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君が代日の丸抗議のための罰金：２００，０００。 次は刑務所？日本は実際に民主国家ですか。
State fines teacher 200,000 for anthem-flag protest. What kind of democracy is this?
A schoolteacher who urged parents attending a 2004 graduation ceremony to remain seated during the national anthem was yesterday found guilty of disrupting the solemnity of the occasion. The Tokyo District Court fined Katsuhisa Fujita Y200,000, but stopped short of jailing him for eight months, as prosecutors had requested, on the grounds that the disruption was not severe enough. The ceremony was delayed by two minutes. Note that THIS REPORT says 90% of the graduating students then refused to stand!!! Good for them!! And shame on those who are attempting to force patriotism on kids. Shades of pre-war authoritarianism. According to the Financial Times, Hiroko Arai, “….who has been banished from teaching since she refused to sing the anthem said ‘Those in power desire to control education from above. Enforcement or coercion is inappropriate in a place of education, [which amounts to] an attempt to imprint nationalism in the hearts of children'”.
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A wide ranging essay on where we can and should put our energies as activists Contains 15 references, including:
-Howard Zinn: “To Be Neutral, To Be Passive In A Situation Is To Collaborate With Whatever Is Going On
-Pro-war Propaganda Machine:Media Becomes Branch of War Effort
-Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984
-The Suicide Economy Of Corporate Globalisation (Monsanto)
-Sept. 11, 1973: A CIA-backed Military Coup Overthrows Salvador Allende, the Democratically Elected President of Chile
-UNCHR’s misguided “Mission to Japan” The global politics of “racialization”
-Japanese activism
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Film-maker David Rothauser has created a site specifically to obtain support for his documentary. Please note that the address for sending contributions given in the film except/interview itself is incorrect, but the one listed on his site IS correct.
For people in the US or Japan who wish to send checks (usually a bank draft from Japan), here is the correct addresss:
Please remit your contribution payable to:
The Community Church of Boston
c/o David Rothauser
39 Fuller Street
Brookline, MA 02446
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Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Sue Dow and Monsanto in US Court
Sculpture by Vietnamese students of disabled child victims of Agent Orange
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Concert for East Timor: June 2
東ティモールからの希望の歌～ フェアトレード・コーヒー＆ＭＵＳＩＣ: ６月２日（金） 18:30－20:30（open18:00）
会場●ティーズサロン1F（渋谷区渋谷1-6-8 渋谷井上ビル１F）
TEL：03-3797-3732 ※渋谷駅から徒歩７分
入場料●1000円（東ティモールのフェアトレード・コーヒー１杯つき）
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How the US limits democracy in Japan, Korea and around the world
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SAKAMOTO RYUICHI: STOP ROKKASHO!!!!
More anti-nuclear news. All here in English
・ストップ！六ヶ所再処理工場アクティブ試験！
『原子力市民年鑑2005』
JCO臨界事故総合評価会議『青い光の警告－原子力は変わったか』
原発老朽化問題研究会『老朽化する原発－技術を問う－』
第57回公開研究会「チェルノブイリ事故－20年目に視えてきたもの」（2006/3/4）［終］
チェルノブイリ原発事故20周年シンポジウム（2006/4/16）［終］
第58回公開研究会「志賀原発２号機運転差止判決－原発は地震に耐えられない－」[終]（2006/4/22）
・もんじゅ裁判
・「原子力発電の経済性に関する考察」
・原子力長期計画
・美浜原発３号事故
All here in Japanese
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From Japan Press Service/Akahata
All 9 A-bomb survivors win suit calling for their illnesses to be certified as caused by A-bomb radiation
Fingerprint requirement for foreigners entering Japan infringes on human rights
JCP publishes appeal for blocking adverse revision of Fundamental Law of Education
Foil adverse revision of Fundamental Law of Education:
It is unconstitutional to use the law to force children to be blindly patriotic
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A few more sites of interest in Japan
Oxfam Japan
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Other news and activism/その他のニュースと活動関係
Some sites of interest
Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006
Just Garments: A Worker-Organized Factory Challenges Sweatshops
Global Warming Could Be Worse Than Predicted, Research Shows
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation denounces sanctions
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