麻生を倒せ！ないかくだとうデモ 2009.02.08 ◎ 14:00 大久保公園 ---- 勝手に倒れるな　倒させろ！

【日時】２月８日（日）１４時集合（１４時半出発） 【集合場所】新宿区・大久保公園（新宿区歌舞伎町２−４３）

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ゼネストやろう！
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The Seoul Metropolitan Government's 'redevelopment' program, police brutality and resistance to it.

An illegally and incompetently conducted raid on activists and tenants protesting their forced eviction left 6 dead and has sparked continuing demonstrations against police violence, massive redevelopment, and the administration that has exacerbated both of these issues.

イスラエルによる人種隔離政策は、かつての南アフリカのアパルトヘイトとの共通性をもつ半面、解消へと至る道は南ア以上に困難であろう。「ポスト・アパルトヘイト」に向けて、学びうるものは何か？

The World Social Forum ended its ninth edition Sunday in Belém with its "Assembly of assemblies" adopting dozens of resolutions and proposals to be the subjects of a program of mobilizations around the world in 2009.

ソウル市竜山区で２０日朝、再開発地域にある雑居ビル（４階建て）に立てこもっていた入居者を警察が強制排除中、屋上のコンテナが突然炎上した。火はビルの屋上部分に燃え広がり、聯合ニュースによると入居者４人と警察官１人の計５人が死亡、１７人が負傷した。死傷者はさらに増える可能性がある。

私たちは会社にエッソBrasileiraデ石油COSANの販売から、あまり説明されている説明をしたい

[Originally found at www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20308 ]

Dear friends of peace in the United States,

January 16, 2009

We, concerned citizens from the Japanese archipelago, are sending an open letter to Mr. Barak Obama on the occasion of his inauguration as President of the United States, asking him to clarify whether and how far he is going to "change" the Bush administration's military posture and strategy toward East Asia and the Pacific. More than 100 citizens, many from peace and other social movement groups, have signed it. More are signing now. (The open letter is annexed.)

As we state in our letter, we understand that his promise of "change" is a commitment not only to American citizens but also to people all over the world who suffered under the Bush administration's destructive actions. In concrete, we are eager to know whether Mr. Obama will fundamentally review and retract the Bush-Rumsfeld's global military strategy, the so-called Defense Transformation Program, particularly its East Asia and Pacific version centering on the Japan-U.S. military alliance.

The U.S. military presence in East Asia and Pacific region has been drastically reinforced and the Japanese remilitarization accelerated to serve the purposes of Bush's global and permanent "war on terror" and spurring the Japanese rightists' drive to glorify the imperial Japanese past and revise the pacifist constitution. What has been done in the past eight years in this respect serves only to destabilize this region and lead to new arms race among the countries involved. The U.S.-Japan military buildup program is met by vigorous and sustained protests of citizens, particularly in areas affected by reinforcement of U.S. bases such as Okinawa, Iwakuni, Yokosuka, Zama and Yokota. Time is ripe for the United States to fundamentally review its military posture and presence in East Asia and the Pacific as well as in the rest of the world.

We have great respect to the wisdom of U.S. citizens who opted for change by electing Mr. Obama President. We hope that you will share our concern, endorse this open letter, and circulate it widely among the change-aspiring American people who voted for Mr. Obama. Our hope is to build a bridge of peace and demilitarization across the Pacific so that a real change will come.

Hikaru Kasahara,
For the steering committee of People's Plan Study Group (PPSG)