Oct 23

Sweatshops and Article 9 Press Conference The sweatshops info is for my students. The press conference is about preserving article 9, which is under attack from the right wing in Japan as well as the U.S. (While the right wing pretends it is rejecting a U.S. imposed constitution, in fact it is carrying out U.S. demands that it support U.S. wars around the world.

All opinions of those of the original posters.

スウェットショップからの問題提起 –

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Recent Articles on Japan and World Issues

The most recent stories include the following:
Tokyo Spring: Supporting the teachers opposing the singing of Kimigayo in schools
Homeless people in Japan Japan faces hunger pains as poor slip through net
郵政民営化の本質としてのグローバリズムは日本人を幸福にするか？！

110,000 Okinawans demand textbooks depict historical facts, other stories (Japan Press Service)

BURMA: With Technology as Weapon, Citizens Become Reporters

ビルマ（ミャンマー） : 【緊急行動】拷問または虐待の恐れ/健康への懸念

Homeless Support Festa: The 4th Nagai Park Dairin Festival

第4回長居公園大輪祭りご案内 Homeless Support Festival

Our Planet TV (アワー・プラネット・ティービー)

エドワード・サイード、ノーム・チョムスキー、Middle　East…(中野真紀子)
From translator Nakano Makiko on Edward Said. Noam Chomsky and the Middle East. See "Democrcy Now Japan" below, of which Nakano san is one of the key members.

イラク分割統治という幻想 ( 益岡賢のページ)
From Masuoka Ken, above are translations of articles on Iraq. Below are translations of his on the U.S. as a sponsor of terrorism, followed by translations of articles by John Pilger , Noam Chomsky, and others. After that, translations of articles on the Middle East. East Timor, Afghanistan…
テロリズムについて、米国について

ジョン・ピルジャーの文章、ノーム・チョムスキー

アフガニスタン、パレスチナ／イスラエル、東チモール・インドネシア

田中宇の国際ニュース解説: 世界はどう動いているか
"Tanaka News"

デモクラシー・ナウ！/Democracy Now! JAPAN (Oct 5)
Democracy Now Japan (translations of transcripts as well as sub-titled videos)

Burma People’s Movement/Technology

戦争を放棄した日本国憲法第９条を世界に広げよう: アレン・ネルソン氏

From Common Dreams

Jeremy Scahill: The Scandal of Blackwater; Cindy Sheehan: Imagine Peace; Helen Thomas: The Democrats Who Enable Bush…

Between the Lines Internet Radio (like Democracy Now)
Chervron's Investments in Burma

Announcement: “The Iraq Crisis as a Global Crisis” in Harajuku

Media: なにがわるい？

Commentary :: Peace and War・平和と戦争

「敗戦６０周年に寄せて　憲法９条に向けたアピール」

by Brian Covert

ブライアン・コバート（フリージャーナリスト）が第２次世界大戦終結６０周年の２００５年８月１５日、日本国憲法第９条の戦争放棄条項に沿った平和のための国際行動を求めたアピール。インターネット上の米国の「インディペンデントメディアセンター」に掲載した。
次のサイトでも見られます。　(２００７年７月更新)　（English article on Article 9 and the 60th anniversary of the war)

Eng

Japanese

田中宇の

国際ニュース解説

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake・【声明：東京電力柏崎刈羽原子力発電所の閉鎖を

The Japanese government tried to blame the foreign media for scaring people, but the reality is that it is protecting the profits of big business: " This was not the biggest earthquake that could possibly hit Japan. This one was just a warning. There were enough failures this time to enable us to imagine what might happen if a bigger earthquake struck. In particular, we saw how the confusion caused by the earthquake led to errors and lapses of judgment. We saw equipment failures which in themselves might be manageable, but which, when compounded with the many other failures that earthquakes inevitably cause, could have been catastrophic. Unfortunately, there is no indication that the government will prioritize safety over the narrow economic interests of the power companies." MORE 【声明：東京電力柏崎刈羽原子力発電所の閉鎖を訴える】 More in Japanese

What is Alternative Media
By Paul Arenson

Asano KenIchi's page
Well known journalist and professor
One of the links on his page is this, about the 'criminal activity' of Bush and
Koizumi in Iraq:

Japanese media and Iraq
Asano article

What is wrong with the Japanese media
Another by Asano

Media issues in general

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Well-known US site

Media Lens
Correcting for the distorted lens of the corporate media

Who owns the media?

Who owns it (2)

Between the Lines Internet Radio (like Democracy Now)

THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM

Chevron, Other Oil Firms Back
Brutal Burmese Junta with
Multi-Million Dollar Investments
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Costa Rican Opponents of CAFTA
Rally to Defeat Trade Pact
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Union Dissenters Say No
to UAW-GM Agreement
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Underreported News Summary
from Around the World
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Announcement: “The Iraq Crisis as a Global Crisis” in Harajuku

Saturday November 3, 1:00-3:00pm
"The Iraq Crisis as a Global Crisis"
A discussion over brunch with Middle East expert and author
Professor Juan Cole
* still looking for a translator so that we can have Japanese consecutively.

Location: Fujimama's in Harajukuhttp://www.fujimamas.com/contact-map.html
Cost – 4000 yen (2000 yen for students with a valid ID),
includes brunch and a 1000 yen donation to both a PSC supporting organization and DAJ's GOTV effort.
* This event is open to all but limited to the first 60 registrants
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