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JCP basks in discontent as faith in capitalism crumbles
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Contributor | Ralphie |
Last Edited | Ralphie May 04, 2009 02:46pm |
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News Date | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Under a big red flag, the Japanese Communist Party's headquarters stand as the center of a vibrant grassroots movement.
The party's ranks are swelling, it has 24,000 branch offices and more than 1 million people read its newspaper. Only one party — the one that runs the country — beats it at fundraising.
As the economy withers, communist notions are seeing something of a revival.
Dormant in the boom years and marginalized as the nation clawed its way out of recession, the JCP's litany of capitalist evils is now resonating deeply with many Japanese — especially the young — who are feeling the pain of an economic downturn that some say has reached depression dimensions.
Although the JCP — the fourth-largest party in the Diet, but with only 16 of the 722 total seats — is not likely to take power, it is making itself felt.
Leading the JCP renaissance is Kazuo Shii, the round-faced party chief, who has become one of Japan's most recognizable politicians and something of a media star, grilling the country's conservative leaders from his Diet perch and unfailingly appearing before the cameras with what boils down to: "I told you so." |
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