It’s
been 13 years since the Tokyo metropolitan government began enforcing the “Hinomaru
(national flag raising) and Kimigayo (singing of the national anthem)” at
public schools in Tokyo. A gathering against this enforcement was held in
Suginami Ward in Tokyo on Feb. 13. The meeting, which was promoted by a Tokyo network
against the board of education, drew about 100 people.
At first,
OUCHI Hirokazu, Chukyo University professor (see photo), gave a lecture titled,
“Security legislation and Education.” Ouchi,
who has shined a light on abuses against part-timers and led the movement to
tackle issues surrounding student loan, pointed out that it is important to
think about anti-security legislation and poverty together.
He
said, “neo-liberalism have driven income gap and poverty to the worst level.
About half of young people live under 3 million yen a year. The number of workers
who cannot afford to live is increasing. It is necessary to criticize impoverishment
as well as dismantling of constitutionalism. In short, a movement that brings
power shift to the relationship between wage labor and capital is being sought.
(By SASAKI Yumi)
東 京の公立学校で「日の丸・君が代」の強制が始まって13年がたつ。2月13日、「日の丸・君が代」強制反対！2・13総決起集会が、東京・セシオン杉並で 開かれた。主催は都教委包囲首都圏ネット。100人が集まった。冒頭、大内裕和さん（中京大学教授/写真）が「安保法制と教育」と題して講演。ブラックバ
イトや、奨学金問題に光をあて、救済運動をリードしてきた大内さんは、反安保運動と貧困問題をつなげることが大切だと指摘した。「新自由主義で格差と貧困 は極限まで達している。若年層のほぼ半数は、年収300万円以下。食べられない労働者が増加している。『立憲主義』解体への批判とともに、貧困化への批判 が必要だ。つまり『賃労働と資本』の場における力関係を変える運動こそが求められている」と語った。（佐々木有美）
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