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1990: Worker insurgency in Osaka
You must help yourself: Neo-liberal geographies and worker insurgency in Osaka.
YOU MUST HELP YOURSELF:
NEO-LIBERAL GEOGRAPHIES AND WORKER INSURGENCY IN OSAKA
"I realize as the train pulls in that the station is on fire. The platform is aflame and below the streets are empty with people running past occasionally. Something is happening. I pick up some rocks and start throwing them at a police line."
-anonymous rioter at Kamagasaki
1990: Kamagasaki riot (video clip)
A ten minute video clip of news footage from the Kamagasaki riot in Osaka, Japan 1990. For information about the events, see: http://libcom.org/library/worker-insurgency-osaka
