Friends
and comrades returned to the Marchmont Centre in central London last Saturday
to show their solidarity with Democratic Korea under threat from US
imperialism. Though the meeting called by the Friends of Korea committee had
been originally been intended to simply celebrate the 101st
anniversary of the birth of great leader Kim Il Sung much of the discussion
naturally focused on the current crisis on the Korean peninsula that threatens
to plunge all of northern Asia into war.
Chaired by NCP leader Andy Brooks a
panel that included Michael Chant of the RCPB (ML), John Mcleod of the
Socialist Labour Party and Dermot Hudson of the British Juche Society opened a wide-ranging
discussion that ranged from Korean-style socialism to the recent measures taken
by the people’s government in the north to counter the military threat from the
United States and its lackeys in south Korea.
Though most of the audience comprised of
long-standing supporters of the Korean revolution there were a number of new
visitors who came because they wanted to hear the Korean people’s side of the
story and were convinced enough at the end to support the solidarity message to
Korean leader Kim Jong Un that was endorsed unanimously at the close of the
afternoon session.
The meeting was organised by the Co-ordinating
Committee of the Friends of Korea, which brings together all the major
movements active in Korean friendship work in Britain today. It is chaired by Andy Brooks and the
secretary is Michael Chant.
The
committee consists of the New Communist Party of Britain, Revolutionary
Communist Party of Britain (ML), Socialist Labour Party, European Regional
Society for the Study of the Juché Idea and the UK Korean Friendship
Association.
Meetings are open to all friends of the Korean
revolution and the committee organises events throughout the year in London,
which are listed by the supporting movements and on the Friends of Korea blog.
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