Juche

Nikolai Aamand
Member,
Denmark Group for the Study of the Juche Idea

When one's thoughts fall upon the Korean revolution and the socialist system in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, one immediately thinks about the great leaders’ role in consolidating socialism. It is because that the socialist system in the DPRK is inconceivable apart from the leadership of the great Comrades Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. Surely, one will find an answer in the leadership method of the great leaders of the Korean revolution, which is deeply tied to the Juche philosophy.

The leadership philosophy of the Korean revolution is first seen in the anti-Japanese resistance, where Comrade Kim Il Sung formed the “Down-with-Imperialism Union” against the occupiers from Imperial Japan and it was in this ardent revolutionary struggle, that the leadership philosophy of the Korean revolution was first formed. In the creative adaptation of revolutionary principles to the conditions of Korea, Comrade Kim Il Sung and his comrades managed to kick out the Japanese fascists by human and militant means.

It is this vanguard that would later become led by Comrade Kim Il Sung himself, and end up as the Workers’ Party of Korea that we know today.

What is a vanguard? A vanguard is a collective or an organization that plays a leading and active role in realizing the demands of the people, and uniting them into a great force. The vanguard, if led correctly, is capable of everything. We saw that the Workers’ Party of Korea fought off foreign imperialists, and secured socialist construction by dint of self-reliance ever since its foundation. The WPK is the vanguard of the Korean revolution.

A vanguard needs leadership of a leader of the revolution itself. Only a leader like Comrade Kim Il Sung, who said The people are my God, could ensure the mass-line in the revolution and construction

Even though the peoples of the world look up to the DPRK as a glorious example of socialism, and honour the work of the great leaders, some western countries continue to spread propaganda and misinformation about socialism and the supreme leadership. It’s important to look at the characteristics of this kind of imperialist propaganda, and analyze the style of leadership in the imperialist countries as well, to form a better understanding.

Of course leadership exists in the imperialist countries as well, but is not comparable to the socialist style of leadership in any way. The capitalists are not a united force like the people in a socialist society, and thus they fight in between themselves with different candidates for leadership. Thus the leadership of capitalist countries changes often, and the parties in government are surely no vanguard. The leaders of capitalist countries don’t have the people’s love and trust, but they often have the loyalty to a huge bureaucratic apparatus that maintains the capitalist rule through police forces and unjust laws.

The leadership of the countries can’t obtain the mandate of the people in any way, due to the exploitative nature of capitalism, and they make a very strong propaganda effort against any alternatives to the status quo. That’s why the capitalist media, school system and other such information sources can turn progressive socialist societies into “evil places”. The imperialists say that there’s no freedom under socialism, when the exact opposite is true, that the exploitation of man by man is forbidden, and that man is the master of everything according to the Juche idea.

Now, in the era of Comrade Kim Jong Un, we see the strength of the supreme leadership of glorious Juche Korea.

The DPRK has withstood immense attacks from imperialists, and has managed to develop into a bright force of socialism in the 21^st century.

Comrade Kim Jong Un is a leader like no one else, as he does everything for the masses of the people, and spends all of his time actively devoting himself to the cause of independence.

The supreme leadership of the DPRK and the Korean revolution is unique in its devotion to the people. Having the great leader, the DPRK shows its great vitality and strength.