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The Japanese red army

The Japanese red army. Japanese Red Army: Origins, Objectives, Ideology. By : Sahba Saravi. Overview. University students aggravated with post WWII conditions Offshoot of the Japanese Communist Party, evolved from three different groups Anarchic left-wing militant group

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The Japanese red army

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  1. The Japanese red army

  2. Japanese Red Army: Origins, Objectives, Ideology By: SahbaSaravi

  3. Overview • University students aggravated with post WWII conditions • Offshoot of the Japanese Communist Party, evolved from three different groups • Anarchic left-wing militant group • Goal of global communist revolution

  4. Sekigun- Ha (Red Army) • 1969 Created when Shiomi broke away from JCP • Declared world revolution would occur Sep. 1 1970 • Rengo Sekigun (United Red Army) • 1970 Merged with Keihin AmpoKyoto • Nihon Sekigun (Japanese Red Army) • Largest fragment left from Katuisawa events

  5. Ideology • Marxist-Leninist ideology • Leading member FusakoShigenobu grew up poor and became a communist in university • Craving for modernization w/ connection to tradition • Distasted restrictions imposed on Japan post WWII • Imposed Samurai Moral Code

  6. Objectives • Revolutionize the nation and eventually the world based on Marxist ideology • Eliminate poverty & embrace equality • Tackle government corruption • Terminate U.S military presence in Japan & Vietnam • Communism allowed these goals to take place in society

  7. Leadership in the jra By: Max Workman

  8. Leaders • Primarily led by: • FusakoShigenobu • Takeshi Okudaira.

  9. FusakoShigenobu • Joined Red Army Faction as a student, left because of political issues • She was a co-founder of the Lebanon branch which was the Japanese Red Army. • One of the few females given power in Japanese groups.

  10. Takeshi Okudaira • Founded the JRA with Shigenobu in 1972. • Was killed on May 30, 1972, in the Lod Airport Massacre which left 26 people dead and 80 others wounded. • Reported to be dating/engaged/married to Shigenobu but other sources say that this relationship was a lie.

  11. Support and Recruitment By: Jessica Colbourn

  12. Monetary support • Funded themselves through bank and post office robberies. • Included: • hijacking planes and blowing up refineries. • “Precision planning” Support

  13. External support • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) • Supported the JRA’s goal of revolution • Provided the JRA with guerilla training • Helped launch numerous terrorist attacks along side the JRA. • Ex: Lod Airport Massacre 1972

  14. recruitment • Recruitment of college students and young workers. • Selectively looking for individuals from private and exclusive universities. • Use of propaganda and recruitment films

  15. Strategy, targets and methods By: Brooke Tavel

  16. Strategy Believed in the practice of mass casualties, along with public displays of power and threat to the community.

  17. Lod massacre • Most notable and deadly attack carried out by the JRA: • May 30, 1972 – • 3members attacked the airport with gun and grenades. • 26 killed, at least 80 injured.

  18. Attacks • Types of carried out and planned attacks: • Plane hijackings • North Korea • Hostages • AIA Building takeover, 1975 • Bombings • Naples, April 1988

  19. Conclusion Though, the JRA conducted several “successful” attacks, the organization was not successful in it’s overall goal of overthrowing the Japanese government with the attempt at a Revolution. The organization was disbanded.

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