3 years for justice: Defend the “Tent City”!

The “Occupy the METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)” tent has continued for three years for a nuke-free society. The world’s longest-lasting “Occupy” tent has been a place for free speech for people demanding denuclearization and peace. There have been harassment and intimidation by right wingers, the police and the METI itself, but approximately 800 people came to the tent to reconfirm that they have continued the “Tent City”, which is a symbol against nukes, and will never allow the restart of a nuclear power plant in the future. The gathering was also joined by YOSHIZAWA Masami, who continues to manage a dairy farm in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture despite the danger of exposure, and others from nuclear disaster-stricken areas. The tent has stood for three years in front of the powerful METI. KAMATA Satoshi, a nonfiction writer, called this struggle for democracy a “great and historical struggle”. (MATSUMOTO Chie)

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石の上にも三年～「テントひろば」を守ろう！経産省包囲行動に800人

原発のない社会を求めて経済産業省前に座り込みをはじめてから３年。世界で最長寿のオキュパイテントは、脱原発や平和を求める市民の言論の場となってきた。これまで右翼や警察、そして経産省自体からも妨害があったが、９月１１日の夜、およそ８００人の市民が結集し、脱原発の象徴である「経産省前テントひろば」を守りぬいてきたことと、今後も原発の再稼働を許さないことを再確認した。集会には、福島県浪江町で被爆しながらも牧場経営を続ける吉沢正巳さんほか、原発地域からの参加もあった。石の上にも３年と経産省前に居座ってきた成果は大きい。ルポライターの鎌田慧さんは、非暴力を貫いた民主の抵抗を「偉大な闘い」だと呼んだ。（松元ちえ）
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