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No. 2939
(October 12th 2026 Issue)
| Militant workers and students across the country! Rise up in united actions against war! Stop the revision of the Constitution and the formulation of the new series of 'three security-related documents'! Crush Putin's war! Smash Trump's war! Let us fight by overcoming the JCP-led 'protect the Constitution' movement without opposition to the US-Japan security alliance! Central Students' Orgburo Chapter I The increasing danger of a world war breaking out amid the 'East-West confrontation of the 21st century type'  A. The nuclear capability race between the US and China to hold sway over the world: the rivalry between the two power holders B. Russia's aggression against Ukraine and Ukrainian people's resistance against it C. Assuming a posture of another massive attack on Iran: Trump and Netanyahu D. The present-day world: 'East-West confrontation of the 21st century type' is intensifying - The historical grasp of the present-day world on the brink of a nuclear war (pic right) Four years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: militant workers and students rose in protest (Feb. 22nd, Tokyo) Chapter II The Takaichi government, more and more subordinate to the Trump empire, is assuming a full-scale reactionary offensive at home A. A headlong rush towards the revision of the Constitution and the formulation of the new series of 'three security-related documents' B. Imposition of poverty on toiling people and the tightening of the neo-fascist ruling system C. The parliamentarianist decay deepening in the established opposition movements; Zengakuren fighting to overcome them and advancing Chapter III Create an explosive upsurge in the struggle against the constitutional revision, in the Ukraine antiwar struggle and the Iran antiwar struggle!  A. Stir up a storm of struggle to prevent the revision of the Constitution
and to pulverize the formulation of a new series of 'three security-related
documents'!- Let us fight under the banner, 'No to the strengthening of the US-Japan nuclear military alliance!' - Don't allow the tightening of the security system to oppress dissidents - Say 'No!' to the expansion of military production and arms exports! B. Create an antiwar struggle that exhaustively crush Putin's war as well as Trump's war! (pic right) 'Crush the US aggression against Iran!' Zengakuren students surrounding the Diet Building together with tens of thousands of protesters (March 19th) [5] The government / Transport Ministry hurries up with the reorganization of rural railway lines 'in the red' - The standards for sorting out railway lines: their contributions to industries / military affairs - Don't allow the government to exact sacrifices from local residents and workers! Contribution from a local government worker Let us push forward the anti-constitutional revision struggle from our workplaces! [6] NO! to the constitutional revision and the massive military buildup 'Stop the Takaichi Gov. from revising the Constitution, from expanding armaments!' Kagoshima Univ. students appealed in the forefront of 700 protesters 'Protect the Constitution!' Rally in Kagoshima, Kyushu, September 19th  (pic) Displaying a big banner, Kagoshima Univ. students cheering the heart of rally participants 'Shatter the amendment of the Constitution! Stop the revision of the three security-related documents!' Vigorous workers and students brought a breath of militant air into the rally 'No to War' rally in Sapporo, Hokkaido, September 18th
(pic right) Student demonstrators marching in the main street of Sapporo JRCL encouraged citizens, handing out leaflets 'Protect the Constitution' rally in front of Sapporo Station, September 20th  (pic) 'No to the strengthening of Ampo! No to the constitutional revision!' Militant students fought together with 600 workers and citizens The Trump administration is attempting frantic machinations to 'break up the International Criminal Court' The Prime Minister of its vassal state tacitly permitted Trump's act of imposing sanctions against the head of the ICC TOP |
No. 2938
(October 5th 2026 Issue)
| Stop the constitutional revision! Prevent the strengthening of the US-Japan military alliance! Down with the Takaichi-led Japanese-type neo-fascist government! Smash Putin's war! Crush Trump's war! - No to the revision of the 'three security-related documents'! Oppose the annulment of the 'three non-nuclear principles'! - Crush Russia's aggression in Ukraine! Shatter the US and Israeli armed aggression against Iran! - Break through the danger of a thermonuclear war erupting amid the head-on clash between the US and China-Russia! - Denounce the data manipulation by the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station! Stop the resumption of operation of all the nuclear power plants!  (pic) 'No to Ampo! No to the military buildup!' 'Stop the resumption of nuclear power operations!' Militant students standing in the forefront of the protesters gathered in the two rallies, Sept. 23, Yoyogi Park, Tokyo [2] 4,000 workers, students and citizens voiced objections to the gigantic military buildup, to the resumption of operation of nuclear reactors Peace activists' anti-military buildup rally, followed by a Sayonara to Nuke rally, Tokyo, September 23rd - JRCL supported rally participants by distributing handouts in the rally - 'Down with the Takaichi government!' Militant students strove enthusiastically  (pic) Students from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area fought in the van of 4000 workers and citizens, overcoming JCP leaders' distortion of antiwar movements, Sept. 23, Tokyo [3] A counterattack launched by 'Axis of Resistance' forces Yemen's Houthis group 'gained control' of the exist of the Red Sea The US military is considering reducing its bases in and withdrawing its troops from the Middle East [4] Local elections in Germany Stop the rampancy of fascists! A neo-Nazi party and a pseudo leftist group are moving to collude with each other in eastern Germany to oppose the support to Ukraine No to the establishment of an AfD-led state government in Saxony-Anhalt! Denounce the Stalinist BSW for lending a hand to a neo-Nazi party! [5] Reject the Takaichi reshuffled cabinet's plot to revise the Constitution and build up Japan as a warfare state! Fight for victory in 2026 autumn wage struggle! Win a big, across-the-board wage increase! The Okinawa Prefectural / Municipal Workers Committee - Stop the revision of the Constitution! Stop the establishment of an 'antiespionage law'! - Denounce the National Personnel Authority's 'recommendation' concerning public sector workers' personnel management aimed for the buildup of a warfare state - Let us oppose the forced enlistment of 'SDF reservists'! - Denounce the 'recommendation' on virtual wage cuts! Let us win a big, across-the-board wage raise! -No to personnel cuts as a result of the digital transformation of business operations - Stop the construction of a new US military base! Definitely NO to the making of Okinawa a military fortress! Topics No to the educational reforms now going on in metropolitan high schools that impose intensification of labour on education workers! [6] 190 EV buses used in the 2025 Osaka Expo: Every single one of them are to be scrapped - The then Economic Minister bulldozed the purchase of defective buses (in rivalry with China) Give a hard blow to the LDP government and the right-wing party Ishin-controlled Osaka prefectural/city authorities that followed and exploited the tax money paid by working people! TOP |
No. 2937
(September 28th 2026 Issue)
| The 96th Zengakuren National Convention held September16th  (pic) 'Shatter the Takaichi government's full-scale offensive to revise the Constitution!' Zengakuren students vigorously chanting slogans, Sept. 16, Tokyo Crush Trump's war! Smash Putin's war! Militant students prepared for an action against the Takaichi government's scheme to revise the Constitution and to settle on new 'three security-related documents' - Zengakuren formulated a revolutionary guideline for their struggle in the coming autumn - Students all over the country! Let us create a big upsurge of revolutionary antiwar struggles! Stop the revision of the Constitution! Militant students strove in the forefront of the monthly '19th day action' in front of the Diet Building, Sept. 19  Crush Takaichi's massive military buildup! Takaichi intends to make Japan a 'major production centre for the US's munitions' - Japan's measures for the promotion of munition industry subordinate to Trump's scheme to 'revive the defense industry' - Frantic to mobilize all the resources of startup companies and universities - No to the militarization of the economy! China and Russia reinforcing their military tie-up in rivalry with the US and Japan - Oppose Takaichi's dash for the strengthening of the US-Japan military alliance against China! [3] The Takaichi government hellbent to introduce an AI-based war system used by the US military - Introduction of Maven Smart System (MSS) into the Japanese military - The Japanese military's further incorporation into the US military through the introduction of the AI-based war system - An idea to 'make hybrid use of MSS and a Japan-made AI': Takaichi is seeking to play a cheep trick - The neo-fascist Takaichi-led government is plotting to 'apply' this system to tighten control of public security and suppress dissidents [4] The collapse of glaciers from the Himalayas The Xi-Jinping leadership has given the highest priority to the maintenance of its rule over Tibetans - A tremendous debris swept away Nepalese and Chinese people - The Beijing bureaucracy entirely covered up the actual state of the disaster Revision of the Imperial Family Law Impeach the Takaichi government for inspiring Japanese people with Tennoist ideology! Tanka Poems Defeated in that war [5] Denounce Chubu Electric Power Company's 'data manipulation'! Don't allow the restart of operation of all the reactors in the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station! - Data were fudged up in accordance with the seismic vibration standard set far lower - Let us step up our struggle against the resumption of all the reactor operations, as well as against the construction of new nuclear power stations! Stop the continued operation of the Sendai nuclear power station in utter disregard of the recent Kumamoto earthquake! The Shimane No.2 nuclear reactor Condemn Chugoku Electric Power Company for concealing an accident which left one worker severely injured! [6] A JCP-kept scholar's distortion of Marx's thought from the viewpoint of revisionist capitalism TOP |
No. 2936
(September 21st 2026 Issue)
| Crush Takaichi's massive military buildup! Defense of Japan 2026: a new security and defense policy aimed to transform Japan into a warfare state Rushing towards tremendous arms expansion and the buildup of a general mobilization system in the name of a 'new ways of warfare' - A 'new ways of warfare' to be employed by the 'vassal state' - The creation of an attacking system under the command of an American-made AI - A plot for the mobilization of the whole country Intending to increase military production and arms export under the command of the Trump administration - Takaichi intends to make Japan a large supply base for the US military - As a pawn of the US, the Japanese government is taking the lead in setting up an anti-Chinese network - 'Sea-lane defense is Japan's lifeline'? Don't allow the 'restoration of the militarist Japan'! Next year's military budget should amount to ten-odd trillion yen! Takaichi is frantic to secure financial sources for the massive military buildup - The Defense Ministry places emphasis on the 'three pillars' of the revised 'three security-related documents' - The Takaichi government is hell-bent to increase taxes for the expansion of armaments [3] Kaleidoscope A scramble for manganese at the bottom of the sea The Trump Empire is watching for a chance to monopolize deep-sea resources A solitary island in the Pacific is becoming a target of the government The Takaichi government is forcing 'nuclear waste' down the throat of residents The fruit of miscalculation American troops sent to Iran tired out; one gets out of order after another [4] Congo: again hit by the pandemic of Ebola fever Spread of the disease is spurred by the intensification of the civil war The war has been intensified by the US-China competition for rare metals Pashinyan-led Armenia made it clear it's getting 'away from Russia' Putin dug his own grave by openly intervening in the Armenian election [5] On reading A Woman Scientist in Early Summer Rain, a novel published last year An unshaken belief of Katsuko Saruhashi despite anti-working class words and deeds of the Japanese Communist Party on the Soviet Union's H-bomb test touched my heart Topics The leadership of the Electrical, Electronic and Information Unions [JEIC] lauds Takaichi's 'growth strategy' to the skies [6] Messages from overseas to the 64th International Antiwar Assembly (3) - LALIT, Mauritius TOP |
No. 2935
(September 14th 2026 Issue)
| Come together for the 96th Zengakuren National Convention Stop Trump's war! Smash Putin's war! Shatter the Takaichi government's full-scale onslaught to revise the Constitution! Advance revolutionary antiwar struggles to break through the danger of the eruption of a World War! - Let us be ready to go into action this autumn - Solidify the significance and lessons learned from last spring's struggles - Let us make great strides in our revolutionary student movement [2] 'No to the surface-to-surface missile firing practice!' Workers, students and citizens held a protest rally, August 20th, Sapporo
(pic right) 'No to the live firing practice!' 'No to missile deployment!' Demonstration held in the broad avenue in Sapporo The land of Okinawa is severely contaminated with cancer-causing PFAS that is still being discharged by US forces Don't allow the US Forces to exact sacrifices from the toiling people of Okinawa! [3] Loudly trumpeting 'Japanese-style democracy' to restore militarist Japan Takaichi-led LDP's 'New Vision of the Party' - Planting of absolute obedience to the state in the minds of working people - Building of a warfare state amid the headlong confrontation between the US and China-Russia Contribution from a reader 84 years after the Cho-sei Coal Mine accident in Ube Never forget the former militarist Japan's crime of drafting Korean workers! [4] Merz-led Germany is rushing headlong to build the most powerful military machine in Europe - The military budget without a fixed limit; the draft system to be resumed - Workers in Germany! Crush the rampancy of AfD! Liven up antiwar struggles in solidarity with Ukrainian people! It's again working people who have to pay the price for the heat waves West European governments and monopoly capitals have changed their posture 'from green to munitions' [5] The report on the 93rd regular convention of the General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions 'Our trade union must take the lead in the anti-constitutional revision struggle!' Delegates' rage against the union leadership exploded - Denounce the Federation leadership for restraining itself in demanding higher wages! - Don't allow the parliamentalianist distortion of the struggle against the constitutional revision! [6] Messages from overseas to the 64th International Antiwar Assembly (2) - Tavini Huiraatira no te Ao Maohi - The Left Radical of Afghanistan (LRA) - The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) TOP |
No. 2934
(September 7th 2026 Issue)
| Screaming for the 'single greatest financial campaign ever marshalled in
history', the Trump administration is making a last-ditch attempt Let us deliver the coup de grace to Trump's war! - The administration virtually acknowledges its defeat in the aggression against Iran - The foolish emperor made little of Muslims' resistance and bonds The Ukrainian army is dealing heavy blows to the leading munitions distribution network that supports Putin's war Condemn Putin-led Russia's air bombings on Kyiv, Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine! [2] Kim Jon-un is making a frantic commitment to rescuing the Putin regime now driven into a fix - Don't allow the dispatching of additional 50,000 North Korean troops! - Putin has been driven into a corner by Ukrainian people's counteroffensive Resisting Russian forces' concentrated attacks Tough struggles of Ukrainian postal / delivery workers [3] Takaichi devoted herself to winning Modi over to her side to rebuild QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) The Indo-Japanese summit meeting on July 2nd - Enticing India to join an anti-China network - Agreement on cooperation in the military and the 'economic security' fields - Japanese monopoly capitalists are watching for a chance to make further inroads into India [4] The great earthquake that hit Kumamoto Denounce the Takaichi government that leaves the earthquake victims in the lurch! - The earthquake shook Kumamoto when residents were hit by a heat wave - The Takaichi government puts off support to disaster victims and lifesaving - Let's say no to the constitutional revision and the move to tighten security by exploiting the earthquake disaster! The explosion of the Aeon Mall Kumamoto The terrible disaster was caused by a crime committed by the Aeon management! [5] Small and medium businesses go bankrupt one after another in the Kansai Region A cross section of the result of the 2026 spring labour offensive Topics Distortion of the anti-constitutional revision struggle from the citizen-centred point of view The annual convention of Zenroren, a trade union national centre led by JCP [6] Messages from overseas to the 64th International Antiwar Assembly (1) - European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine (ENSU) - Die Linke, Germany TOP |
No. 2933
(August 31st 2026 Issue)
| Shatter the Takaichi government's attempt to reinforce the US-Japan nuclear military alliance and revise the Constitution! - Smash Takaichi's plot to 'review the three non-nuclear principles', which means to deploy US forces' tactical nuclear missiles in Japan! - Chinese and Russian rulers are colluding with each other to strengthen their military threat against Japan - The US Trump administration has started to 'review' its nuclear strategy - Stop the Takaichi government's rush for constitutional revisions and the military buildup!  15,000 protesters raised angry voices at the Takaichi government 'Stop the revision of the Constitution!' Militant students stood in the van August 19th, in front of the Diet Building (pic) The Tokyo Metropolitan area students fighting under the slogan 'anti-fascism' [2-3] International Antiwar Assemblies held in high spirits across the country August 2nd Antiwar cries raised in a 'state of war' Okinawa meeting in Urasoe  (pic) Participants vowed to fight back against the Takaichi government's all-out attack on the Henoko anti-base construction struggle and to advance antiwar, anti-base struggle in Okinawa (meeting in Urasoe, Okinawa) Workers and students resolved to move a step forward in antiwar, anti-constitutional revision struggles Hokuriku region meeting in Kanazawa  (pic) 'Never, ever allow the Takaichi government to revise the Constitution!' (meeting in Kanazawa) Create an explosive upsurge of revolutionary antiwar struggles! Tokai region meeting in Nagoya  (pic) A resolve confirmed among comrades to create a revolutionary antiwar upsurge in the Tokai region, a 'Mecca of munitions industry' (meeting in Nagoya) [4] Shatter Japan Post management's major restructuring based on the Midterm Management Plan! No to the merger and closing down of 500 bases for mail collection and delivery I. A structural reform in business based on the 'strategy for comprehensive distribution' II. No to the personnel retrenchment, involuntary redeployment and intensification of labour as a result of the reorganization of collection and delivery centres! III. Fight back against the imposition of severer collection and delivery setups assigned in the name of 'reworked plans'! IV. Denounce the JP Union leadership for cooperating fully with the management! Fight persistently to oppose the attempt to 'bring together the collection and delivery bases'! [5] Let us stop the revision of the constitution at all costs! Don't allow the neo-fascist Takaichi government to tighten state controls on education! The Education Workers Committee - Stop the launching of the initiative to revise the Constitution at any cost! - No to the making of the Japanese people the subjects of a warfare state! Don't allow the government to tighten state controls on education! - Let us stand against new statist, meritocratic education promoted inseparably with 'digital transformation in education' [6] Oppose the reinforcement of Self-Defense Force Reservists! An exemption law concerning 'civil service workers' side jobs' enacted In preparation for Japan's dispatch of troops to the Strait of Hormuz: Japanese military forces conducted a series of 'minesweeping operation' exercises TOP |
No. 2931-2932
(August 24th 2026 Issue)
| Break through the danger of the outbreak of a world war! The Keynote report to the Central Meeting of the 64th International Antiwar Assembly on August 2nd Stop Trump's war! Crush Putin's war! No to the revision of the Constitution by the Takaichi government! I. Wars are raging over the world today amid the 'new East-West confrontation' between the US vs. China-Russia A. The Trump Empire's military aggression against Iran B. Russia's aggression against Ukraine and Ukrainian people's resistance C. A hair-trigger situation mounting in East Asia D. The revision of the Constitution, a full-scale offensive launched by the Takaichi-led Japanese-type neo-fascist government E. The transformation of the structure of the contemporary world II. Let us pulverize Putin's war, Trump's war! A. Crush Russia's aggression against Ukraine! B. Smash US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran! C. Break through the danger of the outbreak of a world war amid the 'new East-West confrontation' between the US vs. China-Russia! III. Create an explosive upsurge in the struggle against the revision of the Constitution by overcoming the JCP-style 'protect the Constitution' movement! A. Denounce the JCP's parliamentalianist, citizen-centred distortion of struggles! B. The criminal nature of the JCP's policy of opposing the 'building of a warfare state' C. The anti-proletarian nature of the JCP-style 'protect the Constitution' movement! D. Shatter the bad revision of the Constitution aimed to restore 'militarist Japan' IV. Let us make our revolutionary antiwar struggle spread internationally! [5] Fight back against the destruction of the struggle against the Henoko base construction, an all-out attack launched by the Takaichi government! - Smash the fascistic repression of antiwar, anti-base struggles in Okinawa! - Stop the move to make Okinawa and the Southwest Islands a military fortress! - Let us fight back against the repression and create an uplift in the anti-constitutional revision, antiwar and anti-Ampo struggles! Workers, students and citizens gathered to oppose the base construction August 1st, Henoko, Okinawa
(pic right) 'No to the new US base construction in Henoko!' Protesters chanting slogans, with militant students in the van [6-7] Stop a thermonuclear war! International Antiwar Assemblies held across Japan August 2nd Firmly resolved to advance antiwar, anti-constitutional revision struggles Kansai region meeting in Osaka  (pic) 'Let us shatter the LDP-Ishin coalition government's all-out offensive, the revision of the Constitution' (meeting in Osaka) Foil the Takaichi government's attempt to turn Japan into a warfare state! Kyushu region meeting in Fukuoka Denounce the Takaichi government for leaving the victims of the Kumamoto earthquake in the lurch!  (pic) In spite of the big earthquake, workers and students gathered to stop the move to make Kyushu a military base against China (meeting in Fukuoka) Create a big upsurge of the revolutionary antiwar struggle! Hokkaido meeting in Sapporo  (pic) Workers and students from across Hokkaido consolidating their resolve to fight (meeting in Sapporo) [8] The wrath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Takaichi government is rushing into the annulment of Japan's 'three non-nuclear principles' The fifth year of Russia's aggression against Ukraine Condemn the lethal attacks by cornered Putin! Topics Labour leaders' bashing of the criticism of Defense of Japan Edited for Children TOP |
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