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No. 2771
(June 5th 2023 Issue)
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Rise up against the gigantic military buildup and -- A rush to a military buildup and an increase in military expenditure on an unprecedented scale -- The government and the LDP, accompanied by two 'opposition' parties of Ishin and Kokumin, are accelerating Diet deliberations on the revision of the Constitution - Denounce the degeneration of the JCP leadership that abandons opposition to the US-Japan military alliance! - Create a massive struggle to prevent the military buildup and the revision of the Constitution!
Militant students rose in an emergency action in front of the Diet Building May 23rd, Tokyo [2] Militant students rose in anger against the G7 Hiroshima Summit
[3] Kaleidoscope A fascistic control of the academic circles The Kishida government plans to privatize the Science Council of Japan, critical of government-led military research The Japanese and Indian air forces conducted their first joint exercise The Kishida government has embarked on promoting military cooperation with the Modi government Putin's conscription Sacrificing ethnic minorities, economically disadvantaged people, those in the Ukrainian territories under Russian occupation ... A stinging blow to the Russian Air Force stationed in Belarus Belarusian partisans blew up a Russian AWACS with a drone [4] Kishida's 'new capitalism' integrated with a plot to build Japan into a military power The survival strategy of Japanese imperialism amid a head-on clash between the US and China plus Russia A. 'New capitalism' led by the state - Getting out of 'dependence on the market' - Rivalry against 'authoritarian states' B. Integration of 'national security' and economic / industrial policies - 'Pushing 'security' to the front - Building a system to secure high-tech semiconductors as a national policy - Securing today's version of an 'all-out war footing' The launch of a new rocket H3 ended in failure A severe setback for the Kishida government now making a headlong dash to an arms race in outer space [5] Reorganization of a national university Kumamoto University embarked on a new project in line with the government-led invitation of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - Setting up a research centre to train semiconductor engineers along with Government, the local authorities and electrical monopolies - Reorganization aimed to resolve the shortage of high-tech engineers caused by the invitation of TSMC - The university authorities positively responding to the Kishida government's strategy for 'reviving Japan's semiconductor industry' The true state of 'smart factories' where AGV's (automated guided vehicles) are introduced Automation has entailed dismissals, redeployment of workers and intensification of labour Topics 'High-level wage increases are achieved in Japan'!? (a fabricated report of the Nikkei Shimbun, monopoly capitalists' PR magazine) Concealing the drop in real wages and the intensification of labour [6] From a May Day Appeal issued by the FLTI-CI For the military defeat of Putin's counterrevolutionary troops in Ukraine! Let's open the path to the Russian working class and youth! For the unity of the European working class! 'No to the missile deployment on the Southwest Islands!' A mass peace rally in Okinawa, May 21st Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students fought in the van, raising the banner 'No to Ampo!'
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