Take Action! Sample Letter to the Editor – Korea Tensions
Please modify and personalize this LtE as is appropriate, and contribute to your local newspaper.
Take Action! Sample Letter to the Editor – Korea Tensions
Please modify and personalize this LtE as is appropriate, and contribute to your local newspaper.
TAKE ACTION for Peace in Korea – Request for Endorsement!
At the time of the cease fire agreement talks, both sides agreed that within three months they would convene a peace summit. Yet, 60 years later the negotiations to end the Korean War have not even begun. The Korean Peninsula remains the only divided nation in the world and the world’s region of tension. Now is the time to end the Korean War once and for all and open a new era of peace and cooperation.
Take Action! Cancel the Test of a US Nuclear-Capable Missile
Take a moment to send a message to President Obama and ask him to cancel the scheduled test of a Minuteman III nuclear-capable missile.
VIDEO: Understanding and Responding to the Asia-Pacific Pivot
6/April/13 – Joseph Gerson,* American Friends Service Committee’s disarmament coordinator, spoke at the Third National Conference of Historians Against the War called “The New Faces of War.” Gerson participated on a panel called “Understanding and Responding to the Asia-Pacific Pivot.” This video was produced by Stephen Roblin and Spencer Compton.
Fighting for Survival
10/May/13 – Gangjeong villagers last night were removed while protecting tents they had long used just across the road from the Navy base construction gate on Jeju Island, South Korea. The government appears to be continuing with its fierce crackdown since the election of the new president Park Geun-hye.
MOANA NUI 2013 – June 1-2 in Berkeley
GIANT public Teach-in will be an unprecedented opportunity for U.S. environmental/social groups to come together, in person, with this large a group of prominent Asia-Pacific-based indigenous activists.
South Korea Offers North Talks over Kaesong, Warns on Refusal
25/April/13 – South Korea on Thursday offered North Korea formal talks to resolve the suspended operations at their joint Kaesong industrial zone, and warned of “grave action” if Pyongyang declines.
Radio Interview: Crisis in Korea – Twenty Years in the Making
15/April/13 – Christine Hong and Tim Shorrock (both Working Group participants) join Gregory Elich to to discuss what’s happening between the US and the Korean peninsula – from the failure of denuclearization talks, to the impact of decades of sanctions on the people of North Korea.
Take Action! Reject Renewed US Militarism in the Philippines
Sign this letter urging His Excellency Benigno C. Aquino III, President of the Philippines, to disengage from military agreements that committed the Philippines with US’ militarism.