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| Mun Myong Sin calls for solidarity |
By
New Worker correspondent
LONDON
comrades and friends gathered last Saturday to mark the “Day of the Shining
Star”, the anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, and to celebrate the
continued advances of the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
and their contribution to international peace and progress.
A
film on the significance of Kim Jong Il’s life and work was shown, along with a
photo exhibition on the work of the DPRK leader, who sadly passed away in
December 2011, as well as portraying Democratic Korea’s recent technological,
cultural and architectural achievements.
Addressing
the meeting Comrade Mun Myong Sin from the DPRK embassy in London said that
tensions are currently growing in the Korean peninsula due to the West’s
interference.
Commenting
on the recent UN Security Council sanctions imposed on the DPRK, Mun pointed
out that the DPRK’s neighbours have launched hundreds of satellites for
peaceful use, “but the Western media portray the launch of satellite by the
DPRK as a threat”. He concluded by saying: “We really appreciate your support
at this time, and for helping us to build socialism in our country”.
Michael
Chant from the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (ML) exposed the
unfairness of the new UN Security Council sanctions, and declared his full
support for the DPRK’s independent right to pursue the peaceful exploration of
space.
Dermot
Hudson from the Juché Idea study group said: “The commemoration of the
anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il is always celebrated by the Korean
people as their greatest national holiday, as well by Juché Idea followers
throughout the world. Now, with the threats by the US imperialists and others
against the DPRK, it takes on even greater significance as celebrating it is
actually a profound and meaningful act of solidarity with People's Korea in the
face of these threats.
“Taking
advantage of the collapse of socialism in several countries, the imperialists
made a fuss about the end of socialism itself. The imperialists and those who
turned their backs on the socialist cause resorted to despicable smear
campaigns against socialism to justify their argument on the end of socialism.
They directed the spearhead of their offensive to Korea that remained as a
bulwark of socialism.
“At
this critical juncture Chairman Kim Jong Il clarified the scientific accuracy
and truth of socialism and the inevitability of its victory through his
energetic ideological and theoretical activities, dealing a resolute
counter-attack to the imperialists’ manoeuvres against socialism.
“He
published a series of works including The Historical Lesson in Building
Socialism and the General Line of Our Party, Abuses of Socialism Are
Intolerable and Socialism Is a Science so as to lay bare the absurdity of the
slanders and abuses of the imperialists”.
The
meeting was a fitting tribute to the memory of the Kim Jong Il’s revolutionary
contribution, and a timely gesture of solidarity when imperialism is renewing
its pressure and threats against the people of Democratic Korea.
The
meeting, at the Marchmont Centre in the heart of the capital, was organised by
the Co-ordinating Committee of Friends of Korea which consists of the European
Regional Society for the Study of the Juché Idea, UK Korean Friendship
Association, New Communist Party of Britain, Revolutionary Communist Party of
Britain (Marxist-Leninist) and the Socialist Labour Party. It holds public
meetings in London throughout the year.
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