Tuesday 11 December 2018

SPEECH ON LET US LIVE OUR WAY by Dr Dermot Hudson . 08.12.2018



When I was visiting the DPRK in September together with other members of the delegation we watched the civilian mass demonstration that followed the grand military parade on the 9th of September to  mark the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK  my guide translated some of the slogans for me on the floats that glided by .One of the slogans was “Let Us Live Our Own Way “.  A slogan that was first put forward by comrade KIM JONG IL on the 25th of December 1978 in the speech “"LET US INCREASE THE PARTY'S FIGHTING EFFICIENCY AND BRING ABOUT A FRESH TURN IN THE BUILDING OF SOCIALISM”
The slogan "let us live our own way " was a striking and bold slogan , a militant revolutionary slogan that declared Korea's will to live its own way free from imperialism. It was an expression of the Juche-based faith of the DPRK guided by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung to independently and self-reliantly construct socialism without being fettered by big power -chauvinism or US imperialism. At the time when the slogan was put forward, the DPRK faced intense pressure from the modern revisionists and opportunists as well the sanctions and blockades of the US imperialists and the machinations of the south Korean puppets. In order to counter these manifold attempts to derail the building of socialism a high degree of self-reliance was required. It was the demand of the times.  As the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL pointed out
"It is only when one displays a great revolutionary spirit of self-reliance that one can have faith in one's own strength, exploit the internal resources of one's country to the maximum and conduct the revolution and construction with success. Experience shows that only when one gives full play to the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance can one surmount every manner of difficulty and ordeal.

Even though the anti-Japanese guerrillas received no assistance from a regular army or from a state in the past, they, by displaying to a high degree the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance, overcame manifold difficulties and hardships, defeated the brandish Japanese imperialists and accomplished the noble cause of national liberation. In the period after the Korean War our party members and working people rehabilitated the devastated economy by our efforts and transformed our country into a powerful socialist industrial state in a short span of time.

The situation we are in today demands that we display to a high degree the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance. At present no country is willing to help another nor is any country in a position to help another, even should she want to".
Some worshippers of big powers, the “I love China and Russia “ fan club   would not like to hear the last sentence but it reflects  a basic truth . This was reiterated at the 7th congress of the Workers Party of Korea in May 2016 when respected Marshal KIM JONG UN said   Today we have nothing but our own strength to rely on. No one is willing to help us and see our country reunified, powerful, well-off and flourishing. It is only when we are possessed of the spirit of self-reliance and self-development that we can go through any trials and hardships and achieve the greatest success even in the worst conditions. We should reject big-power worship and dependence on foreign forces, and push ahead with building a powerful socialist country with our own strength, technology and resources and in the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and fortitude. We should also achieve national reunification, the long-cherished desire of our nation, on our own by strengthening our motive force.”
   The slogan “Let us live our own way " was a dynamic slogan that inspired the Korean people to great feats fully displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance. The Korean people stepped up socialist construction under the banner of Juche and built a socialist country of Juche , independent , self-sufficient and self-defensive . Under the leadership of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il by applying Songun the DPRK became a strong military power with a nuclear deterrent.                                
         Today the slogan is just a relevant as it was in 1978 in fact more so as many countries in the world do not live their own way but are crushed under the weight of globalisation , 'coca-colaisation ' cultural imperialism and the intervention of US imperialism .  "Let Us Live our own way " should be the watchword for anti-imperialists and anti-globalists .
                   Today the DPRK under the leadership of the dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN , guided by the Juche idea and the Songun idea is asserting  its independence true to the idea of "Let Us live our own way ". In the past year the DPRK has launched its own artifical satellite and conducted in defiance of the US imperialists and big powers. The DPRK has also defeated internal traitors who wanted to sell the DPRK out to other countries. The DPRK is marching forward to the goal a thriving socialist country  !

The slogan "let us live our own way " was a striking and bold slogan , a militant revolutionary slogan that declared Korea's will to live its own way free from imperialism. It was an expression of the Juche-based faith of the DPRK guided by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung to independently and self-reliantly construct socialism without being fettered by big power -chauvinism or US imperialism.

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