On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Gregor Wakounig [Twitter]. Gregor is a freelance journalist who has written for Jungle World and kaz and maintains a blog called Zatsudan. We spoke to Gregor about anti-fascism in Japan, both historical and contemporary, its relationship to the left, and some of the tensions which characterise the present movement.
See also : Throw Out Your Books (an online portal by William Andrews about Japanese radicalism, counterculture and protest movements) | Matthew Dagher-Margosian : Interview: Translator Nami Nanami & The Organizer of Tokyo’s Anti-Police Protests, Asia Art Tours, June 23, 2020 : Fascists F*ck Off ! Researcher Gregor Wakounig on Japan’s ANTIFA history and fighting Racism in Japan, The Arts of Travel, June 29, 2020 | How Fukushima gave rise to a new anti-racism movement, Vivian Shaw, Al Jazeera, March 12, 2017.
4.30pm, Thursday, October 20, 2022 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website
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