Zengakuren
All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations | |
全日本学生自治会総連合 | |
| Established | July 6, 1948 |
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| Type | Nationwide student federation |
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Key people | Teruo Takei (first chairman) |
| Affiliations | Japan Communist Party (1949–1960) Japanese New Left (1960–present) |
Zengakuren is a league of university student associations founded in 1948 in Japan. The word Zengakuren (全学連) is an abridgement of Zen Nihon Gakusei Jichikai Sō Rengō (全日本学生自治会総連合) which literally means "All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations." Notable for organizing protests and marches, Zengakuren has been involved in Japan's anti-Red Purge movement, the anti-military base movement, the Anpo protests against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, the 1968–1969 Japanese university protests, and the struggle against the construction of Narita Airport.