WW forum hits war ‘games’ in Korea

Hyun Lee

New York — Hyun Lee, an organizer from Nodutdol for Korean Community Development and the National Campaign to End the Korean War, was a guest speaker at a Workers World Party forum here on Dec. 3. She provided facts and analysis on the latest crisis on the Korean Peninsula. Lee spoke on the provocative war “games” carried out by tens of thousands of U.S. and south Korean troops that targeted the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the north. She also spoke on the historic role of the U.S. military in this region since the 1950-1953 Korean War. To this day, the U.S. has refused to sign a peace treaty with the DPRK.

Deirdre Griswold

Deirdre Griswold, Workers World editor, spoke on how this ongoing imperialist aggression against the sovereignty of the DPRK impacts workers in both Korea and the United States. In this era of the global capitalist labor market, the DPRK’s biggest “crime” is that it has chosen a socialist path of development that keeps transnational corporations from super-exploiting the workers there. She also spoke on her own experiences of visiting Korea, north and south. To hear Lee’s and Griswold’s remarks, go to workers.tv.

The forum followed a street rally near busy Herald Square, organized by the International Action Center, where thousands of shoppers got to hear and see slogans like “Jobs, not war in Korea” and “Sign the peace treaty NOW!”

— Report & photos by Monica Moorehead