Comrades
and friends,
The
central purpose of this meeting is to celebrate the 73rd
anniversary of the birth of the great leader generalissimo KIM JONG
IL . In 2012 February 16 was instituted as the Day of the Shining
Star on the occasion of the 70th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il and
also posthumously awarded the title of generalissimo KIM JONG IL who
had led the Songun revolution and the work of defending People‘s
Korea from imperialist aggression , a task that is now carried
forward by his successor dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN .
Why
because indeed KIM JONG IL was the shining star , a guiding light
that led the Korean people forward to the bright morrow of a thriving
Socialist country and national reunification and not just for the
Korean people but for the Juche Idea and Songun Idea followers of
the world .
The
Juche Idea and Songun Idea and the great teaching of great
generalissimo KIM
JONG IL are indeed a shining star that guides the world revolutionary
people forward to independence, forward to a new world free from
exploitation, oppression and domination.
The
Juche Idea is not an abstract theory created in a library or a quiet
study but was authored by the great leader President KIM IL SUNG on
the anti-Japanese battlefields. The Juche idea ensured that the
Korean revolution advanced along the correct path towards victory
avoiding the pitfalls of Right and “Left “ opportunism and
subservience to big powers . Juche totally eschewed national
reformism which had been advocated by some . Basically Juche has a
much wider and deeper meaning than simply meaning self-reliance or
independence though of course this concepts are a key part of Juche .
The Juche Idea , as taught by KIM JONG Il is an integral system of
idea, theory and leadership method . Moreover the Juche Idea provides
theories onNational
liberation, class emancipation and the building of socialism and
communism.
The
great leader comrade KIM JONG IL who had been working at the helm of
the Korean revolution since the early 1960s systematised and enriched
the Juche Idea . This work was not done in an abstract way , the
basis was drawn by KIM JONG IL continuously mixing with the people.
As KIM JONG IL himself said “
Reality is a fine school and the masses are teachers. “.
KIM JONG IL was a true son of the people who was never apart from
them . As a student he participated in the reconstruction of
Pyongyang City and later worked at a lathe , Lathe no 26 in the
Pyongyang Textile Machinery factory . The whole raison d etre of the
Juche Idea is the people are the masters of everything and everything
should be done for them,
KIM
JONG IL wrote a number of works on the Juche Idea chief amongst them
was the thesis “ON
THE JUCHE IDEA
“ published in March 1982 to mark the 70th
birthday of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG and also works
such as “On
Establishing the Juche Outlook on the Revolution
“, Some
Problems in Education in The Juche idea “
and the “ The
Juche Idea Is an Original Revolutionary Philosophy “.
In his famous thesis on the Juche Idea KIM JONG IL just as Lenin
once said Marxism consisted of three parts or three sources explained
that the Juche Idea has the philosophical principle and the
socio-historical principle. The key thing is that man is the master
and decides everything . KIM JONG IL explained why this is so
“Man,
not nature, holds the position of master in the material world.
Man is the only independent
being in the material world. Animals can survive only by adapting
themselves to nature. Therefore, they cannot be called masters of
their own destiny.
Animals
are part of nature and their destiny is determined by the natural
laws of change and development, whereas man is the powerful master of
the world who, on the basis of a scientific understanding of these
natural laws, transforms nature to meet his own needs and harnesses
it in his service. Man is not a being which obeys the natural laws of
change and development and casts in his lot with nature; he is a
social being who shapes his own destiny independently and creatively
in accordance with the laws of social movement, the laws peculiar to
human society.
This
is the difference between man and animals . Whereas animals live by
adapting to their Environment man actively changes his environment
and has the capacity to do so.Juche
represented a clean break from determinism and mechanical materialism
it showed man’s place in the world . KIM JONG IL also pointed out
that that man has the attributes of independence, creativity and
consciousness which enables him to live as a master of the world. In
order to realise his destiny as master of the world man needs to
overcome fetters such as nature as well exploitative and oppressive
social systems that restrict his independence, as KIM JONG IL so
eloquently and aptly explains
“The
history of human society ever since its division into hostile classes
has, above all, been a history of social revolutions to realize
social and political independence for the popular masses. Through
social revolutions the masses have carved out their destiny and
developed society.
Owing
to slave revolts which were, so to speak, the first struggle in
history of the exploited working masses for independence, and to
peasant struggles against feudalism in the Middle Ages, the slavery
and the feudal system collapsed. That meant progress in the struggle
of the working masses for independence. But that was only a
replacement of the chains of slavery with feudal fetters, which in
turn were replaced with the yoke of capital, not the abolition of
class domination and oppression itself. In the history of human
society, capitalism is the last exploiting system which tramples upon
the masses’ aspirations and demand for independence. It is a
violently oppressive system which combines class domination with
national oppression.
The
liquidation of the capitalist system and establishment of a new
socialist system mark a historic turning point in the development of
the revolutionary struggle for independence. With the establishment
of the socialist system, all exploiting classes and institutions
which trample upon the aspirations and demands of the masses for
independence, are abolished, and the masses are provided with the
necessary conditions which enable them to hold state power and
production means in their hands and lead a fully independent life.”
The
Juche Idea that was developed by President KIM IL SUNG and
systematised by KIM JONG IL became a weapon of struggle for millions
of people Throughout the world. As Didier Ratsrika ex President of
the Democratic Republic of Madagascar said “ The
Juche Idea makes the exploited people of the world reflect deeply and
it is a theory and method that provides the correct steps for them to
solve the contradictions left over by the dominating forces “
Parties such as the People’s Front of the Workers , Peasants and
Students of Peru and the Union of the Revolutionary Left of Peru
incorporated the Juche idea into their programmes.
It
can be added that the Juche Idea Tower stands tall and has pride of
place in the centre Pyongyang basking in the majesty of the River
Taedong . At its base there are many stones from Juche Idea Study
groups and organisations throughout the world, this is a monument in
itself to the role that KIM JONG IL played in systematising the Juche
Idea.
The
Juche Idea is fully embodied in the Songun idea , the idea of giving
priority to the military . One of the tenets of the practical
application of Juche is the principle of Self-defence as revolution
confront counter-revolution by means of force . KIM JONG IL made a
great contribution to development and administration of Songun
politics
The
Songun revolutionary leadership of the great leader comrade KIM JONG
Il began on the 25th of August 1960 at the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su no 105
Tank Division of the Korean People’s Army(KPA).
.
The great leader comrade KIM JONG IL who had grown
up with the echoes of the gunshots of the great anti-Japanese war and
had experienced the great Fatherland Liberation War of the Korean
people. He learnt the truth that Songun advances the revolution. The
great leader comrade KIM JONG IL said that;
“Our
Party started pursuing Songun politics on the basis of its scientific
analysis of the international circumstances of our revolution and of
the rapidly changing situation.
Entering
the 1990s, socialism collapsed in the former Soviet Union and the
Eastern European countries, giving rise to a great change in the
world political structure and balance of forces. Although the
imperialists’ mouthpieces and opportunists claimed that a new era
of “detente and peace’’ had arrived following the “end of the
Cold War,” the world can never exist in peace so long as
imperialism remains rampant. By taking advantage of the collapse of
the global socialist system, the reactionary imperialist forces
intensified their offensive against the anti-imperialist independent
forces; in particular, the US imperialists, who had emerged as the
only superpower in the world, were more tenacious than ever in the
pursuit of their policy of aggression and war, in an attempt to
realize their ambition of world supremacy, wielding the power of
authority and arbitrariness in the international arena and violently
encroaching upon the sovereignty of other countries.”
In
the 1990s after the great leader President KIM IL SUNG had passed
away the DPRK had to face not only the sanctions and pressure of the
wicked US imperialists but also the disappearance of the world
socialist market and unprecedented natural disasters which wiped out
80% of the rice crop. The situation was critical, Korea stood at the
crossroads. The imperialists along with the traitors, renegades,
revisionists and reformists hoped that People's Korea would abandon
the great Juche Idea and go in for “reform “and ! “opening up
“like a certain big country had. The Western countries through
different unofficial channels sent messages to the DPRK telling them
to“reform”
and “open up “ saying that if they did so they would be given
large amounts of aid by the Western imperialists but the great
generalissimo KIM JONG IL declared “Expect No Change from Me“.
KIM JONG IL rejected the idea
of opening up saying
It
is important to educate the third and fourth generations of the
revolution effectively, because they have experienced neither trials
nor suffering . We must get them to drink the syrup made from the
blueberries of Mt Paektu , not Coca Cola. In other words , we must
imbue them thoroughly with the revolutionary ideology of our Party so
that they are not swayed in the slightest by the wind of bourgeois
liberalisation "
I
think the above quote is absolutely brilliant and if only there had
been more leaders
like KIM JONG IL in the world there would still be a billion and a half
strong socialist camp and no “reform “ or “opening up in some
countries.
Visiting
the Takabasol (Dwarf pine) army base on the 1st of January 1995
generalissimo KIM JONG IL declared that the Korean people had a
choice whether to remain independent guards or become colonial slaves
of the imperialists, in order to defend independence Korea must
pursue Songun politics!
The
KPA and Korean people under the leadership of the great leader
comrade KIM JONG IL faced down the US imperialists when they
clamoured over the nuclear issue. The DPRK threw a nuclear
thunderbolt of Songun at the imperialists by successfully testing a
nuclear device. The KPA smashed the provocations of the south Korean
puppets and US imperialists at Yongphyong island thereby defending
world peace and socialism. Thus the Songun politics of KIM JONG IL
were the treasured sword of victory and the symbol of defence of
socialism that inspired the world revolutionary Peoples.
KIM JONG IL was also a great theoretician of the world revolution who not only developed the Juche Idea and Songun Idea but elaborated comprehensive theories on modern imperialism. Two poles of error had arisen in the relation to the theoretical understanding of imperialism . One was the revisionist or Right opportunist theory which asserted that imperialism was no longer aggressive and that people should give up the struggle against it and co-operate. At the other extreme was the dogmatic theory that there had no been no change in the structure of imperialism .. Whilst at university in the 1960s
KIM
JONG IL wrote the thesis The
Characteristics of Modern imperialism and Its Aggressive Nature in
which he said :
“Modern
imperialism is imperialism based not merely on monopolistic
domination but whose political and economic basis is state-controlled
monopolistic capitalism, depending not on old colonialism but on
neo-colonialism. existing not in parallel with each other but
reorganized in subordinate relation with US imperialism as the
ringleader, and not growing in strength but making a last-ditch
effort even while declining rapidly to its downfall
“.
So basically there were no longer parallel competing imperialist
powers but instead a pyramid type structure with US imperialism at
the top . Thus in order to defeat
imperialism the spearhead of struggle must be directed against the
US.
Later
in 1987
KIM JONG IL brilliantly attacked the sheer decadence of modern imperialism
saying
“As
the marketing channels are clogged to a greater extent, capitalists
are moving towards deforming the material life of people by creating
an artificial inhuman demand. They are manufacturing a variety of
things to stimulate extravagance, corruption and dissipation and to
paralyse the human body and mind, with the result that the number of
drug addicts, alcoholics, as well as degenerates pursuing abnormal
desires, is growing rapidly and people are becoming mentally and
physically deformed. Even the defenders of the bourgeoisie are
lamenting and calling this phenomenon an incurable disease of modern
capitalism. The capitalists are frenziedly spreading reactionary and
anti-popular ideas and culture, as well as the decadent bourgeois
way of life, in order to paralyse the working masses،¯
consciousness of independence and to make people submit to the
capitalist exploiting system. In capitalist countries all manner of
reactionary ideology and superstition which, like a narcotic, numb
the sound mind of the people and make them ignorant, are widespread.
The way of life in which the weak fall prey to the strong is fostered
and, as a result, such social evils as immorality and depravity,
murder and robbery are rampant and people are trembling with fear and
apprehension. Thus, in capitalist society the mental life of the
people becomes all the more intolerable with the increase in material
wealth. “
No
other leader produced such a sharp and incisive analysis of modern
capitalist society which is so true and absolutely spot on.
To
conclude the great leader generalissimo KIM JONG IL is rightly
acclaimed as the
shinging star by the Korean and world people because the Juche Idea
and Songun Idea
and his theories on world revolution illuminate the way forward. Thus
we pay a
high tribute to KIM JONG IL on the occasion of the anniversary of his
birth .
GLORY
TO THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT LEADER GENERALISSIMO
KIM
JONG IL
Dermot Hudson
ASSPUK
JISGE
Dermot Hudson
ASSPUK
JISGE
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