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No. 2845
(November 18th 2024 Issue)
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Rally to the This is the time to uplift antiwar struggles! - The US Presidential election and its meaning - The American state transforming: the emergence of a 'Trump empire' -- Arrogantly pushing through 'America First' - The collapse of the militarist empire as the 'sole superpower' and its root cause - Let us fight for a radical overturn of the present world in a deepening crisis! [3] 'Let us stop the Ishiba-led government launching reactionary offensives!'  Antiwar and anti-constitutional revision voices raised upA mass rally in front of the Diet building, November 3rd - 'Prevent military build-up and constitutional revision! No to the strengthening of the military alliance!' JRCL encouraged the participants - 'Constitutional revision becomes less likely' The JCP leadership with no sense of crisis to the situation - Break the JTUC leadership's oppression of mass struggles and the JCP leadership's distortion of the struggles! Let us fight in unity! 'No to the military alliance! Stop the revision of the Constittion!' A 'Rally for the Constitution' in Kanazawa, November 3rd The JRCL inspired the participants  [4-5] Vehement counterattacks against the Ishiba government promoting military build-up and the constitutional revision! Osaka The united actions of workers and students in the Kansai Region November 2nd Raising yells in anger in front of the US Consulate General
Fukuoka The united actions of workers and students in the Kyushu Region November 3rd 'Don't make the Southeast Islands a military fortress!'
Sapporo The united actions of workers and students in the Hokkaido Region November 3rd White-helmeted protesters marching on the LDP's regional office
Nagoya The united actions of workers and students in the Tokai Region November 2nd Raising angry fists at the local LDP office
[6] Sakai Moving Service Co. Defrauding workers of overtime pay under the guise of a 'piece-work system' 'Grants-in-aid to human resources development': Companies' illegal receipt revealed Training companies profiting from the government's measures for 're-skilling' Topics The Yoshino leadership of the JTUC pressing workers to accept price hikes and the restraint of wage raise TOP |
No. 2844
(November 11th 2024 Issue)
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Stop the Ishiba government's rush to expand armaments and - The JTUC leadership schemes to form a political force that supports the 'strengthening of Ampo [US-Japan military alliance]' and 'promotion of nuclear power generation' - The JCP leadership now on the point of collapse: Let us deliver a hard blow to them! - Create a militant upsurge in the antiwar, anti-Ampo, anti-constitutional revision struggles, wage hike struggles and politico-economic struggles! [2] Small / medium-sized manufacturers are mobilized for military production [3] Stop the planned construction of an intermediate storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture! The devastating earthquake, followed by torrential downpours The Noto Peninsula visited by a 'complex disaster' - Catastrophic landslide disasters: brought about by central and local authorities' abandonment of restoration work after the earthquake [4] Haruki Wada, a historian taken in by Putin The criminal nature of his argument 'for an immediate cease-fire in the war in Ukraine' - 'A cease-fire in any case! You had better hear also what Russia has to say' - The deceitful nature of his argument 'for an immediate cease-fire' - Praising Putin, justifying his invasion - Wada is won over by the FSB [5] The 98th convention of Jichiro [All Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union] Criticisms burst out against the JTUC leadership's suppression of antiwar, peace struggles Let us fight militantly for the upsurge of the local government workers' autumnal wage struggles! Topics The Yoshino-headed JTUC leadership cries out for the formation of a 'new nucleus of political power' [6] No to the US-Japan joint exercises Keen Sword 25! Protesters gathered to stop the unloading of SDF vehicles October 19th, Naka-gusuku Gulf Port, Okinawa  (pic above) 'Smash the strengthening of Ampo!' Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students appealed to workers and residents 'No to the joint exercises!' Angry workers and militant students raised clenched fists at the SDF Komatsu air base October 28th, the early morning rally at the base, Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture (pic below)  A US commander openly declares a planned operation to attack Chinese forces with unmanned vehicles A Big Tech company plans to aid the restart of a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor once closed TOP |
No. 2843
(November 4th Issue)
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Shatter all the offensives launched by the - Power strife within the LDP intensified after the general election - Moves towards new grand political realignment accelerated amid the global turbulence - Let us fight to break the danger of extinction of the Japanese labour movement and promote antiwar, anti-constitutional revision struggles and politico-economic struggles! [2] Oppose the Keen Sword 25, preliminary exercises for war against China South China Sea Frequent attacks by Chinese coastguard ships on Philippine and Vietnamese vessels [3] The Defense Innovation Science and Technology Institute Don't allow the government to mobilize universities and researchers for developing high-tech weapons! The joint development of next-generation fighters promoted by the Japanese, UK and Italian governments under the control of US imperialism [4] The 91st National Convention of Shitetsu-soren [Japan General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers’ Unions] Denounce the leadership for pressing its affiliated unions to yield to wage cuts and restructuring in the name of 'making the industry attractive'! [5] Boeing workers' strike Unions launched an indefinite strike for a 40% wage raise - Rejecting offers from the management three times - Workers are fighting on, not allowing the IAM leadership to make treacherous submissions - A militant upsurge in the American labour movement Topics The JTUC leadership justifies its self-restrained demands in the name of a 'sustainable wage raise' [6] Kaleidoscope Sri Lanka in turmoil No more 'trap of debt'! Vietnam's omni-directional diplomacy: friendly to both China and the US Kashmir Modi-led party's landslide defeat in the regional election TOP |
No. 2842
(October 28th 2024 Issue)
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Shatter Netanyahu's war! - Stop the attack on Iran, escalation of warmongering in all parts of the Middle East! - Let us fight in solidarity with Palestinians and other people in the Middle East who are struggling desperately to resist - Stand up and fight against Putin's war! [2] A hair-trigger situation off the northern edge of Hokkaido A flare launched at a Russian patrol aircraft by an ASDF fighter The Tumen River: China's new military base to be set up near the coast of the Japan Sea? Poetry Make this 21st century a century of revolution [3] Condemnations against the government and prefectural authorities for abandoning disaster victims in the Noto Peninsula Miseries of workers in northern Noto: hit over again by an crushing calamity 'Temporary housing' for quake victims, built in a hazard zone, got submerged by torrential rain [4] JEIU [Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Unions] A rush for an Industrial Patriotic movement that touts 'solution of social problems and the development of the industry' Criticism of the 2024-2025 plan of action I. Labour aristocrats emphasizing the building of a 'new movement and system of organization' II. An aspiration for the development of the electrical industry and the revival of the Japanese economy III. The JEIU bureaucracy is hell-bent for today's version of the Industrial Patriotic movement [5] Sharp increase in the number of 'spot workers' or pay-as-you-go workers Don't dispose of workers freely! Topics '5 per cent and more': The JTUC leadership again restrains wage increase demands for the 2025 spring labour offensive [6] 'Don't allow the Ishiba government to strengthen the US-Japan military alliance and the constitutional revision!' Workers and residents gathering together to oppose the new US base construction October 5th  (pic) Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students fought in the van 'No to the construction of a powder magazine in Satsuma Town!' Workers and citizens' antiwar rally in front of Kagoshima station October 13th
'Crush the constitutional revision!' 'Smash the military expansion!' JRCL appealed to the citizens of Kanazawa October 11th  TOP |
No. 2841
(October 21st 2024 Issue)
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A vehement outcry raised
- Smash all the reactionary offensives mounted by the Ishiba government!: solidarity rally prior to the demonstration - 'Break through the danger of the outbreak of a Third World War!': a comrade speaking for the JRCL - Let us all strive to create an explosive upsurge in the anti-constitutional revision, antiwar / anti-Ampo struggles and in the struggle against fascism! [2] Don't allow the deployment of US Army intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Japan! The launch of Defense Innovation Science and Technology Institute The LDP government is intent on promoting military-technological development in the form of cooperation between the military, industrial enterprises and universities [3] Stop the restart of and construction of new / additional nuclear reactors by the new government led by Shigeru Ishiba! Suspend and scrap all nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel cycle facilities immediately! Tepco's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor No.2 The 'experimental attempt to take out nuclear fuel debris' failed [4] An inexcusable crime The JCP leadership approves of Russia's aggression in Ukraine - A proposal for 'peace talks' that presses Ukraine to surrender - Faced with the JRCL's criticism, it made a crafty modification - Denounce the JCP leadership for acquitting Putin the aggressor All the commotion about the expulsion of the adherents of a former right-leaned party leader aggravates the confusion inside the JCP [5] Year 2024 problem in physical distribution 'Higher efficiency in distribution' imposes harsh labour on transport workers Topics 2025 budget requests The Education and Finance Ministries to place heavier burdens upon education workers [6] Militants demonstrated with a fiery spirit against the government's move to make the whole Southwest Islands a military fortress Workers and students' united action in Okinawa, October 6th - Thwart the creation of an Asian version of NATO!: solidarity rally prior to the demonstration - 'Smash Putin's war!': a comrade speaking for the JRCL
Zengakuren Okinawa and Antiwar Workers Committee members marching through the main street in Naha The banner reads: "Definitely no to the new US base construction in Henoko! Stop the constitutional revision and the military buildup! Shatter Russia's aggression against Ukraine! Condemn Israel's genocide in Gaza!" (pic above right) Solidarity rally prior to the demonstration 'Don't allow the Ishiba government to launch ultra-reactionary offensives! 'No to War' Rally in Aichi, September 28th, Nagoya Overcoming JCP's distortion of struggles, militant workers fought in the rally In solidarity with them, JRCL distributed leaflets
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