Remembering the sacred rocky coast of Gangjeong village

 

February 26th marked the 10th remembrance year since the Gureombi Rock was blasted to make way for docks to port US navy warships in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island in South Korea. 

At that time the Global Network held its annual space organizing conference in the village at the invitation of local leaders.

During the conference we jumped into kayaks and paddled out to Gureombi and participated in a service led by the infamous Catholic priest and activist Father Moon. Then many of us crawled under the razor wire to protest the coming dynamiting and were arrested.

Around 10 days later, the Gureombi Rock began to be blasted. 

This video was produced by Global Network board member Dennis Apel (Catholic Worker activist in California).

The protests in Gangjeong village still continue daily against the navy base.

The US 'pivot' of military forces into the Asia-Pacific (along with turning NATO toward that region as a 'global alliance') is aimed at China and Russia - both nations border Korea.

Bruce