Appeal from Japanese Scholars of Political Economy
to All the People and States of the World
− Call for the Rational Actions
to Eradicate the Vicious Cycle
of Indiscriminate Terrorism and Military Actions −


　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　8 October, 2001

On September 11, 2001, the multiple simultaneous acts of terrorism that took the lives of several thousand people in an instant brought an immeasurable shock to the whole world. We express our deepest condolences and sympathy to the victims and we denounce those groups and individuals who planned or executed the terrorist act.

We will never tolerate such actions of indiscriminate terrorism that kill so many ordinary people as means to attain any aim. Such terrorism is an anti-humanistic act and an international crime against the whole of humanity. Those who planned or acted must be strictly punished. There is a peaceful and internationally recognized means to address and pass judgement on these kinds of crime; specifically, there is the International Court based on the UN Charter and international laws. It has already been functioning for some time now. We seek the impeachment of the planners,organizers, actors and supporters of the recent act of terrorism according to the procedures based on international law, to be heard at the International Criminal Court so as to reach a fair verdict and stern punishment of the guilty.

At the time immediately following the attack, the US government declared "This is a war against the USA" and began to prepare for a retaliatory war against the terrorist groups, their individual members and supporting organizations, and it demanded that other nations act in concert with its policy.

Looking back at what has been happening in the past ten years, it is undeniable that the US and its allied nations have damaged the lives of a tremendous number of non-combatant people or ordinary citizens by either directly or indirectly waging military actions in Palestine, Iraq, the Sudan, and states of the former Yugoslavia, causing the increase of anti-US emotions among the public in those areas, and fostering such fanatic consciousness leading to the belief that the suicidal attacks of indiscriminate terrorism would deliver supreme salvation. Although we have no time here to offer specific reasons why these conditions exist, we can see clearly the vicious cycle of military actions and indiscriminate terrorism. It seems apparent that the recent acts indiscriminate terrorism is a part of such a vicious cycle.

Do not such formidable acts of indiscriminate terrorism demand of us, all individuals and all states of the world, to act rationally? With this in mind, we ask the people of the US and the world neither for a retaliatory war, nor for a request to support it, but instead ask for rational action of people and of states to eradicate such vicious cycles as seen in Palestine, the Middle East,Yugoslavia, and all over the world.

Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi expressed support for the retaliatory war policy of the US government even earlier than the NATO nations did. The ruling parties of Japan, by taking advantage of the shock in the minds of the Japanese people who had watched closely the large-scale act of terrorism, are seeking to strengthen the contents of existing laws to make it possible for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to go abroad and participate in military actions which would violate the peace article of the Japanese Constitution even further than, we believe, it already has been. We ask the Japanese government to make appeals to the public and the states of the world to cut off the horrifying vicious cycle of military actions and terrorism by engaging in non-military, rational behavior. We desire that Japan act on it's own to furnish a good example. Now is the time for Japan, as one of the so-called economic giants, to build hospitals and schools, dispatch medical doctors, educators and agriculturists to mitigate with all its power the inhuman conditions of the people in different parts of world which have been the hotbeds of indiscriminate terrorism. We ask the Japanese government to act in this direction.

President Bush in his speech at the US Congress on Sept. 22 urged the people and states of the world to make the choice between standing with the US for "justice" and defense of "freedom" or going with "evil" and terrorism.Those who were present all stood applauding him. To urge that people choose between the two - with military power behind - is nothing but a threat without allowing room for rational thought. By this speech, the people and states of the world are made to face an oppressive force which would deny the freedom to criticize the President's policy. We foster the hope of human society to overcome this kind of oppressive power over the consciousness. We hope for action to consolidate all human beings, such as is being shown by the people in New York in the midst of such devastation, and also in the demonstrations in that same city, in which people courageously expressed opposition to a retaliatory war.

We demand of all states in the world that they take rational action to eradicate the vicious cycle of indiscriminate terrorism and military conflict. Hearing of the news on the beginning of the strikes, we demand of the United States and its allied forces to stop the military action immediately.

We must create such a world system that would make it possible to overcome the severe poverty and inhuman living conditions which become seed-beds for indiscriminate terrorism. We call on all working individuals of the world, and especially of the advanced nations, to make such a world system possible.

We now declare determination to do our best to eliminate such social bases as would lead to wars among nations and indiscriminate terrorism.

   (The demand of the immediate stop of the military action was added to
the original circulated appeal at the coordinators' meeting on October 8.)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Concerned individuals among the members of
　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　the Japan Society of Political Economy

Coordinators:
 Chief: Shibagaki, Kazuo (Musashi University)
          Postal Address : 110, Kanai-cho 2134, Machida-shi, 195-0071 Japan
            Tel. 042-734-7254   sibagaki@cc.musashi.ac.jp
          Kitahara, Isamu (Keio University)  136kitahara@mvi.biglobe.ne.jp
          Konishi, Kazuo (Rikkyo University)konishi@rikkyo.ne.jp
          Maehata, Noriko (Rikkyo University)maehata@rikkyo.ne.jp
          Masuda, Toshio (Hosei University)tmasuda@mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp
          Morioka, Koji (Kansai University)kmorioka@zephyr.dti.ne.jp
          Nagashima, Seiichi (Tokyo University of Economics)fhuran@xm.catv.ne.jp
          Otani, Teinosuke (Hosei University) otani@asahi.email.ne.jp
          Yagi, Kiichiro (Kyoto University)kiyagi@mx.cable-net.ne.jp

418 Economists of the Japan Society for Political Economy signed the appeal:
Abe, Hiroshi　 Abe, Jun　 Abe, Naoki
Abe, Shin'ya　 Abe, Teruo　 Agatsuma, Toru
Akama, Michio　 Akasaka, Michitoshi　 Amano, Mitsunori
Ando, Kaneo　 Aneha, Aki　 Aoyagi, Kazumi
Arai, Satoshi　 Arii, Yukio　 Ariizumi, Satoshi
Asakawa, Masami　 Ashida, Fumio　 Azuma, Koichiro
Baba, Motoji　 Chatani, Jun'ichi　 Chiba, Akio
Chikano, Noboru　 Cho, Yukio　 Dohi, Makoto
Edamatsu, Masayuki　 Fikuda, Yasuo　 Fujii, Tsuyoshi
Fujioka, Atsushi　 Fujita, Akio　 Fujita, Minoru
Fujiwara, Katsumi　 Fukagai, Zentaro　 Fukudome, Hisao
Fukushima, Toshio　 Furukawa, Satoru　 Goka, Kazumichi
Goto, Yasuo　 Haga, Ken'ichi　 Hagiwara, Shinjiro
Hamada, Hajime　 Hamakawa, Kazunori　 Handa, Masaki
Hara, Nobuko　 Harada, Minoru　 Harada, Yoshinori
Hasada, Kiyoshi　 Hasebe, Takashi　 Hasegawa, Yoshikazu
Hashimoto, Akiko　 Hashimoto, Naoki　 Hattori, Fumio
Hattori, Masaharu　 Hattori, Yasuhiko　 Hayasaka, Keizo
Hayashi, Akira　 Hayashi, Jun　 Hayashi, Kentaro
Hirabayashi, Kazutaka　 Hiraishi, Osamu　 Hirano, Atsuo
Hirano, Ken　 Hirano, Kiichiro　 Hirata, Kikuo
Hirota, Jun　 Hirota, Kiyotaka　 Hisano, Kunio
Horiuchi, Ken'ichi　 Hoshi, Makoto　 Hoshino, Tomiichi
Hosogai, Daijiro　 Hosoi, Toshiaki　 Ichihara, Akane
Ichii, Akira　 Ide, Keiji　 Iida, Kazuto
Ikariyama, Hiroshi　 Ikumi, Akio　 Imai, Yushi
Imamiya, Kenji　 Imamura, Motoyoshi　 Imura, Kiyoko
Inoue, Hiroshi　 Inoue, Kanji　 Inoue, Yoshio
Inukai, Kin'ya　 Inuzuka, Shoji　 Irie, Toshio
Isagai, Nobuo　 Ishii, Hiroo　 Ishikawa, Yasuhiro
Ishiwata, Sadao　 Ito, Masazumi　 Ito, Takeshi
Ito, Yoichi　 Itoh, Makoto　 Iwabayashi, Takeshi
Iwasaki, Toru　 Iwashita, Hiroshi　 Iwata, Hiroshi
Izumi, Toshihiro　 Izumo, Masashi　 Kai, Eiko
Kaido, Masatoshi　 Kakizaki, Shigeru　 Kaku, Yanchun
Kakuda, Osamu　 Kamakura, Takao　 Kamata, Takashi
Kamata, Takeji　 Kameda, Masato　 Kamikawa, Takao
Kamishima, Takeshi　 Kamura, Shin'ichi　 Kanada, Shigeki
Kaneko, Haruo　 Kaneko, Masashi　 Kangawa, Naochika
Karato, Okinori　 Kataoka, Koji　 Kato, Koichi
Kato, Yasuo　 Kato, Yoshitada　 Kawabata, Nozomu
Kawabe, Heihachiro　 Kawakami, Yoshio　 Kawamoto, Akito
Kawanabe, Tadatoshi　 Kawarada, Maiko　 Kawashima, Nobuyoshi
Kikkawa, Akimaro　 Kikumoto, Mai　 Kikumoto, Yoshiharu
Kimura, Jiro　 Kinbara, Minoru　 Kiriyama, Hiroyuki
Kita, Akemi　 Kitada, Yoshiharu　 Kitagawa, Kazuhiko
Kitahara, Isamu　 Kitamura, Hiromoto　 Kitano, Masakazu
Kobayashi, Yaroku　 Kobuchi, Minato　 Koike, Hiroshi
Kojima, Kosei　 Kojima, Tsunehisa　 Komaki, Masanori
Komatsu, Yoshio　 Komiya, Shohei　 Kondo, Sadao
Kondo, Tetsuya　 Konishi, Kazuo　 Konno, Yasuhiro
Kono, Shin'ichi　 Kotani, Takashi　 Kubo, Shin'ichi
Kumagai, Takakazu　 Kuramoto, Yoshihisa　 Kuriki, Yasunobu
Kuroda, Ken'ichi　 Kurotaki, Masaaki　 Kuruma, Ken
Kurushima, Yozo　 Kusahara, Mitsuaki　 Maeda, Jiro
Maehata, Noriko　 Maehata, Yukihiko　 Maki, Sanehiko
Makino, Tomio　 Mamiya, Ken'ichi　 Maruyama, Yoshinari
Masagami, Tsuneo　 Masuda, Toshio　 Matsuhashi, Toru
Matsumoto, Akira　 Matsumoto, Hisao　 Matsuo, Hideo
Matsuo, Hiroshi　 Matsuo, Satoshi　 Matsuo, Tadasu
Matsuoka, Kanji　 Matsushita, Kazuki　 Minami, Katsumi
Misono, Kenkichi　 Miwa, Haruki　 Miwa, Toshihiro
Miyakawa, Akira　 Miyakawa, Kenzo　 Miyamoto, Junsuke
Miyamoto, Ken'ichi　 Miyata, Kazuyasu　 Miyazaki, Saiichi
Miyazaki, Teruomi　 Miyoshi, Aiko　 Mizukawa, Susumu
Mizutani, Kenji　 Mizutani, Yoshio　 Mori, Meiko
Mori, Ryoichi　 Mori, Tsuneo　 Mori, Yoshitaka
Morino, Katsuyoshi　 Morioka, Koji　 Morioka, Masashi
Morioka, Sunao　 Morishita, Hiromi　 Morita, Masami
Morita, Seiya　 Motoda, Kosei　 Nabeshima, Naoki
Nagashima, Seiichi　 Nagasuna, Minoru　 Nagayama, Toshikazu
Nakada, Tsuneo　 Nakagawa, Hiroshi　 Nakagawa, Nobuyoshi
Nakagawa, Sumi　 Nakagawa, Teruo　 Nakahara, Takayuki
Nakamura, Masafumi　 Nakamura, Masahito　 Nakamura, Muneyuki
Nakamura, Toshio　 Nakano, Kumiko　 Nakano, Yoichi
Nakashio, Seiji　 Nakatani, Takeo　 Nakatani, Takeshi
Nakayama, Takao　 Namie, Iwao　 Nawa, Takao
Nihei, Satoshi　 Niimura, Satoshi　 Ninomiya, Atsumi
Nishihara, Seiji　 Nishino, Tsutomu　 Niwa, Yoshiharu
Nobuchika, Mitsuru　 Noda, Masaho　 Noguchi, Hiroshi
Noguchi, Makoto　 Nohara, Hikari　 Nomura, Hidekazu
O, Kenko　 Obata, Michiaki　 Obuki, Katsuo
Oguro, Masao　 Ohata, Jue　 Oishi, Takahisa
Oishi, Yuji　 Okabe, Hiromi　 Okada, Susumu
Okamoto, Hideo　 Okamoto, Iwao　 Oki, Kimihiro
Okubo, Ryoji　 Okumura, Shigeji　 Onishi, Hiroshi
Ono, Ichiro　 Ono, Sadao　 Onosato, Kiichi
Osada, Hiroshi　 Osaki, Heihachiro　 Osawa, Satoru
Ota, Yoshiki　 Otani, Teinosuke　 Otomo, Toshiaki
Ouchi, Hideaki　 Ousaka, Mitsuru　 Ozawa, Mitsutoshi
Saito, Hideharu　 Saito, Yasuaki　 Sakai, Shozaburo
Sakamoto, Chuji　 Sakuma, Hidetoshi　 Sanada, Tetsuya
Sanaka, Tadashi　 Sasaki, Jin　 Sasaki, Takao
Sasaki, Yasufumi　 Sasaki, Yo　 Sato, Kazuko
Sato, Masato　 Sato, Takuya　 Sato, Yoshikazu
Satogami, Joe　 Sawada, Koji　 Sei, Keisei
Seino, Yoshiei　 Sekine, Iichiro　 Sekino, Hideaki
Seo, Takashi　 Shibagaki, Kazuo　 Shibata, Toru
Shibata, Yoshihiko　 Shibui, Yasuhiro　 Shigeta, Sumio
Shigetomi, Ken'ichi　 Shimada, Etsuko　 Shimada, Takumi
Shimazaki, Miyoko　 Shimazu, Hidenori　 Shimizu, Masaaki
Shimizu, Noriyuki　 Shimizu, Yoshiharu　 Shimoyama, Fusao
Shindo, Michihiro　 Shinoda, Takeshi　 Shirai, Kunihiko
Sotoyama, Tadashi　 Sugawara, Yoshin　 Sugimoto, Shoshichi
Sugimoto, Toshiro　 Sugiue, Tadayuki　 Sugiyama, Kiyoshi
Suzuki, Akira　 Suzuki, Kazuo　 Tabei, Hideo
Takada, Takukichi　 Takada, Yoshiaki　 Takagi, Akira
Takagi, Tadao　 Takahashi, Hidenao　 Takahashi, Hisaya
Takahashi, Junzaburo　 Takahashi, Kazuyoshi　 Takahashi, Kunitaro
Takahashi, Teruo　 Takahashi, Teruyoshi　 Takahata, Akihisa
Takakura, Yasuo　 Takashima, Mitsuo　 Takauchi, Shun'ichi
Takayama, Mitsuru　 Takayama, Yoichi　 Takei, Hiroyuki
Takemi, Yoshinari　 Takeuchi, Haruo　 Takeuchi, Michio
Takeuchi, Yoshio　 Takita, Kazuo　 Tamagaki, Yoshinori
Tanabe, Eiji　 Tanaka, Akira　 Tanaka, Hideaki
Tanaka, Hidechika　 Tanaka, Hiromichi　 Tanaka, Reizo
Tanaka, Shiro　 Tanida, Shozo　 Tanie, Yukio
Tanigawa, Munetaka　 Tatebe, Masayoshi　 Tei, Ensho
Toda, Kazuo　 Tokita, Yoshihisa　 Tokiwa, Masaharu
Tokue, Kazuo　 Tokushige, Masashi　 Torihata, Yoichi
Torii, Kaneo　 Torii, Nobuyoshi　 Totsuka, Shigeo
Toyoda, Masahide　 Tsukamoto, Takatoshi　 Tsuruta, Hiromi
Tsuruta, Mitsuhiko　 Uchida, Hiroshi　 Uchida, Hiroshi
Uehara, Kazuyoshi　 Uehara, Nobuhiro　 Uemura, Takahisa
Ueno, Katsuo　 Ueno, Sen　 Uni, Hiroyuki
Unno, Yahiro　 Wada, Sachiko　 Wada, Shigeshi
Wakui, Hideyuki　 Watanabe, Akira　 Watanabe, Hajimu
Watanabe, Hiroaki　 Watanabe, Katsushi　 Watanabe, Yuichi
Yabuuchi, Takeshi　 Yagi, Kiichiro　 Yahata, Kazuhide
Yaka, Munehiko　 Yamachi, Ken'ichi　 Yamada, Hirofumi
Yamada, Hiroshi　 Yamada, Kishio　 Yamada, Sachio
Yamada, Toshio　 Yamaguchi, Isamu　 Yamaguchi, Keiichi
Yamaguchi, Shigekatsu　 Yamaguchi, Takashi　 Yamamoto, Juichi
Yamamoto, Takanori　 Yamanaka, Toshihiro　 Yamane, Seiichiro
Yamashita, Satoshi　 Yamauchi, Ryoichi　 Yanagihara, Ikuko
Yano, Katsuaki　 Yano, Shuichi　 Yao, Nobumitsu
Yasuda, Hitoshi　 Yasuhara, Kazuo　 Yatsuyanagi, Yoshijiro
Yoneda, Yasuhiko　 Yorozuya, Susumu　 Yoshikawa, Kyuji
Yoshimura, Nobuyuki　 Yoshinobu, Susumu　 Yoshiwara, Taisuke
Yuzawa, Makoto