Juche

DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
edited February 2011 in Spurious Generalities
The Government of the Republic will
implement with all consistency the line
of independence, self-sustenance, and
self-defense to consolidate the political
independence of the country (chaju),
build up more solidly the foundations
of an independent national economy

Juche is an ideal that was Kim Il sung's greatest contribution to Marxist thought. In my opinion Juche is the next logical step of Stalinism and expands on Stalins idea of "socialism in one country". Juche means "spirit of self-reliance". Juche is the idea that a country must be self reliant and it rejects the Globalism that is so prominent in modern capitalism.

I believe that the cult of personality around Kim Il Sung in the DPRK is unacceptable but aside from that he was one of the greatest leaders the world has known and one of the greatest Marxist theoreticians of all time.

It's an idea that needs to be adopted in America if we are to survive as a nation. Instead of outsourcing everything we need to produce our own goods. We need to stop our reliance on foreign oil and produce our own energy. We have a huge resource of oil in Alaska or example but thanks to liberals we don't drill it. This dependence on the rest of the world will spell our demise.

You can choose to believe the bullshit propaganda about North Korea if you want. And yes most of it is bullshit or we as a country can try to create a system more like theirs. North Korea is slandered because they choose to remain independent and forge their own destiny. The same cannot be said of modern day America.

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  • edited February 2011
    Juche is a philosophy of Korean supremacy. This is possibly the biggest fail ever posted on totse.info, to include -SpectraL's breakdown and anything by TDR.
    Here are 38 facepalms, a tiny fraction of the number of facepalms I would give this thread were it not for the image limit.
    :facepalm:
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    Juche is a philosophy of Korean supremacy. This is possibly the biggest fail ever posted on totse.info, to include -SpectraL's breakdown and anything by TDR.
    Here are 38 facepalms, a tiny fraction of the number of facepalms I would give this thread were it not for the image limit.
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    It's a philosophy that can be suited towards any race. In Americas case it should be the white race.It's a theory of independence and nationalism.
  • edited February 2011
    It's a philosophy that can be suited towards any race. In Americas case it should be the white race.It's a theory of independence and nationalism.

    Then surely you must support black nationalism in the United States, since it can be suited towards white nationalism in the United States. Here's another 38 facepalms:
    :facepalm:
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    Then surely you must support black nationalism in the United States, since it can be suited towards white nationalism in the United States. Here's another 38 facepalms:
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    I do support Black Nationalists. They at least realize that the races are not compatible and I would even support giving them a republic in the south provided all blacks move their. I do completely reject the idea that they deserve reparations but if they want to govern themselves then fine they can live like haiti and save whites the headache of dealing with them. It would actually be a good thing for the white race imo. But this thread isn't about race only. It's about how the North Korean model of government is superior to Americas capitalist system. Most o the bad things you here about North Korea are propaganda pieces put forth because NK reuses to submit to the Capitalist imperialist powers of the west.
  • edited February 2011
    If you support black nationalists you belong at the Assata Shakur forum, not here.
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    If you support black nationalists you belong at the Assata Shakur forum, not here.

    I support any nationalist group because they accept racial differences as truth. I would prefer if all niggers would become nationalists and go back to Africa. It sure as hell beats all this "all the races are equal and we should all live together" bullshit. But this is getting off topic and it's not a thread about race so I'll just leave it at that.
  • thewandererthewanderer Regular
    edited February 2011
    Maybe the idea of maintaining a self-reliant country would hold more merit if the country it originated from was actually self-reliant.
  • NegrophobeNegrophobe Regular
    edited February 2011
    I've found that many "black nationalists" aren't sincere and serious, they simply just want reparations which they do not deserve and formed black nationalism in response to what they believe was white supremacy and racism, even if it wasn't necessarily racist. They also tend to be afrocentric and claim cultures that aren't theirs for themselves.

    As a fascist, where alot of them came from socialist/Marxist backgrounds; I can have sympathies for socialism in one country; more specifically national bolshevism and its stance against capitalism, other than the fact I believe in corporatism and national syndicalism and no class conflicts.


    I read some interesting ideas from Kim Il Sung: "To make revolution in Korea we must know Korean history and geography as well as the customs of the Korean people. Only then is it possible to educate our people in a way that suits them and to inspire in them an ardent love for their native place and their motherland".[2] Kim focuses on the importance of education and learning Korean history. Through the education of Korean people's own history will it "stimulate their national pride and rouse the broad masses to revolutionary struggle".[3] Kim talks throughout his speech bulleting monumental events of the past and how certain outcomes could have been prevented. He stresses the importance of remembering their struggle, and that not learning their past, or denying it would "mean that our people did nothing.

    That is a very important part to consider for any ideology which claims to be revolutionary, in my case fascism. Re-education and history plays an important part.

    Anti-revisionism (Stalinism) in regards to communism/soviet union is the more logical choice out of the lot; it'd be easy for fascists to not have some respect and moral ties with. Giovanni Gentile (the ghost writer of The doctrine of fascism) actually admired Karl Marx, whilst disagreeing on the class issue. I'm of the opinion that Stalin would have made a good fascist also, if not a communist; his leadership skills were excellent.

    Isolationism is a key point of idealistic fascism, this is what I like about North Korea and its form of communism. Basically, dictatorship of any kind is always prefered and always works better. The individual even enjoyed far more liberty in Europe under the monarchs than in America, today (which is supposedly "free". If you doubt this I suggest becoming familiar with Edmund Burke, Thomas Carlyle, Herbert Spencer, and the work of Otto von Habsburg, The Social Order of Tomorrow. Fascism is all well and good, but it takes a great secularist leader with charisma and leadership skills and love for the nation like Saddam, Mussolini, Stalin, Kim Jong-Il and in some ways, more mildy, Hugo Chavez.

    Mussolini's was the only real form of fascism; societies like Ancient Rome were proto-fascist, although we can call Caesar a fascist, he's seen by many to be one of the greatest leaders ever. As long as it is not religious, politically correct and globalist dictatorship then it works. Purging the primitive and bourgeois-liberalist ideologies such as feminism and all forms of egalitarianism, Islam and political correctness, and after some time implementing state atheism, is a must. We must make a break with the past and primitive ideologies that have put us in this dark age of class conflict, feminism/matriarchy and social marxism.

    Fascism is the way to manhood and a new breath of fresh life and strength through national unity. No class conflict, class diversity is good.
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    So does anyone here besides Negrophobe have anything intelligent to add?:rolleyes:
  • edited February 2011
    So does anyone here besides Negrophobe have anything intelligent to add?

    Yeah.
    :fap:
  • StephenPBarrettStephenPBarrett Adviser
    edited February 2011
    We could go for that but I don't see it helping America more than hurting it. I usedbtobelieve that the best way to get this country back on track would be to go back to isolationism. That coupled with Juche might have helped long ago but these days America has all of its fingers and toes poked into so many pies that its having trouble counting because of their burial. America is too deep into the game of western economics to pull out. If we stopped trading we would immediately lose more money than we already owe. Several treaties would be broken and inevitably this would cause a war. A war which, having alienated our allies, we could never win. Yeah, America is big and badass, but American vs the world? It would never work. This thoeretical policy, however, might work for smaller countries with less influence.
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    We could go for that but I don't see it helping America more than hurting it. I usedbtobelieve that the best way to get this country back on track would be to go back to isolationism. That coupled with Juche might have helped long ago but these days America has all of its fingers and toes poked into so many pies that its having trouble counting because of their burial. America is too deep into the game of western economics to pull out. If we stopped trading we would immediately lose more money than we already owe. Several treaties would be broken and inevitably this would cause a war. A war which, having alienated our allies, we could never win. Yeah, America is big and badass, but American vs the world? It would never work. This thoeretical policy, however, might work for smaller countries with less influence.

    Thanks for not being retarded and actually posting something with substance. So far it looks like this thread with all the off topic stupidity posted would have had better luck on 4chan.

    Anyway you are right in saying we couldn't do this overnight. First and more importantly imo is changing the US system itself and then adopting the Juche philosophy. I don't agree with you that the entire world would declare war on America though just because we stopped trading. We could benefit from having a system more like DPRK in more ways than just Independence though. It also would bring back a long lost nationalism in this country and we would be better off in a militaristic Socialist type society moddeled off of Stalinism and Juche.
  • StephenPBarrettStephenPBarrett Adviser
    edited February 2011
    Thanks for not being retarded and actually posting something with substance. So far it looks like this thread with all the off topic stupidity posted would have had better luck on 4chan.

    Anyway you are right in saying we couldn't do this overnight. First and more importantly imo is changing the US system itself and then adopting the Juche philosophy. I don't agree with you that the entire world would declare war on America though just because we stopped trading. We could benefit from having a system more like DPRK in more ways than just Independence though. It also would bring back a long lost nationalism in this country and we would be better off in a militaristic Socialist type society moddeled off of Stalinism and Juche.

    It would take a miracle to change the minds of that many people. It would take years of political campaigns from several new parties working together. It could be done but not in less than a decade. As for the war, it wouldn't be America vs the world but once one pissed off country decided to grow balls it would startba chain reaction. You're right, the entire world wouldn't be against us but we wouldn't have any allies unless we begged. Brittain might help and perhaps a few countries we've been super nice to but for the most we'd be on our own. It would be a long tough road but not impossible. I still think an attempt would be more harmful but agree that the long lost nationalism should be reawakened. 9/11 made it flare up like a pimple but then it popped unfortunately.
  • thewandererthewanderer Regular
    edited February 2011
    Wtf happened to this thread? SO MUCH FACEPALM


    Maybe the idea of maintaining a self-reliant country would hold more merit if the country it originated from was actually self-reliant.
    I wasn't trolling when I posted that. North Korea is hardly successful in isolation.
    The people are starving and the country is dependent on aid from other countries.
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    Wtf happened to this thread? SO MUCH FACEPALM




    I wasn't trolling when I posted that. North Korea is hardly successful in isolation.
    The people are starving and the country is dependent on aid from other countries.

    Shit I missed that post in the flood of facepalm:p Most o what you hear about North Korea is lies. They've had hardships mainly due to droughts and floods beyond their control and illegal sanctions adopted by the UN. The globalists fear a regime that doesn't bow to imperialism and remains nationalist, socialist and independent. That's why all you here about are the bad things.
  • thewandererthewanderer Regular
    edited February 2011
    illegal sanctions adopted by the UN.

    Sanctions shouldn't even effect a self-sufficient country.
  • RolfRolf Regular
    edited February 2011
    :facepalm:, just :facepalm:, :facepalm:'s Rolf.
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    Sanctions shouldn't even effect a self-sufficient country.

    This is true but when circumstances beyond state control happen such as the floods and drought outside trade may be needed temporarily and that doesn't mean the country isn't still self reliant.
  • Darth BeaverDarth Beaver Meine Ehre heißt Treue
    edited February 2011
    I didn't see anyone coming to the aid of New Orleans from other nations.
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    I didn't see anyone coming to the aid of New Orleans from other nations.

    Thats not really a good comparison because unlike North Korea New Orleans isn't a country. It's a city within America and America as a whole was not hit by Katrina.
  • Darth BeaverDarth Beaver Meine Ehre heißt Treue
    edited February 2011
    Don't pay any attention to what she said, size matters. In other words the DPRK is not self sufficient. It will never be self sufficient under the current regime and it's policies. The amazing thing is this DS. When they split the Korean Peninsula at the 385 parallel the vast majority of the mineral deposits of Korea were in the North. Yet the south has prospered beyond the dreams of the average North Korean national.

    To get an instant understanding of the differences in the development and progress of the ROK and the DPRK one need only look at the following night time satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula.

    dprkdark.jpg

    Isn't it strange how the electricity stops right at the 38th? That is because the DPRK is a very similar economic position as Cuba. They do not have the resources to gather the resources needed to keep the power on 24/7. But look at Seoul, right there in the Northwest corner of the ROK. That sucker is lite up at least 100 times more than the entire DPRK.

    Hell even Castro has admitted that communism does not work. That is from a guy who tried to make it work for 49 years. Do you or those who are in favor of communism know something about it that he didn't?
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    Admittedly I have no proof to back this up but I wouldn't be shocked if that photo was doctored for propaganda reasons. Aside from that yes NK has fallen on hard times but this is due to the fact that the entire world seems to be against them.

    As I stated before weather and climate problems were a huge reason behind the famine. Just because they have fallen on hard times as a country doesn't mean that the system is a failure. When the great depression happened does that mean to you that capitalism fails? There are major flaws in the DPRK such as the massive personality cult.


    One other thing to remember is that North Korea has been forced to spend a huge amount on their military. They have to do this because of repeated provocations from the South Koreans. You can't deny that the actions o the south have been provocative with their deploying forces on the border and their drills so close to North Korean territory. America doesn't belong in the Korean peninsula it isn't our fight.


    As far as Castro saying communism doesn't worked do you have a source for that? I'm not saying your lying it's just that I haven't heard this before:confused: and am interested in this.
  • Darth BeaverDarth Beaver Meine Ehre heißt Treue
    edited February 2011
    Admittedly I have no proof to back this up but I wouldn't be shocked if that photo was doctored for propaganda reasons.

    It is a well known fact that the DPRK has nation wide rolling blackouts.

    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,366219,00.html

    http://www.indexmundi.com/north_korea/electricity_production.html

    http://impunitywatch.com/?p=16526

    http://www.nkeconwatch.com/category/energy/electricity/

    http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/north_koreas_choice_bombs_over_electricity/
    Aside from that yes NK has fallen on hard times but this is due to the fact that the entire world seems to be against them.

    While that is likely true, have you ever stopped to wonder why tha might be?
    As I stated before weather and climate problems were a huge reason behind the famine. Just because they have fallen on hard times as a country doesn't mean that the system is a failure. When the great depression happened does that mean to you that capitalism fails?

    But it did not fail, in less than 12 years capitalism emerged from the "Great Depression" (globally) even stronger that it was before. How many communist nation can make that claim? Please to not say China as their economy was shit until they opened up the markets a great deal.

    One other thing to remember is that North Korea has been forced to spend a huge amount on their military. They have to do this because of repeated provocations from the South Koreans. You can't deny that the actions o the south have been provocative with their deploying forces on the border and their drills so close to North Korean territory. America doesn't belong in the Korean peninsula it isn't our fight.

    Correction, the DPRK entered into an arms race that it could not win. What has happened between the ROK and the DRPK is a mini version of what occurred between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. And just as in that race capitalism will win because government can not create wealth it can only spend it. To create wealth you need a private sector.

    As far as Castro saying communism doesn't worked do you have a source for that? I'm not saying your lying it's just that I haven't heard this before:confused: and am interested in this.

    Take your pick..

    http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS255&=&q=castro+admits+communism+failed&aq=0&aqi=g2&aql=&oq=castro+admits
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    While that is likely true, have you ever stopped to wonder why tha might be?

    It's because the west and the imperialists fear an Independence socialist state. America claims NK is evil yet has supported dictatorships in the past such as the Shah of Iran and Pinochet in Chile after he assassinated the democratically elected Marxist president in Chile.
    But it did not fail, in less than 12 years capitalism emerged from the "Great Depression" (globally) even stronger that it was before. How many communist nation can make that claim? Please to not say China as their economy was shit until they opened up the markets a great deal.

    I believe it was the new deal that saved us from the great depression. The new deal implemented logical government intervention that goes against what lazy faire stands for.
    Correction, the DPRK entered into an arms race that it could not win. What has happened between the ROK and the DRPK is a mini version of what occurred between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. And just as in that race capitalism will win because government can not create wealth it can only spend it. To create wealth you need a private sector.

    This was an arms rave they were forced to enter because of threats rom SK and an American presence in the peninsula that can't be justified. You can't deny that a lot of the actions taken by Nouth Korea have been clearly provocations on the part of ROK and America.


    Take your pick..

    He said he rejected the Cuban model socialism and not socialism as a whole. Lenins new economic policy was similar but it didnt mean he became anti communist.
  • Darth BeaverDarth Beaver Meine Ehre heißt Treue
    edited February 2011
    It's because the west and the imperialists fear an Independence socialist state. America claims NK is evil yet has supported dictatorships in the past such as the Shah of Iran and Pinochet in Chile after he assassinated the democratically elected Marxist president in Chile.

    The fact that the U.S. has supported assholes in power does not change the fact that the DPRK's policies of the last 60 years are what is responsible for their current economic chaos.

    I believe it was the new deal that saved us from the great depression. The new deal implemented logical government intervention that goes against what lazy faire stands for.

    Beliefs are for religion and spirituality. The fact is that the New Deal was first implemented in 1933. The Great Depression did not begin to recover until late in 1940 due to increased demand in the manufacturing sector as a result of initiatives related to WWII such as the Lend Lease Act and other programs which sent goods and weapons to soon to be allies. It was war that pulled the world of of the depression. The socialist programs created by the FDR administration were the beginning of our current day economic mess. All you need to do is look at the economic history of the last 94 years and it becomes crystal clear that the more a nation moves towards communism the more it's economy suffers.

    It comes back to the state cannot create wealth they can only tax it and spend it. That is why Obama's stimulus didn't do shit to help. It takes a strong private sector to create wealth.


    This was an arms rave they were forced to enter because of threats rom SK and an American presence in the peninsula that can't be justified. You can't deny that a lot of the actions taken by Nouth Korea have been clearly provocations on the part of ROK and America.

    So what you are saying is that the U.S. should have just left in the 50's so Russia and China could have supported the destruction of the ROK at the hands of the DPRK.





    He said he rejected the Cuban model socialism and not socialism as a whole. Lenins new economic policy was similar but it didnt mean he became anti communist.
    But not only did Castro think spreading Cuban-style communism was a bad idea, he acknowledged it had failed even in his own country: “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore,” the retired tyrant declared.
    An observer who was accompanying the magazine correspondent during the interview confirmed that Castro made that amazing admission.
    Of course, what Castro did not bother to mention is that communism did “work” for him personally. He has lived parasitically off his own people since the 1959 Communist Cuban revolution. He has enjoyed great luxury while his people have suffered needless deprivation.
    With even Castro — the world’s “poster boy,” so to speak, for communism — admitting that system is a failure, shouldn’t other nations take heed and promote much more successful free markets and individual liberty?
    It does little good for ordinary Cubans who have lived for decades under dictator Fidel Castro since 1959 that he now freely admits communism has failed in his island nation.

    The Cuban people -- who might have made a tropical paradise of their country if they had been permitted political and economic freedom -- instead have had to endure slave wages and severe political, religious and economic repression. Some have been imprisoned, tortured and even killed when they bucked Castro and tried to stand up for liberty. The oppression continues today.

    But incredibly, Castro has now confessed what has been obvious for many decades: that communism is a failure.

    A correspondent for The Atlantic magazine gained a rare interview with Castro, who handed over power to his brother Raul Castro a couple of years ago but has recently sought a return to the limelight he enjoyed for so many years.

    The correspondent candidly asked Fidel Castro whether it is a good idea to export Cuba's communist system to other nations.

    But not only did Castro think spreading Cuban-style communism was a bad idea, he acknowledged it had failed even in his own country: "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore," the retired tyrant declared.
    No where does he say that he thinks socialism could work if applied differently. This is a man who has tried to make socialism/communism work for 49 years and has had a free hand to do as he wishes. So tell me, what do you think you know about socialism/communism that he doesn't?
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited February 2011
    Here is an interesting article on what North Korea has accomplished.
    After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist states in eastern Europe, North Korea as well as Cuba lost many of their trading partners. Meanwhile, there had been huge investment in the buildup of South Korea as an import-export economy by the United States and other advanced capitalist countries.

    North Korea continues to face many difficulties, but in some areas its achievements have been amazing. Here are some statistics from the Illustrated Book of World Rankings 2001, 5th edition, for South Korea, North Korea, and a few for the United States, as well as for Myanmar (Burma), a nation in the region that, like Korea, has a colonial past. Figures are for 1998 unless otherwise indicated.

    It should be kept in mind that the population of South Korea is almost twice that of the north, which has a harsher climate than the south. Myanmar's population, 45 million, is about the same as South Korea.

    Gross national product: South Korea ranked 11th in the world at $485 billion. Myanmar ranked 58th at $55.7 billion. North Korea ranked 64th at $22 billion. However, many goods and services in North Korea, like health care, education and housing, are virtually free.

    Percentage of income spent on housing: Myanmar ranked 87th at 10%, South Korea 140th at 4.1%, North Korea 164th at .8%.

    Percentage of income spent on health care: The U.S. ranked first at 17%, South Korea 35th at 5%, Myanmar 92nd at 2.4%. North Korea was not listed. Health care there is free.

    Hospital beds: North Korea was third highest at 135 per 10,000 population; the U.S. was 85th at 41 per 10,000, South Korea was 95th at 34 per 10,000, and Myanmar was 200th at 6 per 10,000.

    Population per physician: Myanmar's ratio is 3,485 people to 1 doctor, South Korea is 784:1, North Korea is better at 370:1, and the rich U.S. is practically the same: 365:1.

    Infant mortality: Myanmar had 79 deaths per 1,000 live births; North Korea had 23 per 1,000, South Korea was lower with 10 per 1,000.

    Life expectancy in both North and South Korea was the same: 69 years. The U.S. wasn't much higher--72 years, while Myanmar was 58 years.

    Of the three Asian countries, North Korea had the lowest death rate--5.3 per 1,000, while in Myanmar it was 9.9 and in South Korea 6.4.

    North Korea did fantastically well on literacy: 95%. The U.S. had 95.5% and South Korea 98%. Myanmar was 83%.

    Population with access to safe drinking water (1994-95): North Korea is listed with 38 other countries at 100%. Only 90% of people in the U.S. have access to safe drinking water, according to these figures. In South Korea, the number is 89%, and in Myanmar, only 39%.

    Military personnel (1997): The U.S. has the second-largest armed forces in the world, 1,447,000, of whom 37,000 are stationed in South Korea. North Korea is fifth in the world at 1,055,000. South Korea is sixth at 672,000.

    Military budget (2000): The U.S. is ranked first at $343.2 billion, more than the next 16 countries combined. South Korea is ranked 12th at $12.8 billion. North Korea is 32nd at $1.3 billion.

    It is obvious that North Korea tries to compensate with human power for what it may lack in military hardware.

    The importance of trading with Western developed countries was expounded by Kim Il Sung as early as 1975. In 1984, the DPRK officially launched an open door policy of trade with the West and in 1988 began to trade with South Korea, expanding joint ventures in 1993.

    In the late 1980s, while trade with the United States was virtually nonexistent, nearly 60% of North Korea's trade came from the Soviet Union, followed by China and Japan. Today, North Korea's main trading partners are Japan, China and South Korea, as well as some countries in western Europe.

    South Korea received $4 billion in grant aid from 1953 to 1974 from the U.S. Some 60% of all investment in South Korea before 1968 came from the U.S.

    Its external debt grew to $46.7 billion in 1985 but fell to $23 billion in 1991.( Library of Congress country studies) According to the CIA fact book for 2001, South Korea's debt in 2000 was $137 billion while North Korea's was $12 billion.

    In 1989, North Korea's total foreign debt was $6.78 billion, with $3.13 billion owed to the Soviet Union. Historically, loans to North Korea as compared to South Korea have been negligible.

    Between 1980 and 1989 North Korea provided a total of approximately $26.4 million in aid to Third World countries, of which almost 74% went to African countries in the form of technical agricultural assistance. (Library of Congress country studies)

    These are Western-compiled figures and may not do justice to North Korea's accomplishments. However, they do show that, if unthreatened by imperialism and allowed to grow into a united nation, the achievements of the Korean people would be monumental.

    As the threats from Washington grow ever more serious, it is up to the anti-war movement to come to the defense of the Korean people.

    http://www.iacenter.org/Koreafiles/korea_accomp.htm
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