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DESCRIPTION:Farmers in South Korea are resisting U.S. militarization that threatens to 
 evict them from their ancestral homes... \n\nPyeongtaek Farmers Struggle US 
 Speaking Tour \n\n(Los Angeles, Oakland, New York and Washington D.C) 
 \nwith Go You-Kyoung \n\nSouth Korean Solution Committee Against US 
 Military Base Extension in Pyeongtaek \n\nPlease join us at the Pyeongtaek 
 International Solidarity Night in Oakland \nTuesday, July 18, 7:00pm 
 \n\nKorean Community Center of the East Bay \n4390 Telegraph Ave., Suite A 
 \nOakland, CA 94609 \n(Between 43rd & 44th Streets) \n\n\n* Go You-Kyoung 
 will give a talk on the Pyeongtaek situation \n* A video footage of the 
 struggle \n* Light refreshments \n(Korean/English translation will be 
 provided) \n\nCome and learn about the iron-fist determination of the 
 peaceful villagers, mostly elderly rice farmers in their 60s and 70s, who 
 have waged four years of resistance against the US military base expansion 
 to protect their land, community and way of life. The aim of the speaking 
 tour is to inform U.S. progressive communities about the critical situation 
 in Pyeongtaek and the dangerous U.S. military strategy in NE Asia as a step 
 towards building a U.S. network in solidarity with the people of 
 Pyeongtaek. \n\nAbout the Pyeongtaek Struggle: \nOn May 4, 2006 the 
 subservient S. Korean government sent in over 15,000 military/riot police 
 to the villages of Pyeongtaek and brutally attacked these farmers. Over 500 
 local farmers and activists were injured and 524 were arrested 
 (http://www.saveptfarmers.org  ). In order to make Pyeongteak a U.S. 
 forwarding station in East Asia, the servile South Korean government has 
 forcibly evicted the farmers who have been living there for generations. 
 Pyeongtaek is strategically located to contain or attack China. Under the 
 post 9/11, new U.S. military plan for global dominance, the Korean 
 Peninsula has become hostage to U.S. military aggression against other 
 countries in NE Asia. The US's unilateral hegemonic policy threatens 
 establishment of peace on the Korean Peninsula as well as the entire NE 
 Asia region. \nBay Area event organized by Korean Americans United for 
 Peace. \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/17/18288737.php
SUMMARY:Oakland: Pyeongtaek Farmers' Struggle in Oakland
LOCATION:Korean Community Center of the East Bay \n4390 Telegraph Ave., Suite A 
 \nOakland, CA 94609 \n(Between 43rd & 44th Streets)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/17/18288737.php
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