauer)
After massive anti-war campaign to oppose U.S./U.K. war on Iraq and
military occupation, We AWC-Japan, together with many people's
organizations here, have been launching campaigns against Japanese
government's dangerous legislations. They are `Wartime Emergency
Laws,' and `Iraq Rehabilitation Assistance Law.' In fact, they are to
spur rapid Japanese militarization, and for Japanese imperialists to
prepare for a war on North Korea, and help U.S. military occupation
to obtain dirty share in Iraq.
After the government and ruling coalition enacted the `Wartime
Emergency Laws,' last June, they extended current Diet (parliament)
session for one month to railroad the `Iraq Rehabilitation Assistance
Law.' They plan to send Japanese SDF (Self Defense Forces) to Iraq to
help Bush in the ditch as early as possible, which is an obvious
violation of the Constitution.
The session ends on July 28, and the ruling parties are about to
railroad the bill on any moment. We are in last spurt of the campaign.
We do believe our campaign here is a link of Asian-wide and worldwide
anti-war campaign, and so deeply interconnected with your campaign
there.
The following are some related articles from media.
ENATS Goro
AWC international secretariat <awcsec[at]hotmail.com>
Friday July 4, 4:31 PM
Japan passes landmark Iraq troop deployment law
By Teruaki Ueno
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's powerful Lower House of parliament gave the
go-ahead for the nation's biggest foreign troop deployment since
World War Two on Friday, passing a law that allows the government to
send soldiers to help rebuild Iraq.
The law, the latest in a series of steps boosting the military that
critics say is undermining Japan's pacifist constitution, paves the
way for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to send about 1,000 troops
to Iraq in the near future.
The bill is expected to become law later this month upon endorsement
by parliament's Upper House.
Critics, including some ruling party heavyweights, have raised their
voice against the plan, saying it would violate the 1947 constitution
which forbids the use of force to settle international conflicts
except in self-defence.
In a protest against the bill and the parliament's decision not to
use named ballots, Hiromu Nonaka and Makoto Koga -- powerful figures
in Koizumi's ruling party -- walked out of the plenary session of the
Lower House.
"This is a bill that could take the lives of Self-Defence Forces
(military) personnel and kill and injure people of other nations,"
Kyodo news agency quoted Nonaka as saying. "We should leave a clear
record of which lawmakers voted for it and who voted against it."
Koizumi and his cabinet ministers have insisted the troops will only
be sent to areas "free of military conflict".
But critics have argued that it is almost impossible to designate
such areas given a string of attacks on U.S. and British soldiers
since President George W. Bush declared major combat over in Iraq in
May.
Since May 1, at least 25 U.S. troops and six British troops have been
killed in hostile circumstances in Iraq, in a conflict experts say is
fast becoming a low-level guerrilla war.
Japan's mission to Iraq would mainly provide logistical support to
U.S. and other allied forces, paving the way for the world's
second-largest economy to play a greater role in global security.
Asian neighbours such as China and South Korea -- victims of Japan's
wartime aggression -- have traditionally been extremely wary of such
moves.
'BOOTS ON THE GROUND'
At a meeting at his Texas ranch in May, Bush asked Koizumi for
visible cooperation in the reconstruction of Iraq, and the Japanese
prime minister said Tokyo would take an active role.
During a visit to Japan last month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage hailed the proposed law.
"Japan, if successful in the Diet (parliament) deliberations, coming
forward with any assistance and/or 'boots on the ground', would be a
most welcome development," he told Japanese media.
"It would leave me with a great feeling of confidence that Japan is
willing to take her place with the major nations of the world and
play a positive role for security."
Despite fearful and suspicious eyes from its Asian neighbours, Japan
has been taking steps to boost its security role overseas since the
early 1990s.
It took three years of haggling before the government brought a
Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) bill into effect in 1992, permitting
Japanese troops to take part in U.N. peacekeeping.
Since then, Japan has dispatched troops to war-torn Cambodia,
Mozambique, Zaire and the Golan Heights under the PKO law.
Japan passed another law in late 2001 that enabled it to provide
back-up in the form of refuelling and supplies for U.S. forces in
Afghanistan, anxious to avoid the embarrassment it suffered in 1991
when it shied away from sending troops to the Gulf War.
Survey: More oppose SDF Iraq mission
The Asahi Shimbun
The public mood weighs against troop dispatch as Koizumi's approval
rating slips.
Opposition to sending Self-Defense Forces to Iraq is growing,
according to results of The Asahi Shimbun's latest nationwide opinion
survey.
Fifty-five percent of those responding said they were against sending
the SDF to Iraq, while 33 percent support it.
The survey, conducted by phone Sunday and Monday among eligible
voters, drew 1,946 valid responses.
In a similar survey in June, the attitudes on SDF dispatch were more
evenly divided, with 46 percent in favor and 43 percent opposing.
When asked why they oppose sending SDF personnel, 25 percent of the
respondents said Iraq is still dangerous.
The poll also found wider disapproval of the legitimacy for the
U.S.-led war against Iraq. With no weapons of mass destruction, the
justification given by the U.S. government for the war, survey
respondents were asked if the attack was justified. Sixty percent
said no, an increase from 57 percent in the June survey.
Perhaps as a reflection of the growing doubts about sending the SDF
to Iraq, the survey results also indicated growing opposition to
extension of the special measures law for fighting terrorism beyond
November. While 55 percent of those responding opposed extending the
authorization, 32 percent favored it.
Support for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet was also down
in the latest survey, slipping to 42 percent from the 47 percent
support base in the June poll. Those who did not support the Cabinet
increased to 36 percent, from 34 percent in June.
Cabinet support fell across gender lines, with 45 percent of males
saying they supported the Koizumi Cabinet, a decline from 49 percent
in June. Among women, 39 percent supported the Cabinet, a drop from
the 45 percent in June.
Even among those who said they backed the Liberal Democratic Party,
the percentage saying they supported the Koizumi Cabinet dropped to
70 percent, down from 77 percent.
When asked to pick good points about the Koizumi Cabinet, only 11
percent cited foreign affairs and defense policy, a drop from 15
percent in May, the last time the question was asked. Those listing
the prime minister's political stance also declined to 18 percent
from 21 percent.
(IHT/Asahi: July 22,2003)
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ARTICLE LINKS
i) Education/Cooperative Learning (Spencer Kagan's workshops)
スペンサー・ケイガン博士のワークショップツアースケジュール
The JALT Global Issues SIG presents
スペンサー・ケイガン博士のワークショップツアースケジュール
http://www.jalt.org/global/sig/ConferencesJ.htm
Spencer Kagan Japan workshop tour schedule
http://www.jalt.org/global/sig/Conferences.htm
Also see Peace as a Global Language Conference 2003
http://www.eltcalendar.com/PGL2003/friday
日本語
協同学習（Cooperative
Learning）の実践家として世界的に著名なケイガン博士
（Dr. Spencer
Kagan）の来日を記念して、招聘元である“グローバルランゲージ
（地球語）としての平和会議”がいくつかの教育機関・団体と協力して、様々なテー
マのワークショップ／講演会を開きます。ケイガン博士の協同学習技法は、きわめて
具体的であり、そのまま明日の授業に使えることで有名です。日本では紹介されてい
ないテクニックを、この機会に是非あなたのものにして下さい。
ENGLISH
Cooperative learning is a natural catalyst for language learning.
Cooperative learning structures can be incorporated easily as part
of any lesson, with a powerful mpact on comprehensible input and
frequency of language output opportunities. Perhaps most importantly,
the cooperative structures reduce the affective filter and provide
a positive, natural context for language learning. Come learn a range
of simple cooperative learning structures that can be included in any
lesson to promote language learning, including Draw-A-Gambit, Three
Pair Share and Same Different...
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ARTICLE LINKS
j) Hokkaido Symposiums on Gender/Human Rughts/Discrimiation
Hello All. Two symposia you might find interesting:
One in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, this weekend (Aug 9) is on racial and gender
discrimination. The other takes place in Sapporo Odori on Aug 27,
discussing the Otaru Onsen Lawsuit (http://www.debito.org/otarulawsuit.html)
shortly before the next court hearing on Sept 4. Attendance is free at
both, so come see if you are interested. Bests, Arudou Debito in Sapporo
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Active Women's Network (AWN) sponsors:
AWN Gender Research Forum
"Gender and Human Rights"
Keynote Speaker, ARUDOU Debito, Author, "JAPANESE ONLY"
Topic: "On Alleviating Domestic Discrimination:
How Discrimination by Gender and Race is being Legally Justified in Japan"
"There is a concrete concept in Japan of 'Rational Discrimination'
(gouriteki sabetsu), with the underlying premise being, 'discrimination is a
natural part of human interaction, and is thus to some degree unavoidable',
like background radiation. The problem is that this concept is ill-defined
enough to be used to justify discrimination, or at least the lack of
safeguards against it, even in Japan's judicial system. As was seen in the
Otaru Onsen Lawsuit court decision handed down Nov 2002, refusal of
customers by race was not ruled illegal as "racial discrimination", but
rather as "unrational discrimination", i.e. "traversing the limits of
socially-acceptible discrimination" (shakai teki ni kyoyou shiuru gendo o
koeteiru, see http://www.debito.org/otarulawsuithanketsu.html#23 )
--whatever those perpetually-undefined limits may be. This talk will
discuss how this conceptual process interferes with the alleviation and
abolition of other forms of discrimination in Japan as well."
The presentation will be in Japanese. There will be a panel discussion
following.
Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2PM-5PM
Place: Tomakomai City Women's Center
(Fureai 3.3 Shimin Katsudou Center 4F
Wakakusa-chou 3 Chome 3-8, Tomakomai
Phone 0144-32-3544)
More on AWN at http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~cedar/AWN/
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Now, with a bit more lead-in time:
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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM
ON THE OTARU LAWSUIT CASE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
(http://www.debito.org/otarulawsuit.html)
PANELISTS:
MATSUMOTO Hiroshi (Professor, International Law, Sapporo Gakuin University)
on the implications of domestic discrimination under international law
HATAYAMA Masako (Retired Otaru grade-school teacher, lifelong Otaru Resident)
on the implications of unfettered discrimination on the Otaru citizenry
and Japanese society.
Olaf KARTHAUS (One Plaintiff, Otaru Onsen Lawsuit)
on the implications of the Otaru Case past, present, and future.
EMCEE:
ARUDOU Debito, Author, "JAPANESE ONLY", and another Plaintiff
http://www.debito.org/japaneseonly.html
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Date: Weds, Aug 27, 6:30-8:45 (doors open at 6PM)
Place: Sapporo City Kyouiku Bunka Kaikan 5F
(Sapporo Chuo-ku Kita 1 Nishi 13
two minutes' walk from Subway Tozai-sen Nishi 11 Station.)
Fee: Admission is free.
Inquiries to: Hokkaido Goudou Houritsu Jimusho 011-231-1888 (Mr Shiba-ike)
Sponsored by: Jinshu Sabetsu Teppai Hou (Jourei) no Seitei o Motomeru Kai
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Presentations will be in Japanese.
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ARTICLE LINKS
k) Information of North Korea
From Harel Barzilai on ZNet
Hi, I've put this together from about 4 or 5 sources
(all at bottom and throughout), and it could
be called "9 things you should know about
the conflict with North Korea" though I posted
it under a different title on UseNet. Feel
free to forward...
* * *
You don't have to like the leadership of any country, and
certainly not North Korea's to appreciate the following, just
to care about the lives of all peoples and world peace -- and
the truth -- facts too inconvenient to merit mention in our papers.
By hiding history and relevant background, the Bush clique
and the media make those North Koreans look "oh so inscrutable" and
"hard to understand" if not "irrational" but basic background
shows they are not at all hard to understand. Websites are given below.
#1 You would easily forget, or for younger viewers, you would almost
never know this seldom mentioned fact in articles about North Korea,
but the Korean War has never ended. There was an armistice signed on
July 27, 1953, but a peace treaty was never signed.
More than 5 million people were killed or wounded or disappeared
during the three year-war Korean War. Today 700,000 South
Korean troops, 1.1 million North Korean Troops, and 37,000 US
troops stand in the peninsula.
#2 Put that fact together with Bush calling your country part of the
"axis of evil" if you are in North Korea's shoes, and things
start to make more sense, but wait, there is more...
#3 The little-known event in Geneva. Professor Martin Hart-Landsberg
(see URL below) elaborates:
Q: What was the understanding 50 years ago?
A: Well, the understanding was that there would be a peace treaty
following a conference in Geneva, that would follow the armistice. The
US insisted on only formally ending the fighting and not in fact
signing a peace treaty with North Korea at the time. And one of the
little known facts of history, is that shortly -- about half a year
after the armistice was signed, there was a conference in Geneva that
was supposed to settle the issue of Korea, help promote a peaceful
reunification of Korea, and the U.S. single handedly undermined that
conference. If you read the memos of the representatives from England,
from Canada, from Belgium, they're all quite clear. The North Koreans
proposed country-wide elections, North and South, to elect a new
Korean government. And the U.S. having just fought a war essentially
to hold onto [ie, control -ed.] the South,was not interested in that,
and basically brought the conference to a close, and has been content
really ever since, to maintain a state of hostilities in Korea.
* So the articles almost universally talk about North Korea
"starting" the crisis -- when in fact our "leaders" in Washington
have sabotaged the signing of a formal end of hostilities, have
kept a state of war with North Korea, and have not only in actions
but openly targeted North Korea as "axis of evil" for "regime change"
and "not ruling out" military "action" (that is, a unilateral
first-strike military assault) on North Korea. We haven't
mentioned the Embargo designed to destroy North Korea yet..in which
the gun to North Korea's head (as usual, the leadership isn't
suffering but it's people -- and the people of South Korea) have their
lives at risk due to Washington's threats...
#4 We are told Washington does not want to be "blackmailed" but just who
exactly is blackmailing whom?
Everyone in the world (except maybe US citizens kept in the dark by
our media) understands the lesson of Iraq: if you disarm, give in and
let us interview your scientists, give in and let us fly U2 overhead,
give in and dismantle Al Saud missiles, give in and allow inspectors so
you are mostly disarmed -- then you're helpless and you will be
demolished at will and "regime changed" (and thousands of your
innocent civilians women, men, children,and babies, slaughtered by
Washington's firepower)
A very ugly lesson Bush taught the world: "disarming is a
big, big mistake" And the world, including North Korea, but others,
from many countries have pointed this out: only by having
a strong deterrent force can you protect yourself from unilateral
attack, invasion, and overthrow by Washington.
#5 North Korea is facing the Embargo and the non-WMD
defense it has is it's army of over 1 million plus conventional
missles...all of which are very expensive. A typical cartoon
seen on the internet shows starving North Koreans and the
leadership saying "hey, we need money for weapons to protect our
people" but this cartoon gets it exactly backwards: the North Korean
leadership (which, though like much of Asia, is not democratic
but is not stupid, and does enjoy much support from its people),
they want to cut military spending.
Now, given a strong economic embargo against the North, and given
Washington refusing to sign a non-aggression treaty and
to normalize relations with North Korea, and saber-rattling about
"Axis of evil"...and the conventional defense the North has being
very expensive..then a nuclear defense is the only cheaper option.
And the North has said loud and clear: please give us
non-aggression nd normalizing relations, so we can be secure
and cut our military spending, but if you refuse to end the threats
against our existence, and the costs of conventional defense are so
high, we will be forced to look for cheaper, non-conventional defense"
Suddenly it's not so "inscrutable" to understand, if you put
yourself in the shows of North Korea.
MARTIN HART-LANDSBERG: I think one of the problems here is that the
U.S. has sort of successfully constructed this whole issue as the
problem of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. And the North
Koreans have been trying, not always successfully to I think more
accurately construct the issue as a problem of U.S.-North Korean
relations. And that is the fact that the U.S. has refused to normalize
relations with North Korea. The US has refused to sign a peace treaty
ending the Korean War, and the U.S. has refused to drop its embargo,
which has also -- the U.S. has also put pressure on Japan
essentially not to normalize relations, not to drop its economic
embargo. So the North has been trying very hard to say, look, this is
an unnatural state and given the situation in our economy, we need
investment, we need normalization. We need the U.S. to agree to sit
down with us and change this situation and the U.S. has basically
refused. So the North Koreans have been saying, look, we need to sit
down, U.S.-North Korea resolve these things. Everything is on the
table. As recently as April of this year they said, you have your
concerns, we have our concerns. Let's settle this and we're willing to
open up our whole nuclear program. We're willing to even halt
missile exports if you would do these few simple things: Normalize
relations, sign a peace treaty, drop your economic embargo. The
U.S. has refused...
# 6 REPEATED NUCLEAR THREATS -- BY WHOM? By Washington...
"..And I think it's very important when people talk about North Korea
having generated the nuclear crisis bringing nuclear threats to the
peninsula, to get some history. And that history is that the
U.S. during the Korean war, THREATENED TO DROP NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON
KOREA.
"THE U.S. IN 1957 VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE BY
BRINGING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO SOUTH KOREA. CONTINUED OVER THE DECADE OF
THE 60'S AND '70S TO INCREASE THE NUCLEAR WEAPONRY, and through the
'80'S AND INTO THE early 90's..
".. through their Team Spirit War Games, THE U.S. PRACTICED SIMULATED
NUCLEAR AND BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ATTACKS ON NORTH KOREA. So the
North Koreans have a long history of having been forced to deal with
in fact the nuclear threat that the U.S. has brought. And North
Korea's reactions and responses have really all been conditioned by
the fact that they have been under threat of nuclear attack, ...[and]
are forced to put a tremendous amount of resources into the military
to try and maintain their independence...They want to resolve the
problem with direct talks. And this seems to me, while those talks may
be difficult it's a perfectly reasonable response. Let's normalize
relations, let's end the Korean war, let's create a context for peace
on the Korean peninsula. But the U.S. has refused to see that wider
historical context for reasons that we talk about in a minute if you
want.
Another Guest on Democracy Now: EUNG HYE SUH: And I would add to that
that in the Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Review which was released in
December 2001, that the U.S. IDENTIFIED NORTH KOREA AS A POSSIBLE
TARGET OF NUCLEAR *FIRST* *STRIKE*. [all emphasis added -ed.]
#7 Yes, but what about North Korea and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT)?
Right now the world is also paying attention to the major meeting in
Nebraska this (Thursday August 7, 2003) by Washington, to push for
building even more, new types of nuclear weapons (just the US media,
and thus public isn't paying attention to it) When Washington pushes
for other countries to give up nuclear ambitions, the world will
respond in the predictable way, seeing Washington not only keep it's
nuclear weapons, but working to build even more new ones. The US
public, mostly in the dark about this, will wonder how strangely the
world reaction is -- yet again.
By the way, Washington is in violation of the non-proliferation treaty
(NPT) -- we only hear about the half that says non-nuclear states must
stay non-nuclear -- we almost never year about the other half, as you
may or may not be aware, that states those countries having nuclear
weapons must work to reduce and move towards eliminating
them. Needless to say, expanding one's nuclear capabilities and
building new types of nuclear weapons beyond even the already deadly
ones that exist, is a violation.
Again, the world sees this, and US public is kept in the dark, and so
it wonders what a strange irrational world out there is, that doesn't
want to obey the NPT, and wants to get nuclear weapons -- the actions
of our own government being not very well known to the US public.
[See: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/05/1455235,
"U.S. Marks Hiroshima Anniversary By Holding Top Secret Summit to
Discuss Expanding Nation's Nuclear Arsenal"]
#8 "Ok, Bush/Washington is guilty too, and they should
stop threatening North Korea with nuclear weapons. They should
sit down and have a peace treaty, and then press the North. They are
handling it bad. But North Korea still started it, by leaving
the NPT, right?"
Answer: During his State of the Union address on January 29, 2002,
President Bush singled out North Korea as part of his so-called "Axis
of Evil" That came months *before* the supposed "admission" by North
Korea in October of 2002 that they would pursue or are pursuing a
nuclear program.
Thus, after the above history of threatening
North Korea by refusing to sign a peace treaty, after
threatening North Korea in the past with nuclear missiles, and after
threatening North Korea in December 2001 with Nuclear First Strike --
Bush yet again increased the saber-rattling rhetoric on January
2002, months before the alleged (and disputed) first sign
from North Korea they may pursue a nuclear defense.
This doesn't make North Korea of a pure innocent virgin role. No, the
issue is simply that given this background, the media and political
portrayal of some kind of "irrational" or hard to understand nature on
the part of North Korea is pure bunk. It's very easy to understand how
and why they would react when they are under severe and repeated
threat by the most powerful (and recently, most interventionist) power
in world history.
#9 "I didn't know that. So again important history has been omitted
This repeated history of threats by Bush is not good for South Koreans
or American any more than for North Koreas citizens. But North Korea
did threaten to withdraw from the NPR in 1994, which pre-dates this"
In fact, the conflict in U.S.-North Korean relations over the nuclear
issue first arose on January 26, 1993, when President Clinton
announced that the U.S. military would conduct war games in South
Korea.
This was followed the next month by the news that some of the NUCLEAR
WEAPONS PREVIOUSLY TARGETED ON THE SOVIET UNION WOULD BE REDIRECTED AT
NORTH KOREA. By March, massive Team Spirit war games involving
bombers, cruise missiles and naval vessels were underway. Interpreting
this as a provocation (and serious, conventional *and* nuclear
threat), North Korea responded by signalling that it would withdraw
from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). However talks with
U.S. officials in June 1993 led to North Korea rescinding its
announcement. [See various articles by Gregory Elich, some
with over 100 footnotes]
So Clinton was also a saber-rattler to keep US troops and control
over the Korean Peninsula rather than allow peace treaty, reunification
of the Koreas, and an end to Washington's hegemony.
Additionally, BBC reports indicate that North Korea
had another reason since Bush coming to office to
re-think its rescinding its announcement to leave the NPT:
North Korea was promised the shipment of a lot
of oil (not as "donation" but as part of the agreement
to scrap parts of its nuclear program that could provide
energy to heat during the cold winters). This was delayed
and delayed and delayed. They had promised to freeze various
nuclear reactor areas in return for oil (and non-weapons
nuclear facilities) to help meet their energy needs. When
these didn't materialize, they said, wait a minute,
if you're not keeping your end of the deal, we're not
keeping ours -- we will re-start our Yongbyon facility.
All of this is on top of the economic embargo complicating
North Korea meeting its energy needs.
Various claims of "but they made us suspect they were not honoring
other parts, first" etc can be made but again, the above is not to
claim North Korea is of a pure innocent virgin nature, but the issue is
simply that given this background, the media and political portrayal
of some kind of "irrational" or hard to understand nature on the part
of North Korea is pure bunk.
Again, that it's very easy to understand how and why they would react
when they are under severe and repeated threat by the
Washington.
* * * *
Amy Goodman: Seung Hye Suh, talk about your own background. Where your
family is from?
SEUNG HYE SUH: Sure. Well I have family from both sides of the DMZ.--
my father was born in what's now the D.P.R.K. [North Korea] my mother
in, what's now the Republic of Korea [South Korea]. But for us,
there's really only one country. They were born prior to the
division of the country and so when people say well, which is your
home, I feel like the entire Korean peninsula is my home.
AMY GOODMAN: Though you were born here in the United States?
SEUNG HYE SUH: Yes.
AMY GOODMAN: And the feeling of South Koreans right now. The U.S. has
ramped up the pressure on North Korea. Presumably the ones who would
feel most threatened are the South Koreans. Who do they feel most
threatened by?
SEUNG HYE SUH: The South Korean people recognize that any war that
breaks out is going to be disastrous for the entire peninsula. It's
about a 30 minute plane ride between Seoul and Pyongyung. About a 45
minute drive from Seoul to the DMZ. And anything that happens on the
Korean peninsula will result in millions of deaths. And right now it
looks like the United States is threatening the D.P.R.K. with a
nuclear first strike.
AMY GOODMAN: What's its interest in provoking that kind of conflict?
MARTIN HART-LANDSBERG: Well, I think the first thing is that the
U.S. has interest in maintaining hostilities on the Korean
peninsula. And that has been both to support conservative governments
in the South, to have a reason to maintain troops in the Asian
peninsula. After the Soviet Union collapsed, it was to maintain
military spending, support for a missile defense program...
AMY GOODMAN: And what does this mean for countries like China and
Japan? In Japan--I don't know if there is any relation to what
happened on Friday--a brawl on the floor of the Japanese parliament,
over the call by the leader in the parliament to support sending of
troops to Iraq.
MARTIN HART-LANDSBERG: Well, I think there's no doubt that a -- this
U.S. policy which has raised hostilities in the Korean peninsula, is
having very negative effects everywhere. It's definitely strengthening
militarism in Japan... It's definitely causing the Chinese and South
Koreans to think about, you know, militarizing. So in essence anything
that adds to this hostility has given an excuse and cover for
militarists in the United States, in Japan, China, everywhere. So the
costs are very high. What's important is that the American people need
to see the costs of this policy for us as well in the militarism, in
the war on terror and in the possible fact that we may well have a war.
AMY GOODMAN: And Seung Hye Suh, how are you organizing? As a
Korean-American here? This weekend you had the protests in Washington.
SEUNG HYE SUH: Right. The protest this weekend is just part of our
ongoing campaign to ask for an end to the Korean war. To say that we
need to bring peace to the Korean peninsula and unification to
Korea. We're also organizing within Korean communities across the
country, as well as educating and organizing in the broader American
society, and we're really trying to link this issue to things that are
going on around the world. If you look at what the United States has
done in Iraq and the message that that sends to the D.P.R.K. which is,
if you disarm we can attack you.
AMY GOODMAN: And finally, on the issue of organizing here, have you
made any links, bridges to Korean war veterans, U.S./Korean war
veterans?
SEUNG HYE SUH: Well, actually there are some U.S. Korean war veterans
who are entirely in support of our movement. And I don't think any of
them were at our demonstration yesterday. But we are in conversation
with Korean war veterans in South Korea, was well as in the U.S. armed
forces, who understand that what a horror war is and that we need to do
everything we can to avoid it.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/1358225&mode=thread&tid=25
Martin Hart-Landsberg, author of Korea: Division, Reunification and
U.S. Foreign Policy. He teaches economics at Lewis and Clark College.
Seung Hye Suh, an organizer with Nodutdol.com for Korean Community
Development. They recently organized Commemoration for Change
[http://www.july27.org]: a weekend of action to stop war on the Korean
Peninsula.
******************************
For additional background, see interview with Professor Han S. Park,
Director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues at the
University of Georgia. [He avoids directly talking about
the history of nuclear threats by Washington against North
Korea, etc, but otherwise at least gives some of the
important background supplementing the above]:
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=7538
Press "play" or, due to slow server, best to let is download
in the background until done, then listen to the 10M file from your
disk.
http://harelbarzilai.org/personal.html
http://EconomicDemocracy.org
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