Weekly Kaihoh / Liberation
back issues English home


No. 2800
(New Year Issue, 2024)

Fight for a revolutionary overturn of
the dark world!


Shatter Putin's war! Smash the military buildup! Stop the constitutional revision!
Workers and students rose in a united action in Tokyo, June 18th, 2023.

Let us advance under the banner of anti-imperialism, anti-Stalinism!
I. Wars and fascism raging in today's world
A. War, oppression and mass murder
- The genocide of the Palestinians by the Zionist regime: aimed to exterminate Gaza
- Putin frantic to expand the Russian occupation of Ukraine
- An imminent crisis of war over the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan
- Poverty and starvation imposed on people
B. The world entering the New Year amid a head-on clash between the US vs. China and Russia
- The decline of the militarist empire of America
- The neo-Stalinist state of China, shaken by a grave economic crisis
- Putin-headed Russia: rushing to the 'restoration of the Great Russian Empire'
- The Global South: banding together and defying
II. Promote antiwar struggles and politico-economic struggles powerfully!
A. Fight for an upsurge of struggles against Israel's genocide of Gazans and Putin's war!
B. For victory in the 2024 spring labour offensive! Don't allow the cutting of social security services! No to the strengthening of expropriation targeted at the toiling masses!
C. Bring down the Kishida-led Japanese-type neo-fascist government!
- Disband the Japanese Communist Party, a Stalinist party on the verge of disintegration!
III. For a huge step forward in the anti-Stalinist revolutionary movement
A. Our struggles in 2023
- Promoted the Ukraine antiwar struggle
- Held the JRCL public political meeting, which marked the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Revolutionary Marxist Faction
- Rose in a fight against Israel's military invasion of Gaza
- Fought against the Kishida-led Japanese government's massive military build-up and reactionary moves to enforce the constitutional revision
- Zengakuren fought back against the wartime law-type offensive aimed to destroy students' self-governing associations
B. Turn the age of war and fascism into a 'century of revolution'!
- The origin from which the anti-Stalinist movement was created

[5]
'Bring down the reactionary Kishida government!'

Zengakuren rose in action for two consecutive days

December 12th-13th, Tokyo

In front of the Prime Minister's Office, Dec. 13th
'Bring down Kishida!' Militant students issued a resolute declaration.



In front of the Diet Building, December 12th
'Stop the passage of the revised National University Corporation Law!' Zengakuren fought, denouncing the JCP for abandoning protests.


'No to the destruction of the students' association in Aichi University!'
Voices of opposition echoing around the country


The festival of 'students' autonomy and culture' held in success
Kokugakuin University
Nov. 4th-6th, Tokyo
- A lecture meeting against Israel's barbarities
- The students' conference for the festival adopted a resolution in solidarity with Aichi University students: 'Withdraw the Aichi University authority's decision to derecognize the students' association and expel student leaders'

Kagoshima University Festival invited Aichi Univ. students
Sounding an alarm bell for a 'new prewar period'
November 10th-12th, Kyushu

[6-7] A New Year's cartoon
Sink the rulers to the bottom by the united power of working people!


The banners raised in the lower part reading:
- No to the nuclear arms race between US imperialism and China / Russia!
- Shatter Russia's aggression in Ukraine! Crush Putin's war!
- Russian people, down with Putin! Working people all over the world, stand up in antiwar struggle!
- Overthrow the Kishida government! Fight against the constitutional revision and the military build-up!
- Stop the genocide in Gaza!
- Denounce the massacres of Palestinians!
- Fight for a victory in the 2024 spring labour offensive! Win a big, across-the-board wage hike!

[8-9]
The world economy of today revealing grave decay amid the US-China confrontation

'De-globalization' and intensified economic battles

(A) The structural crisis of the world economy is deepening amid the brisk appearance of the money market
(B) The Biden administration is desperate to create US-led supply chains excluding China while the Xi leadership is bent on mounting counteroffensives
- Attempts to reorganize international supply chains with the Global South as their hubs
(C) China and BRICS countries pose challenges to the US dollar system
(D) The 'market socialist country' of China is suffering the collapse of a real-estate bubble

[10-11] New Year's resolutions (Part 1)
The Okinawa Prefectural Committee
The Hokkaido Regional Committee
The Kyushu Regional Committee

The Prefectural / Municipal Workers Committee
The Postal Workers Committee
The Traffic and Transport Workers Committee
The Chemical Industrial Workers Committee
The Electric Industrial Workers Committee

[12]
Struggles in 2023
Condemn the genocide!' Outcries of militants reverberating through the country
(top, right)
Zengakuren marching on the Israeli and the US Embassies, Nov. 8, Tokyo
(second from top, right) 'Denounce the genocide in Gaza!' Students from the Kansai region holding a protest demonstration, Nov. 18, Osaka
(third from top, right) 'Stop the full-scale attack on Gaza!' Antiwar workers and students marching in the main street in Fukuoka, Oct. 22, Kyushu
(third from top, centre) Zengakuren delegation raising their fists in anger at Israel's genocide, Oct. 20, in front of the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo
(fourth from top, right) Militants protesting against Biden's support for Israeli genocide in Gaza, at the US Consulate General in Sapporo, Oct. 30, Hokkaido

Flared the flames of the Ukraine antiwar struggle, and the protests against the massive military buildup and the revision of the Constitution
(top, left)
'Bring down the Kishida government!' 'Denounce the revision of the National University Corporation Law!' Students rose in protest action, Dec. 13, in front of the PM's Office, Tokyo
(second from top, left) 'Crush Putin's war!' 'Stop the constitutional revision! Smash Ampo!'
Antiwar militants from the Tokai Region marching, June 18, Nagoya
(fourth from top, centre) 'No to the massive military buildup! No to Russia's aggression in Ukraine!' Kanazawa Univ. students staging a demo in a busy street, April 27, Kanazawa

Fightbacks against the fortification of the Southwest Islands
(third from bottom, left)
Workers, citizens and students blocking the transport of SDF vehicles, Nov. 10, Nakagusuku port, Okinawa
(second from bottom, left) Over 10,000 rallied against rearmament, Okinawa People's Peace Rally in Naha, Nov. 23, Okinawa
(bottom, centre) A protest rally in solidarity with the Peace Rally in Okinawa, Nov. 23, in front of the Diet Building, Tokyo
(bottom, left) 'Don't let the government subrogate the procedures for US base construction!' An emergency demonstration on sea, Oct. 28, Henoko, Okinawa

The JRCL public political meeting, marking the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Revolutionary Marxist Faction of the JRCL
(bottom, right)
Over 1,300 workers and students from across the country made an unflinching resolve to advance the anti-Stalinist revolutionary movement, Sep. 24, Matsudo


TOP




No. 2799
(December 18th 2023 Issue)

Bring down the reactionary Kishida government
bent on taking a major offensive against working people!

Stop Israel's genocide! Down with the Kishida government!
Militant students in the metropolitan area rose up, together with 1500 workers, citizens and Palestinians,
in front of the Diet Building, December 10th

[2]
Smash the revision of the National University Corporation Law!

Stop the government and the Education Ministry from taking neo-fascistic control of and holding sway over universities

The Japan Marxist Student League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)
- The government and the Education Ministry are scheming to make universities bases of military research
- No to the neo-fascistic reorganization of universities!
-- Oppose the reactionary offensive of the Aichi University authorities aimed to destroy students' association!
-- Let us advance the fight-back by combining it with antiwar struggles!

(pic)
Militant students raising slogans against the revision of the National University Corporation Law, in front of the Diet Building, December 10th


[3]
Palestine: protest actions against the genocide


Osaka
November 29th
Students of the Kansai region expressed their indignation in the forefront of protesters in front of the US Consulate General
(pic)




Fukuoka
November 25th
'Denounce Israel's massive attacks on Gaza!'
JRCL appealed in the centre of the city (pic)


Denounce the US forces' Osprey crash!
Stop the GSDF's deployment of Ospreys in Saga Airport!


Fukuoka December 1st
Antiwar workers in Fukuoka rose to express anger at the Kyushu Defence Bureau, Fukuoka
(pic)


Kobe Univ. students fought for a militant upsurge of a workers and citizens' rally held simultaneously with a mass peace rally in Okinawa

Osaka November 23rd
(pic)


Stop the construction of a high-level radioactive waste disposal site!

Horonobe
Hokkaido, November 23rd
Militant students, together with workers and farmers, held a demonstration (pic)


[4-5] Special
Stop Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza!

Now is the time to promote antiwar struggles with all our might

- Nakba: the origin of the Palestinian issues
- Crimes repeatedly committed by the Stalinist Soviet Union
- Palestine Liberation Organization: its degeneration and betrayal
- Hamas' struggles for the liberation of Palestine
- What is Zionism?
- US policies towards the Middle East

A chronological table of Palestinian history: 1915-2023

[6]
The reactionary nature of the 'drastic reform' of public service workers' personnel and wage systems

The meaning of the 2023 National Personnel Authority's 'recommendation and report'
- A reform of personnel and wage systems aimed to rebuild the systems of government offices
- Denounce the recommendation of ultra-low wage raises!

[7]
A 'leading agricultural power' is importing mass amounts of food
The Xi government unable to overcome the structural weakness of Chinese agriculture

Don't exploit and abuse foreign workers under the Technical Internship Program as 'easily disposable labour-power'
!

[8]
A list of main articles published in Kaihoh in 2023

TOP




No. 2798
(December 11th 2023 Issue)

Condemn the Netanyahu regime's military attack
on the whole area of the Gaza Strip!

For a militant upsurge of the 2024 spring labour offensive!
Denounce the Rengo leadership for being immersed in
the 'government, labour and management consultation that aims for industrial reorganization'!
- Basic consensus-building within the tripartite consultation: wage restraints and the need to weed out 'unproductive' small enterprises
--
Workers groaining under low wages and intenisified labour
- Denounce the Rengo leadership's ultra-low wage hike demand!
- Win a big, across-the-board wage hike!
- Create an upsurge of antiwar struggle from the labour front!

[2]
Anger exploded at the fortification of the Southwest Islands

Over 10,000 workers, students and residents rallied with a resolve to fight out antiwar struggle

Okinawa People's Peace Rally in Naha
November 23rd
---------------------

'Stop the reclamation work in Henoko!
2,000 protesters gathered in solidarity with the Peace Rally in Okinawa
Action in front of the Diet Building
Tokyo, November 23rd
------------------------


'Stop genocide!' 'Don't attack Gaza!'

Voices of protest reverberated through the main streets

An emergency demonstration in Shinjuku
Tokyo, November 29th
---------------------

[3]

No to the fortification of the Southwest Islands!
Shatter the US-Japan global military alliance!

Stop the reclamation work in Henoko!

The Japan Marxist Student League (RMF) Okinawa Prefectural Committee

- The Kishida government is about to forcibly resume the reclamation work
- The danger of the outbreak of a thermonuclear war is mounting in East Asia
- Let us fight resolutely by overcoming the JCP's abandonment of opposition to the US-Japan military alliance!

[4]
Denounce the JCP leadership for abandoning the organization of struggles against Israeli attacks on Gaza!

A. 'Break the chain reaction of violence'!? No sympathy with fighting Palestinians
B. Assisting the 'diplomatic efforts' of the US and the Japanese governments
C. Negating the Palestinian struggle for liberation

[5]
Postal workers' struggle in the busiest yearend and New Year period

Fight back against the imposition of extremely intensified labour by the management!


Topics

Denouncing neither Netanyahu nor Biden nor Kishida, the Rengo leadership suppresses union members' antiwar movements

[6]
Putin's atrocious rule in the occupation area: Ukrainians are mobilized for war


Russia has embarked on the building of a nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso

The Japanese government is manoeuvring to abolish the NTT Law


TOP


No. 2797
(December 4th 2023 Issue)

Break through the danger of a thermonuclear war erupting
in the Korean peninsula, in East Asia!

Stop the reclamation work in Henoko!
Don't make the Southwest Islands a military fortress!

November 23rd, in front of the Diet Building

- North Korea's launch of a military satellite: the danger of war mounting
- The situation in East Asia is undergoing a violent change
- Smash the Kishida government's massive military buildup, constitutional revision and the strengthening of the US-Japan military alliance!

Stop the revision of the National University Corporation Law!
Zengakuren fought bitterly against the passage of the bill

------------------------
November 17th, in front of the Diet Building

[2-3]
Angry protesters raised their fists at Israel's genocide of the Palestinians


Sapporo
November 19th
- Zengakuren students and antiwar youths gathered from all over Hokkaido to rise in an emergency action
- Protesters marched on the US consulate general

Kobe
November 11th
- Kobe Univ. and Nara Women's Univ. students thrust their angry fists at the Israeli honorary consul's office in Kobe
- 'Denounce Israel's all-out attacks on Gaza!' Militant students called on workers and citizens in a busy street

Nagoya
November 19th
'Denounce Israeli forces' attack on Shifa Hospital!'
- Militant workers and students joined a mass rally in the afternoon
- 'Gaza Emergency Action in Nagoya' in the evening: A Nagoya Univ. student's remark evoked an enthusiastic response

-----Nagoya
------November 12th--
- 'Stop killing Palestinians!' Workers, students and citizens condemned Netanyahu in a mass rally

Osaka
November 18th
----
- 'Stop the genocide in Gaza!' 1,000 protesters demonstrated in downtown Osaka
- 'Denounce Zionists' atrocities!' Militant students enthusiastically called on protesters

Kanazawa
November 17th
- JRCL called on workers and citizens to denounce Israel's brutalities

[4]
United Automobile Workers' long-term strikes: Workers achieved big wage increases

- Tenacious 'stand-up strikes' led workers to victory
- A life-or-death struggle for the organization of UAW
- A major turning point for the American labour movement

[5]
Ultra-low wages, long working hours, with trade unions destroyed
Hard struggles of bus workers in Hokkaido

- Contemptible union-busting: The management nurtured a second union in Hakodate
- Workers got wage increases by going on strike in Chitose
- Many bus drivers are leaving their jobs; bus routes are discontinued or reduced in succession
- Let us win a big, across-the-board wage increase! A radical reform of working conditions!

Topics
The JCP bureaucrats are petitioning the very invaders and G-7 rulers to make efforts for 'cease-fire negotiations'

Haiku Poems
Ukrainians, Palestinians, we stand by you

[6]
Rotational deployment of ASDF fighter aircraft

The Kishida government has launched out on the deployment of Japanese troops in Australia

'2023 SDF's joint excise'
A large-scale US-Japan field training exercise conducted on an emergency footing
involving the use of civilian airports and port facilities

A joint military exercise between the US, Japanese, Australian and Canadian navies conducted simultaneously in the name of a MSDF exercise

TOP


No. 2796
(November 27th 2023 Issue)

Stop the Netanyahu regime's genocide of
the Palestinians in Gaza!

- Condemn the Israeli forces' attacks on hospitals and refugee camps!
- The Biden-led US administration supports the Zionists' atrocities
- Denounce the JCP bureaucrats for begging Kishida to adopt 'diplomacy that accords with the international law'!
- Advance the Ukraine antiwar struggle powerfully!



'Denounce Israeli troops' plunge into Shifa Hospital!'
900 angry workers, students and citizens marched on the Israeli Embassy

Stop! Genocide Youth Action
Tokyo, November 17th
--------------
Students bringing a breath of militant air into the protest
action in front of the Israeli Embassy

[2]
Denounce the Aichi Univ. authorities' decision on the 'nonrecognition' of the students' self-governing association and the 'indefinite suspension of the offering of facilities'!

The Japan Marxist Student League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)
The MSL (RMF)
Tokai Regional Committee
Smash, with the full power of Zengakuren, the notorious, pre-war Japanese militarist repressive law-like attempts to destroy students' self-governing associations and circle activities!









[3]
No to the revision of the National University Corporation Law!

Don't allow the drastic tightening of state controls on national universities by the government / the education ministry!

- Let us fight resolutely under the banner 'No to the neo-fascist reorganization of universities!'
---------------
'Stop the reactionary revision!'
Zengakuren fighting against the passage of the bill

In front of the Diet Building, November 17th

[4-5]
To Lotta Comunista:
 Stop defending Putin!

I. 'The workers must not defend the borders of nations'?!
II. Heaping abuses on Ukrainians fighting the war in reality
III. An outrageous interpretation of Marx's words, 'The workers have no country'
IV. 'Let's shred the old national issues'?!
V. Irresponsible, empty commentary on a state of affairs
VI. Lack of commitment to confrontation with Stalinism

Topics
The consultation between the government, labour and management on November 15th
Rengo Chairwoman Yoshino said light-heartedly that thoughts of the three were conveyed to each other in the tripartite consultation


Rengo Ishikawa workers' rally in Kanazawa
Militant and revolutionary workers strived to make an upsurge in the 'autumn and year-end labour offensive'
November 2nd
Workers expressed rage at the treachery of the labour aristocrats

[6]
'No to the US-Japan joint military exercise!'

Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students staged a sit-in with workers and citizens in Naka-gusuku port
Blocking transport vehicles in front of a Ground SDF post in Katsuren

November 10th, Okinawa
 
Naka-gusuku port  In front of a Ground SDF post in Katsuren



Fukuoka
'Denounce the Israeli raid into Gaza! Stop the Japanese government's massive military buildup and constitutional revision!'
JRCL made an ardent call to rise against Netanyahu's massacre in Gaza
November 3rd Constitution Day rally in Fukuoka








'Condemn the genocide of the Palestinian people!'

Kanazawa Univ. students strived to make a militant upsurge in a Constitution Day rally

Kanazawa, November 3rd

'Denounce Israel's genocide!' Militant students chanting slogans Students demonstrating with workers and citizens

TOP




Denounce Israel’s massive attack on Gaza!
Stop the Genocide against Palestinian people!


See the full text.




No. 2795
(November 20th 2023 Issue)

Stop the massacre in Gaza!
Zengakuren marched on the Israeli and American Embassies

Militants showered angry denunciations
Novemver 8th, Tokyo

- Students levelled vehement condemnation against the Zionist regime
- 'No to the G-7 foreign ministers' conference!' Students yelled full of fighting spirit
- Stop Israel's brutalities! Rise in antiwar struggle!
(pic above left) 'Smash Israel's genocide! No to Japan's constitutional revision! Stop the new US base construction in Okinawa!' Marching along the government district
(pic above right) Zengakuren students raising shouts of denunciations at the Israel Embassy

[2-3] Voices of condemnation against the genocide resounding all over Japan

4,000 angry protesters rallied in front of the Diet Building
Anti-constitutional revision action in Tokyo, November 3rd

(pic left) 'Denounce the genocide! Stop Japan's military buildup!' Militant students fighting in the van of workers and citizens


 (1) (2)
(pic 1) Students also denouncing the Aichi University authorities' move to expel antiwar students from the university.

(pic 2) Rally participants intently reading a pamphlet issued by militant students.









'Stop the genocide in Gaza!
'
Two urgent actions in the midtown area, Tokyo November 5th and10th
(pic below left) Spirited students holding the banner 'Condemn Israel's genocide!' (Nov. 10th)
(pic below right) Students demonstrating with workers and citizens (Nov. 5th)




Vigorous students striving in the forefront of 5,000 demonstrators
'No to constitutional revision' rally in Osaka
November 3rd
Students' call to denounce Israel's raids on Gaza evoked sympathetic response from workers and citizens
(pic below left) Marchers responding to students' ardent calls to denounce Israeli forces
(pic below right) 5,000 protesters voiced their condemnation of the Netanyahu regime

Angry fists thrust at the US Consulate in Fukuoka October 30th
JRCL's leaflet evoked favourable responses among workers and citizens
(pic left) 'Denounce Biden for giving aid to Netanyahu!' Antiwar workers resolutely rose in protest action


Don't let the government subrogate the execution of stipulated procedures! Stop the reclamation work!'
1,800 workers, students and residents gathered against the US base construction in Henoko, November 5th, Okinawa


(pic left) Condemn the genocide in Gaza!


[4]
A business tie-up with Yamato Transport
Japan Post management plans to impose tremendously increased amount of parcel sorting and delivery on workers
Denounce the union leadership's total collaboration with the management! Fight back against the extreme intensification of labour!

[5]
Topics

The Kishida government has been pouring colossal amount of subsidy into semiconductor manufacturers and other big monopolies

Fukushima Nuclear Power Station
Don't allow the slipshod disposal of radioactively contaminated sludge

The plan to decommission nuclear reactors in forty years: already bankrupt
Tepco has revealed an inability to take out the debris of nuclear fuel

[6] Kaleidoscope

Kishida cries out in a nightmare: 'Don't blame me for the cabinet's low approval rating'

The Dagestan shock:
Faced with Muslim people's uprising, Russian rulers got a shock

Biden's approval rates declining?
His support to Netanyahu will lead to his defeat in the presidential election

The launch of a Taiwan-made submarine


TOP



No. 2794
(November 13th 2023 Issue)

Condemn the Netanyahu regime for
the genocide of the Palestinian people!


Zengakuren youths raising clenched fists at
the Israeli Embassy, November 3rd

Stop the bombing of the refugee camps!
Never ever allow Israel to attempt the annihilation of the people in Gaza!

- A storm of 'anti-Zionist, anti-American imperialist' protest is spreading in the Arab and Islamic world
- Denounce the Biden administration for giving full support to the Zionist regime!
- Advance further the Ukraine antiwar struggle!

Pulverize the Kishida government's tremendous military buildup, constitutional revision and massive tax increase!
- Oppose the construction of the US-Japan joint pre-emptive attack system against China!
- Crush the constitutional revision, gigantic military buildup and tax increase!
- Advance antiwar / anti-military alliance and anti- fascism struggles!

[2-3] Struggles to condemn Israel's genocide of the people of Gaza nationwide

November 3rd, Tokyo
'Condemn the Israeli forces' ground raids into Gaza!'

(pic. left) Zengakuren showering angry chants at the Israeli Embassy
(pic. right) Students protesting at the Israeli Embassy against the genocide

October 30th, Hokkaido
Zengakuren Hokkaido protested at the US Consulate General in Sapporo

(pic) 'Denounce US imperialism for supporting Israel's brutality!' Students protesting to the Biden administration


October 20th, Kyushu
A storm of protests at the US Consulate in Fukuoka


(pic. left)
'Denounce the Biden administration for backing Israel!' Antiwar workers expressing anger in front of the consulate
(pic. right) 'Condemn Israel's genocide!' JRCL Kyushu made a call in a mass rally

October 30th, Okinawa
'Denounce the Biden administration for supporting Israel!'
Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students rose in an emergency protest
 



(pic. left)
Students marching on the US Consulate General in Urasoe
(pic. right) Angry students held a protest rally at the prefectural office, Naha

October 21st, Kanazawa
JRCL Hokuriku Regional Committee appealed in the busy street of Kanazawa

pic)
'Denounce Israeli troops' assault on Gaza!'


'No to the government's substitute execution for the reclamation work!'
Voices of opposition to the new US base construction resounded
An emergency protest rally, Henoko, Okinawa, October 28th
'Stop reclamation! Scrap Ampo!' Protesters holding up banners at sea (pic. left)
The militant canoe flotilla confronting a Coast Guard boat
(pic. right)


The new Defense Minister Kihara taking the lead in making the Southwest Islands a military fortress, in repressing opposition movements

[4]
Universities of International Research Excellence

The government is scheming to build research and development hubs of dual-use technologies
- Oppose the neo-fascistic reorganization of universities!

Messages of solidarity from overseas to the 61st International Antiwar Assembly (8)
- Lotta Comunista
Italy (Part 2)

[5]
Distortion of Shunto into 'tripartite consultation between the government, labour and management for the bolstering of basic industrial structures'

The anti-proletarian nature of the JTUC leadership's Basic Plan for the 2024 spring labour offensive
- Derisory 'wage increase demands' which fall short of price rises
- A spring labour offensive aimed to 'make a shift in the economy and society'!?
- Denounce the Rengo leadership for destroying the struggle for higher wages!

Topics
'The adequate pay increase should be around 6,000 yen'!!

Health Minister Takemi let out the government's intention
Don't let them suppress the wage increase of care workers!

[6]
Frequent occurrence of serious accidents
Stop the construction of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho Village!

- The Kishida government is forcing its way through for the operation of the plant
- A serious accident was reported as a trifling trouble

The Japanese government's forestry policy: to bring about more debris flows and flooding

TOP




No. 2793
(November 6th 2023 Issue)

Condemn the genocide of the Palestinian people!
Stop Israeli forces' ground raid into Gaza!
Stir up the flames of antiwar struggle all over the globe!

- The Biden administration fully supports Netanyahu the author of carnage
- Condemn the genocide of the Palestinians! Let us create a surge of antiwar struggle!

------- No to an all-out attack on Gaza!
White-helmeted militants stood up nationwide

October 22nd
 
[1,6]
'Prevent Israel from making an all-out attack on Gaza! No to a thermonuclear war!'

Voices of anti-war militants reverberated around the high street of Nagoya

Workers and Students' united action in the Tokai region

--------  

\--
------- Solidarity rally prior to demonstration
     'No to fascism! Down with Kishida!'
Rhythmical shouts went up from demonstrators
- 'Let us fight to smash the US-Japan global military alliance!' Solidarity rally (pic)
- 'We denounce the unwarranted police raid, an evil crime of state power': Aichi Univ. and Nagoya Univ. students' declared their resolve
- 'Let us show our true value as anti-Stalinist leftists!': A comrade from the JRCL

[2]
Zengakuren Hokkaido and antiwar youths held a militant demonstration in Sapporo

Workers and Students' united action in Hokkaido

------  
Solidarity rally prior to demonstration
 'Stop the massive military buildup! 
No to the revision of the Constitution!
'
Militants marching on the LDP local office
'Break through the danger of a thermonuclear war
bursting amid the clash
between the US vs. China and Russia!'

- Militants heaped angry chants upon the LDP local office
- 'Stop the genocide of the Palestinian people!' Solidarity speech by a comrade from JRCL

The white-helmeted demonstrators marched in the centre of the busy streets
Workers and Students' united action in Kyushu




Participants of a support rally for Palestinians and
the white-helmeted militants exchanged yells of solidarity
'Stop Israel's all-out offensive on Gaza!
Break through the crisis of a nuclear war!'
in front of Fukuoka Station
- Voices of 'No to Israel's genocide!' resounded through the streets of Fukuoka
- 'Definitely NO to the government's plan to make Kyushu and the Southeast Islands a military fortress!' Solidarity rally filled with fighting spirits

[6]
'Stop the full-scale attacks on Gaza!'

Militant students fought in the forefront of hundreds of protesters

Osaka, October 21st

- 'Thwart Israel's ground raid into Gaza!' Students' call evoked keen sympathy
- Burning with rage at Israel's barbarity, they marched along with workers and citizens
---------------


[3]

'
No to Resolute Dragon 23!'
A thunderous outcry against the US-Japan joint military exercise


Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students rose to block the ammunition transport exercise
October 20th, White Beach and Kadena, Okinawa
---
Militant students, together with workers and residents,
staging a sit-in to check transport vehicles
Militants blocking the ammunition wagon

1,000 workers, students and residents protested against Resolute Dragon 23

October 12th, Okinawa City
---
Marching on the US Kadena air base Students called on protesters to oppose the US-Japan military alliance

'Stop the reclamation work for the new US base construction!'

Spirited students strived to enliven participants in a citizens' rally

October 21st, at Mabuni, a site of a hard-fought battle at the end of WWII

   No to the state power's substitute execution of
giving a go-ahead to the reclamation work!

[4]
The earth growing hot

With open state egoism, rulers of the West, Japan and China undermine measures against global warming
(2)
- Rulers of the US and Japan are intent on promoting nuclear development in the name of 'clean energy'
- China, the No. 1 CO
2 emitting country in the world: a crime committed by Xi Jinping


Messages of solidarity from overseas to the 61st International Antiwar Assembly (8)
- Lotta Comunista
Italy (Part 1)

[5]

'Introduction of a wage system based on job description': imposition of still lower wages on workers

The true character of Kishida's 'three-part labour market reform'

A. Introduction of a 'wage system based on job description': Why now?
- A serious shortage of 'highly talented personnel in the IT field'
B. What will become of workers?
- The 'value of jobs' for capitalists
- Cuts in the wages of 'ordinary workers'


Topics

3 percent or above: an ultra-low rate 'aim' decided to suppress workers' wage hike demands
The Rengo leadership's Basic Plans for the 2024 Spring Labour Offensive

[6]

One Belt One Road: 10th anniversary


TOP


No. 2792
(October 30th 2023 Issue)

Prevent the Israeli land forces from
invading Gaza!

   
 No to the genocide of the Palestinian people!
Zengakuren students delivered thunderous denunciations at the Israeli Embassy
Tokyo, October 20th


Stop the genocide against the Palestinian people!
Denounce the Biden-led US administration for fully supporting the Zionist power perpetrating carnage

Create a big upsurge of antiwar struggle to prevent a full-scale offensive against Gaza!

[2-3]
Workers and Students' united actions fought nationwide, October 15th

'No to Israel's attacks on Gaza!' Voices of condemnation resounded


Tokyo

No to a tremendous military buildup! Crush Putin's war!
Zengakuren and workers held a militant demonstration in the heart of the capital

- Demonstrators thrust clenched fists at the Russian and the US Embassies, at the Diet
- 'Break through the crisis of war amid the clash between the US vs. China and Russia!': solidarity meeting prior to the demonstration
- 'Denounce the genocide of Palestinians!': A comrade from the JRCL
White-helmeted workers and students marching
through the government district
'Stop air raids on Gaza!'

Okinawa

'Stop the reclamation work in Henoko!'
White-helmeted protesters marched through the high streets of Naha

- 'For a big antiwar, anti-Ampo, anti-constitutional revision struggles! Against fascism!': solidarity rally
- 'Create a tsunami of demonstration in the world to stop the onslaught on Gaza!': A call from a JRCL representative

'White-helmeted protesters' demonstration evoking sympathy 'No to the construction of a new US base!'
Militants confirming their resolve to fight

Kansai
Stop the constitutional revision! No to a massive military buildup! Crush Russia's aggression against Ukraine!
The flames of anti-fascism flared up, Osaka

- 'Smash reactionary offensives!': a chorus of harsh yells at the LDP local office
- 'Don't allow the Israeli forces to storm into Gaza!': solidarity meeting
- 'Denounce the police repression comparable to those in the wartime: solidarity speech by a comrade from the Marxist Student League
'Down with the Kishida government!' Rally participants ready to start demonstration'

[4]
The earth growing hot

With open state egoism, rulers of the West, Japan and China undermine measures against global warming
(1)
- Heat waves, forest fires, droughts and deluges are hitting the world over
- Faced with Russia's aggression in Ukraine, state rulers of Europe are making a rush for the reuse of coal-fired power generation

The tragedy of Nagorno-Karabakh
The Ariev-led Azerbaijani regime annexed the autonomous region by force

- The crime of the descendants of Stalinists

[5]
The 45th regular convention of Jichiroren [Japan Federation of Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Unions]

The union leadership urges workers to 'work hard for residents' under the slogan 'rewarding jobs and attractive workplaces'

- 'No to the warfare state', 'No to the constitutional revision': surely written in the action program, but almost forgotten by the leadership
- Let us strive for a militant re-creation of the local government workers' movement!

Topics
The injury of an Amazon delivery worker first recognized as one in a work-related accident by the Labour Standards Inspection Office
Don't allow the intensification of exploitation in the guise of 'outsourcing contracts'!

[6]
'Stop Resolute Dragon 23!'

October 7th, Miyazaki, Ebino
Workers and students protested against the US-Japan joint field exercise
Militant students from Kagoshima University made an appeal to oppose the US-Japan military alliance

October 20th, White Beach, Okinawa
Workers, students and residents of Okinawa stood up to protest the US-Japan joint military exercise 'Resolute Dragon 23'


Voices of 'No to the restart of Tomari nuclear reactor' reverberated
October 9th, 'Sayonara to Nuke' rally, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Militant students took part in the rally raising the banner 'Stop Kishida's promotion of nuclear development!'


TOP




No. 2791
(October 23rd 2023 Issue)

Denounce Israel's massive air strikes on Gaza!
Stop the genocide against Palestinian people!

'Condemn Israel's attack on Gaza!'
Militants marching in Tokyo, October 15th


No to a tremendous military buildup!
Stop the constitutional revision!
Shatter the US base construction in Okinawa!
Crush Putin's war!


White-helmeted Zengakuren and workers held a militant demonstration in the heart of the capital,
October 15th
(pic left)


[2]
'Don't allow the government to give consent by subrogation to forcibly go forward with the reclamation work!'
900 angry protesters gathered in front of the Camp Schwab gate to stop the new US base construction in Henoko
October 7th, Okinawa

- Militant students from Ryukyu University and Okinawa Int'l University fought in the forefront, together with workers and residents
(pic left)
- 'Denounce the Aichi Univ. authorities' decision to expel students who took part in an antiwar demo!' Responding to militant students' call, rally participants raised voices of protest


[3]
The 93rd National Convention of Zengakuren held

Break through the danger of an eruption of thermonuclear warfare amid the head-on clash between the US vs. China and Russia!

October 10th, Tokyo
- Militant students fortified their battle formation for the forthcoming autumnal offensives
- Presenting guidelines for antiwar, anti-constitutional revision struggles and Ukraine antiwar struggles
- 'Stand together to demand the withdrawal of the Univ. authorities' decision to expel student leaders!' An enthusiastic call was made by a student from Aichi University
- Let us make tremendous advancements in our revolutionary student movement!

Messages of solidarity from overseas to the 61st International Antiwar Assembly (7)
- Organizing Committee for the Reconstitution of the Fourth International (France)

[4]
Assistance to the policy of 'war and constitutional revision': a headlong dash to a neo-Industrial Patriotic movement
What was revealed in the 18th National Convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation
[JTUC, Rengo]
- The Rengo leadership is positively supporting the Kishida government's plans for a massive military buildup and the constitutional revision
- Based on the line of the 'tripartite consultations between the government, labour and management', the leadership has totally abandoned struggles for higher wages
- The leadership made clear its willingness to cooperate in carrying out the government-initiated 'labour market reform'

[5]
Let us achieve a militant strengthening of Jichiro
[All Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union]!
The 97th National Convention of Jichiro
The leadership avoids responsibility for the falling rate of the proportion of unionized workers

Topics
Therapeutic drugs to be paid for by the patient; subsidies for nursing facilities to be reduced by half
The Kishida government is frantic to reduce the Covid-19-related public assistance

[6]
Kaleidoscope

A pro-Chinese candidate won the presidential election in Maldives

An ambition to take over the territory

Putin is plotting to construct a new base for the Black Sea Fleet in Abkhazia

Forgery of history: The Japanese government's Industrial Heritage Information Centre says 'There was no 'forced labour' imposed on Koreans by the erstwhile Japanese military'


TOP

Back Issues
2023 No.2751-2760   No.2761-2770 No.2771-2780  No.2781-2790    
2022 No.2701-2710  No.2711-2720  No.2721-2730  No.2731-2740  No.2741-2750 
2021 No.2651-2660   No.2661-2670 No.2671-2680  No.2681-2690  No. 2691-2700 
2020 No.2601-2610  No.2611-2620 No.2621-2630 No.2631-2640  No. 2641-2650 
2019 No.2551-2560   No. 2561-2570  No.2571-2580 No.2581-2590  No.2591-2600 
2018  No.2501-2510 No.2511-2520  No.2521-2530   No.2531-2540 No.2541-2550 
2017 No.2451-2460 No. 2461-2470  No. 2471-2480   No.2481-2490 No.2491-2500 
2016 No.2401-2410  No.2411-2420   No.2421-2430 No.2431-2440  No.2441-2450 
2015 No.2351-2360  No.2361-2370  No.2371-2380  No.2381-2390  No. 2391-2400 
2014 No.2301-2310  No. 2311-2320  No. 2321-2330  No. 2331-2340  No. 2341-2350 
2013 No. 2251-2260  No. 2261-2270  No. 2271-2280  No. 2281-2290 No.2291-2300 
2012 No. 2201-2210  No. 2211-2220  No. 2221-2230  No. 2231-2240  No. 2241-2250 
2011 No. 2151-2160 No. 2161-2170 No. 2171-2180 No. 2181-2190 No. 2191-2200
2010 No. 2101-2110 No. 2111-2120 No. 2121-2130 No. 2131-2140 No. 2141-2150
2009 No. 2051-2060 No. 2061-2070 No. 2071-2080 No. 2081-2090 No. 2091-2100
2008