Remembering a great Korean

Andy Brooks speaking

by New Worker correspondent

Friends of Korea gathered last weekend to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of great leader Kim Il Sung, at a meeting at the Chadswell Centre called by the Korean Friendship Association (KFA).
    The meeting began with the Song of General Kim Il Sung and an introduction by Dermot Hudson, the KFA Chair, on the importance of the life of the Korean revolutionary leader who led the guerrilla movement that fought the Japanese imperialism which occupied the Korean peninsula until their defeat in 1945, and later beat back the American horde and their lackeys during the Korean war in the 1950s.
    NCP leader Andy Brooks recalled the time he met Kim Il Sung in 1990 when the New Communist Party established fraternal relations with the Workers Party of Korea (WPK). Keith Bennett, a veteran Korean solidarity campaigner, spoke about Kim Il Sung’s life-long work with national non-aligned countries and the world communist movement.
    Messages were received from the London embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the RCPB (ML), and the meeting ended with the showing of a film about the life of the Korean leader.

Londoners protest against energy hike

by New Worker correspondent

Londoners took to the streets in the heart of the capital last weekend protesting against soaring energy prices and the increased cost of living. Thousands more took part in similar protests called by the People's Assembly movement in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and many other cities, on the eve of a 54 per cent energy bill hike that followed the government’s decision to raise the ceiling price on domestic energy costs.
    In Whitehall protesters called for Boris Johnson’s resignation whilst comrades gave out hundreds of leaflets in support of the anti-fascist war in Ukraine along with a fact-sheet produced by the International Ukraine Anti-Fascist Solidarity movement, which went out with last week’s issue of the New Worker.
    The People’s Assembly said yesterday’s lifting of the energy price cap will create an “impossible choice for many”, to eat or heat. "Public outrage over the cost-of-living crisis is growing fast and our response is gaining momentum… Now is the time to get out onto the streets to send a clear message to the government that we refuse to pay for their crisis."