ABSTRACT
Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957–2017) tells the story of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a militant left-wing group founded in 1971 which was involved in numerous terrorist attacks.
It traces the origins of the group in the Japanese New Left in the 1960s and looks at Red Army groups of the early 1970s in Japan, such as the Red Army Faction, and the United Red Army which became infamous for murdering its own members. The book also examines the JRA's trans- and international links with other militant groups including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as well as the networks of intellectuals and fellow activists who supported them.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of terrorism, radicalism, and Japanese social history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|175 pages
Tokyo (1957–1973)
section Secition One|66 pages
The rise and fall of student radicalism
section Section Two|60 pages
Beheiren
section Section Three|37 pages
Red Army
part Two|105 pages
Going transnational (1972–2017)
section Section Four|72 pages
Arab and Japanese Red Army
section Section Five|28 pages
Return to Japan