No. 899   /  Dec. 22, 2002
(Uploaded Jun. 7)

◇  A Strange Mix of Tax Increases and Decreases
  　   No Principles or Consistency
          Koizumi’s Policy-Less “Tax System Reforms”

◇　Editorial:  Without Examining the Real Conditions
　　　　 Takeo’s Theory of North Korea as a “Conspiratorial State”

◇　Series: Looking at the Book “Kokumin no geijutsu” (National Art)
　　　　 More Nonsense From “Tsukuru-Kai” (Group for Textbook Reform) (#6)
                  － The Importation of Buddhism is Praised , But Should This Be Criticized
                                                      As  a Alien Barbarous God ?!

 ◇　The “Coffin” System of Kan and Okuda
        －“Opposing” Koizumi in Words Only
           －The Democratic Party’s Lack of Consensus   

◇　The Aegis Ship Has Been Dispatched 
　　　   Declaring bit for “Millitary Police of the World” 

◇　Regional Reports: The LDP’s Policy is Intolerable
　　　           Devastated Rural Areas      (Toyama)　

◇　Economic Development and the Decay of the Communist Party
          An Expose of Reality in China
          A Look at Ka Seiren’s “The Pitfalls of Modernization in China”

◇　The Breakdown of the “Yutori” Education Line
　　　　  Capital No Longer Desires Well-Educated Workers

◇　The Denunciation of Racial Prejudice in the United States
　　　   This Cannot Be Simply Reduced to a “Problem of Awareness”

◇　Only the Signboard Has Changed
　　　   The Majority of Special Corporations Are Turned into
                                        Independent Administrative Corporations

◇　The Increasing Use of Part-Time Labor
         The Reality and Prospects for Struggle (Part Three)
            －Only 3% of Workers Are Organized
               －The Minuscule Part-Time Labor Policy of Rengo

◇　Book Review:  Exposing the Chameleon-Like Change of Educators
         “15-Year War and Education” by Junosuke Yasukawa

◇　Raising the Banner of State-Ism
　　　   A Look at the Head of the “Families Group” for Adbuctees from N. Korea