Zengakuren
![Demonstrators and police buses outside the Japanese National Diet on Friday September 18, 2015 during the debate in the House of Councillors shortly before the 2015 Japanese military legislation was passed in the early hours of September 19th. A Zengakuren banner is visible in the middle of the image.](/Images/godic/202502/22/Demonstrators_with_banners_protesting_the_2015_Japanese_Military_Legislation5737.JPG")
Founded in 1948, Zengakuren is a communist/anarchist league of students 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 League of Student Self-Government.” Notable for organizing protests and marches, Zengakuren has been involved in Japan’s Anti-Red Purge Movement, the Peace Treaty Movement, and opposition to the Korean War in its first stage.