It is Necessary to Establish Juche in Ideology

To establish Juche in ideology is one of the most important principles to maintain the independent stand.

General Secretary Kim Jong Il said:

“To establish Juche in ideology means having the consciousness that one is the master of the revolution and construction, thinking and doing everything, centering on the revolution in one’s own country, and acquiring the viewpoint and attitude of solving all questions by one’s own talents and initiative.”

To establish Juche in ideology has three meanings: that is, to have the consciousness that one is the master of the revolution and construction; to think and do everything, centering on the revolution in one’s own country; and to acquire the viewpoint and attitude of solving all questions by one’s own talents and initiative.

Firstly, it means to have the consciousness that one is the master of the revolution and construction.

To have the consciousness that one is the master of the revolution and construction means to have standpoint and attitude that the revolution and construction is for the people and should be done by the people.

That is because the revolution and construction is the work to realize the people’s independence. The people should have standpoint and attitude to take part in the revolution and construction as masters. Only then, can they devote themselves to the revolution and construction.

Here is an instance.

In the DPRK, an old worker who worked his whole life in water drainage service had many nicknames such as “our old man”, “tiger old man”, “miser old man”, “a moment old man.”

By “our old man”, his colleagues mean that he helps others sincerely, by “tiger old man”, that he scolds like tiger those who work at random, by “miser old man”, that he is not willing to lend his tools to those who work lazily.

Among these nicknames, “a moment old man” is peculiar.

Whenever he finishes repair work, he says “a moment…”and checks what he did again and again. As he works so meticulously, he maintains his service quite well.

Such behaviors of this old man are the expression of awareness that he is the master of the revolution and construction. Without this awareness, how can he work like that?

This is the awareness that one is the master of the revolution and construction.

Secondly, to establish Juche in ideology means to have standpoint and attitude of thinking and doing everything, centering on the revolution in one’s own country.

This means to have standpoint and attitude of thinking the revolution in one’s country first and conducting it well in the interests of the revolution in one’s country.

In one word, this means to make everything serve the revolution in one’s country.

When we learn one thing and produce one thing, we should do for the revolution in our country and for further development of our things–this is the standpoint and attitude to think and practice, centering on the revolution in one’s country.

The study of science and technology should be done also to serve the revolution in one’s country and achieve victory in the revolution. And when we produce a thing, we should do it to add glory to our country.

When we build a house, we should do according to the taste of the people, and when we do ideological work, we should make it serve the interests of one’s country.

Thirdly, to establish Juche in ideology means to have standpoint and attitude of solving all questions by one’s own talents and initiative.

As the revolution is for oneself, one cannot depend on others. If so, one will ruin the revolution and country.

Here is a historical fact happened in the period when Korea became the colony of the Japanese imperialists.

In 1905, the Japanese imperialists made up “Ulsa Five Treaty” and took away the rights to diplomacy from the feudal Ri Dynasty and openly interfered in Korea’s internal affairs, after setting “Residence-General.”

Infuriated at this, the Korean people conducted anti-Japanese voluntary struggle and patriotic cultural movement to fight against Japanese imperialists’ invasion in Korea.

When the people fought bloody struggle against the Japanese imperialists, a few people including Ri Jun tried to restore the country by gaining support and sympathy of the USA and Western imperialism.

So, three representatives including Ri Jun participated in the “World Peace Conference” in the Hague, the Netherlands, with the credential of Ko Jong, the then king of Korea.

They tried to expose Japanese aggressive policy and gain international support against the Japanese imperialists in the conference. But in the conference, the Western imperialists were in the Japanese side, so they said Korean diplomacy was handed over to Japan according to “Ulsa Five Treaty”, refusing to recognize Korean representatives.

Ri Jun who was refused to participate came to know that the western imperialists were in the side of Japanese and felt that dependency on others leads to ruin, stabbing his belly in the conference hall. After this incident, Japanese imperialists expelled the king and completely occupied Korea.

This fact tells that depending on others without believing one’s strength leads to failure in the revolution and construction. Dependency on foreign powers leads to ruin.

Why is it necessary to establish Juche in ideology?

That is because the people in that country are the masters of their revolution and construction, and to do their revolution well is the main task of the people in that country.

On the earth there are about 200 countries and 20,000 nations and tribes. The people’s struggle for independence takes place with a country and nation as a unit.

This being the case, the masters of the revolution in each country are the people in that country.

The revolution in each country is caused by urgent desire and demand of the people in that country not by instruction from others. And no other than the people in that country are masters of their revolution. Revolution cannot be imported or exported.

As each country has links with other countries, revolution in one country may have influence on other country and can help others. But masters of each country are the people in that country. If the people, masters of the revolution do not rise, it is useless as if watering the dead tree, however big others’ support.

The people in each country are masters of their revolution, which is their main task. Under this condition, they should have the consciousness that they are the masters of the revolution and construction and should think and do everything, centering on the revolution in their country and acquire the viewpoint and attitude of solving all questions by their own talents and initiative.

It is also necessary to establish Juche in ideology because when each country does its revolution well, it can help the world revolution.

The world revolution is the struggle for people’s independence in international arena.

The world revolution wins final victory in the process in which each country wins its revolution.

This, however, does not mean that the world revolution is mechanic collection of the revolution in each country. In the aspect of world revolution, the revolution in each country is a chain of the world revolution, and it develops in close link with the world revolution.

But the revolution in each country has its independent development. This is as if marathon players start at the same time and run the same track but there is difference in speed. Then, how is it possible that complicated revolutionary movements that started differently in different circumstances win simultaneously? The world revolution is not abstract one apart from the revolution in each country. It is linked with the revolution in each country and when it goes well, the world revolution goes well.

Therefore, the people in each country should do their own revolution also to hasten victory of the world revolution.

When victory of the revolution in each country is hastened, victory of the world revolution is hastened. And when one makes one’s revolution well, one can help others with practical experience and substantial strength.

It is ridiculous to talk about the “world revolution” without making one’s own revolution well.

For victory in the world revolution, each country should do its revolution well, and for this purpose it is necessary to establish Juche in ideology.

To establish Juche in ideology is the primary requirement in the struggle for independence. In other words, when Juche is established in ideology, it is possible to adhere to the principle of independence in politics, self-sufficiency in the economy and self-reliance in defense.

Revolution and construction is conscious activities of the people for independence. Under this condition, it is necessary to establish Juche in ideology to make revolution and construction in a responsible way.

When the people have the consciousness that they are the masters of the revolution and construction, think and do everything, centering on the revolution in their own country and acquire the viewpoint and attitude of solving all questions by their own talents and initiative, they work in a responsible way for their revolution.

To establish Juche in ideology is therefore the prerequisite for implementing the principle of independence in politics, self-sufficiency in the economy and self-reliance in defense.

Like this, to establish Juche in ideology is the primary demand in the revolutionary struggle for independence and principled issue to make one’s revolution well.