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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 --- from list marxism-general-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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