The Unified Socialist League ( Japanese: 統一社会主義リーグ, romanized: Tōitsu Shakaishugi Dōmei, abbreviated Tōshadō) was a pro- Soviet communist organization in Japan, founded on May 3, 1962. The Unified Socialist League was led by Kasuga Shōjirō, formerly a leading figure in the Japanese Communist Party. [1] Makoto Omori was the general secretary of the organization. [2] The organization emerged from a split from the Preparatory Communission for a Socialist Reform Movement (a.k.a. the 'Socialist Renovation' group). The membership of the Unified Socialist League (numbering around 600) was dominated by students, and the organization had a student wing called the Socialist Student Front. [1]
The Unified Socialist League published a monthly journal, Kōzō Kaikaku ('Structural Reform'). It had a circulation of around 2,200. [1] Kōzō Kaikaku was published between May 1962 and December 1963. In May 1964 the Unified Socialist League launched a new publication, Heiwa to Shakaishugi. [3]
The Unified Socialist League repeatedly attacked the Communist Party of Japan, arguing that the party lacked internal democracy and that it was subservient to Chinese interests. [1] The Unified Socialist League did not put forth candidates in national elections. [4]