Japanese Communist Party: History and Struggles - PSMLS Audio

The Peoples’ School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class on the Japanese Communist Party during World War II. Please enjoy. Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: The Japanese Communist Party During WWII by Comrade Saoirse (2020) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer/Response 0:00​ introduction 1:00​ Beginnings of the JCP (reading) 4:45​ Laws against communists? (Q& A) 6:20​ JCP’s influence on mainland Japan? (Q& A) 7:05​ Growth of communist parties 8:40​ Conditions of the Japanese population before the war? (Q& A) 9:51​ Current status of the party? (Q& A) 11:00​ Social-democratic economic policies 14:00​ Sanzo Nosaka 14:26​ Japanese people’s emancipation league (reading) 16:54​ Fighting behind the line of fire (reading continued) 18:13​ Kind treatment of prisoners (reading continued) 19:55​ Feelings towards the DPRK 22:15​ The Eisenhower years 22:59​ Japanese citizens in the United States? (Q& A) 24:25​ Comparisons btw Korean and Puerto Rico 25:00​ Sen Katayama 26:08​ DPRK funding 26:42​ Call to action (reading) 29:25​ Some of Nosaka’s demands (reading continued) 31:33​ Classic method of communist work 35:30​ Why do parties become reformist, and does it work? (Q& A) 36:10​ Spain going back to Marxism-Leninism 36:25​ How big is the JCP today? (Q& A) 37:07​ Different kinds of imperialism? (Q& A) 37:37​ Criticisms of Joe Biden 39:41​ JCP link 40:19​ The importance of siding with the DPRK? (Q& A) 42:06​ Closing remarks