So, I’m currently living in Japan and, the place I am is full of either right wing people or “don’t care about politics” people. Is there any community in Japan for lefties?
Also, have a nice day comrades. Times are difficult now, so take care of your mental health and keep fighting!
(Photo is from a random japanese house with Communist Party posters)
hey! just to let you know there’s a lemmygrad community regarding japan (!japan@lemmygrad.ml).
i’ve thought of reviving it, but the 共産党 nowadays feels like a revisionist party at best, succdem-y party at worst. i still don’t understand why they were against the ussr and now against most aes countries (especially the prc), gives me red flags (pun unintended)
anyway, sorry i don’t have an answer to your question; as i’ve also been searching where japanese commies gather up. but last i heard there was a board in 2ch where japanese lefties (左翼) gathered. maybe you’ll find more by searching about the sayoku (左翼).
you could also try venturing in
r/newsokuexp, but it felt more like a left-liberal board to me than socialist/commie. anti-china nonsense makes its way there every now and then.It always seemed to me to be leftover red purge sentiment, brought to you by your friendly occupier. Stalin was pretty critical of theparty at the time as being somewhat toothless in the face of thousands upon thousands of members being arrested/losing their job. The backlash against the militant wing was pretty severe, so I think that is why they ran so hard in the opposite direction.
I have no good answer for why they suddenly issued their anti-China statements. They probably thought it would help win them seats? I actually have a lot of friends who are members that are much more pro-China than the party’s official statements would lead one to believe.
Thank you so much. I think I’ll participate from the next year if I enter uni, mainly because of not having my own private residence (lots of snitching and stuff like that in the dorm I live).
Sorry if I’m speaking out of place, by context clues I assume that you’re referring to the Communist Party of Japan. Their history and reasoning is pretty well documented in their own webpage. They essentially claim that Lenin misconstrued Marxism and revolution, and claim that revolution and socialism can be made without violence. Personally, I get the impression that they were neutered by the state decades ago, and that’s all that they are now. They are essentially a deformed Kautskyite party.