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Day of Action for Korea

outside the embassy

By New Worker correspondent

London communists took part in a Day of Action for Korea last weekend, which included a picket of the new American embassy in Nine Elms and a film show in the evening at the Marchmont Centre.

NCP London Organiser Theo Russell joined the afternoon protest outside the embassy that called for an end to US imperialism’s hostile policy towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and for the USA to finally end the Korean War and sign a peace treaty with the Democratic Korean government.

The picket was called by the Korean Friendship Association (KFA). and NCP leader Andy Brooks called for even greater efforts in the year to come at the KFA AGM that took place later that evening.

Raptuous welcome for President Xi Jinping in Pyongyang last Thursday

Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong Un at Pyongyang International Airport last week

Korean solidarity in Glasgow

busy at the lit stall at the meeting

By New Worker correspondent

Last Saturday saw the inaugural meeting of the Korea Friendship Association (KFA) Scotland take place in a trendy café in Glasgow’s Merchant City.

The packed and youthful meeting was kicked off by Mitchell Wells, the KFA’s Zone Director for Scotland.

The Chair of the KFA UK, Dermot Hudson, spoke about his recent visits to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and about the necessity to counter imperialist propaganda about the DPRK. He noted that many news agencies such as NKNews, which are quoted as objective sources by the BBC, are in fact run by former personnel from the CIA. He also warned about the ‘Liberty in North Korea’ organisation that is active in recruiting on British university campuses. He appealed to members of the audience to visit the DPRK to see the reality for themselves.

Ben Lunn, Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain’s youth wing in Glasgow, outlined the theory and practice of culture in Democratic Korea. He also provided a brief outline of Marxist thinking on the relationship between art and politics, from Plekhanov before the Bolshevik Revolution to Kim Jong Il’s extensive writings on the important role of the cinema in building socialism.

Himself a musician, Lunn paid particular attention to the wide variety of musical life in the DPRK. He was particularly impressed by the ‘youth ensembles’ in the DPRK, which give children excellent chances to participate in music making with instruments especially designed for young hands.

James Taylor then described the work of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front, which operates illegally in opposing reactionaries in the occupied south of Korea.

Mitchell Wells then gave an outline of the concept of the Juche ideology, which he described as a positive development of Marxism-Leninism, and described the present day DPRK as having one class with several strata.

Lively discussion was followed by the election of officers and plans for further meetings and activities, which will include the formation of a Juche Study Group.

The meeting concluded with the election of officers for the new branch and the award of a KFA medal to Mitchell Wells for his long service to the KFA.

Down with the BBC lie-machine

by New Worker correspondent

Theo Russell joined other Korean solidarity campaigners outside Broadcasting House on Saturday to condemn the BBC’s blatant bias against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The NCP London Organiser was taking part in a picket outside the BBC’s London HQ, called by the Korean Friendship Association (KFA), to highlight the BBC’s ongoing demonisation of Democratic Korea in its home and overseas broadcasts.

In 2017 the state broadcaster began a special Korean language service in a renewed imperialist propaganda campaign that targets the people’s government in north Korea.

Although the BBC poses as ‘impartial’ it uncritically repeats the anti-communist hysteria of the most reactionary elements of south Korean society, and the lies and smears of American Cold War warriors.

Korean posters in London

DPRK ambassador at the exhibition

By New Worker correspondent

Korean modern poster art returned to a gallery in London’s now fashionable East End last weekend, with a display of 20 original hand-painted posters from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). At the opening ceremony Democratic Korean ambassador Choe Il said the posters reflected the reality of Juche Korea, which is defying the imperialist sanctions to advance under the banner of self-reliance.

All the posters were up for sale and visitors could also buy souvenirs, badges, and DPRK books and pamphlets at the literature table in the hall. The posters, covering a number of themes ranging from economic construction to sports, were part of an exhibition organised by the Korean Friendship Association (KFA), which regularly holds meetings and cultural events in the capital throughout the year.