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The information in this file was recently published in FREEDOM -
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the fortnightly anarchist journal published by FREEDOM PRESS:
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FREEDOM PRESS (IN ANGEL ALLEY) 84B WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET,
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LONDON E1 7QX GREAT BRITAIN
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Do write for a sample copy or for a copy of our booklist of
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publications. We will be putting more of this information out so
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watch this spot...
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JAPAN (PART II)
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Some further information gleaned from the Japanese anarchist
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press (thanks to those comrades who have helped with
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translation). Libara Volo (esperanto for Free Will (?)) is the
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monthly journal of the Japanese Anarchist Federation and began
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publication in the late 80s. At a meeting last year there was a
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call for unity and action - apparently the movement there is
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dogged by the problem not unheard of elsewhere of individuals
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being reluctant to make compromises for the sake of concerted
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action. The Federation is not a large body and describes itself
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as not a pyramid or even a union of groups rather it is a
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gathering of "Free Wills" (as in journal's name) who hold ideas
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in common. Decisions are only taken unanimously and in principle
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members contribute 1% of income - a minimum of 1000 yen (approx.
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6.50) - permonth. Although in practice the amount is left to the
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individual to decide upon. At the same meeting an activist
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reported from a demonstration in Tokyo against the detention of
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foreigners by the police (an important issue in Japan see Freedom
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30/4/94) during which membership apparently doubled! There was
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also a debate on how the linked forces of the state, the military
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and industry dominate society. Anti-war activity was seen as a
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way of dissolving the state but there are disappointingly few
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active comrades...
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Freedom Press has also received another publication called Actual
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Action. This is published by a group of 'left-wing radicalists'
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(not clear if their leaning is specifically anarchist) that has
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been going for a year. Despite publication problems they profess
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themselves 'full of confidence in revolutionary hope and volition
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of solidarity'. They seemingly have regular contacts with German
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anarchists and sound like a cuddly bunch of people. Here's an
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extract with some help with their English (far better than my
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Japanese):
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The globe and the consciousness of existing questionable
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'internationalism'
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To be honest, we are fed up with the 'internationalism' which has
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been preached by leftists all over the country and at the same
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time their 'isolationism'. We share their views on the state of
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opposition movements in this country. We realise that by merely
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protesting we run the risk of being dubbed simply 'negative'.
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This is something we never want to be. We call for revolt and a
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struggle against the Japanese state and have launched this
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publication as our first step. The aim of our publication is to
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contribute to the struggle not only domestically but also world
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wide.
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Furthermore we would like to influence movements from their
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beginning, to help form their substance. Our perspective is to
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overtake real internationalism based on 'actual action'.
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One of the greatest reasons for the piling up of social
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struggles, is that from their conception they were limited to the
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field of what we revolted against and fought in this country. It
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is this very thing which has produced a substantial isolationism.
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We want to present another perspective realising that the field
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of what we fight and revolt against is, in short, the 'world'
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itself and inside the borders which form states separeting the
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world. It is our strategy to fight against the ideology of the
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world versus Japan and Japan versus the world.
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We hope to bring you further news from Japan particularly next
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year with the anniversary of the first nuclear holocaust...
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