The meeting was attended by members
of the JISGE, ASSPUK and UK KFA. There were people from all walks of
life and different ages there. Th. In the audience were students university students , school students, workers, retired school teachers and and
retired people.
The chairman opened the meeting '. In his opening
remarks he said that the meeting had been arranged to report back from
his second visit to the DPRK at the invitation of the KASS and also
celebrate the 67th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers' Party .
The speaker said that the Korean people would shortly celebrate the
15th anniversary of the election of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il
as general secretary of the WPK, the 67th anniversary of the foundation
of the WPK and 86th
anniversary of the foundation of the the Down With Imperialism Union by
the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung. The speaker said that the
election of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il as general secretary of
the WPK was an epochal event in the Songun revolution and in defending
socialism.
The meeting heard a number of keynote addresses. Firstly the JISGE chairman reported back from his visit to the DPRK .
This
was my second visit in a year and my 8th visit to the DPRK .It was
very good to see the reality of the DPRK and renew ties with KASS and
other DPRK organisations. I saw with my own eyes the true reality of the
DPRK which is rapidly building a thriving socialist country under the
wise leadership of great respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, First Secretary
of the CC of the WPK , First chairman of the DPRK NDC and supreme
commander of the Korean People's Army, The central part of the visit was
the excellent and detailed course on Kimilsungism -Kimjongilism
organised by the KASS.
My visit came at
a time when the DPRK was proudly celebrating the 64th year since its
foundation in 1948. It was at a time when the DPRK is standing in
confrontation with US imperialism, the chieftain of US imperialism.
Great excitement had been generated by the visit of supreme commander
Marshal KIm Jong Un to front-line areas and his subsequent speech " 25
Aug 2012 – Only Victory and Glory Will Be in Store for Us Who are
Advancing under the Unfurled Flag Bearing the Immortal Beaming Images of
the Great Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il"
made on 25th of August to mark the 52nd anniversary of the start of
Songun revolutionary leadership, This speech along with his order to
counter the provocation of the US with a sacred reunification war is a
powerful inspiration to anti-imperialists. The course organised
by the KASS was attended by delegates from Mongolia, Nepal, Bangladesh,
Venezuela , Pakistan, Russia , Slovakia, Nigeria , Benin and Democratic
Congo. There were even American tourists on the plane This shows that
the propaganda about the DPRK being isolated is totally false .
Driving from the airport one could see the beauty of the DPRK in autumn
with the fields covered in swathes of green rice. In the Pyongyang area
there was no sign of
flood
damage or crop failure, Once again my own eyes confirmed the reality of
Juche-based socialism . everyone was going about their business
normally no one was starving or begging, Miss Kim explained to me about
the new flats in Changjon street. Some of the flats are 170 square
metres. These were newly built and given to the working people free of
charge something unimaginable in a capitalist country . Indeed in my own
country the UK rents are sky high . Flats in Westminster . a central
part of London sell for £1,195,000 or rent for them is £3000 per month .
The reactionary government of the UK has adopted a policy of "social
cleansing" of removing poorer people from the central parts of London
such as Westminster, Kensington and other parts to other areas.
The
DPRK is the only country in the world to provide free housing. No one
should be against this ! The DPRK enforces many other popular
people-orientated policies such as free education and free medical care.
On
the last day of my visit we took a trip on the magnificent Pyongyang
Metro a real edifice of Juche-based socialism. It costs only 5 won
(about 2p or 3p ) to go on the Metro with free travel for pensioners and
war veterans. The Metro is very clean , in fact the cleanest in the
world and free from banal capitalist advertising.
During
my visit to the DPRK dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un himself visited
ordinary families in Changjon Street and sat down with them. Again this
is something unimaginable in the imperialist and capitalist West. In
the UK it would be impossible for David Cameron to visit ordinary
working people as it would provoke anger. However dear respected Marshal
Kim Jong Un was
received
like a member of the family. He gave the families presents including a
42 in LCD TV which would cost £500 to buy in the UK, Thus workers in the
DPRK enjoy a far higher level of social benefits than in even the
so-called advanced capitalist countries.
The
DPRK is virtually crime free and Korean people are the most honest in
the world. There is no pornography or prostitution in the DPRK . Women
are respected as the flower of the country.
The
core part of the visit was a course on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism . This
was held at the People's Palace of Culture. We were given a number of
lectures on Kimisungism-Kimjongilism by leading academicians of the KASS
such as Dr Kim Chang Un and Dr Mun Jong Suk.
Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism
has been expounded by dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un.
It is now been
studied and promoted on an international scale so the KASS arranged
this course so to achieve a better understanding of it.
Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is the great revolutionary ideology of our
era founded by the great President Kim Il Sung and further enriched by
the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il.
It was explained that
leader Kim Jong Il had expounded Kimilsungism but forbade the use of
the term Kimjongilism. Kimilsungism -Kimjongilism is the eternal
guiding ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea and has its core the
Juche idea. As dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un said
"Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism
is an intregal system of the idea, theory and method of Juche and a
great revolutionary ideology of the Juche era"
The Juche era
is fundamentally different era from preceding eras of history ,
previously history was dominated by exploiters. Now under the banner of
Juche
the masses have emerged as masters of history to oppose exploitation.
Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un has written a number of works
such as , "Let us Brilliantly Acomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche
Holding Kim Jong Il in High Esteem as the eternal general secretary of
our party " "Let Us March Dynamically Forward to Final Victory Holding
Higher the Banner of Songun ", "The great Kim Il Sung is the eternal
leader of our Party and People", "On Bringing About a revolutionary turn
in land administration in line with the demands for building a thriving
socialist country "and " Let Us Step the building of a thriving
socialist country by applying Kim Jong Il's patriotism" and "Only
Victory and Glory will be in store for the people who are advancing
under the unfurled beaming images of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il".
Whilst studying at Kim Il Sung
Military University respected leader Kim Jong Un wrote a thesis on the
military art and tactics of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung during
the Fatherland Liberation War.
The Western media have been
shocked by the fact that the leadership of dear respected Marshal Kim
Jong Un is so firmly established . There has been a totally smooth
transition in the succession in the DPRK. Dear respected Kim Jong Un has
many talents. He is an expert on literature and culture as well the
knowledge based economy. He is a great military commander and general
who can drive a tank fast. He commanded the Yongphyong island operation
which give the US imperialists and south Korean puppets(to use a
northern Irish term) a good blattering .Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong
Un is also a benevolent father of
the people , He took steps to safeguard the health and wellbeing of
mourners last December, such setting stands for people to get a hot
drink, when the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il passed away. Now dear
respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is exerting every effort to improve the
living standards of the people.
Visiting Pyongyang after the
space of 5 months we could see many new structures and buildings with a
number under construction or existing buildings being renovated . During
the day and night you could hear the sounds of construction. It was
really amazing. The Rungna People's Pleasure Park has been newly opened.
This consists of 2 fun fairs, a dolphinarium and an outside water
sports facility. On the my last day the Pyongyang Folk Park was opened.
Who can say that the DPRK is not prosperous ?
Basically
the
Korean people looked far happier than ordindary working people in the
UK and capitalist countries. In my country the UK many workers suffer
from depression but in the socialist DPRK I saw happy people who knew
only the joys of life. There were no starving or homeless people. It is a
big lie that there is starvation. Josef Goebels Hitler's so called
Minister of Information and Propaganda once said if you repeat a big lie
often enough people will accept it as a truth. This is precisely what
the media of the capitalist countries do in relation to the DPRK.
ation
by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung is told the spectacular and
colourful pageant of "Arirang". We were deeply lucky to saw the last
performance of the season. Arirang is now better than ever. It was held
at the May Day stadium on Rungna island. Arirang is a work of true
genius. It outshone the banal opening ceremony of the London Olympics .
The
performance of Arirang requires a high level of discipline, unity and
purpose. As such this is only available in the DPRK based on single
hearted unity around the Juche idea, the party and leader. My guide Miss
Kim said she had been an Arirang dancer in 2008. So it made a
difference to see Arirang in the presence of someone who had been a
performer.
eum. I thought as
a foreigner I would not be allowed to visit it . The museum was built
under the guidance of the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un. It is of a
very high standard with an imaginative layout(even has its own narrow
gauge railway line) and well designed and constructed scale models as
well as original pieces of military hardware. Everything is of Korean
make. The DPRK is able to defend itself and win victory by its own
efforts. No one should doubt the power of Songun. I saw the exhibition
of strategic rockets and missiles and
thought to myself it is a case of Goodbye Yanks, goodbye south Korean
puppets ! The USA could be destroyed at the push of a button !. There
was also a section on international warfare including a section on Iraq.
Visiting the exhibition I became even more firmly convinced that the
DPRK under the wise leadership of respected Marshal Kim Jong Un will one
day fully display the power of Songun and reunify the country by
driving the hated US imperialists into the sea ! May the imperialists
suffer a second and third Yongphyong island !
I was also able to visit the Pyongyang Mission
of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front of south Korea and
converse with its chief comrade Zo Il Min. We in the JISGE and ASSPUK
are proud to have such excellent comrades as the AINDF. A film about
"Ulji Freedom Guardian " was
shown. This showed the war moves of the US imperialists and south
Korean puppets along with mercenary troops of pro US satellite nations,.
The AINDF comrades stressed than Korea is the only country in the world
that knows thepain of national division.We exchanged gifts and then
had an excellent luncheon in a fraternal and cordial manner.
I also met comrades from the Korean
Committee For Friendship with Britain and the Korea Publications
Exchange Association .
The speaker
concluded that all JISGE and UK KFA members should visit the DPRK and
see for themselves the reality of the DPRK as one seeing is worth a
hundred
sayings.
The JISGE chairman also gave an introduction to Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism. He said
Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is fully consistent with the Juche
idea. It is the ideology of the Juche era which is different to all
previous eras and epochs . Before the Juche era history was dominated
and made by the exploiters , the ruling class. However the oppressed and
exploited masses such as workers in capitalist countries and the
peoples of colonial and semi-colonial emerged as the makers of history .
Typical of this was was the emergence of the first socialist state in
the world and the anti-imperialist national liberation struggle such as
the anti-Japanese armed struggle led by the great leader comrade Kim Il
Sung.
It fully enshrines the
ideas of the great leaders comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il .
Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is a great revolutionary programme for the
contuinity of revolutionary leadership and socialist construction in the
DPRK. In the DPRK thanks to dear respected
Marshal Kim Jong Un instead of denying the ideas , theories and
leadership of the preceding
great leaders President Kim
Il Sung and general Kim Jong Il, their theories have been elevated a
new higher level , Kimilsungism -Kimjongilism .Respected Marshal Kim
Jong Un has vowed that there should no concession in adhering to the
revolutionary ideas of the great leader President Kim Il Sung and the
great leader comrade Kim Jong Il. Under the banner of Kimilsungism
-Kimjongilism the DPRK will advance along the road of
independence,Songun and socialism and win victory after victory
The secreary general of the JISGE spoke on the foundation of the
Workers' Party of Korea and its history. His masterly speech outlined the nearly 90 years of history of the WPK . He
said
that
The history of the Workers' Party of Korea goes
back to the foundation of the the Down With Union by the great leader
comrade Kim Il Sung in 1926. The DIU was an organisation which broke
with the stale practices of factionalism and flunkeyism which had
plagued the
Korean revolution . The great leader
comrade Kim Il Sung put forward the line of independently founding the
party at the historic Kalun meeting in June 1930. Later the
Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland was founded .
In 1945 the Communist Party of North Korea was
founded on the 10th of October. In order to prevent the working people
being split amongst different forces the great leader comrade Kim Il
Sung saw that the CPNK merged with the New Democratic Party in August
1946. Then in 1949 the
Workers' Party of North Korea and Workers' Party of south Korea merged
to form the Workers' Party of Korea.
Thanks to the leadership of the great leader comrade
Kim Il Sung the WPK withstood the grim trials of the great victorious
Fatherland Liberation War . Comrade Kim Il Sung defeated the Pak Hong
Yong -Li Sung Yop counter-revolutionary spy clique.
The WPK under the wise leadership of the great
leader comrade Kim Il Sung opposed modern revisionism which did so much
damage in some socialist countries. It also opposed ultra leftism which
emerged in some parties.
In the 1970s
the dear leader comrade Kim Jong Il
put forward the programme of modelling the party and society on
Kimilsungism . In the 1990s when socialism collapsed in some countries
the WPK under the leadership of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung and
the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il rallied the international
communist forces by putting forward the Pyongyang Declaration. The great
leader comrade Kim Jong Il wrote
a number of works such "Fundamentals of Revolutionary Party Building , "The Workers' Party of Korea is the Party of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung " and many others.
The WPK has 3 million members. It is not bureaucratic nor is
it elitist or technocratic. It has members from all walks of life and
society , professors, coalminers,
teachers , street cleaners and waitresses. It is not an elite but has deep roots in society.
Today under the leadership of dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un the WPK is
leading the Korean forward to the final victory of Songun.
The general secretary of the New Communist Party said that it is
very good that the Worker's Party of Korea under the leadership of the
great leader comrade Kim Il Sung has defended socialism. The socialist
achievements of the Korean people are really great as he had seen for
himself and these achievements had been won at great sacrifice.
The
WPK under the leadership of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung and
the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il had avoided the mistakes and
pitfalls of European Marxists.
Juche shows how to combine the
interests of the individual with the interests of the collective. The
individual could only be free as part of the collective.
A lecturer at the
University of London spoke about the 86th anniversary of the
Down-With-Imperialism Union and Songun. Thes speaker said that the roots
of the Workers' Party of Korea go back to the Down With Imperialism
Union which was founded in 1926. In 1982 the great leader comrade Kim
Jong Il wrote the work "The Workers' Party of Korea is a Juche-type revolutionary party which inherited the glorious tradition of the DIU "
which
fully fully expounded how the WPK was qualitatively different to
other communist parties. This work had been written at a time when
people in Britain had just started to study the Juche idea. It was
written at a time when youth uprisings took place in inner city
areas of Britain and later the miners strike took place. Juche
teaches us that class struggles are intertwined with national
liberation struggles. The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung ensured
that the revolutionary traditions were carried forward and
achievements made in the work of Juche party building.
Later the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il developed Songun politics and the Songun idea to defend Juche based socialism against the threats from imperialism. Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is following in the traditions of Songun. In his excellent speech on the 25th of August this year he stated
Later the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il developed Songun politics and the Songun idea to defend Juche based socialism against the threats from imperialism. Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is following in the traditions of Songun. In his excellent speech on the 25th of August this year he stated
Counter provocations
with an immediate counteroffensive, and an aggressive war with a war
of justice for the country’s reunification–this is our principled
stand and unshakable will.
We will never remain
onlookers to the enemy’s desperate moves for aggression; we will do
all we can to defend the destiny of the country and nation.
It is a truth confirmed
by history that nobody in the world can check the advance of a people
who have turned out for their cause of justice.
If another undesirable
war breaks out on this land as a consequence of the unpardonable
actions of the United States and its south Korean puppets, they will
sustain an ignominious defeat in the war and our great nation will
greet a bright dawn of their reunification.
Only victory and glory
will be in store for us who are advancing under the unfurled flag
bearing the immortal beaming images of the great Kim Il Sung and Kim
Jong Il
this is a powerful inspiration to
anti-imperialists everywhere as it shows that a nation can stand up
against imperialism and it can be defeated.
The JISGE chairman said that when he attended the lecture given by the KASS on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism he learnt how Juche clarifies that the class struggle, the national liberation struggle and struggle to build a new society are all part of the struggle for independence and therefore all inter-related. Trotskyites try to falsely set class struggle against national liberation struggle .
The JISGE chairman said that when he attended the lecture given by the KASS on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism he learnt how Juche clarifies that the class struggle, the national liberation struggle and struggle to build a new society are all part of the struggle for independence and therefore all inter-related. Trotskyites try to falsely set class struggle against national liberation struggle .
The general secretary of the New Communist Party and chairman of the
International Committee for the Release of Mr Ro Su Hui spoke about
the repression of Mr Ro Su Hui and south Korean pro reunification
patriots.He said that Mr Ro Su Hui had been unjustly arrested by the
south Korean authorities but this is one human rights violation that
the Western media did not like to talk about or admit has happened
even though video footage clearly shows the shocking incident of Mr
Ro's arrest.The speaker said we need to build up the campaign and
organise a picket soon. He the committee has received international
endorsements.
Questions and discussion came from the floor of the meeting. There were practical questions about travel to the DPRK, questions about the role of Trotsky-ism in Korea , about road traffic in Pyongyang .
The JISGE chairman reiterated that it is very important for people to visit the DPRK and that the JISGE and UK KFA must send delegations to visit the DPRK next year.
A letter to dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un was adopted by the meeting.
An exhibition of books from the DPRK was on display
Refreshments such as sandwiches , tea, coffee and biscuits were served.
Questions and discussion came from the floor of the meeting. There were practical questions about travel to the DPRK, questions about the role of Trotsky-ism in Korea , about road traffic in Pyongyang .
The JISGE chairman reiterated that it is very important for people to visit the DPRK and that the JISGE and UK KFA must send delegations to visit the DPRK next year.
A letter to dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un was adopted by the meeting.
An exhibition of books from the DPRK was on display
Refreshments such as sandwiches , tea, coffee and biscuits were served.
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