Long Reads: Japan's Socialist Tradition w/ Kenji Hasegawa

<p>Japan may be a powerhouse of global capitalism. But it also developed a powerful socialist movement in the twentieth century. During the Cold War, the Socialist Party led the opposition to the ruling Liberal Democrats. Japan today still has a Communist Party with a mass membership and a serious electoral base.</p><br /><p>Kenji Hasegawa joins <em>Long Reads</em> for a conversation about the Japanese left. He’s a professor of modern Japanese history at Yokohama National University and the author of <em>Student Radicalism and the Formation of Modern Japan</em>.</p><br /><p>Read Kenji's article for <em>Jacobin</em>, "Japanese Socialism Was a Powerful Force Until It Lost Its Political Bearings," here: <a href="https://jacobin.com/2022/12/japan-socialist-party-social-democrats-ldp" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://jacobin.com/2022/12/japan-socialist-party-social-democrats-ldp</a></p><br /><p><em>Long Reads</em> is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by features editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.</p><br /><p>An announcement for listeners in the New York area: Join us Friday the 14th (tomorrow) at 7pm at the Mayday Space in Brooklyn for our Bastille Day Party! There will be drinks and a live conversation with Tom O'Neill, author of <em>CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties</em>. Admission is free, but $10 solidarity tickets will get you a yearlong print subscription or a Jacobin tote bag, and $20 supporter tickets will get a subscription plus a Jacobin tote. More info: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bastille-day-party-with-jacobin-tickets-665721048577" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bastille-day-party-with-jacobin-tickets-665721048577</a></p>