• International E-seminar in Celebration of the 80th Birth Anniversary of General Kim Jong Il

Dear Comrades and Friends,

I congratulate 80th Birth Anniversary of the Great Leader KIM JONG IL from myself and our organizations Bangladesh Group for Study of Songun Politics, International Central Committee for Songun Policy and our newspaper ‘ The Daily Folk International.

Great Leader KIM JONG IL performed immortal exploits for the cause of the socialistm.

The greatest of his exploits is that he staunchly defended the destiny of socialism.

The campaign for defending socialism in the end of the 20th century was the grimmest struggle the human history has ever recorded.

Availing themselves of the collapse of socialism in several countries the imperialists made a fuss about the end of socialism itself. The imperialists and the renegades of socialism resorted to despicable smear campaigns against socialism to justify their argument on the end of socialism. And they directed the spearhead of their offensive to Korea that remained as a bulwark of socialism.

At this critical juncture Great Leader KIM JONG IL clarified the scientific accuracy and truth of socialism and the inevitability of its victory through his energetic ideological and theoretical activities, dealing a resolute counterattack to the imperialists’ manoeuvres against socialism.

He published a series of works including The Historical Lesson in Building Socialism and the General Line of Our Party, Abuses of Socialism Are Intolerable and Socialism Is a Science so as to lay bare the absurdity of the slanders and abuses of the imperialists.

Thanks to his painstaking ideological and theoretical activities the scientific accuracy and truth of socialism could be clarified once again and the world progressive people were convinced of the justness of socialism and the inevitability of its victory.

Great Leader KIM JONG IL established and administered Songun politics in an all-round way in order to safeguard socialism in Korea against the general offensive of the imperialists.

He defined Songun-based revolutionary line and Songun politics as the strategic line and invincible political mode of socialism that should be held fast to as long as the imperialists exist and carry on aggressive manoeuvres.

He smashed the imperialists’ moves to stifle Korea and defended the bulwark of socialism and the destiny of the country and nation in the period of the harshest trials on the strength of the Korean People’s Army and by giving top priority to the strengthening of the country’s military might.

Another major exploit of Great Leader KIM JONG IL consists in having ushered in a new era of upsurge in the cause of socialism.

April 1992 saw the publication of the Pyongyang declaration titled Let Us Defend and Advance the Cause of Socialism that was signed by about 70 political parties of the world aspiring after socialism. It was a historical event that put the world socialist movement on a new track.

VOA commented that the Pyongyang declaration had proclaimed a new start of the international communist movement of the late 20th century and the 21st century; the bell to be rung in Pyongyang in future would unite the communists and greatly inspire them to revive the communist cause on a worldwide scale just as the sound of the bell from Kremlin had strong influence on communists.

Under the banner of the Pyongyang declaration the socialist cause could overcome temporary crisis and make a new advance and the world political trend took a sharp turn. Latin America, once called a quiet backyard of the US, seethed with the aspiration after socialism.

Encouraged by Korea’s Songun politics, anti-imperialist, independent countries and those aspiring after socialism are crushing the imperialists’ manoeuvres for domination and interference by giving precedence to military affairs.

The reality in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that is mercilessly smashing all manners of challenges and threats of the imperialists and staunchly safeguarding the cause of socialism, is infusing confidence and courage into the world progressive people who are aspiring after socialism.

Great Leader KIM JONG IL  resolutely crushed the imperialists’ offensives against socialism holding aloft the banner of Songun and at the same time, energetically led the Korean people’s effort for building a thriving socialist country. Under his leadership Korea, even in such a difficult situation, continued to enforce the free medical care, free educational system and other socialist policies and built a number of monumental structures for the well-being of the people, thus bringing the desires of the people into full bloom.

The great achievements Great Leader KIM JONG IL made for the cause of socialism are now carried forward by KIM JONG UN, General Secretary of Worker’s Party of Korea, with credit.

The immortal exploits Great Leader KIM JONG IL performed for the cause of socialism will be etched forever in the hearts of the progressive peoples the world over.