[Marxism] Protests against N. Korea sanctions (NYC & LA)

[Gregory Butterfield]

NYC:

Emergency Demonstration
to protest sanctions against North Korea

Wednesday, October 11
5:00 PM
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
47th Street and 1st Ave.
  
     * No to US/UN Sanctions against N. Korea (DPRK)
     * STOP U.S. threats, aggression, and war
     * Sign the Peace Treaty -- NO War!
     * The real world danger is U.S. militarism
     * US troops out of Korea


Hundreds of activists from scores of groups will rally 
tomorrow at Dag Hammerskjold to demand an end to the Bush 
Administration campaign of threats, hostility, and 
sanctions against the people of Korea.  The present 
crisis, like so many crises world-wide, grows directly out 
of the global agenda of the U.S. Adminsitration, a policy 
of endless war and regime change. The people of the United 
States and the world must demand that Washington end the 
crisis by abandoning its threats and provocations, 
dropping the demand for sanctions.

Join us tomorrow (Wednesday) at the UN to demand "U.S. 
Hands Off Korea!"

Initiated by: International Action Center,  Korea Truth 
Commission, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development

Endorsers: Anakbayan NY/NJ, NY Committee for Human Rights 
in the Philippines, Guyanese Workers Association, May 1 
Immigrant Rights Coalition, Troops Out Now Coalition, FIST 
(Fight Imperialism Stand Together), Peoples Video Network, 
BAYAN USA, Defend Palestine, Al-Awda NY, New Jersey 
Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine
  
for more information:
212.633.6646


Los Angeles:

PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES
NATIONALLY COORDINATED DAYS OF PROTEST


Stop U.S. War Threats: No Sanctions Against the DPRK
Sign a Peace Treaty - NO WAR!


When: Thursday, October 12 at 10 AM

Where: Downtown Federal Building (300 N. Los Angeles St)

What: Activists and organizations demand end to Bush war 
campaign against people of
Korea and denounce sanctions against DPRK as part of the 
national week of demonstrations.


Countries that are forced to defend themselves from Bush’s 
pre-emptive strike doctrines
of “regime change by force” are not the cause of war and 
weapons of mass destruction.
With 140,000 troops still in Iraq and hundreds of 
thousands dead as a result of  U.S. war
on Iraq, people all over the world know that the threat to 
peace and stability comes right
from the Pentagon and the White House.

For over 50 years the DPRK tried to get Washington to 
normalize relations and sign a
peace treaty ending the Korean War. Before the cease-fire 
of 1953, U.S.-led forces killed
4 million Koreans. And, for over 56 years the North has 
been under economic sanctions
imposed by the U.S. – the longest economic sanctions in 
world history. This economic
warfare is responsible for the harsh economic conditions 
in the DPRK.
  
The DPRK has made numerous proposals for the 
denuclearization of the Korean
peninsula, yet the Bush administration has branded the 
DPRK as part of an axis of evil,
and used this to justify its Nuclear Posture Review of 
2002 which states its willingness to
use nuclear weapons against the DPRK without an attack or 
even threat of attack against
the U.S.

The DPRK is encircled by a naval armada of U.S. guided 
missile destroyers,
bomber and fighter squadrons, nuclear weapons and 30,000 
U.S. troops in South Korea.
Add to this the belligerence of U.S. imperialism around 
the world and it is no wonder that
the DPRK decided to develop an effective deterrent against 
military and possibly nuclear
attack as a matter of national survival. Any sanctions 
against the DPRK would be
unjustified since the country withdrew from the Non 
Proliferation Treaty in response to U.S.
non-cooperation.

The people of the United States must demand the U.S. 
abandon its threats and
provocations and sit down and negotiate the normalization 
of relations with the DPRK,
including the signing of a peace treaty.

Initiators:
International Action Center; BAYAN-USA; Korea Truth 
Commission-USA; Frank
Dorrel, Addicted to War; Center for Corean Community; 
Minjok Tongshin; Korea Democratic
Labor Party Supporting Committee in U.S.; KIWA; Korean 
American Nat’l Coordinating
Council; Korean American Women for Peace; One Korea LA 
Forum; and Pan Korean Alliance
for Reunification/U.S. Chapter (KAP - Korean Americans for 
Peace)



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Protest at Westwood Federal Building!
No Sanctions, No War - Sign a Peace Treaty NOW!
U.S. Hands Off Korea!


Where: Westwood Federal Building (Wilshire & Veteran)
When:  Thursday, October 12 at 5:30 PM
Contact: IAC (323) 936-7266


Activists from scores of groups will rally Thursday at the 
Westwood Federal Building to demand an end to the Bush 
Administration campaign of threats, hostility, and 
sanctions against the people of Korea. Countries that are 
forced to defend themselves from Bush's pre-emptive strike 
doctrines of "regime change by force" are not the cause of 
war and weapons of mass destruction. The U.S 
administration's policy of endless war is, however, the 
greatest threat to peace and stability. The people of the 
United States and the world must demand that Washington 
abandon its threats and provocations, drop the demand for 
sanctions and, instead, sign a peace treaty with the DPRK, 
which has pushed for normalization of relations for over 
50 years.

Endorsed and/or initiated by:
International Action Center; BAYAN-USA; Korea Truth 
Commission-USA; Frank
Dorrel, Addicted to War; Center for Corean Community; 
Minjok Tongshin; Korea Democratic
Labor Party Supporting Committee in U.S.; KIWA; Korean 
American Nat’l Coordinating
Council; Korean American Women for Peace; One Korea LA 
Forum; and Pan Korean Alliance
for Reunification/U.S. Chapter (KAP - Korean Americans for 
Peace)