🎈Today marks the 107th anniversary of the beginning of the Samiljeol / March 1 Movement for Korean independence from Japanese colonial rule. On this day, we honor our martyrs and their legacy of struggle against colonialism.
With the continued presence of the US military in the ROK and the ongoing occupation of Palestine, we must let our ancestors inspire us to continue our fight for liberation.
TEACH IN: Join us tomorrow to learn more about Samiljeol and global anti-imperial struggle!
⏰Mon 3/2 7:30-8:30pm PST
📍In-person: UC Berkeley (Dwin 179)
💻Virtual: DM @koreans4decolonization for link
K4D Reed statement on the shooting of Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras Thursday, January 8th. Get educated, get organized! Register for the next Migra watch training at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k6gUL-ZORV-RkQLik19rzQ#/registration
📌RSVP: tinyurl.com/k4djuche
This Monday, we are hosting a teach-in from 6:30-8 about the origins and evolution of the political philosophy of Juche. Please join us if you are interested in learning more about the DPRK and Juche!
⏰Mon 11/3 6:30-8pm PST
📍In-person at UC Berkeley + Online
👯Attend with RSVP
See you there!🫶
Join BAYAN Oregon & Koreans 4 Decolonization @ Reed for a screening of Palayain! The Filipino People’s Fight for Peace: Act 1.
In May 2024, representatives of BAYAN USA and other allies conducted a peace mission in the Philippines to investigate the historical and ongoing impacts of US militarism and economic plunder on Filipino peasants, farmers, indigenous fisherfolk, women, people of faith, and youth. As a result of the mission, organizers created the documentary: “Palayain! The Filipino People’s Fight for Peace” to share their experiences with the broader public. Join us on Tuesday to learn more about the ongoing struggle for Filipino sovereignty and independence and how this fight is interconnected with anti-imperialist struggles around the world!
Date: Tuesday, October 28
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
RSVP: tinyurl.com/BAYANXK4D
Suggested ticket donation $5-15
This event is hosted by BAYAN Oregon and Koreans 4 Decolonization. BAYAN is a multi-sectoral alliance of Filipino organizations including Filipino migrant workers, women, youth, students, and artists. BAYAN fights for national sovereignty and genuine democracy in the Philippines and takes up the rights and welfare of Filipinos overseas in Oregon. K4D is a collective of Korean diasporic youth and students dedicated to resisting US imperialism and supporting the liberation of Korea and of all colonized people around the world through political education, community engagement, and providing an organizing home on Turtle Island for the Korean community.
Today, we honor Victoria Lee, a beloved daughter, sister, friend, and artist.
“Above all. Victoria had an immense love for life. It was conveyed through her art, her love for her corgie Beau, her passion for learning more about herself and the world around her. and her excitement for what the next day would bring. even during hardship”
‼️Join @k4dreed and @portlanddsa on October 10th from 5–7 PM to learn about Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a permanent resident who was detained by ICE at SFO airport on July 21st‼️
We’ll start with a Training the Trainer workshop for Know Your Rights Trainings led by DSA’s Immigrant Justice Working Group. Followed by a political situationer of Will Kim that will cover who he is, the falsified reasons of his detainment, and the inhumane conditions he has been kept in. We will close with a letter-writing session for Will Kim, materials will be provided.
Register for location: /reedletterwriting
Free Will Kim! Abolish 🧊!
ICYMI 5 things we learned at the Migrants Over Profit Community Study:
1. Trump may have lost the 2020 election, but he and his funders spent the last 4 years organizing a fascist base to be ready and developing a program for fascism, Project 2025. Now more than ever, we as a mass movement need to be more organized than the 1%.
2. GeoGroup and CoreCivic are for profit prison corporations that make a 83% profit in detaining, torturing, and deporting migrants at the NW Detention Center. These 2 groups donated $2.8bil to Trump’s campaign. Trump’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, used to lobby for GeoGroup. This cruel alliance is a symptom of the privatization of services and the protection of profits at all costs, a part of the neoliberal economic framework and fascist politics.
3. Earlier this year, ICE detained Yunseo Chung, a Korean permanent resident and student participant of pro-Palestine demonstrations. Tita Maria, a Filipina migrant worker based in Portland, is still fighting back against her extreme exploitation and isolation at the hands of an Oregon based carehome owner. We must connect the mass detentions of immigrant workers, to the deportations of students organizing and mobilizing, to the same exploitative systems that profit off the US’ neo-colonies and undocumented labor.
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In Tacoma, WA, a monopoly corporation named GeoGroup is profiting off of detaining migrants. Pam Bondi, Trump’s Secretary of State, is a former GeoGroup lobbyist. How did we get here, and how do we change this?
Join ILPS for an educational discussion to deepen our understanding of this political moment and its historical, social, and economic roots, and to plug into ongoing campaigns to defend and release migrants and support their families.
⛓️💥September 26, 6-9pm
⛓️💥Register for location: tinyurl.com/migrantsoverprofit
En Tacoma, WA, una corporación monopolista llamada GeoGroup está sacando beneficio de la detención de migrantes. Pam Bondi, la Secretaria de Estado de Trump, es una ex cabildera de GeoGroup. ¿Cómo llegamos hasta aquí, y cómo podemos esta situación?
Únase con ILPS para una discusión educativa para profundizar nuestro entendimiento de este momento político y sus raíces históricas, sociales, y económicas, y para involucrarse en las campañas actuales para defender y liberar a los migrantes y apoyar a sus familias.
⛓️💥El 26 de Septiembre, 6-9pm
⛓️💥Regístrese para la ubicación: tinyurl.com/migrantsoverprofit
Sa Tacoma, WA, isang monopolyo na korporasyon na nagngangalang GeoGroup ang kumikita sa pagkulong sa mga migrante. Si Pam Bondi, ang Kalihim ng Estado ni Trump, ay dating lobbyist ng GeoGroup. Paano tayo napunta rito, at paano natin babaguhin ito?
Sumali sa ILPS para sa isang pang-edukasyong talakayan upang palalimin ang ating pag-unawa sa kasalukuyang sitwasyong pampulitika at ang mga ugat nito sa kasaysayan, lipunan, at ekonomiya, at upang makasali sa mga patuloy na kampanya para ipagtanggol at palayain ang mga migrante at suportahan ang kanilang mga pamilya.
⛓️💥Setyembre 26, 6-9pm
⛓️💥 Magrehistro para sa lokasyon: tinyurl.com/migrantsoverprofit
WOW! Summer 2025 was quite epic to say the least for K4D national ⚡️We’re so grateful to everyone who showed up and shared their energy with us. Here is a look back at some of our favorite moments❣️Also if you want to get organized with us…email us @ [email protected] 🙈🙈
TOOJENG 4EVER❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
XO,
Koreans 4 Decolonization
On September 1, we held a rally at Robson Square in so-called "Vancouver, BC" marking 102nd anniversary of Kantō Massacre, a brutal massacre of 6000 Koreans and 800 Chinese and those mistaken to Koreans. This is a joint statement from Haebang Collective and Koreans 4 Decolonization at Reed.
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Join Koreans 4 Decolonization @ Reed College on September 2nd from 5-6 PM to hold a vigil and reading translated testimonies from survivors of the 1923 Kantō massacre together.
Following the Great Kantō Earthquake on September 1st, Japanese military, police, and vigilante groups massacred over 6,000 Koreans, alongside more than 800 Chinese, Ryukyuan/Okinawan, Burakumin, and individuals mistaken to be Korean or other ethnic minorities.
This is an open event and we invite all students and community members to attend. We will be meeting at 5PM in front of Eliot Hall, facing the Great Lawn, and then we will be walking out onto the grass, feel free to bring something to sit on.
‼️TW‼️ Be aware that the content of the testimonies is graphic and disturbing.
