Showing posts with label OCHIAI Keiko. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OCHIAI Keiko. Show all posts

Thursday, September 25, 2014

5,500 join anti-war action with sense of crisis and in anger




The venue, Hibiya Open-Air Music Hall in central Tokyo, was filled with people, and still many others were trying to enter it. The action against war and for the defense of Article 9 of the Japan’s peace constitution on September 4, 2014 was joined by 5,500, which was significant to confront Japan’s Prime Minister Abe’s pro-war policies. The action was totally bipartisan, joined by many opposition parties, such as the Democratic Party, the Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party and the People’s Life First Party, in addition to various trade unions and grassroots organizations. The tense atmosphere in the hall was the sense of crisis toward the Abe Administration. OCHIAI Keiko, a famous writer, appealed, “The Japanese Government puts a gun to the local people, while saying, ‘We are going to protect people’s lives and safety’. They have to stop joking. What they are doing is nothing other than terrorism against democracy”. Then, NAKANISHI Rei, a famous songwriter, read a poem “To Peace Ambassadors!” There were also vivid reports on Okinawa and the Gaza Strip. The venue was full of determination to bring down the current dangerous administration. (M)

危機感と怒りで集まった5500人~「戦争させない・9条壊すな!総がかり行動」

日比谷野外音楽堂がぎっしり埋まり、入れない人が外にあふれた。9月4日の「戦争させない・9条壊すな!総がかり行動」は5500人が集まり、集団的自衛権行使容認・安倍暴走に立ち向かう大きな行動となった。林立するノボリ旗、それらを見ると労組・市民団体が潮流をこえて結集していることがわかる。また民主・共産・社民・生活など政党も足並みを揃えた。会場に張りつめた緊張感、それは戦争政策を進める安倍政権への「危機感」だった。落合恵子さんのスピーチも、いつも以上に怒りがこもる。「辺野古では機関砲を市民に向けている。なにが“国民の命と安全を守るため”かよ! かれらがやっていることこそ民主主義に対するテロリズムではないのか!」。小室等さんの歌、なかにし礼さんの「平和の申し子たちへ!」の詩の朗読もあった。沖縄・ガザからの生々しい報告もあった。会場は一体感に包まれ、みんなで安倍政権を倒そうという気迫に満ちていた。(M)
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

15,000 join another anti-nuke rally on March 9


Meiji Park in central Tokyo was filled with people demanding farewell to nukes on March 9, 2013 (photo). While the current Abe Administration is trying to restart nuclear power plants in Japan, OCHIAI Keiko, a writer and one of the organizers of the rally, said, “Since the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, we have sought an alternative society that does not sacrifice anyone. Despite this, the current administration in Japan openly talks about the restart and export of nuclear power plants, and even dangerous Ospreys fly all around Japan. It will try to revise Japan’s “peace constitution” after the upper house election of this year. But we never give up. Let’s continue to be anti-nuke every day calmly but bravely. This is supposed to be our determination not only to eliminate nuclear power plants but also to change such a social system as to sacrifice someone”. SAITO Yuka, an evacuee from Fukushima, appealed, “Fukushima continues to be contaminated. Nothing has changed there. Please do not forget Fukushima”. During marches from the venue, one person was arrested due to overzealous actions of the police. (M)

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「つながろうフクシマ!さようなら原発大集会」に15000人


3 月9日、東京・明治公園はふたたび「脱原発」の人波で埋まった(写真)。たくさんの労組の旗、市民団体のノボリ、脱原発グッズを手にする人など多彩な集まりとなった。安倍政権が「再稼働」に舵を切るなか、集会は緊張感に満ちていた。呼びかけ人の落合恵子さんはこう語りかけた。「あの事故のあと私たちは、だれもを犠牲にしない今までと違った暮し方・生き方のできる社会を求めてきた。いま再稼働、原発輸出が公然と語られ、オスプレイが日本中を飛行する時代になった。参院選挙後には憲法改悪が控えている。でも私たちは挫けません。力強く淡々と確かに、けれど果敢に一歩一歩毎日を反原発デーにしていきませんか。 毎日が反原発デーであるということは、原発単体だけではなく、この犠牲のシステムを変えていこうという自分との約束になるはずです」。また福島からの避難者・斎藤夕香さんは「汚染の現実は何も変わっていない。福島を忘れないで」と訴えた。パレードは2コースで行われたが、出発時の警察の過剰規制により1名の逮捕者が出た。(M)