Danchi, Social Reproduction, and the Politics of Urban Development w/ Marxist Disco
Against Japanism23 Elo 2023

Danchi, Social Reproduction, and the Politics of Urban Development w/ Marxist Disco

Felix a.k.a. Marxist Disco joins the show to discuss the wave of urban redevelopment happening in Japan right now. There are more than 200 buildings planned just in the Tokyo area including Japan’s tallest skyscraper on record, despite the chronic recession and stagnant growth rate the country has been experiencing since the 1990s. To make sense of this contradiction, we critically engage with Marxist geographer David Harvey’s work, particularly his theory of "spatial fix," and of the urban ...

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On Intermediary Exploitation w/ Ken Kawashima [Patreon Preview]

On Intermediary Exploitation w/ Ken Kawashima [Patreon Preview]

In this preview of a patron-exclusive episode, Ken Kawashima discusses intermediary exploitation (中間搾取, chūkan sakushu) as a form of capitalist exploitation that indirectly exploits the labour power o...

15 Helmi 20228min

The History of Filipino Migration to Japan w/ Migrante Japan

The History of Filipino Migration to Japan w/ Migrante Japan

Kota is joined by Roger Raymundo of Migrante Japan, a regional chapter of Migrante International, a global alliance of grassroots migrant organizations of overseas Filipinos and their families. We beg...

11 Helmi 20221h 54min

The Proletarian Gamble: Uno Kōzō's Theory of Crisis & Korean Workers in Interwar Japan w/ Ken Kawashima

The Proletarian Gamble: Uno Kōzō's Theory of Crisis & Korean Workers in Interwar Japan w/ Ken Kawashima

Kota is joined by Ken Kawashima, author of The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan and translator of Theory of Crisis by Japanese Marxist economist Uno Kōzō. We begin the interview b...

21 Tammi 20222h 26min

Ghost in the Machine: The Emperor System & Anti-Revolutionary Thought Policing in Interwar Japan w/ Max Ward

Ghost in the Machine: The Emperor System & Anti-Revolutionary Thought Policing in Interwar Japan w/ Max Ward

Kota sits down with Max Ward to discuss his book about the Japanese state’s effort to suppress revolutionary movements and ideologically convert their participants through the Peace Preservation Law i...

10 Marras 20212h 15min

Solidarity with the Palestinian Resistance w/ May Shigenobu

Solidarity with the Palestinian Resistance w/ May Shigenobu

Kota sits down with a Palestinian-Japanese journalist Shigenobu May to talk about Palestine. May is the daughter of Shigenobu Fusako, a former member of the Japanese Red Army and a political prisone...

2 Syys 20212h 29min

Women in the Japanese New Left w/ Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Women in the Japanese New Left w/ Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Kota is joined by Chelsea Szendi Schieder to discuss her latest book Coed Revolution: The Female Student in the Japanese New Left. Women in the Japanese New Left played a vital role in building up th...

13 Heinä 20211h 47min

The History of Marxism in Japan w/ Gavin Walker - Part 2

The History of Marxism in Japan w/ Gavin Walker - Part 2

Against Japanism presents Part 2 of an interview with Dr. Gavin Walker about the history of Marxism in Japan, focusing on the postwar period starting in the late 1940s. First, we discuss the reason ...

5 Touko 202155min

The History of Marxism in Japan w/ Gavin Walker - Part 1

The History of Marxism in Japan w/ Gavin Walker - Part 1

In this two part series, Kota sits down with Gavin Walker to discuss the history of Marxism in Japan. Instead of simply narrating the facts of this history chronologically, we focus on particular the...

20 Huhti 20211h 11min

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