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!
:kim-il-young:
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
- DPRK is a socialist country, and the party is designed to protect the workers and peasants, and to oversee the ultimate victory of socialism
- Socialism and democracy in DPRK
- Lalkar: The democratic structure of the DPRK
- Understanding DPRK in the light of the marxist tradition
- Mass protest in DPRK against UN propaganda
- Democracy: US vs DPRK
- Local elections in DPRK, 2019
- The parliamentary System of DPRK
- the taean work system
- The peoples Bomb!
- Elections in the juche state
- Something the developed countries would envy: DPRK's healthcare system
- korea resilient: Socialism in democratic korea
- Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK
- The myth of the Kim dynasty
- Human rights in DPRK
- Politics of DPRK
- DPRK view on nationalism
- Bruce cumings on the North korean economy
- DPRK: A champion on the fight against climate change
- Juche in Nigeria
- "north korea medical care is one developed countries would envy" World health org
- The origin of DPRK
- disabled people in DPRK
- Socialism in Korea: A case study
- DPRK officials go to china to study reforms
- My socialist country - youtube video
- Why does the DPRK have nukes? Look at Libya. — if you need more examples, look up pictures of Muammar Gaddafi‘s mutilated corpse and the open air slave markets that now fill Libya’s cities.
- Parenti on DPRK
International solidarity and anti-imperialim of DPRK.
DPRK - Cuba relations
- A quick history of DPRK - cuba relations
- Korean propaganda poster of the 60s
- Miguel diaz canel and Kim jong un holding hands
- Cuba was one of the only nations which boycotted the 1988 seoul olympics for solidarity with DPRK.
- DPRK declared 3 days of national mourning for the death of Fidel Castro
- DPRK sent Hundreds of Weapons to Cuba during cold war without charging a cent
Black panthers connection
- Black panthers turned to DPRK for fight against US imperialism
- Juche in the US: Connections of Black panthers and DPRK
DPRK - Angola relations
- DPRK and Angola discuss public security cooperation
- DPRK assisted Angolan rebels in the fight against apartheid. 3000 korean soldiers and advisers were estimated to have fought in the side of the angolan people during the war
- Angola - DPRK relations considered excellent
DPRK - Syria relations
- Kim Jong un offers support to assad
- Kim jong un praising baath party in its 70 years work
- Bashar al-Assad thanks DPRK for its support of the syrian people
- DPRK special forces in Syria
- Syria supports dprk, condemns sactions
DPRK - Algeria relations
DPRK for the Palestinian struggle
- DPRK arming palestinian liberation fighters for decades
- DPRK never recognized Israel. It stays loyal to the palestinian cause, and holds that every inch of israeli territory is illegal, and an imperialist satellite.
Part 2 in comments
On the note of free travel for DPRK citizens, it is actually guaranteed by the DPRK's constitution. When westerners talk about citizens of other nations not having the ability to travel they reveal a few things about themselves:
They themselves are not excessively familiar with immigration and accessibility to travel worldwide, and are usually not very familiar with how hard it is to uproot yourself and move to a new nation.
They are not familiar with the difficulty of the customs process or gaining a working visa, and hold largely utopian views on how much this procedure would cost a family.
They are unaware of the fiscal and emotional difficulties inherent in immigration and expect people to simply pack their things and skip over the border without the months of planning or the massive financial cost required for legal immigration anywhere, ignoring how incredibly bad of an idea this is.
They are not familiar with eastern Asia whatsoever and have never spoken to a North Korean in their lives. Many of them have had little to no contact with people outside the west and experience culture shock when exposed to the living conditions, rhetoric, and opinions of third world nations and their citizens.
If they were more familiar with this process, they might know that citizens in the DPRK do indeed travel often for a developing nation and that the right to travel is constitutionally guaranteed by chapter V of their constitution, which details the fundamental rights and duties of citizens:
Article 75 says:
This would seem an apparent fact if one were familiar with eastern Asia, where legal North Korean immigrants dot the landscape of eastern China, especially when you get close to the border. A good example of this would be Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture.
Another good example of North Korean travel would be the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, also known as Ch'ongryŏn, which assists many North Koreans in visiting family who were taken to Japan during the colonial years and remain there, as well as assisting ethnic Koreans in Japan visit family in the DPRK.