No. 895   /  Nov. 24, 2002
(Uploaded Nov. 27)

◇  Supplementary Budget to Pour in 5 Trillion Yen
  　   The Koizumi Cabinet Retreats on Every Front
          While Deceptively Talking About Its “Flexible Response”

◇　Editorial:  How Dare They Lecture Children About the “Public Good”
　　　　 The LDP Steps Up Its Reform of the Fundamental Educational Law

◇　Series: The Non-Stop Issuing of National Bonds
　　　　 Where is “Financial Reconstruction” Headed? (#5)
                －Revising the Syndicates
                －Seeking to Diversify the Recipients of National Bonds

 ◇　Just What the “Special-Interests Legistlators” [zokugiin] Wanted
　　　　 The Pseudo-Reform of the Public Road Corporations
        It Even Includes Special Revenue Bailouts for the Honshu-Shikoku Public Corporation 

◇　Negotiations to Normalize Relations Between Japan and North Korea Are Up in the Air 
　　　   Koizumi Cabinet Plays With Fire By Taking a “Hardline Stance” 

◇　Regional Reports: The Monied Workers’ Movement
　　　           Degenerating Without Any Ideal of Socialism      (Kyoto)　

◇　Expanding Use of Temp Workers and Short-Term Labor
          The Emergence of Legislation for Firing Workers
          Moves by the Government and Capital to Revise the Labor Laws

◇　Nagano Prefectural Governor Tanaka Takes a Hostile Stance Towards Workers
　　　　  The Introduction of Wage Cuts for Prefectural Workers

◇　Series: Looking at the Book “Kokumin no geijutsu” (National Art)
　　　　 More Nonsense From “Tsukuru-Kai” (Group for Textbook Reform) (#2)
                  －Did Japanese People Really First “Discover the Beauty of Landscapes”

◇　Demanding the Continuation of Spousal Deductions
　　　   The JCP Defends Full-Time Housewifes

◇　What is the Concept of Bank Currency?
         Hayashi Hiroyoshi Responds to Comrade Taguchi