Passing on the red flag
I am told by one of my Comrades in the Young Juche League
(Britain), that recently Comrade Kim Jong-il, the dear leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, turned 64 years old on February 17th.
I congratulate the people of the DPRK on another year of resisting global imperialism, but this event really did get me thinking.
Comrade Kim Jong Il is getting older. What will happen to the DPRK after he passes away?
Will it be passed down to one of his sons, as it was done with him?
I find this to be very feudal and anti-Marxist in nature.
Will there be a federal election?
More importantly, when Kim Jong Il dies, will the DPRK die with him?
Very often I find myself thinking this way. I think about aging revolutionary Fidel Castro, and the Socialist republic of Cuba.
Will the revolution live on after him?
After Chairman Mao Tse-Tung passed away,China was pounced upon by the capitalist world, and "reformers" such as Deng Xioping opened up
China to capitalism. Now,the "Communist" government of China is largely superficial, an empty shell of something that doesn't exist in China anymore. The same can be said for Vietnam and Laos.
The point is, many of the old governments still committed to Socialism are being gradually weakened with the death of the old guard, and gradually invaded by capitalism. I fear for the last of the old bastions of the socialist camp.
In most of the ex-Socialist states, the people do not have a say in accepting the new capitalist government. In the former USSR, the various communist factions, which still represent millions of people, are arrested and dealt with by Russian police. Communists from other countries who go to Russia to show solidarity with their comrades are often banned from returning. In Albania, the Communist party was declared an illegal organization for many years under the new "Democratic" government. Even now in Europe, anti-communist legislation was proposed to the Parliamentary Assembly of the council of Europe, and it passed. Although these measures have not been acted upon by their various member countries, the legislation has been passed. In most situations, the return to socialism is not
even an option to the masses.
Granted that there are some new governments committed to socialism in the twenty first century. President Hugo Chavez's popular Bolivarian revolution is making impressive progress in Venezuela, The Government of Evo Morales has taken power in Bolivia,
in Moldova the Communist party has been continually re-elected, and in Belarus the government of Aleksander Lukashanko is still practicing "Market Socialism." Other states show potential for Socialism,such as Nepal, Colombia, Peru, the Philippines and India.
Still, I worry. It is up to the peoples of the world to make socialism their own, and defend it from the forces of Capitalism.
Anyway, here's to the 64th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Kim-Jong Il. I sincerely hope that the people of the DPRK will exercise their right to self determination, and continue to pursue the path of Socialism.
The revolution lives on, comrades.
(Britain), that recently Comrade Kim Jong-il, the dear leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, turned 64 years old on February 17th.
I congratulate the people of the DPRK on another year of resisting global imperialism, but this event really did get me thinking.
Comrade Kim Jong Il is getting older. What will happen to the DPRK after he passes away?
Will it be passed down to one of his sons, as it was done with him?
I find this to be very feudal and anti-Marxist in nature.
Will there be a federal election?
More importantly, when Kim Jong Il dies, will the DPRK die with him?
Very often I find myself thinking this way. I think about aging revolutionary Fidel Castro, and the Socialist republic of Cuba.
Will the revolution live on after him?
After Chairman Mao Tse-Tung passed away,China was pounced upon by the capitalist world, and "reformers" such as Deng Xioping opened up
China to capitalism. Now,the "Communist" government of China is largely superficial, an empty shell of something that doesn't exist in China anymore. The same can be said for Vietnam and Laos.
The point is, many of the old governments still committed to Socialism are being gradually weakened with the death of the old guard, and gradually invaded by capitalism. I fear for the last of the old bastions of the socialist camp.
In most of the ex-Socialist states, the people do not have a say in accepting the new capitalist government. In the former USSR, the various communist factions, which still represent millions of people, are arrested and dealt with by Russian police. Communists from other countries who go to Russia to show solidarity with their comrades are often banned from returning. In Albania, the Communist party was declared an illegal organization for many years under the new "Democratic" government. Even now in Europe, anti-communist legislation was proposed to the Parliamentary Assembly of the council of Europe, and it passed. Although these measures have not been acted upon by their various member countries, the legislation has been passed. In most situations, the return to socialism is not
even an option to the masses.
Granted that there are some new governments committed to socialism in the twenty first century. President Hugo Chavez's popular Bolivarian revolution is making impressive progress in Venezuela, The Government of Evo Morales has taken power in Bolivia,
in Moldova the Communist party has been continually re-elected, and in Belarus the government of Aleksander Lukashanko is still practicing "Market Socialism." Other states show potential for Socialism,such as Nepal, Colombia, Peru, the Philippines and India.
Still, I worry. It is up to the peoples of the world to make socialism their own, and defend it from the forces of Capitalism.
Anyway, here's to the 64th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Kim-Jong Il. I sincerely hope that the people of the DPRK will exercise their right to self determination, and continue to pursue the path of Socialism.
The revolution lives on, comrades.
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