Kotoku Shusui and Anti-Imperialism in Japan
He was a trailblazing critic of imperialism, but chances are you\u2019ve never heard his name.\xa0 The radical Japanese journalist Kotoku Shusui, who moved from socialism to anarchism, wrote a seminal critique of imperialism \u2014 before Hobson and Lenin \u2014 and led the movement against empire in Japan.\xa0 Robert Tierney discusses Kotoku, his classic work Imperialism, and his times. (Encore presentation.)\nResources:\nRobert Thomas Tierney, Monster of the Twentieth Century: Kotoku Shusui and Japan\u2019s First Anti-Imperialist Movement UC Press, 2015\n\nThe post K\u014dtoku Sh\u016bsui and Anti-Imperialism in Japan appeared first on KPFA.