THE DIGNITY OF CREATION

Sung-Hee Choi writes from Jeju Island:

A music video with collection of photos and videos by a grand march report team.

Directed by the Sajahooo TV

March participants' flight to the Jeju Island and march experience for 5 nights 6 days recorded in the collection of photos and videos : 'Peace Is the Way.'

The lyric of background song titled, "To the country of happiness," ... 'Open the curtain, open the window[..] Let's feel the breeze again. Please let me walk on the grass field. I want to laugh and cry. Please touch my heart[..] I will dance overcoming rain and thunder. I will go to the country of happiness.[...] The wilderness is vast. The sky is blue..Let's all go to the country of happiness...'

'You, all the marchers are winners'

My Take: These folks are for real and they are creating an unstoppable momentum that very well could shut down this Navy base construction/destruction project.  This love, spirit, and non-violent determination, in such an epic local struggle, is a true model for all the world to see and feel.  If we all just did a bit more to help, this fight could be won.  God knows our international peace movement could use a "win" for once.  The Jeju Navy base fight connects all the dots:

• Obama's "pivot" of military and foreign policy into Asia-Pacific to "contain" China.
• This strategy is hugely expensive and our rotting country can't afford it!
• Jeju is a pristine environmental jewel which makes it imperative that the enviro-community should be on-board this peace train.
• Human rights violations and suppression of local democracy is a dramatic issue in this fight as Gangjeong villagers are subjected to daily outrages.
• Just call it a local fight where the oligarchy is waging war on "the dignity of creation".  Not much more to be said after that..........