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No. 2913
(April 13th 2026 Issue)
| Crush the aggression against Iran! Stop Japan from participating in the war! Stop the US forces from launching large-scale airstrikes, from mounting a ground attack! - Condemn the militarist empire frantic to destroy the anti-American Islamic state - Prevent the dispatch of the Japanese military to the Middle East! Stop the revision of the Constitution! Zengakuren staging a heated action in front of the PM's Office March 25th, Tokyo  (pic) 'No to the dispatch of Japanese troops to the Middle East!' Spirited students expressing anger in front of the PM's Office 24,000 protesters gathered in front of the Diet Building March 25th 'No to the US-Japan military alliance! Stop the constitutional revision!' Militant students' voices reverberated through the area  (pic) 'Smash the aggression against Iran! Absolutely NO to a ground war!' Rally participants joined in the chants of the spirited students
(pic right) 'No to the dispatch of SDF troops to the Middle East! Abolish the War Law!' Students from the Tokyo area raised their fists together with 24,000 angry workers and citizens [2] 'Stop the deployment of long-range missiles in a SDF base in Kyushu!' Resentful antiwar workers resolutely protested against the deployment in SDF Camp Kengun, Kumamoto, March 31st  (pic) Militant workers raising their fists at the main gate 'Denounce the military invasion of Iran!' JRCL made a militant appeal to uplift a No War rally A workers' and citizens' rally against war in Fukuoka, March 22nd  (pic) JRCL members appealing to rally participants [3] US imperialism repeatedly defeated by the explosion of anti-American struggles The history of its neocolonialist aggression against Iran Trump made a clean sweep of the emission control of greenhouse gasses Cepco [Chugoku Electric Power Company]'s Shimane Nuclear Power Station No to plutonium burning in a thermal reactor No. 2! [4] Electric workers' 2025 spring offensive Break through the shunto intended for a 'virtuous circle of the economy' Don't let the leadership of the JEIC [Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Unions] lapse into labour-management consultations designed for the 'growth of businesses'! Denounce the major company managements' ultra-law wage increase offers and the union leadership's agreement on them! I. The electrical monopoly capitalists are heading for the expansion of military production and mass dismissals II. Don't let the union leadership distort shunto into one 'for the growth of companies'! III. Let us fight to 'achieve a big, across-the-board wage increase'! [5] The acute shortage of teachers No to measures to cope with the problem by instilling a 'sublime sense of mission'! Topics Shatter the offensive of sackings and wage cuts imposed on workers to break through the crisis of Japanese imperialism! Let us fight for the 2026 shunto to the last ditch! [6] Stop the establishment of an antiespionage law! No to the strengthening of police systems of surveillance and suppression! Against invader Russia's 'energy terrorism' The struggle of Ukrainian energy workers who have supported the power supply all through the winter TOP |
No. 2912
(April 6th 2026 Issue)
| Zengakuren rose in an Iran antiwar demonstration March 19th, Tokyo  (pic) Spirited students heading for the PM's Office and the US Embassy Smash the US imperialist and Israeli aggression against Iran! Prevent the dispatch of the Japanese military to the Middle East! - Students gathering from all over the country marched on the US Embassy, on the PM's Office - 'Put an end to the atrocities perpetrated by the militarist empire!': solidarity rally 'Down with the Takaichi government!' March 25 action in front of the Diet Building 24,000 protesters gathered despite pouring rain
[1-2] Prevent Japanese imperialism from entering the war of aggression against Iran! Don't allow the US forces to launch a ground attack! - Denounce Takaichi for promising Trump Japan's dispatch of troops, its participation in the war! - Japan's total subordination to the warmongering state of America - Create a torrent of struggle to 'smash the aggression against Iran and prevent Japan's entry into the war'! [2] 'Absolutely NO to the US / Israeli attack on Iran! Stop the constitutional revision!' More than ten thousand workers, students and citizens surrounded the Diet Building March 19 Emergency Action in front of the Diet Building
[3] 'We bitterly oppose the war of aggression against Iran!' Workers and citizens held an emergency rally and demonstration March 17th, Kanazawa JRCL called on rally participants to oppose the sending of Japanese troops to the Middle East
(pic right) Workers gathering together to express anger 'Condemn the armed attack on Iran! No to the dispatch of Japanese troops!' Students of Kobe Univ. and Nara Women's Univ. ardently appealed to the public March 14th, Kobe  'Win a big, across-the-board wage raise!' JRCL handing out leaflets and appealing to workers participating in a shunto rally sponsored by JTUC Hokkaido March 10th, Sapporo  (pic) JRCL also appealing: 'Let us denounce the aggression against Iran!' Takaichi to offer state funds to the Trump empire [4] The Takaichi government is rushing to the standardization of municipal systems based on the government cloud Golden Dome program The Trump administration planning to expand military capability to outer space [5] Series Workers struggling in the workplace Anger whipped up into flame Postal service Collection and delivery workers in the provinces suffering harsh working conditions and hard work Airport workers in Okinawa Unduly harsh work forced upon them [6] Accuse Putin of repressing his people by using the 'foreign agent' law Poetry Four years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine TOP |
No. 2911
(March 30th 2026 Issue)
| Shatter US imperialist and Israeli armed aggression against Iran! Prevent the dispatch of the Japanese military! Prevent Japan's participation in the war! Nullify the security-related laws! Create a surge of Iran antiwar, anti-Ampo and anti-Takaichi government struggles!  (pic) 'Shatter the aggression against Iran! No to Japan's dispatch of troops!' Zengakuren students from all over the country marching to the PM's Office and the US Embassy, March 19th - Pulverize military neocolonialism aimed to exterminate Iran! - Prevent Japan's participation in the war by sending its troops to the Strait of Hormuz! - Let us break through the danger of the outbreak of a third world war in solidarity with people all over the world! 'No to the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran!' Zengakuren stood firm in the forefront of the protest March 19 Emergency Action in front of the Diet Building
(pic right) 'No to the dispatch of the Japanese military!' More than ten thousand protested [2] Stop the construction of a new US base! Remove the US Marine Corps airbase in Futenma! March 7th, Henoko, Okinawa  (pic) Okinawan students' denunciation of Trump's bombing on Iran inspired anger among rally participants, at Camp Schwab gate 'No to the continued operation of the Sendai nuclear power station! Kagoshima Univ. students paraded around the city with workers and citizens, March 8th
'Trump class battleships' equipped with new nuclear missiles: No to another expansion of the US's nuclear capacities! Don't allow PM Takaichi's 'reworking of Japan's three nonnuclear principles'! Macron declared an increase in the number of nuclear warheads No to French imperialism's buildup of nuclear capabilities! [3] Denounce the full-scale operation of reactor No. 6 in the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station! South Korean versions of artificial intelligence digital textbooks came to a deadlock in half a year [4] Don't allow the distortion of the spring labour offensive into one 'contributing to the development of the metal industry and businesses'! Criticism of the JCM's (Japanese Council of Metalworkers' Unions) action plan for 2026 shunto - The characteristics of the JCM's action plan for 2026 shunto - The union leadership exercises self-restraint in demanding wage increases - The leadership is promoting a Industrial Patriotic movement [5] 2026 spring labour offensive of the JAM [Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery, and Manufacturing Workers] Let us fight for the JAM shunto by opposing the leadership's failed petition campaign for 'price pass through'! 1. Ultra-low wage raise demands, unrelated to 'improvement in living' or 'putting the breaks on the growing wealth gap' 2. The bankruptcy of the policy of securing 'funds for wage increase' by means of 'price pass through' 3. Fight firmly by overcoming the leadership that abandons organizing strikes and mass actions 4. Let us stand up for the Ukraine antiwar struggle! Break through the danger of war spreading throughout the world with the united power of the working class! [6] Spring labour offensive rallies held in many parts of the country JTUC rally in Aichi March 1st
(pic right) 'Let us win a big, across-the-board wage raise!' JRCL appealed to all workers joining the rally JTUC rally in Osaka February 27th  (pic) JRCL distributed Weekly Kaihoh, calling for workers to also oppose Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Voices of the denunciation of the bombing of Iran echoed  (pic) JRCL appealed to the public in the busy streets of Kanazawa, March 13th Together with Ukrainians, with Palestinians, with our comrades of Zengakuren: My decision to fight TOP |
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