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“Korea Is Not a War Base: Dispatches from the 2026 Jaju Solidarity Brigade“
Date/Time: Sunday, November 22, 3 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)
Location: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Register here (also available on-site).
Few people understand that the United States militarily occupies the Korean peninsula to this day. In August, twenty-six antiwar and anti-imperialist organizers, artists, media workers, and educators traveled across South Korea as part of the first-ever Jaju Solidarity Brigade. They protested outside U.S. bases, visited sites of military atrocities, and learned from local organizers about grassroots resistance against the ongoing U.S. occupation and the impacts of the unending Korean War. This reportback features brigade members from Nodutdol, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Hui Aloha ‘Āina O Hilo, and the Korea Policy Institute who took will speak about the movement against U.S. occupation and the urgency of solidarity with the Korean people’s movement for sovereignty and self-determination.
Teo Min is an organizer and a member of Nodutdol based in the Bay Area. Chrisley Carpio is a member of the Central Committee of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and had the honor of representing the FRSO on the Jaju Solidarity Brigade in South Korea. Puaʻena Ahn is a member of the Hilo Branch of Hui Aloha ʻĀina, which translates to the Hawaiian Patriotic League. Christine Hong sits on the board of the Korea Policy Institute and teaches at UC Santa Cruz where she organized alongside students for ethnic studies and directs the Center for Racial Justice.
