[tokyoprogressive] TokyoProgressive 187: Koizumi: Sacrificing SDF for what? Sara Lee Japan Exploits workers in Mexico...

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        Issue #187  Feb 24, 2004

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                                 LATEST STORIES 
"Strange" characters are probably Japanese characters (Kanji and Kana) that 
your computer may or may not be able to read correctly.

(1) Koizumi: Sending Soldiers Off to Die for Democracy?
(2) Polo, Ralph Lauren, Sara Lee: Making a Killing on the Backs of Sweatshop 
Workers
(3) Ueno's Homeless ---A reader story from SELF PUBLISH
(4)  Osaka Homless Support Group and
 
大阪府警による野宿者運動つぶしを許さない！２・１７釜パト弾圧に対する抗議声明への賛同を！.
(5) Japan's Under-reported stories and Project Censored
(6) Mokhiber-Weissman / The 10 Worst Corporations of 2003 
(7)Tell Koizumi: Stop Japanese Funding and Construction of Ebara Corporation's 
Incinerator in Malaysia
(8) Corporate Watch:Latest reports
(9) Power Struggles in Haiti and Venezuela and  Q and A on Haiti from Chomsky 
Chat on Znet
(10)  Jewish Voice for Peace: Cecilie Surasky on "Anti-Semitism" at the World 
Social Forum
(11) Why Anti-War Activists Should Care About Immigrant Rights
(12) Gay Marriage Report (Audio) by Chuck Rosina and Aimee Smith

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                     Koizumi: Sending Soldiers Off to Die for Democracy?
As Koizumi sends Japanese soldiers to help the U.S. occupy Iraq after the U.S. 
killed so many innocent civilians, and after so many of its own have been 
killed or wounded, there is a great possibility that many SDF soldiers will 
themselves be killed or injured defending oil interests.
Those of you who think there is something good in what Koizumi is doing, read 
this essay by Howard Zinn and think again. Howard Zinn: The Ultimate Betrayal

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                      Polo, Ralph Lauren, Sara Lee: Making a Killing on the  
                                      Backs of Sweatshop Workers
After a petition politely requesting a tiny pay raise, the company paid half 
of what was asked for, and promptly fired Leonor and the other delegates. 
TAKE ACTION: See bottom of story for ways to put pressure on the U.S., 
Canadian and Japanese management of SARA LEE. 

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But you do not have to go to Mexico to find victims of a ruthless economic 
system. They are, and they always HAVE been right here. Only they are 
becoming more and more easy to spot. Ueno's Homeless, courtesy of a 
TokyoProgressive reader, is the kind of story that the mainstream media does 
not like to dwell upon, but places like this are becoming more and more 
numeorus with the weak economy.

This and other stories here
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Meanwhile, here is something from Japan IndyMedia on the Osaka Homless Support 
Group, which also gives a detailed background of the issue. Please also see 
this Japanese language report: 
大阪府警による野宿者運動つぶしを許さない！２・１７釜パト弾圧に対する抗議声明への賛同を！.

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                                    Media
There are many stories about Japan that fail to be given the attention they 
deserve, but it is not only Japan where the media is asleep. While Western 
media owners like to complain that Japan's infamous KISHA CLUB system is to 
blame (it DOES encourage self censorship), the truth is that it is a disease 
that afflicts all profit-minded media businesses. Please see Under-Reported 
Stories for some criticism by journlaism professor Asano Ken'ichi as well as 
stories from the recent past you may not have seen in the Japanese media, or 
anywhere else. Also, check out many stories from this year and years past 
from Project Censored, a project of Sonoma College Faulty and Students.

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                         Keeping Bad Company
Mokhiber-Weissman / The 10 Worst Corporations of 2003 / Feb 18

        Tell Koizumi: Stop Japanese Funding and Construction of Ebara
                       Corporation's Incinerator in Malaysia

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Corporate Watch:Latest reports show us what Multinationals are doing in the 
name of Globalization to make life miserable for the weak and disposssed, 
which includes many people living on the developed world as well. Subtopics 
include the WTO, Genetically Modified Food, Deregulation, Pesticides, Human 
Rights, Internet Politics, the Education Industry, and more.

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                              Haiti and Venezuela
The media would like to pretend that if it weren't for the undemocratic 
policies of Haitian president Aristide, all would be well in that country. 
The reality is quite a bit more complicated, and involves U.S. complicity in 
and support for the crimes of his opponnents, both now and under Clinton. 
Read Power Struggles in Haiti and Venezuela, which also tries to counter the 
view presented in the American press that Venezuelan president Chavez is a 
tyrant and that his opponents constitute a pro-democracy movement. At the 
same time, check out Q and A on Haiti from Chomsky Chat on Znet for more 
insights.

These and other stories here
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                                          Israel/Palestine
Rightist supporters of Israeli government occupation of Palestinian territory 
would like us to view its opponents as anti-semitic. Here is a report from a 
delegate to the World Social Forum which provides quite a bit of evidence 
giving the lie to that claim: Jewish Voice for Peace: Cecilie Surasky on 
"Anti-Semitism" at the World Social Forum

This and other stories here
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Other
Why Anti-War Activists Should Care About Immigrant Rights

Gay Marriage Report (Audio) by Chuck Rosina and Aimee Smith

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Nichibei (Student) Newspaper
For learners and teachers of English, Nichibei Kaiwa Gakuin students publish 
online newspaper. Please check it out. Includes Zenba-Zuru (1,000 cranes, 
Earthquakes, Film Reviews, more coming...... 

Go to Nichibei Shimbun
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