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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