On this day in 1970, a spontaneous uprising against U.S. military occupation broke out in Koza, Okinawa, Japan after an American drunk driver struck a local pedestrian. Approximately 60 Americans and 27 Okinawans were injured, and dozens of cars with American license plates were torched.
Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the country was occupied by Allied forces and governed under martial law. While most of Japan regained its independence in April 1952, the Okinawa Prefecture was to remain under U.S. military occupation for another twenty years.
Prior to the events of December 20th, three Americans had been acquitted via court martial after striking and killing an Okinawa civilian. This incident fueled the growing discontent of Okinawans with the standard status of forces that exempted U.S. servicemen from Okinawan justice.
On December 20th, 1970, a drunk U.S. serviceman struck an Okinawan pedestrian in the city of Koza. A crowd quickly surrounded the car and the policemen who had arrived, demanding that this incident not also be swept under the rug.
When American MPs arrived and attempted to pull the driver away, the protest turned violent, with thousands gathering to try to prevent the driver from leaving. By the end of the night, dozens of cars with American license plates had been torched and approximately 60 Americans and 27 Okinawans had been injured.
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
- β€οΈ Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
- π Come talk in the New Weekly Queer thread
- π Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
- βοΈ September Movie Nominations βοΈ
reminders:
- π You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- π Hexbearβs algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- π Sorting by new you nerd
- π If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
- πΆ Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
Aid:
Theory:
- β€οΈFoundations of Leninism
- β€οΈAnarchism and Other Essays
time for
Parasocial Gossip Hourso the Trashfuture gang has been weird about China to varying degrees; Alice is a left-anticommunist about it, Milo occasionally repeats silly stories from the British press, Hussein is on the podcast sometimes (dunno, if he's actually said anything on the subject :shrug)
But I notice Riley is always quite whenever it comes up. Almost tactically quiet. He seems to have the most developed understanding of theory, is usually the one to broaden the scope with interesting and insightful analysis, and is the force responsible for keeping the show a real show and not WTYP-esk barstool conversation. To my memory, he's never actually said anything on China - or most AES states, come to think of it. Thoughts and gossip, Hexbear?
He seems to always quickly change the subject, so I agree with your take. Think he's to the left of his cohost on AES states, but doesn't want to stir office drama.
I think you're going to wind up disappointed if you're holding out hope for the guy everyone else on TF calls out for being posh and having posh friends being secretly the most radical in their politics.
He has fancy tastes, yeah, but Milo is the one who seems to have spent the most time in upper crust circles. Either which way, liking posh restaurants and Canadian champ-oggin don't mean you can't have good politics.
Not that it matters, really. It's just that if someone on the pod were to have a more developed take on China, I'd expect it to be Riley.
Trying to remember if he said any stupid anti-China stuff on his old Bottlemen podcast and I don't think he did.
With how much of a fancy lad he is about fish restaurants. He probably arrived at a good take just for the seafood.