Hangyaku Rojin Ha Shinazu

[Machine Translation] I went to a demonstration, but all I saw were "old men. But that's okay. We are at an age where there is nothing left to do. What is there to be afraid of? They are pouring money into armaments and cutting off people. Under such a regime, the lives of our grandchildren and children will be in jeopardy. This is a passionate appeal from a reportage writer over 80 years old to proud rebellious elderly comrades who are fighting for their lives in such areas as the Security Law, Okinawa, nuclear power plants, false accusations, labor, and so on.

デモに行っても「老人」ばかり。それでもいいじゃないか。もう後もない年齢。何を恐れることがあろう。軍備に金をつぎ込み、人は切り捨て。そんな政権では孫・子のいのちがおびやかされる。八〇歳超のルポライターが、安保法制、沖縄、原発、冤罪、労働など、いのちのために闘う誇り高き叛逆老人同志に贈る熱いエール。