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  1. Jul 2025
    1. Rather than focusing exclusively on the speeches of world leaders, the Cold War must also be understood by exploring the way that ordinary people supported movements, and the failure of violence and intimidation to extinguish their desire for a more democratic society in nations.

      This is Koji Fukui. In my view, ordinary people's non-violent changing the course of history sounds rare. The Cold War ended suddenly and non-violently. Are there any other precedents in history?

    1. As activists celebrated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, a growing number of white Americans were beginning to believe that the problem of race in America had been solved.

      This is Koji Fukui. When I learned these acts for the first time, I thought at this moment, the problems of race was resolved. However, even nowadays, the Black Lives Matter Movement, for example, continues happening. Why does it happen?