Japan

1894-1931: Anarchism in Korea

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2006 13:22
Tram in Pyongyang, Korea under the Japanese rule, 1930s

A short history of anarchism and the anarchist movement in North and South Korea.

In the 2,000 years of Korean history there arose movements fighting for peasants rights and for national independence. Within these movements there were tendencies that may be seen as forerunners of modern anarchism, in the same way as we might view the Diggers in the English revolution.

1868-2000: Anarchism in Japan

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2006 11:24
1918 rice riots in Okayama

A history of the once-influential anarchist movement in the Japanese Islands in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Shusui, Kotoko, 1871-1911

Submitted by Steven. on Jul 15 2006 15:02

A short biography of journalist Kotoku Shusui, who helped introduce anarchism to Japan and was executed for treason.

Kotoku Shusui
Born 4 November or 23 September 1871 - Japan, died 24 January 1911 - Japan

Japan's prisons of torture

Submitted by Freedom on May 21 2006 11:00

A Japanese town council has decided to introduce new rules allowing the jailing of householders who don’t paint their homes a chosen colour for up to a year.

The threat is a strong one for people who don’t like the preferred shade of green, for those incarcerated in Japan’s prison system life is systematised daily torture.

The Anarchist Movement in Japan, 1906-1996 - John Crump

Submitted by libcom on Apr 21 2006 22:50
Japanese anarchists

John Crump's history of anarchism and the anarchist movement in Japan from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the pamphlet was written in the 1990s.

by John Crump, prefaced by the Anarchist Communist Federation

Anarchist Communist Editions ACE Pamphlet No. 8
Paper edition printed by Pirate Press (Autumn 1996). This Electronic Edition (Summer 1998)
Published by the Anarchist Federation www.afed.org.uk

1960s: Beyond the New Left Part 2- Muto Ichiyo & Inoue Reiko

Submitted by libcom on Apr 18 2006 21:05

Beyond the New Left Part 2- Muto Ichiyo & Inoue Reiko

Presented in PDF format (7mb).

1945-84: Class struggle on the shop floor, the Japanese case - Muto Ichiyo

Submitted by libcom on Apr 18 2006 20:51

Class struggle on the shop floor, the Japanese case 1945-84
Muto Ichiyo
Presented in PDF Format (3mb).

France: Protests take international turn

Submitted by libcom on Apr 4 2006 11:01

As the protests agains the First Employment Contract (CPE) continue in France, young workers and students across the world have begun to show support for the French movement or take similar action themselves.

http://libcom.org/blog has received reports from Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Brazil, the USA, New Zealand, Ireland and Turkey so far, with actions ranging from university occupations and school walkouts to protests against French consulates and businesses.

See also French version below.

1990: Kamagasaki riot (video clip)

Submitted by libcom on Mar 5 2006 18:04

A ten minute video clip of news footage from the Kamagasaki riot in Osaka, Japan 1990. For information about the events, see 1990: Worker insurgency in Osaka.

The clip is also hosted at archive.org wmv format 28mb.

1980s - The Death of Hirohito

Submitted by libcom on Mar 5 2006 11:26

The Roots of Subservience

Kan Takayuki takes a long hard look at the historical and cultural factors underlying the public reaction to the illness, death and funeral of Hirohito Tenno.

Presented in PDF format (1mb).