[Contents Team] Community Organizing Across Borders
[Contents Team] Community Organizing Across Borders

On Sunday, August 9th, we held a “Community Organizing Across Borders” with the International Strategy Center Content Team and Yeongdeungpo Citizen's Alliance P+ (People). We had planned a video conference with Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson, but due to local circumstances with BLM and the general strikes, the video conference was put off. Instead, the International Strategy Center watched a documentary on the Jackson Cooperative, held a discussion and research presentation on the history, and activities of Cooperation Jackson. Through discussion, we explored what we could learn from Cooperation Jackson for our own local movements. We will continue our solidarity activities through sharing translated texts, volunteer activities, lectures and discussions. Please feel free to reach out if you're interested or have any questions!

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Contents Team's alley cleanup volunteer activity with Yeongdeungpo Citizen's Alliance

On June 27th, the International Strategy Center 's Contents Team participated in an alley cleanup volunteering activity lead by Yeongdeungpo Citizen's Alliance -- People (P+). As we cleaned the streets of everything from cigarettes to large dumping piles, we greeted local residents & merchants, while learning about the social engagement activities of P+. Activities like this aren't just about trash pickup; they are about building a community network and support system so that individual's struggles can become community struggles to work on and solve together. (This street cleanup will be a monthly event so let us know if you are interested in joining us.) At the end of July, the International Strategy Center and the Yeongdeungpo Citizen's Alliance -- People (P+) will also do a video conference with a similar community network in America. We are very excited to learn and get inspired.

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May's Contents Team Meeting

On May 30th, ISC's Content Team had an online meeting with the co-president of Yongsan's Citizen's Alliance, Oh Jangrok. We talked about what the Community Organizing is and how we can take part. The ISC is currently studying community organizing examples from US, India and Brazil.

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April's Contents Team Meeting

The recent International Strategy Center 's contents team meeting was an exciting step toward this year's article and video production goals. Through research, group discussions, interviews, exchanges with the Korean social movement and ISC's 200+ article experience, we are getting ready!

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A People's History of Samsung's Rise: Korean Workers Make a Last Stand for Justice
A People's History of Samsung's Rise: Korean Workers Make a Last Stand for Justice

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.

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[World Progress Politics Forum] Current Events Roundtable with ALBA member countries' Embassies — Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua

On 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.

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South Korea - Japan Relations: A Japanese Social Movement Perspective
South Korea - Japan Relations: A Japanese Social Movement Perspective

On 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.

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The Right Ideas Aren’t Enough
The Right Ideas Aren’t Enough

On 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.”

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