Showing posts with label anti-nukes tent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anti-nukes tent. Show all posts

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Anti-Nukes tent evicted!




After nearly five years, the Anti-Nukes tent in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry was evicted on August 21th in an early morning raid. At 3:40 am, there were five people in the tent and only two were awake. Eviction officers and the police came and ordered them to leave the tent within ten minutes. All the surrounding roads and the exits of the nearby subway station were blockaded. When the five people left the tent, the eviction started and within an hour everything was removed. Some major media were notified of the eviction, so the eviction process was covered by a few reporters and a camera crew. By the time the supporters of the tent rushed to the site, the eviction was already finished. More than a hundred people gathered for a protest meeting held at the tent site. Voices of anger and resolution were raised from the protesters: “Nuclear plants should be removed, and not the tent,” “Now every one of us will be the Anti-Nukes tent.” “We will fight to the end.” (M) 
Photo: Sit-in at the site of the tent after the eviction


「われわれがテント!負けないで続ける!」〜脱原発テント強制撤
去される

それは8月21日の未明、午前3時40分だった。5人の泊まり番のうち
起きていたのは2人。そこに、裁判所執行官・経産省職員・警察の
人間があらわれ「10分以内に私物をもって退去せよ」と通告した。
すでに周辺の地下鉄出口3か所と周辺道路はバリケードで封鎖され
ていた。5人が退去すると「テント撤去」作業が開始され、約1時間
で撤去が終わった。一部マスコミは事前に知らされていたようで、
三脚をたてて撤去の様子を撮影していた。未明に電話やメールで
知った支援者らが駆け付けたが、すでに作業は終わっていた。続い
て午前6時半に抗議集会、9時から記者会見、13時から抗議集会と、
テント跡地では断続的に抗議行動が取り組まれた。「撤去すべきは
原発でテントじゃない」「今度はわれわれ一人ひとりがテント」
「負けないで続ける」。怒りと新たな決意の声が聞かれた。(M)
 *テント跡地に座りこむ人たち

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Guest from HK speaks at the anti-nukes tent



On December 19th, a protest action against the sudden closure of the case on the anti-nukes occupy tents in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry was held in front of the Tokyo District Court and the METI. One hundred people including women from Fukushima participated in the action. FUCHIGAMI Taro, the representative of the Tent, raised his voice at METI, “The government is trying to tear down the anti-nukes occupy tents, before settling the Fukushima disaster. That’s nothing but trampling down the voices of the people”. The next speaker was a guest invited from Hong Kong for the Labor Festa, Tam Leung-ying. He said, “The Occupy movement is still continuing in the Central Area, though the number of participants has decreased. There used to be a big anti-nukes movement to stop the start of a nuclear plant in Hong Kong, but it’s operating now. Recently, there was a cover up of an accident and this has been exposed”. He then introduced Hong Kong chanting, “Hope is in the People! Change starts for Struggle” (T)
Photo (Tam Leung-ying second from the right)

「希望は人民にある!変革は闘争から始まる!」~脱原発テント集会でタムさん
 
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月19日夕方、経産省前テントをめぐる裁判が、不当に打ち切られたことに抗議する行動が、経産省前と東京地裁前で約100人の参加で行われた。経産省前では、テント渕上代表や福島の女性たちがマイクを握り「原発事故が未だ解決していないのに、脱原発テントをつぶそうとするのは、正当な国民の声を踏みにじるものだ」と訴えた。レイバーフェスタで招聘され、来日中の香港のタムさんは、「少人数だがオキュパイは中環地区でまだ続いている」と語ったあと、「香港では以前大規模な反原発運動があったが敗北した。しかし、最近では事故隠しが暴露されている」と報告した。またタムさんは、香港式シュプレヒコール「希望は人民にある!変革は闘争から始まる!」を披露し、集会を盛り上げた。(T)

*写真=タムさん(東京地裁前)