On October 17th, 90
years ago the revolutionary red banner of Juche was first raised in
Korea with the formation of the Down-With Imperialism Union (TD) . The Down With Imperialism Union is highly
significant as it is the foundation stone of the Workers Party of Korea.
As the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il said in his classic
work “THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA IS JUCHE-TYPE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY WHICH
INHERITED THE GLORIOUS TRADITION OF THE DIU”
With the formation of the DIU our people’s revolutionary struggle
embarked on a new road of development and our Party began to strike its
glorious roots.
Our Party has traversed the glorious course of struggle for over half a
century since it took root with the formation of the DIU; and on this road it
has scored many of the most brilliant achievements of the century, and has
grown and strengthened as a powerful revolutionary party, united rock-firm and
equipped with a wealth of experience. “
The DIU was the first
genuine communist revolutionary organisation in
Korea.The formation of the DIU marked a clean break with the
stagnant ideas of factionalism ,
flunkeyism and dogmatism thus, it was a
decisive leap forward in the task of building a revolutionary working-class
party in Korea. The DIU broke with opportunism and also the national reformism
of bourgeois nationalists. As the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung said to the
meeting that founded the DIU
"Irreconcible contradictions exist between
the imperialists and people in the colonies
and these contradictions are sharpening
with the passage of time. Because these contradictions are antagonistic
they cannot be settled by any kind of 'compromise ' and will only be solved
when imperialism is overthrown"
Thus the Korean
revolution was set on the correct path.The foundation of the DIU by the great
leader comrade Kim Il Sung heralded the dawn of a new era of independence in
which the popular masses became masters of their fate,masters of their destiny
Indeed as the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung said;
"The formation of this union, the first
genuine communistic revolutionary organisation in our country , was the
historic announcement of a new beginning for our revolution. With the formation
of the DIU our people's revolutionary struggle
began to progress with the principle of independence and this was when our
Party began to strike its glorious roots"
The DIU proudly proclaimed its aims were to win independence
and liberation for Korea, to carry out the socialist revolution in Korea, to
build socialism and communism in Korea and to carry out the world revolution.
Thus for the first time in history the lines of national liberation and
socialist revolution were combined.Moreover the relationship between the
national tasks of the working class and its international tasks was affirmed.
Both the line of combing national liberation with socialism and the line of
inter-relating the national and international tasks of the struggle were a
prototype form of the Juche idea of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung.
The DIU was founded on the basis of revolutionary youth and
students.The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung had prepared the ground for the
formation of the DIU by leading many struggles amongst the youth and students
including a strike of school students against reactionary teachers. These
struggles fostered core elements of the revolution. It was not formed from the
factionalists who indulged in empty talk and who were divorced from the popular
masses as they were drawn from the middle class, bourgeoisie and ruined aristocracy.The DIU fought for the revolution on the basis of independence.
The DIU was the
foundation stone of the Workers' Party of Korea. The idea and lines of the
Down-Imperialism Union were brilliantly implemented and carried forward by the
Workers' Party of Korea founded by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung and
developed the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il. As the great leader comrade Kim
Jong Il in his work "The Workers Party of Korea is a Juche-type
revolutionary party which inherited the glorious traditions of the DIU
"..
“Our Party which has followed a unique path since it started to take
root with the formation of the DIU is a new type of revolutionary working-class
party.
Ours is a Juche-type revolutionary party which is guided by the Juche
idea and carried out its revolutionary activities independently and creatively
in keeping with the interests of our people and conditions in our country. By
establishing Juche thoroughly in all spheres of Party building and activity
with the Juche idea as its unalterable guide, it has been able to strengthen
and develop into an indestructible revolutionary party.”
Today lead by dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un the WPK is
true to the revolutionary principles set down by the Down With Imperialism
Union. As respected Marshal Kim Jong Un said
“The cause of the WPK is a sacred historic cause for fully realizing the
independence of the masses of the people, the cause of the Juche revolution”
The Workers Party of Korea of Korea inheriting the tradition of anti-imperialism started by the Down With Imperialism Union is proudly upholding the
banner of anti-US , anti-imperialist struggle
and is the only country in the world doing so.
Dr Dermot Hudson
President ASSPUK
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