KIM JONG
IL
On the
Fundamentals of
(October
10, 1992)
Safeguarding
and developing the socialist cause is the most important task now facing
revolutionary parties and peoples. Although it is
undergoing trials, socialism is as ever the objective of the struggle of
revolutionary parties as well as the aspiration of progressive people. This is
shown clearly by the fact that many revolutionary parties throughout the world
have signed the declaration, which was adopted in
How the
socialist cause is promoted depends on how the party, which leads this cause, is
built and how it's leading role is enhanced. The history of the struggle for
socialism can be called the history of building the working-class party and of
its activities. The whole course of the bloody struggle of the working class and
other sections of the working masses for socialism shows that the key to victory
lies in party building and party activities and that the failure has its causes
in party building and party activities.
Now that
revolutionary parties have adopted the Pyongyang Declaration as their common
fighting programs and are understanding a fresh
struggle for socialism, it is extremely important to conduct a correct review of
the historical experience and lessons of party building. Such a review is also a
Pressing matter in enabling our officials and Party members to heighten their
vigilance against ail the attempts of the class enemies who are bent on
destroying the revolutionary party of the working class, to strengthen the party
steadily, to enhance its leading role and thus to continue to promote the
socialist cause vigorously.
The setback
faced by socialism in a number of countries is a serious lesson for us. Here it
is particularly important for us to understand clearly why parties that had
guided the socialist cause through arduous struggles for many decades collapsed
so quickly. That is important because party leadership is vital to the socialist
cause.
A socialist
society is an advanced society that represents the popular masses' desire for
independence, and humanity's advance towards socialism is the trend of
historical development. The working-class party guides the tide of human history
towards socialism, and the progress of socialist society requires that the
working- class party should be developed and strengthened steadily. The collapse
of socialist ruling parities and socialism's return to capitalism in some
countries in recent years can be considered as abnormal, passing phenomena in
the light of the general trend of human history.
The
collapse of parties, which had been building socialism, was an abnormal
occurrence also in view of the circumstances and conditions for Party building
and op activities. The circumstances and conditions for party building and party
activities in socialist society are incomparable superior to those in capitalist
society. In socialist society there are no socio-economic and class conditions
restricting the building and activities of the working-class Party, the Party's
social and class foundations are broad, and the party has greater possibilities
for winning the support and confidence of the popular masses through the
implementation of popular policies. The collapse of socialist ruling parties in
spite of this is explain by the fact that party building and Party activities
were no conducted proper.
The most
important factor in party building and party activities is to strengthen the
party's organizational and ideological bases.
The
working-class party is a political organization that has been formed on the
basis of the working-class ideology, and as such how its organizational and
ideological bases are built is a basic factor that is essential to its
existence. The working-class party must lay and strengthen its organizational
and ideological foundations in the whole process of preparing its foundation and
development. The strengthening of its organizational and ideological foundations
is particularly important when the inheritance of the party leadership is an
issue, because at that moment the class enemies at home and for and schemers and
ambitious elements that are greedy for power maneuver more overtly than
ever.
If its
organizational and ideological bases are solid, the socialist ruling party can
thwart all the schemes of the imperialists and class enemies to undermine the
party. Treachery within the Party is a greater danger to the existence of the
party than destructive moves from outside, but whether or not treachery can be
prevented depends on the solidity of its organizational and ideological
foundations. If the party adheres to revolutionary principles and has durable
organizational and ideological foundations, its leadership will not fall into
the hands of traitors to the revolution, and should the leadership fall into
their hands, the traitors will find it difficult to impose their
counterrevolutionary line upon the party organizations and party members. But
the organizational and ideological foundations of several parities were weakened
because of a bend towed bourgeois liberalism that had infiltrated them. Taking
advantage of this weakness, the traitors to the revolution were able to dictate
their counterrevolutionary line to their subordinates openly. In particular the
body of cadre, the backbone of the organizational and theological foundations of
the party, was not built up well and ideological degeneration was evident among
them. Therefore, many cadres failed to distinguish between the revolution and
counterrevolution clearly and, even when the counterrevolutionary nature of the
traitors was identified, they ideologically sympathized with them and followed
them blindly or flattered them submissively, for the purpose of self-protection
in preference. Of course, the staunch communists preserved their conscience of
party membership and fought to defend the party and socialism. But their
struggle could not halt the adverse current of counterrevolution that had
emerged due to the long-term degeneration of the party.
Another
important matter in the building and activates of the working-class party is the
fortification of its mass foundation.
It is an
essential condition for the existence of the working-class party that represents
the interests of the masses to strike root among the masses. Without the support
of the masses the working-class party cannot maintain its existence.
For the
socialist ruling party to consolidate its mass base it is essential for it to
build socialism successfully so as to display the advantages of the socialist
system to the full and. at the same time, to work well with the masses and equip
them fully with the socialist ideology. Fundamentally speaking, the
working-class party is a party of the popular masses themselves, which fights in
defense of their interests. Therefore, if the working masses oppose the
working-class party it means that they are opposing themselves. But if the
socialist ruling party fails to bring the superiority of the socialist system
into full play because of the inefficient organization and leadership of
socialist construction, and if it fails to overcome bureaucracy and other
outmoded work methods and styles, and bribery and other forms of irregularities
and corruption, within the party, it may become divorced from the masses. As for
bureaucracy, it was in evidence in the early days of the building of socialism.
It was more or less inevitable that officials should employ outmoded work
methods and styles because they pertained the remnants
of outmoded ideas and had no experience of the management of socialist society.
But the officials' outmoded work methods and styles at that time did no result
in such a serious consequence as jeopardizing the revolutionary achievements,
because the workers and peasants were giving strong support to the working-class
party and the socialist power that has freed them from exploitation and
oppression. With the passage of time, however, the people's class awareness
dulled and their demands increased, whereas bureaucratic practices grew mere
serious as the cadres were replaced by members of the new generation that lacked
revolutionary training and, worse still, irregularities and corruption which had
been a minor problem in the early period of building socialism increased to a
considerable extent. These evils do not emanate from the nature of the
working-class party and the socialist society, but from outmoded ideological
remnants and bourgeois ideology. So they can be overcome if the Party
strengthens its organizational and ideological work and combats them. But, many
parties paid no due attention to the organizational and ideological work of the
party. As a result, they were unable to eliminate such unsound elements as
bureaucracy, irregularities and corruption. Meanwhile, they neglected the work
of educating the popular masses in the socialist ideology and tolerated
ideological and cultural infiltration by the imperialists. Consequently, the
political consciousness of many people dulled and they were deceived by the
anti-socialist maneuver of the imperialists and reactionaries. Renegade
socialists and deaconries, talking about "democracy" and "glasnost", used the
shortcomings revealed in the socialist ruling parties as a means of misleading
public opinion. But, if the popular masses had been fully armed with the
socialist ideology, many people would not have been fooled by the
counterrevolutionaries and would not have opposed their parties and
governments.
The
degeneration within socialist government parties, which resulted in the
frustration of socialism, began with their discarding the revolutionary
principles for building a working-class party. The revolutionary principles for
building a working-class party were put for ward in Marxism-Leninism. The
founders of Marxism, who believed that a vanguard for the working-class was
needed to lead its revolutionary struggle to victory, formed the Columnist
Union, the political organization of the working-class, and founded the First
International, and they worked hard to develop the international communist
movement under the party's leadership. In the course of this, the founders of
Marxism established a number of party-building principles. Lenin, upholding
Marxist principles for party building, developed the theory of party building in
accordance with the historical conditions in which the proletarian revolution
became necessary with capitalism's transition to the stage of imperialism. He
defined the poor peasantry, along with the working class, as the motive force of
the revolution and, on that new class basis, founded a revolutionary party. With
the victory of the October Socialist Revolution in
The new era
of independence in which the popular masses shape their destiny independently
and creatively required a fresh development in party--building theories. As a
theory in the period of the struggle of the working-class party for the seizure
of power, the Marxist-Leninist theory of party building did not clarify the
details of how the working-class party in power should develop itself and
conduct its activities. Many new theoretical and practical prowlers occurred in
the building and archives of the party as the leading political organization of
society after its seizure of power and the establishment of the socialist
system. But several parties followed Marxism-Leninism dogmatically, claiming
that it was their guiding principle. As a resu1t they did not develop a
party-building theory as required by the situation in which socialism was being
built. Therefore, they failed to find correct solutions to such new problems as
those of strengthening their ranks organizationally and ideologically and
consolidating their mass foundations to suit their ruing position. When the
limitations of the Marxist-Leninist theory of party building were revealed, the
modem revisionists, taking advantage of them, led the working-class parties to
degeneration. Under the pretext of developing the Marxist-Leninist
party-building theory in accordance with the changed circumstances and
conditions, the modern revisionists emasculated the theory's revolutionary
essence, weakened their parties systematically and paralyzed their leadership
functions.
A socialist
society requires that the working-class party should be strengthened steadily
and its leadership role enhanced. Socialist society, which is based on
collectivism, can nether neither maintains itself nor blazes a trail
successfully towards socialism and communism without the correct political
leadership of the party. In the course of many years of living in comfort in
socialist society, the revolutionary spirit may gradually disappear and idle and
easy-going practices come to prevail among the new generation and other people
who have not experienced exploitation, oppression and unship. All this requires
the strengthening of the party and the improvement of its leading role, as well
as a more positive effort to educate party members and other people in the
revolutionary spirit. But, many socialist ruing parties neglected to strengthen
themselves and to provide party members and the people with revolutionary
education, believing that everything would go well merely if they built the
economy after the establishment of the socialist system. Economic construction
is an important task for socialist ruling parties after the establishment of the
socialist system. But, if they emphasize only economic construction and neglect
to strengthen them and to educate party members and the people in the
revolutionary spirit, they cannot build even the economy successfully and may
lose the gains of the socialist revolution.
The
socialist government parties and the socialist systems collapsed in many
countries, not just a few, because they had failed to establish Juche in their
development and activities.
Establishing
Juche is the fundamental requirement in the building and the activities of a
revolutionary party. The revolutionary party of the working class is an
independent political organization, which combats domination and subordination
in all forms and struggles to realize the independence of the working masses.
Therefore the revolutionary party must resolve all the problems that arise in
its building and activities with its own ideas and by its own efforts. Of
course, in the early days of the imitational communist movement the guidance and
assistance of the imitational center was necessary for the countries whose
communist hard core was not sufficiently prepared to carry out the cause of
party building.
As history
developed and the revolution progressed, a communist hard core
and revolutionary forces grew up in different countries and every party
became able to conduct the revolution independently in keeping with the specific
conditions in its own country. In this historical situation it was not realistic
for an international center to guide the parties and revolutionary movements of
different countries in a uniform way, so the Columnist International ceased to
exist.
But even
after the Commenter had been dissolved, old practices lasted for a long time in
the relations between communist and workers' parties, practices expressed in
their dogmatic acceptance of the party lines and policies of a major country
which had carried out the socialist revolution earlier. The good experience of
others should be adopted, but in such a case it should be assimilated creatively
to suit the specific situation in the country concerned. Since the specific
conditions vary with the country, socialism cannot be built successfully if
foreign experience is adopted dogmatically. Nevertheless, many parties, being in
the habit of copying the lines and policies of the party of another country,
followed the other when it abandoned socialist Principles and pursued
revisionism. They even accepted the counterrevolutionary lines, which the
traitors to socialism dictated to them. This resulted in the collapse of the
socialist government parties in the
The process
of the disintegration of parties that had seized power after an arduous
revolutionary struggle and had spent decades building socialism and of the
destruction of the socialist systems is a serious lesson.
The
historical lesson from the collapse of the socialist ruling parties and of the
socialist systems in many countries is that the purity of the socialist idea
must be maintained firmly if the cause of socialism is to be completed.
Historical
experience shows that when people's ideology degenerates, both the working-class
party and the socialist system will also become degenerate and cease to exist.
The emergence of renegades from the party, the organizational and ideological
disintegration of the party and the change in public feelings all sated from
degeneration in ideology. If ideology degenerates, even great economic and
military powers will collapse and the socialist system that has been developed
for decades will inevitably be destroyed.
The most
dangerous ideological trend, which undermines socialism, is that of revisionism,
dogmatism and flunkeyism.
The idea,
which is directly antagonistic to the socialist idea, is the bourgeois idea, but
the bourgeois idea cannot prevent the attraction of the socialist idea. The
bourgeois idea, that reflects the avaricious demands of the exploiter classes,
cannot conceal its reactionary nature, no matter what hypocrisy is used to
embellish it. It is natural that the working masses should accept the socialist
idea, which reflects their demand for independence instead of the bourgeois
idea, which reflects the demands of the exploiter classes that infringe upon
their independence. Therefore, the imperialists and capitalists have used
revisionism, which is the revision of the socialist idea, to cater to their
desires, as an ideological installment. As it was in the past, so at present,
too, revisionism is the main threat to the accomplishment of the socialist
cause. Being the reflector of the bourgeois idea, which emerged in the communist
movement, revisionism has prevented revolutionary transition to socialism in
capitalist countries and has been used by the imperialists as their ideological
instrument in their strategy of ¡°peaceful transition¡±, by opening the road to
the return to capitalism in socialist countries. But no matte how carefully
modem revisionism may disguise itself, we must identify its reactionary nature
and categorically oppose and reject it.
Dogmatism
and flunkeyism are also dangerous ideological elements in the accomplishment of
the cause of socialism. Dogmatism and flunkeyism prevent the socialist idea from
displaying its full vitality. Those who are steeped in dogmatism and sycophancy
will dance to the tune of other instead of acting in accordance with their own
beliefs, will adopt revisionism if others practice revisionism and, ultimately,
will harbor illusions about the developed capitalist countries and recklessly
introduce capitalist methods. We must not tolerate even the slightest expression
of dogmatism and sycophancy and must solve all problems to meet the requirements
of our people and the situation in our country, maintaining our own beliefs at
all times.
Another
historical lesson to be learned from the collapse of the socialist ruling
parties and of the socialist systems in some countries is that continuity of
leadership must be ensured if one is to complete the cause of socialism.
We cannot
regard the responsibility for the disintegration of the socialist ruling parties
as resting with ordinary party members. In any of those countries ordinary party
members have faithfully supported the cause of the working-class party and
grieved at its collapse. The problem was that the continuity of revolutionary
leadership was not ensured.
The destiny
of the cause of socialism, which emerges in the fierce struggle against the
class enemies, depends on how leadership of it is ensured. The struggle for
socialism has developed in many countries over a long historical period, but
correct leadership for it has not always been ensured. Leadership of the cause
of socialism can be ensured only when an outstanding leader stands at its
center. There is no greater fortune for people than being guided by a leader who
enjoy their absolute trust for his brilliant wisdom, outstanding leadership
ability and noble virtue as well as for his lasting achievements. This does not
mean that People who have no such great leader cannot carry out the cause of
socialism. The mot valuable of the traits of a leader who leads the cause of
socialism is his loyalty to this cause and to the people. A leader derives
wisdom, leadership ability and virtue from the popular masses. The people are
teachers, and there cannot be a prominent leader who is isolated from the
people. Correct leadership will be ensured when the leader mixes with the
popular masses at all times, listens to their opinions and solves everything by
relying on their strength, and the leader who has such popular leadership
qualities is a true leader of the People. Disregarding the opinions of the
people and not believing in their strength are the traits of a renegade. If such
a renegade holds power, the misfortune the people will suffer will be
immeasurable. The greatest misery for people is to have the wrong leader.
If
continuity of leadership is to be ensured in a socialist society, the party
should be strong. In general, the personality and qualities of the leader of a
columnist movement are formed through a process in which he is tempered and
tested in a fierce class struggle. But the personality and qualities of the
leader of the new generation in a socialist society are shaped in the course of
his being tempered and seasoned through a party life and the practical work of
building socialism. If an admirable leader is to come forward, a leader who has
been tempered and tested through a party life and revolutionary practice in a
socialist society, the party should be powerful. Historical experience shows
that it is quite possible for an excellent leader to come forward who is
faithful to the cause of socialism and the people and is well-qualified and can
cap forward the cause of socialism successfully if the problem of continuity of
leadership is solved in a foresighted way on the basis of strengthening the
party organizationally and ideologically and observing party principles.
The
collapse of the socialist ruling parties and the destruction of the socialist
systems in many countries are a great loss to the cause of independence for the
popular masses. But if one learns a lesson from one's failure and opens up the
revolutionary path of party building independently and creatively, one will be
able to build a more revolutionary and militant party and continually promote
the cause of socialism under the leadership of the party.
The bitter
experience of the collapse of the socialist ruling parties and the destruction
of the socialist systems in many countries demands that we should recognize more
clearly the validity of our Party's line of building a Juche party and work
still harder to implement it.
Our party
has always solved in its own way, proceeding from a Juche stand, all the
problems which have been raised in the building of the party and in its
activities. Had our party followed others in the building of the party and in
its activities, it would have been harmed. In the history of our party, too,
there were at one time pressure from outside forces and schemes by factionalists
infected with flunkeyism who demanded that we should follow others. But, our
party did not move even a single step from its Juche line. Because we have built
our party and conducted its activities in our own way, our Party is leading the
revolution and construction energetically as a militant detachment, which is
united in one mind, even in today's complex situation.
The great
leader Comrade Kim IL Sung has created a Juche theory on party building and
comprehensively systematized it after founding a Juche-based revolutionary party
which he has led on the basis of the Juche idea, and has also performed immortal
exploits and accumulated valuable experience in party building. This is a great
achievement and a sure guarantee for continually strengthening and developing
our Party as a revolutionary party of a Juche type.
The Juche
idea is the sole guiding idea of our Party.
The guiding
idea of a party is its fundamental idea, which clarifies the goal of its
struggle as well as the principles and ways for achieving that goal. The
character of the party and the basic direction of its building and activities
are defined by its guiding idea. The party is a political organization of people
with the same idea. Therefore, a scientific and revolutionary guiding idea for
the party should be abolished before anything else in party building. It is only
when the party has a scientific and revolutionary guiding idea that it will be
able to convince its members and other people of the validity of its cause and
give them confidence in victory, to achieve the unity and cohesion of the party
and the revolutionary ranks in ideology and will and to lead the revolution and
construction to victory based upon a correct strategy and proper techs.
The guiding
ideas of the revolutionary parties of the working class share common ground in
that they reflect the desire of the popular masses, the driving force of the
revolution, for independence, and their interests. Nevertheless, they have their
own specific features because the situation in every country is different. In
the past it was stressed that the parties of all countries should have one
guiding idea, which was approved by all. But the fact that the party of each
country should work independently, with its own guiding idea, and that it should
develop its guiding idea creatively, was neglected. This was an obstacle for
every country in building the party and making the revolution independently to
suit its own situation. It is only when a correct guiding idea is created and
developed from an independent and creative stand that a party can be built
independently and the revolution and construction be conducted successfully,
taking the idea as its guiding principle.
Because a
party has to create a guiding idea to keep abreast of the changing circumstances
and its own situation, it should not renounce the revolutionary principles that
should be maintained invariably in the building of the party and in its
activities. The conditions, under which the party works, as well as its duties,
change in the course of accomplishing the cause of socialism; therefore, the
theoretical and practical problems arising in the building of the party and in
its activities should be solved creatively to conform to this. But,
revolutionary principles should invariably be maintained because the class
character of the party and its historical mission cannot change. Renouncing revolutionary principles because of changes in the
circumstances and conditions means destroying the revolutionary party and
betraying the revolutionary cause of the popular masses.
The great
leader Comrade Kim IL Sung created the Juche idea and thus found a brilliant way
of providing a guiding ideology for the Party to meet the requirements of the
times and the situation in our country. The validity and vitality of a
revolutionary idea are defined by how correctly the idea reflects the masses'
desire for independence and their interests and how scientifically it explains
the way to meet them. The Juche idea accurately reflects the fundamental
requirements of the working class and the other working masses and explains the
way it should be implemented in an absolutely scientific manner. The fundamental
demand of the working class and the other working people is to end exploitation
and oppression of man by man and to enjoy an independent and creative life as
masters of the state and society. Because it mirrors the masses' desire for
independence and explains the way in which it should be implemented in a
comprehensive manner, the Juche idea is a perfect revolutionary ideology of the
working class which reflects the new age in which the popular masses have
emerged in the arena of history as masters of their destiny. It is only when
party building and its activities are guided by the Juche idea that the party
can consolidate and develop itself steadily and conduct the revolution and
construction with success. This has been proved in our revolutionary
practice.
Developing
our Party into a mass party of the working people is a basic policy of building
it.
Formerly a
party was regarded as a political organization of a class, representing and
defending the class's interests, and as a weapon in the class struggle. The
party is the vanguard of a class, which fights to realize the demands and
aspirations of that class. But, if it is built into a party for that class
alone, it is impossible for it to perform its duties properly as a revolutionary
party or to win the support of the broad masses of the people. The situation
now, in which the broad masses of the people have emerged as the masters of
their destiny, requires that the working-class party be developed into a mass
party which represents the interests of all the people and embraces progressive
elements from all classes and sections of the working population. In socialist
society in which all strata of the popular masses have become socialist working
People and the social and class composition is becoming more and more
homogeneous, it is all the more necessary to develop the working-class party
into a mass party.
The great
leader Comrade Kim IL Sung, displaying scientific insight into the requirements
of our times and the specific situation of our revolution, put forward the
theory of building a mass party, thus paving a new way for the building of a
revolutionary party. The theory on building a mass party evolved by the great
leader is based on the Juche revolutionary principle that the popular masses are
the masters and the motive force of the revolution and construction. The cause
of socialism is an undertaking by the people and for the People. Today, when the
broad masses, of the people are aspiring to socialism and the social and class
foundations of socialism have been expanded as never before, the party which
fights for the cause of socialism must naturally be developed into a mass party
which represents the interests of all the people and
strikes root among the broad working masses.
The party's
development into a mass party must not result in the weakening or alternation of
its revolutionary and working-class character. The class character of the party
is defined by its guiding ideology and fighting objectives; its revolutionary
character is manifested in its loyalty to the revolutionary ideology of the
working class and to the socialist cause. The cause of the working class
conforms to the interests of all the people, and the working class can achieve
the socialist cause successfully only when it rallies broad strata of the
population behind it. It is, therefore, a legitimate requirement in building the
revolutionary party to develop it into a mass party which champions the
interests of all the People and comprises fanners and intellectuals as well as
the working class. Experience shows that when it fails to become a mass party of
the working people, a party may be reduced to a political minority of communists
when faced with difficulties in the revolution. Only when it is built as a mass
party which thoroughly champions the masses' desire for independence and their
interests and strikes root among wide sections of the working people, can the
party maintain unbreakable ties with the masses and succeed in the socialist
cause by relying on the inexhaustible energies of the people who are rallied
behind it.
The great
leader, on the basis of the line of building a mass party, built a revolutionary
party of Juche which consists of advanced elements of the workers, farmers and
working intellectuals and champions the interests of the popular masses, and
thus set a brilliant example in the building of a mass party. He had not only a
hammer and sickle symbolizing the workers and fanners but also a brush
symbolizing the working intellectuals form the Party's emblem, to suit the
characteristics of our Party, a mass Party, and has led the Party to form a
harmonious whole with the masses and render loyal service to all the people so
as to provide them with an independent and creative life. Our Party has
developed into an unconquerable revolutionary Party, which enjoys the
unqualified support and trust of the popular masses. It has become a powerful
motive force for the revolution by welding itself with the masses into a
socio-political organism, which shares a common destiny. This is an excellent
fruition of the great leader's line of building a mass party, and it ensures all
our victories.
Firmly
establishing monolithic ideology and leadership within the Party is a
fundamental principle in the building of our Party.
Its
monolithic ideology and leadership ensure the durability and vitality of a
revolutionary party. Monolithic ideology and leadership is essential for the
unity of idea and purpose within the party and for its effective leadership of
the revolution and construction.
Monolithic
ideology and leadership in a party is best achieved when a distinguished leader
guides the party. A leader who is endowed with great intelligence, outstanding
leadership ability and noble virtue can formulate lines and policies which
reflect the masses' desire for independence and their interests accurately and
organize and guide their creative activities successfully. A party, which does
not support its leader's ideology and guidance or does not inherit his cause,
cannot be called a revolutionary party.
Monolithic
ideology and leadership in a party is guaranteed by centralist discipline, and
can be ensured only when the party has established a centralist work system and
order by which all party organizations and all its members obligatorily
implement its lines and policies, and by which its entire membership acts as one
in accordance with the instructions of its central committee.
The
establishment of monolithic ideology and leadership in a party does not conflict
with democracy, but provides a sure guarantee for genuine democracy. When no
such ideology and leadership is established and unprincipled democracy is
permitted within the party, democracy may be suppressed by bureaucracy and
arbitrariness manifested among officials who lack in party discipline, and the
unity and cohesion of the party may be broken and division encouraged by
undesirable elements hidden in the party. The occurrence of undisciplined
practices and disorder and the emergence of factions in some parties over recent
years, which led finally to their disintegration and collapse, were due in no
small measure to the failure to ensure their monolithic ideology and leadership,
resulting from undue emphasis on "democracy". It is only when monolithic
ideology and leadership are combined properly with democracy in a party that
true comradely unity is achieved among party members, the unity of superiors and
subordinates is guaranteed, and its lines and policies are implemented with
success. Making it the basic principle in Party building to maintain monolithic
ideology and leadership, our Party has established the monolithic ideological
and leadership system firmly among its entire membership and thus has been able
to develop and strengthen itself into an unbreakable, militant organization
which thinks and acts as one under the guidance of the leader. Our experience in
Party building shows that democracy based on unshakable, monolithic ideology and
leadership makes it possible for a party to promote the revolution and
construction forcefully by uniting all its members firmly with one ideology and
purpose.
It is our
main task in Party building to strengthen the Party's unity and cohesion. The
unity and cohesion of the party is its lifeblood and the source of its might.
The party whose and cohesion is disrupted cannot maintain its existence. The
unity and cohesion of the party is a prerequisite for achieving the political
and ideological unity of the whole society. The unity of the broad masses behind
the party and the leader in their struggle constitutes the major driving force
in the rapid development of socialist society and is the source of its
unconquerable might. The political and ideological unity of the whole society is
inconceivable without the unity and cohesion of the party. The party is the hard
core joining the popular masses with the leader organizationally and
ideologically. In order to achieve the political and ideological unity of the
whole society by rallying the popular masses firmly behind the leader it is
essential, before all else, to achieve the unity and cohesion of the Party's
ranks, the hard core.
The unity
and cohesion of the party behind the leader in ideology and purpose, as well as
in morality and loyalty, is the most durable of unity and cohesion. An
association, which is based on, a mere sense of duty or on business routine
cannot last long, nor can it withstand the severe trials of the revolution. Only
solid, single-hearted unity behind the leader which is based on one ideology and
purpose and on loyalty to the revolution can be unbreakable unity and cohesion
that are capable of overcoming all hardships and trials.
The work of
strengthening the unity and cohesion of the party must be steadily intensified.
If we, resting content with the unity and cohesion of the Party that has been
achieved, do not make continued efforts to consolidate it, the unity and
cohesion may be gradually weakened and, in the long run, destroyed. It is
important to launch an effective struggle to preserve the unity and cohesion of
the party, especially when one revolutionary generation is replaced by another
and when the situation, internal and extremely, is complex. Historical
experience shows that in such a situation, ambitious elements and renegades
appear and try to wreck the unity and cohesion of the Party.
The
struggle to maintain the unity and cohesion of the party is, in the final
analysis, a fight against heterogeneous ideological trends that are detrimental
to the unity and cohesion of the party. The most dangerous of the ideological
trends that undermine the party's unity and cohesion is factionalism and other
counterrevolutionary ideological trends. If we tolerate counterrevolutionary
ideological trends within the party, anti-party groups will be formed on their
basis and will destroy the party. In order to maintain the unity and cohesion of
the party, it is also necessary to guard against parochialism, nepotism and
other unsound ideological elements. Parochialism and nepotism are seeds of
factions and, if they are connived at, may grow into factions and break the
unity and cohesion of the party. We must remember that heterogeneous ideological
elements that are harmful to the Party's unity and cohesion can germinate from
the rends of outmoded ideas or infiltrate from outside,
and we must always be vigilant.
Historical
experience shows that, if we neglect the consolidation of the unity and cohesion
of the party, in the belief that the unity and cohesion of the party will not be
destroyed in socialist society, factional forces may appear in the party and
challenge the party, in collusion with counterrevolutionary forces outside the
party, and this will incur grave consequences. Only when we develop the work of
consolidating the unity and cohesion of the party, regarding it as the main task
in party building, can we strengthen and develop its unity and cohesion down
through the generators.
Our Party
achieved solid unity and cohesion a long time ago. Not resting content with
this, however, it has continued to work hard to strengthen the single-hearted
unity of the whole Party around the leader, so that it maintains unbreakable
unity and cohesion, without any vacillation even in the present complex
situation.
It is the
consistent policy of our Party to stress ideology in party building.
A party is
a political organization of people who are united by a common ideology.
Therefore, its ranks should be strengthened with the main stress on ideology.
This means that the party's ranks should be mad up of people who are loyal to
the cause of socialism, judged mainly by how strong a belief they have in the
party's ideology. Only when the party's ranks are strengthened with people who have a high level of ideological consciousness and are
loyal to the cause of socialism, is it possible to ensure the party's
solid unity in ideology and purpose and its strong revolutionary character and
enhance the vanguard role of party members in the revolutionary struggle and
construction work. Therefore, it is essential in bulling up the party's rank to
judge people mainly and always by their ideological level and their loyalty to
the cause of socialism, while taking into account their socio-class position and
background. Even in a society where the hostile class has been eliminated and
all the members of society have become socialist working people, the principle
of giving priority to ideology in building up the party's ranks must no be
violated. In a socialist society, too, some people who are not prepared
politically and ideologically may possibly attempt to join the party in pursuit
of selfish interests and farm. But such people are not qualified for party
membership and, if they are admitted to the Party, the dignity and prestige of
the party may be damaged and the party itself be weakened.
In building
a party by judging people's ideological criteria, it is extremely important to
form the ranks of cadres with officials who are infinitely loyal to the party,
the leader and the revolution. Cadres are the backbone of the party; they
educate the masses and direct the revolution. The strength of the party depends
largely on the quality of its cadres. Cadres need to be competent but more
importantly, should have a sound ideology. Loyalty to the party the leader and
the revolution is the first criterion of a cadre. To form the cadre ranks manly
on the criterion of loyalty to the party, the leader and the revolution is a
fundamental matter that has a bearing on the future of the party. The major
obstacle to forming the cadre ranks with the main stress on ideology is the
violation of party principles because of favoritism, personal acquainted and the
like in the work of personnel administration. If party principles are
disregarded in personnel administration, unqualified people may be admitted to
the ranks of cadres or even alien elements may worm their way into them.
With a view
to ensuring the purity of the ranks of cadres, our Party has established strict
procedures for the appointment, the dismissal and the ratification of cadres and
has ensured that cadres are selected and appointed on the basis of collective
discussion by the Party committee and on the principle of unanimous approval.
Thus, only those whose loyalty and ability have been verified
in revolutionary practice have been selected and appointed as cadres. The
experience of our Party shows that only when the ranks of cadres are bullet up
mainly on ideological criteria cans the Party be strengthened organizationally
and ideologically and, on this basis, the cause of the Party be accomplished down through the generations.
Establishing
a monolithic ideology is the major task of our Party.
The
building of socialism and communism is the process of modeling the whole society
on the revolutionary ideology of the working class. Our Party set the ultimate
objective of our revolution to be the modeling of the whole society on the Juche
idea and has work hard to occupy the ideological and
material fatnesses of socialism and communalism by transforming our ideology,
technology and culture to meet the requirements of Juche.
The main
aspect of modeling the whole society on one ideology is to instill our
monolithic theology in all the members of society. People are the masters of
society and a person's value and quality are defined, and all his activities are
regulated, by his ideological consciousness. Therefore, in order to transform
the whole of society on a single ideology, it is essential, above all else, to
educate people and transform their ideology.
People not
only transform nature and society but also reform themse1ves. The ideological
transformation of people is also influenced by changes and developments in the
objective conditions of society. In particular, the change and development of
the social system exert a great influence on the change and deve1opment of
ideological consciousness. But a change in the objective conditions does not
bring about that of people's ideological consciousness spontaneously.
Ideological consciousness is consciousness, which reflects the demands and
interests of people and it, has relative solidity. Unless
people work to remold their ideological consciousness, regardless of changes in
the objective circumstances and conditions, their ideological consciousness will
not be transformed. If we believe that people will acquire the socialist
ideology automatically after the establishment of the socialist system and
neglect their ideological transformation, old ideologies may revive. The
transformation of people's ideological consciousness is more difficult than the
reform of the social relations and the development of the forces of production.
The remnants of old ideologies are very conservative and revive whenever the
possibility arises. Ideological transformation, particularly in confrontation
with imperialism, is accompanied by a serious class struggle. Therefore, we must
direct greater efforts to ideological transformation and give definite Priority
to it over all other work.
The
ideology with which we should equip the members of society should be an
excellent one. There cannot be a vacuum in people's ideological consciousness.
Unless we have a good ideology that is superior to the old ideologies we cannot
succeed in ideological transformation.
The great
leader Comrade Kim IL Sung originated the Juche idea and, while leading the
arduous revolutionary struggle for nearly 70 years, has produced a full
clarification of how a revolutionary should live and struggle, setting a fine
example in doing so, and thus Providing us with good
ideo-spiritual wealth for ideological transformation.
The revolutionary ideology of the great leader and the history of his
revolutionary struggle are an invaluable textbook and example for imbuing the
whole society with an ideology. The loyalty to the Party and the leader of our
anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners, the heroic soldiers who fought in the
Fatherland Liberation War and the heroes of socialist revolution and
consummation and their devoted service to the country and the people are also a
priceless asset in ideological transformation.
An old
ideology does not give way to a good, new one of its own accord. A good
ideology, needless to say, is very attractive. But, since the imperialists and
the reactionaries are playing many tricks in an attempt to slur the socialist
ideology and beautify and embellish the bourgeois ideology, it is not easy for
people to accept an advanced ideology. Only through a struggle to oppose the
reactionary bourgeois ideology and equip the people with the advanced socialist
ideology can they be educated and reformed along revolutionary lines. It is the
most important task for the parties building socialism to carry out vigorous
ideological work to prevent the penetration of the reactionary bourgeois
ideology and equip people with the socialist ideology. Only when the
revolutionary parties conduct good ideological work to overcome the reactionary
bourgeois ideas of all hues and arm people with the advanced socialist ideology
can they firmly guarantee the victory of the socialist ideology and succeed in
imbuing the whole society with it.
For the
ideological transformation of the whole society the party must give priority to
the ideological education of its members. In other words, a party must educate
its members first and then make them educate the hard core of the masses who, in
turn, will educate the broad masses. The education of the hard core of the
masses by party members and the education of the broad masses by the hard core
of the masses is an effective method of educating and transforming all the
member of society, with one person educating ten people, ten people a hundred, a
hundred People a thousand, and a thousand people ten thousand. A party member is
a political activist by nature and it is the duty of a party member to conduct
political work to educate and transform the masses. When a party refuses to give
precedence to the ideological education of its members they cannot do their duty
as political activists and may degenerate ideologically. It cannot be said that
the traitors to the revolution who appeared in some socialist ruling parties
were anti-socialist from the first. The parties neglected the revolutionary
education and tempering of their cadres and member, with the result that some
people gradually degenerated and became traitors. In the light of this lesson we
must always pay primary attention to the revolutionary education and tempering
of cadres and Party members.
In order to
succeed in the ideological temping of Party members we must lead them to live a
good Party life. A Party life is a furnace for ideological tempering. When party
member fail to lead a party life and leave the control of their party
organizations they may become liberal and degenerate ideologically. Proceeding
from their need of political integrity party members must participate
voluntarily in a party life. Our Party has established a well-regulated system
for a Party life, which enables its members to raise their political integrity
and fulfill their duties through lead a Party life. Our Party has led all its
organizations to guarantee proper organization and guidance so that their
members lead a Party life consciously and faithfully in compliance with Party
rues, having a correct view of their Party organization, and temper themselves
steadily in a revolutionary way through leading a Party life.
Ideology is
reformed through ideological education and an ideological struggle. Ideological
education is work to equip people with revolutionary ideas; it requires a
certain system and definite forms and methods. Our Party has established a
well-knit system of ideological education within itself and has run it
regularly. It has steadily improved the forms and methods of ideological
education as required by the developing situation. The ideological struggle is
an important form of ideological transformation that is through criticism;
criticism is a tonic for preventing ideological sickness. Our Party has
established a sound atmosphere for criticism within itself so that an
ideological struggle is conducted through criticism to temper the cadres and its
members on revolutionary lines.
For the
ideological transformation of the whole society the Party must also educate the
masses responsibly. Equipping them with the consciousness of independence and
awakening them ideologically manifest the greatest love for the people, and the
most serious crime against the people is to paralyze their consciousness of
independence and make them ideologically degenerate. The responsible education
of the popular masses by a party is an expression of its boundless love for
them.
Party
organizations should guide all its cadres and members to conduct political work
widely among the masses, while at the same time mating the masses through
working people's organizations. Conducting work with the masses through working
people's organizations is our Party's principle in guiding the masses. The
proper guidance of those organizations is an important duty of the socialist
ruling party, which is the political leadership organization of society. Working
people's organizations must work independently, but they should not be left
without the guidance of the working-class party. It is the working-class party
that represents the interests of the popular masses most thoroughly in socialist
society. So the working people's organizations must always conduct their
activities in accorded with the party's lines and policies. The "independence"
of the working people's organizations that means freedom from the leadership of
the party eventually reduces the working people's organizations to a tool for
the counterrevolutionary forces. The socialist ruling party must give correct
guidance to the working people's organizations so that they conduct the work of
educating and refunding the masses of all strata independency, creatively and
skillfully, in accidence with their duties and character as organizations for
ideological education. The party's norms for an organizational and ideological
life should serve as an example of the organizational and ideological life in
the working people's organizations. But, unlike the party that is composed of
advanced elements of the working people, the working people's organizations are
mass organizations, which embrace the broad masses. As every working people's
organization has its own characteristics, its organizational and ideological
life should be arranged accordingly.
The
fundamental method of mass education is explanation and persuasion. People's
ideology cannot be reformed by administrative orders or by coercive methods.
People should be encouraged to accept the ideology as their faith through
explanation and persuasion. Officials should always explain to the masses and
try to persuade them steadily and patiently. Influencing People by positive
examples is an effective method of educating them. The affirmative is the
progressive and beautiful things that meet the demands of people for
independence, so they exert a great influence on people. Support for the
affirmative is a criticism of the negative, and shows People the ways of
overcoming the negative. Our Party's experience shows that there is no one who
cannot be educated and reformed if we conduct explanation and persuasion and
influence people properly by positive examples in education.
Great
efforts should be directed particularly to the education of the younger
generation in the education of the masses. The oldest generation of the
revolution should pass down to the younger generation great revolutionary spirit
and creative ability. Of course, material wealth should be handed down to the
younger generation, but however much martial wealth they may inherit, they will
misuse it if they lack revolutionary spirit and creative ability. In those
countries where capitalism has revived, many young people took the lead in
opposing socialism. This was due to their parties' failure to guide them
properly. It is an important duty for socialist ruling parties to educate the
younger generation on revolutionary lines so that they firmly defend the
socialist system and continue to work for the revolution and accomplish the
cause. Historical lesson shows clearly that when the younger generation is not
educated in a revolutionary way the revolutionary gains achieved at the cost of
blood are lost.
Today in
our country the young people are working with devotion to develop socialism
further under the leadership of the Party, and all the young people and children
are growing up as dependable successors to the revolution. This shows that the
leadership of our Party, which has put great effort into the education of the
rising generation, is absolutely correct. But we should not rest content with
the successes, which have been achieved in the education of the younger
generation; we should train them more as redoubles of a Juche type.
It is the
basic mission of our Party to guarantee its political leadership of the whole
society.
The
revolutionary working class party in socialist society is charged with the
mission of assuming responsibility for the destiny of the people, forging it and
providing independent and creative lives for them. If the party is to fulfill
its mission it should ensure its political leadership in politics, the economy,
culture, national defense and all other spheres. The party's responsibility for
the destiny of the people is inseparable from its leading position. The
revolutionary party's renunciation of its leading position and role is the
evasion of its responsibility for the destiny of the people. It is the
fundamental direction in the building of a socialist ruling party to entrance
the leading position and role of the party so that it can fully ensure its
political leadership over the whole society.
The great
leader Comrade Kim IL Sung wisely guided our Party to strengthen its position as
the political leader of society and enhance its role as such. Our people
recognize only the Workers' Party of Korea as their political leader and entrust
their destiny entirely to the Party, and they are full of a firm determination
to complete the revolutionary cause of Juche under the leadership of the
Party.
The
leadership of a revolutionary party to the revolution and construction should be
political leadership.
First of
all, the party should draw up correct policies. The lines and policies of a
revolutionary party should accurately reflect the masses' desire for
independence and their interests and, to this end, the party should heed their
aspirations and demands. Our Party has believed in the popular masses as its
teacher, always mixed with the masses, listened to them and shaped its policies
to reflect their demands and interests. As a result, our Party has been able to
avoid deviations to right or left in farming its lines and policies, and our
Party's policies have commanded the full support of the popular masses. The
party should not only draw up correct policies but also lead its organizations
to carry out its policies thoroughly. An important duty for party organizations
at all levels is to organize, control and guide the execution of party policies.
When party organizations implement party policies correctly, they can translate
them into reality so as to promote the revolution and construction.
The party
should give priority to political work in all its activities so as to give full
play to the revolutionary enthusiasm and creative ability of the popular masses.
It is an intrinsic demand of socialist society to give precedence to political
work in all activities. The revolutionary enthusiasm and creative ability of the
working people who are masters of state and society can be brought into full
play only by political methods. The capitalist method of motivating people by
coercion or money, which is contrary to the intrinsic nature of socialist
society, not only cannot give full play to their revolutionary enthusiasm and
creative ability but also results in the degeneration of the socialist system
itself only the method of giving full rein to the revolutionary enthusiasm and
creative ability of the popular masses by giving priority to political work is a
revolutionary method of strengthening the socialist system and giving full play
to its advantages. By giving precedence to political work in all its activities
our Party has been able to promote the revolution and construction dynamically
in reliance on the high revolutionary enthusiasm and creative ability of the
popular masses, and to give full play to the advantages of the socialism of our
own style which is centered on the popular masses.
The
embodiment of the revolutionary mass line is the consistent policy of our Party
in its leadership of the revolution and construction.
The
revolutionary mass line is a principle of activity, based on the view that the
driving force of the revolution and construction is the popular masses. The
fundamental demand of the revolutionary mass line is to ensure that the popular
masses hold the position of masters of the revolution and construction and
fulfill their role as such. The revolutionary party, which represents the
interests of the popular masses and serves them must make the revolutionary mass
line the fundamental principle of its activities and thoroughly implement the
revolutionary mass line throughout the whole course of the struggle for
socialism.
If the
revo1utionary mass line is to be implemented thoroughly in the archives of the
party, the method and style of work of officials should be improved steadily.
Officials, and the masses' establish the connation
between the parties and the masses support for and trust in the party largely
depend on the officials' method and style of work. In socialist society some
ill-prepared officials may throw their weight about and act bureaucratically.
Essentially, wielding power and acting bureaucratically is a ruling method of
the old society for oppressing and exploring the people. As experience shows, if
officials abuse their power and resort to bureaucracy, they will cause the
divorce of the party and the masses, and may finally bring the party to ruin. To
struggle uncompromisingly against the abuse of power and bureaucracy is
important work, which the socialist ruling party should not neglect even for a
moment.
Since
changes of generation take place in the ranks of cadres and the proportion of
officials who are not amply tempered in the revolution increases, we have
continued to pay great attention to the elimination of outmoded work methods and
styles. Under the slogan, "We serve the people!" our Party has guided all our
officials to serve the people faithfully and strengthen their kindred relations
with the popular masses. As a consequence, our officials have established the
revolutionary work method and popular work style whereby they defend the
interests of the popular masses, go among them and work in reliance on them,
share good time and bad with them, and lead the masses by setting them examples.
Our people's strong support for and faith in our Party is the fruition of its
revolutionary mass line that it has implemented thoroughly in its activities,
and of its unremitting efforts to ensure that officials establish the
revolutionary work method and the popular work style.
We must
apply more thoroughly the Juche theory on the building of the Party, whose
validity and vitality have been demonstrated fully in parched, and thus
constantly strengthen our Party and complete the revolutionary cause of Juche
under its leadership.
Strengthening
internationalist unity and solidarity with revolutionary parties is an important
demand for our Party in discharging its national and internationalist
duties.
The basic
task of a revolutionary party is to provide independence for the popular masses.
Their cause for independence is not only national but also the common cause of
humanity, and the struggle to realize the independence of the popular masses in
each county is closely related to the struggle to make the whole word
independent. An independent world is a word, which is free from domination and
subjugation and intervention and pressure and in which all countries, and
nations exercise complete sovereignty as the masters of their destiny. With the
promotion of global independence a favorable international climate is created
for the independent development of all countries and nations. Meanwhile, victory
in the struggle for the independence of the popular masses in each country
reinforces the independent forces of the world and thus accelerates global
independence. In league with one another, the imperialists and the reactionary
forces of all shades are impeding the fulfillment of the independent cause of
the popular masses, and the internationally united reactionary forces are
challenging it. This makes it absolutely necessary for all the revolutionary
parties and people aspiring after independence to unite and fight against
them.
The people
of the world are joining the common struggle because they share the same goal
and task of struggling for independence. ¡°People of the word advocating
independence, unite!¡±-This is the slogan to be held up by all the people of our
era.
If all the
people advocating independence are to unite and wage a struggle, first of all
the internationalist unity and solidarity of the revolutionary parties, their
hard core, should be strengthened.
Strengthening
internationalist unity and solidarity in the fulfillment of the cause of
independence for the popular masses is an important factor in its triumph. The
struggle for the victory of this cause is now going through an ordeal. But if
they strengthen their solidarity with one another, unite in a comradely manner
and fight on, the revolutionary parties of the world will be able to check and
frustrate the counterrevolutionary offensive by the imperialists and
reactionaries who are opposed to independence, and to pave the way to
victory.
The
internationalist unity and solidarity of the revolutionary parties should be
realized on the basis of the socialist idea. A revolutionary party that is
devoid of the socialist idea is inconceivable and unity and solidarity between
the parties that are not based on the socialist idea cannot be called genuinely
revolutionary unity and solidarity. The aim of strengthening the
internationalist unity and solidarity is not self-serving; it is to achieve in a
combined effort the common cause of socialism. It is a bounden duty for
revolutionary parties to unite firmly on the basis of the socialist idea.
The
Pyongyang Declaration reflects a firm determination to defend and promote the
cause of socialism. Its publication is of epochal significance in strengthening
the internationalist unity and solidarity of the revolutionary parties and in
promoting the socialist cause.
The
Pyongyang Declaration has affirmed that socialism is the ideal of mankind and
that socialist society is a society, which represents the future of mind, and a
genuine society for the people. Although the socialist idea is the ideology of
the working class, it does not represent the interests of one class alone; it is
a universal idea for humanity, which reflects the social nature of human beings.
Socialism is not only an idea for class emancipation but also an idea for
national and human liberation, which reflects the desire for independence of all
nations and the whole of humanity. Only when they advance along the road of
socialism where the popular masses are the masters of everything and everything
serves them, can all the people lead a free, equitable and dignified life that
is suited to the independent nature of human beings and can all countries and
nations free themselves from domination and subjugation, achieve independent
development and ensure lasting Peace and security in the word, thus guaranteeing
the survival and Progress of humanity.
By
confirming the veracity and validity of the cause of socialism and the
inevitability of its final victory, the Pyongyang Declaration is infusing the
revolutionary people of the word who aspire after independence with confidence
in victory and a revolutionary fighting spirit, while representing a serious
setback for the imperialists and reactionaries who are waging a frantic
anti-socialist campaign, talking about the "end" of socialism.
The fact
that well over a hundred parties have signed the Pyongyang Declaration and that
the revolutionary people around the word are responding to it proves irrefutably
that the socialist idea contained in the Pyongyang Declaration reflects the
desires and aspirations of progressive humanity. The revolutionary parties will
be able to strengthen their internationalist unity and solidarity based on the
common idea and dynamically promotes the cause of socialism when they wage a
struggle with the Pyongyang Declaration as their common fighting
programmed.
The
internationalist unity and solidarity of the revolutionary parties must be
achieved on the basis of independence. There is no need to establish an
imitational center of leadership since each country is conducting the revolution
under different circumstances and conditions and the party of each country is
acting independently. The revolutionary parties will achieve genuinely
internationalist unity only when they establish a comradely relationship on the
basis of independence and equality instead of a relationship in which one is
higher and the other lower and one dictates and the other is dictated to. It is
impermissible in their relationship for revolutionary parties to interfere in
the affairs of others and to force their opinions on the other, contrary to the
Principles of independence and internationalism.
An urgent,
common task facing the revolutionary parties at present is to defend socialism
from the counterrevolutionary offensive of the imperialists and
reactionaries.
The
imperialists and reactionaries are now engaged in vicious maneuver against
socialism, but they are destined to be a failure. The revolutionary partied and
people the world over are turning out in a new struggle, overweening the temper
confusion. It is inevitable for the masses of people to fight against a force if
it represses their independence, and the cause of socialism emerges victorious
through this struggle. This is a law governing historical development. The
imperialists are now behaving arrogantly, but they are in a serious crisis. As
the monopolies grow, the reactionary, anti-popular character of modem
imperialism becomes mere evident and the discontent of the working people with
the corrupt and ailing capitalist society grows as the days go by. The dasher to
build an independent, new world under the ideal of independence, Peace and
fiendish is becoming more intense among the Progressive people of the world.
Although socialism is undergoing an ordeal, these people can change a
disadvantageous situation into a favorable one and turn misfortune into a
blessing, if they counter the counterrevolutionary offensive of the imperialists
and reactionaries with a revolutionary offensive, full of confidence in
victory.
Now that
the imperialists and reactionaries are concentrating the spearhead of their
attack on the socialist countries Which are faithful to revolutionary
principles, it is very important for all the revolutionary parties and people to
unite and strengthen their internationalist support for and solidarity with the
socialist countries. Frustrating the criminal maneuver of the imperialists and
reactionaries to isolate, blockade and invade the socialist countries is a
common, urgent task for the revolutionary parties and people in their struggle
to safeguard socialism.
The
imperialists and reactionaries are resorting to every manner of trickery to
prevent socialism from reviving in the former socialist countries. This is a
scheme to bring the people of these countries under the yoke of domination and
subjugation forever. A catastrophic crisis has been created in the countries
where capitalism has revived owing to the criminal moves of the imperialists and
reactionaries. The crisis these countries are now faced with is not a crisis of
socialism but a crisis of revived capitalism, and it shows the irrelevance of
the idea of bourgeois revival. The resurgence of socialism is the only way out
of the political, economic, ideological and moral confusion and crisis, which
are becoming more serious with every passing day in the countries where
capitalism has revived.
The
imperialists are resorting to every conceivable heinous plot to hold in check
the advance towards socialism of the people of those countries which were
subjected to national oppression and exploitation in the past and which have now
embarked on the building of a new society. This is aimed at preventing them from
taking the road to independence. Fighting against the imperialists' moves for
trampling downs their rights to independence and for strengthening neocolonial
exploitation and plunder of them is an important link in the whole chain of the
common struggle for socialism.
In the
developed capitalist countries, bipolarization, ¡°the rich getting ever richer
and the poor ever poorer¡±, is intensifying and confrontation is growing, with
the social evil becoming more serious owing to the strengthening of monopolies.
Accordingly, the oppressed working masses are turning out in the struggle,
lifting up their voices calling for the rights to existence, boy and
independence.
The
victorious advance of the common cause of socialism will be further accelerated
when the revolutionary parties and peoples give active support and encouragement
to those parties and peoples that are waging an undaunted struggle for socialism
under various circumstances and conditions.
It is an
important task for the revolutionary parties to form a united front with the
democratic political parties and organizations in the struggle to accomplish the
cause of socialism. In the implementation of the socialist ideal of opposing
exploitation and oppression and realizing the independence of the popular
masses, the revolutionary parties, and democratic parties and organizations
share similar demands and interests. The socialist cause will be promoted if the
revolutionary parties strengthen their unity with all the democratic parties and
organizations and cooperate with them actively on the Principle of mutual
respect in the joint struggle for the independence of the popular masses in
opposition to exploitation and oppression.
If the
independence of the popular masses is to be realized, a dyadic anti-imperialist
struggle should be launched. The main target of the struggle to defend socialism
and achieve global independence is the
The driving
force of the struggle to make the whole word independent is the combined
anti-imperialist, independent force. The anti-imperialist, independent forces
must unite so as to put an end to domination and subordination and interference
and pressure by the imperialists, to establish a fair international order based
on independence, to eliminate aggression and war and to ensure world peace and
security. The imperialists are using all sorts of crafty maneuver to divide the
anti-imperialist, independent forces and set them at variance with one another.
The anti-imperialist, independent forces can frustrate the imperialists'
maneuver for division and alienation and emerge victorious only when they
counter their schemes with the strategy of unity. The anti-imperialist,
independent forces can unite, transcending differences in social systems,
political views, ideas and religious beliefs, nations and races because they
have a common desire for independence, peace and fiendish.
Should all
the anti-imperialist, independent forces, including the socialist countries, the
international communist and working-class movements, the national-liberation
movement, the Non-aligned Movement and the world peace movement, unite in the
struggle they can put an end to imperialist diminution and interference and
build an independent, new world.
The cause
of independence, the cause of socialism, of the popular masses is a sacred one
for making the ideal of humanity the reality. To unite and struggle for the
victory of the cause of independence, the cause of socialism, of the popular
masses is the revolutionary parties' honorable duty to history and their
peoples. The current complex and difficult situation makes it necessary for the
revolutionary parties to fight resolutely in firm unity, filled with a
conviction in victory and an indefatigable revolutionary parties across the
world for the victory of the cause of independence, the cause of socialism, of
the popular masses, and will discharge its noble mission and responsibility for
the Korean revolution and the world revolution.