Gangnam is the beating heart of South Korean capitalism and in a country that South Koreans sometimes wryfully call “Samsung Korea,” Samsung’s massive skyscraper complex is, naturally, at its center. Beneath the shade of its towers in the middle of a Gangnam intersection one worker stands on top of a CCTV tower, defiant, for over 250 days. Another sits inside an occupation tent.
Read MoreOn Jan. 12th, 2020, the ISC and Seoul Women’s Association organized a panel and discussion to bring voices together to compare and contrast different realities of feminism around the world in the contexts of culture, policy, and other social movements.
Read MoreOn Dec. 7th, 2019, the ISC community celebrated a year of personal and collective growth to ring in the new year.
Read MoreOn Nov. 14th, 2019, the ISC’s Dae-han Song presented at the opening ceremony of the Global Peace Center for Justice of Hanshin University, Seoul.
Read MoreEver since World War II, the US has waged war on countries and the world’s people to build its global capitalist empire. The US spends more on its military than the next 7 countries combined.
Read MoreOn Nov. 2nd, 2019, the ISC community celebrated the vibrant colors of Autumn together.
Read MoreOn October 24th, the International Strategy Center participated in the Justice Party’s World Progressive Politics Forum’s October meeting, where ALBA member countries’s Embassies — Venezuela, Bolivia and the Nicaragua — discussed current events.
Read MoreOn June, Seoul’s High Court ordered Japanese companies to pay reparations to forced laborers under Japanese colonization. In response, in July, Japan imposed restrictions on export of three chemicals crucial to the manufacture of Korean semiconductors.
Read MoreOn October 5, the International Strategy Center participated in the prosecution reform demonstration in Seocho-dong.
Read MoreOn Sep. 28th, 2019, we held our first Monthly “Moim” (Korean word for “gathering”), where participants shared what they’ve learned about the history of democracy in Korea.
Read MoreOn Sep. 21st, 2019, we participated in the global march against climate change.
Read MoreIn the Autumn of 2019, an organization for Koreans adopted overseas visited the Jeon Tae-il memorial and met former factory worker and labor activist, Shin Soon-ae.
Read MoreOn Aug. 20, as part of the International Progressive Politics Forum at the Seoul Justice Party, we had a video conversation with Vijay Prashad, author of several books and articles, notably “Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World” and “The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South.”
Read MoreOn August 20, 2019, the International Strategy Center participated in the Justice Party’s World Progress Politics Forum video conference with Vijay Prashad
Read MoreOn June 19, 2019, the International Strategy Center and the International Progressive Politics Research Group and the International Progressive Politics Forum of the Seoul Branch of the Justice Party interviewed David Perejil a member of Podemos’ International Secretariat.
Read MoreOn August 15th, 2019, the International Strategy Center went to 8/15 National Unification Rally for independence and peace.
Read MoreIt was eerily beautiful as we walked along the fortress wall of the Democracy and Human Rights Memorial building. It was peaceful standing beneath trees that hung over the security gate as we were introduced to the place where we stood.
Read MoreI had the opportunity to attend two back to back events by the ISC about democracy and human rights in downtown Seoul, South Korea. Sounds boring right? However, these events were engaging and new for two reasons.
My first visit to Cuba was in July 2017. Like the millions inspired by its revolutionary spirit and history, I fell in love with this powerful place and its people. Since then, I’ve organized several delegations and educational exchanges to Cuba with Black and Brown organizers, farmers, artists, educators, and healers from the United States.
Read MorePreviously, in Nov. of 2018, the South Korean constitutional course ruled that a conscientious objector must be provided with an alternative form for fulfilling their military service.
