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No. 2920
(June 1st 2026 Issue)
| Flames of anti-constitutional revision, antiwar struggles flared up in the centre of Tokyo Workers and students' united action in Tokyo, May 17th Zengakuren and Antiwar Youths marched on the Diet, the PM's Office, the US Embassy and the Russian Embassy - All in white helmets, workers and students held a militant demonstration - Let us smash Takaichi's plot to 'restore militarist Japan'!: solidarity rally - Create anti-constitutional revision, antiwar / anti-Ampo, anti-fascist struggles!: an address by a representative of the JRCL - Stop the revision of the Constitution! Let us strive for the Iran antiwar, for the Ukraine antiwar struggles!  (pic) 'Condemn Russia's aerial bombings across Ukraine!' Demonstrators unleashed their anger on the Russian Embassy, May 17th, Tokyo Waseda, Kokugakuin and other univ. students strove for a militant upsurge of a mass rally against war and constitutional revision, held on May 19th, at the main gate of the Diet Building  [2] 'Stop the revision of the Constitution! Overthrow the Takaichi government!' Angry demonstrators marched on the prefectural LDP office All-Tokai workers and students' united action May 17th, Nagoya
(pic right) Solidarity rally: resolve confirmed to stop the constitutional revision 'No to the constitutional revision! Stop Japan's participation in the war!' Kanazawa Univ. students endeavoured to make a militant upsurge of a 'Protect the Constitution' rally May 3rd, Kanazawa  (pic) Students raising a banner that reads: 'Crush the armed aggression against Iran!' [3] JRCL brought a breath of militant air into a Constitution Rally May 9th, Sapporo  (pic) Workers, students and citizens gathering at Sapporo Station Vehement antiwar, anti-constitutional revision demonstrations mounted in Okinawa, the 'island of US bases' Zengakuren Okinawa and the Zengakuren delegation from the mainland lined up to fight for two consecutive days May 16th-17th, Okinawa - The column of Zengakuren strove to give a militant uplift to the peace march, May 16th - 'Remove all the bases! Scrap US-Japan Security Treaty!' Voices of Zengakuren evoked a circle of sympathy among participants: Okinawan People's Rally - 'No to the construction of a new US base!' Militants went on to Henoko to air resolute protest against the ongoing US base construction, May 17th - All the revolutionary and militant workers and students! Bring down the Takaichi government!
(pic right) Peace marchers proceeding along the fences built around the vast extent of the US Air Base; a warplane is seen on a runway in the distance, Kadena, May 16th
(pic right) Zengakuren denouncing the reclamation work, Sedaka Beach in Henoko, May 17th [4] Kaleidoscope Putin met with a 'revolt' of a chauvinist blogger An English version of Trump is running rampant Workers' poverty increased; the gap between rich and poor widened under the Trump administration 'Slave labour': darkness behind the rapid growth of BYD China [5] No to the personnel cut and the intensification of labour by newspaper capitalists! - The newspaper industry is faced with a rise in materials costs and a sharp decrease in the number of subscription - The management tries to find a way out in building up 'solution businesses' - Definitely no to the neo-fascist move to tighten controls on the media! Topics The Yoshino-headed JTUC leadership starts to express opposition to the consumption tax cut: a response to the government's policy of military buildup and tax increases [6] The policy to revitalize Japan's shipbuilding industry centring on the construction of warships The meaning of the Takaichi government's 'investment in economic growth' TOP |
No. 2919
(May 25th 2026 Issue)
| Condemn Russia's major air raid on Kiev and killings of people!  (pic) 'Prevent the revision of the Constitution by all means!' Militant workers' and students' battle cries echoed The May 17 workers and students' united action in Tokyo (Details will appear in next issue)  (pic) 'No to the US-Israeli aggression against Iran! Stop the revision of the Constitution!' Militant students uplifted the opening rally for Okinawa Peace March on May 16th (Details will appear in next issue) [1-2] Trump clung on to Xi who schemes to seize hegemony Sino-American summit talks, May 14th-15th - Trump was intent on making a deal; Xi handled him deftly - Thwart the escalation of the war of aggression against Iran by the Trump administration! [2] Constitution Day rallies on May 3rd Militants fought under the banner 'No to the constitutional revision!' 'No to the dispatch of Japanese troops!' Constitution Day rally in Osaka 4,500 workers, students and citizens got gathered Militant students appealed to participants to crush the armed aggression against Iran
(pic right) Kobe Univ. and Nara Women's Univ. students brought a breath of militant air into the rally Constitution Day rally in Fukuoka JRCL called on participants to oppose the revision of the Constitution  (pic) 'Prevent the constitutional revision at any cost!' JRCL appealing to the public Constitution Day rally in Sapporo 'No to the revision of the Constitution!' JRCL members' loud call reverberated at the venue  (pic) Distributing leaflets to workers and citizens at the entrance of the hall [3] Smash Nuclear Regulation Authority's attempt to hollow out 'new regulatory standards' concerning nuclear power plants! - NRA decided to extend the grace period for setting up facilities for coping with serious nuclear accidents - NRA, the regulator, now a 'slave' of the regulated (Tepco and other businesses) 'No to the restart of Tomari No.3 nuclear reactor!' Workers, students and residents from across Hokkaido held a protest rally and a demonstration Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
(pic right) The demonstration against the restart of the reactor The US-Philippine joint military manoeuvres Japanese military conducted live firing exercises for the first time in Philippine territory [4-5] JRCL called on workers to fight against the constitutional revision: May Day rallies across Japan Rengo [JTUC] Osaka May Day rally, May 1st Discontent stirring among workers about the low compromise figures JRCL appealed to rally participants to prevent Japan's entry into the war  (pic) Distributing handouts at the entrance of the venue Rengo Ishikawa May Day rally in Kanazawa, May 1st A circle of sympathy created at JRCL's call for the Iran antiwar struggle  (pic) Workers striving for the upsurge of the rally despite a downpour Rengo Fukuoka May Day rally, April 29th JRCL called on workers to bring down the neo-fascist Takaichi government
(pic right) 'Fight in unity!' 2,300 workers raising their fists in the rally Rengo Hokkaido May Day rally in Sapporo, May 1st No to aggression against Iran, JRCL appealed
(pic right) JRCL called on workers gathering to oppose the aggression against Iran and Japan's participation in the war Ai-roren May Day rally in Nagoya, May 1st Militant workers strove to overcome the distortion of struggles by the JCP-affiliated leadership  (pic) Workers rallied in indignation against the Takaichi government No to the Japanese government's plan to keep coercing foreign workers into working with low wages and under harsh working conditions [6] NTT Group supports the Takaichi government's massive expansion of armaments and economic security policies TOP |
No. 2917-2918
(May 18th 2026 Issue)
| Prevent the revision of the Constitution at all costs! Let us create an explosive upsurge in the Iran and the Ukraine antiwar struggles! Bring down the Takaichi-led Japanese-type neo-fascist government! Rise in the May 17 workers and students' united actions! - The Takaichi government has launched out into a full-scale offensive to revise the Constitution - A dash for a massive military buildup and the strengthening of the security system to oppress dissidents - Rise in workers and students' united actions! - Pulverize Trump's war and Putin's war!  (pic) May 3rd Constitution Day Rally in Tokyo 'Stop the revision of the Constitution!' Spirited students' banner inspired rally participators [More on this later] [3] Crush the US-Israeli aggression against Iran! Stop Japan from participating in the war! Kanazawa Univ. students staged an antiwar demonstration in the city centre of Kanazawa April 26th
Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students expressed anger at the aggression against Iran April 25th, Naha, Okinawa
(pic right) Solidarity rally in the People's Square Kobe Univ. and Nara Women's Univ. students staged a protest action at the local LDP office in Hyogo Prefecture April 29th, Kobe
(pic right) Appealing to the public at a station in Kobe Students brought a breath of militant air into workers' and citizens' emergency action for 'Peace Constitution' April 26th, Kanazawa  (pic) 'Smash Trump's attack on Iran! Crush Putin's war!' Students appealing to the public, at Kanazawa Station 'Rise together in Iran antiwar, Ukraine antiwar struggles!' JRCL called on workers, students and citizens participating in a 'no war' rally, April 19th, Sapporo  JRCL handed out leaflets to workers and citizens of Fukuoka April 19, Fukuoka  [4] Stop the setting up of a state intelligence council! - Shatter the attempt to strengthen the Japanese type neo-fascist ruling system! - Down with the far-right Takaichi government galloping hell-bent for turning Japan into a warfare state! A law by which to suppress dissidents No to the establishment of a new law which prescribes the 'punishment for damaging' the national flag! - One who denies Japan's 'national flag' (the Rising Sun flag) is to face criminal penalties - Fight back against the reactionary offensive launched together with the planned enactment of an antiespionage law and the move to revise the Constitution [5] A rush for the 'nationalization of Rapidus' The semiconductor policy of the Takaichi government: bound by the 'chains of the US-Japan Security Treaty' A. The government's injection of hard-earned tax money by fair means or foul, direct financing, and appearance as the top shareholder B. The setback of the 'government-private cooperation' and its patching up C. The Japanese government's attempt to create 'US-Japan economic security cooperation' as a 'vassal state' - Manufacturing of IBM-developed, dual-use semiconductors on the order of Pentagon [6] JRCL's revolutionary appeal permeated into the 97th May Day rallies Shatter the armed aggression against Iran! Stop the Takaichi government from participating in the war, from revising the Constitution! Rengo [JTUC] Central May Day rally April 29th Workers denounced the Rengo leadership for suppressing trade unions' peace movement as trade unions
(pic right) 'No to Japan's participation in the war!' 'No to the constitutional revision!' JRCL's appeal evoked sympathy among workers gathering Zenroren Central May Day rally May 1st  (pic) Anger expressed against the leadership for holding workers back from participating in no-war rallies held regularly in front of the Diet Building Zenrokyo Hibiya May Day rally in Kameido May 1st  (pic) Many participants responded in the rain to the JRCL's call to rise in antiwar, anti-constitutional revision struggles [7] It's like stabbing employees in the back! Ogoori city authorities rejected the contract renewal of a worker after they interviewed her and knew full well her eagerness to work Don't allow them to reject the renewal of the contracts of workers hired by the fiscal year! Hokkaido Nursing schools closed down one after another Don't allow the Takaichi government to sacrifice medical service and social security! [8] Voices of 50,000 rose against the revision of the Constitution May 3 Constitution Day rally in Ariake Park, Tokyo
(pic right) 'Down with the Takaichi government!' JRCL distributing handbills and Weekly Liberation to participants TOP |
No. 2916
(May 4th 2026 Issue)
| 'No to the aggression against Iran!' 'Stop Japan's participation in the war, revision of the Constitution!' Students from the Tokyo metropolitan area staged a demonstration suffused with anger April 19th - Raising their fists at the US Embassy, at the Diet and at PM's Office, students chanted, 'No to aggression in Iran! No to constitutional revision!'  (pic) 'Stop the constitutional revision!' 'Down with the Takaichi government!' Students marching on the Diet building No to the sending of troops! Stop constitutional revision! Bring down Takaichi! 36,000 protesters rose to action in front of the Diet Building April 19th - Militant students livened it up with a call, 'Shatter the US-Israeli aggression against Iran!' - Go forward despite distortion of struggles by the established opposition leaders!  (pic) Protesters responding to students' call to fight Iran antiwar, Ukraine antiwar struggles together [2] Shatter the armed aggression against Iran! No to Japan's entry into the war, to the revision of the Constitution! Bring down the ultra-reactionary Takaichi government frantic to impose war, oppression and poverty on toiling people! -Condemn the US-Israeli war of extermination against Iran! - Prevent Japan from entering the war! Pulverize the oppression of the prewar Maintenance of the Public Order Act type! - Let us rise in an antiwar struggle to break through the danger of a world war flaring up! Voices of 'No to the aggression against Iran' resounded Workers, students and citizens rallied against war in Aichi Nagoya, April 19th
(pic right) Militant students appealing to rally participants to oppose the US-Japan Security Treaty together [3] For a militant uplift in the May 16 Peace March and Okinawan People's Rally under the banner of 'Iran anti war struggle' and 'Against US-Japan Military Alliance' Shatter the armed aggression against Iran! No to the move to make the Southwest Islands a military fortress! Stop Japan's participation in the war! Don't send US forces out from Okinawa to the Middle East! The Okinawa Prefectural Committee of the JRCL - Shatter the US imperialist-Israeli war of extermination against Iran! - Prevent the Takaichi government from entering the war and revising the Constitution! - Stop making the Southwest Islands a military fortress! - Let us fight tenaciously with the aim of removing all the bases and abrogating the US-Japan Security Treaty! [4] Limitations to the 'five patterns' in relation to Japan's arms export removed Denounce the Takaichi government for lifting the ban on the export of lethal weapons! - The government is scheming to increase arms exports to world markets - A plan to reconstruct the Japanese imperialist economy through the 'militarization of the economy' Denounce the passage of the bill in the Lower House to create a state intelligence council ! US military bases in Japan, the biggest forward bases in the world for the Trump empire to attack Iran, operating flat-out [5] Prevent the Takaichi government from changing the reimbursement system for high-cost medical care in a bad direction! - The maximum charge for medical treatment is to be raised drastically - 'Do you mean to say poor people should give up receiving medical care?' - Absolutely NO to the Takaichi government's bad revision of the social security system! Topics 'We'll make it possible for those who's willing to work to work' Takaichi is simply imposing long working hours on workers [6] Hungarians thrust 'NO!' at Orban the tyrant - The anger exploded at the authoritarian politics with the name of 'illiberal democracy' - Trump and Putin dug their own graves by 'intervening in the elections' - Chants of 'Ruszkik, Haza!' or 'Russians, go home!' reverberated - On just one point, the centre-right Tisza party and trade unions struggled jointly: 'Vote out Orban' TOP |
No. 2915
(April 27th 2026 Issue)
| Workers and students all over the country! Rise in May 17 united antiwar actions!  36,000 protesters rose to action in front of the Diet Building, April 19th Students from the Tokyo metropolitan area called for the overthrow of the neo-fascist Takaichi government (Details will appear in next issue) Push forward the Iran antiwar, the Ukraine antiwar struggles! Advance antiwar, anti-constitutional revision struggles to prevent Japan's participation in the war and the revision of the Constitution! Bring down the Takaichi-led Japanese-type neo-fascist government servile to the US! Central Students' Orgburo Chapter 1 The present-day world plunged into the danger of a world war because of the wars of aggression by the militarist empire and the Russian empire A. The war of aggression against Iran launched by the militarist empire and the Zionist state B. The war of aggression levied against Ukraine by the Putin-led Russian empire C. Political and military confrontation intensifying in East Asia between the US-Japan vs. China-Russia-North Korea D. Darkness accelerated sharply in today's world in the 21st century Chapter 2 Reactionary offensives launched by the Takaichi government which is now more and more subservient to the Trump empire A. The Takaichi government trying to bulldoze the dispatch of Japanese troops to the Strait of Hormuz and the revision of the Constitution B. The official leaderships' parliamentarianist distortion of the opposition movement and Zengakuren's energetic efforts to break through the distortion Chapter 3 Create a powerful upsurge of the Iran antiwar struggle, the Ukraine antiwar struggle and the struggle against the dispatch of the Japanese military, against the revision of the Constitution! A. For an explosive uplift in the Iran antiwar struggle under the banner 'Shatter the armed aggression! Stop the dispatch of the Japanese military!' B. Create a surge of struggles to smash Putin's war! C. Win an explosive upsurge in the antiwar, anti-constitutional revision struggle under the banner 'Stop the sending of the Japanese military! No to the revision of the Constitution!' - Advance our struggles by raising the slogans, 'Prevent the sending of troops to the Strait of Hormuz! Against the constitutional revision! Against the imposition of poverty! Against the Takaichi government!' [4]  'No to aggression against Iran!' Angry students marched on the US Embassy, PM's Office and the Diet Building, April 19th (Details will appear in next issue) 'Our zero hour'? The Takaichi-led LDP government is frantic to revise the Constitution [5] Some thoughts on sales labour forced upon postal workers to increase the number of packages - What sort of labour are they obliged to perform, and under what system? - What definition should we give to 'package sales labour' in terms of political economy? - Real contradictions arising from postal workers also performing sales labour - Ideological as well as mental alienation of workers who perform sales labour [6] Shatter the US / Israeli aggression against Iran! Stop the revision of the Constitution of Japan! Protest actions staged nationwide Cries of 'No to ground attack!' reverberated Citizens' rally in Naha, Okinawa, April 7th  (pic) 'No to Trump's plunge into a ground war!' Workers chanting in a rally 'No to the sending of SDF troops!' 1,400 rallied at Sapporo Station, Hokkaido, April 8th  (pic) Hokkaido Univ. students fighting in the van Emergency Action in Osaka JRCL's 'Urgent Appeal' awoke enthusiastic responses among workers, students and citizens , Osaka, April 8th  (pic) 2,000 protesters gathered in a busy block in Umeda JRCL appealed to the public to stand up for the Iran antiwar struggle, Fukuoka Tenjin, April 8th  (pic) JRCL's urgent appeal evoked many people's sympathy TOP |
No. 2914
(April 20th 2026 Issue)
| An urgent appeal Stop the two homicidal governments of the United States and Israel from perpetrating atrocities against Iranian people! Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)  'Shatter the armed aggression against Iran!' JRCL put up a signboard at the entrance of its head office building, Tokyo [1-2] 'No to war!' 'No to constitutional revision!' 'Bring down Takaichi! 30,000 workers, students and citizens surrounded the Diet Building 'Shatter the aggression against Iran! Stop Japan's dispatch of troops!' Militant students called for a struggle to smash the warmongers' invasion of Iran, to stop Japan's sending of troops April 8th
(pic right) 'Bring down the Takaichi government!' Chants went up at the Diet
(pic right) With anger towards the Takaichi government, protesters surrounded the Diet Building Stop the Takaichi government from sending SDF troops to the Middle East, from revising the Constitution! Stop the legislation for creating a state intelligence council! - Don't allow the dispatch of Japan's armed forces to the Strait of Hormuz, Japan's entry into the war! - Put up a great battle to pulverize the LDP's offensive of the constitutional revision! - Cut off the 'chain of the US-Japan Security Treaty! [3] AI / ICT companies support the Trump empire's wars of aggression - Military AI systems fully used in the aggressive war against Iran - Palantir Technologies: a blood-stained munitions company - 'Software Defined Warfare' (SDW) - The Takaichi government that is totally under Trump's thumb and the militarization of the Japanese economy Takaichi plots to introduce Palantir's military AI - An AI system that specializes in conducting warfare and oppressing dissidents - 'The face of the tech right', Peter Thiel [4] Postal workers' 2026 shunto No to the union leadership for compromising on pay cuts that bring about destruction of workers' livelihood! I. Thorougoingly shifting the burden onto workers II. Denounce the union leaders for agreeing on pay cuts that force more poverty on workers! III. Condemn the union leadership for being immersed in joint labour-management consultations and justifying themselves by saying they could 'secure union members' annual incomes' - No to the bad revision of the personnel and wage system! IV. Let us stand up to smash the US-Israeli armed aggression against Iran! [5] Once again brought into relief: The murky relationship between LDP and Unification Church Don't allow the Takaichi government to cover up the collusive relations! - 'True Mother special report' revealed: Shinzo Abe repeatedly met face-to-face with the leading figures of the Unification Church - The Unification Church 'enthusiastically supported' Takaichi as 'successor to Abe' The new job of 'nursery teacher-nurse', introduced by the Ohtsu City authorities, forces wage cuts and intensification of labour on workers [6] The Putin regime caught in a deadlocked situation: vicious surveillance and mobilization of its own people for the war 'Putin's war shall never be allowed' Russian people are persistently continuing their resistance Strengthening the relation of military cooperation between the Philippines and Japan The Takaichi government hell-bent on creating an Asian version of NATO TOP |
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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