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No. 2140
(October 18th 2010 Issue)
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Oct. 24th demonstrations (1) The Kan government and the monopoly bourgeoisie scheming to make the working people pay for the economic crisis - Japanese imperialism in its death agony in the midst of the serious confrontation between the US and China - The Kan-led DPJ government desperate to support monopoly corporations - The Japanese monopoly bourgeoisie intent on intensifying their overseas operations and imposing more burdens on workers - Revolutionary, militant workers fighting against the industrial patriotic movement (To continue) [4]  For Oct. 24th demonstrations Fight to concentrate the power of workers and students with the aim of overthrowing the Kan-led Yankee followers' government! Central Students' Orgburo (1) An impending crisis of war in the midst of the confrontation between the US-Japan and China-Russia (2) Japanese imperialism agonizing in the midst of the serious US-China confrontation (The above included in the previous issue) (3) Advance antiwar struggle in the face of the war crisis caused by a clash between US-Japan and China [3] Break the illusion about the Lula-led Brazilian government! Against the DPJ government's 'aggressive policy for agriculture' designed to support monopoly capitalists [5]  'Denounce the Chinese government's move to
obtain possession of the Senkaku Islands!'
An urgent protest by Zengakuren in front
of the Chinese embassy (Oct. 8th) (Pic right above)Kokugakuin University: 300 students rallied against the authority's repression on the cultural festival and the students' association (Pic right) [6] Fight against another offensive against the Hokkaido Teachers' Union by the Liberal Democratic Party and the education ministry/the prefectural board of education! The so-called 'training of teachers with less ability of teaching': Reporting its reality in Ishikawa prefecture Topics The planned revision of the 'Labour Services Temporary Assignment Law': with more loopholes given [7] The 82nd Convention of Jichiro [prefectural/municipal workers' union] The national leadership desperate to support Kan's tottering government [8] Kaleidoscope - Incompetence of the Kan-led Yankee follower government - US forces in Afghanistan: reaping the fruits of 'collateral damages' - The don of Moscow sacked - A bunch of ultranationalists attacking a prefectural branch of the Japanese Teachers' Union TOP |
No. 2139
(October 11th 2010 Issue)
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October 24th antiwar demonstrations (1) An impending crisis of war in the midst of the confrontation between the US-Japan and China-Russia - The Chinese government launching an anti-Japan offensive with the aim of 'possessing' the Senkaku Islands - The Obama administration desperate to intensify its military containment against China! - Collusion between Chinese and Russian leaders, bent on strengthening their nuclear military capabilities to vie with US imperialism (2) Japanese imperialism agonizing in the middle of the serious US-China confrontation - Kan's fragile government intent on coercing the working people into war and poverty in a bid to break the impasse - The official opposition movement in a crisis and struggles by the revolutionary Left (To continue) [3] The 'Venezuelan socialism' on a trial The Burmese junta bent on strengthening its ruling system [4-5] Oppose the Japan Post management introducing a wage system based on 'missions'! - A postal version of the 'mission wage system' - A wage system based on the 'function expected by capitalists' - The change in the wage system to impose more poverty on workers - Denounce the JP workers' union leadership for their full cooperation with the management! The JTU Chief Secretary ordering the members to concentrate on 'proposing better policies as the ruling party' [6] Two years after the deployment of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington to Yokosuka JRCL leaflets for the struggle against the US-Japan military alliance distributed at a local protest rally (Sept. 25th) Block the Kan government from implementing 'wage cuts more than the National Personnel Authority recommendation'! Topics UI Zensen leaders stressing the need for a 'new paradigm of the labour movement' [7] The national education research meeting of the JCP-led Zenkyo teachers' union Criticize the Zenkyo leadership for ordering the members to work 'for pupils' higher achievements and moral education'! [8] Kaleidoscope - A fictitious old Chinese leader on the Senkaku Islands dispute: 'Hu Jintao's action would be enough to make Mao and Zhou turn over in their graves' - The Global Hawk deployed on Guam: a blood-stained unmanned warplane - Medvedev's planned visit to the disputed islands to the North of Hokkaido - Putin reaping the fruits of his foolish welcome to global warming: reaping the worst crop due to a drought TOP |
No. 2138
(October 4th 2010 Issue)
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The danger of war growing in the midst of
the confrontation - The Kan government launching a reactionary offensive to escape a blind alley - Military, political and economic conflicts intensifying between the US and China - Advance the antiwar, anti-Ampo struggle! Denounce the degeneration of the Rengo leadership and the JCP central! [4-5] Japanese imperialism shaken by the yen's steep rise and the deepened recession (1) No way to cope with the yen's rise: towards the 'weakest economy' of the world (2) Japanese imperialists suffering from the decline of its international competitiveness - 'Death agony' from the yen's steep rise - Change to a 'local production for local consumption' system for a breakthrough - Japanese manufacturing monopolies forced to engage in a bitterly fought struggle before a fierce charge by enterprises in emerging economies: in the auto, electric and steel making industries (3) The sunset of the Japanese economy - Kan's fruitless 'strategy for economic growth' - Impossible to roll back against China's formation of a yuan-based economic sphere [2] Zengakuren: the 129 meeting of the Central Committee (Sept. 16th-17th) [6] Labour aristocrats in Jichiro [prefectural/municipal workers' union] pledging a full cooperation in Kan's 'administrative and financial reform' Reporting a demonstration in Tokyo by public workers' unions Deteriorated 'mental health' of Japanese employee residents in foreign countries Topics 'Cut the corporate tax rate!', shouted the chair of the metal workers' union [7] The annual report of the health, labour and welfare ministry, emphasizing the need for a 'positive welfare' The prefectural government of Hokkaido introducing a cloud computing system for administration [8] South African workers struggling against the betrayal by their trade union leaders - A call of the Workers International Vanguard League The Australian government planning to introduce a 'mineral resource rent tax' [3] Kaleidoscope - The Kan government taken in by a decoy in the waters around the Senkaku Islands - The Tea Party: a fake 'grass-roots' movement - The Malaysian principle of 'Bumiputera': to be reviewed for attracting Chinese investments - Chukakuha remnants in Brazil and their day dream TOP |
No. 2137
(September 27th 2010 Issue)
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Fight with the aim of overthrowing - The deepening agony of Japanese imperialism in the middle of the serious confrontation between the US and China - Advance the struggle against war and the military alliance together with the struggle against politico-economic offensives! Overcome the degeneration of the official opposition movement! [4-5] Japanese imperialism shaken by the yen's steep rise and the deepened recession - No way to cope with the yen's rise: towards the 'weakest economy' of the world - Japanese imperialists suffering from its weakened competitiveness (To continue) [2] A mass rally in Kyushu against the construction of another reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Plant (Sept. 11th) Kanazawa University students calling for opposition to the US-South Korean military drills (Sept. 7th, Kanazawa City) Japan's belated launch of a positioning satellite: with no plan independent of the US global positioning system [3] The latest recommendation by the National Personnel Authority: wage cuts for two consecutive years, especially disadvantageous for older workers Mass strikes and demonstrations in European countries [6] Capitalists in the pharmaceutical industry desperate to cope with the '2010 problem' The contents of Rengo's 'new vision' against the working class Topics Only 17 yen: the average increase recommended by the advisory council for the regional minimum wages [7] The background to the issue of 'disappearance of elderly citizens' The Nissan March made in Thai: the most imported model of car to Japan [8] Kaleidoscope - Kan's shaky restart - China's agricultural aggression in Africa - To train policemen: Japan's 'reconstruction assistance' in Afghanistan - A popular Japanese comic artist talking about his wartime experience TOP |
No. 2136
(September 20th 2010 Issue)
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Condemn US and Chinese rulers - Political and military confrontation between US imperialism and China escalated in East Asia - Hu Jintao's China bent on forming a yuan-based economic sphere - Denounce the JCP bureaucrats for their complete abandonment of the anti-military alliance banner [4-5] Expose the deception of the DPJ 'Outlines of Tax Reform'! A plan to impose larger taxation upon the working people in the name of 'tax reform' - Preparations for increase in the consumption tax rate - Simultaneous increase in taxes - An all-out change in the tax and social security systems in the name of a 'comprehensive reform' [2] The City University of Kita Kyushu: active officers of the Self-Defense Forces invited as lecturers The latest version of anti-aircraft carrier ballistic missile introduced by the Chinese military [6] Denounce the rejection by the DPJ government of the compensation for asbestos pollution The Sapporo City authority carrying out the restructuring of its service in the name of the 'screening of administrative works' Successive deaths from overwork in the food service industry' Topics The increasing number of complaints in labour suits: resulted from the inaction of trade unions controlled by labour aristocrats [7] Turkey under the leadership of Erdogan: ambitious to be a regional power in the Middle East (1) To independence from US imperialism and confrontation with Zionist Israel: changes in its foreign policy (2) Attempts to seize the leadership in the formation of an economic sphere of Islamic nations - The planned reconstruction and expansion of the Economic Cooperation Organization - Attempt for overcoming the EU-dependent economy and reorganizing the deformed industrial structure (3) An Islamic reform of the pseudo-democracy based on the 'separation of religion and politics' [8] The reactionary nature of the DPJ government's policy to develop atomic power generation Open advocacy of the promotion of nuclear plant exports and of their new construction seen in its first annual nuclear report [3] Kaleidoscope - An anti-Islamic performance by a fake exorcist in the US - Sufferings of the nomadic people in Europe - A total failure revealed again in the Japanese imperialist development of a 'nuclear fuel cycle' - Desperate attempts of the Japanese government to overcome its successive defeats in the nuclear plant export race TOP |
No. 2135
(September 13th 2010 Issue)
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Condemn US and Chinese rulers - US and Chinese rulers intensifying their military confrontation throughout East Asia - A new development in the tripartite conflict in the world with the rise of China as a decisive impact - Expose the degeneration of JCP bureaucrats who approve the US-Japan military alliance [4-5] The Kan government's plan for 'reform in local government' and its reactionary nature Fight against the attempt to strengthen the neo-fascist ruling system in a softened structure - The Kan government promoting the 'reform in local government' - Forcible promotion of an administrative and financial readjustment in the name of 'local government reform' - 'New publicness': a concept to justify the readjustment - The class nature of the so-called 'strategy for growth on local bases' - An attempt to reorganize and strengthen the neo-fascist ruling system in a softened form [2] 'Oppose the plan to relocate US forces to Tokunoshima Island!' A protest rally of islanders encouraged by Kagoshima University students joining them under the banner against the US-Japan military alliance [3] For the 129th meeting of the Zengakuren Central Committee Expose a manoeuvre of pro-US monarchists under the guise of a 'grassroots movement' [6] The belated first recognition of a death from overwork of an immigrant trainee as 'work-related accident' A fire at an elder care facility in Sapporo: a mere cosmetic countermeasure by the local government Topics The latest Convention of the JCP-led medical workers' union [7] Turkey under the leadership of Erdogan: ambitious to be a regional power in the Middle East - To independence from US imperialism and confrontation with Zionist Israel: changes in its foreign policy - Attempts to seize the leadership in the formation of an Islamic economic sphere [8] - The 'Chinese TV hero': theatrical performances by Premier Wen Jiabao in disaster-stricken areas - Over rare earth: the resource holder with no technology v.s. the technology holder without resources - 65 years after the defeat in war: a radiobroadcasted confession of a dreadful vivisection on a Chinese POW - The JCP: an aftermath of the defeat in the latest elections TOP |
No. 2134
(September 6th 2010 Issue)
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Rise in a fight to overthrow - The Kan government positively responding to the Obama administration in forming an Asia-Pacific version of NATO - The Japanese ruling class and the government suffering from the yen's rise and the recession - The Kan government forcing the working masses to pay for saving monopoly capitalists - Denounce degenerate leaders of the official opposition movement! Rise in struggles against war and politico-economic offensives!  [2] 6 years after the US helicopter crash on the Okinawa International University campus On August 13th, the day of the crash, militant students of the OIU and the University of the Ryukyus held a rally of protest together with local trade union members, with the resolve to remove the Futenma Air Station and to stop the new base construction in Henoko. (Pic right, at the main gate of the US Force headquarters in Okinawa) [4-5] International battles for nuclear plant sales An intensified scramble between Japan, the US, the EU and Russia for the growing markets of emerging and developing economies (Continued from the previous issue) (1) Nuclear plant sales aimed at emerging and developing economies (2) The latest international realignment of monopolies in the nuclear plant industry (3) The trilateral struggle over the nuclear plant export and the intensified scramble for uranium resources [6] Okinawan workers employed for military bases: suffering from intensified labour with no rights, due to the US force reorganization Hotel workers in Okinawa: discarded by capitalists for their survival of the crisis [7] The central leadership of Jichiro [prefectural/municipal workers union] forcing public workers 'to work harder without complaining': Criticize their report on public services! [8] Messages of solidarity to the 48th International Antiwar Assembly (4) International Leninist Trotskyist Faction (FLTI) Now is the time to rally the international forces of revolutionary vanguards! The 'last struggle' by Fidel Castro [3] Kaleidoscope - The flood of the Indus and a US anti-terror operation - The latest developments in South Korea: controversies over the sinking of the warship - The reason why a bribed ex-defence bureaucrat under trial wrote a controversial book - The Metropolitan Police Department bent on developing surveillance cameras TOP |
No. 2133
(August 30th 2010 Issue)
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Break through the war clouds rising from
US-China clashes! - The Obama administration bent on building an Asia-Pacific version of the NATO - The Hu Jintao government having started a military challenge against US imperialism - The Kan-led DPJ government launching a new offensive to force the working people into 'war and poverty' - Denounce the central JCP leadership begging the government to take 'diplomacy for peace'! Advance antiwar, anti-Ampo struggle!
[3] International Antiwar Assembly Regional meetings Expand the revolutionary antiwar struggle all over the world! - The Hokkaido meeting in Sapporo City - The Tokai meeting in Nagoya City - The Kyushu meeting in Fukuoka City [4-5] International battles for nuclear plant sales An intensified scramble between Japan, the US, the EU and Russia for the growing markets of emerging and developing economies (The first of the two-part series) (1) Nuclear plant sales aimed at emerging and developing economies [6] To the 10th Zenkyo meeting for education research: Denounce the JCP-led national leadership for helping the patriot education and meritocracy! Japanese labour aristocrats busy at work on 'prevention of labour dispute' in Asian countries Topics Zenroren, the JCP-led centre of trade unions: its miserable 25th congress in the aftermath of the party's defeat in elections [8] 48th International Antiwar Assembly Messages of solidarity (3) - Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece) - David McReynold (US) - The Union Pacifiste de France - The All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) (Russia) Book Review I was an Imperial soldier 65 years ago [7] Kaleidoscope - A miserable monologue by the JCP chief: 'Give constructive messages to the capitalists' - New Chinese damns to dry international rivers - A new propaganda by the US Forces in Japan: a comic book with cute characters - Miseries in the Niger Delta: oil pollution for 50 years TOP |
No. 2132
(August 23rd 2010 Issue)
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Oppose the competitive military drills - The Obama administration taking advantage of friction between China and ASEAN rulers - Japanese imperialism struggling for survival under the serious confrontation between the US and China - Denounce the central JCP bureaucrats who beg the Kan government to take 'peaceful foreign policies'! [4-5] Hu Jintao's China ambitious to dominate the world economy A headlong rush to dominate the natural resources in the world and to establish a 'yuan-based economic sphere' (Continued from the previous issue.) (1) Ready for actions to confront US imperialism (2) The start of operations for dominating the world economy (3) A headlong rush towards 'yuan's internationalization' and a 'yuan-based economic sphere' (4) Contradictions accumulated inside 'the rising dragon'
[2] The Chair of the Students' Self-Governing Association in Nara Women's University freed from jail! [3] International Antiwar Assembly Regional meetings held in success - The Kansai meeting in Osaka City - The Okinawa meeting in Urasoe City - The Hokuriku meeting in Kanazawa City Students in Okinawa marching on the Futenma base and the US consulate (July 17th) [6] The first meeting of the Rengo leadership with Prime Minister Kan: no word on the consumption tax rate or on the DPJ defeat in the elections The leadership of the JCP-led trade union centre confused over its assessment of the NPT review meeting in New York Topics The first 'dialogue for the government policies' between the employers' federation and the DPJ [8] 48th International Antiwar Assembly Messages of solidarity (2) - Vladimir Pronin (Ukraine) - The Russian Party of Communists - News and Letters Committees (US) - A World to Win (Britain) - Workers International League (US) [7] Kaleidoscope - The US envoy's visit to Hiroshima for the first time after the bombing - Putin's Russia gasping in smoke - At a beer hall in the Czech Republic - Heightened security for the APEC meeting in Yokohama TOP |
No. 2131
(August 9th 2010 Issue)
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International Antiwar Assemblies, a great
success! - Accurate analysis of today's Japanese imperialism struggling for survival under the serious confrontation between the US and China - A voice message from the FLTI calling for international solidarity - Messages of solidarity from foreign organizations and individuals - A comradely tie strengthened with Revolutionary Marxists in Britain - Passionate resolves expressed from labour and student fronts - Let us fight to advance the revolutionary antiwar struggle internationally!  [2] Denounce the US-South Korean joint military exercises! Stop the dispatch of Japanese SDF officers! Zengakuren protest to the Ministry of Defense (July 25th) (Pic right) Condemn the Nara prefectural police for the unjust arrest of the Chair of the Students' Self-Governing Association in Nara Women's University! Marxist Students' League Kansai Regional Committee - Smash the crazy repression! - Fight back against the destructive attack on the militant students' association by means of the fabrication of 'fraud'! - 'Condemn the arrest!' Voices of accusation rising like a flood tide among students and intellectuals [4-5] Hu Jintao's China ambitious to dominate the world economy A headlong rush to dominate the natural resources all over the world and to establish a 'yuan-based economic sphere' (1) Ready for military action to confront US imperialism (2) The latest moves towards the dominance over the world economy
[3] 80th National Congress of Zengakuren (July 21st-23rd) A foothold created for struggles to overcome the war crisis caused by the serious confrontation between the US and China - Confirmation of the significance of the latest struggles to build a base for the coming struggle - Oppose the competitive military exercises between the US-Japan-South Korea and China-Russia! Strengthen our struggle against the US-Japan military alliance! (Pic right upper) Kokugakuin University: the Students' Assembly on July 10th Aichi University: the All-Students' Meeting adopts demands on the school authority (June 10th) (Pic right lower) [6] Monopoly capitalists abolish 'family allowances' to employees under the pretext of 'child benefits' from the treasury The JCP-supported Zenroren leaders' remarks on the Kan government's 'strategy for economic growth': just begging the government to take 'appropriate measures' for it A deceptive 'regularization' of temporary workers in a Fukuoka-based commercial bank: same, or worse, conditions as before Topic The increasing number of deaths and injuries of temporary workers from industrial accidents [7] The Kitakyushu City authority dares to appeal to the Supreme Court against the lower court judgement that the city's cuts in livelihood assistance to aged people is illegal Japan Post Co.: A grand failure in the new system of parcel delivery [8] 48th International Antiwar Assembly Speeches by Revolutionary Marxists in Britain - 'The working class needs a new leadership.' - 'If we all fight together, then Comrade Kuroda will live on in our struggles.' Messages of solidarity (1) - Tavini Huiraatira No Te Ao Maohi (Liberation Front of Polynesia) - Russian Communist Workers Party - Revolutionary Party of Communists * There will be no issue of Kaihoh next week. TOP |
