わが国の社会運動には「歴史」というものがありません。同じような過ちを形を変えて繰り返し、現れては消えていく諸潮流…。ここは歴史的な運動の課題を考えたり、運動外の個人や、考えの違う他者を抑圧しない、新しい共生時代の活動に役立つヒントをさがす場です。
Human Rights in UnityI’m Souka. After a long break, I’m resuming my posts as if nothing happened. I’ve been wanting to share a small experience that happened years ago on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo after work.
International SolidarityPutin, who invaded Ukraine, has always been an assassin (i.e., KGB), a believer in violence, and a thoroughgoing Great Russian nationalist dictator. This time, his invasion of Ukraine, which came at the cost of civilian casualties, has added another title to his list. He is now known as an aggressor and war criminal. We must...
Organization Theoryby Takashi Hara Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, was besieged by the Islamist Taliban on August 15 and fell without a hitch. The Ghani regime collapsed, bringing to an end 20 years of the U.S. war on terror and symbolizing the defeat of the Afghan occupation. What should we see and learn from this?
Organization Theory(This is an excerpt from an email I sent to someone, with privacy-conscious modifications.) Thank you, ○○, for sharing your thoughts.However, I can’t help but feel that this is yet another instance of “stubborn leftists complaining about the right-wing.” Such a stereotypical view strikes me as being more rigid and closed-minded. I am not opposed...
Nostalgic MaterialThe reaction of the Arab world after the arrest of Fusako Shigenobu is that all newspapers and mass media are reporting her as “Shigenobu the Warrior. It is necessary for the Japanese side to think a little more about the meaning of this. She was serving in the Arab resistance war against Israel's war of aggression.
On June 23, 2004, I published an article titled “Yomiuri Shimbun is Quite Impressive!”. I received “rebuttal” emails from two site administrators whose sites were quoted in that article. Although these emails were originally sent as private messages, both administrators graciously permitted me to make them public, so I am reposting them here. Both administrators...
Right & Left WingRecently, while browsing various bulletin boards, I’ve noticed an increase in criticism of the Asahi Shimbun again. Most of it comes from petty right-wingers engaging in “slander and defamation,” but there are some individuals who passionately criticize the Asahi, having established their own websites and openly providing their email addresses to accept opinions and counterarguments....
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