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> Committee To Defend Japanese Anti-War Teachers
> (415)867-0628 lvpsf@labornet.org
> Endorsed by AFT2121  , San Franciso Labor
> Council, Doro-Chiba, Transport Workers
> Solidarity Committee, Bob Mandel Member OEA
> Executive Board, Labor Video Project,Bay Area
> Labor Committee For Peace&Justice
> http://vpress.la.coocan.jp/  
>
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070717i1.html
>
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070720a7.html
>
> SF AFT 2121 Executive Board Resolution For
> Support Of October 2007
> International Day Of Action For Anti-War
> Japanese Teachers & Against Militarism
>
> Whereas the Japanese people have a long history
> of opposition to war and Article 9 of the
> Japanese Constitution prohibits Japan from
> developing a growing military force and
> militarized society along with a militarized
> education system, and
>
> Whereas the cost of war has been catastrophic
> for the Japanese people, the youth and
> education workers as well as the people of
> various other Asian countries, and
>
> Whereas the growing drive for militarization
> has led to the re-writing of history books to
> censor the role of Japan in World War II, which
> included slave labor and sex slaves in order to
> justify Japanese militarism, and
>
> Whereas the U.S. government has encouraged
> Japan to violate Article 9 and to use its
> military in wars (currently in Iraq) and the
> expansion of U.S. bases in Japan for greater
> Japanese military activity in the Middle East,
> and
>
> Whereas the U.S. government has supported the
> elimination of this anti-war Article in the
> Japanese constitution in order to further
> militarize Japan, and
>
> Whereas the Japanese government has railroaded
> the legislation of the National Referendum Law
> to eliminate Article 9, and prohibit teachers
> and public workers from participating in any
> movement in opposition to amending the
> Constitution, and
>
> Whereas the increased funding for the military
> has meant decreases in funding for teachers and
> the educational system of Japan, and
>
> Whereas hundreds of Japanese teachers have been
> punished and harassed for refusing to stand in
> front of the national flag, "Hinomaru," and for
> refusing to sing the national anthem,
> "Kimigayo," or to play the piano accompaniment
> in graduation and matriculation and other
> school ceremonies and,
>
> Whereas these demands and directives instituted
> by the education system have unjustly violated
> the teachers?freedom of thought and conscience,
>
> Therefore, be it resolved that the American
> Federation of Teachers, Local 2121, protest the
> retaliation and discrimination against Japanese
> teachers for refusing to stand before the
> national flag, "Hinomaru," and for refusing to
> sing the national anthem, "Kimigayo," or to
> play the piano accompaniment in graduation and
> other school ceremonies and that AFT Local 2121
> will send letters protesting these policies and
> call for their removal, and
>
> AFT Local 2121 call on the Japanese and Tokyo
> municipal governments to stop the harassment,
> punishment and possible firings of Japanese
> teachers and other related actions by the Tokyo
> Metropolitan Board of Education against sisters
> Nezu and Kawarai, and
>
> AFT Local 2121 affirm its support for the
> rights of Japanese teachers and all public
> employees to lobby against any changes in the
> Japanese constitution, and
>
> AFT Local 2121 send this statement to the
> Japanese Consulate and participate in a
> delegation to meet with the Japanese consular
> officials to express our opposition and
> concerns, and
>
> AFT Local 2121 support sending a delegation of
> teachers to Japan to
> Investigate the growing danger of
> militarization of the Japanese education system
> and report the findings to the next CFT and AFT
> conventions, and
>
> AFT Local 2121 call on all Bay Area
> Congressional officials to oppose changing the
> Japanese Constitution Article 9, which prevents
> the militarization of Japan, and finally
>
> AFT Local 2121 send this resolution to the
> education unions of
> Japan and appropriate unions in other
> countries, urging concurrence and support for
> the teachers under attack in Japan and to focus
> International Teachers Day, October 5, 2007, on
> supporting the rights of Japanese teachers to
> lobby against the changes of the Japanese
> constitution and against the repression of
> those teachers who refuse to stand in the
> presence of the flag, "Hinomaru," and
> participate in singing the national anthem,
> "Kimigayo," and finally
>
> AFT Local 2121 support action at Japanese
> consulates and embassies around the world on
> October 5, 2005 to show our support for
> anti-war activist teachers and to oppose the
> militarization of Japan and we will seek
> concurrence from and participation by
> affiliated bodies.
>
> Submitted By AFT 2121 Members
> Allan Fisher
> Rodger Scott
> Pablo Rodriguez
>
> http://www.aft2121.com
> Mailing address: 311 Miramar Avenue, San
> Francisco, CA 94112
> Phone: 415-585-2121
> Fax: 415-585-4305