47 - Imperial Japan pt. 17- the Prewar JCP pt. 1: Bukharin, Yamakawa, and Fukumoto

Today we talk about the Rice Riots of 1918 and the potentially revolutionary conditions in Japan, the Peace Preservation Laws, and the Comintern Conference of 1922. I lay out the JCP's program as of 1922 and compare it to existing political parties of the era. I discuss Hitoshi Yamakawa and his faction, Nikolai Bukharin's theses of 1927, and the Kazuo Fukumoto faction. I trace the rough trajectory of the Yamakawa faction in the coming years, and discuss police repression.  Song: Listen! Workers of the World Merch: https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill