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Oct 18, 2001

  • Smash "anti-terrorism" APEC which mobilizes Asian countries to U.S. retaliation war !
  • Crush the "globalization" which produces poverty and war in the world !
  • Down with capitalism !

Anti-War, Anti-APEC Oct 18 Action

Oppose to the "anti-terrorism" APEC performed in Shanghai!

We are opposed to the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit meeting performed from this October 20 in Shanghai in China, and the APEC foreign ministers' meeting performed from the 18th in advance of it.

This APEC is planned as a "ceremony" which strengthens the organization which makes U.S. Britain's "retaliation war" cooperate in Asian countries including China as "anti-terrorism APEC."

The draft proposal of the "APEC anti-terrorism joint statement" issued on October 9 centers on each country tackling measures, such as "a freeze of a terrorism source of funds", "prevention of money laundering (money laundering)", and "strengthening of immigration control", with might and main.

A state can freeze and pillage the individual product from me in the free kitchen, if even authorization is considered as a "terrorist" or "a terrorism supporter (country)." So far, "terrorism support" was offered the excuse and prohibition of the remittance to North Korea of a Korean in Japan, the property freeze to a system company in Japan, etc. have been planned by the Liberal Democratic Party hawks etc. Such a race discriminating policy in which the house of each country manages specific nationality and the property of the race and race of a graduate by major nation initiative tends to be strengthened still more internationally.

And sending "refugee rescue" to an excuse and sending the Self-Defense Forces to Pakistan, on the other hand, immigration control tends to be strengthened, and it is going to restrict sharply movement beyond the border of people of Arab and the Middle East graduate. It has happened on October 3 to the situation which is hard to allow where the Immigration Bureau restrains and accommodates 12 Afghanistan persons of the ethnic minority who is opposed to the Taliban government. Those who were making the refugee application are also contained among them who were arrested on suspicion of "illegal immigration."

A migrant worker works away from home for poverty, remits to the family of his own country, and is living. Or migration A root is stretched and it lives on the point. Such people are eliminated, or surveillance is strengthened and it is intended that I will enable it to banish from each country always including Japan.

The blow which people of Palestine which is the greatest area which sees out a migrant worker in the Middle East receive will become unfathomable. Moreover, the border, coast defense, and immigration control organization are strengthened so that a refugee may not already reach to Japan.

Thus, as a result of being eliminated, a figure familiar with the news image "the refugee who is hungry in the desert" is made artificially, is caused, and tends to be further expanded by this "retaliation war" on a scale of 1 million people. Even if this calls it the "apartheid policy" of a world scale, it is not [ be / it ] an overstatement.

No to a multinational company tends to do, "neoliberalism" !

Such, while a state restricts movement of laborers and the public, APEC is going to accelerate further what a multinational company wants to do. This APEC is regarded as further "reform / opening" route to China also as what promotes liberalization of investment. In quest of "the cheap labor force" in the non-right state where even juvenile labor is admitted, a multinational company brings about the poverty and environmental destruction by severe exploitation in Asia and every corner of the earth. It is.

"Low price" -- UNIQLO of an article for sale -- the severe exploitation to "the cheap labor force" -- the "low price" -- possible -- carrying out -- now. Coffee shop Starbucks popular to a young man is famous also as an object of a protest as a severe exploitation company including juvenile labor in Central America in the United States and Europe. Disney and Nike also mainly set to Central America. "The right of life and death" to laborers, such as exploitation and dismissal, is possessed, and big anger is incurred in various places, and focusing on the student, a large-scale boycott happens and it still continues also in U.S. native country.

APEC is going to expand such a state further in various parts of Asia including China. And Japanese companies (Toyota [ in / the Philippines / at the latest famous example ]) are already included, and a multinational company is Asia and every corner of the earth. A labor dispute is made to occur frequently or environmental destruction is promoted.

the multinational business of a global scale tends to be done -- DZǻ makes the difference of wealth and poverty expand, and makes the hotbed of violence Or âŒéÌ of war is planted about with terrorism.

The "border" is the arms of a state and multinational capital and it is only with a tool. the state of the world system from which a person like Bill Gates gets income also several times of GNP of the countries in the Third World -- be rich -- the way that should be itself in which a ÇÈ person is rich in increasingly and a poor person is poor increasingly You have to indicate by will with NO!. It thinks that it must be shown by the firm action of the public who risked survival of human beings to the world system which makes a destructive situation which is symbolized by "ínãÖâ· íg-ization." Also 100 year after human beings survive and it is 100. In order not to produce any more people who are doubtful even of the life of day future!

"Anti-globalism movement" has blazed up "(the present system is differed from )another world is possible" and "the world not being an article for sale" for the watchword now in the world. In the Genoa summit in this July, the 300,000 person who gathered from "a handful of persons must not decide the rule in the world", "fellows being eight persons and we being 6 billion", and the whole world will protest. The summit venue was surrounded by the demonstration. We joined the trend in such the world also from the ground in Japan, and think that the world which maintains [ an extermination and ] poverty and war will be made by its action from the world.

Oppose to retaliation war of U.S. and U.K.!
No to allow Japan's war cooperation and participation!

The retaliation and "terrorism extermination" to the terrorism who murdered 6,000 or more persons indiscriminately on September 11 were made into the excuse, and the United States and Britain started air strikes and the Afghanistan invasion on October 8. First of all, they are [ be / it ] killing / itself / and wounding a civilian by air strikes as retaliation by the terrorism who killed and wounded the civilian, and the deception which is hard to allow. Although the United States was saying "an attack is restricted to military facilities" at the beginning of an air-strikes start, "it did not make all the Afghanistan people into an enemy", etc., victim and the injured of the civilian who already contains many children are reported. Moreover, the facilities of the United Nations were bombed by mistake and four NGO personnel are murdered accidentally.

First of all, an bin Laden sect whom the United States recognizes as a "terrorism mastermind" is the terrorist who the United States raised also as the basis and has given economical / military assistance. Moreover, it is the country where the United States opposed as "an aid donor to terrorism", gave assistance also with Iraq immense for the purpose of "anti-Iran" which repeats air strikes, and rose in the world to the military power. As the partner who was helping once, the United States is warring with U.S. arms. The United States cannot say "terrorism extermination", cannot call "retaliation" etc., and cannot allow invading a foreign country etc.

Moreover, Palestine must be invaded, a lot of refugees must be made, and continuing assistance must also point out the United States to Israel also continue killing and wounding many people by the military action equal to "terrorism" now. If the United States does not realize that such a "double standard" has incurred anger of Middle Eastern people , become about it. ÇÒ. And is this Afghanistan invasion incurring anger of people of the Middle East and Arab further, and complicating the situation clear one?

You should withdraw U.S. Britain from Afghanistan and the Middle East immediately. And if the assistance to Israel should be closed immediately, we claim.

as and the contribution which becomes, and does not shake and matter but is visible to "eye while Prime Minister Japanese government and Koizumi disregard the constitution and it answers in Parliament "it will be troubled if inconsistency with the constitution and law is attached" etc." -- the Self-Defense Forces -- Pakistan -- sending -- êÌëàã¶ to the United States It is going to promote power further.

The Self-Defense Forces are freely moved for terrorism to an excuse to in and outside, and making the organization which can turn a muzzle of a gun to the public "if it is with necessity" tends to be made by a "terrorism measure measure method" and the "Self-Defense Forces Law revision." A lot of criticism and prudent opinions are expressed as "Whether the Self-Defense Forces turn a gun to people" out of the Liberal Democratic Party, and, as for this, we are anxious about privilege-izing of an "army", a reckless run, and the further military power-ization of Japan.

Moreover, the war cooperation and participation in the war called "logistic support" are promoted by only "never refuse a good offer" for the reactionism prime minister and Koizumi who worshipped at Yasukuni Jinja. "Measure against terrorism" and "terrorism extermination" are made into a best excuse, and "the ordinary country which can do war" tends to be completed still more.

Japan where that the it is previously removed Article 9 of the constitution -- a military power -- it is-izing and is "national mobilization" to war seen and exceeded to "the production of people which can die in case of emergency because of a country", and the draft system A textbook and a "Yasukuni, the war shrine" problem are the intention. Doesn't it clarify?

Japan-U.S. security whose we are the origins to which Japan participates in a war of aggression in opposition to "method maintenance" of a series of Self-Defense-Forces relation It asks for cancellation of organization, and withdrawal of a U.S. Armed Forces in Japan base. And this fighting is troubled with the pressure of a base and is the threat of war. You have to build and extend with people of the Okinawa, Asia, and the Middle East exposed.

We appeal. It is that peace cannot be made from the means of war. And it is that they are the United States and the so-called "advanced nations" to have caused poverty, confusion, and war in Asia, the Middle East, and the whole world. just imperialism war is economical and military -- if it is the worst form of "globalization" It is that "globalization" has given distress like "war" for the life of many people in the world daily.

Our action asks for the radical reform from the bottom of the world system for fair distribution of wealth and resources. And just it prevented war and thinks that it is what sweeps away the base which produces terrorism.

  • Smash APEC!
  • Oppose to a multinational company tends to do, "neoliberalism"!
  • Crush globalization!
  • Down with capitalism!
  • Withdraw U.S. and Britain from Afghanistan and the Middle East immediately!
  • Oppose to war Japan's cooperation and participation of war!
  • Smash Japan-U.S. military alliance!

Act together!


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