SHISŌ-UNDŌ No.1085 February 1, 2023
Contents
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Let us gather at the March 4 Tokyo Rally Celebrating the International Women’s Day2023
DO NOT let go of the right to live in the peace!
Executive committee of the March 4 Tokyo Rally Celebrating the International
Women’s Day 2023
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For the trade unions to lead – Reading the HOWS lecture and discussion of theactivities of the Executive Committee of the Trade Unisons Against Wars of theprevious issue
For taking the stance to be able to think somebody else’s issue as my problem
Steady learning and exchange make colleagues
TAKANO Asuka (Representative secretary, Youth Committee of the National TradeUnion Council)
Issues also taught us the difficulties of the struggles against wars
We trust the union members who distribute the organ of the union
TAKAI Kazuki (Secretary of the labor union of local government, caseworker )Sympathizing strongly with the attitude of struggles against wars
It was also an opportunity to learn the importance of the fellow workers
HIROHAMA Ayako (Freelance Creator's Union)
Looking back the construction of the union in early 1970s
Our only strength is unity
MIYASAKA Shizuo (Tokyo resident, former private enterprise worker)“Leading of the struggles against wars” is still an “idea”
We would like to create the activities to get there
SAKURAI Haruhiko (Chiba Prefecture resident, local government worker)
Based on the relation with colleagues at the workplace
Meaning to make an effort to the feeling
YONEMARU Kasane (Cleaning worker)
From a new union member who knew nothing
New horizons inside me
TORIBARA Naohisa (High school teacher)Let us participate in the Workers’ and Citizens’ Rallies in February and March!
On February 14 -- How to live under the COVID-19 Disaster and the high prices
On March 22 – What the amendment to the Constitution ignoring the sovereign isdestroying
Executive Committee of the Trade Unions Against Wars made the public appeal
Let us gather for the action in front of the prime minister’s official residence at theannual spring labor offensive against wars on March 3
Movement activities guidePage 4
From the discussion of the HOWS lecture and discussion “For the workers and tradeunions to rise up now”
We, the workers and trade unions, are the heroes to stop the threat to humanity!
SUDA Mitsuteru (General Secretary, National Union of General Workers TokyoTobu), SHŌJI Masanori (Deputy General Secretary, ZENRŌ (All Workers) Union ofNational Union of General Workers) and attendees
Page 5Essay
To the people of the generation that has never known the war
Let us have the strong sprit every day
YOSHIDA Kazuko (Tokyo resident, 92 years old)
Worker’s report
The situation is growing tough, while the activists are ageing
What is important to link the movement to the next generation
MIZUMA Yukie (Member of Katsushika City assembly, Tokyo)
Worker’s report
Bomb scare caused an uproar at the workplace
The authorities’ response may be seen as disregard of the human lives
FUJIMOTO Aiko (Public worker)
Headlight column
The menstrual leave
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Struggle against the major change of the Japan-US Security Treaty
From the activists all over the country
Kanagawa
Discussion based on the “Proposal of Peace Plan”
Let us make big waves “against wars”
TAKANASHI Akiyoshi (Representative mediator, Action Kanagawa for the joint
actions)
Okinawa
Forced the evacuation drill assuming the missiles
Diplomacy for peace is an effective “deterrent”
TOUBARU Isao (Member, Ginowan City Council, Okinawa)
Shiga
What is the true slogan for the movement
Rally for NOT exclusively defense-oriented policy, but to defend the pacifistConstitution
INAMURA Mamoru (General Secretary, Article 9 Network in Shiga Prefecture)
Okinawa
Signature Campaign against the U.S. military base at Henoko is spreading
We protest the evacuation drill assuming the missiles
EDAGAWA Toshio (Okinawa Prefecture resident)Tokyo
50 years of the Tachikawa watch tent village against Self-Defense Force
But the Ospreys are flying inŌBORA Toshiyuki (Tachikawa watch tent village against Self-Defense Force, Former
defendant of the suppression case of the leafleting against wars at Tachikawa)Iwakuni
U.S. soldiers stole cars
Signature Campaign to protest the cases is spreading
TAMURA Jungen (Representative of Atagoyama Peace Institute)
Kyoto
DO NOT allow the U.S. military to cover the personal injury accidents
We call for abolishing the Japan-US Security Treaty and removal of the base!
KOMAI Takayuki (Liaison Conference in Kyoto against the U.S. military X-band radarbase)
Worker’s report
Concept of the maneuver deployment in the three papers of Japanese nationalsecurity
Six private ferries for “the defense of the Southwestern area”
TAKENAKA Masaharu (Member of Seamen’s Union)
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Attending the lecture by KOIDE Hiroaki at Miharu Town in Fukushima Prefecture
Against the nuclear power plant as against nuclear arms and against discrimination
Let us strengthen the logic against the danger and absurdities of the nuclear power
plantsŌMURA Saiichi
We oppose the major change of the policies of the nuclear power generation!
DO NOT allow the policies of the nuclear power to remedy the nuclear power industry
Let us do whatever we can do now!
NAKAMURA Yasuko (National network to stop re-operation of the nuclear powerplants)
Old and damaged nuclear power plants are extremely dangerous!
Let us join the actions to stop re-operating Tōkai Daini (No.2) Nuclear Power Plant
YOKOTA Sakiko (Association in the metropolitan area “Stop! Against re-operation ofTōkai Daini (No.2) Nuclear Power Plant” )Page 9Forced removal of the homeless at Yoshitake Park in Shibuya City
We protest against the violent action to rob “the right to live”
AKIYAMA Shinya
Report 2022 from Okinawa (12)The Hansen's disease and Okinawa (3)NISHIURA Akihide (Nago City resident)
Page 10Three books to read now to think about the war and peace recommended (2)“Victory of China is the key to Tomorrow of all Asia” (Written by HASEGAWA Teru) /“Meiro (The maze)” (Written by NOGAMI Yaeko) / “Founding Declaration of theInternational Workingmen's Association” (Written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
NIHEI Kazuo (Retired worker)“Neither the Self-Defense Forces nor the U.S. military forces need to be in Japan”(Written by HANAOKA Shigeru) / “Civil resistance (Fontana movements and ideas)”(Written by Michael Randle) / “The Cold War and American Science: The
Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford” (Written by Stuart W.
Leslie)TOYOSHIMA Kōichi (Professor Emeritus, Saga University)“Lost soldiers: Essay of the literature of war” (Written by NORO Kuninobu) / “Notewritten by a soldier” (Written by MIYAMAE Shizuo) / "Opening the door of Japanese
literature, The third door: Stories of the people who struggled against wars" (Written byTATENO Masahiro)
TATENO Masahiro (Professor Emeritus, Meiji University)“Phoenix” (Written by TEZUKA Osamu) / “The war begins: The complete works of
FUKUSHIMA Kikujirō” (Written by FUKUSHIMA Kikujiro) / “Alternative of theJapan-US Security Treaty and the acts of war: Concept of the peace to realize theConstitution” (Edited by WATANABE Osamu and the Society for Study of the concept ofthe welfare state)
SHIMIZU Masahiko (Professor of Nippon Sport Science University)“War Primer: Report from Asia at the workplace to product the film” (Written byTAKAIWA Jin) / “High school students pursue: Village of the mice and the Unit 731”
(Written by the Geography and History Research Club of Shōwa High School in
Saitama Prefecture and ENDŌ Kōji) / “Life of Galileo” (English version cooperated withCharles Laughton. Bertolt Brecht)
OKANO Nahomi (Kasukabe City in Saitama Prefecture resident)“The Plague” (Written by Albert Camus) / “The Trojan Horse” (Written by Paul Nizan)/ “Summer Flower” (Written by HARA Tamiki)
KO Yon-i (French literature scholar)“Shinsei Kigeki (The Divine Comedy)” (Written by ŌNISHI Kyojin) / “The periodsubdivisions of the contemporary history” (Written by HANADA Kiyoteru) /“YAMAZAKI, shoot the Emperor!” (Written by OKUZAKI kenzō
YAMAGUCHI Tadayoshi (Professor of Nishogakusha University)
International brief note - Now in the world〈Republic of Korea〉Oppression to the Democratic Labor General Federation
Compulsory investigation by the National Intelligence Service
DOMATSU Katsunori
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Labor movements in Britain
Conservative Party targets the trade unions
People aren’t dying because nurses are striking. Nurses are striking because people
are dying.
OKIE Kazuhiro
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Obituary
YAMAGUCHI Masanori (1949-2022)
A life of standing up against the injustices of the society with the pen
DOMATSU Katsunori
Piercing Reproach column
Consciousness as the assailants

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