The former chief of Tokyo Federation of
Students’ Self-government Association TSUCHIYA Gentaro (82, photo), who was
arrested in the Sunagawa Struggle, poured out what was on his mind about the
struggle on Labornet TV on April 12, and revealed “the state crime
in the Sunagawa Trial.” As a boy, he was indoctrinated with militarism through
the Imperial Rescript on Education, but after the war he was awakened to peace
and had been at the forefront in the struggles against US military bases in
Japan. Last year, he was removed by the riot police with the chair at the
Henoko Gate of one of the most controversial anti-base struggles in Okinawa,
where he was sitting in.
“In 1950s and 1960s, 80 % of the US military
bases were on the mainland Japan,” he said. “But with the surge of the
opposition movements, the government moved most of them to Okinawa, which was
still under American occupation. As a result, we imposed great sacrifice on
Okinawa. I regret that we could not organize effective movements against the
relocation of the bases. Now we must fight in solidarity with Okinawa.”
He added, “Trump has put the Korean Peninsula
in a very dangerous situation. Spy planes are taking off from the Yokota Air
Base. Trump regards Japan and South Korea as subordinates and cares less
whatever happens to us. Our anxiety will never be eradicated as long as we have
US military bases in Japan. Let us raise our voices in order to abolish the
bases.”
I was overwhelmed by his passionate talk. (By M)
米軍基地は絶対に許さない！」～砂川闘争・土屋源太 郎さんが激白
砂川闘争で検挙された元都学連委員長・土屋源太郎 さん（82歳/写真）。「教育勅
語」の教育で軍国少年だった土屋さ んは戦後、平和にめざめ、米軍基地反対の先頭
に立っていた。4月 12日のレイバーネットTVでは「砂川事件裁判の国家犯罪」を暴
き、思いのたけを語った。土屋さんは去年、辺野古ゲート前の座り 込みに参加し、
機動隊にイスごと排除されたという。「1950～60 年代は米軍基地の8割は本土にあっ
た。しかし反対運動の高まりで 政府は大半の基地を占領下の沖縄に移した。その結
果、沖縄に大 きな犠牲を押しつけた。私たちは移設反対運動を当時十分できな かっ
たことを反省している。だからこそいま沖縄と連帯して闘わ なくてはいけない」。
「トランプのおかげでいま朝鮮半島は危険 な状態になっている。横田からも偵察機
が飛んでいる。トランプ は日本と韓国は属国でどうなってもいいと思っている。米
軍基地 がある限り私たちの心配は消えない。みんなで基地をなくすため に声を上げ
よう」。82歳土屋源太郎さんの激白にスタジオは圧倒さ れた。（M）
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