Japanese politicians want to erase the history of the 200,000 women who were forced by the Japanese military into sexual slavery. Statues around the world remember the “comfort women” from places including China, Korea, the Phillipines, and Japan itself, but it’s been a battle.

Guest: Judith Mirkinson from the Comfort Women Justice Coalition.

Part 2, with Kota from Against Japanism is coming later this week.

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Comfort Women Justice Coalition

Building the San Francisco Memorial: Why the Issue of the ‘Comfort Women’ is Still Relevant Today by Judith Mirkinson

Listen to the Voices of the Women (Judith Mirkinson)

Against Japanism podcast

Against Japanism, “Nikkei Organizing w/ Miya Sommers, J-Town Action & Solidarity, and Nikkei Uprising” 

Call Her Ganda, documentary about Jennifer Laude by PJ Raval

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