For better or for worse, the astonishing post-war recovery of the Japanese economy has become a celebrated phenomenon. But few people, save the Japanese consumers themselves, are aware of the accompanying, and equally astonishing, rise in consumer prices - some 10 to 20% annually. As a result, the labor movement in Japan has established as its major premise that wage rates should rise by at least an equivalent…

One of our intreped editors recently returned, with a running nose and a battered camera, from a weekend at Sanrizuka. There he took part in a support demonstration for the local farmers,…

Federation issue in Japan - 2 (Part 1 was published in LI2)

by Yamabe Yoshiyuki

We have come from underground, shedding our disguises as we emerge into the light. With this declaration we sunder the chains of silence, proclaiming our principles to all the world.

First of a two part article published in the Japanese journal Libero International. Part 2 was published in issue no. 4.

Suggested reading list from Libero International.

The 70s Front group consists of both Hong Kong Chinese and many libertarian refugees from the reaction which accompanied the so-called "cultural revolution" in China. Some members publish a magazine, "70s Bi-weekly" (in Chinese). Others have organized the Asia/Pacific branch of the Alternative Press Syndicate, and have put out three issues of "Minus 9," the local APS bulletin. This is from their statement entitled, …

Issue No. 3 of the Japanese journal Libero International. The exact date of publication is unknown, but presumed to be in 1975.

The great revolts shaking the Arab world in Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia and now Egypt have caught…

Joel Beinin analyses in detail the current situation in Egypt, with mention of the contributions from the various 'opposition' groups as well as…

The unsubtantiated claims of anti-semitic abuse directed towards Aaron Porter in the press masks the…