Movement “Branding” in the Japanese Anti-War Protests

Author: Sharon Quinsaat

In: Mobilizing Ideas, 2016

Focuses on the moderate non-partisan Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (SEALD), examining its origins and scope and its roots in the humanitarian catastrophes of World War Two, especially Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

See also: McCurry, Justin, ‘New generation of Japanese anti-war protesters challenge Abe’, The Guardian, 16 September 2015.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/16/japanese-anti-war-protesters-challenge-shinzo-abe

Reports on the reasons given by young SEALD members for joining the movement.

See also: Takenaka, Kiyoshi, ‘Huge protest in Tokyo rails against PM Abe's security bills’, Reuters, 30 August 2015.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-politics-protest-idUSKCN0QZ0C320150830

Available online at:

https://mobilizingideas.wordpress.com/tag/social-movements-in-asia/

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