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Anti-G8 solidarity action in Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Radical Language Exchange | 09.06.2007 06:39 | G8 Germany 2007 | Social Struggles

Activists in Seoul, South Korea carried out a creative action in solidarity with anti-G8 protests in Germany.

G8 bike protest
G8 bike protest


Activists in Seoul, South Korea carried out a creative action in solidarity with anti-G8 protests in Germany. On June 6th, the first day of massive blockades of the meeting in Heiligendamm, Germany, a roaming anti-G8 bike tour cruised through Seoul flying anti-G8 flags.
The group joined up with others at a busy downtown intersection, to hand out flyers and talk about the G8 to people walking by. Passersby stopped to watch when a bunch of evil-looking masked men in suits-- the G8 leaders-- sung a song promising to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Then small farmers, immigrants and other assorted good guys took on the G8 leaders in a short but dramatic "professional wrestling" match. The G8 leaders played dirty but it wasn't enough. They were of course thoroughly beaten, just like in Germany...
more photos at:  http://blog.jinbo.net/seoulidarity/?pid=20

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