North Korea

11th Meeting of Political Bureau of 8th Central Committee of WPK Held

The 11th Meeting of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) took place at the office building of the WPK Central Committee on Nov. 30.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, was present at the meeting.

Attending the meeting were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.

The meeting discussed the issue of convening the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un presided over the meeting.

Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary for Organizational Affairs of the WPK Central Committee, made a report.

The report reviewed and analyzed the implementation of the major policies of the Party and the state for this year and proposed major agenda items to be discussed at the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK.
The respected General Secretary said that the internal and external circumstances of the year 2022 created on the advance of the Korean revolution were the unprecedented adversity that tested our will and fighting efficiency, but thanks to the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee, a new phase was opened for the remarkable development of the state and the country’s prestige and honor was raised to a new level.

He said that it is very important for all sectors to find innovative ways for solving the problems by tapping our potentiality and to properly confirm the next year’s plan on the basis of the correct analysis of the experience and lessons accumulated in the course of a year’s struggle in order to expand the affirmative changes made in the Party building and the overall work of the state this year and vigorously push forward the huge tasks of the new year.

Noting that the year 2023 is a historic year marking the 75th birthday of the DPRK and the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and an important year when a decisive guarantee for the fulfillment of the five-year plan should be laid, he indicated the principled issues arising in mapping out a dynamic, advanced, scientific and detailed operation for implementing the major policies of the Party and state in the coming year to be glorified with greater victory and success than this year.

There was an assignment related with the preparation for the plenary meeting.
The Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee adopted a resolution on convening the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK in late December with unanimous approval.

Diamatiya wrote:

Jiang Zemin passed away. He was President of the PRC from 1989-2002. No doubt that it was during his tenure that the contradictions inherent to Socialism with Chinese Characteristics were most profound, but that was partly a result of the global climate. Still, he guided China through that difficult time and nothing of the sort happened like shock therapy in Russia.

Hello all from The International and Argentina :)

If I may shortly comment on this, I agree with what has been said about Jiang Zemin and just wanted to add that he was the only Head of State to visit Cuba in 1993, one of the darkest years for the Revolution after the collapse of the USSR. Fidel Castro called it "a gesture of incomparable friendship and fraternity". He also said:

"We had the honor of receiving President Jiang Zemin, and we were not mistaken, from the first personal contact, in our fair appreciation of his intelligence, his political and human conditions and his capacity as a responsible leader and statesman, with solid principles."

Also, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba's President, declared an National Day of Mourning in his honour: https://www.pcc.cu/noticias/decreta-el-presidente-de-la-republica-duelo-oficial

I hope I'm not bothering anyone, just wanted to share some facts regarding this man's life and death from Latin America :)

Solidarity ☭☆

Northfell wrote:

What is the practical economic advantage for the bourgeois to promote and push homo and transphobia, besides the Nazbol take of divide the working-class to distract us from class struggle.

I’m not sure what makes you think that’s the “Nazbol take”. Traditionally, in the west, the branches of political power have been staffed by a Judeo Christian white wealthy class, often propped up by the wealth and influence of the church, and therefore, often, upholding reactionary ideology such as transphobia and homophobia. The politics of reaction, that is traditionalism and opposing any form of progressive politics, in favour of regressive politics, is what often leads to these divisive political stances.

I do think things are starting to change with these issues in that LGBT rights are starting to be used as a tool of Western imperialist soft power. Which is not to say that somehow invalidates those struggles - it's similar to how competing in a Cold War environment was an important motivator for the American bourgeoisie to act on civil rights.

Homonationalism and pinkwashing have been common for some time now, especially with regard to the Zionist entity. But I feel as though it's starting to influence even those in "radical" quarters. Even many self-proclaimed MLs have refused to meaningfully speak out against aggression toward Iran and Russia this year largely because they're reactionary, homophobic states, and it's honestly alienated me quite a bit.

Welcome home, comrade Libertasnia.