Communist Attempts to Take Over Japan in the 1950s - COLD WAR

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[@spymaine89]

llllllllllllllllll 2021 the most blood war, in human history the ''world banker globalist'' against humanity ////////////////

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

A real communist country can never hold up to the ideology because it creates a new aristocracy the rulers are the new nobility they're not equal to the regular people the regular people are present in comparison to the ruler even a policeman is like a lord compared to the regular people in particular military leaders are and I mean just look at Russia and China workers my ass the man that runs the factory is way more powerful than the man that works at the factory the general is more powerful than the man that runs the factory the chairman and the pilot bureau are more powerful than the general

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

Communist States are the same as ancient monarchy you've got the Stalin or the king and then you've got the high-ranking military and politicians the nobility then the soldiers did not and the regular soldiers the night for the officer and then you've got the high the Royal Court the pilot bureau the high ranking Noble hello ranking I will be like a local boss that was in charge of like say a private or a territory like in the Soviet Union they being charge of like say Georgia or one of the Warsaw pact Eastern European battle state now those are Vaseline Kings they even have vassal King the Warsaw pact ruler there's a man in charge of that country but Czechoslovakia a Poland or whatever Warsaw patch country but

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

I think that communism ought to be completely banned in the United States England and Eastern Europe and Japan and of course the Nazi party the same thing they just different size of the same coin

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

The Communist and the Nazis are different sides of the same evil degenerate coins

[@h4skey2001]

You should do a couple of videos a about the student protest of 1968 in Japan and about the Japanesse Red Army and United Red Army in the 70's. I feel like those would be a good follow up for this one.

[@Chinmeng420]

I agree, I watch the movies

[@tudorifarcas]

And about Japanese airlines 351 hijacking by the Japanese red army

[@tomsuh1362]

Yes I hear about it sometimes but the mainstream media never really talk about it.

[@Namkify]

Why just about Japan? in 1968 Students all over the world were beaten down by Police

[@markhenley3097]

In Japan they had leftist protests throughout the 1960s, starting with the issue of US military bases in 1960, and then into the 1980s with the issue of building a new airport in Tokyo. In the early 1960s there were also minor rightists attacks (a particular one occurred when a newspaper published s cartoon mocking Emperor Hirohito, leading to a teenager attempting to murder the newspaper's owner). Despite this, the ruling LDP (conservative/nationalist/monarchist) party retained complete control of the Government throughout this period. They won a majority in every single election between 1995-1991.

[@Enos666]

6:00 were the Japanese Communists sponsored by Microsoft by any chance?

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Oh boy, don't let the conspiracy theorists know about this!

[@brandonk.4864]

Yo based Microsoft?

[@sooryan_1018]

Top 10 anime twists nobody saw coming

[@georgerianestillero5548]

@@TheCimbrianBull t

[@NautilusSSN571]

Wouldn't be the first time communist movement were sponsored by capitalist corporations.

[@IkePaz]

A friend of mine (elderly Japanese lady) is a self proclaimed communist, we had many friendly debates about the topic back when I lived in Kawasaki (a hot bed for Japanese communist back in the day.) this video brought back memories, thank you

[@Bare36]

I was living as kid, during '80ies in Ex-Yugoslavia,so i did experience communism. It is a good idea,but in reality, communism dosn't work well.

[@hrvojeprebisalic9302]

@@Bare36 It wasn't comunism,it was socialism in Yu. Sorry for bad English

[@hrvojeprebisalic9302]

@@Bare36 End 80',whas the best

[@Bare36]

@@hrvojeprebisalic9302 as,a kid,for me..,yes, '80ies,where the best time in my life... But the system start to collapse, Yugoslavia bankrupted,and fall apart..

[@workingproleinc.676]

@@Bare36 Yea! But right now works everything well. Right?

[@Ajaws]

Communist in postwar Japan: *exists* Otoya Yamaguchi: so you have chosen… *Death*

[@cbrtdgh4210]

Interestingly the JCP is quite scornful of the CCP: “The Chinese leadership’s mistake is extremely serious. That action does not deserve the name of the Communist Party,” party chief Kazuo Shii said at its convention, held for the first time in three years, referring to Beijing’s expansionary activities in the East and South China seas."

[@rafimuhammadzakaria482]

All commies are same. Their rhetoric will chance as soon as (if ever) the US leaves Japan. I can guarantee a million buck on it.

[@darter9000]

It shouldn’t be a surprise a Japanese political group of any stripe disagrees with a Chinese political group of any stripe-the issue is that left wing groups (in South Korea and Japan) are likely of the position that they would rather try to balance issues between US and PRC’s interests and play them against each other in hopes of an India-like 3rd way, whereas the right wing party tend to prefer a hardline anti-Communist position with US backing. Thus, the right wing political parties in Japan and South Korea has had a massive head start on funding and organization while most left wing political parties are generally fledgling in nature and often struggle badly when they gain power-often allowing right wing parties to retake power pretty quickly. I don’t have a strong grasp of who the right wing party is in South Korea, but in Japan, it is the “Liberal Democratic Party” that is Japan’s dominant right wing party.

[@vogelfreiinderwuste4770]

Hilariously, native Communist movements always end up prioritizing national domestic interests over worldwide revolution. All Communist nations (and movements within non-Communist nations) end up becoming National Bolshevik.

[@user-cx1ki8li4t]

The Communist Party of China is CPC, and CCP is the Communist Party of the Philippines.

[@user-cx1ki8li4t]

CCP accuses China of being a Chinese Social Imperialism and wants to rob China's assets in the Philippines. At the same time, it leads many Maoists to scold China. Now all Maoists hate China. On the contrary, many European Communist parties like Russia very much. Not long ago, I saw the Greek communist party claim that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was the help of socialism. But CCP supports gay rights. I like CCP's works of art.

[@user-tp5oj2wf2s]

in 1989 when Soviet Union collapsed, secret document from Sanzo Nosaka to Moscow became public. Nosaka blackmailed a few JCP members staying in Moscow in 1939 as a spay of the Japanese Government and they were all rounded up and killed by Soviet Communist Party. In 1989, Sanzo Nosaka was still alive and he was an honorable chairman of JCP. But once this document became public it became a big embarrassment for JCP and he was deposed permanently.

[@tonymoretti2347]

1991

[@sooryan_1018]

The USSR collapsed in 1991 tho

[@hatsuhioki9361]

thats nothing, Tito done same shit and shitone of Yugoslav pre ww2 leading members were killed by Stallin and him

[@sooryan_1018]

@@hatsuhioki9361 Tito based???

[@hatsuhioki9361]

@@sooryan_1018 based?

[@dreplays3280]

Jcp: “we’re going have a Revolution!!” McArthur: “imma end this mans whole career”

[@demilembias2527]

it sounds like a near miss only stopped my MacArthur, but in reality, obviously the US would have stopped any communist activity there that would have threatened them. its honestly surprising that the occupation forces didn't suppress the communists more given that this was Douglass "drop the bommbies on asian commies" MacArthur but who knows, he seemed to have a soft spot for the Japanese. maybe he admired their military's atrocious crimes.

[@danielclingen34]

MacArthur: we are going to bring freedom by opposing democracy😈”

[@s1050]

Summed it up

[@hoangvu9360]

@@mangonel what real impacts JCP bring to Japan ? You are saying bogus things, and I don't want to argue about that.

[@hoangvu9360]

@@mangonel Oh, shut up, you just believe in shit things of your communism delusion. What ? Pawn and not politics thing ? Why McArthur gives a f*** about JCP. They are just the pawn of Stalin and Mao. You are talking as if JCP has contributed to the growth of Japan at that time. Now you don't want like what I am saying, how pathetic you are.

[@luisurdiales3091]

This is an icredibly interesting topic that I didn't even know existed.

[@raynes6286]

Japanese communist movements are a very interesting topic that doesn’t seem mentioned too often. I’ve been having a look at some propaganda pieces from Japan emerging in the early 1900s and there are some amazing pieces from various socialist movements, candidates, clubs and such.

[@jorawarhenry5846]

Link please.

[@user-cx1ki8li4t]

The Communist Party of Japan once smuggled the arms of the Japanese army out to the Communist Party of China to fight against the aggression of Japanese imperialism. Later, China set up a monument to commemorate him

[@user-cx1ki8li4t]

Now, the Communist Party of Japan hardly participates in any international communist activities.

[@user-cx1ki8li4t]

Some people believe that this is because the division between China and the Soviet Union and China's mistakes have made the Communist Party of Japan sad. In fact, China is indeed a red madman at some time.

[@shazzatulanam6680]

@@user-cx1ki8li4t which monument?

[@Patrick_3751]

If we're going to talk about Communist parties that tried to seize power legally and peacefully you guys should also do episodes on the Italian and French Communist parties! They both gained lots of support in the immediate post-war years, and the Italian Communists continued to gain 30% of the national vote well into the 70s!

[@eruno_]

@D. O. Italian Communist Party was against any violence, blaming them for terror years is ridiculous

[@redzeckez3346]

Dont know if it's true but I hear Mussolini was in the communist partie before get kicked form it for being too "Bolshevist". and he start a new communist partie who didn't work and saw fascism idea (who never get finished to write) only because it's was collectivism as communism and the name is new so he can does whatever he want with specially revenge against his old partie.

[@Patrick_3751]

@@redzeckez3346 1) Work on your English 2) Mussolini was a Socialist (not Communist) before World War I, but was kicked from the party during the war because he supported it. Supporting or resisting the war ultimately split the Italian Socialists. The "mutilated victory" was what drove him to the right and establish his fascist party.

[@deadby15]

Since 19th century. Kautsky, the Fabian Society, etc. have existed, so the path is nothing new. The JCP should just drop Lenism.

[@patriotenfield3276]

@@Patrick_3751 fascists are technically radical far left who embrace far right ideological principles and are a product of both as per a proper true political definition.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Who mourns makes grief his master. Who drinks makes pleasure his master" - Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶)

[@seymourbutts4654]

who eats makes hunger their master

[@MarkoKraguljac]

Who eats and has proper health care insurance, steals his master's second yacht.

[@alejandroz1198]

What?

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@@MarkoKraguljac 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

That Kobayashi guy and me at the same page

[@alex4863]

Highly anticipated, always curious about this never really talked about in the Cold War era

[@TheCimbrianBull]

5:54 the host clearly says "bill of rights" but the subtitles says "bill of tights" LMAO

[@kasugaryuichi9767]

The cornerstone of thighdeology

[@AfterMarketTrike66]

Saw that blurred out vaultboy you’re instantly cooler than other history channels

[@rifroll1117]

Timestamp?

[@AfterMarketTrike66]

@@rifroll1117 0:03

[@AfterMarketTrike66]

Underneath the blue book? That

[@willardijatmiko1054]

7:55 the fastest hand in the east

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Akira Kurosawa influenced Sergio Leone...

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Faster than his own shadow! 🤠

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 yes, and Clint Eastwood closely studied all of actor Toshiro Mifune's samurai characters.

[@lukang72]

Interesting! I always wondered about the JCP after walking past their large hq building in Shinjuku when I was on vacation in Tokyo

[@Wynesons]

Great content as always The Cold War!

[@CaliPatriot88]

There was a game on the Playstation 2 that deal with a split Japan, democratic south and communist north. Americans and Soviets propping up their respective puppet states. It was a strategy game using primitive mechs and ground troops. Was called Ring of Red I believe.

[@acapraichu4879]

A cool concept until they brought in walking mechs lol.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

@@acapraichu4879 No that actually makes it even better.

[@Evil0tto]

@@acapraichu4879 What? Walking mechs make anything better. I was bored by "Pride and Prejudice" until they brought in the walking mechs. (Granted, they weren't that effective against the zombie horde, but still...)

[@tetsu1000]

my grandpa was a farmer and Marxist. he said it was the disappointment in the government that converted him after war. there must have been substantial number of communists in his generation because our neighbor was a full-blown communist too and they discussed things and stuff every night. we even bought Akahata for a while and I remember reading a propaganda-filled shoujo manga in it!

[@sunshineskystar]

Wtf is propaganda filled shoujou manga? "Ah yamete Stalin senpai,not Infront of Lenin-kun"

[@emmanuelaguado9740]

@@sunshineskystar damn i might need some propaganda filled shoujo manga to feel something

[@tetsu1000]

@@sunshineskystar I remember the cute MC was blatantly dissing the imperial family of Japan

[@deathgripskaraoke9351]

@@tetsu1000 based

[@tetsu1000]

@@thotslayer9914 some cold backcountry in Northeastern Japan

[@kiel_3222]

The joke about Krog was great! Haha

[@TheColdWarTV]

Pamphlets + Revolution = Korg

[@carlosnevarez4003]

I remember watching a movie called "Carlos" (Starring Edgar Ramirez, highly recommended movie about a particular Terrorist) and they mentioned the Japanese Communist. What a wonderful period to cover!

[@silverpairaducks]

The jackal

[@carlosnevarez4003]

@@silverpairaducks Yes!

[@shiveshsingh3169]

Go listen to Robert Evans' podcast 'Behind the Bastards' , the episode: The Golden Age of Terrorism. You would enjoy it a lot!

[@googane7755]

JCP: We want a peaceful communist takeover Mao and Stalin: BOORRRINNNG

[@afgor1088]

to be fair that just wasn't possible in russia or china, there was no developed democracy and the countries were full of elements that would and did murder communists as soon as they gained popularity

[@afgor1088]

@James Davis what? No the USSR had forms of democracy It was certainly more democratic than what came before or what came after That's the thing about capitalism you can vote your way into it but you have to shoot your way out of it

[@madlad8035]

@@afgor1088 I think you got that backwards because almost every communist regime was voted in/ or forced itself in a violent revolution while the citizens had to fight tooth and nail just to get any drop of freedom. But never in mankind's history did capitalist countries had to build walls just to keep their citizens from escaping.

[@pleopardi643]

@@madlad8035 Thats the beauty of it. Capitalist countries build physical and metaphorical walls to keep out people escaping there from their slave-states, they have no need to prevent their own from escaping en masse to countries they themselves are either keeping down or collaborating with, its not a real risk for them outside of an influetial minority, such as Snowden, Dotcom, Assange, Caruana Galizia or the like. Also curiously every time one of these modern day colonies starts having doubts about the benevolence of greed and corruption, there will be capitalists with guns in their hands to stamp it down.

[@TheOpethOfMastodon]

@@pleopardi643 Can you give a real world example of this scenario in your second clause? Sounds like a commie campfire story.

[@vHeartAndS0ul]

I read a manga called Ayako a few years ago that I just realised had a side plot based on this real story. Surprised me how much I already knew about this lol! Great video.

[@intermilan9731]

That’s not it either. DragonBall anime has something similar. The massive RED RIBBON army is supposed to subtlely mirror communism in Japan and how it got its azz kicked by an alien boy.

[@farizbjorn]

Oh that reminds me, in Kosaku Shima (a manga about a corporate employee in 1980s Japan) there are one chapter where he met a young employee that were active in communist organizing in which Shima disagree with him

[@SamuraiAkechi]

IIRC, Ryosuke Takahashi, the author of Dougram, VOTOMS and other 80s mecha series used to say that his mother was a labour union activist, participating in the 60s struggle, and the Dougram storyline is heavily inspired by Cuban revolution. And Ryoko Ikeda, author of Rose of Versailles also had some sort of connection to communist party. She even travelled to Leningrad while collecting material for Orpheus no Mado.

[@deanbuss1678]

I always enjoy David's "bell button metaphors".

[@TheColdWarTV]

They are getting a bit much, don't you think??

[@deanbuss1678]

@@TheColdWarTV 😵😜😅

[@stephenlavin7512]

I'm suprised Japanese sweets aren't more globalised they are lovely 😋

[@MeanLaQueefa]

Nah they suck

[@uchennanwogu2142]

first they have to make it in the american market

[@DiscoDashco]

Are you kidding me?! I LOVE Kasugai lychee gummy candy! They even sell them at HEB in Texas now. Greetings from Austin!

[@akihikosakurai4013]

Communists: were gonna start a Revolution in japan Some high school kid with a wakizashi: no

[@boogaloo_weed]

Based

[@quantum1311]

Asanuma was a nationalist, while Yamaguchi defended American imperial interests lol

[@quantum1311]

@@boogaloo_weed kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZjRqX1sf7uVfa8

[@jonathansibrian695]

A good comunist is a dead comunist

[@mrbisshie]

Otoya Yamaguchi did nothing wrong!

[@UsTheMusicTVOfficial]

Very interesting segment. I been very curious about this for some time. Thanks for posting!

[@mikepurdy1738]

Huge amount of information in that, will repeat watch I reckon

[@resrussia]

A very good presentation and a very interesting topic. I suggest that you provide a short bibliography or a list of books and periodicals used to create the episode so viewers can explore independently.

[@differentdreamer7317]

Excellent as always, just wish you would put out more content. 😁

[@TheColdWarTV]

your financial support would help us to create more content more often... ;)

[@airfigo1]

I think its already mentioned but the stories of the student movement and the radical shift left in the form of the Japanese Red Army will def be a good episode to cover in the future

[@dasmitch161]

How you sign out each week is gold! Like McDonald's, I'm loving it

[@mojewjewjew4420]

MCDonald's motto should be "Diabetes (and other health problems),im loving it"

[@MiGallagher]

Good video, thanks for the share

[@VaqueroCoyote]

Can you do a video about the United Japanese Red Army? The one that killed each other off for not being Communist enough.

[@melelconquistador]

That's nuts

[@hmm7458]

so no different than commies on internet

[@melelconquistador]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 it not surprising yet crazy that they ideologically cannibalize.

[@jonathansibrian695]

Tipical comunism

[@morenitomoreno1282]

Lol a common theme on the left it seems

[@josedavidgarcesceballos7]

The movement had other effects. For instance, there is a whole japanese marxist economic school with very interesting contributions.

[@mnoorist8223]

I used to know about this when I was in school. Thanks for reminding me. I think the theorists' names were Ono and Saikin...I am not sure. But thanks for reminding me.

[@allaroundarbiter4809]

I never knew of this before, Thanks David and Company

[@allaroundarbiter4809]

That explains why there is an American military base there my grandfather was stationed at that military base between 1958 and 1962

[@davidanderson9664]

You still can see JCP posters and it collects a few seats each election there. Amazing! D.A., NYC

[@alexjgilpin]

I can certainly imagine it's an uphill battle in Japan at the moment given that China is the only sugar daddy out there, and the general population of Japan has one of the most negative opinions of China (86%) in the world (according to Pew Research Center, anyway - Pew also said that the US is 73% unfavorable but I feel like it's much higher than that).

[@mikloridden8276]

@@mangonel Yupp many Fascist and Communist supporters use that as a tactic to look vulnerable and recruit.

[@mebsrea]

@@mikloridden8276 True, much like Americans in favor of a Trump dictatorship claim to be patriots and believe in the Constitution.

[@hmm7458]

@@mebsrea > "Trump" > "dictatorship" twitter IQ moment

[@RazgrizWing]

@@mikloridden8276 Not all communists are Chinese communists and support China. But its really true, China is de-facto not communist. They dont have a planned economy, and workers do not own the means of production. They couldn't even be considered socialist either. Also you are running the error of conflating fascism with communism.

[@andrewwilson1665]

Another great video covering Cold War history keep up the great work!

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video 📹 Never knew Communism existed in Japan 🇯🇵

[@kenseitakesi1662]

There is communist party in all countrys. Even in usa.

[@ggbpartystarter5958]

Talk about pacepa affair, he even published a book about his time serving under Ceausescu

[@ProPatriaRO]

I read it, as a romanian i was very excited to finally read the memoirs of a securitate general. It was clearly a propaganda piece, i doubt it had 10% truth in it. It is a piece of crap book, i would recommend people ignore the book, or at least not believe what is written.

[@ggbpartystarter5958]

@@ProPatriaRO maybe you are right but, still the desertation and activity is worth mentioning

[@ggbpartystarter5958]

@@ProPatriaRO also, I don't see on the channel, succesful western spyes stories that managed to run from soviet union

[@ProPatriaRO]

@@ggbpartystarter5958 what activity, except his debriefing by the cia, his usefulness was pretty much zero, he couldn't attend conferences or do anything because he was on a hit list until he died from natural causes. The romanian intelligence service built on the foundation of the securitate never forgot his betrayal, because he didn't betray Ceaușescu first, he betrayed his country, then Ceaușescu. Living conditions got WAY worse after his defection in 1979, we couldn't take loans from the west, the soviets hated our guts (mutual feeling) and Ceaușescu got so fucking paranoid, 10% of the population became informants for the securitate.

[@ggbpartystarter5958]

@@ProPatriaRO well then, why he was so well protected by the US that Ceausescu offered a bounty for his death, man don't be so defensive of the system, and don't pose as all-knowledge guy, the pacepa affair should have a chance, taking into consideration that we don't know more special service defectors to support the US

[@funkmasterfrex]

That emblem with the gear and stalks of grain looks like a manifestation of Microsoft’s worst fears about mainstream adoption of Linux for personal computing - a free alternative to Windows, exported by idealistic intellectuals to the masses 😆

[@callusklaus2413]

Based comrade Debian

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

I heard one of the strike tactics of the JCP were that they kept working, but threw out the bosses, this way they couldn’t be pointed at for causing problems that would affect people since they are still working, but abusive or corrupt bosses wouldn’t get the money. I might be wrong though. JCP sounds so interesting either way.

[@ry6651]

Your profile pic though

[@paulgaskins7713]

That stock video you have playing in the 6tg minute is the Japanese welcoming home American troops from Korea who were stationed there and if I remember right that particular area is still home to the 187th rct and jdf infantry regiment

[@Numba003]

I am loving this channel!! New sub here, and I've been binging lots of these lol. Thank you for the video! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

[@denizalazgurbuz7608]

Thank you for providing a snapshot of the labor struggle in Japan. You should also refer to Fusako Shigenobu and the Japanese Red Army's antagonistic struggle against the Japanese state. You can make a holistic history writing of the communist movements in Japan if you mention it in the next videos.

[@deadby15]

Then he has to start from the Meiji Era.

[@brianwalsh1339]

The irony of a video about communism having a paid sponsor in front of it will never not amuse me

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Yes, it's not exactly the dictatorship of the proletariat.

[@demilembias2527]

here's a video about Japanese communism. did it win? well, here's a hint, this episode is sponsored by Bokksu.

[@Xanthopathy]

There's no way he's an actual commie

[@BichaelStevens]

Is Brian supporting communism m

[@destubae3271]

Well, he never said he supported it.

[@iaminvincible408]

I just loved this video! I dont know much about the topic, but how popular anarchists were during the cold war?

[@KairuinKorea]

Is that "Heroic march" Licensed? I always think its the most awesome world war 2 theme track so it cant be royalty free haha

[@markrossow6303]

so in early 1960, Okinawan communists had announced their leader was dead, I suppose to indicate they were no longer a threat, nothing to see over here My Dad was Army MI, 1st enlistment after "peacetime" draft (he had dropped a college math class so was not a full time student) in Okinawan jungle he got a telephoto photo of the guy rallying his followers, Not Dead

[@j.peters1222]

What's crazy is if Japan had dragged out the war further, the Soviets would have eventually invaded from the northern part of Japan and we would basically have a North/South Korea situation playing out. But the Japanese were terrified of communism and took them no time to warm up to the Americans and I can't say I blame them.

[@iannordin5250]

Compare japan today with the former satellite states. Can't blame them tbh.

[@SMGJohn]

Specially considering how DPRK was richer than South Korea who survived solely on US aid, the fact the entire South Korean economy is built on US funds LOL, sad fucking country. Not to mention their continuous mass graves they keep digging up when they shot people in Korean war for suspecting them of Communism.

[@SirFaceFone]

@@SMGJohn It's true that South Korea was a shithole dictatorship propped up by the US. But would anyone really prefer to live in North Korea nowadays?

[@SMGJohn]

@@SirFaceFone Seeing how people are defecting to North Korear now, seems like it.

[@leowilliamson1573]

Umm, no? I really do not get where people get the idea the Soviets were in any position to invade mainland Japan. The American projections for a successful mainland invasion required more troops and had higher casualty projections than D-Day. That was with near undisputed Pacific Ocean control and hundreds of ships by that point. Wtf were the Soviets gonna invade with? Proletariat forces bundling together and floating like ants in a river from the Sakhalin Islands to Hokaido, a few outdated destroyers perpetually stuck in Vladivostok, and whatever amphibious landing craft they could hastily scrap together in a few months before the Americans attacked?

[@stefanodadamo6809]

Make s video about Stroessner's Paraguay...

[@AlexVanChezlaw]

Unless its about Cuba, Lationamerica isn't reelevant to this channel :(

[@benkamelmayssem5780]

epic end, like for the video again!

[@bigsarge2085]

Fascinating bit of Cold War obscura. And you have the best "Bell Button" riffs!

[@TheColdWarTV]

glad you enjoyed the episode!

[@giuseppetiso531]

5:21 ahhh, here we go infighting again

[@arthas640]

i dont know if its dyslexia or what but sometimes words run together when i look at them on posters or if they're not basic text on a plain background (like a basic piece of paper) so I read the thumbnail image as "Japanunism in the 1950s" and got both intrigued and confused.

[@icecoffee1361]

Great episode

[@Farmuhan]

I hope this episode continue with story about hijack air japan flight 351 by young japan communist

[@TheITTman]

Great video

[@JenniferinIllinois]

That may be the best 'press the bell button' description so far. ;)

[@Coastal23UK]

Great video. It was interesting to hear about communism in Japan since it's never really spoken about. I would love there to be a video about the 2 communist parties in India and how the Soviet Union helped to influence India in the cold war.

[@nguyensonbinh8621]

But Soviet anime, it was so close. They would have rule the world if they have anime

[@elysium76]

Cam you imagine Dragon Ball Z with a communist message

[@chriss780]

@@mangonel boko no piku would have never existed if the jcp took power, only boku no proletariat

[@chriss780]

@@mangonel my mistake, of course comrade, we

[@LouisSubearth]

Anime under the JCP would be a lot different. At the very least animators wouldn't be severely overworked and underpaid as they are today.

[@chriss780]

@@mangonel nah you're thinking of capitalism

[@Strong_UP_Calvins_zombie]

One more awesome video on a channel full of awesome videos, you guys are like an awesome video machine gun.

[@yahwehsonren]

Thank you from Indonesia

[@sidharthcs2110]

JCP flag looks awesome

[@christopherconard2831]

Instructions for the bell button are too complicated. Instead I shall plant corn in honor of both Mighty Bell Button and Glorious Leader.

[@gsuhz41]

Man I’ve been searching for the outro song for this channel to no avail, does anybody know?

[@WillN2Go1]

Good video. My son who lived in Japan for three years told me that most pachinko parlors are owned and run by 'North Koreans.' Huh? (It's like calling a multi-generational American family named Schmidt 'East German.') Apparently the ethnic Koreans who run the parlors are from North Korea and maintain ties with the North Korean government.

[@gerdforster883]

Back in the days before the Korean War, the South Korean government, desperate for allies, threw the korean minority under the bus to win the friendship of Tokyo. The North Korean government moved in in their stead. They are the ones running the korean schools in Japan. So for a long time, the korean minority in Japan was loyal to Pyongyang. Afaik, the situation is changing, but slowly. North Korea still has a lot of influence in the community.

[@shazzatulanam6680]

@@gerdforster883 wasn't the relation between south korea and japan was established in 1965?and before that north korea was a better suitable option from them.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nicely informative video. Maybe you can talk about other communist parties in other capitalist nations. It would be really interesting what you would have to say about the Communist Parties in the US, Britain, and France. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I find it hard to believe, that in a land where the majority revere their monarch as a God, and very traditional that Communism would be so popular.

[@LouisSubearth]

Japanese culture is very collectivist already, so a lot of the ideals of communism are compatible with Japanese culture and thus it's not far fetched for it to be that popular among the general population there.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@LouisSubearth if you took Shintoism out of the picture perhaps.

[@Tragantar1310]

@@LouisSubearth press x to doubt

[@jakekaywell5972]

@@Tragantar1310 Given that the JCP is the biggest non-ruling communist party, I'd say he's right. At 200,000 members strong, it remains quite a significant force

[@Tragantar1310]

@@jakekaywell5972 tragic that they still have so many members, people should know better

[@ardypangihutan3653]

this reminds me of Ezo Union from 'The Place Promised in Our Early Days'

[@Sophocles13]

That kid at 7:53 Is freaking *awesome*

[@macariomatira3234]

We Wish to Feature about the Philippines under Martial Law from 1972 to 1981

[@Game_Hero]

Now, the San Marino history with communism, please! Love the varied subjects of your videos!

[@andryscarton9611]

Big thanks to Otoya Yamaguchi, without you, I will never seen anime right now

[@ElenaSin100]

That JCP logo at 5:55 looks like soviet Windows logo.

[@DruidEnjoyer]

7:52 is that cowboy guy right there one of the first examples of an Ameriboo?

[@lucimicle5657]

Given Japans high life expectancy he might still be alive and around 80. I wonder if he still has the gun.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Be careful he doesn't hear you. He's the fastest man in the east! 🤠

[@lemons2300]

Weeaboo is essentially the fascination with the result of the metamorphosis of the Ameriboo

[@DruidEnjoyer]

@@lemons2300 It all comes around

[@KR4FTW3RK]

The Japanese sure love their Decisive Battles...

[@redryan20000]

Would be interesting to see a video on the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front

[@cjeromet1971]

0:42 Reminds me of how the Communists in the Philippines overthrew our beloved president Ferdinand Marcos , organizing an EDSA 1 revolution is not easy to do , so EDSA 1 was very well coordinated.

[@fryinglydone8987]

This gave me intresting idea for hoi4 mod lol

[@meansartin]

Yamaguchi took care of communism in Japan

[@quantum1311]

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[@DiscoDashco]

@8:38 My first thought: “Just look at those two GIs looking pressed all shit hot, standing there stylin and profilin like some real E-2 pricks!” LoL

[@joaogrrr]

>ally with the bourgeois and the idol of capitalism >"huh why aren't we achieving revolution???"

[@Vivacomunismo]

“B b b but the reform over revolution method works right guys?” *skips to modern japan 💀

[@Pioneer_DE]

2:40 Litteraly 1984

[@theleninator5739]

so true

[@philguer4802]

The US threatening to use force against strikers is disgusting and depressing.

[@kayvan671]

Hey, but they saved Japan from Communism. Japan today is among the richest Countries in the world.

[@philguer4802]

@@kayvan671 The Communists had 10% of the vote and most were against violent uprising. The only things Japanese were spared from were higher wage and the right to strike without threat of military intervention. And the US could have pressured the Japanse governement to accept th demand if they didn't want an armed uprising.

[@RazgrizWing]

@@kayvan671 Yeah and their working class literally kill themselves so their employers make money. If you believe in Democracy and you say this you are a hypocrite.

[@RazgrizWing]

Yeah but that is what the US did to its own people back them.

[@blender124]

1:43 to skip the ad

[@kokhueing9533]

The title of this vid took me shock enough 😱

[@noobtubephails]

Imagine how much weirder anime would be.

[@noodled6145]

Not much, there's anime like the King's Avatar from China. They don't involve politics in it at all.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Or even weirder hentai!

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@dragosstanciu9866 Marxist-Leninist hentai!

[@shazzatulanam6680]

@@noodled6145 wasn't there a chinese anime about karl marx.that was pretty political.they made him good looking and romantic.

[@LouisSubearth]

@@shazzatulanam6680 bishop bishounen Marx

[@DacLMK]

"We want you to be a part of our Communist revolution, コッムラデ"

[@justAlbert_]

7:54 big iron

[@Monkey_SK]

I pressed the like button, but now there is a knock at the door. Are they listening!?

[@jagdpanther2224]

The Peoples Republic of Japan (PRJ) This is not a joke, this is when?

[@theawesomeman9821]

We need a video of Douglas MacArthur and his rule of Japan as its only foreign Shugan.

[@maurycykrzyzanowski4362]

1:34 no fucking way. You can order cold war drip, gonna eat corn while playing hoi4 or reading a book

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

The one Japanese worker who began her employment tge exact same day as me after I worked there first in a different dept.

[@calebricks4890]

The militant faction of the JCP: WE'RE GONNA STAGE A VIOLENT UPRISING AND TAKE OVER The half-a-million US soldiers occupying Japan: You're gonna *what*

[@nerozero8266]

👍

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

We be back!

[@sudarshanpujari5503]

6:00 isn't that flag like old windows logo