1969 Tokyo University Protests

The two-day process was warlike. The police used 10,000 tear gas grenades and sprayed the gas from helicopters as well. They lined up an array of water cannons as well as fire engines capable of throwing up water with far greater pressure, enough to smash through the boarded-up windows of the auditorium.

The students responded with different weapons. They flung broken-up flagstones and Molotov cocktails from the roof and windows of the clock tower. They dropped chairs and desks. In place of truncheons, they carried and wielded square lumber poles that were often spiked. [Click image to enlarge, ed.]

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