*a dignified ex-homeless comrade passed away...
On evening of 28 feb 2012, an old leftist-commandante telefoned me about old comrade A... the old leftist-commandante shortly told me about his situation:
A friend of comrade A visited him on afternoon of 28 feb 2012, however, he did not reply at all. Then the visitor tried to say "wake up" to him again and again, comrade A did not wake up for ever...
on the morning of 28 feb, temp of osaka was -3C degree. Ja, it was so cold morning.
...first time i met Comrade A living in nagai stadium with his cardboard house was in nagai park...then, on a night of oct 2001 at a street-corner of harinakano street we met and talked so many things...and ate an instant noodle with him.
From 1 jan 2002, comrade A joined the RE-ORGANIZED "association of poor people in nagai park(=nagai-kouen-nakama-no-kai)", and at same time, we engaged in re-building the nagai park tent village. On 4 jan 2002, 11 homeless comrades living in nagai stadium faced the "crisis of sweeping out" by cold
-bloody city officers of the osaka city southern district park office. When comrade A organized the 11 homeless comrades to resist this cold-bloody eviction for fuckin' sports event(osaka female marathon etc) from year's end of 2001, survivers of former-warriors of nagai park tent village tried to s
upport his efforts. So, on 4 jan 2002, we stormed into the park office, and we strongly demand city officers to hold a collective bargaining about their evil politiKKKs. By 8 feb 2002, the resistance was continued... However, on a cold evening of feb 2002 at nagai stadium, comrade A suddenly fell do
wn with myocardial infarction, and carried to a hospital... Then, the organized resistance struggle against the eviction was over. On early spring of 2002, comrade A returned to nagai park tent village. At the same time, he engaged in supporting the activities of nagai park tent village. Comrade A
got a welfare and he got his room near by nagai park. From the day, his room has became the oasis of the persons getting the hard situation by the final stopping place of his life on 28 feb 2012...
Comrade A has been loved as a supporter of nagai park tent village by homeless comrades & the homeless liberation activists, and also has engaged in doing the right things as an activist of the RE-ORGANIZED "association of poor people in nagai park". Ja, he has been respected by all of "nakama-no-
kai", homeless comrades facing the hard situations & most of homeless liberation activists for over 10 years. So, he met many visitors(even from abroads).
At first, i could not believe about the ending of his life...however, on tonight, at last i met comrade A at a room. He slept his body in coffin made by woods. After i met him, i went some places:
Ruins of homeless communities in nagai park(generally each of the places there were huts/tents of homeless comrades, osaka city authorities planted some narcissusses for wiping the "negative" memories out. So, even now people can guess some of the places there were the huts/tents), a ruin of nagai
park tent village, a north corner of the nagai stadium(where he was living with a cardboard house), a street-corner of harinakano(the place we organized a gathering named "harinakano-rojou-kouryuu-kai" on every tuesday's night), a small park near by his house(where he & i always talked about many t
hings).
...The last place was his room...in front of his room, i saw a sign written by him on the small window:
"do not disturb!!"
Ok, i never disturb your precious sleeping for ever...i must know he passed away...
Anyway, most of his friends and i lost a best comrade of our lives. Thanx.(1 mar 2012/ a dayworker)