Stop The JP Cover-up -Report On Struggle Against Nuclear Power-More Fukushimas/Repressions

4/5 SF Meeting-Stop The Cover-up-Report On Struggle Against Nuclear Power-More Fukushimas/Repressions and Growing Militarization In Japan

STOP THE COVER-UP!

Featuring Special Presenter:

TADASHI SETO

of the International Solidarity Committee of Doro-Chiba

(national railway workers of Japan)

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

7-8:30 pm

Buchanan YMCA

1530 Buchanan St.

SF Japantown



GET THE UPDATE FROM ACTIVISTS ON-THE-GROUND IN JAPAN:

● Government & Nuclear Industry Cover-Up of Ongoing Dangers:

-- High radiation levels in contaminated areas for clean-up workers and returning residents

-- Spread of radiation contamination to the rest of Japan and the world, including the West Coast of North America

-- Restarting nuclear power plants, the growing nuclear weapons industry, and threats of war in Asia



● Mass popular demonstrations against the re-militarization of Japan,

right wing repression, and the U.S. Pacific Pivot:

-- Japanese & US corporate and government interest in the Pacific Pivot

-- Changing Japan’s Peace Constitution and passage of anti-democratic security and secrecy laws

-- Expansion of military bases, especially in Okinawa

-- Permitting use of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon development

-- Historical denialism and cover-up of government accountability

-- Attacks on multicultural education, intensification of hate speech, and increasing violence against ethnic minorities

Cosponsors include: Institute for Public Interest Media, No Nukes Action, KPFA Workweek Radio, United Public Workers for Action, Asian Americans for Peace & Justice, Transport Workers Solidarity Committee