Leftists are supposed to be anti-capitalists and anti-imperialists. The DPRK is one of the remaining actually socialist countries on this planet. They are sanctioned by the Global North–that is the global capitalist hegemony in the West–to a point of desperation. The people are living in harsh conditions not because of the Juche “regime”, but because of the atrocities by the United States and its satellite states.
Thinking that the DPRK is somehow a hereditary monarchy is simply ridiculous. It also means that you are furthering Western Capitalist propaganda.
If you believe in the lies of the capitalists, you are hardly a leftist. You are simply another chauvinist helping the cause of the bourgeoisie and Amerikan imperialism.
Further reading:
The constitution of the DPRK: https://www.kfausa.org/dprk-constitution/
The reason for the support of the Kim family in the DPRK: https://www.visitthedprk.org/north-koreans-revere-kims-understanding-north-korean-leadership-objectively/
Myths & Misconceptions About North Korea, by a non-socialist creator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhaHiht50AA
Please open your eyes.
This thread will deal with myths and realities of People’s korea, of the puppet illegal occupied bourgeoisie state of south korea, defectors, society, aggresion agains it, international relations, e.t.c .
This thread will be edited and updated regularly. If any of you comrades have some info not added, or think that some sections to this thread should be added, feel free to tag me.
Long live DPRK, long live the anti-imperialist struggle!
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Socialism and democracy in DPRK
There is a huge notion in the western left (obviously), that DPRK is not socialist, but a state capitalist fascist monarchy.
We know how the western left is mostly racist and chauvinist towards china, dprk, vietnam etc, as it was previously with USSR and the eastern bloc.
Most of this western left is still against the USSR, but at least marxist-leninists and many anti-imperialist anarchists acknowledge them today. Many western leftists still remain in the same position against china or DPRK, however. We will address those points below.
Democracy and socialism
- DPRK is a socialist country, and the party is designed to protect the workers and peasants, and to oversee the ultimate victory of socialism
- Socialism and democracy in DPRK
- Lalkar: The democratic structure of the DPRK
- Understanding DPRK in the light of the marxist tradition
- Mass protest in DPRK against UN propaganda
- Democracy: US vs DPRK
- Local elections in DPRK, 2019
- The parliamentary System of DPRK
- the taean work system
- The peoples Bomb!
- Elections in the juche state
- Something the developed countries would envy: DPRK’s healthcare system
- korea resilient: Socialism in democratic korea
- Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK
- The myth of the Kim dynasty
- Human rights in DPRK
- Politics of DPRK
- DPRK view on nationalism
- Bruce cumings on the North korean economy
- DPRK: A champion on the fight against climate change
- Juche in Nigeria
- “north korea medical care is one developed countries would envy” World health org
- The origin of DPRK
- disabled people in DPRK
- Socialism in Korea: A case study
- DPRK officials go to china to study reforms
- My socialist country - youtube video
- Why does the DPRK have nukes? Look at Libya. — if you need more examples, look up pictures of Muammar Gaddafi‘s mutilated corpse and the open air slave markets that now fill Libya’s cities.
- Parenti on DPRK
International solidarity and anti-imperialim of DPRK.
DPRK - Cuba relations
- A quick history of DPRK - cuba relations
- Korean propaganda poster of the 60s
- Miguel diaz canel and Kim jong un holding hands
- Cuba was one of the only nations which boycotted the 1988 seoul olympics for solidarity with DPRK.
- DPRK declared 3 days of national mourning for the death of Fidel Castro
- DPRK sent Hundreds of Weapons to Cuba during cold war without charging a cent
Black panthers connection
- Black panthers turned to DPRK for fight against US imperialism
- Juche in the US: Connections of Black panthers and DPRK
DPRK - Angola relations
- DPRK and Angola discuss public security cooperation
- DPRK assisted Angolan rebels in the fight against apartheid. 3000 korean soldiers and advisers were estimated to have fought in the side of the angolan people during the war
- Angola - DPRK relations considered excellent
DPRK - Syria relations
- Kim Jong un offers support to assad
- Kim jong un praising baath party in its 70 years work
- Bashar al-Assad thanks DPRK for its support of the syrian people
- DPRK special forces in Syria
- Syria supports dprk, condemns sactions
DPRK - Algeria relations
DPRK for the Palestinian struggle
- DPRK arming palestinian liberation fighters for decades
- DPRK never recognized Israel. It stays loyal to the palestinian cause, and holds that every inch of israeli territory is illegal, and an imperialist satellite.
Part 2 in comments
Political dynasties are a thing…everywhere. I mean…think about how much Americans revere the founders (even if unrightly) and put them in the shoes of a Korean whose “founder” is still in living memory, family still in politics, and technically still at war and besieged by the same enemy as back then.
It’s something that every other AES country has managed to avoid, so how is it justifiable?
Fidel Castro’s brother, Raúl Castro, was elected as the leader of Cuba following Fidel’s death. That’s an easy one off the top of my head.
Aside from that, the DPRK has also been under siege since the Korean war and western propaganda gravely distorts the actual political dynamics of the country.
If it was not obsessing over the Kims, the imperial core would simply find another goalpost.
It’s not monarchism, but it’s definitely sus that 3 generations and 70 years of WPK leadership has been in the hands of a single family. It’s weird that the Party elected a 29-year old to lead them rather than any one of the highly experienced and well-established members of the Party’s leadership under Kim Jong-Il.
the narrative that the Kim family is a dictatorship / monarchy is one completely based in the western propaganda narrative. If Lenin had children, would you not expect them to be involved with the Soviet government? To directly refute the concept that the Kim’s are a monarchy, let’s review:
The DPRK’s ruling leaders are not a “dynasty”. You seem to be largely unaware of how their posts function or how they were elected.
From a :reddit-logo: comment by u/ComIntelligence
The best way to understand why Kim Jong-Il, then subsequently Kim Jong-Un were elected after the passing of Kim Il-Sung is to understand who all three are, what their history was like, and what rights and policies were put forth under their tenure.
Kim Il-Sung was a guerrilla warrior who fought against the brutal colonial Japanese and essentially is seen as a liberator from slavery. He lived under intense oppression by the Japanese fascists and fought personally to free his country from enslavement. Once he had freed his nation, he began granting basic rights and freedoms that the people of the DPRK enjoy today.
He then successfully dissolved the landlord classes through land reforms, leading to increased prosperity and a massive rise in equality for the proletarian classes. He dissolved the petty bourgeoisie and enacted a dictatorship of the proletariat, and fought tooth and nail against the Imperialist USA. All of the people in the DPRK I’ve spoken to see him as an incredibly positive figure of liberation, freedom, and equality.
Kim Jong-Il was elected by the Supreme People’s Assembly, but it’s important to note that he had been tutored by his father in statesmanship, economics, and Marxism-Leninism for nearly 30 years by the time of his election. The people knew him, he had reached a high rank within the Worker’s Party of Korea through a life of dedication and work, and was trustworthy.
Kim Jong-Un was likewise trained and tutored by his father. He has a long background of service in the military and in the WPK. He was also elected by the Supreme People’s Assembly. They are all qualified figures who were democratically elected based on their long histories of dedicated service to the country.
Their elections do not have to do with their blood, but instead with their dedication. Remember that Kim Jong-Il had quite a few other sons. Kim Jong-Un has distinguished his tenure as the First Chairman of the National Defense Commission with a construction boom, the securing of the vanguard party, and the discovery of the world’s largest deposit of rare earth minerals. Korea is booming under his leadership.
The Korean people have never lived in their democratic people’s republic in a time of security. They have always been under the threat of US Imperialism. Instability could spell doom for them. It could herald an invasion, the dismantling of their social programs, the destruction of everything they hold dear.
