Academic Freedom Alliance - Gakugei Jiyudomei

...Among them, Zenhyo (National Council of Japanese Trade Unions), which was formed in November 1934, set the organizational goal of "opposing fascism and social fascism" and promoted anti-fascist activities until 1937. Intellectual movements were represented by the University Freedom Defense League, which was formed in April 1933 in response to the Takigawa Incident, and the Academic and Cultural Freedom League (Hasegawa Nyozekan, Tokuda Shusei, Akita Ujaku, Miki Kiyoshi, and others), which was formed in July of the same year in protest against the Nazi book burnings and could be considered an anti-Nazi group. Neither group lasted long, but they were broad-based groups that were centered around liberals rather than communists or socialists, and formed clear anti-fascist movements. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Academic Freedom Alliance is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…そのなかで1934年11月結成された全評(日本労働組合全国評議会)が組織目標に〈ファッショ，社会ファッショ反対〉を掲げ，37年まで反ファシズム運動を進めたことが注目されよう。　知識人の動きは，1933年4月の滝川事件に際して結成された大学自由擁護連盟，ナチスの焚書に対する抗議を契機に同年7月結成された反ナチス団体ともいえる学芸自由同盟(長谷川如是閑，徳田秋声，秋田雨雀，三木清ら)に示された。共に長くは続かなかったが，コミュニストや社会主義者よりもリベラル派が中心に結集した広範なグループで，明確な反ファシズム運動を形成した。…

※「学芸自由同盟」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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