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Thursday, May 27, 2010
12,000 Gather for May Day ~ Putting Minds Together for Okinawa Base Issue
About 12,000 people gathered at Tokyo’s Hibiya Open Air Music Hall on the sunny May 1 (photo). “Okinawa does not need another base,” Social Democratic Party President Mizuho Fukushima said at the rally. “We should not pound another stake into Henoko.” Narinobu Uehara, who is protesting against US base by withholding a small piece of property in Okinawa, expressed anger by saying, “It’s been 65 years since Futenma base was built. No government should bear 65 years of occupation by a foreign military without a word.” Members of Japan National Railway Struggles reported the result of their long dispute and expressed their appreciation for others’ support. On the same day, some 32,000 people gathered at Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park for another May Day rally led by Zenroren. In New York, Democratic Party affiliates celebrated their first May Day in some 10 years. The unemployment rate, which exceeded 10 percent, has added to increasing anxiety over mass layoffs.
See Union Tube for Hibiya May Day / Photo reports by NUGW Tokyo Tobu / May Day celebration in South Korea / May Day for Freedom and Survival / See video on May Day in New York
日比谷メーデーに12000人~沖縄問題に関心あつまる
5月1日、五月晴れのなか第81回日比谷メーデーが開催され、約12000人が集まった(写真)。福島社民党党首は「沖縄に新たな基地はいらない。辺野古の杭打ちはすべきでない」と明言。また沖縄一坪反戦地主の上原成信さんは「普天間基地は65年経つが、外国の軍隊に65年も占領されて文句も言えない政府はどこにある」と怒りをぶつけた。国労闘争団からは、政治解決の報告と支援のお礼があった。同じ日、全労連系の中央メーデーは代々木公園で開かれ3万2千人が集まった。またニューヨークでは、数十年ぶりに民主党系の主要な労働組合がメーデーを行った。ニューヨーク市では、失業率が10%を越えるなど、大量失業への懸念が現実のものになっていて、不安が高まっている。 日比谷メーデーの動画(UnionTube)・東部労組の写真報告・韓国のメーデー・自由と生存のメーデー・ニューヨーク動画
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