'Precariat' workers are starting to fight for a little stability

syndicalist
Posts: 1374 Joined: 15-04-06
Submitted by syndicalist on 24 June, 2007 - 02:02.

'Precariat' workers are starting to fight for a little stability

By TOSHIHIKO UENO
Kyodo News
The new rallying cry of nonregular workers may become "Precariats of the world, unite!"

About 100 young people dressed up as "anime" characters march down a street in Fukuoka in late May to call for improvements in working conditions for "freeters." KYODO PHOTO

"Precariat" is a new Japanese word combining the English words "precarious," referring to the insecurity of part-time and contract work, and "proletariat."

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20070621f2.html

onotoshihiko
Posts: 8 Joined: 12-01-07
24 June, 2007 - 03:25

福岡のデモにはアニメキャラに扮した参加者など一人もいませんでしたのでご注意を（笑）
Our march in Fukuoka didn't have anybody who was dressed up like an animation character despite the impression from the article twisted

revol68 "the voice of britain"
Posts: 17899 Joined: 23-02-04 Location: Belfast, BRITAIN
24 June, 2007 - 04:48

it's not a fucking new japanese word either!

saying that i'd happily turn into a spook for a ride of a japanese anime role player!

syndicalist
Posts: 1374 Joined: 15-04-06
24 June, 2007 - 12:40

I'm actually curious if this is a movement or a specticale?

catch "unpractical[sic] and blinkered"
Posts: 10034 Joined: 07-02-06 Location: London
24 June, 2007 - 23:09
revol68 wrote:
it's not a fucking new japanese word either!

revol, it might be. Japanese simply absorbs words from other languages. Telebi, Bilu etc. So it'd be a new Japanese word if not a new Japanese word.

petey "They gonna eat your shoulders."
Posts: 2966 Joined: 13-10-05
24 June, 2007 - 23:17
Quote:
Japanese simply absorbs words from other languages

like basuboru, that game americans and japanese play alot

sphinx "People who dress up like animals and bang each other outnumber your movement on Ground Zero at the anniversary of 9/11."
Posts: 231 Joined: 25-12-05
26 June, 2007 - 03:55

I suppose it's a movement. Some of the mobilizations around precarity (especially in Kouenji, Tokyo) are the most exciting things happening in the country right now. Which isn't saying a lot but...