Leftists are supposed to be anti-capitalists and anti-imperialists. The DPRK is one of the remaining actually socialist countries on this planet. They are sanctioned by the Global North–that is the global capitalist hegemony in the West–to a point of desperation. The people are living in harsh conditions not because of the Juche “regime”, but because of the atrocities by the United States and its satellite states.

Thinking that the DPRK is somehow a hereditary monarchy is simply ridiculous. It also means that you are furthering Western Capitalist propaganda.

If you believe in the lies of the capitalists, you are hardly a leftist. You are simply another chauvinist helping the cause of the bourgeoisie and Amerikan imperialism.

Further reading:

The constitution of the DPRK: https://www.kfausa.org/dprk-constitution/

The reason for the support of the Kim family in the DPRK: https://www.visitthedprk.org/north-koreans-revere-kims-understanding-north-korean-leadership-objectively/

Myths & Misconceptions About North Korea, by a non-socialist creator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhaHiht50AA

Please open your eyes.

This thread will deal with myths and realities of People's korea, of the puppet illegal occupied bourgeoisie state of south korea, defectors, society, aggresion agains it, international relations, e.t.c .

This thread will be edited and updated regularly. If any of you comrades have some info not added, or think that some sections to this thread should be added, feel free to tag me.

Long live DPRK, long live the anti-imperialist struggle!

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Socialism and democracy in DPRK

There is a huge notion in the western left (obviously), that DPRK is not socialist, but a state capitalist fascist monarchy.

We know how the western left is mostly racist and chauvinist towards china, dprk, vietnam etc, as it was previously with USSR and the eastern bloc.

Most of this western left is still against the USSR, but at least marxist-leninists and many anti-imperialist anarchists acknowledge them today. Many western leftists still remain in the same position against china or DPRK, however. We will address those points below.

Democracy and socialism

International solidarity and anti-imperialim of DPRK.

DPRK - Cuba relations

Black panthers connection

DPRK - Angola relations

DPRK - Syria relations

DPRK - Algeria relations

DPRK for the Palestinian struggle

Part 2 in comments

  • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Political dynasties are a thing…everywhere. I mean…think about how much Americans revere the founders (even if unrightly) and put them in the shoes of a Korean whose “founder” is still in living memory, family still in politics, and technically still at war and besieged by the same enemy as back then.

      • JucheGang [any]
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        3 years ago

        It’s something that every other AES country has managed to avoid, so how is it justifiable?

        Fidel Castro's brother, Raúl Castro, was elected as the leader of Cuba following Fidel's death. That's an easy one off the top of my head.

        Aside from that, the DPRK has also been under siege since the Korean war and western propaganda gravely distorts the actual political dynamics of the country.

        If it was not obsessing over the Kims, the imperial core would simply find another goalpost.

          • JucheGang [any]
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            3 years ago

            Respond to the longer comments I replied to you with breaking down why Kim Jong-un is popular with the Korean people. This is splitting hairs, and frankly boring.

            At the end of the day, the imperial core does not get to decide the politics of the DPRK and obsessively criticizing them is pointlessly chauvinistic. This effort post gives you all the resources you need to educate yourself on the topic if you are curious.

      • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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        3 years ago

        I'm just giving a more banal and understandable reason why the people would choose to have the WPK led by the same family for decades that isn't inherently nefarious or due to some kind of corruption.