Let Us Advance Under
the Banner of
Marxism-Leninism and the Juche Idea
(May 3, 1983)
The Juche idea explained by its exponents.
It is more than a century since the days of Karl Marx,
the great leader of the international working class and the author of the
scientific communist theory. Karl Marx made a great contribution to the
liberation cause of mankind, and because of his immortal exploits his name
is still enshrined in the heats of the working class and peoples of all
countries. Marx's career was that of a prominent
thinker and theoretician, a great revolutionary. It was he who ushered in
the epoch of the international communist movement and made a radical
change in the struggle for the freedom and liberation of the working class
and popular masses. Progressive mankind will remember for ever his
brilliant career and great services to the sacred revolutionary cause for
the working class and other working people. Marx's greatest contribution to mankind lies in the fact that he
advanced Marxism which provided the working class with a powerful
ideological and theoretical weapon of liberation struggle.
The revolutionary idea of the working class emerges as
the reflection of the demand of the times and the aspirations of the
popular masses. In the first half of the l9th
century capitalism developed rapidly in many European countries. As it
flourished it harshly exploited and oppressed the working class.
Therefore, the working class rose in the struggle against exploitation and
oppression by capital. This struggle required a
revolutionary idea and theory as its guideline. The requirement was met by
Marx when he, together with Engels, evolved Marxism which represented the
aspirations and interests of the working class. Marx critically examined the contemporary progressive ideas and
theories including the classic philosophy of Germany, the classic
political economy of Britain and the utopian socialist theory of France,
and analysed the contradictions of capitalist society. On this basis he
clarified the principles of dialectical and historical materialism,
advanced the theories of surplus value, proved the inevitability of the
downfall of capitalism and the triumph of communism, and turned socialism
from Utopia into science. Thanks to Marx's
outstanding contribution, the working class could have their own
scientific world outlook for the first time, understand the law of social
development and see the road they should follow in attaining cl4ss
emancipation and building a bright new society. Basing himself on the analysis of the class relations of
capitalist society, Marx defined that the working class was the most
advanced and revolutionary class with a mission to abolish the domination
of capital, put an end to exploitation of man by man once and for all and
build a new, communist society. He elucidated that the struggle of the
working cl4ss against the capitalist class would inevitably bring about
the dictatorship of the proletariat. The Marxist idea on the class
struggle and the proletarian dictatorship served as a powerful weapon in
the struggle of the working class to attain class emancipation and realize
communism. The establishment of Marxism was an
epoch-making event in the revolutionary struggle of the working class. It
led the working class and the labouring masses to a new era when they
fought for freedom and liberation, for socialism and communism, with
scientific revolutionary theory, strategy and tactics. Marx not only provided the working class and other exploited
working people weapon for their liberation struggle at the sonally taking
part in the revolutionary struggle. Marx
energetically worked to link scientific socialism with the working-class
movement, and zealously struggled against capitalism for the liberation of
the working class. Marx proved the need to form a
vanguard detachment of the working class in their revolutionary struggle,
and exerted great efforts for the building of a party. He organized the
Communist League and published the Communist Manifesto which he drew up
together with Engels. Thus he initiated the communist movement of the
working class who fought under the leadership of a revolutionary party
with a scientific programme. The founding of the First International by
Marx enabled the working class to wage the revolutionary struggle more
energetically, cementing international solidarity. The revolutionary cause of the working class has emerged
victorious through fierce struggles against all class enemies. From the
outset the bourgeoisie and their servants resorted to every means to
exterminate Marxism with bitterest hatred. In the whole period of his
revolutionary activity Marx uncompromisingly combatted bourgeois
reactionaries and all shades of opportunists, thus defending the
revolutionary cause of the working class and paving the way for its
triumph. Long strides have been made in
historical progress and radical changes effected in the appearance of the
word since Marx's days. Marxian doctrine has been inherited and app1ied by
the communists and revolutionary people of the word, and Marxism has
constantly developed. Lenin took over the cause
of Marx and propounded Leninism by developing Marxism creatively to suit
the new historical conditions in the period of imperialism and Proletarian
revolution. Thanks to Leninism the October Socialist revolution emerged
victorious and the first state of proletarian dictatorship was born.
Marxism-Leninism, the working class's revo1utionary ideology originated by
Marx and developed by Lenin, gave a strong impetus to the revolutionary
struggle of the international working class and the cause of the popular
masses for liberation. Today socialism has
triumphed in many countries of the world and hundreds of millions of
people in Asia, Africa and Latin America have freed themselves from
imperialist and colonial rule and oppression and are creating a new life.
This is a great change made in the cause of communism, the revolutionary
cause of the working class, and a historic victory won by the communists,
revolutionaries and revolutionary peoples in many countries at the cost of
their blood. In a revolutionary movement of the
working class, the leader plays the decisive role. As early as the initial
period in the history of the international communist movement this
Valuable truth was proved by the activities of Marx. If Marx, the first
leader of the working class, had not founded Marxism for the international
working class, they would have groped in darkness, not bowing their
historic mission, nor could they have triumphed in their revolutionary
struggles. If Lenin had not advanced Leninism, the theory, strategy and
tactics of proletarian revolution in the age of imperialism, and aroused
the Russian working class to struggle, the first socialist state in the
world could never have appeared. As it was the
case with the communist movement in the past, so at the present and in the
future, too, the revolutionary cause of the working class will advance
triumphantly under the guidance of the leader. In
the days of Japanese imperialist colonial rule Marxism-Leninism heralded
the dawn to the struggle of the Korean communists and people for national
and social emancipation. In the early years of
his revolutionary leadership in our country, the great leader Comrade Kim
IL Sung brilliantly pioneered the victorious path of the communist and
national-liberation movements under the banner of Marxism-Leninism.
Since revolutionary movements take place in different
historical backgrounds and on different specific scenes, the communists in
each country must apply the general principles of Marxism-Leninism in
conformity with the conditions of the times and the specific realities of
their country and develop the revolutionary theory in keeping with new
requirements of the developing revolution. By
founding the Juche idea while showing the road to revolution through a
creative application of Marxism-Leninism to the realities of our country,
the great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung paved the way to develop our
revolution independently. In a nutshell, the
Juche idea means that the masters of the revolution and construction are
the masses of people and that they are also the motive force of the
revolution and construction. Since the masters of
the revolution and construction are the masses of people, they should
adhere to the position of masters in the revolution and construction and
fulfil the role as such. In order to adhere to
the position of masters, the masses of people should maintain an
independent stand. The revolutionary movement is
a struggle to defend the independence of the popular masses and,
accordingly, it calls for the maintenance of an independent stand. Only
when they stick to this stand can the masses solve all problems arising in
the revolution and construction in their interests and safeguard the right
as masters in the revolution and construction and discharge their
responsibility. If they are to maintain an independent stand, they must
implement the principle of Juche in ideology, independence in politics,
self-support in the economy and self-reliance in national defence.
In order to fulfil the role as masters in the revolution
and construction, the masses of peop1e should maintain a creative
stand. The revolutionary movement is a creative
movement of the masses and, accordingly, it calls for the maintenance of a
creative stand. Only when they adhere to they stand can the masses display
their creative power to the full and find ways and means suited to the
realities, thus pushing forward the revolution and construction with
energy. For maintaining a creative stand, one should apply the principle
of solving all problems in keeping with one's actual conditions on the
strength of the masses' creative power. If we are
to get the masses of people to adhere to the position of masters in the
revolution and construction and fulfil the role as such, we must direct
our foremost attention to their thoughts. The
independent ideological consciousness of the popular masses plays a
decisive role in the revolutionary movement and, accordingly, this
movement demands that we put stress on ideology. Only when we awaken and
arouse ideologically the working masses, the masters of the revolution and
construction, can we rapidly ripen the revolution and actively carry it
out. In order to enhance the role of ideological consciousness in the
revolution and construction, we should implement the principle of keeping
ideological remoulding, political work, ahead of all other
activities. The Juche-oriented stand and
principles clarified by the great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung conform with
the principles of the communist movement and Marxism-Leninism.
The communist movement is a struggle for independence to
free the people from all form of subordination and restriction; it is a
movement waged by the communists and people independently in accordance
with their own conviction. Adhering to the standpoint of Juche in the
revolution and construction fully agrees with this essential character of
the communist movement. Now that the struggle for communism is waged with
each national state as a unit, the adherence to the Juche-based stand is
more urgently demanded. If the communists successfully cap out the
revolution in their country from the standpoint of Juche, they will be
able to better contribute to the strengthening of the international
revolutionary forces and to the promotion of the victory of world
revolution. Marxism-Leninism which clarified the
working class's theory, strategy and tactics of revolutionary struggle is
not a dogma but a guide to action. To adhere to the Juche standpoint in
the revolution and construction conforms with the essential character of
Marxism-Leninism as a creative doctrine. Only through a correct
application of Marxism-Leninism from the standpoint of Juche, can the
communists display its might to the full and further enrich its treasure
house by creating new revolutionary theories. In
the course of leading the Korean revolution the great leader Comrade Kim
IL Sung gave scientific answers to all problems arising in the revolution
and constriction on the basis of the Juche idea and systematized the Juche
ideology, theory and method in an all-round way. All his ideology, theory
and method proceed from the Juche principles and embody them. In this
sense, we call Comrade Kim IL Sung's ideology, theory and method the Juche
idea. The Juche idea is a brilliant fruit of the
great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung's ideological and theoretical activities
which cover more than half a century; it is an ideological and theoretical
crystallization of the Korean revolution. The Juche idea gives a full
systematization of the thoughts and theories which have been developed,
enriched and newly advanced in the course of revolutionary struggle under
the banner of Marxism-Leninism, and it contains scientific answers to new
problems raised by the revolution and construction in our era. Only when
we advance along the road indicated by the Juche idea, can we overcome all
shades of opportunism and staunchly uphold the revolutionary principles of
Marxism-Leninism, correctly solve all new problems raised by the times and
the developing revolution and brilliantly accomplish the cause of
communism. The history of the Koran revolution is
a history of the application and all-out victory of the great Juche
idea. By adhering to this idea as our steadfast
guiding Principle, we have been able to carry on victoriously the
revolution and construction without any deviation. In accordance with the Juche-oriented line of armed struggle put
forward by the great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung, our people waged a heroic
anti-Japanese armed struggle, defeated the Japanese imperialists and
achieved the historic cause of national liberation. After liberation they,
under the wise leadership of the great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung,
imp1emented the Juche-oriented revolutionary line and Why thoroughly
carried out the anti-imperialist, anti-feudal democratic revolution in the
northern half of the Republic and converted it into a powerful base of the
Korean revolution. On this basis, they won a great victory in the fierce
Fatherland Liberation War against the invasion of the US imperialists. By
applying the Juche idea we solved most correctly all problems arising in
the socialist revolution and construction after the war and change in a
short time our once backward country into a powerful socialist state which
is independent, self supporting and self-reliant in defence.
Today our revolution is developing onto a new, high
Phase and a brighter vista is opened up before our people who are
advancing towards communism. Since the time the
scientific theory of communism was established by Marx, mankind has waged
an uninterrupted struggle to realize an idea communist society, and today
communism is not a cherished desire which will come true in a distant
future, but it is on the order of the day as a practical task.
On the basis of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche idea, our
Part has solved correctly theoretical and practical questions arising in
communist construction, thus vigorously promoting the revolution and
construction in accordance with scientific strategy and nd1itant
policy. Our Party set forth the theory on
capturing the theological and material fortresses of communism and the
theory on the ideological, technical and cultural revolutions and thus
clearly elucidated the basic strategically objectives of communist
construction and the ways of its realization. If
we are to build a communist society, we must seize the material fortress
of communism without fail. In other words, we must highly develop the
productive forces to lay the material and technical foundations of
communism and to establish a single communist owner ship. Only then can we
apply the communist principle of "From each according to his ability, to
each according to his needs", Which Marx put forward a long time
ago. In order to build a communist society, we
must secure the ideo1ogical fortress as well. That is to say, every member
of society should be revolutionized, working-classized and
intellectualized to be a harmoniously developed communist man. People are
the masters of society. So, only when they are educated into
comprehensively developed communist men, can they successfully build
socialism and communism and run the communist society properly.
The People's ideological and moral life and material
life constitutes two aspects of socia1 life and the independence of the
working masses should be realized in these two spheres. In and to realize
the independence of the popular masses completely, therefore, we should
attain both the ideologica1 and material fortresses of communism without
fail. Our Party's programme of modeling the whole
society on the Juche idea is a great programme for the building of
communism. It enables us to take the ideological and material fortresses
of communism with success by transforming men, society and nature in
accordance with the Juche idea and fully realize independence for the
working masses. The ideological, technical and
cultural revolutions constitute our Party's consistent strategic line for
moulding the whole society after the Juche idea and for building
communism. The line of these three revolutions
represents the steadfast stand of our Party to complete the cause of
socialism and communism. The victory of the
socialist revolution and the establishment of the socialist system mark a
historical turning point in the revolutionary struggle of the working
c1ass, in accomplishing the cause of socialism and communism. But these do
not mean the completion of the revolution on any account. With the establishment of the soca1ist system, class antagonism is
abolished, but class distinctions still exist. The c1ass distinctions in
socialist society are those between the working class and the peas angry,
the two main friendly classes, and these distinctions emanate from the
differences between public and cooperative property, the two forms of
socialist ownership. The establishment of the
socialist system also brings about a fundamental change in the character
of labour, which becomes a matter of honour. But labour does not yet
become a primary requirement of life, and differences in labour remain.
The differences in labour in socialist society find expression mainly in
the distinctions between physical and mental labour, between heavy and
light labour and between industrial and agricultural labour.
The establishment of the socialist system wipes out the
sources of exploitation and poverty once and for all, but the distinctions
still exist in the material and cultural standards of the members of
society. The cause of various differences
including class distinctions remaining in socialist society consists in
the ideological, technical and cultural backwardness, the legacy of the
old society. Because of this ideological, technical and cultural
backwardness and various differences including class distinctions, the
socialist society differs from the high stage of communism and assumes a
transitional character. Of course, this
transitional character is not an essential feature of socialist society.
The essential quality of socialist society is represented precisely by its
communist character. This is because socialist society is based on
collectivism, and comradely cooperation and unity form the basis of social
relations. Building and completing a socialist
society is a Process of strengthening the communist character of this
society and overcoming its transitional character. This requires that all
policies be carried out in consideration of and conformity with both the
communist and transitional characters of this society in building
socialism. In view of the essential superiority
and the characteristics of socialist society, it is important to pursue a
correct, unbiased policy which emphasizes political and moral incentives
to the working people and properly combines these with their material
incentives in socialist construction, which actively puts into effect
communist measures and Ms strictly to the socialist principle of
distribution according to the quality and quantity of work done, and which
correctly combines the voluntary enthusiasm of the working people with
control of them. If a policy is formulated solely
on the basis of the communist character of socialist society by ignoring
its transitional character, and vice versa, it may result in Leftist and
Rightist errors. If we are to build a communist society by overcoming the
transitional character of socialist society, we must continue to carry on
the revolutions to abolish the ideological, technical and cultural
backwardness. The ideological, technical and
cu1tural revolutions are the continuation of the revolution under
socialism and its advancement to a new higher stage. The revolution for
independence of the working class and working masses, which started with
the struggle to overthrow the old exploiting system, is carried forward to
the struggle in socialist society to eliminate the ideological, technical
and cultural backwardness, the legacy of the old society, and is completed
through this struggle. Only when we cap out these three revolutions will
we be able to abolish the ideological, technical and cultural backwardness
and the incidental class distinctions between the working class and the
peasantry and the differences in labour and the material and cultural
standards, and to meet all essential requirements of communist
society. In carrying out the three revolutions
our Party adheres to the principle of giving definite precedence to the
ideological revolution and vigorously pushing ahead with the technical and
cultural revolutions simultaneously. Only when we
give Priority to the ideological revolution will we be able to remould the
ideological consciousness of the people and turn them into communist men
and successfully carry out economic and cultural construction by giving
full play to the revolutionary zeal of the working people. Unless we
continue to intensify the ideological revolution, obsolete ideas may
revive in the minds of people, capitalist ideas may infiltrate from the
outside, and people's revolutionary enthusiasm may cool down gradually as
they are freed from worries about food, clothing and housing with the
improvement of their standard of living. The neglect of the ideological
revolution will in the long run produce grave consequences in the
revolution and construction. Therefore, we must
never slight the ideological revolution but ceaselessly intensify it in
building socialism and communism. Our Party has
given definite precedence to the ideological revolution in revolution and
construction, and energetically struggled to cap it out, bringing about a
fundamental change in the ideological and moral qualities of the people
and in their way of life. The whole society is pervaded with the Juche
idea and is vibrant with a revolutionary way of life and work. All our
working people are struggling devotedly for the Part and the revolution,
the country and the people and for the society and the collective, with
infinite loyalty to the Party and the leader. But
in order to educate and remould all members of society into true communist
men and stimulate their revolutionary enthusiasm ceaselessly, we must
continue to intensify the ideological revolution. The main task confronting us today in implementing the ideological
revolution is to educate and remould all members of society thoroughly
into communist revolutionaries of the Juch6 type in keeping with the
requirement of modeling the whole of society on the Juche idea, and rouse
the working people vigorously to the revolutionary struggle and
construction work by activating their revolutionary zeal. We must intensify the education of the Party members and working
people in the Juche idea and Party policy and tirelessly educate them in
the revolutionary traditions and on communist lines, so that they will
think and act in line with our Party's intentions anytime anywhere, hate
the exploiting class and their system, ardently love the socialist system
and socialist motherland, and struggle to cap out the cause of socialism
and communism. We must closely combine
ideological education with revolutionary practice to ensure that all the
Party members and working people accelerate production and construction,
displaying a high degree of revolutionary enthusiasm and creative
initiative. While giving priority to the
ideological revolution, we must push forward the technical and cultural
revolutions. Ours is an age of science and
technology. Only by rapidly developing science and technology, can we
accelerate socialist construction, develop the national economy onto a
new, higher stage and successfully improve the people's standard of living
and increase the nation's strength. By
dynamically promoting the technical revolution, our Party has turned our
once technically and economically backward country into an advanced
socialist industrial state in a short time and made a peat stride forward
in putting all branches of the national economy on a modem scientific and
technical basis and freeing the working people from arduous labour.
But if we are to free our people completely from arduous
labour and provide them with a prosperous and cultured life, we must
continue to push forward the technical revo1ution. An important task facing us today in carrying out the technical
revolution is to rapidly make the national economy Juche-oriented, modern
and scientifically-based. This is the only way we can strengthen the
independence of the national economy and lay firm material and technical
foundations of socialism and communism. We must
concentrate our effort on scientific and technological problems and those
related to production that arise in making the national economy
Juche-oriented and thus solve the problems of raw materials, fuel and
power more satisfactorily by utilizing our domestic resources and improve
the structure of the national economy continuously. Vigorous efforts should be mad in all branches of the national
economy to improve technology, introduce overall mechanization, automation
and remote control into production and put agriculture on an industrial
basis, thereby modernizing the national economy and freeing the working
people from arduous labour. Furthermore, we
should rapidly develop science and technology and put production and
management in all branches on a new scientific basis and thus convert our
national economy into one which is highly
scientific. At present an important factor in
carrying out the technical revolution is to enhance the sense of
responsibility and role of scientists and technicians. Thanks to the Party's correct policy of training national cadres,
we have an army of scientists, technicians and specialists numbering l.2
million who are equipped with the Juche idea and the knowledge of advanced
science and technology. If we properly mobilize these great forces which
are working for scientific and technological progress and economic
development in the country, we will be able to solve creditably any
problems arising in the technical revolution and economic
construction. Scientists and technicians should
firmly establish Juche in scientific research, intensify creative
cooperation with workers and strive to resolve the scientific and
technological problems arising in making the national economy
Juche-oriented, modem and scientifically-based. Along with this, their
successes should be introduced promptly into all branches of the national
economy to prove their effectiveness s in production and
construction. Now the economic situation in our
country as a whole is very good and we have a definite prospect for
successfully carrying out the magnificent programme of socialist economic
construction put forward by the Party. Through the struggle to implement
the decision of the Sixth Party Congress, the Juche character of industry
has been further strengthened and solid foundations have been bulit to
attain the ten long-term objectives of socialist economic
construction. The question depends upon the
resolution and endeavors of our functionaries and Party members.
All functionaries, Party members and working people
should uphold the policy of speed campaign set forth by the Party and
accelerate production and construction, thereby implementing ahead of
schedule the Second Seven-Year Plan and the ten long-term objectives of
socialist economic construction. The main object
of carrying out the technical revolution and accelerating socialist
economic construction is to make the country rich and strong and provide
the people with an affluent and cultured lire. Steadily raising the material and cultural standards of the people
is the supreme principle of our Party in its activity. We should further raise the people's standard of living by
strengthening the country's economic foundations and at the same time
effecting a great change in the production of consumer goods and public
service. The cultural revolution is an important
revolution whose task it is to train our working people into
comprehensively developed men and women and to satisfy their
ever-increasing cultural needs. By actively
promoting the cultural revolution our Party has achieved brilliant
successes in developing socialist culture. In our country the universal
1l-year compulsory education has now been introduced, and all the younger
generation are receiving perfect secondary education. Progress in the work
of training national cadres has resulted in the growth of an army of
intellectuals. The working peop1e's cultural and technical standard as a
whole has been raised, and remarkable progress made in all fields of
science, technology, literature, art and public health, etc.
The central task of the cu1tural revolution at the
present task is to intellectualize the whole of society. This is our
Party's unique policy for developing socialist and communist culture. We
should build up the existing centers for training national cadres and at
the same time increase the institutions of higher learning and improve
educational work in such a way as to develop the educational system of
studying while working. Besides, we should train all members of society to
be harmoniously developed communistic people and raise continuously the
general standard of culture and knowledge of the society. We should
further develop revolutionary literature and art, and establish thoroughly
the socialist way of cultured life. The
successful construction of socialism and communism requires correct
leadership. Marxism-Leninism advanced the theory
on the system of proletarian dictatorship and thus provided a guideline
for the working class in power to follow in leading the construction of a
new society. Our Party is leading socialist and
communist construction to victory by establishing the system and method of
leadership over the revolution and construction, in keeping with our
country's actual conditions on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche
idea. The working-class party is the guiding
force in the system of leading the revolution and construction.
As Marxism-Leninism teaches, the working-class party is
the highest organization of all the working-class organizations.
The great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung has always found
the key to all success in strengthening the Party in the whole course of
leading the revolution and construction and wisely led the work of
building the revolutionary Party of the working class in our
country. The revolutionary party of the working
class in each country should be built independently by the communists of
that country. Under the leadership of the great leader Comrade Kim IL
Sung, the Korean communists formed Party organizations on the principle of
independence in the days of anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle and
relied on them in leading the Korean revolution to victory. They
themselves resolved the problems arising in the building of the ruling
Party after liberation. In view of the country's
specific conditions and the demand of the revolution, our Party set forth
the policy of building a mass-based party and widely recruited progressive
workers, peasants and working intellectuals, which helped it in expanding
its ranks rapidly. It continued to consolidate its ranks organizationally
and ideologically in the fierce struggle against the internal and external
enemies. We laid a particular emphasis on the
establishment of monolithic ideological system as the basic line of Party
building and thus made the Party's unity and cohesion unbreakable, and
strengthened and developed our Party into a militant, revolutionary party
with strong organization and discipline whereby all its members think and
act in one and the same way. Our Party has always
regarded it as its noble mission to serve the people, defended their
interests thoroughly, relied firmly on them and strengthened its kindred
ties with the masses. At Present our Party has won unqualified support and
trust of the people, and the latter wholly entrust their destiny to the
former and are fighting staunchly under its leadership. We are justifiably proud of the fact that we have built the
steel-like revolutionary Party whose members are firmly united in one and
the same ideology and will around its Central Committee headed by the
great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung, the militant Party which has struck its
roots deep into the masses of people and is in complete harmony with them,
pushing ahead vigorously with the revolution and construction.
To strengthen the Party and enhance its leading
functions and role is important in socialist and communist construction at
all times. A socialist and communist society is a highly organized
society, and for the correct management of such a society there must be a
guiding force with strong organizing power like a party. We should build the Party in a far-sighted manner in view of its
place and role in carry out the socialist and communist cause.
To strengthen and develop our Party into the everlasting
Party of Comrade Kim IL Sung, its founder and leader, is the consistent
stand our Party maintains in Party building. Our Party will admirably
discharge its historical mission by invariably having the great Comrade
Kim IL Sung at the head of the Party, taking the Juche idea as its guiding
idea, resolutely defending its revolutionary traditions and holding fast
to its policies. We should establish more
thoroughly the mono1ithic ideological system in the whole Party,
consolidate unremittingly the Party's organizational and ideological
foundations and keep on building up its ranks. All Party organizations
should strengthen work among cadres and Party members, regarding work
among people as the basis of Party activity, and regularize and
standardize Party life to temper their Party spirit further and rally all
sections of the masses closely behind the Party through efficient work
among them. Giving correct Party guidance to the
revolution and construction is the Party's important duty.
The working-class party is a political organ of
leadership, so its guidance of the revolution and constriction should be a
political guidance, a guidance given in conformity with Party policy. In
the whole course of giving its guidance to the revolution and
construction, our Party has paid close attention to making sure that all
Party organizations establish a unified control of work in their
respective fields and units and strengthen their political guidance, a
guidance given to suit Party policy. What is
important in the Party's leadership over socialist construction is to
ensure correct guidance of the ideological, technical and cultural
revolutions. Our Party has improved its
leadership of the three revolutions in keeping with the requirements of
the revolution and construction at every stage. In step with the
intensifying ideological, technical and cultural revolutions, our Party
further enhanced the militant functions and role of its organizations and,
4t the same time, sent the three-revolution teams composed of Party hard
core and young intellectuals to factories, enterprises and cooperative
farms. It thus ensured that Party organizations and the teams vigorously
promoted the ideological, technical and cultural revolutions by their
united efforts. By constantly intensifying Party leadership over the three
revolutions we will get these revolutions better organized and make them
more active and bring about a new turn in their implementation.
Socialist economic construction is an important
revolutionary task for a working-class party in power. The work of the
ruling Party should be aimed at efficient socialist economic construction,
and success in Party work, too, should be manifested in the success of
socialist economic construction. Today our
national economy has attained a high level of development and its
potentialities are enormous. This requires further to strengthen Party
leadership over socialist economic construction. Party organizations
should firmly take economic work in hand and actively push it forward;
they should give efficient assistance to the economic functionaries so
that they organize economic work and direct production in a responsible
way, with the attitude befitting masters of the revolution.
If we are to build socialism and communism successfully,
we must strengthen people's government as the weapon and enhance the role
of the state and economic bodies. Guided by the
Marxist-Leninist theory on the proletarian dictatorship, our Party
established the people's government by creatively solving the question of
state power to suit the conditions of a new era and thus contributed to
enriching the historical experience of proletarian dictatorship.
People's government is a new type of the proletarian
dictatorship which was born as required by the law of the revolutionary
movement of the working class. Socialist and
communist revolution has made steady progress over a century and rallied
under its banner not only the working class but also broader sections of
the working People. In our time people from all walks of life including
workers and Peasants have come to participate in the revolutionary
movement led by the working class. What is more, in those countries which,
like ours, were formerly imperialist colonies or send-colonies, broad
sections of the masses such as peasants, working intellectuals and small
propertied class under the leadership of the working class are not only
participating in the anti-imperialist revolution for national liberation,
but have accepted socialism and are taking the socialist road. The
people's government was the requirement of these historical conditions in
which the socio-political basis of Proletarian dictatorship extended
beyond compare. In accordance with the
Juche-oriented line of building the people's government which the great
leader Comrade Kim IL Sung defined during the period of the anti-Japanese
revolutionary struggle and put into effect in the guerrilla bases, our
Party destroyed the colonial ruling machines of the Japanese imperialists
and established the people's government immediately after liberation.
Relying on this government, the Party carried out the anti-imperialist,
anti-feudal democratic revolution and socialist revolution. Today it is
successfully building socialism. In order to
fully realize the revolutionary cause of the working class, the cause of
socialism and communism, the people's government should be constantly
strengthened. In each period of revolutionary
development our Party took measures to strengthen the people's government
and enhance its functions and role in conformity with new circumstances
and requirement so that the people's government could take its root8 deep
amongst the broad sections of people and carry out its task
satisfactorily. Today our people's government
fulfils its functions and plays its role creditably as the weapon for the
revolution and construction, as the champion of the freedom and right of
the people and as the' defender of the country and the revolution. It
enjoys the deep trust and 1ove of all the people. In the future, too, we must continue to strengthen the people's
government. We should firmly build up the
peop1e's committees at all levels and state and economic bodies with fine
workers who are faithful to the Party and enjoy the confidence of the
people and make sure that hey carry out their tasks as the servants of the
people. All the officials of state and economic
bodies should have a strong Party spirit, working-class spirit and
serve-the-People spirit and devote all their wisdom and energy to the work
of providing the people with a more bountiful and cultured life.
Ensuring proper guidance and management of the national
economy is an important task of the state and economic
institutions. The socialist economy can be
successfully managed and developed rapidly only under centralized state
leadership. The state and economic bodies should
constantly strengthen centralized guidance of the economy as required by
the reality of the developing socialist economy. In particular, the
superiority of the Juche-based socialist economic management system with
the Taean work system as its main content should be brought into full
play. The Taean work system is the best economic
management system which accords with the intrinsic nature of the socialist
system. It is a Juche-based form of economic management which renders it
possible to thoroughly implement the mass line and run the economy in a
scientific and rational way under the collective leadership of the party
committee. The state and economic bodies should keep a firm hold on this
work system and steadily improve economic management and ensure the
planned and proportionate development of the national economy and a high
rate of growth in production. The people's
government is a great creation of our revolution which was carried on
under the banner of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche idea. It is the most
democratic and popular revolutionary government conforming with the demand
of our time and the actual condition of our country. Our Party and people
will take firm hold of the people's government whose superiority and
invincible vitality have been confirmed in the protracted struggle for the
revolution and construction, and will defend the revolutionary gains from
the encroachment of the enemy and build socialism and communism
successfully. Working people's organizations are
the reliable assistants to the Party in realizing the cause of socialism
and communism. In socialist society the working
people's organizations are the organizations for the ideological education
of the broad masses and peripheral organizations of the Party. In
socialist society where the working class and other working people are the
masters of the country, the working people's organizations perform the
duties of educating the masses and rallying them around the Party and of
organizing them for the fulfilment of the revolutionary tasks set forth by
the Party. Only by enhancing the role of these organizations in socialist
society, is it possible to strengthen the ties of kinship between the
Party and the masses of different social strata, efficiently mobilize them
for the revolution and construction, unite all the working people in
organizations and educate and tr8in them through organizational life and
thus display the might of socialist society. Our
Party correctly defined the mission and duty of the working people's
organizations in each stage of revolution and made them enhance their
functions and role. It reorganized the working people's organizations and
improved their system and method of work in keeping with the new
circumstances and conditions where the socialist revolution emerged
victorious and the socialist system was established to make these
organizations party properly their role as those of ideological
education. In particular, our Party directed
great efforts to the solution of the youth problem by strengthening the
work of the League of Socialist Working Youth. The youth problem is a very important problem which decides the
success in the revolution and construction and the future destiny of the
nation. The youths are a mighty force in the building of a new society and
the successors to the revolution. So only by preparing them well
politically, ideologically and morally, can the revolution and
construction be stepped up vigorously and the eternal prosperity of the
nation and the ultimate victory of the revolution be firmly guaranteed. It
is necessary, therefore, to improve the work of the League of Socialist
Working Youth so that it can train broad sections of young people
organizationally, educate them in a revolutionary way and lead them to
play the role of shock-brigade in the revolution and construction.
Our Party channeled great efforts into youth work, the
work of the LSWY. As a result, our youths creditably fulfilled their
honourable duty of shock-brigade in each stage of revolutionary
development, taking the lead in tackling arduous and difficult work. They
are now displaying mass heroism on all fronts of socialist construction
and firmly defending the country. Our Party and people are highly proud
that they have revolutionary, organized and heroic youths.
We should enhance the role of all working people's
organizations including the LSWY, so as to rally the masses from all
social strata more firmly around the Party and encourage them to struggle
to carry out Party policy with all their energy. In keeping with their
characteristics, these organizations should work efficiently among their
members and strengthen their organizational life and ideological
education, thus constantly revolutionizing and working-classizing them,
and encouraging them to actively participate in socialist economic
construction and make collective innovations in all places.
What is also important in the leadership of the
revolution and construction is to ensure that all officials acquire the
revolutionary method of leadership and apply it thoroughly. The essential
requisite to the revolutionary method of leadership is to cap out the
revolutionary mass line. It is the key to all Problems to correctly
organize and activate the masses who are the masters of the revolution and
construction and carry them out directly. Officials must thoroughly protect the interests of the people,
serve them devotedly, educate the working people and learn from them and
mobilize the masses in solving all problems. This is a principle they must
observe. To ensure that officials work by firmly
relying on the masses, the struggle to improve the method and style of
work should be intensified among them. It is of particular importance in
the building of a ruling party to improve officials' method and stile of
work. If the working-class party comes to power, some officials may show
bureaucratic and administrative inclinations to solve all problems by the
use of their authority. This may lead to such serious consequences as to
hamper the implementation of Party policy and divorce the Party from the
masses. From the first days of its seizure of
power our Party attached great importance to improving officials' method
and style of work and always paid close attention to this. In particular,
our Party has made strenuous efforts to oppose bureaucracy and establish a
revolutionary work method and popular work style, among all officials
including those of the Part and people's government bodies.
The basic policy follow by our Party in improving the
work method and style of officials is to implement the anti-Japanese
guerrillas' way of work and the Chongsanri spirit and method initiated by
the great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung' a1l officials should fully grasp the
glorious history of leader. Of the great leader Comrade Kim IL Sung, and learn from the revolutionary work method-the
leader's method of work-created and brilliantly exemplified by the leader.
Thus they will prepare themselves to be true workers who dedicate their
all to the good of the people and to be competent revolutionary leading
officials who successfully carry out the revolutionary tasks in hand by
depending on and arousing the masses. Today we
are confronted with a momentous task to step up socialist construction in
the northern half of the Republic and, at the same time, reunify the
divided county and establish national sovereignty across the
country. Owing to the policy of occupation and
subjugation pursued by US imperialism for nearly 40 years; South Korea has
now turned into a complete colony whose sovereignty was trampled down, and
where the people are subjected to all sorts of disasters and miseries. For
the purpose of maintaining their colonial fascist rule4 the US
imperialists and their lackeys fostered the flunkeyist idea of
worshipping, fearing and submitting to America throughout South Korea.
Such being the case, only when flunkeyism is opposed and Juche established
firmly can the awareness of national independence be raised among the
South Korean people and can they be roused to, determined anti-US struggle
for independence and powerful anti-fascist struggle for democracy.
Upholding the banner of the Juche idea, our party will
accelerate socialist construction and intensify the struggle for the
independent reunification of the country, thereby estab1ishing national
sovereignty throughout the country and consummating the revolutionary
cause of Juche in this land as soon as possible. The important task at present in completing the revolutionary
cause of the working class pioneered by Marx is to oppose imperialism and
promote the cause of independence for the word. The struggle against capitalism and imperialism which has 1asted
for a long time on the international arena is still going on and is
getting more intense. Capitalism and imperialism are the last exploiting
systems which trample upon the aspiration of the masses for independence
in human history, and are the most ferocious oppressive systems which
combine class domination with national oppression. Imperialism has now turned into modem imperialism based on state
monopoly capitalism, and it has become more aggressive and brutal than
ever before. It is flagrantly challenging the oppressed popular masses in
their cause of national liberation, independence and socialism. The
imperialists are clinging to neo-colonialism, and obstinately pursuing the
policy of plundering and subjugating other nations by more covert and
crafty methods. US-led modern imperialism, though on the decline, is
making desperate efforts to save itse1f from ruins. Particularly, as the general crisis of capitalism deepens, the
imperialists are not only repressing harshly the revolutionary advance of
the working class and the working masses in their own countries, but also
intensifying the acts of aggression and subversion against socialist
countries and the international communist movement under the heading of
"anti-communism". So long as imperialism exists,
domination and plunder will not cease, and as long as imperialist
domination and plunder exist, there is bound to be the revolutionary
strugg1e of the working class and the masses of people to oppose
them. If imperialism is to be ultimately
destroyed and the victory of the world revolution is to be won, the
anti-imperialist, anti-US struggle should be intensified. Apart from this
struggle it would be inconceivable to win and consolidate national
independence, hasten the victory of socialism and communalism, Prevent war
and ensure word Peace and security. What is of
primary importance in strengthening the anti-imperialist, anti-US struggle
is for socialist countries and Communalist and Workers' Parties to
maintain an anti-imperialist stand and intensify the struggle against
international imperialism. The socialist forces
and the international communist movement are the most powerful
revolutionary forces of our time which are opposed to imperialism and al1
other reactionary forces; they are the decisive factor that frustrates the
imperialist policy of war and aggression and pushes forward the
revolutionary struggle of the world's people. If
they are to fulfil their noble mission, the socialist forces and the
international communist movement must achieve the unity and cohesion of
their ranks. Unity is the most powerful weapon of
the working class. From the first days of its appearance on the arena of
history, the working class has always treasured unity as the most valuable
weapon in the struggle against international capital, and paved the way to
victory on the strength of unity. Shall today the anti-imperialist
struggle and other common tasks can be successfully carried out only when
socialist countries and Communist and Workers' Parties pool their strength
and closely cooperate with each other as class comrades-in-arms on the
basis of mutual respect and independence. On the
occasion of the l65th birthday and the centenary of the death of Karl
Marx, the Communist and Workers' Parties 6f many countries affirmed that
under the banner of Marxism-Leninism they would struggle to liquidate
imperialism and colonialism, win the working-class power and build a new
society free from exploitation and oppression and accomplish the cause of
socialism and communism. This constitutes the fundamental conditions which
make it possible to unite the socialist countries and Communist and
Workers' Parties in a single bond of class brothers. There may be differences among fraternal parties and countries,
but these emanate from the disparities in views on the lines and ways of
realizing the common purpose and ideal; they are by no means identical
with the contradictors among different states and social systems or the
conflicting interests of hostile classes. Socialist countries and
Communists and Workers' Parties have more communities than differences;
and communalities are of primary importance while differences are of
secondary nature. They should attach prime importance to unity and
subordinate everything to this; they must set great store by common
denominators and settle differences in the spirit of mutual understanding
and comradely cooperation. If socialist countries and Communist and
Workers' Parties make sincere and persevering efforts, they wil1 defend
unity and strengthen solidarity. If the might of
socialist forces and the international communist movement is to be
indestructible, it is necessary to strengthen each of the national units
while ensuring unity and cohesion. Socialist forces and the international
communist movement can increase their strength as a whole only by
reinforcing each of the national units and by pooling their
efforts. Communists and Workers' Parties should,
first of all, carry out their own revolutions successfully and, to this
end, they should adhere to independence. Communists should shape their policies independently in keeping
with the specific realities of their own countries and solve all the
problems arising in the revolution and construction on their own
responsibility. Only then can they develop the revolutionary struggle and
construction work. At the present time the
revolutionary struggle of the working class goes on within each unit of
different national states which have diverse socio-historical conditions,
and these nations differ from each other in their revolutionary tasks.
These realities urgency demand that the columnists of each country stick
to independence and responsibly carry out their own revolution.
Independence is the basis for the strengthening of
proletarian internationalism. Internationalist unity is unity among the
peoples aspiring to independence; it aims at eliminating all forms of
domination and subjection and realizing independence. Unless it is based
on independence genuine and durable unity will be impossible, nor will
national and international duties be performed in good faith.
It is particularly important that the countries where
the working class has assumed power hold fast to independence and build
socialism and communism successfully. The pines of socialist countries
should map out their policies in keeping with their own specific
situations and develop their economy and culture and increase self-reliant
defence capabilities by enlacing the efforts of their own people and their
own resources. This alone enables them to discharge their responsibility
to their People and the international working class. The anti-imperialist, national-liberation democratic revolution
should be carried out thoroughly and the building of a new society
accelerated in those countries which were colonies and send-colonies in
former days. This is of tremendous importance in destroying imperialism
ultimately and making the whole word independent. In an attempt to subjugate newly-independent countries again, the
US imperialists are now bringing massive aggressive forces into the major
zones of resources and areas of strategic importance under the pretext of
"protecting concessions" and "security", and are making frantic efforts to
take hold of the third-world countries politically, economically and
militarily in the guise of "cooperation" and "protection".
Under the banner of anti-imperialism and
anti-colonialism the Asian, African and Latin-American peoples should wage
daring struggles to oppose imperialism and defend independence, and thus
carry out the tasks of anti-imperialist, national-liberation revolution
thoroughly. The peoples of different parts of the world which are still
under the control of imperialism, colonialism and racism, should conduct
all manners of vigorous revolutionary struggles including armed struggle
to drive out imperialists and achieve the desalinization and independence
of their countries. The world's progressive people should actively support
and encourage them in their struggle both morally and materially.
The peoples of newly-independent countries which cast
off the yoke of imperialism should get rid of the political and economic
foothold of foreign imperialists and domestic reactionary forces,
strengthen the revolutionary forces, set up a progressive social system
and build an independent national economy and national culture. This is
the only way to safeguard the revolutionary gains, achieve the prosperity
of the country and the nation and contribute to the common cause of the
world's people who are struggling to destroy imperialism. An important task today in opposing imperialism and building an
independent new word is to strengthen and develop the non-aligned
movement. The non-aligned movement is a
Progressive movement opposed to all forms of domination and subjection and
aspiring for independence; it is a might revolutionary force of our time
which stands against imperialism. In order to strengthen and develop this
movement all non-aligned countries should strictly observe its fundamental
principles and materialize political unity and economic cooperation. They
should abide by the principle of complete equality and noninterference in
each other's internal affairs and unit with each other to counter
imperialist aggression and interference by joint efforts and should fight
resolutely to institute a new international Economic order. The most important task
confronting the progressive mainland of the world at the present time is
to check and foil the imperialist moves towards aggression and war and
safeguard universal peace and security. The
present international situation is very complicated and strained. The
danger of war is growing in all parts of the world, and peace and security
are seriously menaced. With a view to realizing
their ambition for world domination, the US imperialists are working to
unleash a thermo-nuclear war and Plunge machined into the holocaust of
war. While reinforcing annex forces and keying up the tension in the
Middle East, they are melding preparations for a new war of aggression
against the Ahab people, and opposing the people's struggle for atonal
liberation and the building of a new society and disputing peace and
security in Africa, too. They are cadetting-armed intervention against th6
people who are struggling for freedom and independence in Central America,
and intensify military threat and subversion and sabotage against
progressive countries. They are attempting to increase nuclear weapons in
a big way in Europe, thus greatly aggravating the situation in this
region. The US imperialists are bent on
undisguised moves to spark of another war particularly in Korea. In an
endeavor to grab south Korea as a colonial foothold in Asia, as a
bridgehead for their aggression on the continent and fulfill their
aggressive ambition, they have brought to south Korea a large number of
nuclear weapons and other means of mass destruction and tumid south Korea
literally into a huge powder keg, into a base for nuclear war.
Due to the new war provocations perpetrated by US
imperialism in many parts of the wor1d, mankind is now faced with a vital
Problem of another world war or peace. The
Present situation demands that whoever desires the security and peace of
humanity should unite, irrespective of political views, religious beliefs
and social institutors, and rise up in the fight to thwart US imperialist
war moves and defend world Peace. To achieve the
unity of anti-imperialist, independent forces affords the decisive
guarantee for halting and fooling imperialist moves for aggression and
war, bringing about durable world Peace and building an independent new
word. The socialist forces and the international
columnist movement, national-liberator movement, democratic movement, the
nonaligned movement and all other progressive and Peace-loving forces of
the world should form an anti-US united front and administer collective
blows at US imperialism to Prevent it from acting recklessly. All the
anti-imperialist, independent forces should fight resolutely to check and
frustrate the imperialists' frantic arms buildup and war Preparations,
abolish US imperialists' military bases in other countries, withdraw the
US troops and nuclear weapons and other means of mass destruction,
dissolve military blocs, create and expand nuclear-free, peace zones in
many pats of the world and realize universal and complete
disanoint. Under the banner of anti-imperialism
and independence the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people will
fierily unite with the socialist countries, the international working
class, the nonaligned nations and all the progressive people the word
over, actively struggle for the victory of the Korean revolution and the
word revolution and credibly discharge their national and international
duties. The cause of socialism and communism
pioneered by Marx will emerge victorious without fail, and the ideal
society of mankind where the independence of all peoples are fully
realized, will surely come. As in the past, so
also in the future, our Party and our people will dynamically smuggle to
hasten the resplendent future of communism, holding aloft the
revolutionary banner of Marxism-tennis and the Jute idea. Invincible is the just revolutionary cause of our People who are
struggling vigorously, rallied closely around the Party Central Committee
headed by the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung.
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