Another good example of direct action
Getting the Goods, Delaying Bad Trade Deal, with Direct Action (Public Citizen)
As you may recall from earlier posts, the opposition Democratic Party (DP) in South Korea is not timid about taking direct action in standing up, sitting down, or scaling, climbing and even enduring the occasional chemical spraying for its fair trade principles, and against the US-S. Korea FTA.
The Grand National Party (GNP, not the GOP) was looking to railroad through the unpopular NAFTA-style trade deal with the US, so DP legislators occupied the Parliament and blockaded entrances, paralyzing the government for over 10 days. Then the GNP unleashed the guards on the MP demonstrators, which according to Reuters, caused quite the scene.
I’ve recently blogged about how essential a tool direct action is and it’s good to see people mobilizing against unfair trade deals. It really makes one wonder if this is what we must do here in the United States once again.
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