SHISŌ-UNDŌ No.1064 May1, 2021
Contents
Page 1
Call from HOWS (Hongō Workers School) in Spring 2021
Let us sharpen the intellect and struggle without shrinking or self-restraining underthe Corona Disaster!
ŌSAKA Hideto
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Construction continues despite the suspension of the protests
Using the sand of the southern Okinawa – Watch closely the starting point of theproblems
EDAGAWA Toshio (Okinawa Prefecture resident)
Coronavirus response facing “the infectious disease of the Anthropocene”
Coronavirus is spreading in Japan under the policy-based medical cutGOTŌ Marie (Medical counselor)Page 3Essay
Restore the right of education for the students of the Korean residents in Japan
Park Gyeong-Ja (Representative director, (Public interest incorporated foundation)
Association to support the students of the Korean residents in Japan)
We denounce the decision of dumping “the tritium-contaminated water” into the Ocean
Government must NOT force the sacrifices to the residents in Fukushima
TSUNODA Masashi (Joint representative, Peace Forum in Fukushima Prefecture)
Statement
Against dumping the tritium-contaminated water into the Ocean!
We protest against the government's decision and demand to stopp itJoint representatives of the People’s Assembly in Fukushima Prefecture for
De-Nuclearized Power Generation -- TSUNODA Masashi (Joint representative, Peace
Forum in Fukushima Prefecture), KARINO Mitsuaki (Representative, Federation inFukushima Prefecture of the Social Democratic Party), IGARI Mamoru (Residents’assembly in Futaba Region against the Mixed oxide (MOX) fuel)Movement activities guide
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From the Report at the Workers' and Citizens' Rally on March 23
The collapse of medical care is due to the medical policy of the monopoly capital
YAMADA Atsushi (Representative, National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health; Member, Kofu City Council)

Senryu poems
HAYASHI Ken
Page 5Pandemic “The Internationale”
Translated by AZATO Migeru

Stop the inhumane Olympic/Paralympic Games at Tokyo!
Aim of holding the event is to create a totalitarian system
TANIGUCHI Gentarō (Sports journalist)
TopicsSanken Electric must revoke the dissolution and the dismissal of workers of Sanken
Korea! Rally held on April 13
TANUMA Hisao
The inaugural general meeting of “Association of the citizens in Osaka to support ofthe Union of Korean subsidiary of Sanken Electric” held
YOKOMICHI Akiko
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Annual spring labor offensive in 2021 of Tobu Bus of the General Federation of Private
Railway Workers' Unions of Japan
Criticism of “the wage distribution theory” – Demands based on the actual condisiton
OGUMA Hiroki (Worker of the private railway, bus driver)Worker’s reports
Now of the youth movement toward its reconstruction
Various activities are restricted by “the self-restraint” under the Corona Disaster at
Hitotsubashi University too
Let us aim revival at the campus without freedom
ISHITSUKI Suzunosuke (Doctoral course, Graduate School of Social Sciences ofHitotsubashi University)
Buzzing atmosphere at the advancement review meeting
Workplaces belong to those who work there
FUJIWARA Akira (School worker)
Headlight column
Flowers have bloomed, but - Page 7
Ground Self-Defense Force trained to lay mines at Itoshima in Fukuoka Prefecture
Actions and rally to demand to stop it
KIDA Yoshihide (Executive committee of “Stop the construction of the new militarybase in Okinawa from Fukuoka!”)
The court struggle continues on the Sayama incident of 1963
Let us win the retrial in response to the appeal by ISHIKAWA Kazuo
NAKAMURA YoshihikoVictory rally for the final judgement by the Supreme Court about not standing up for“Kimigayo anthem” in 2009
I will teach the facts because I have father who was a Japanese soldier, said plaintiff
NEZU Kimiko
MURAKAMI Rieko
Page 8International review

Struggles against “fire and rehire” in Britain
Gas workers have struck for 42 days
OKIE Kazuhiro
International brief note - Now in the world
Italy: Amazon subsidiary workers struck for 24 hours across Italy
Editorial officeReading the issues on“Shisō Undō” (February 1, 2021 and March 1, 2021)
From the opinions at the Joint Review Discussions
Page 9Book review“Cuba My Love: The true faces of Cuba as I saw” (Written by KANESHIRO Junko)
Photo collection full of “sympathy”
KOSHIKAWA Yoshiaki (Professor, Meiji University)
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Honoré Daumier and the Paris Commune
He continued to stay in Paris in the meantime
MATSUOKA Keiichi
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In honor of the May Day
Three worker’s films I recommend“Nomadland” (Directed by Chloe Zhao), “Heaven for Doodlebug” (Directed byTSUCHIYA Tokachi),“Sorry We Missed You” (Directed by Ken Loach)
SHIMIZU Masahiko (Professor of Nippon Sport Science University,Constitutional studies)“The Molly Maguires” (Directed by Martin Ritt), “The Grapes of Wrath” (Directedby John Ford), “Metello” (Directed by Mauro Bolognini)
TATENO Masahiro (Professor Emeritus)“Adventure of a Film Critic” (Directed by KINOSHITA Masaaki), “Ikiru (To Live) ”(Directed by KUROSAWA Akira), “Tokyo Flats” (Directed by MURAKAMI Hiroyasu)
TUCHIYA Tokashi (Film director)“Brassed Off” (Directed by Mark Herman), “Pelle Erobreren” (Directed by Bille
August), “Coal Mine” (Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst)
INO Shigeo (Cultural activist)
Page 12From the readers postcards
Reading the Lee Jun-Sik’s article of “The Proletarian Internationalism” No. 2
KIDA Seiya (Osaka resident)
From the lessons of the Casino issues at Yokohama
TAKEOKA Kenji (Yokohama City resident)
Piercing Reproach column
Problems of the Hansen's disease and the responsibility for the colonial rulePopular Culture Review
Cultural situation in the Corona Disaster reading from “Kimetsu no Yaiba (DemonSlayer)”
Reactionary worldview based on the sense of being victimized at the root
KANAYAMA Akiko
New publication“SHIMIZU Sumiko: A life of love and struggle” (Written by Park Il-Bun, published by
Korean Problem Research Center of Korea University)
FUSE Yume
From the editorial office