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/. - tf7 JLO World Anti-War News STUDENT-MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE TO END THE WAR IN VIETNAM 1029 VERMONT AVE. N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005 November 5, 1969 The International Fall Antiwar Offensive is on. From Belgium to New Zealand.- from Japan to Denmark, a worldwide coordinated struggle against U.S. aggression in Vietnam is being waged. The SMC hopes this international newsletter will give you a good picture of the depth and scope of this struggle. We are planning to put out this -A-. newsletter periodically and hope that you will provide us with information on antiwar activities in your country, JAPAN ;': A series of massive demonstration? against U.S. aggression in Vietnam, for the abrogation of the Japcn-U.S. Security Treaty, for an immediate end to U.S. occupation of Okinawa and in opposition to Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's visit to the U.S. is taking place in Japan this fall. The Treaty., which "obligates" the U.S. to "defend" Japan from "aggression" and Japan to provide military bases to U.S. forces, comes up for" review next year and Prime Minister Sato is expected to announce, his'support to continuing it. d a ^ This Treaty ha« allowed the U.S. to occupy Okinawa and to use this island as a take-off area for bombing raids against Vietnam. The first of the series of demonstrations took place October 10 in Tokyo and over 30,000 people participated. October 21 saw demonstrations in over 800 places around the country. Over 1,000,000 people took part in the demonstration, which marked the International Antiwar Day. Violent clashes with the police broke out in some areas^ Many barricades were set up by the students to protect themselves from the police, but 846 persons were still arrested. The police estimates of the various demonstrations v;ere: Ryukyus—50,000; Tokyo—100,000? Kobe—20,000; Okayama—300; Fukuoka—60,000; Sendai—60,000; Hokkaido-- 20,000. The Mainichi D A_ly News also reported that "sixteen industrial unions belonging to the: 4,300,000-member Sohyo also staged short strikes or workshop rallies to mark the day." The National Railway Workers Union (Kokuro) and National Railway Motive Power Union - (Doryokusha) continued their "work-to-rule" slowdown struggle against d the hauling of jet fuel to U.S. Air Force bases in Japan. The most massive demonstrations took place in Tokyo, where they were aimed at-the Broadcasting Center of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) , police boxes, National Pvailways stations, U.S. Air Force Tachikawa and Yokota bases, the Japan Productivity Center,, and the Japan Industry Club in Marunouchi, according to the Mainichi Daily News. ' . .•••-. \ ... According to Toshikatsu Horii,chairman of Sohyo, the day's events were "the beginning of the general offensive against the security treaty." v j FLASH I We have just received a letter from the Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs (Gensuikin) informing us chat two representatives, Mr. Toru Oohara and Mr. Sieryo Asuma, will be tocring the U.S. around the time of the Nov. 15 demon s tr<a tien cc shov; their solidarity with the U.S. antiwar mcvi^er ■
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Title | International world anti-war news |
Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
Publisher | Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam |
Publication date | 1969 |
Language | English |
Country | United States |
Digital Format | XML |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2016 |
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Digital identifier | giNewsletter494000 |