Blogger’s Note: I have added a number of articles the BMA-UK site – commemorating the End of WWII – which was the result of the Soviet Red Army (and Mongolian People’s Army) entering North-East China and systematically destroying the Imperial Japanese Forces that had been occupying the country since 1031. Across the entirety of Asia, the Imperial Japanese Forces murdered and maimed around 60 million people – including European civilians and soldiers. The greater percentage of this crime occurred within China – but involved many other countries and ethnic groups as victims – including the Filipinos. Although a statue was raised in Manilla in 2017 to record their suffering – just four-months later – the Japanese government succeeded in cajoling the Philippines Authorities in removing it! Whether Trump ordered this first time around is open to speculation. For Socialists, WWII was a People’s War against the common enemy of fascism. WWII was not the usual bourgeois excess of one competing nationality against another – although for many – this is exactly how it is remembered. Indeed, many of the victorious nations have taken on a vitriolic attitude of blatant nationalism when it comes to remembering WWII – a nationalism that steers very near to the wind of fascism that was purportedly defeated. A People’s War led to a People’s Victory and not one nationalist group over another. The US and its lackeys often sully the remembrance of this war. It was a victory of the International Working Class over the forces of reaction – against capitalism in decline! ACW (16.8.2025)
Members of Lila Pilipina, Flowers for Lolas, and families of victims march in Manila, the Philippines, Aug. 14, 2025, to commemorate deceased “comfort women” and demand an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Xinglong)
Demonstrators take part in a march in Manila, the Philippines, Aug. 14, 2025, urging the Japanese government to acknowledge wartime atrocities against “comfort women,” apologize, and compensate surviving victims and their families. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Xinglong)
Editor: Zhao Li
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 