 April 2002
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant Editor Pat Farren, Founding Editor 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Telephone number: Fax number:
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Message from Korea to George Bush Twenty-one leading grassroots organizations in South Korea and 42 individuals issued this statement (full text available on request) and organized massive demonstrations protesting George Bush's visit to Korea Feb. 18 2002. The group plans to send a delegation to join the April 20 demonstrations in Washington, DC.
We are against Mr. Bush's visit to Korea, his plot to expand the war on terrorism to other countries, and finally the unequal US-Korea investment treaty! There is mounting international concern and intensifying fears about President George W. Bush's grouping together of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as an "axis of evil." Bush's speech is an omen that turbulence is coming. The US military, the only superpower today, who recently invaded the poorest country in the world and produced masses of innocent victims, is now attempting to expand its war on terrorism to the world. Bush also put the three countries on notice and argued that he would not hesitate to take preemptive action. We are threatened by, and indignant at, this simplistic and pro-war approach. The three countries are not in alliance; nor do they compare with the World War II axis countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan in terms of military and economic power. Mr. Bush has erred and his comments are poorly thought out. His bellicose remarks have raised concerns in our global society. The US has forced other countries to accept the neo-liberal capitalism that has had detrimental impacts on the poor, the working class, and farmers. Globalization has been exacerbating inequality and worsening the lot of many people by eroding their incomes and increasing their vulnerability. Many truly disadvantaged groups have been left out of the fruits of globalization. In the name of the 70 million people in this peninsula and global citizens who are yearning for world peace, we demand that the US stop heightening tension, stop jeopardizing peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, and stop enforcing any policy driven by neo-liberal capitalism. We are urging the US to listen to what we have suggested. We will continue to be on the watch for Bush's next steps. 
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