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| Dermot Hudson and Andy Brooks |
By New Worker
correspondent
Friends
of the Korean people met in central London last weekend to celebrate the defeat
of US imperialism in the Korean War that began when the USA and its lackeys
attacked north Korea in June 1950. It ended with the USA beaten to a standstill
on 27th July 1953. Although the USA signed an Armistice, it still
refuses to normalise relations with the people’s government in the north and
the Korean peninsula remains divided, with the south still occupied by
thousands of US troops.
The meeting, at the King’s Cross
Neighbourhood Centre in central London, was called by the Korean Friendship
Association (KFA) and opened by KFA Chair Dermot Hudson. He praised the role of
great leader Kim Il Sung, who led the Korean people to victory over the US
aggressors in the Korean War.
New Communist Party (NCP) leader Andy
Brooks pointed out that although Hong Kong had returned to People’s China in
1997 under the formula of ‘one country – two systems’, it was often forgotten
that it was Kim Il Sung who first put forward this proposal to end the
partition of Korea with the establishment of a ‘Democratic Confederal Republic
of Koryo’ in 1980. But the country still remains divided by a monstrous
concrete wall built by the south Korean regime in the 1970s and the south
remains occupied by US imperialism.
Realistic circles at the helm of the new
south Korean government want normalisation and the return of their factories in
the ‘special zone’ that was closed in 2016. But that can only happen if the USA
recognises the northern government and all the imperialist sanctions are
lifted. US President Trump has taken some steps forward in friendly meetings
with Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un, but the
US leader is still unwilling or unable to deliver the necessary measures needed
to end the tension on the Korean peninsula.
A
member of the anti-imperialist Italian community in London spoke about the need
to support the DPRK against imperialism and the need to build solidarity with Democratic
Korea was taken up by many others in the audience. The meeting closed with the
showing of a popular DPRK film and much needed refreshments given the very hot
weather in the capital over the weekend!
