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How is it possible that a land dedicated to harvest and farming can be turned into a land dedicated to warfare? From peace to police, prosperity to pain, Daechuri in Pyeongtaek, South Korea is now home to the United States Camp Humphreys Army base. Hamile, community organizer and political activist, works alongside the elders of Daechuri for daily candle light vigils to demonstrate their demands for the United States and Korean governments to work democratically and re-open dialogue about the military expansion. This sculpture of Korea, divided by barbed wire, is one of many art pieces that have been made throughout Daechuri as a means of creative nonviolent expression, calling for the government to honor their home.
How is it possible that a middle school can be burned down by a dictatorial military regime?
From education to degradation, living in refuge to living in fear, countless Burmese citizens have had to escape Eastern Burma and hide in the jungle from the military Junta.
Han Lin, Burmese freedom fighter and former teacher exiled from Burma to Ithaca, New York, uses creative non-violent protests by means of long marches, hunger strikes, and performance reenactments to urge the United Nations to send peace keepers to Burma.
This videotaped demonstration outside the United Nations, exhibits how he and his fellow members of the International Campaign for Freedom of Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma, honor their home.
STOP SIGN
FOR ALL INJUSTICE
FOR ALL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
FOR ALL AGGRESSIVE VIOLENCE TOWARDS OTHERS
FOR ANYONE DISPLACING AND DISHONORING MOTHER EARTH OUR HOME.
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We are a small but determined loose-knit group of Burmese exiles and allies from the United States brought together by our shared passion for the Burmese people and our democracy leader, Daw Aung San ...
"How far would you walk to protect the freedom of others?
How many days would you go without food in the name of democracy?
What would you be willing to sacrifice?
The Korean government is currently displacing elderly farmers from their land in order to accommodate the relocation of a U.S....