Defend North Korea

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Saturday October 21, 2006 04:55

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There is a good article arguing a 'defend North Korea' line on the website of the American 'World Workers Party', with which former US Attorney General and Mary Kelly supporter, Ramsay Clark, is closely associated.

Korea: What to do
Published Oct 19, 2006 8:34 PM
For those who are internationalists, especially those who believe that Lenin made a vital contribution to understanding the nature of imperialism, there is no escaping the seriousness of the threats against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the danger of a new war against the DRPK. The very existence of one of the remaining socialist states is at risk. Our comrades are under attack. The question, then, is what to do about it.

The first step is to prepare those organizations and individuals who already are aware of the oppressive role of the U.S. imperialist government—prepare them ideologically, politically and, if possible, organizationally—to expose and confront Washington’s lies and threats. An important part of this process is to publicly express solidarity with the people and the government of the DPRK, who are under enormous economic, diplomatic and military pressure from imperialism.

Bear in mind that the current goal of U.S. diplomacy is to isolate the DPRK. Statements, public meetings and public protests against the aggressive U.S. policy and in solidarity with the DPRK are on the order of the day.

The second step is to prepare the working-class movement, the anti-war movement and, as much as possible, the population for the possibility that this new crisis can give Japan the excuse to further militarize, and even to the possibility of imperialist military aggression against the DPRK. Some may argue that the great sacrifices of the Iraqi resistance fighters have complicated the war plans of the Bush administration and made any new military adventures extremely risky. True. But these increased risks have not changed the nature of imperialism as an aggressive and unstable system that drives the imperialist states to war.

Even if some consider war unlikely, it cannot be ignored by those who want to prepare the forces that will combat aggression. They should be very clear that the imperialists are causing the war and that the workers and oppressed should be on the side of the DPRK.

Such steps, outlined above, are the responsibility of the workers’ and communist movement worldwide and should be supported by all those wanting to avert new aggressive moves from Washington and its allies against North Korea. That movement is encouraged by seeing the strong statements of solidarity from the Communist Party of the Philippines, the Socialist Unity Center of India, Workers World Party in the U.S., and other communist and workers’ parties as well as anti-imperialist groups that are in solidarity with the DPRK’s attempt to defend its sovereignty and its socialist system.

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defend Kim yong il! fuck yeah!!!

by -

Sat Oct 21, 2006 17:42

ribbid

north korean telly yesterday.

wasn't TOO far off :)

by threatmatrix

Sat Oct 21, 2006 15:13

interesting article in guardian. Kim has backed off. US pressured china, china pressured Kim. Cheap oil, aid and border enforcement are the key.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,,1927994,00.h...ed=12

north korea is not a real threat

Sat Oct 21, 2006 14:11

If treated decently by the international community. All they want is a stronger bargaining position because their people are starving and the country is in crisis. With the right approach and some decent humanitarian terms and allowing for the national pride thing by not insulting them then this issue is soluble. You can be certain that if kim jong il gets too far out of hand, china will sort him out pretty quick and he knows it.

They haven't even got one working missile yet. lets get it in perspective. The US on the other hand has 10000 warheads at least and about 7000+ on hair trigger. Who is the real threat to world peace? Kim jong il is not as daft as he pretends to be. It helps his bargaining position for him to be thought of as batshit insane and he knows it.

Kim jong Il is good at staying in power but shite at managing his country. Things have got out of hand for him and people are starving and it is getting to a crisis point. He is afraid he will lose power. North korea just need a decent package of foreign aid, some good economic advice on keeping people fed with NK's available resources and some respect (faked if necessary)

why not just stand back and let the NK regime fall apart? good question. Well for one thing, many more people will die of starvation. For another, kim jong il might become more of a problem if he is right up against the wall. He is less likely to be a problem to anyone if he doesn't feel threatened. He is 65, why can't we just wait him out and meanwhile soften relations, trade with and give aid to the people to make their lot better?

Now whether the US is capable of not insulting a nation and helping to secure aid for them under reasonable terms, that is another story. Probably not. They couldn't (or wouldn't!) even help their own people after Katrina.

Now if it was corporate welfare we were talking about.....no problemo!

IMHO The main issue here is US goading of north korea in pursuit of their "create more bogeymen" strategy to allow them to ramp up their arms budget and clamp down on the constitution back home, and maybe generate another lucrative battlefront with all the fat corporate no bid contracts that brings. Also it is in line with US policy of coming down hard on any nation with a different system of government that does not play ball with american business interests.
They (North Korea) are a nation in crisis. They have little left to lose, the people are hungry, the regime leader feels his position is at risk, they are being goaded. this is how the situation will grow into something worse.

Why don't china help them? I'm not sure. Perhaps they are hoping other people will spend the money instead or they are waiting to see what the US will do or they are in with the US on it . Their behaviour is hard to decipher. Instead of sabre rattling, perhaps the US would be better off pressuring china to create and implement a suitable aid package with the assistance of the international community.

Yes kim jong il is an awful leader but the US have happily propped up similar people. A few personally signed copies of hollywood DVD's would probably please him, and maybe bring liz taylor,sean connery or michael jackson along to the talks!

Surely at the end of the day this should be about what is best for the starving and long suffering north korean people and not just our dislike for their nasty leader or america's financial greed.

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by Historian

Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:18

Anyone advocating support for this absurd and murderous regime ought to be treated in the same manner as Holcaust deniers.

If you want to defend North Korea go and live there then.

by Righteous Pragmatist

Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:49

You'll enjoy eating rats and grass to stay alive and kissing the arse of a fat old shitbag wearing a pair of pyjamas and crap sunglasses.

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