Monday 6 December 2021

Report of Meeting to Remember the Great Leader Comrade KIM JONG IL Held 04.12.2021

                                                          

                                              



 A meeting to remember the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL was held on the 4th of December at 1400 hours in  the Marchmont Centre , central London .

Attending it were members of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea , Korean Friendship Association UK , Association for the Study of Songun Politics , New Communist Party including general secretary Andy Brooks, Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain ML , and Young Communist League of Britain.

   Dr Dermot Hudson, opening the meeting stressed the importance of commemorating the life of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL who led the Korean people to defend and advance socialism . A minute’s silence was observed in memory of comrade KIM JONG IL.

  Messages of greeting from West of England KFA UK branch , from  the deputy director general of the European Regional Society for the Study of the Juche Idea , from June Kelly, Anti -Imperialist Activist in Ireland and also from  a former Morning Star reporter and journalist of China Daily .

Shaun Pickford ,secretary general of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and chairman of Staffordshire KFA made a keynote address titled ‘Tears In December ‘ in which he said in part “It is more appropriate than ever to recall the exploits of Kim Jong IL in advancing the Korean Revolution and furthering the cause of Global Independence than on the 10th anniversary of the passing of the Great Leader. A decade has already gone by since the tragic news broke about the demise of the Great Kim Jong IL, but the pain of the loss still remains for the Progressive peoples of the world. This significant anniversary will give us the opportunity to reflect on the varied and vast accomplishments of Kim Jong IL. In such a short speech it will be difficult to express the magnitude of Chairman Kim Jong IL's life and work.”

Andy Brooks, general secretary of the New Communist Party  spoke praising the revolutionary activities of comrade KIM JONG IL and made particular reference to the work of comrade KIM JONG IL in guiding art and culture especially the cinema .He said that comrade KIM JONG Il led the DPRK through a difficult period .

Michael Chant of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain ML spoke of the achievements made by comrade KIM JONG IL in leading the Korean people to defend socialism .He also referred to the important work done by comrade KIM JONG IL for Korean reunification . Michael also referred to the 8th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea that was held in January this year.

Dr Dermot Hudson spoke about the past 10 years in the DPRK under the leadership of dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN , the successor to the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL . He said that “During the past 10 years the amount of construction  carried out by the DPRK has been phenomenal  . I visited the DPRK for the second time in 2012 ,this time in September 5 months after my previous visit .Changjon Street and a new People’s Theatre had been built . This was followed by the construction  of  Mirae Scientists Street , Ryomyong Street  , a whole new city at Samjiyon  plus many cultural ,recreational, health and educational facilities such as the Rungna People’s Pleasure Park , the Munsu Water Park , the Okryu Children's Hospital and many others  to name just a few . These projects if built in the so-called developed capitalist countries would cost billions upon billions of pounds to build .

This amazing pace of construction , which I do not think is matched anywhere else in the world, has not been carried out in ideal conditions but under harsh sanctions . “

The DPRK documentary  ‘ Turning Sorrow into Strength ‘ was shown and appreciated by the audience . .

A letter to dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN was adopted.

Literature including works of  the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL and publications of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and KFA UK was displayed.

Refreshments were served.

Meeting concluded at 16.45 hours.

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