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SEND YOUR MESSAGE for the FORUM on ABOLITION of the MILITARY in SOUTH KOREA and JAPAN
“The military can be abolished if South Korea, Japan and USA do it together.”
Kang We-suck (South Korean draft dodger)
A Japanese collective PANDA (Peace and No Draft Alliance) is inviting a South Korean draft-dodger Kang We-suck for the forum on “Abolition of the military: Its possibility in Japan and South Korea.”
PANDA calls out to anti-war/anti-military activists around the world for sending your solidarity message to support the forum held on 13th December in Tokyo. We would like to share your message with participants.
In this forum, PANDA aims at stimulating dialogue towards the abolition of the military through grassroots movements and thoughts in two societies (and beyond). We will have two speakers: Kang, fighting for abolition of the military in South Korea, and Sono, a young Japanese activist who is working against the state’s attack on the pacifist Constitution and taking part in up surging precariate union movements.
Send your message to lisk07@gmail.com
ŸWho is Kang We-suck?
Kang has committed himself to various protests since his high school years when he went on a hunger strike against the compulsory curriculum on religion. Becoming conscription age, he is currently working on against the draft and the military. Most recently, he disrupted the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of South Korean Army by running into the tank
pageant with completely naked. His action stirs up a controversy in the South Korean society: What can we do if North Korea attacks us? How could we deal with former-colonizer Japan’s miniaturization tendency? How could we abundant the responsibility of defending our land?
ŸAbout PANDA
In August 2007, having encountered with South Korean students who opposed to the military draft system, PANDA organized the first workshop where a person who had just completed the conscription term told a story of bulling and physical punishment in the military. In April 2008, we had another workshop in which two draft dodgers who ended up
in prison due to the evasion and their Korean supporters shared their experiences. We have continued in networking grassroots anti-military movements between Japan and South Korea so as to set the third time workshop in December.
Website http://panda1panda2.web.fc2.com/