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2 its people are always consistent! American imperialism has always been working to destroy the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and destroy the socialist achievements in that country. But its people are not compromising! And we are really convinced, we are confident, • that their Juche philosophy - which stresses the importance of the right of self-determination, which stresses the importance of the right of self-reliance - is a message imparted to the masses so that they know what they are fighting • for. Some opportunist leaders in Africa have made it a point that people should not be taught an ideology which will always be a guiding light in all their actions. That is why we in Africa have

(3 a high regard for the Osagyefo President is present Kwame Nkrumah, whose son has attended proposed today, precisely because he made it a point that people should be taught not only African nationalism, as a liberatory Creed against oppression, but also socialism and democracy. People should know that, if independence is to be meaningful and real, independence must have the form of a social order, a social arrangement where people hold in common the means of production and share in accordance with their needs the fruits of their Collective labour. I recently attended a meeting at the Royal Commonwealth Society which President of Tanzania Nyerere (was addressing), where he pointed out that some leaders were very proud

(4 to find themselves installed as presidents in newly independent states. They were proud to get 21-gun salutes when they visited imperialist countries like Britain. And President Nkrumah was a lone voice, telling our people: Comrades, my fellow leaders, my colleagues! As long as you are not in control of the natural resources in your countries, this is neo-colonialism which we are experiencing; it is neo-colonialism, it is sham independence, it has no meaning whatsoever. Yes - you see an African president, an African judge, you see African soldiers or police; but the fact of the matter is: the man in the street is starving, the man in the street is a victim of diseases, the man in the street is unable to find shelter, the man in the street is not adequately dressed. And yet we boast of having independence!

5 Now, it is in the light of this that when we see philosophies such as Juche — which stipulate very, very clearly what independence is all about, and what the masses themselves can do — then I must honour a Seminer such as this one, precisely because it is • aimed at making people not to repeat mistakes which have been made previously. It is aimed at impartory knowledge to people about what is actually meant by ✓ independence. As you can read in the Juche philosophy, as formulated by Comrade Kim Jong Il: "The independent stand is a • thoroughly revolutionary stand... The working class is the most independent class which struggles to emancipate itself by its own initiative and to become the master of its own destiny." Comrades, we are very, very happy to be with you today; we are very, very happy to have been invited by Mosquito Press.

(6 These comrades of Mosquito Press are some of the very few comrades, in the white left in this country, who will support a liberation movement like the PAC without any conditions. They are convinced that the people of the PAC are fighting to regain their land and fighting to implement a socialist programme for a new society. • Those who are delivering blows against imperialism, in whatever country, are serving to advance the socialist cause. Because there is no doubt, comrades, that as the ✓ • Osagyefo said if Africa is united, if Africa is liberated and it implements a socialist programme, imperialism will be doomed! So, comrades, we are convinced that people who work consistently, who work honestly for the realisation of the ideas which are embodied in the Juche philosophy will be

(7 doing a great service to humanity. Because, undoubtedly, imperialism must be crushed if people are to live happy — and it is not invincible, comrades! There is always a lot which can be done to crush imperialists! And one should be very, very grateful that there are great leaders like Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il, people who are prepared • to give unconditional support to the struggle against imperialism. All causes of the downtrodden people, all causes of the people who are fighting oppression, whether they are a minority or whether they belong to a nation which is dispossessed of its land — all those causes must triumph! And an international socialist world must take it • upon itself to give full support to people who are struggling against injustice, against exploitation, against oppression. Thank you, comrades.

TO THE SEMINAR ON THE JUCHE IDEA. A submission by the British Anti-Zionist Organisation. The British Anti-Zionist Organisation (Palestine Solidarity) thanks the Mosquito Press and the Organising Committee for their invitation to address this seminar on the Juche idea and we salute the people of the DPRK and their Great Leader Comrade Kim il Sung. We thank the DPRK for the support they have given to the Palestine Liberation Organisation, and the warm welcome they have always given to its Chairman, Abu Amar. We particularly thank the Great Leader Comrade Kim il Sung for his outspoken denunciation of the racist evil called Zionism. We, in BAZO-PS believe that it is particularly important, when dealing with a well-organised and ruthless enemy to fully understand the nature and motivation of that enemy. Thus much of the work of Bazo-PS is in exposing to the world the true nature of Zionism, its history, philosophy, and the record of its murderous actions. Zionism is a 19th century political philosophy, founded by a man named Theodore Herzl. It must clearly be distinguished from Judaeism, a religion over 3000 years old. The Zionist movement existed to establish a homeland for the Jewish people, and today seeks to expand that "homeland", with the aid of imperialism, to subdue and subvert its neighbours, and establish its hegemony over the whole region. Many Zionists today openly declare their racism, proclaiming that Arabs are genetically inferior and only fit for menial tasks. That they have no human rights, since they are barely human and can be treated as such. Comrades, Does this philosophy not sound familiar? Do you not see remarkable similarities with a 20th century political philosophy that started in Germany in the 1920's? It should come, therefore, as no surprise to those who understand the true nature of Zionism to learn that Zionism and Nazism were indeed once allied, one to expel Jews from Europe, the other to force Jews to settle in Palestine. This is the enemy we must destroy. For today the tentacles of Zionism are spreading far and wide from its base in the Zionist entity called by some "The state of Israel". Zionism and Zionist agents on behalf of imperialism have today reared their heads in Nigeria (Involved in a Kidnap attempt); Sri lanka, in support of the repression of the Tamil people; in Central America, as surrogates for the United States; in Ethiopia, with the unscrupulous exploitation of starving people; in South Africa, with its open trade and secret arms deals, its influence and control of the British media (which) makes our task in exposing Zionism so much harder.

Comrades, the Korean revolution started as an armed struggle against Japanese imperialism, some 50 years ago. Today, the Palestinian struggle may be seen in a similar light. The land is occupied by an imperialist power; its people suffer under imperialist oppression, its forces are scattered, many of its people refugees. But the struggle con tinues, confident in the inevitability of final victory. Throny The actions of the Palestinian freedom fighters in the late 1960's brought home to the Zionists their own weakness and vulnerability. By gaining world headlines by some spectacular missions in the 1970's they brought home to U.S. imperialism and its lackeys in Western Europe their own vulnerability. By their heroic stand in Lebanon the Palestinians have been a shining example to freedom fighters all over the world. But, as the Juche idea clearly says, success in the revolutionary struggle comes by building a political as well as military organisation. To quote from Comrade Kim Jong Il: Mole "...politico-ideaological superiority is the essential merit of revolutionary armed forces and the source of their invincibility. It is imperitive, therefore, to knit the army closely from a politico-ideological point of view and steadily raise its politico-ideological level and ensure that im- perialist armies of aggression are defeated by the strength of the politico-ideological superiority of the revolutionary peoples armed forces." An essential part of that politico-ideological theory is the concept of Independence. For as the Korean people have found their own solutions to their own problems in the struggle so must the Palestinian people find their solutions through their own efforts and their own organisations. The Palestine Liberation Organisation is that body. It is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and its commandos are its military vanguard. The unity of the organisation is paramount. Whilst, at various times in the long struggle for liberation, tactics may vary, diagreements may be voiced within the democratic framework of the organisation, yet must the overall strategy and unity of purpose be maintained at all costs. Further, the independence of the organisation must be pre- served. he PLO is no flunkey of any Arab State and the Palestinian people are the flunkeys of no other people. Support from friendly forces is always welcome when facing such a formidible enemy, yet such assistance must be uncritical and unconditional, given for the greater cause of the struggle and not for hegemonistic or interventionist motives. As Comrade Kim Jong Il says:

"The revolution in each Country should be carried out responsibly by its own people, the masters, in an independent manner and in a creative way, suitable to its specific conditions." exp.? Comrades, the people in the DPRK have won their struggle against imperialism and seek to expand that victory to the re-unification of all Korea. h. The Palestinian people have yet to acieve that first stage of victory, but be assured they will. They will drive the evil of racist Zionism from the pages of history even as today it is being driven from the fields and valleys of Lebanon. They will establish the free secular and democratic state for all Palestine. Caps? Victory to the PLO. excl. mks? Victory to the struggle of the Korean people. Long live international solidarity. •