On this day, 18 January 1969, 8,500 riot police sealed off the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo which had been occupied since October. They began clearing occupied buildings one by one, arresting all of the occupants. Students from across the country came to the nearby Kanda-Jimbocho neighbourhood and set up a barricaded “liberated zone” to fight the police. The battle lasted two days and resulted in hundreds of injuries and arrests.
This is an interesting article about the Japanese student movement at this time: https://libcom.org/history/zengakuren-japans-revolutionary-studentshttps://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1901634253355049/?type=3
On this day, 18 January 1969, 8,500 riot police sealed off the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo which had been occupied since October. They began clearing occupied buildings one by one, arresting all of the occupants. Students from across the country came to the nearby Kanda-Jimbocho neighbourhood and set up a barricaded “liberated zone” to fight the police. The battle lasted two days and resulted in hundreds of injuries and arrests.
This is an interesting article about the Japanese student movement at this time: https://libcom.org/history/zengakuren-japans-revolutionary-studentshttps://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1901634253355049/?type=3
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