Workers Solidarity Movement in Japan

Leo "Communist Left Forever"
Posts: 237 Joined: 16-07-06 Location: House of the Rising Night
Submitted by Leo on 26 March, 2007 - 16:30.

I saw that this group was categorized as ex-anarcho syndicalist, now left communist in www.broadleft.org:

http://www.broadleft.org/jp.htm (bottom of the page)

Does anyone know anything about the positions of this group?

OliverTwister "Tied directly to Bekken and the Philly camp"
Posts: 2216 Joined: 10-10-05 Location: San Francisco, USA
29 March, 2007 - 23:31

Their 'what's new' link has stuff from 2001 at the top - and the name is still "anarchosyndicalist journal".

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
30 March, 2007 - 04:22

Actually a really interesting group in my opinion. They did a whole pamphlet on the 1995 strikes and riots in France, have researched Castoriadas, Mattick and others. They have links to John Gray's site, and generally seem to be some of the few people in Japan who know that not all communists are bolsheviks. I've tried to contact them several times and their mail has not worked. As far as I know a central person in their group lived in Hokkaido in the north, and (I can't confirm this) turned to the right recently, abandoning anti-capitalism. I find that a little incredulous. This is, or was, their web addy: http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~rruaitjtko/

onotoshihiko
Posts: 8 Joined: 12-01-07
21 May, 2007 - 09:52

http://fnfukuoka.jugem.jp/?eid=38

We had the event called "Gogatsubyo matsuri" (meaning "may depression festival") to act against neoliberal-capitalist state. some of you may recognize the flag of "no vox". They joined us from Osaka.

"Freeter Union Fukuoka" is the only union in Kyushu, Japan with a bit of a taste of anarcho syndicalist (I guess...). "Freeter" is the Japanese word which has a similar connotation with "Lumpen-proletariat" and we can translate the word into "Multitude" or "Precariato".

syndicalist
Posts: 1374 Joined: 15-04-06
21 May, 2007 - 12:30

yes, WSA knew them. I even met their main militant Sato in Chicago in 1986. They were affiliated with the IWA.

More later.

syndicalist
Posts: 1374 Joined: 15-04-06
22 May, 2007 - 12:47

A brief look at the Japanese WSM site inidcates to me that some of the same ex-RRU people are involved. I also note on the broad-left site the "Workers' Solidarity / Anarcho-Syndicalist Network". Of which I'm not very clear about at all.

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
6 June, 2007 - 16:03

文字化けしないのかな？

おのとしひこさんようこそ。
大阪でいろいろやってるHexと申します。
ぜひともLibcomの日本語掲示板に参加のほど宜しくお願いします。
福岡のフリーター組合と高円寺の動きが大感動してますのでそういうようなことに関する思いとか是非教えてほしいです。

onotoshihiko
Posts: 8 Joined: 12-01-07
9 June, 2007 - 15:03

Hexさんどうも。
ここは日本語でも大丈夫なんですね。
libcomの掲示板は「general」枠しかRSSフィードに対応してないんですよね。
それが残念です。頑張って小まめにチェックしようと思います。

onotoshihiko
Posts: 8 Joined: 12-01-07
9 June, 2007 - 15:05

あ、RSSフィード見つけました。よく見てませんでした。すいません。

weeler "temp banned"
Posts: 7384 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
9 June, 2007 - 15:40

Good name.