NYC, Nov. 21: “Red Dawn” is War Propaganda; Korea Wants Peace!

Wed., Nov. 21, 5:00 PM, Times Square

We will assemble in front of :

Regal Stadium 13 Movie Theater
247 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
 
ON NOV. 21st the film “Red Dawn” will be released in theaters throughout the United States. This film is vile, racist, war propaganda and must be opposed by all progressive minded people.

THE FILM IS A REMAKE of a 1980s movie of the same name, made to justify U.S. murder in Latin America. While the U.S. funded death squads in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and elsewhere, this Hollywood fantasy portrayed the U.S. as being in danger of invasion by Cuba and the Soviet Union. The original film was the favorite of fascists like Timothy McVeigh and David Duke.

THIS NEW VERSION of the film has chosen the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as a target. It portrays the Koreans are brutal invaders of the U.S., and people in the U.S. fighting them. The exact opposite is the reality.

DURING THE KOREAN WAR, millions of Korean people were murdered by U.S. imperialism. In the North, every building above one story in height was bombed. The U.S. military committed horrific atrocities, burning people alive, as well as raping and slaughtering civilians. The U.S. even threatened to drop five atomic bombs on China because they dared come to the aid of the Korean people.

FOR DECADES THE U.S. supported the brutal dictatorship of Syngman Rhee in South Korea who murdered his people en masse, backed up by U.S. troops and millions of dollars in foreign aid. U.S. troops still occupy South Korea. There have been mass protests against the U.S. military bases, but still they remain. Labor unions in South Korea are violently suppressed. Many people in South Korea are in prison simply for advocating peace with their northern countryfolk.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHERN HALF of the Korean Peninsula has no desire to invade the United States. They are seeking to re-unite their country and remove the foreign invaders. The Korean Workers Party, a revolutionary communist organization, leads the country, and it has ensured housing and jobs for all the people. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, its major trading partner, it had a booming socialist economy with a higher standard of living than most Asian countries. The Workers' Party adheres to the principles of anti-imperialism, socialism and independence laid down by its founder, Kim Il Sung. Kim is still revered by the Korean people for leading the struggles against Japanese colonial occupation and U.S. imperialism.

FILMS SUCH AS RED DAWN are designed to justify U.S. military spending. While schools, food stamps, financial aid, and other programs people depend on are being cut, the U.S. has the largest military budget of any country on earth. Military corporations make trillions of dollars from manufacturing the tanks, fighter planes, and drones used to threaten and murder people around the world.

Join us in making clear: “RED DAWN IS WAR PROPAGANDA! KOREA WANTS PEACE!”