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| Dermot Hudson and Andy Brooks in Brixton |
In July 1953 US imperialism signed an armistice ending the Korean war. The war began when the Americans and their lackeys attacked north Korea in June 1950. It ended with the USA beaten to a standstill by the Korean People’s Army and the Chinese volunteers on 27th July 1953. But though the USA signed the armistice it never honoured the terms of the truce. 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. And all of this was commemorated last weekend by Korean Friendship Association (KFA) campaigners in Brixton.
NCP leader Andy Brooks joined other comrades marking the 72nd anniversary of the Korean people in the Korean war at a south London community centre just a stone’s throw from Brixton station. In his opening remarks KFA Chair Dermot Hudson said “in today’s world we are seeing an increase in aggression and intervention by US imperialism and its proxies such as the Zionists so it is important to increase solidarity with People’s Korea, an anti-imperialist socialist country. We are here today to mark two important victories of People’s Korea against imperialism. Tomorrow July 27th is the 72nd anniversary of the victory against the US imperialists in the Fatherland Liberation War and in less than three weeks from now it will be the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule on 15th August. Both victories were the fruit of the Juche idea and are associated with the leadership of President Kim Il Sung. Both are an example of a small country winning victory by its own efforts against overwhelming odds”.
And in his contribution Andy Brooks, the general secretary of the New Communist Party, recalled the great victory of the Korean people in the Fatherland Liberation War pointing out that the south Korean troops in the war were reduced to the role of ancillaries and servants for the Americans and their lackeys flying the false flag of the United Nations to cover their criminal aggression.
The speeches were followed by a Q & A session which sparked off an interesting discussion about the DPR Korea’s policies on Palestine and Israel and questions about building solidarity with People’s Korea across London and throughout the country.
