"This is the great age of Juche. The Juche age is a new historical era when the popular masses have emerged as masters of the world and are shaping their own destiny independently and creatively"
KIM JONG IL (On the Art of Cinema )
The great leader comrade KIM JONG IL not only developed in depth and systematized the Juche Idea but also defined the present age as the Juche age or the Juche era in which the popular masses fought for independence against all kinds of oppressive and exploitative systems such as capitalism and imperialism and emerged as masters of their destiny. Since the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 which saw the emergence of the first workers and peasants state , a society without exploitation and oppression , various struggles such as national liberation struggles and class struggles have raged across the globe. The Korean revolution itself led by the great leader President KIM IL SUNG was part of this revolutionary process, avery important part.
After the second world war and particularly after US imperialism's defeat in the Korean War , the flames of the national liberation movement flared up . Old style colonial empires bit the dust one after the other , many countries gained formal independence at least .Wars for national liberation and social change were fought out in Vietnam and elsewhere . Many countries embarked on the road of building a new society . Socialism expanded on a worldwide scale . It was no longer just confined to the eastern hemisphere but now made its appearance in the Western hemisphere in Cuba . A number of African and Arab countries declared themselves to be 'socialist-orientated ' such as Algeria, Benin , People's Republic of the Congo. Mozambique , Syria and south Yemen .The imperialists moaned and whined about the 'next domino to fall ' etc . Even in Britain some reactionaries expressed the fear of a "communist takeover" (!?).
In the imperialist countries themselves there were sharp class struggles . There were many strikes and also protests against war and against the capitalist system itself. In some capitalist countries Communist parties and other revolutionary forces expanded rapidly.
In the socialist countries themselves they stepped the revolution and construction . In the DPRK itself Juche socialism was successfully built enhancing the independence and creativity of the popular masses. In 1974 comrade KIM JONG IL put forward the programme of modelling the whole of society on the Juche Idea .
Througout the world the study of the Juche Idea became a strong trend . In 1969 the first Juche Idea Study Group was formed in Mali ,west Africa . After that Juche idea study groups were formed in many countries. One was even formed in the US , the metropolis of world reaction. Several regional seminars were held and in 1977 an International Seminar on the Juche Idea was held in Pyongyang the capital of Juche Korea and in 1978 the International Insitute of the Juche Idea was founded in Tokyo,Japan.
Comrade KIM JONG IL himself was very much intimately involved in the struggles that formed the backdrop of the Juche age . He authored many works inspiring the world peoples in their struggle for independence . He put forward practical lines and policies . For example in his classic 1983 work
"Let Us Advance Under the banner of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche Idea " he wrote that
"To achieve the unity of anti-imperialist, independent forces affords the decisive guarantee for halting and foiling imperialist moves for aggression and war, bringing about durable world peace and building an independent new world.". This was a most brilliant strategy for anti-imperialist independence put forward by comrade KIM JONG IL . He made sure that the DPRK set a practical example to the peoples of the world fighting for independence, national libertion and socialism . He also ensured that the DPRK gave material assistance to the struggling peoples and those countries that had embarked on the road of building a new society .
Truly comrade KIM JONG IL was the leader of the Juche Age
Dr Dermot Hudson
President Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK
Chairman British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea
Chairman UK Korean Friendship Association
Chairman British Solidarity Committee for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula
secretary general International Central Committee for Songun Study
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