Notices by Margarita Estévez-Abe (japanprof@mastodon.social), page 3

#israel is building a new road in Northern Gaza. UK & US have assisted Zionists' land grab schemes over 100 years. #gaza has oil and natural gas. All that will end up in the hands of British Petroleum and Israel. How many times will the world ignore Palestinians’ right to self determination? None of this violence and stealing would have happened without the US help.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68514821

#silentsunday The world is full of wonders.

Wonderful to be back in my native city, Tokyo! Life is so easy here. Easy access to everything and so walkable!

'Take everything that's north of the Gaza river. That whole northern section, tomorrow morning, make a new Jewish community.’ #israel #gaza

Israeli far-right lawmaker calls for settlements across all northern Gaza https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-27/ty-article/israel-should-establish-jewish-settlements-in-northern-gaza-far-right-lawmaker-says/0000018c-aaab-d462-afbe-aeef6bac0000?darkMode=true&subtitle=true&ismobileapp=true?utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=iOS_Native

I detest racism, xenophobia and ethnonationalism. Why are the ultra-right everywhere obsess about vilifying and dehumanizing others? What’s their problem?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/13/polish-politician-menorah-fire-extinguisher/

I agree with Liz Cheney that the US is sleep-walking into dictatorship. Europe will have to rely on this dictatorship for its security. Will European democracy survive? What will be the global impact of the second Trump Administration? Withdrawal of military support for Ukraine, no restraint on Israel, sweet deals with Saudi dictatorship, political support for extreme ethnonationalists in Europe & India?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liz-cheney-trump-dictatorship_n_656a5c7ae4b028b0f3d0313f

Ezra Klein's interview of Amaney Jamal. Jamal's point about "forces that do not want peace" is so important. Also her data show that the majority of Gazans do not support & have suffered under Hamas. But these civilians are being punished for what Hamas has done (don't forget: Bibi preferred Hamas over PA.) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-amaney-jamal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7kw.88r2.UcNg2TT5gw0O&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Congratulations to Claudia Goldin! So happy about her Nobel Prize! I've had the pleasure to spend one year together at the Radcliff Institute of Advanced Study. A great mentor to other women as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/business/economy/claudia-goldin-nobel-prize-economics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@ja_herre @PopovaProf oh, well. Difficult to feel sorry for Le Pen. It’s good that not all radical left types can emulate Meloni. Meloni was smart not to take money from Russians.

@JapanProf Indeed. I saw an article in passing that talked precisely about Le Pen taking very careful notes. For one, Le Pen should reassess her pro-Putin stance

@ja_herre @PopovaProf very interesting. Thank you.

@PopovaProf I never ever thought that Giorgio Meloni would be so moderate. I was totally taken by surprise once her party won big and she became PM. I used to live in Italy and I would see her on TV saying things like “I’m a proud fascist”! Who would have thought she would become a center-right PM? Italian politics is fascinating (remember Berlusconi’s circus and the 5S movement). Let’s wait and see what Marine Le Pen would do.

#meloni and Italian politics continue to surprise us. Will she change the playbook of the European radical right? I'm so curious about how Marine Le Pen is looking at Giorgia Meloni's transformation. I'm no fan of the Fratelli d'Italia but feel very good about a woman out-smarting Salvini.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/21/giorgia-meloni-visit-kyiv-ukraine-voldymyr-zelenskiy-italy

Here's the video of Yusuke Narita (Yale) in a symposium in Japan (in Japanese). He admits he's no expert on social security systems, but very confidently proposes 'mass suicides' as an effective solution to do away with social security systems. He talked about mass suicides with young kids as well. In a different video, Narita clarifies that he thinks of mass suicide as a real solution and not as metaphor contrary to what he told NYT. #Japan

https://twitter.com/falsehood_jp/status/1626564629383249920?s=20

Will Yale University take any action against Narita? Or does it not care about whatever its faculty members say in foreign languages? We are not talking about Narita saying something silly once. Narita was all over the Japanese media as a Yale professor. He played a major role in mainstreaming extremely dangerous ideas in Japan. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/world/asia/japan-elderly-mass-suicide.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #yale

A recent big surprise in European politics is Giorgia Meloni's success. She's no Salvini who was incapable of holding onto power. https://mediastodon.com/@reuters/109858932087401796

An online talk on "Gender, Changing Attitudes and Childcare Policy Reforms in the Federal States of Germany" by Professor Agnes Bloom on Feb 17, 2023 (Friday) at 10am (US EST) and 4pm (Germany). Please register at https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvf-ugqjstHN39N4lW0Jws8hnKDM0jN-16

@genderpolitics @genderpolitics


@Narako someone teaching in an American university should have known better. He probably thought that Yale University and his American econ colleagues would never find out whatever he was saying in the Japanese media in Japanese.

The Self Defense Forces (=Military) in Japan has been request municipalities to provide them with the list of residents who turned 18 along with their personal information such as birthday/year and current addresses. Apparently, they are using the lists for recruitment purposes. According to a Japanese legal scholar, there is no law that allows the ministry to make such a request of municipal governments. #Japan Where's the civilian control of the military?????

@taiyo well, people like him are so used to meeting with business leaders who are old. What PM Abe failed to see or didn’t care are those who only have national people’s pension rather than Employees’ pension. The level of national people’s pension is lower than the payout of public assistance program. Now that most elderly live by themselves, they don’t have enough to live off. That’s why we see so many old people cleaning toilets everywhere in #Japan.