(Research and Translation by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Choi Yeong-Eui was very much the product of Japanese imperialism and colonial domination of Korea prior to WWII.
Tag: Japanese fascism
Existential Japan – Obsolete Martial Arts – and how US Neo-Imperialism Re-Wrote Japanese History
Japan has always been something of an enigma to Western eyes. Certainly, during the times of high imperialism leading-up to World War Two, (and during
China: US Marine Learns Straight Sword (1945)
apanese fighting systems that had been used during WWII against the Western allies, now became the preferred CIA means of spreading Japanese influence throughout Europe and America, and cementing a re-born Japan as an essential ‘frontline’ ally against a potentially threatening Communist China.
Tokyo: Anti-Fascist Protest (18.5.2015)
This US policy of re-Nationalising Japan led to the bizarre reality of Japanese Zen masters (that had committed war-crimes against US troops during WWII), being ‘invited’ to the US to convert Westerners to fascistic Japanese Buddhism…
Nanjing Massacre Memorial (2016)
‘People must learn to listen to one another and resolve their differences in a wise and peaceful manner.’ Mr Yu Chang Xiang – survivor of the Nanjing Massacre.
Christmas Humphreys and the ‘Zen’ of Execution
Two years later, Christmas Humphreys displayed the same amorality of the Japanese Zen he so admired, by having Ruth Ellis (a historic victim of domestic abuse) executed for fighting back against her abusive husband.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 