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The Numerous Problematic Rationales in Accepting the September 19 Coup as Legitimate |
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Written by Pravit Rojanaphruk
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006 |
Many reasons were cited why the public should accept the legitimacy of the coup makers that overthrown caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on September 19, but most if not all logics seemed to be flawed.
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[Part II] Ultra-right Takes Initiative in Changing the Postwar State |
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Written by Muto Ichiyo
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 |
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“Revise the Peace Constitution, Restore Glory to Empire!”--Ultra-right Takes Initiative in Changing the Postwar State
Posted August 5, 2005
Following is the second part of an article written by Muto Ichiyo, an ARENA Fellow and founder of the People’s Plan for the 21st Century(PP21).
[Part II]
Schizophrenic Character of the Postwar State
The postwar Japanese state is a historical construction of complex nature. It was founded on not one but three principles that are mutually contradictory: imperial Americanism, constitutional pacifism, and imperial Japan’s continuity.
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Sticking to the Same Mistakes? |
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Written by Francis Dae-hoon Lee
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Monday, 16 October 2006 |
DPRK(North Korea) tested its first nuclear weapon on October 9 and the UN Security Council passed a resolution on October 15 imposing non-military sanctions against DPRK. However, the resolution calls for de-facto blockade from sea and elsewhere, that might, as some fear, lead to triggering a military clash. Beside the resolution, the governments of US and Japan are moving fast to take independent, coercive actions on North Korean ships suspected of carrying cargo for weapons production. A crisis is looming, but options for diplomatic resolution still exist. Issued by People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), this is one of the statements showing how and what peace groups in South Korea try to advocate to stop a dangerous escalation in the region.
Sticking to the Same Mistakes? Posted October 15, 2006[PSPD(People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy) Statement] There have been a lot of debates on how to restrain North Korea after its nuclear weapons test. The South Korean government reacted by saying that it would participate more actively in the Proliferation Security Initiative(PSI), which is likely to target North Korea, and impose economic sanctions if the new U.N. resolution includes those measures. |
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