KPA, ‘A new hope for Progressive Front’
“Striving for the victory of the people”
Jo Tae-Geun
△The KPA founding ceremony on 9 Jan ⓒVOP
The Korea Progressive Alliance, ‘a new hope for the progressive front’ has been founded on 9 Jan in Bakbum Memorial Hall.
The KPA declared in its statement that “we founded the KPA to give a new hope to the people by concentrating all achievements of the progressive movements. And we will strive for unifying the front to struggle against conservatives.”
It also stressed that “we will overcome simple solidarity among various social movements to pursue universal value of our time such as anti neoliberalism, peace and anti-Americanism and struggle for people’s democracy.”
The particiants who represent each mevement are the following figures.
Cho Jun-Hoo, chairman of the Korean Confederation of the Trade Unions, Moon Kyung-Sik, chairman of the Korean Peasants League, Moon Sung-Hyun, leader of the Korean Democratic Labor Party, Yoon Geum-Soon, chief of the National Women’s Alliance, Jung Kwang-Hoon, chief of the People’s Alliance, Oh Jong-Ryal, chief of the National Democracy and People’s Alliance, Rev. Han Sang-Ryel, chief of the Reunification Alliance.
△The KPA founding ceremony on 9 Jan ⓒVOP
Oh Jong-Ryel from NDPA said “we’re on the point launching the KPA which many senior activists in labor, reunification, democracy movements have dreamed of. This is the place where we confirm our goals which are smashing the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, and achieving peace, reunification and indepenence.”
Oh also defined the victory of the people as founding independent regime by the people and achieving nation’s reunification. And he added that he will give his life for unity of the progressive movement and the victory of the people.
The KCTU chaiman Cho said “it is honored to be a party of the KPA with 800,000 members of the KCTU. We will strive for the victory of the people.”
2007-01-11 ⓒThe Voiceofpeople