workingclasshistory

On this day, 26 February 1978, protesters angry at the construction of the Narita airport in Japan battled riot police outside Narita City Hall. It was part of a years-long, often violent campaign against construction of the airport which would displace large numbers of local farmers. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1660165177501959/?type=3