“We are the voice of humanity, and we have to continue fighting.”
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So it’s that time again. It doesn’t seem like another whole, bloody year has passed since thousands of us around the world marched on the second anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.
Today’s anti-war, anti-occupation demo in Seoul, one of hundreds that were held around the world this weekend, in the biggest show of force from the world’s second superpower(tm) in a long time. The march in Seoul was similar to those around all over the world in calling for an end to occupation and calling for no attack on Iran. More specifically it called for the withdrawal of the so-called Zaytun Division of Korean soldiers stationed near Irbil in northern Iraq. In true Orwellian style the troop division is named with the Arabic word meaning olive - a reference to the olive branch of peace. Surely the Arabic word for imperialism would be more appropriate. (Pictures from here.)
I like these slogans carried by members of the Democratic Labour Party. The one of the left reads “No War, No Muhyon” a bilingual pun on the name of the South Korean president. The one on the right simply says “Don’t even dream of attacking Iran.”
Julie Felix entertains the masses at Trafalgar Square.
In London it was freezing but a great march nonetheless. We got thousands of people to sign the submission to Kofi Annan calling for an official tribunal to look into war crimes in Iraq. Lenin’s Tomb also has a good picture report on the day. As with Lenny, one highlight of the event for me was the speech from Hasan Zargani, overseas representative of the Al Sadr Movement. Hearing it clearly was difficult with the translation and the general noise, but his final sentence did stand out loud and clear so I’ve used it for the title of this post.
Watch out for those imperialist Koreans hell-bent on world domination
I like to have blogs with different perspectives on my blog roll so I can see what different folks are thinking. On my click-a-round today, I came across something that was completely different at Kotaji:Today’s anti-war, anti-occupation demo in Seoul,
Trackback by Flying Yangban — March 23, 2006 @ 10:15 am
So you accept as “the voice of humanity,” the spokesman for a violent, misogynistic, intolerant, repressive band of theocratic thugs who (after they ran out of 14-year olds) offered themselves up at the ballot box and were roundly rejected. How progressive of you! In your world view, we’re progressing toward the Eleventh Century. Something tells me you wouldn’t actually want to live in that world, you’re just content to consign others to it.
Comment by Joshua — March 27, 2006 @ 5:28 pm
Thought for a bit of fun that I would approve a comment from one of our pals from the right end of the spectrum.
I would just like to point out to him that the majority of the Sadrists actually entered the United Iraqi Alliance for the recent elections and they hold about a quarter of the UIA seats in the current Iraqi parliament making them one of the most important blocs.
Comment by kotaji — March 27, 2006 @ 11:14 pm