Ideological and Theoretical Exploits of Chairman Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il’s Devotion to Mankind
Ideological and
Theoretical Exploits of
Chairman Kim Jong Il
Chairman Kim Jong Il was a heaven-sent man for the good of mankind and such
a great man could be born once in several centuries—this is what Vishwanath, director
general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea and prominent social
activist of India, said.
Kim Jong Il was an outstanding statesman and theoretician. He developed the
Juche idea, which illuminates the road ahead for carving out man’s destiny,
into the guiding ideology of the cause for the independence of mankind.
The Juche idea, created by
President Kim Il Sung and developed in depth by Chairman Kim Jong Il, is an ideology which, on the basis of a scientific
elucidation that man is the master of the world and plays the decisive role in
transforming the world, shows the way for the masses of the people, the motive
force of history, to shape their own destiny by their own efforts.
Kim Jong Il’s treatise, On the Juche
Idea, created a great sensation across the world as soon as it was made
public on March 31, 1982. In less than a year after its publication, more than
90 countries published more than ten million copies of this work and more than
140 countries printed it in the pamphlet form.
A French professor said:
Lenin praised The Communist Manifesto
by Marx and Engels as the song of the songs for communism; if I can use Lenin’s
phrase, Kim Jong Il’s On the Juche Idea is the song of songs
for the genuine cause of mankind, the song of songs for dignity and worth of
man and the song of songs for the genuine ideal and eternal prosperity of
mankind.
What is important in his
exploits is that he provided comprehensive answers to all the theoretical
and practical questions arising in the cause of independence of the people,
cause of socialism when progressive mankind around the world lost their way
because of temporary difficulties.
In the end of the 20th
century, the socialist cause experienced temporary frustration and crisis owing
to the manoeuvres of the imperialists and renegades of socialism. Fussing about
the “end of socialism,” they claimed that the ideal of socialism itself was incorrect
and it was wrong to carry out the socialist revolution. This created
ideological vacillation and confusion among some people and countries which
aspired after socialism.
In these years of upheavals Kim Jong Il published many 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. His works served as a beacon and compass for the people who were
at a loss for what to do and at the same time as a severe blow to injustice and
sophistry of all hues. As a result, an unbreakable cornerstone was provided for
socialist ideal and the damaged image of socialism was cleared.
A leader of a political party
in Russia said: Who dared to write even an
article to defend and revive socialism during the harsh days when socialism
collapsed and anti-socialist storms raised by imperialists and reactionaries
were blowing so hard? Comrade Kim Jong Il alone advanced many ideological theories for the promotion of international
socialist movement and applied them to practice; this is his greatest exploit
as a saviour and defender of socialism.
The allied imperialist forces
directed the spearhead of their attack to the DPRK, a strong bulwark of socialism;
they escalated political and military pressure and economic sanctions against
it.
To make matters worse,
disastrous natural calamities hit the DPRK in succession.
To cope with the prevailing
situation, Kim Jong Il strengthened
the national power upholding the banner of Songun and frustrated the manoeuvres
of hostile forces.
Under his leadership, the
DPRK became a politico-ideological power, military power, a country capable of manufacturing
and launching satellites and fortress of independence. He not only defended
socialism of the DPRK but also saved the cause of independence of mankind and
international socialist movement by dint of this unfathomable national power.
Today, many political parties
and people the world over are striving to study and apply his ideological
theories. It is today’s reality that the struggle of the people who are
aspiring after independence is growing in intensity all over the world.
Chairman Kim Jong Il’s ideological and theoretical exploits will shine for
ever along with the victorious advance of the cause of global independence.
