File spoon-archives/marxism-general.archive/marxism-general_1997/marxism-general.9711, message 196


Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:48:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Mass rally launches KCTU candidate in Korean elections (fwd)
To: spl9049 <Philip.Locker-AT-oberlin.edu>


Wow!-AT-!!  Below is news on the launch of the new Korean workers parties
preseddentail candiadtate.  30,000 people were there!

Koraen Workers lead the way!!!  This can only be VERY encouraging for
people fighting for a LP to day here in the USA.  

philip

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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:32:56 +0000
>From: LabourNet <chrisbailey-AT-GN.APC.ORG>
To: LABOR-L-AT-YORKU.CA
Subject: Mass rally launches KCTU candidate in Korean elections

Mass Rally in Seoul launches Korean Confederation of Trade Unions candidate
in Korean Presidential elections

On Saturday 8th November, a mass rally in Seoul of 30,000 people launched
the election campaign of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in the
Korean Presidential elections. The union's President, Kwon Young-gil, is
the candidate for People's Victory 21, a progressive alliance formed for
contesting the election.

Besides the 550,000 strong KCTU, the other main component in People's
Victory 21 is the National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification of
Korea (NADRK) which has 50,000 members.

The lively mass rally took place in the riverside park close to the Korean
National Assembly building. It was surrounded by large numbers of police
with clubs and riot shields. The KCTU is still an illegal organisation in
Korea. The rally was completely ignored by the Korean press.

Faced with such intimidation and censorship the KCTU does not expect to get
a big vote in the election, but sees it as an opportunity to expose the
fraudulent nature of Korean democracy and to establish democratic rights
for labour and other progressive forces in Korea.

International delegates to the LaborMedia '97 conference were present on
the main platform with the the KCTU leadership at the rally. They were
introduced to the crowd individually. The use of alternative labour media
including the Internet is seen by the KCTU as one of the ways it can break
through the censorship of the mainstream media.

LabourNet report by Chris Bailey
See LabourNet web site for photos.

http://www.labournet.org.uk



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