Kim Jong-Dead
“All party members, military men and the public should faithfully follow the leadership of comrade Kim Jong-un and protect and further strengthen the unified front of the party, military and the public,” North Korea’s state-run news agency, KCNA, said (according to the BBC).
Jim Denham said,
December 19, 2011 at 1:57 pm
This must be a sad day for that “rank and file” Unite “delegate”, Andrew Murray:
“The drive to seize command of the world economy in the interests of its own monopoly groups now propels the US government to seek to seize command of every corner of the world itself. This does not need any amplification in relation to the Middle East at present. But we should also be alert to the very real dangers in the Fareast and around Peoples Korea. The clear desire of the USA to effect ‘regime change’ in its second ‘axis of evil’ target could well provoke an armed clash there, too. Our Party has already made its basic position of solidarity with Peoples Korea clear.”
http://web.archive.org/web/20031210230502/http://www.communist-party.org.uk/articles/2003/march/10-03-03.shtml
But Murray has “NEVER”, of course, been a member of the Stalin Society. I got that wrong. Can’t think why.
http://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/stalinism-and-unite-murrays-reply/
Roger said,
December 19, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Stoke high the fires of hell….
SteveH said,
December 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm
“Stoke high the fires of hell”
Don’t worry Hitchens will keep em burning for a long time yet. Think with the amount he used to consume no one in North Korea needed have died of starvation.
Robin Carmody said,
December 20, 2011 at 12:20 am
That was uncalled for. And malevolent. Typical of you, then …
Jim Denham said,
December 19, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Nooman doesn’t like the DPRK very much…BUT…it’s all the fault of America (and South Korea):
http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=8751
Roger said,
December 19, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I am going to miss http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com
and http://www.lindsayfincher.com/category/asia/north-korea has some interesting pictures of DPRK kitsch
Monsuer Jelly est Formidable said,
December 19, 2011 at 9:00 pm
interesting looking book mentioned by Hitchens here
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/02/a_nation_of_racist_dwarfs.single.html
Roger said,
December 19, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Yes saw that piece when it came out – never got round to ordering the book,
I think the chap who wrote it was on Sky News (I was only flipping channels – honestly) yesterday up against some terribly posh woman who thinks we need to ‘engage’ with Kim III and his regime to encourage the progressive forces within it.
Plus ca change….
And thank God there is now a http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com/.
Roger said,
December 19, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Or today rather as it would have been spooky if they’d been discussing Kim II’s death in advance….
Monsuer Jelly est Formidable said,
December 19, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Always good to remember from time to time just how much of a useless inert scrotum Seymour Dick is:
Robin Carmody said,
December 20, 2011 at 12:21 am
Christ …
A more cretinous either-or mentality even than the Manics’ (during their Castro-adulating phase) “Freedom of Speech Won’t Feed My Children”.
Jimmy said,
December 19, 2011 at 10:50 pm
He probably never heard of Iraq. To busy shagging the long legged well fed women in his army inspite of the majority of his population being starved to death. Good to hear of a scumbag biting the dust.