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12 and pride revolutionary pride is unconquerable, but a nation without this attribute is powerless. The peoples of small countries who have long suffered oppression by foreign forces need so much the more the sense of national dignity and revolutionary pride." Other organisations and movements that have preserved their revolutionary integrity, deepened their links with the masses and expanded their fighting ranks precisely by defending their independence include the Scottish and Welsh Republicans and black organisations such as the Indian Workers' Association (G.B.) and the Bangladesh Workers' Association. These organisations, that firmly uphold Chajusong, know their communities, and their problems, revolutionary traditions, and methods of struggle for better than the British left ever can. Their existence is in marked contrast to those of some other forces that go in for National Nihilism, or who have allowed themselves to be sucked into the "race relations industry", or who have been made to dance to the baton of this or that British left organisation. Their sorry plight is aptly characterised by the dear leader Comrade Kim Jong Il as

(13) follows : " If one is inclined to be servile, one would be in the habit of grovelling before others and following them. If others take to revisionism, one would follow suit; and if others adopt dogmatism, one would act likewise. As the leader said, if a person falls into flunkeyism, he would become a fool; if a nation is servile to big powers, the country would go to ruin; and if a • party is subservient to big powers, it would make a mess of the revolution and construction." Dear Comrade Kim Jong Il has clarified further & developed the concept of independence of the organisations of the nationally oppressed by his development of revolutionary theory on the national question with regard to national minorities in the imperialist heartlands. • Using the example of Overseas Koreans, he pointed out : " As regards our Overseas brothers, they are Koreans who come from the same stock as us and who originally lived in the same territory, speaking the same language. They were forced to leave their beloved homesteads; either they had to go abroad to find a means of living, unable to endure Japanese imperialist colonial rule and harsh exploitation and oppression by landlords and

(4) Capitalists, or they were dragged to foreign countries as compulsorily drafted labour, or as conscripts. So how can one say that they are not of the Korean nation? It goes without saying that they legitimately belong to the Korean nation." None of the above should be confused with narrow nationalism. On the contrary it is by upholding independence that the basis is created for genuine and consistent internationalism. As dear Comrade Kim Jong IL points out: "Chajusong is not in conflict with internationalism but is the basis of its strengthening. Just as the world revolution is inconceivable without the revolution in one's own country, internationalism divorced from Chajusong cannot exist. As a matter of principle, internationalist solidarity must be based on freedom of choice and equality. Only when it is founded on Chajusong, will internationalist solidarity become based on free choice and equality and become genuine and durable." Organisations such as Sinn Fein, the Bangladesh Workers' Association and the Indian Workers' Association show the link between upholding their independence and internationalism with every fibre of their being and struggle. These are organisations that never fail to support other

(15) oppressed Concretely in their themselves. trade Union Association, which of the workers West Midlands and has now task of organising the Small Sweatshops. It has workers from played a vanguard of the working of Chartist leader Connelly commented; "He first of that long in Great Britain have gone to Make 'English' labour movement." out that: "working present and active militant labour to the ratio population at large. the advanced, the least Most irreconcilable in The great Irish leaders Jim harkin were also, prominent leaders of class movement in people in struggle, and their cadres unite with and lead working people struggles wherever they may find one important example is the work of the Indian Workers' spearheaded the unionisation in the foundries of the in the 1950s and 1960s, taken up the difficult the textile workers in always been the case that the oppressed nationalities have role in the struggle class in this country. Feargus O'Connor, James was one of the list of Irish fighters whose unselfish sacrifices a record for an He also pointed class Irish exiles were in the ranks of out of all proportion they bore to the And always they were compromising, the the movement." James Connolly and of course, the working England and Scotland,

16 and indeed in the United States of America. The first Communist MP to sit in the House of Commons - representing Battersea North - was an Indian comrade, Sapurji Saklatvala who made the cause of Indian freedom well known in Britain. The The founder of the Indian Workers' Association, Shaheed Uddam Singh is a glorious revolutionary martyr of the Indian people who was hanged, after his • Execution in Caxton Hall of the imperialist butcher General Dwyer, who was responsible for the Amritsar Massacre in 1919. Defiant to the last, he as he was being Sentenced he shouted slogans denouncing British imperialism, making the judges' remarks inaudible. He was also a delegate to the Camden Trades Council here in north London. The late general secretary of the IWA, • Comrade Jagmohan Joshi, tirelessly devoted his life not only to the cause of Indian workers and to the struggle for a People's Democratic India, but also to the cause of all workers and oppressed the people. Noel Jenkinson, the Irish patriot murdered in a British prison, was not only a committed fighter for Irish freedom but an active trade unionist, a communist and a supporter of the Asian Socialist countries. In general, the

17 Irish Prisoners of war in English jails today provide a Model of hard, unshakeable own Comrades who, on the basis of their own strict independence and strict discipline, provide a give leadership to the democratic Struggle of all prisoners, and encouragment to all of anti-imperialist struggles, as Shown by Comrade Vince Donnelly's message to today's Seminar. Truly, it is those who firmly uphold their independence who are the real internationalists. In applying the great Juche idea to our Concrete Conditions it is Necessary to particularly grasp the Juche theory on the question of the youth. Dear Comrade Kim Jong Il has pointed out; "In order to inaugurate a revolutionary party, it was Necessary to break away from the old party and the old generation, polluted with factionalism and Hunkeyism, develop new Communists of the new generation, achieve the unity of ideology and purpose of the Communist ranks and strengthen their ties with the Masses." The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung formed the first genuinely Communist organisation in Korean history, the Down with Imperialism Union, whilst still in his early teens, and advanced the Juche idea a few years

19 Later. It was who formed the Party of Korea. role of the youth, particular attention revolutionary Successors. Comrade Kim Il resplendent victories our people in Construction are • Struggle and our young men grand monumental The workers' Party parts of the undying feats of worked with all and the revolution people regard it as and pride to have • people. " The lofty character shared by all the world! As Kim Il Sung have an unflagging spirit to fight for thick and thin. excellent stamina able to be and revolutionary force in independence against those young Communists core of the workers' Today, firmly grasping the the Party pays to developing As the great leader Sung Says ; " All the and successes scored by the revolution and associated with the heroic praiseworthy efforts of millions of and women, and the structures of the era of erected in various country symbolise the our youth who have devotion for the Party Our Party and our their great pleasure such excellent young of the Korean youth is revolutionary youth around the great leader Comrade points out ; " The youth will and revolutionary justice through Because of their the youth are have become a great the struggle for imperialism ... The youth

(11) are The a youth They should fighter The Statement- movements. The of Irish Republican the young the when anti-imperialist The generation, this influence aristocracy work fore the the uprisings themselves Such Defence Movements; formed South fighting and are vigorous play the in the struggle truth of Comrade can be seen Near so home outstanding example of the Irish National liberation Prisoners of war, courageous hunger Men who demonstrated spirit of freedom, the people are leadership. role of the youth, assumes particular the oldest imperialist of Social chauvinism is so strong. it is necessary the role of the young Miners, their black youth who of 1981 and who into various independent as the Stoke Newington Campaign and the the young people the core of the militant Africa House; and of the advancing generation, and courageous role of vanguard against imperialism Kim Il Sung's in all revolutionary we have above all the young volunteers Republican Army and the Army, of the Irish and particularly Strikers of 1981 - how powerful of Chayusong, can be organised under correct of the new importance in state where the and the labour In all revolutionary to bring to the youth - whether wives and girlfriends; led the have organised organisations and Hackney Asian Youth who have pickets of mass

(20) organisations of the anti-imperialist youth of Glasgow - the Republican Bands. By encouraging the youth to consciously play their leading role, all sections whilst at the same time learning from the experience of veteran comrades, all sections of the people can be encouraged to more dynamically take up the struggle for freedom and independence. The Jucha idea aims to unite the people to wage the revolutionary struggle. It turns its back on the factional strife which divides the people. But whilst concentrating on the development of new revolutionary forces, this does not mean that we should turn our backs on those honest comrades who have been misled by the factionalists. We should also remember that our main enemy is imperialism, and that we should unite all possible forces against it. All oppressed peoples know that their strength lies in unity. The grave difficulties that the Palestinian people are currently facing are connected in no small part to the tragic splits conversely Palestine liberation organisation. In Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan revolution rapidly won victory when the three wings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front reunited. The Liberation Movements of El Salvador and

21 Guatemala have learned this lesson and formed themselves into United fronts. In contrast, the door was opened to the U.S. invasion of Grenada by the split in the revolutionary party and government of that country. In the course of their struggle, the miners saw the need to uphold unity and reject sectarianism and were able to work with a vast range of forces. • On many occasions in the course of leading the Korean revolution to victory the great leader Comrade Kim Il Song risked his very life in order to achieve national unity , and unity with the various anti- Japanese imperialist forces of the fraternal Chinese people. Today, he extends the hand of friendship to all democratic and patriotic forces in the South of the divided Korea , and to all those forces • in the world who are objectively in contradiction with imperialism , particularly U.S imperialism. He well understands that it is only our enemies who can gain by disunity. Therefore , without for a moment giving up our principles or the fight against opportunism, we think it necessary for all left wing forces to concretely look for ways in which they can unite and work together. Whether in support of the miners, the Irish people,