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UMITSUBAME  No.1500/ Jun./ 8 / 2025
"UMITSUBAME" that means storm petrel in Japanese, is the WPLL newspaper published every two weeks.
 In front of the National Diet (Nov.1959)


lenin's "own words"
For raising trotskyism!



No.1500/ Jun./ 8 / 2025
 The "Reiwa rice riots" mean a failure of the Liberal Democratic Party's agricultural policy.
--- In defending family farming, the Communist Party follows the Liberal Democratic Party.

 On May 31st, the "Koizumi rice" which priced at 2000 yen for 5 kilograms sold out immediately, and it has been receiving extensive coverage in the news every day.
 The 'Reiwa Rice Riot', the dismissal of Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto, and the appointment of Koizumi as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries signify a declaration of bankruptcy for the LDP's agricultural policy.

 Wages are not a share of profits.
--- Labor union leaders are fleeing from the wage struggle.

 A research report indicating the abuse of power and power harassment by Governor Saito,

 a strongman populist, has been submitted.

 The Bank of Japan envisions a 'virtuous cycle of economic growth' through wage increases driven by labor shortages;
--- But wages will not rise without struggle.

 Does Germany consistently supporting Israel in the past truly conquer “its past”?


No.1499/ May./ 25 / 2025
 President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping have temporarily declared a 'ceasefire' in the US-China trade war,
but they are merely pretending to be on the same boat.

 The United States and China imposed tariffs of 145% and 125% on each other, engaging in a trade war.
 However, both countries decided to reduce by 115% at the meeting held in Switzerland on May 12 and announced a "temporary ceasefire" in which import tariffs would be significantly lowered to 10%.

 The Ishiba administration is making the Japan Academy of Sciences follow the power,
strengthening the reactionary control over science and technology.

 The government and opposition parties try to cover up the collapse of pension finances,
but the principle of 'community' is necessary for life after retirement.

 Russia held ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine for the first time in three years
but demanded the annexation of occupied territories.


No.1498 / May./ 11 / 2025  
 The opposition parties loudly call for a reduction in the consumption tax,
but that is a populist measure to reduce the consumption tax.

 With the upcoming House of Councilors election in July, all opposition parties are advocating for a reduction in consumption tax as a measure against rising prices.
 Why is it a measure to reduce consumption tax?  
 Let's consider its meaning. 

 The Nuclear Regulation Authority, which caters to capital,
ignored active fault lines and deemed the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 to be "compliant."

 The Workers' Party distributed May Day fliers nationwide,
calling for a class-conscious struggle.

 Japan and China are competing on the ASEAN stage,
but it is a struggle for hegemony between imperialist nations.

 President Trump pretends to mediate peace between Ukraine and Russia
but is scheming to seize mineral resources like a hyena.


No.1497 / Apr./ 27 / 2025 
 Japan heading towards a warring nation
--- Abandon the illusion of Article 9 of the Constitution and embark on a new path of struggle!

 Prime Minister Ishiba shouting about national crisis and national interests.
 He is calling for a constitutional amendment to remove Article 9, Section 2, and to establish a 'National Defense Army,' further military expansion, and concepts such as the 'integrated operational area' of the East and South China Seas and the Korean Peninsula.
 Don't allow Ishiba PM's imperialist politics, which dash due to the expansion of the battlefield!

 Union President Yoshino betrayed the workers.
--- She met with Prime Minister Ishiba as a representative of the labor union.

 The 8th Workers' Party Congress was held.
--- We confirmed that we will actively utilize SNS and the Internet.

 The Democratic Party for the People betrays workers and tries to align with the Liberal Democratic Party.

 The nonsense of Karatani Koji
--- He ignores labor and fetishizes 'exchange'.


No.1496 / Apr./ 13 / 2025 
 Trump, the US president, declared the tariff war.
--- Is he a naked king or a foolish one carried on a float?

 "Fellow Americans, today is 'Liberation Day'.
 April 2, 2025, will be eternally remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America regained its destiny, and the day we started to move to make America prosperous again" (April 3, Nikkei), Trump declared the war to the world.

 The Ishiba administration has established the Joint Operations Command of the Self-Defense Forces and is strengthening military power.

 The contradiction of the limited bond reduction plan by the Bank of Japan.
--- Is the trend of declining interest rates due to the holding of government bonds or due to the law of the temporal fall in the rate of profit?

 Trump's tariff hike hit the export industry hard, and there are negative forecasts for domestic production in Japan.


Marx's Labor Theory of Value :
A Defense
Hayashi Hiroyoshi
Translated by Roy West


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Japanese Marxist Hayashi Hiroyoshi introduces the fundamental concepts of Marx's economic theory, particularly the "labor theory of value" presented at the beginning of Capital.

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Karl Marx's ideas have been declared "dead" on more than one occasion, only to emerge with new relevance a few years later. But the "collapse of communism" seemed to be the final nail in his coffin. The end of history had been reached, we were told, and poor old Karl was wrong. - Or was he?

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