Significance of Building Solidarity with Iraqi Civil Resistance / Sato Kazuyoshi, President of the Movement for Democratic Socialism
Statement We condemn the assassination of Mr. Abdelhusssein Saddam by the U.S. and Iraqi Army
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The International Conference Demanding immediate withdrawal of occupation forces for the reconstruction of democratic Iraq in solidarity with Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC).Tokyo, January 28, 2006
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Special Resolution to Establish IFC Satellite TV.Tokyo, January 28, 2006
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Second Cairo Declaration (December 14, 2003) Resolutions of the 2007 International Peace Conference in Manila (PDF version 59KB)
Tokyo Declaration (May 26,2003)Seoul Declaration (August 15, 2003)

newothers Develop International Solidarity against Iraq Oil Law
Appeal Actions Take Place toward Six Oil-Based Businesses
Join July 30 Action with IFC Representatives

newothers "Cut Military Fund! Eliminate Poverty!" Called by July 7 One-Day Action
Anger of the Offended Corners Authorities

newothers Anti Oil Law Chair Subhi Al-Badri to Join Aug. 2-3 Zenko Conference
No to Plundering Iraqi Oil

Jul,2008
newEditorial July 7 One Day Action to Call for Human Workplace

Jun,2008
Editorial Air SDF's Dispatch to Iraq Ruled Unconstitutional
Non-Defended Localities Movement Gains Greater Significance

May,2008
others Okinawa Rally against All Crimes and Accidents by US Soldiers
Angry 6,000 Protesters Chant, "Remove the Bases!"

Apr,2008
others Film Festa enthusiastically calls to develop Sana TV

Mar,2008
others January 20 NO! TO POVERTY Action

Feb,2008
Editorial Diminish Military Budget to Enhance Welfare / Scrap New "Anti-Terrorism" Law to Make Breakthrough

Editorial In Year 2008 - With MDS, Walk toward Age Free from War and Poverty

Jan,2007
Editorial Condemn Assassination of IFC Safety Force Head, Moving onward to End Occupation of Iraq

Jul,2007
others Anti-war Movement and 2006 Mid-term Elections / by Bill Weinberg

Dec,2006
Editorial Important Bills Doomed to Fail / Deadlock Looming for Koizumi's Policy Line

Editorial Support Growing for Launch of IFC TV Station / Share Hope for Iraq

Editorial Police State for Global Capitalism under Construction / Totally Repeal Conspiracy Bill

Editorial Localities in Metropolitan Tokyo Area Start Deliberation on Ordinance in Sequence / Significance of Non-Defended Localities Movement Increasing

Jun,2006
Editorial Toward International Rallies in June for Launching PEACE TV / Solidarity with IFC Spreading Worldwide

Editorial Educational Transformation for Global Capitalism / Stop Corruption of Fundamental Law of Education

Editorial Induction for New Constitution toward War and Rights Deprivation - National Referendum Bill Must

May,2006
Editorial France's "Free Dismissal Contract" Law Withdrawn / Democracy Wins

Editorial Permanent Giant Base in Nago "Agreed upon" / Voice of Intolerance from around Japan and World

Editorial Oppose Plan for Coastal New Base / Wage Anti-base Struggle in Tandem with Non-Defended Localities Movement

Editorial Solidarity with IFC Acknowledged in World Actions / Launch Iraq PEACE TV Station

Apr,2006
Editorial Sequential Campaigns in Metropolitan Tokyo for Non-Defended Locality Ordinance / Greatest Counterattack against War System

Editorial Iwakuni Referendum Says "No" to Military Base Enhancement / Will of Residents to Create Peace

Editorial Third Anniversary of Iraq War - Withdraw All Occupation Forces / Mobilize for March 18-19 Actions with IFC

Editorial Join March 8 and 18-19 International Actions / Appeal to the World to Act for End of Occupation and Solidarity with IFC

Editorial Iwakuni Municipal Referendum Slated on March 12 / Execute Autonomy to Reject Military Base Enhancement

Editorial Solidarity with IFC to Change the World / Drive Anti-war Movement into Open Future

Mar,2006
Editorial Livedoor Scandal - Result of Deregulation Policy / No to Koizumi's Structural Reform

Editorial January 28-29 International Conference and Rally - Appeal to World for Solidarity with IFC

Feb,2006
Editorial In Solidarity with Iraq Freedom Congress, Stop Occupation and War

Editorial Create World Trend of Solidarity with IFC / Join Jan. 29 International Solidarity Assembly

Jan,2005
Editorial Japan-US Security Consultative Committee Declares Military Integration / Never Tolerate Coercion for New Base Construction

Editorial Visit to Yasukuni Shrine - Denial of Japan's Constitution, Stabbing at the Heart of Asia, and Promotion of Pro-war Mentality

Nov,2005
Editorial Anti-Democracy Referendum in Iraq / Pathway to Democratic Reconstruction of Iraq - IFC

Editorial Fight Back against Total Pro-war Remaking of Constitution / With Demand for Immediate Troop Withdrawal and Non-Defended Localities Movement

Editorial Sept. 24 Actions Change World / Join January Tokyo Conference with IFC

Editorial Six-Party Joint Statement to Seal Off Warmonger Line / Significance of Non-Defended Localities Movement Growing

Oct,2005
Editorial Lawsuit over Railway Workers Mass Dismissals Ruled / Advance toward Social Struggle to Denounce Privatization

Editorial General Election - Landslide Victory Robbed by Neo-Liberalist KOIZUMI's LDP / Confront Policies Leading toward War and Privatizatio

Editorial Join Sept. 24-25 International Actions for Support of Iraq Freedom Congress and Immediate Withdrawal of Occupation Troops

Editorial Struggle together with Movement for Democratic Socialism / For Solidarity with Iraq Freedom Congress and Non-Defended Localities Movement

others AFL-CIO Demands Withdrawal of US Troops / US and Iraqi Labor United in Achieving Ground-breaking Resolution

Sep,2005
Editorial Postal Privatization Bills Voted Down and September 11 General Election Called / Chance to Topple Belligerent Koizumi Cabinet

Editorial Join Sept. 24 Action for Withdrawal of Occupation Forces / Demonstrate International Solidarity with IFC

Editorial Non-Defended Locality Declaration - Achieve Enactment of Ordinance / Leverage International Law to Change Our Communities

Aug,2005
Editorial Dump Distorted Textbooks in Unison with Non-Defended Localities Movement

Editorial "War on Terror" Invites Terror on London / Withdraw Occupation Forces Now

Editorial Peoples of the World Say "No" to War and Occupation / Create Worldwide Solidarity with IFC

Editorial Greed Wouldn't Allow Withdrawal from Samawah / SDF Must Withdraw Right Now

Editorial War-ready System Developing under Civilian "Protection" Law / Time for Offensive with Non-Defended Localities Movement

Jul,2005
Editorial "Safety Improvement Plan" to Hide Culpability for Accident / Prosecute Privatization as True Culprit

Editorial Iraq Freedom Congress Moving Onward / In Struggle for Restoration of Human Dignity

Editorial Never Tolerate Crackdown on People's Movement in Iraq / Give Support for Iraq Freedom Congress

Editorial Privatization Axes and Kills / Pursue Culpability and Win Withdrawal of Dismissals

Jun,2005
Editorial Recall Occupation Forces and War Contractors Now / Build Secular, Egalitarian and Democratic Iraq

Editorial Train Derailment Accident of JR West / Privatization Kills

Editorial First Anniversary of Direct Petition Campaign for Non-Defended Locality Declaration / Have Ordinance Enacted Now!

others Appeal
Spread the Non-Defended Localities Movement to All Corners of Japan and the World

May,2005
Editorial Not "Anti-Japan" Demonstrations / Anger at Policy Line of Troops Dispatch and Aggression

Editorial Stand in Solidarity with Students' Strike in Basra, Struggle to Open Future for Iraq

Editorial Warfare Nation Buildup Accelerating / Fight Back Koizumi's Xenophobic Drive

Editorial Fast-track System Buildup for "People Protection" or Cooperation for War / Why Non-Defended Localities Movement Now?

Editorial Iraqi National Assembly Aimed to Justify Occupation / Counteraction Is Iraqi Civil Resistance

others Interview
Secularism is only remedy for mortal wounds of Afghans
Delegate from Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan speaks

Apr,2005
Editorial Pressure of "People Protection Plan" Gathering Momentum / Counteract with Non-Defended Locality Ordinance

Editorial True Objective of Attacks on Osaka City Public Workers - General Impoverishment through Wage Cuts

Editorial Expand Solidarity with Iraqi Civil Resistance into March 19/20 Action to End Occupation

Editorial Puppet Administration as Ever / Stand Up for Free and Equal Iraq

Mar,2005
Editorial Regain Local Autonomy to Residents through Non-Defended Localities Movement

Editorial "Elections" Fail to Justify Occupation / Withdrawal of Japanese Troops - No Other Way Leads to Solidarity with Iraqi People

Editorial All But "Elections/ Solidarity Now with Iraqi Civil Resistance

Editorial Series of Extraordinary Suppression of Free Speech / Block Warfare Nation Buildup at Local Community Level

MDSstatement Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq on Elections
Iraqi Workers Say Elections Were Neither Legitimate Nor Fair

Feb,2005
Editorial No Election Under Occupation Is Democratic / Only Pathway to Democracy - Withdrawal of Troops

Editorial Troops Dispatched to Indonesia under Pretext of Disaster Relief / Japanese Troops Deregulated on Overseas Operations

Editorial Iraqi Civil Resistance and Non-Defended Localities Movement / Struggle for Demolition of War Systems

others Interview
Support Struggles for Freedom, Equality and Secularism
Delegate from Iraqi Civil Resistance Speaks to Weekly MDS

others Interview
Japan Undermines its Integrity, Endangers its Constitution and Damages Respect from the World
Denis Halliday, former UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, speaks to Weekly MDS

Jan,2004
Editorial Counterproposal to War/Occupation/Destruction of Democracy - Nationwide Spread of Non-Defended Locality Declaration

Editorial Iraq Tribunal Pronounces Koizumi Guilty / Spread Around Convictions to Win Withdrawal of Japanese Troops

Dec,2004
others Interview with Palestinian Ambassador
Compensate all refugees and those suffering from Israeli aggression

May,2004
others Sue Government for Unconstitutionality and Prosecute Koizumi in Criminal Offense to Stop Troops Deployment to Iraq

others Terror of Occupation Revealed at 1st Public Hearing / ICTI (International Criminal Tribunal for Iraq) in Action

Feb,2004
others Extra Issue
We Protest Deployment of Japanese Troops in Iraq / Do Not Kill Iraqi People

others Interview with Mamdouh Habashi, a Cairo Conference Organizer
We Are One in Worldwide Fight against Capitalist Globalization and US Hegemony / Support Resistance in Iraq and Palestine

Jan,2003
MDSstatement We Strongly Oppose the Koizumi Cabinet Decision on Dispatching Japan's Military Forces to Iraq

others MDS Representative's Speech at Second Cairo Conference
Japanese People Will Stop Military Dispatch to Iraq

Dec,2003
analysis Election Result and Mainstream Media: Massive Campaign of Two-Party System / Forced Selection Between LDP and DPJ

Nov,2003
Editorial Stop SDF Deployment to Iraq by Campaign in General Election / No Vote for Troops-sending Candidates

others Exclusive Interview
Occupation Watch in Baghdad says:Iraqi People Hate Occupation - We Are NOT Helpless

Oct,2003
Editorial Get US-UK Occupation Forces Out of Iraq / Iraq Belongs to Iraqi People

analysis Korean Peninsula: Six-Nation Talks Confirm Peaceful Solution / Toward Denuclearization by Power of People

Sep,2003
Editorial Will Peace Prevail in East Asia/Toward Anti-War Seoul Festival on August 15

others Success of Anti-War Seoul Festival - Fruit of International Solidarity / EastAsia Anti-War Council Formed Jointly by Japanese and South Korean Peace Activists

Aug,2003
analysis Bill to Assist Iraq Reconstruction Aims at Dispatching Self-Defense Forces Troops to Subdue Iraqi People / SDF to Use Force in Alliance with Coalition Occupation Forces

others Defense Agency: If Shot At, We Will Shoot Back to Death / Protest Demonstration: Do You Want to Be a Murderer?

Jul,2003
Editorial Stop the War System / Put Tokyo Declaration into Practice

Jun,2003
Editorial Emergency Legislation for Justification of Pre-emptive Attack / International Solidarity to Block War System

Editorial US & UK FORCES SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ / JAPAN MUST NOT PARTICIPATE IN OCCUPATION

others  Interview SATO Kazuyoshi, President of the MDS
NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE THE WAR-ORIENTED SOCIETY! / INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FORUM "END OCCUPATION OF IRAQ! INVESTIGATE US-UK WAR CRIMES!" MAY 24 in Osaka - MAY 25 in Tokyo

others Profit-Hungry Engineering Firms under Siege /Activists Protest Exploitation of Iraq in the Name of "Iraq Reconstruction

May,2003
others Interview with Sahar Saba, a representative of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

Mar,2003
Editorial PUBLIC DUTY OF COOPERATING IN MURDER STIPULATED - SCRAP THE EMERGENCY BILLS

Apr,2002
Editorial DEFEAT IN NAGO MAYORAL ELECTION DID NOT MEAN APPROVAL FOR NEW MILITARY BASE - WE MUST BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT CAN STOP THE BASE CONSTRUCTION

Editorial NEVER ALLOW EMERGENCY LAWS - WARFARE SYSTEM ON DENIAL OF CONSTITUTION

Feb,2002
PROGRAM OF THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
STATUTES OF THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
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