Source: unison.org.uk

As we wrap up the first half of 2022 and prepare for the second half, the ISC wants to work with you to take a leap forward in the international solidarity movement.

To expand our capacity, the ISC will keep studying.

To find a way forward, we need to keep studying to understand and analyze today’s reality. Rather than study in isolation, we must study and discuss together to form the basis for common action. Thus, the ISC is planning to create study groups with you on topics such as politics, economy, history, philosophy.

To change society, the ISC will put knowledge into action.

If the knowledge we acquire ends in us, our vision for a better society will never be realized. We can only make a difference when we put our knowledge into practice. Thus, we will create a space for action and discussion in our daily lives and ISC activities.

To develop power and influence for social change, the ISC will keep expanding our membership through greater solidarity activities.

To make change, we need greater power and influence. Our power and influence grows as more and more of us share a common vision we are willing to fight for and build. If you are interested in the ISC’s activities, please support us as a member.

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The ISC’s bookclub on “‘A Disability History of the United States” studies and discusses the history of discrimination and struggle in Korea and the United States. In our first online and offline meeting on July 9, we looked into how, in North America, the meaning of disability changed from that of indigenous communities to that of the late 1800s; and how, in South Korea, the disability movement fought against discrimination from 1960s to 1990s. Our next meeting will be on July 30.

On July 16, the International Strategy Center participated on the 23rd Seoul Queer Parade at Seoul Plaza. We created pickets with quotes and photos of queer and trans organizers and activists from around the world. Despite the unexpected downpour and being surrounded by anti-Queer Parade demonstrations, ISC members came out to express solidarity with the LGBTQ+ movement.

ISC opens a members political school twice a year. In our first school, we shared and discussed the current state and tasks for the international solidarity and Korean social movements, and the ISC's vision. It was a space for all the members to gather our energies as we ready to passionately move forward in the second half of 2022.