Osaka

1990: Worker insurgency in Osaka

sphinx — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:43:18 +0000

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

The Depression and the liberation of Kamagasaki (1973-1978)

catch — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:10:55 +0000

This pamphlet is presented in PDF format (56mb). We'd welcome OCRed versions of this pamphlet for dial-up and low-bandwidth users in either Japanese and English.

The Depression and the liberation of Kamagasaki (1973-1978)

catch — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:10:30 +0000

A pamphlet in Japanese and English about the Kamagasaki area of Osaka.

1990: Kamagasaki riot (video clip)

libcom — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:04:16 +0000

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

Life in the Yoseba - Kobayashi Kengo

libcom — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:20:48 +0000

Life in the Yoseba - Kobayashi Kengo

Presented in PDF format (418kb)

Osaka park eviction

catch — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:50:53 +0000

Osaka homeless evictions meet resistance

Steven. — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:25:52 +0000

The following report is from libcom.org forum posters who participated in defending against the eviction:

We are some disobedients who participated in the defense of the autonomous community at Utsubo park.

Japan: Osaka's homeless resist evictions

Steven. — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:56:33 +0000

Around a third of Japan's 25000 homeless are based in Osaka, and these evictions are meeting mass resistance.