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Collection of articles published in the New Age paper in 1979 by the Communist Workers Movement. Topics include Soviet-Vietnamese aggression against Democratic Kampuchea, Kampuchean people's war and resistance led by Comrade Pol Pot, lorry drivers strike in Britain and workers' struggles including the Garners restaurant strike and UPW pay claim, analysis of class struggle in 1978, Communist Workers Movement's theoretical journal Party Line launch, international solidarity with Kampuchea focusing on support from China and Korea, criticism of Soviet and Vietnamese actions, and call to action including pickets at Vietnamese Embassy in London.

A manuscript transcript fo the recording. I suppose it was delivered by Matt Lygate, but check the recording. A speech presenting the greetings from the Scottish Republican Socialist Party to the Korean people, discussing the concept of Juche in the context of independence, self-reliance, and socialism. Covers comparisons with Maoism and the revolutionary role of figures like Kim Il Sung, Mao Tsetung, and Ho Chi Minh. Explores the nature of the state, class struggle, nationalism, socialism, and armed resistance as means of liberation, with references to struggles in Britain, Ireland, and Scotland, and the need to develop indigenous Marxist-Leninist theory adapted to local conditions.

Manuscript letter on Prison notepaper dated 15 March 1985. HMP Wakefield. Letter dated 15 March 1985 from Vince Donnelly, an Irish prisoner of war at Her Majesty's Prison Wakefield, expressing solidarity with revolutionary movements, discussing the leadership of Kim Il Sung, the Juche idea, and struggles against imperialism. The letter addresses comrades in Africa, Korea, and the Philippines, emphasizes the importance of principled leadership and mass unity, and contrasts socialist governance with Western capitalist democracies.

Manuscript transcription by Peter Hogg, evidently from rough notes by Hugh Goodacre, evidently a record of a phone conversation. Nan Milton expresses support for reviving the teachings of James Connolly in connection with the study of the Juche Idea, noting a revival of interest in John Maclean and highlighting her engagement with Korean ideas and periodicals.

This document is a submission by the British Anti-Zionist Organisation to the Seminar on the Juche Idea. It expresses support for the DPRK and its leader Kim Il Sung, criticizes Zionism and its ideology, draws parallels with Nazism, discusses the Palestinian struggle and the role of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, and emphasizes political and ideological independence in revolutionary struggles.

Speech delivered by Keith Anderson, Political Director of Mosquito Press, at the Seminar on the Juche Idea. The speech discusses the global significance of the Juche Idea, its leadership origins with Comrade Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, and its relevance to revolutionary struggles worldwide including the British miners' strike, Irish Republican Movement, and struggles of oppressed nationalities and youth. Emphasis is placed on independence, unity, revolutionary leadership, and the role of youth in the anti-imperialist struggle.

Speech delivered by Mike, representing the independent anti-imperialist newspaper Ireland's War, at the Juche Idea seminar on 23 March 1985. The speech highlights the newspaper's independent production journey, its role in supporting the Irish Republican Movement and anti-imperialist struggles worldwide, and its solidarity with revolutionary movements and socialist countries inspired by Juche ideology and leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

Speech delivered by Morenga Bambata, A-APRP organiser in Britain, representing the All-African People's Revolutionary Party at a seminar on the Juche idea organised by Mosquito Press in London. The speech discusses the principles of Nkrumahism as the guiding ideology of the African revolution, its synthesis of African, Arab-Islamic, and European-Christian experiences, the importance of African identity and Pan-Africanism, solidarity with Korean revolutionary ideas, and the integration of socialism with African traditions and struggles for liberation.

Entitled "The Juche Idea fulfils James Connolly's Vision of the Internationalism of the future." Exmines the connections between James Connolly's vision of internationalism and the Juche Idea. The seminar portrays Connolly as an early scientific socialist leader whose ideas on independence, leadership, united front politics, and military affairs share affinities with the Juche revolutionary ideology developed in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It discusses Irish Republicanism leadership history including figures like Wolfe Tone, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet, John Mitchel, James Fintan Lalor, Padraic Pearse, Thomas Clarke, and Connolly himself. It highlights parallels between the anti-imperialist struggles of oppressed peoples such as Ireland and Korea and the role of leadership, revolutionary violence, and united fronts in achieving national liberation, based on a detailed analysis of revolutionary theory and praxis.

Speech delivered by Comrade Zolile Hamilton Keke representing the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania at the Seminar on the Juche Idea. The speech praises Comrade Kim Il Sung as a revolutionary leader, discusses the impact of American imperialism on Korea, the significance of the Juche philosophy of self-reliance and self-determination, critiques neo-colonialism in Africa, and emphasizes socialist unity and anti-imperialist struggle.