Originally published in 2013 A few days ago I mentioned the great challenges humanity is currently facing. Intelligent life emerged on our planet approximately 200,000 years ago, although new discoveries demonstrate something else. This is not to confuse intelligent life with the existence of life which, from its elemental forms in our solar system, emergedContinue reading “Fidel Castro’s Reflections: The duty to avoid a war in Korea”
Category Archives: South (Fascist) Korea
U.S. Hands Off North Korea!
No To The Imperialist War Drive! Resistance Editorial The so-called “America First” budget put forward by Trump includes a 10% increase in military spending. This increases what is already the world’s largest military budget by $56 billion. The cost of this increase will be balanced on the backs of the most vulnerable sections of U.S. society — children,Continue reading “U.S. Hands Off North Korea!”
This Day in History: When Kim Il Sung Took Power
BY BRANDON K. GAUTHIER, OCTOBER 9, 2012 October 10 marks the anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), which guides the Korean people to always emerge victorious. – Korean Central News Agency[i] Celebrated annually, authorities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) refer to October 10 as “Party Foundation Day.” The Great Leader, Pyongyang contends, createdContinue reading “This Day in History: When Kim Il Sung Took Power”
Meeting Kim Il Sung in His Last Weeks
BY MARK BARRY, APRIL 15, 2012 The first (non-communist) Americans to meet North Korea’s president Kim Il Sung likely were journalists Harrison Salisbury of The New York Times, and Selig Harrison, then ofThe Washington Post, in 1972. Congressman Stephen Solarz was the first U.S. public official to meet him in 1980, and Rev. Billy Graham later met him in 1992Continue reading “Meeting Kim Il Sung in His Last Weeks”
Book Review: Bruce Cumings’ North Korea: Another Country
BY SOPHIA SOLIVIO Bruce Cumings is the Chairperson of the History Department and Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History and the College at the University of Chicago. In 1975, he received his PhD from Columbia University. Cumings’ professional and academic credentials make his compilation of complaints primarily in regard to theContinue reading “Book Review: Bruce Cumings’ North Korea: Another Country”
KCNA on the Korean War
Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) — The Fatherland Liberation War (1950-1953) ended in a victory of the Korean people. But, its consequences were very devastating and disastrous. The U.S. bombing in the war left more than 8 700 factories destroyed and 90 000 hectares of farmland spoiled. Power stations and reservoirs were severely damaged and townsContinue reading “KCNA on the Korean War”
Left Anticommunism: the Unkindest Cut
BY MICHAEL PARENTI Despite a lifetime of “shaming” the system, NOAM CHOMSKY, America’s foremost “engagé” intellectual, remains an unrepentant left anticommunist. In the United States, for over a hundred years, the ruling interests tirelessly propagated anticommunism among the populace, until it became more like a religious orthodoxy than a political analysis. During the Cold War,Continue reading “Left Anticommunism: the Unkindest Cut”
North Korea or the United States: Who is a Threat to Global Security?
North Korea lost thirty percent of its population as a result of US led bombings in the 1950s. By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Most people in America consider North Korea as an inherently aggressive nation and a threat to global security. Media disinformation sustains North Korea as a “rogue state”. The history of the Korean war andContinue reading “North Korea or the United States: Who is a Threat to Global Security?”
Statistics on Crimes Committed by US Troops in South Korea
Korea International War Crimes Tribunal, June 23, 2001, New York Report on US Crimes in Korea 1945-2001 Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea Over 100,000 Cases of Crimes, Over 100,000 Victims Crimes committed by US soldiers were found as early as when US troops were first stationed in south Korea. According to the south KoreanContinue reading “Statistics on Crimes Committed by US Troops in South Korea”
The Costs of Counterrevolution: Must We Ignore Imperialism?
excerpted from the book The Sword and the Dollar Imperialism, Revolution, and the Arms Race by Michael Parenti St. Martin’s Press, 1989 The Costs of Counterrevolution p 117 Throughout the 1980s, the counterrevolutionary mercenaries who have waged war against such countries as Nicaragua, Angola, and Mozambique, were described as “guerrillas.” In fact, they won littleContinue reading “The Costs of Counterrevolution: Must We Ignore Imperialism?”
DPRK celebrates centennial of Kim Il-Sung’s birth
PYONGYANG, April 15 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is carrying out a great military parade here on Sunday morning to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of founding leader Kim Il Sung. In a speech delivered at the grand event, DPRK leader Kim Jong Un lauded the historic contributions toContinue reading “DPRK celebrates centennial of Kim Il-Sung’s birth”
Media on North Korea
This article gathers and sources statements on the recent developments in the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea. As always, a re-posting of these analyses does not imply an absolute endorsement of them. — Espresso Stalinist “The US and the west have been virtually proved wrong on all major issue of NorthContinue reading “Media on North Korea”
Liberal Holocaust: Imperialism and the Democratic Party
This is a good article from a website that is now down. I disagree with several parts, particularly the labeling of North Korea as a “Stalinist dictatorship,” referring to the Soviet Union as an “empire,” saying that Titoite Yugoslavia was a “Leninist revolution” and denying the genocidal actions of the Milošević government. Regardless, this article makesContinue reading “Liberal Holocaust: Imperialism and the Democratic Party”
Video in Spanish: El enigma de Corea del Norte (The Enigma of North Korea)
PC (AP) Statement on Kim Jong-Il’s Death
I post this article here despite disagreements with the PC(AP)’s line on the DPRK, which seems to differ from most M-L parties. — Espresso Stalinist Dear comrades: On December 17 comrade Kim Jong Il, top leader and leader of the Labour Party of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Korean people, died. His deathContinue reading “PC (AP) Statement on Kim Jong-Il’s Death”
The Espresso Stalinist 