Annual event organised by CAAB (Campagin for Accountability of American Bases) held outside Menwith Hill US spy base, Yorkshire, England.
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After the screening of Reiterations of Dissent, a very interesting discussion on the building of the naval base in Gangjeong village, Jeju Island, South Korea took place.
Artist and art writer Paul O’Kane reviews the screening of the Ghosts of Jeju, an independant documentary focusing on a unique peace movement in Gangjeong, Jeju Island, South Korea. It was part of New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival 2015.
In trendy, foody, ‘Deli X‘ in Deptford, Soth East London, about a dozen people have gathered on a Monday evening to attend a screening of a film, part of the 2015 New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival. The film is ‘The Ghosts of Jeju’ made on a low budget by American film-maker and activist Regis Tremblay. It tells stories of inhuman crimes and injustices committed on a beautiful island off the South Coast of Korea named Jeju.
Tonight’s hosts are wearing yellow tabards with black letters in English and Korean announcing protest and their affinity with a struggle. Their protest and their struggle is to stop the building of a huge American naval base at Gangjeong, a village on this island, Jeju, beloved by Koreans and by people from all over the world.
The film first documents the iniquitous treatment of the islanders of Jeju…
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Hankyoreh reporter Myung-jin Kim went into sea near Gangjeong village with investigators from Green Korea (녹색연합) and compares the status of sea in 2008 and 2013.
More photos and the full report are available at the Hankyoreh and Huffington Post Korea.