For Bolshevism-AUCPB joins demo of solidarity with people of Nepal

Progressive Nepalese Society march towards the Indian Embassy in London
The Progressive Nepalese Society gather in Trafalgar square and march to the Indian Embassy in Aldwych to demonstrate against the Indian state interfering in the affairs of the Nepalese people and other neighbouring countries. London, UK, 15/02/2010.
The protest, organised by the Progressive Nepalese Society UK (PNSUK), was in response to the stepped up interference in the internal affairs of Nepal from the Indian state in recent months. Intervention can also be identified in Sri Lanka with the total subjugation and oppression of the Tamil people. After a number of speeches from PNSUK members the march to the embassy began just before 1pm, heading down the Strand, briefly stopping eastbound traffic and on to the embassy in Aldwych.
Since the Indian state's independence from Britain it has been imposing dominance over Nepal. According to the PNSUK, "It has inherited the mantle of the British Empire in South Asia." On July 31st 1950 Nepal signed an unequal Indo-Nepal peace treaty, which was largely unpopular in Nepal, seen as a breach of sovereignty. This close strategic relationship dictated open borders, but the Nepalese widely accept that it allowed an unwelcome extension of Indian influence. India has built dams in Nepal, controlling water and electricity, flooded the Nepalese market with Indian goods and in stealth seized Nepalese territory displacing large numbers of Nepalese citizens.
In November 2006 the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), now the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), entered into a political peace process with other Nepalese political parties. This ended a 10 year insurgency that killed 10,000 people. Since then, the Indian government has been closely involved in deciding the destiny of Nepal. One example of this was India's supposed hand in re-instating General Rookmangud Katawal after his brief termination from his position in the army in May 2009. The president of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav overruled the decision and ordered him to continue his service. In turn this led to Prime Minister Prachanda's resignation and a general collapse of the government.
Date : 15 February 2010 - 12:00pm

12 February 2010, UBS Swiss bank headquarters in London,
For Bolshevism-AUCPB joins protest of solidarity with worker activist Alberto Durango victimized by Lancaster cleaning contractor for organizing in the workplace.

AMERICAN TRESPASSER INTERVIEWED

American Trespasser Interviewed

Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- As already reported, American national Robert Park was detained for trespassing on the northern border of the DPRK in December last year.

He was interviewed by KCNA at his proposal while he was under investigation by the relevant organ of the DPRK.

At the interview, he said that he was taken in by the false rumor spread by the West and committed a criminal act in the end.

He went on to say:

I trespassed on the border due to my wrong understanding of the DPRK caused by the false propaganda made by the West to tarnish its image.

The West is massively feeding "Children of Secret State", "Seoul Train" and other documentary videos with stories about non-existent "human rights abuses" and "mass killings" in the DPRK and "unbearable sufferings" of its Christians and the like.

This false propaganda prompted me, a Christian, to entertain a biased view on the DPRK.

So I didn't know what to do at that time. I just prayed and fasted and that was my initial response, but year by year more news reports, international media reports came and there were more videos saying the same thing, in fact, saying that it was getting worse, and so that's why I started to become more and more distraught. If there are people in concentration camps, if Christians are dying like this, if there is starvation I have to die with them. If I help them I would go to Heaven but if I don't help them I would go to Hell.

At last I made up my mind to go to the DPRK.

Upon trespassing on the border, I thought I would be either shot to death by soldiers or thrown behind bars, prompted by Americans' false propaganda about the DPRK.

However, the moment I trespassed on the border, the attitude of soldiers toward the trespasser made me change my mind.

Not only service personnel but all those I met in the DPRK treated me in a kind and gentlemanly manner and protected my rights.

I have never seen such kind and generous people.

People have been incredibly kind and generous here to me, very concerned for my physical health as never before in my life. I mean, my family, of course, is concerned about my physical health but people here have been constantly concerned and I'm very thankful for their love.

Another shocking fact I experienced during my stay in the DPRK is that the religious freedom is fully ensured in the DPRK, a reality different from what is claimed by the West.

Being a devout Christian, I thought such things as praying are unimaginable in the DPRK due to the suppression of religion.

I, however, gradually became aware that I was wrong.

Everybody neither regarded praying as something unusual nor disturbed it. I was provided with conditions for praying everyday as I wished.

What astonished me more was that a bible was returned to me.

This fact alone convinced me that the religious freedom is fully ensured in the DPRK.

I came to have stronger belief as I had an opportunity to attend the service in the Pongsu Church in Pyongyang.

I worshipped and there, there was the Jondosa, there, there was a pastor, there was a choir, they knew the hymns, they knew the word of God. That's why I was completely amazed. But I began to weep and weep in the Christian service because I learned that there are churches and Christians such as Pongsu Kyohoe (Church) in different cities and regions all throughout the DPRK. They worship, pray and preach freely the word of the Bible and Christ word. I've learned that in the DPRK people can read and believe whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want, that there's complete religious freedom for all people everywhere throughout the DPRK.

What I have seen and heard in the DPRK convinced me that I misunderstood it. So I seriously repented of the wrong I committed, taken in by the West's false propaganda.

I would not have committed such crime if I had known that the DPRK respects the rights of all the people and guarantees their freedom and they enjoy a happy and stable life.

I have felt shock, embarrassment, shame. Here I'm in the lands where people respect human rights and, not just respecting human rights, they have actually loved me and showed me more than just human rights. They have shown me grace. I repent and ask for forgiveness to the DPRK for my misunderstanding totally DPRK's reality and my criminal illegal behavior. Had I known the reality of the DPRK, what I've learned here, what I have been shown here, what I've been taught here, what I've been informed here by all the kind people here about the DPRK, I would have never done what I did on the December 25th and I repent and I'm very sorry.

Prompted by my desire to redeem the crime I committed against the government of the DPRK, I would make every effort to let those who misunderstand the DPRK properly know what I experienced here so they may have a correct understanding of it.

He, as a Christian, expressed his will to earnestly pray so reunification may be achieved and peace settle on the Korean Peninsula as early as possible.

KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY STATEMENT SUPPORTED IN BRITAIN

KPA Statement Supported in Britain

Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- British organizations expressed support for the statement of a spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army.
The British Association for the Study of Songun Policy and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea in their joint statement on Jan. 26 branded the south Korean puppet defense minister's reactionary utterances about "preemptive strike" at the DPRK as reckless remarks of a war maniac that may provoke another war on the Korean Peninsula and invite the third World War.
His remarks are quite contrary to the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration and they are throwing a wet blanket over the improvement of the inter-Korean relations, the joint statement pointed out, and said:
It is a matter entirely pertaining to sovereignty for the DPRK, a dignified independent and sovereign state, to have access to self-defensive nuclear deterrent and the south Korean puppet authorities have no qualification to talk about the DPRK's nuclear deterrent as well as "preemptive strike" theory.
We fully support the stand of the KPA General Staff to take prompt and decisive military actions against any attempt of the south Korean puppet authorities and blow up the major targets including the commanding center, a cancer-like entity threatening independence, peace and progress, in order to defend the sovereignty, dignity and honor of the DPRK and its people-centered socialist system.
The British Branch of the Korean Friendship Association headquartered in Spain in a statement on January 27 expressed full support for the said statement and demanded that the south Korean puppet authorities stop all provocative acts and retract any reckless remarks at once.

REVIEW OF THE JUCHE IDEA STUDY GROUP
WORK OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS
BY SHAUN PICKFORD

The Study Group has made considerable progress over the past 10 years, although the Group has had some setbacks and has not really utlized all its potentiality. As we are aware the Study Group and the Friends of Korea generally operate in an extremely adverse environment, not only hostility from the obvious enemies such as the imperialist reactionaries but from modern revisionist and dogmatist quarters.

Our Group as a matter of principle does not engage in sectarian disputes. A certain journal of a particular leftist organisation launched in its autumn 2009 edition an unwarranted attack upon the Study Group's fraternal body UK KFA. I believe that the UK KFA made a restrained and dignified reply to these onslaughts on the good name of the KFA. The Study Group firmly adheres to the stand of building maximum unity among the friends of Korea and with those forces who can be won to the cause of Korean Soildarity.

The Study Group started the decade with a low membership base and with few resources. Infact the year 2000 the Study Group was dependent upon the goodwill of other organisations, for instance in arranging meetings. As of 2009 the Study Group has had increase in core membership of 10 and a associate membership of 50. Currently the Group has members in London,Southampton,Manchester, Stoke On Trent and other UK cities.The Study Group has the capability to operate in all areas of activity independently, in the spirit of Juche.

"Independence Star", the journal of the Study Group comes out on a regluar basis, at least four times a year. The journal is both published in hard copy and is displayed online.The journal contains various items on the Juche Idea and its application, DPRK news and events.

Over the years the Study Group has build up relations of trust with the Korean organisations - KPIEC & KPEA. These relationships with the KPIEC and KPEA have helped the Study Group to distribute large numbers of DPRK publications, CDs and DVDs, especially the works of KIM IL SUNG and KIM JONG IL among various sectors from across Britain. The Study Group is attempting to expand its commerical ties with these DPRK bodies in the near future.

A consistent relationship has delevoped with the International Institute of the Juche Idea in Tokyo.The Study Group has attempted to further its links with the European Regional Society for the Juche Idea headquarted in Paris. Recently the Group's relations with the Korean Association of Social Scientists have become close, warm and extremely fraternal.It is with a great degree of pride that the Study Group now has excellent relations with the social scientists from the Land of the Juche Idea and of Songun Politics..It can be said that the Group for the Study of the Juche Idea of Britain is an integral part of the International Juche Study Movement.

We regard the Korean Friendship Association as being our dear brother - in - arms.Since its foundation 10 years ago in November 2000 the KFA has done alot of really tremendous work in promoting the DPRK on the internet and in other media. The Study Group acts in
unsion with UK KFA . It is the Study Group which acts as the base for the UK KFA activity, we view KFA operations being of paramount significance for spreading understanding of the DPRK in Great Britain.

At the moment the Study Group has a number of allied organisations. These include:
THE UK ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS
THE SOCIETY FOR UNITY & INDEPENDENCE OF ENGLAND
THE ANGLO-PEOPES KOREA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

If an organisation or movement desires to noticed in today's conditions it must take the opportunities offered by the internet. The internet has raised considerably our public profile over the last decade. Officially the Study Group Website went online in 2002. Its address is www.korea-dpr.com/users/jisge. This website is the visible face of the Group and it is the place where newcomers can research the Juche Idea in a matter of minutes.Since its creation the Study Group's website has had thousands of hits.

Our sister bodies have now got their own websities:

www.uk-songun.com
juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com
www.korea-drp.com/users/uk

Infact the majority of these websities were setup with the assistance of Dermot Hudson.With the technical know-how of Dermot the Study Group was able to launch into this form of communcations. Can I use this occasion to thank on behalf of the Study Group membership the founder & leader of the Group - Mr.Dermot Hudson. For 25 years now to the present day - January 30th 2010 Comrade Hudson's determination in disseminating the Juch Idea in this country & building up the Study Group has been of an legendary character. Comrade Hudson has been able to overcome truly titanic obstacles so as to construct the Study Group. Dermot is an example of pure loyalty to the Juche Cause, an Ideal of an Independent and creative Man.

Every year the Study Group as our basic credo has held seminars for the Birth Anniversaries of President KIM IL SUNG and of General KIM JONG IL. Starting in the year 2000 here is just a brief summary of the most memorable and successful Study Group Meetings:

In February 2002 to mark the 60th birthday of KIM JONG IL a Grand Celebratory Meeting was held.

In July 2003 a KFA International Meeting was held with a large Attendance. The KFA Gathering was made possible through the efforts of the Study Group.

In December 2003 a meeting held on the Revolutionary Biography of Madame KIM JONG SUK.

In January 2004 a Seminar was arranged on the subject of "The Juche Understanding Of Man's Position In The World".

In April 2004 a Seminar was held on the Revolutionary Biography and Works of the Respected President KIM IL SUNG.

July 2005 a meeting & social event held to the mark the the Victory of the Korean People in The Fatherland Liberation War.

A Gala Meeting held to mark the Birth Anniversary Of KIM IL SUNG in April 2006.

In October 2007 a Seminar held on the work "THE GREAT ANTI-IMPERIALIST CAUSE OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN & LATIN AMERICAN WILL BE INVINBLE".

A celebratory seminar in honour of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Glorious DPRK held in September 2008.

Last Year , 2009,the Study Group conducted several seminars such as in January a Seminar was conducted on the work "THE ORIGINALITY OF THE JUCHE PHILOSOPHY".
In April a seminar was held on the work "PROGRESSIVE JOURNALISTS OF THE FIVE CONTINENTS WIELD YOUR POWERFUL REVOLUTIONARY PEN". Professer Hugh Goodacre presented a paper on the subject of "THE DIU & THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADITIONS OF THE WORKERS PARTY OF KOREA" to a seminar in October. In conjunction with the UK KFA a highly productive meeting on the DPRK and the need for solidarity with Korea was held in Manchester on October 31. There was an informal gathering in December.

The Chariman of the Study Group was a guest of honour to the celebrations in Pyongyang, DPRK to mark the 90th Birth Anniverary of KIM IL SUNG April 2002.Comrade Hudson paid a visit to the DPRK in late September 2008 at the invitation of KASS. Dermot participated in the European Regional Juche Seminar held in Paris in 2003 and in the International Juche Conference staged in Caracas, Venezuela during September 2005.

During late June to early July 2009 the Group's Secretary General Mr.Shaun Pickford made a very successful visit to the DPRK at the request of KASS. The visit of Mr.Pickford to the DPRK in July 2009 only strenghten our fraternal bonds with KASS.We hope to send even more delegations from the Study Group to Songun Korea in the near future.

As an acknowledgement of the vigorous activities performed by the Study Group in furthering soildarity work with Korea, the Group has been mentioned in the dispatches of the KCNA. The Study Group produces on a regluar basis statements in support of the DPRK and on Korean topics.Sometimes these Study Group Statements appear in the DPRK press and on the British progressive media outlets.

Dermot Hudson has contributed many articles on the Juche Idea and the DPRK. Mr.Hudson wrote a lengthy article on "The Struggle of the WPK Aganist Modern Revisionism". Dermot spoke on the DPRK to an audience at the Oxford University Asia-Pacific Society. For all his efforts for promoting solidarity work with the Korean People Dermot Hudson was rewarded the DPRK Friendship Order (Second Class) in 2002. In the December 2009 & January 2010 issues of "Korea Today" carried Shaun Pickford's account "Travel To The Land Of Songun". Mr.Pickford was granted a portrait badge with the beaming image of Respected President KIM IL SUNG during his July 2009 visit by KASS. The National Organiser Mr.Kevin Cain organised a mass demonstration outside the south Korean embassy on June 25th 2009. Professor Goodacre has presented a number of papers on the Juche philosophical system to various academic forums in the past.

Future tasks for the Study Group:

To Increase Membership Figures.

To expand the influence and profile of the Study Group.

To continuously educate the membership of the Study Group in the Juche Idea and in Songun Politics.

To circulate the classic works of KIM IL SUNG and KIM JONG IL widely among different sectors in the UK.

To have more delegations from the Study Group visiting the DPRK and attending international Juche conferences.

To increase the Study Group's work among political actvists, anti-imperialist campaigners, trade unionists, academics and students from various quarters from across Britain.

Aim to hold a grand national seminar on the Juche Idea with the attendance of of the academic community,political parties,trade unions, solidarity groups and progressive individuals. To invite a working level delegation from KASS to the grand national seminar.

To publish one or two of the classic works of KIM IL SUNG and of KIM JONG IL under the Lodestar Publishers franchise. To increase the distribution of "Independence Star" and to achieve a more diverse readership for the journal.

To produce a book of travelogues by Study Group members who have visited the DPRK.

To cement commerical links with KPIEC and KPEA.

To organise a Gala celebratory meeting for April 2012 in central London.

Fundrasing Ideas for the Group:

Hold a DPRK film evening with alcholic & soft drinks and snacks on offer.

A Study Group tour of historic London.

A Study Group Meal.

Sales of DPRK literature, CDs and DVDs. Making Donations to the Group.

The last decade,00s, was a time of expansion and consolidation. Over the duration of that decade the Study Group grew in terms of quality and qauntity.So as we celebrate the 68th birthday of the Great Leader General KIM JONG IL let us re-trouble our efforts to build up the Study Group emulating the ethos of Kanggye and of Chollima. Progressive people are looking more and more for a credible alternative ideology that will take into account the complexities of the 21st century. That is why there has been an increased curiosity in the Juche Idea among democratic circles. The Study Group still has a mountain to climb, but overcoming the vast difficulties in front of us, we shall overcome with our strong and pure faith in the Juche Idea. It is our duty as the pioneers of Juche reserach activities to go forward towards contributing to the creation of a New Peoples Britain and to a New Independent and Peaceful World!!

LONG LIVE THE GREAT LEADER COMRADE KIM JONG IL!

LONG LIVE THE JUCHE IDEA!



DELIVERED ON JANUARY 30TH 2010 LONDON UK

JUCHE AND SOCIAL ADVANCE IN WESTERN EUROPE -A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT LEADER
COMRADE KIM IL SUNG ON THE OCCASION OF THE 96 ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH

Dermot Hudson Chairman of the Juche Idea Study Group of England (JISGE)


Introduction The Juche Idea of the great leader President Kim Il Sung ,which was further developed and enchanced by the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il,it is known for its great vitality and durablity.Its birth was in the fiery crucible of the anti Japanese armed struggle.It guided the Korean revolution for nearly 70 years and lead it to a great victory by defeating first Japanese imperialism,then US imperialism and then the building of a socialist state independent in politics,self sufficient in economics and self reliant in national defence.The DPRK became widely admired as a model of socialism and the influence of Juche spread beyond the borders of the land of the 3,000 ri The Juche idea became the guiding idea of not only the DPRK but the oppressed peoples of the third world in their struggle for independence and liberation.However some may ask what is the relevance of Juche to Western Europe as Europe is not socialist and is not part of the third world.This humble essay aims to try and answer this burning question.
Firstly,there can be no social advance in Western Europe without achieving first of all the absolute and full independence of Europe from US imperialism.It would be unthinkable to achieve an substanial social or democratic advance in Europe whilst it is still under the domination and tutelage of US imperialism.For decades US imperialism has blocked social advance and hampered progressive movements all over the world .As the great leader President Kim Il Sung said
'US Imperialism is the most barbarous and shameless
aggressor of modern times,the main force of aggression and
war,the ringleader of world reaction,the bulwark of modern
colonialism,the strangler of national liberation and
independence and disrupter of world peace'
(Kim Il Sung September 18th 1969)

During the cold war period it even actively planned to carry out or instigate military coups in countries where communists got elected to government and throughout the world carried out military coups armed interventions,sabotage,assasinations and dirty tricks campaigns.To give examples of this in Europe it has been revealed that the US CIA planned to carry out a coup if the the PCI( a reformist and revisionist party)won an election and also the hostile campaign against to stop left reformist Mr Tony Benn becoming leader of the Labour party and possibly UK prime minister.Also the sinister terrorist “Gladio” outfit was created by US agents in European countries to destroy by force left wing movements and assasinate leftist figures .Even today the US still interferes by so called ‘colour revolutions’ ,a stereotyped method of undermining and then overthrowing independent governments.This is essentially old wine in new bottles.
US domination is particularly acute in Britain which
has US troops stationed on its soil and has dispatched many troops to help the
US imperialists in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.This is against the wishes of
the vast majority of the British people.There is not a ‘special relationship” but
vassalage and submission to the interests of the US imperialists.The domination
of US imperialist “trash culture” is prevalent in Britain,with most films shown
on TV being from the US and many British TV programmes being simply copies of US
ones.Pop singers sing in an American style.Such so called culture is in fact a poison
turning people into mindless morons and degenerates Other European countries too suffer from a lack of cultural independence.The time honoured culture of France has been despoiled by the construction of “Euro-Disney” near Paris inflicting the banality of Mickey Mouse upon the French.


Economic domination by the US still exists to some extent though this has been weakened by the decline of the dollar and the rise of the European Union,however US monopolies still have footholds in the European continent and in particular have penetrated into the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe many of which have been turned
into vassal states and pro US sychphants by the reactionary rulers that seized power
after 1989.

Thus Europe needs to to achieve emancipation in all fields political,economic,philosophical
military and cultural fields from the United States.Obvious steps are withdrawing from NATO and the explusion of US troops from European soil but this would only be the start.The ideological and cultural basis of pro Americanism in Europe must be challenged.Thus Juche must be applied and Europeans must become the masters of Europe.The DPRK is a model country of independence -there are no foreign troops on its,the people are the masters of the economy with all major enterprises being operated by Korean people and national culture is strong and omnipotent.It is an inspiration to all peoples who struggle for independence.The DPRK fearlessly oppose US imperialism and is well known for its anti US anti imperialist struggle.Moreover the Juche idea,the idea of independence can be applied in the struggle for the independence of Europe.Juche can enable us to challenge and combat the pervasive ideology of pro Americanism that afflicts Europe.Essentially the pro US ideology in Europe is a form of what the Koreans define as flunkeyism which can be defined as servility to and submission to great powers.The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung once said that if a nation embraces flunkeyism it is ruined,if party embraces it it makes a mess of the revolution and construction and if a person embraces it he becomes an idiot.

Not only can the teachings of the Juche idea on political,economic and cultural independence but applied in Europe but these are essential to free Europe from US domination and achieve social advance.Juche can form the basis for ideological liberation in Europe

The works of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung and the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il can also help us understand better the realities of the contemporary society in Europe.Whilst most European countries are subordinated to US imperialism they are still imperialist countries themselves.As the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il pointed out as long ago as the early 1960s after 1945 imperialism assumed a pyramid structure or a centripetal axis with US imperialism become the leading imperialist power and subordinating other imperialist powers.This fundamental point is not understood by some people..

The work of the great leader comrade Kim Jong “Let Us March Dynamically Along the Road of Socialism and Communism under the unfurled banner of Anti Imperialist Struggle”(25 September 1987) makes a profound analysis of the decadence of contemporary imperialism and is very useful to us in understanding the present era and very relevant to our understanding of how to achieve social change in Western Europe.
He points out that
“The imperialists were keenly aware of the fact that they would not be able to maintain the capitalist system unless the working-class movement in their own countries was undermined, so they brought up large numbers of labor aristocrats, while striving to conceal capitalist exploitation and to subdue the resistance of the working masses through unemployment and poverty”
This point is quite fundamental as the existence of labour aristocrats and people with deep
illusions about capitalist society has undermined the revolutionary movement in Western
Europe and blocked the advance to socialism.President Kim Il Sung earlier told Peruvian
leader Alan Garcia in 1983 that ;

“capitalists are very cunning.They leave no stone unturned to maintain their position.
They rear labour aristocrats among the working class and put them up to disorganise
the ranks of the working class movement.Here in lies one of the major reasons why revolution does not break out in the capitalist countries”


The existence of the labour aristocracy and the embourgeoisifiction of the working class in the developed capitalist countries is a serious obastcle to the revolution and one that will have to be addressed and dealt with by those who struggle for socialism.

However this does not mean that capitalism is strong in Western Europe.In the work
quoted above leader comrade Kim Jong Il makes a penetrating analysis of contemporary
imperialism;
“Contemporary imperialism has also a serious inner contradiction because of which it cannot escape its doom.
Outwardly, the developed countries seem to be prospering, but inwardly they are roiling due to ever-worsening contradictions.
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 paralyze the human body and mind, with the result that the number of drug addicts, a1coholics, 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 paralyze the working masses' consciousness of independence and to make people submitt 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 inimicality and depravity, murder and robbery are roman 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.
With a view to maintaining its privileged position, which is being endangered with the passage of time, the capitalist c1ass is rezoning to crafty schemes to placate, deceive and bribe the masses while melding its reactionary ruling machine fascist and furthering its policy of aggression and war.
A decadent material life, a poor mental and cultural life and a reactionary political life-these can be said to be the main characteristic of capitalist society, and they show the anti-popular nature and corruption of modem imperialism.”

Thus leader comrade Kim Jong Il shows a broad sweep in summing up the features of contemporary imperialism .Even a casual glance at life in Britain today and indeed in other European countries to say nothing of north America will reveal the correctness of his analysis.Crime and degeneration are rampant,most English cities are not safe after dark,drug addiction,prostitution and alocholism are rampant and all sorts of degenerates stalk the streets and even commit degenerate acts in public with no censure from the ruling authorities.The ruling class are simply concerned with making money by whatever means possible.
A few years earlier the Juche Idea Study Group of England concluded that a controlled social collapse was happening within the imperialist countries whereby working class and some lower middle class areas are allowed to degenerate into disorder but the ruling monopoly capitalists live in exclusive secure and protected enclaves.

Juche a sharp tool for analysing the realities of contemporary imperialism.The Juche
socio historical principle teaches us to that real social advance is measured by whether the
popular masses play their role as masters of society.Much is made by revisionists,social
democrats and reformists of one hue or another about the former ‘welfare state’ in the
imperialist countries.Did this really advance the interests of the popular masses by making them masters of state and society?no it did not the capitalist structures stayed intact and the ‘welfare state’was actually used to cover up the contradictions of capitalism.Rather than fighting for reforms revolutionaries in Western Europe need to fight for the popular masses to become masters of society.

Thirdly,Juche can contribute to social advance in Western Europe as it provides the correct
answers to the question of the revival of the socialist and communist movement.The
socialist movement is in a very poor state in Western Europe,in most countries of Europe it
is divided into numerous small groups which are cut off from the masses.On top of that many opportunistic and revisionist ideologies prevail.The situation became particularly bad after the 1989-1991events which led to the frustation of socialism in the European socialist countries and the USSR this caused widespread demoralization and confusion.The propaganda that socialism failed or is wrong was widely spread without being effectively challenged by support Even before that the situation
of many socialist movements was poor.The onslaught of modern revisionism from 1956 had
caused many problems including split parties etc and also led to communist parties becoming non revolutionary ,in some cases even quite conservative ie they would oppose any activity continually saying “we cant do that,we cant do this” ,”we must not do such and such”.Very quickly such parties lost the support of revolutionary youth and became ‘OAP parties’.One deeply negative consequence of this was the growth of Trotskyism in a number of Western European countries.Trotskyism did not lead the revolutionary movement but just caused more setbacks because of its counter revolutionary nature and led to the socialist idea becoming even more remote from the working class in Western Europe.
Generally most leftist parties in Western Europe do not have working class support and have few working class membersIt is now very rare for such parties to be joined by the poorest people in society.Many such parties take their support from lower middle strata and the intelligentisa-the so called chattering classes and also from some sections of the labour aristocracy.However such parties have failed to win support from both the poor white working class in the European countries but also from immigrant communities.As a result such parties are isolated and cut off from potenial support.

The Juche idea can provide a means to overcome these problems that block the advance to socialism in Europe.First The Juche idea provides the answer is to why socialism was
frustated in some countries,in particular the works of leader comrade Kim Jong Il such
as “The Historical Lesson in Building Socialism and the General Line of Our Party”
and “Socialism Is A Science” provide answers as to what really happened and show
the way to revive socialism.This works show that socialism indeed scienfitic and
not utopian.The Juche idea teaches us that socialism must be centred upon the
popular masses,if it is not it will not suceed.Moreover Juche teaches us that only when
the party goes deep amongst the masses and unites the masses around itself can it when
victory.Juche teaches us that victory in the revolution comes not from small groups
or parties and that the work of the revolution and construction cannot be carried out
by a few individuals but the masses themselves.

Juche also teaches us that the socialist movement must reject flunkeyism and dogmatism
otherwise its work will not be successful.It is the people of Britain and Europe that must
carry out the revolution not people from elsewhere.In the past many parties in Europe
blindly copied and worshipped the Soviet Union and totatlly swallowed modern
revisionism only to be left helpless and in despair when the USSR and CPSU were
no longer.Some others tried to follow China but failed to build stable parties and experienced many splits and factionalism.Thus the socialist movement must strive to have its own Juche its work.


Thus Juche and the venerable works of the great leaders comrade Kim Il Sung and comrade Kim Jong Il can make a very big contribution to the struggle for social
advance against monopoly capitalism

Report on JISGE meetingn held in London on 30 JAN 2010

The Juche Idea Idea Study Group of England and the Association for the Study of
Songun Politics UK held a meeting in central London on January 30th to celebrate
the birth of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il,the greatest national holiday of the
Korean people.
The meeting was attended by more than 12 people and a number sent apologies due not
being able to attend.Those in attendance included core members of the Juche Study
Group of England and Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK but also members
of the UK Korean Friendship Association,members of the academic community from
the University of London and other UK universities,a member of the Greek Communist
Party (KKE) resident in London,members of the Co Ordination Committee of Revolutionary
Communists(in individual and personal capacity) and progressive people.

The meeting was opened by Chairman Dermot Hudson.He drew attention to the
tense situation on the Korean peninsula caused by the south Korean puppets and
US imperialists.He explained that the "northern limit line " is bogus as it was
unilaterally imposed by the south Korean puppets and US imperialists. He read out the statement of the spokesman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.A
brief discussion followed on the issue of the increasing tension in Korea.One participant
pointed out that for years the south Korean puppets had covered up the truth of the
Cheju Island massacre.
Chairman Dermot Hudson made some remarks on the DPRK New
Year editorial stressing the central task in raising living standards.Participants in the
meeting said it was wonderful that in Socialist Korea living standards would increase.
Kevin Cain organisation secretary of the JISGE and also Organisation Secretary
of UK KFA and publisher of "For Bolshevism" read out a statement by comrade
Nina Andreeva general secretary of the AUCPB on the occasion of the 68th birthday
of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il.The statement praised the on the spot guidance
of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il and expounded the vitality and correctness of
the DPRK's policies.
Chairman Dermot Hudson read out a paper entitled "THE GREAT LEADER COMRADE KIM JONG ILS’ ON THE SPOT GUIDANCE ,SELF RELIANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH".He said that the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il " tirelessly gave on the spot guidance.KCNA reported that provided field guidance to at least 200 units across the country this year. (I would add here that this means that he was giving on the spot guidance 2 out of every 3 working days in the year)"
He also said "".However besides the quantative growth there were 2 vitally important aspects involved.Firstly,the widespread introduction of Korean made Computer
Numerically Controlled machine tools into sectors of the DPRK economy.These are known as the cutting edge and there is even a new popular song "Cutting Edge".CNC machine tools have boosted productivity and cut costs.In one case they reduced the amount of hours required to produce turbine parts from 800 hours to 50 hours.Secondly,2009 saw the workers and technical staff at the Songjin Steel Complex in the north east realise a long cherished goal -the production of Juche iron and steel ie the production of and iron using native resources and methods.This means that the need for coking coal is eliminated in
the iron production process thus meaning that steel and iron production can proceed without interruption and the industry has been liberated from reliance on a foreign source of materials.Leader Kim Jong Il described this as a victory greater than a third nuclear test.
Thus the DPRK economy has made a huge leap forward in 2009 and the basis laid for a self sutaining take off into economic growth as well for the goal of building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation and raising peoples
living standards.This is the fruit of leader Kim Jong Il's on the spot guidance and Songun leadership.This is the reason why Korean people celebrate the date of his birth and also friends of the DPRK also celebrate it.".

Dr Hugh Goodacre of the University of London spoke about the work of the great leader
comrade Kim Jong Il "The DPRK is a Juche Orientated Socialist State with Invincible
Might".He said that the strength of the DPRK was its people orientated policies.He said
that the DPRK had advanced along the road of socialism succesfully despite many
decades of sanctions and pressure by imperialism.Owing the prevailing situation in
which the imperialists try to crush the DPRK by military force leader Kim Jong Il
developed Songun politics making the Peoples Army the pillar of the revolution.Dr
Goodacre recalled seeing the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il at a function in the
DPRK and recollected the deep impression this made on him.

Shaun Pickford,secretary general of the Group, read out a paper "Review of the past 10 years of the Juche Idea Study Group".He said that despite attempts by various associated hostile forces to isolate and stifle the Study Group it had maintained its existence and held seminars and meetings over the past 10 years.It had established other organisations such as the Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK.He said they regard the
UK Korean Friendship Association as the brother organisation of the Group.He referred
to the viscious and criminal slanders heaped on the UK KFA by certain hostile forces.
Secretary Pickford recalled various succesful meetings the group had held.Also he
spoke of the work on the Internet by Group Chairman Dermot Hudson.He spoke of the
visits made by himself and Dermot Hudson to the Democratic Peoples Republic of
Korea.
A congratulory letter to the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il and a message of support
to the DPRK NDC and KPA general Staff were adopted.

The meeting concluded.A sandwich buffet was held and participants socialised in
a cordial atmosphere.