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In celebration of International Women’s day, we reproduce the speech of Ella Rule at a meeting called by Friends of Korea in Southall on 7th February, in which she gave details of the life and contribution to the revolutionary struggle of Comrade Kim Jong Suk. 2007 sees the 90th anniversary of the birth of Comrade … [Read more…]

On 10 February 2007, a public meeting celebrating the work of DPRK leader Comrade Kim Jong Il was held at Saklatvala Hall, Southall, West London. After a film about life in Korea, Harpal Brar, the chair of Friends of Korea, introduced the various speakers who made short presentations on aspects of the life and leadership … [Read more…]

In the October 2006 issue of Workers, organ of the Communist Party of Britain Marxist Leninist (CPBML) (*see note at end of paragraph), there is an article entitled “Let’s have a working class debate on immigration.” The article, bewailing the high numbers of immigrants, states that “due to the increased supply of labour, wages in … [Read more…]

Somebody once suggested that we should imitate the nuns – in one respect at least. Each night before sleep, they are supposed to ask themselves: how can I serve God better tomorrow? Except in our case, we should ask: how can I serve the party better? In the same spirit, I want to suggest another … [Read more…]

Last year, 2006, was a year of great victory … The army and people of Korea, under the unfurled banner of Songun, won victory after victory in the showdown with the United States and in safeguarding socialism, and have consolidated their self-defensive capabilities. The DPRK’s access to a nuclear deterrent was an auspicious event as … [Read more…]

In Iraq, the year 2006 closed with the judicial murder of president Saddam Hussein, the death of the 3,000th US soldier, the slaughter of nearly 700,000 innocent Iraqi men, women and children, and the wholesale destruction of Iraqi towns and villages. For all the carnage and devastation wreaked by it on Iraq and the murder … [Read more…]

Comrades, thank you very much. The purpose of my talk this evening is to attempt to provide information and to set out some of the factual background to the present nuclear crisis which played a prominent role in the international news headlines over the last couple of months – to try and put that into … [Read more…]

ICU Victory For over 15 years, following the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre, Somalia was racked by internal conflict, warlords and imperialism, especially US, meddling in its affairs. Fed up with the chaos, violence, insecurity and economic dislocation, the overwhelming majority of the Somali people rallied round the armed forces of the Islamic Courts Union … [Read more…]

Part 5 The Nine Days of the Strike, May 1926 Realising that the workers were losing trust and confidence in it, the TUC leadership arranged for an editorial to be published in the Daily Herald on the morning of Monday, 3rd May. Entitled “Trust Your Leaders”, it said “Heed none of those who speak ill … [Read more…]

On Saturday 7 October the Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the Anniversaries of the WPK and the DIU held a successful meeting at Saklatvala Hall, Southall, timed to mark the anniversaries of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) on 10 October 1945 and of the Down with Imperialism Union (DIU) on 17 October … [Read more…]