Refutation of attack on the DPRK by the British modern revisionists-an unofficial commentary

Refutation of attack on the DPRK by the British modern revisionists-an unofficial commentary

                               The "Morning Star " , which is a faded version of the old "Daily Worker " of Britain (the revisionists changed the name from "Daily Worker " to "Morning Star " in order to distance themselves from the working class and militant communism) , in an editorial  attacked the supreme leadership of the DPRK and slandered the socialist system of the DPRK .
                              The article  " Schism in north Korea " seems to be a mixture of the "Sun" newspaper and quasi Trotskyite rantings . The "Morning Star" just repeats the lies of the capitalist media about "starvation " etc . The supposedly left wing newspaper  seems to share the concern of imperialism that counter-revolution in the DPRK has been smashed and effectively calls for a counter revolution in the DPRK. We cannot help wondering whether the south Korean puppet embassy slipped the "Morning Star " a few backhanders to print such rubbish about the DPRK ?
The following comments can be made of the article ;
               Firstly, there is no schism in the DPRK , it is ridiculous to style a handful of traitors , counter-revolutionary factionalists , a schism . The people are united firmly around supreme leader comrade Kim Jong Un and the Workers' Party of Korea . Moreover the traitor was not the "number two " in the leadership  , this in an invention of the capitalist press and some so-called "Korea experts " (who are in reality in the pay of south Korea and the US ) . The socialist system of the DPRK is a people -centred socialist system of a Korean -style and will not perish. It has survived despite the sanctions and blockades of US imperialism and its followers and all the pressure that they put on it . The DPRK has foiled attempts by the south Korean puppet regime to subvert and destroy by means of terrorism etc . The fact that the anti-party counter-revolutionary faction was smashed and defeated actually shows the strength of the socialist system of the DPRK.

            Secondly, dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un and the Workers' Party of  Korea should be praised for their swift , resolute and decisive action against the counter-revolution . Had the USSR taken such resolute and decisive measures against Gorbachov, Yeltsin , socialism in the USSR would not have collapsed .

      Thirdly ,  it was the demand of the Korean people that the traitor be executed. Meetings of soldiers and workers demanded that the traitor be put to death. The execution was an expression of the peoples will. It was people's democracy, proletarian democracy in action.


 Fourthly, the "Morning Star " resorts to "Sun " and "Daily Mail " lies and  slanders against the DPRK . The 'starvation ' stories have been proved time and time again to be myths but the "Star " rakes them up . Basketball is not simply the personal taste of the supreme leader but is immensely popular with the whole people , as shown in the famous DPRK film " A Family Basketball Team" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_hbvPjn_E
The "Morning Star " even goes as far to say that living standards are declining in the DPRK when in fact they are going up . In recent years numerous large scale cultural and service facilities have been constructed in the DPRK such as the Rungna People's Pleasure Park, Munsu Water Park , Ryugyong Health Complex one after the other as well new health care institutions such as the Ryugyong Dental Hospital , Okryu Childrens Hospital and the Breast Tumour Institute of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital  . Even the DPRK enemies were compelled to admit that the DPRK was growing faster than south Korea (Businessweek 30 June 2009) and this year was according to some financial newspapers is growing faster than Brazil . The foolish "Morning Star " ignores these facts . In the DPRK housing is virtually free of charge  and health and education are free of charge.Prices are low it is only the equivalent  of 2.5p to use the Pyongyang Metro.

               Fifth , the " Star " is factually inaccurate , the traitor was never accused of  trying to form his 'own dynasty' but of trying to create his own empire within the WPK  "He worked hard to put all affairs of the country under his control, massively increasing the staff of his department and organs under it, and stretch his tentacles to ministries and national institutions. He converted his department into a “little kingdom” which no one dares touch.". In other words he was an arrogant big boss figure.

Sixth, the "Morning Star " deliberately distorts the essence of Songun politics. In the DPRK the people's armed forces are under the leadership and guidance of  the Workers' Party of Korea . As the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un  said
" Leadership of the Party is the lifeline of the KPA, and its might is inconceivable separated from the leadership of the Party. The general direction ahead of the KPA is one, that is, to advance straight forward with guns levelled in the very direction our Party indicates. Our arms must serve as an ever-lasting cornerstone that ensures a sure guarantee for the Party and its cause." "Let Us Add Eternal Brilliance to Comrade Kim Jong Il's Great Idea and Achievements of the Songun Revolution" 25 August 2013).

              If you see military parades in the DPRK you will see the gold and red flag of the Workers' Party of Korea displayed by army units and fluttering proudly on the top of military vehicles .  

Basically Songun politics is fundamentally different from military governments in capitalist countries. The former is a democratic mode of socialist politics administered for the sake of the people, while the latter is an anti-popular, fascist mode of politics as the consequence of capitalist crisis.This difference is rooted in that in ideology and ideal. Songun politics, guided by the Juche idea which advocates the independence of the masses of the people  and countries and nations, can never be compatible with the mode of politics administered by military regimes or fascist dictators based on misanthropy and national chauvinism. The DPRK has given top priority to military affairs and highlighted the role of its army, proceeding solely from the interests of its people and its specific conditions. In other words, Korea has staunchly followed the road of sovereignty, independence and socialism in confrontation with imperialist powers and, in the course of this, the traditions of attaching importance to military affairs were created and eventually the mode of Songun politics has been established in all aspects of life. The Songun idea and Songun politics are essential for the DPRK which is in direct confrontation with US imperialism and the south Korean puppets. The guns of the US army are levelled at the DPRK and it is targeted by nuclear bombs . No doubt the "Morning Star " editor ensconced in a cosy office thinks that the DPRK can defend itself by waving flowers and saying "peaceful co-existence ".

                                   All in all the "Morning Star " editorial is an extreme slander on the DPRK that  simply replicates the attacks of the bourgeois and imperialist media on the  DPRK and its supreme leadership , the article would not be out of place in the "Independent " or "Guardian " or even the "Daily Mail ".  "Schism in north Korea " is a grave disservice of the traditions of the "Daily Worker " which defended the socialist countries and supported the DPRK in the Korean war. Now they have stooped lower than the lowest .

A former "Morning Star " reader and supporter.  

British trade unions should reject Amnesty International and disaffiliate from it

Commentary by UK/KFA trade union section -Disaffiliate from pro imperialist Amnesty International ,
                 Amnesty International is a pro-imperialist organisation that is continuously churning out anti DPRK propaganda on the issue of "human rights " citing shadowy and discredited "defectors " . AI is basically carrying out imperialism's psychological warfare  and propaganda against the DPRK .
                         AI is no friend of working people and the poor . A CEO of AI was paid £132,000 per year and received a big pay off of £500,000.
                                                                           Trade unions should reject this pro imperialist reactionary organisation. No trade union members subs should be used to prop up this organisation and fund its propaganda. Trade unions must disaffiliate  from Amnesty !

S. Korean Regime Flailed for Moving to Suppress Teachers Union

Pyongyang, November 30 (KCNA) -- The south Korean puppet group of traitors is making desperate efforts to stamp out the Teachers Union.
    Shortly ago, the puppet government deprived the union of its legitimate right, charging that it is granting membership to the teachers who were dismissed for calling for democracy against irregularities and corruption. City and provincial education agencies are taking legal actions against the union and there is continued crackdown on its members in different parts of south Korea.
    The puppet authorities are contemplating sending back to schools at least 70 members who conducted full-time union activities.
    The Jeju Provincial Education Agency dismissed the former senior vice-chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions from the post of teacher on the charge that he spearheaded the general strike of the organization against the import of American beef in 2008.
    The Jonju District Prosecutor's Office arrested and indicted the former unification chairman of the North Jolla Provincial Branch of the union by invoking the ill-famed "Security Law".
    The frantic suppression of the union is a heinous move to justify the revival of the fascist dictatorship and a blatant challenge to the ardent desire and aspiration of the south Korean people for democracy.
    Very clear is the real intention of the Park Geun Hye group when it deprived the union of the legitimate right which the successive regimes had not done for the fear of the public opinion at home and abroad, and set in motion repressive mechanisms to put down the union.
    The union is conducting brisk education activities to bring home to the rising generation the truth about the illegal election by the ruling forces, the reactionary essence of their anachronistic moves to distort history and the miserable aftermath caused by the "yusin" fascist dictatorship.
    Unset by this, the puppet group is trying to remove the stumbling block lying in the way of maintaining power and trample down the democratic forces in south Korea to build the "yusin" dictatorial system. -0-

GFTUK Supports S. Korean People's Struggle

Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- The actions of workers and people of other strata against the south Korean group of traitors' wholesale fascist crackdown upon the progressive democratic forces and its moves to revive "the yusin" dictatorship are now mounting like an active volcano.
    Extremely taken aback by these actions, the puppet group is hurling more than 10 000 police force into brutally cracking down upon participants in peaceful demonstrations with water cannons. But organizations of workers and people of other strata are intensifying their protest actions against this suppression.
    A spokesman for the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea in a statement issued on Friday said that the resistance of the people is an eruption of the pent-up grudge and resentment at the remnants of "yusin" and the Park Geun Hye regime working with blood shot eyes to bring back the most evil era of "yusin" dictatorship to south Korea in total disregard of elementary democratic demands.
    No repressive regimes in south Korea kicked up such indiscriminate repressive campaign against the labor movement and progressive democratic forces to get rid of the worst ruling crisis, bringing to light their true colors as fascist ones as the present conservative regime, the statement said, and went on:
    The south Korean puppet forces have gone desperate in their moves to violate democracy and revive "yusin" dictatorship despite the strong denunciation of the public at home and abroad. This is aimed to nip in the bud progress and democracy in south Korea and thus prop up the pro-U.S. unpopular ruling system and lay a foundation for their long-term office.
    It is shame and disaster for the nation that "yusin" dictatorship is being revived in south Korea though it was sternly punished by the popular masses decades ago.
    The working class in the north will positively support the workers and other people in the south in their sacred struggle for a democratic new society and genuine new life, it stressed. -0-

S. Korean Worker Commits Suicide

 Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- A worker of a company under Samsung Electronics of south Korea was found dead in Jiksan township, Chonan City, South Chungchong Province, according to the south Korean paper Hangyore on Nov. 1.
    He opened to public the data laying bare the crimes of the manager of the company some days ago in protest against the company side's worsening maltreatment of the workers.
    Displeased with this, the company side tormented him, putting all sorts of pressure on him. Not content with this, it watched and inspected him under the pretext of "formation of trade union".
    The Samsung Electronics Branch of the Metal Trade Union held that the company side's increased pressure and dire destitution drove the worker to death. -0-

S. Korean Authorities' Moves to Stamp out Jongyojo under Fire

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- The south Korean puppet authorities have gone to extremes in their fascist moves to revive the "yusin" dictatorship in south Korea.
A spokesman for the Educational and Cultural Workers' Union of Korea (ECWUK) Saturday made public a statement in this regard.
The statement said:
Some time ago, the puppet Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Ministry of Education took such a tyrannical action as formally depriving the Teachers Union (Jongyojo) of its legitimate status as a trade union under the pretext that it backed the teachers who had been laid-off for conducting just educational activities for democratization of society and kept them affiliated to the union.
According to it, city and provincial offices of education in south Korea started enforcing the "law" to stamp out Jongyojo.
The ECWUK Central Committee denounces the brutal suppression of Jongyojo as an action of suppressing the inviolable democratic education and a hideous fascist action to build "yusin" dictatorial system by eliminating the democratic forces in south Korea.
Jongyojo has made efforts to combat sycophancy towards the U.S. and hostility towards compatriots and achieve social democracy and national unity, conducting education to help the youth and children have a correct view on history and consciousness of reunification after singling out "education for the nation, democracy and humanization" as its programme.
The present chief executive blustered long ago that it is "impossible to leave children to Jongyojo", branding it as "an entity as harmful as a noxious insect". As soon as she took office she kicked off fascist suppression of it to stamp out it.
The Koreans will never pardon the conservative group which suppresses the educators teaching justice and truth and tramples down the inviolable education by enforcing fascist dictatorial rule. The group is bound to meet a shameful fiasco for such outrageous action against the nation and democracy. -0-

South Korean Trade Unions threatened with repression

If your union allowed retired workers, or workers who were fired from their jobs, to be members -- would your government delegalise your union?

That's exactly what's happening in South Korea, where both the government employees union and the teachers' union face the imminent threat of deregistration.The teachers have been given until October 23 to change their constitution or else face delegalisation.This is a flagrant violation of international labour standards and  represents yet another attempt by the South Korean government to break public sector unions.They will not succeed.The Education International, representing teachers unions around the world, together with Public Services International, the International Trade Union Confederation and three Korean unions have called for a massive global online campaign of protest.This is very urgent -- if we don't act, the Korean teachers will no longer have a legal trade union by October 23.Please click here to send off your message today:http://labourstart.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=7711801a5e&e=7764de1f7fIf you share this link with your friends, family and fellow union members on email, Twitter and Facebook, it will help spread the word.Let's send thousands of messages today to the South Korean president and let's stop the attempt to crush public sector unions.Thanks very much.