Washington, D.C. A National Mobilization to End the Korean War drew hundreds of people to several events here on July 27 and 28. July 27 was the 70th anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended combat in the Korean War. That agreement — among the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) i

A news conference on July 27 in front of the U.S. Capitol featured a broad array of activists and organizations: Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ; Joy Gebhard, Divided Family Member; Rick Downes, Coalition of Families of Korean & Cold War POW/MIAs; Lt. General (Retired) Daniel P. Leaf, U.S. Air Force; Joyce Ajlouny, American Friends Service Committee; Hana Marie Kim, 30 Under 30 activist and high school student; and Barbara Lee, U.S. Congress member from California.

Following the press event, an emotional Han ceremony at the Foundry United Methodist Church gave the many participants of Korean ancestry an opportunity to express and manage the complex emotions of sorrow, resentment, grief, sadness and hope that afflict many members of families separated during the Korean War and the following seven decades of a divided Korea.

Later, a rally in front of the White House featured Echo Hyunsook Cho, Women Cross DMZ; Medea Benjamin, Code Pink; internet personality Nick Cho, “Your Korean Dad”; and other speakers. It was followed by a spirited mile-long march past the Korean War Veterans Monument to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where an interfaith vigil was held.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    25·
    1 year ago

    Are these not the ten principles upon which the nation and its one party operate?

    • We must give our all in the struggle to unify the entire society with Kimilsungism and Kimjongilism.
    • We must honor the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il as the eternal leaders of our Party and the people and as the Sun of Juche.
    • We must make absolute and desperately defend the authority of the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and the authority of the Party.
    • We must be thoroughly armed with the revolutionary ideas of the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and the Party’s lines and policies that are the realization of these ideas.
    • We must adhere strictly to the principle of unconditional obedience in accomplishing the instructions passed on by the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and in the Party’s lines and policies.
    • We must strengthen by all possible means the entire Party’s ideology, willpower, and revolutionary unity, centering on the Leader.
    • We must learn from the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and adopt the noble mental and moral presence, revolutionary work methods, and people-oriented work style.
    • We must value the political life we were given by the Party and the Leader and loyally repay the Party’s trust and thoughtfulness with heightened political awareness and work performance.
    • We must establish strong organizational regulations so that the entire Party, nation, and military move as one under the one and only leadership of the Party.
    • We must pass down the great achievement of the Juche revolution and the Songun revolution, pioneered by the great Comrade Kim Il Sung and led by Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, from generation to generation, inheriting and completing it to the end.

    Doesn’t sound like a democracy to me.

    • diegeticscream[all]🔻@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      1 year ago

      “We should strengthen the people with our revolutionary philosophy, and be respectful of the people who helped us free ourselves from Imperialism” is not the nuclear take you think it is.

      Nothing about this is counter to a revolutionary democracy.

      • Anarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Well, you can also try offering research, but good luck convincing one antisocialist to read any of it for more than ten seconds. You’ll have more fun pulling your own teeth.

        • m532@lemmygrad.ml
          3·
          1 year ago

          The tactic of “everyone who disagrees with me does not really hold these beliefs, but must actually be joking/a bot/paid” is quite useful for maintaining a warped image of the world in your head

          • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
            12·
            1 year ago

            Right, but you’re not arguing beliefs, you’re claiming a circle is a square. It’s more than just disagreement, it’s dishonesty and it means discussing anything with you is a waste of time.

            • m532@lemmygrad.ml
              1·
              1 year ago

              You are doing it again. You claim that i’m not honest, to decieve your brain into denying my existence.