AINDF issues an appeal

         

The Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front made public an appeal in condemnation of pro-Japanese treacherous act of the Yoon Suk-yeol regime and calling for a nationwide campaign against Japan and Yoon on March 24.

 The appeal titled "An appeal to fellow countrymen" said that another treacherous crime is recorded in shameful history of south Korean politics stained with pro-US and Japanese proclivities, it continued.

Yoon's recent junket to Japan achieved under the manipulation of the US was a sycophantic junket which sold off the national pride without reserve. It was recorded as an irrecoverable sin to be etched in the history of the Korean nation who had experienced the grief of statelessness.   

Yoon declared a list of tribute to Japan and told he would not claim indemnity for the past crimes committed by Japan, not content with its connivance at Japan's past crimes at an interview with a Japanese media before starting his visit to Japan. It is an intolerable insult and challenge to the nation.

He failed to extract a word of apology from impudent, cunning Japanese Prime Minister Kishida and prayed him for improvement of bilateral ties, risking the nation's interests for the sake of Japan. At a lecture, he parroted the remarks of those, who looked down upon the Korean nation and advocated the colonial domination in the Meiji age, the gist of which is "Korea is a territory of Japan".   

He did not hesitate to throw its tongue against north Korea and connived at Japan's goal to be a military power. He declared normalization of the general security of military intelligence agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan and revealed his black-hearted intention to stand in confrontation with north Korea with the backing of the US and Japan.  

The whole process of his junket to Japan was a series of pro-Japanese proclivity and submission as "the five traitors of 1905" fabricated the "Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty" and Park Chung-hee signed the "south Korea-Japan Agreement". It is the height of treachery.

The south Korean people bitterly denounce his visit to Tokyo as a humiliating visit giving up apology and compensation for Japan's past crimes, offering the national interests for the sake of Japan and pushing the situation of the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity to the extreme phase.   

Nationwide rallies in condemnation of his visit to Japan and signature campaign are being held in south Korea. The declaration on the current situation made by broad segments of south Koreans are being released one after another.   

It is an expression of public anger at the Yoon regime and manifestation of the south Korean people's will to punish Yoon without fail.

In retrospect, he said that the people should not be divided into the pro-Japanese group and anti-Japanese one before he took power, south Korea-Japanese relationship should not be kept in the past. He, who promised to mend the relations with Japan regardless of the past crimes, recorded his one-year long rule as the treacherous history of pro-Japanese proclivity.

He turned down the compensation for the Japan's past crimes judged by the Supreme Court to rub salt into the wounds of the victims, promoted Japan as "cooperation partnership" and revealed its intention to push forward military cooperation between south Korea, the US and Japan under the excuse of "north Korea's nuclear threat".  

The Korean nation's grudge against Japan and forty-odd years long unethical crimes left unhealed wounds, however, Japan has denied apology and reparation for its past wrongdoings.   

Japan is bent on glossing over the past crimes and engrossed in the distortion of history and re-aggression. It carries worship at the Yasukuni shrine to offer a tribute to it and set "Takeshima Day" to seize Dok islet.

It revised document of security and strategy and augmented its defense expenses. It laid bare its intention to be transformed into a state capable of carrying out a war through "revision of constitution" and realize new "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere." It has put spur to establish missile defense system against north Korea together with south Korea and the US, introduce the latest weaponry, development of new type hardware and conduct military exercises with different missions.   

The current situation proves Japan's ambition to be a military power and for re-aggression of the Korean Peninsula reach an extreme pitch of danger.    

Yoon has fanned up Japan's bid for re-aggression and is engaged in pro-Japanese proclivity. The south Korean people express their indignation at his behavior.

The south Koreans would not tolerate treacherous act of the pro-Japanese elements and Japan's imprudence.

The anti-Japanese and Yoon struggle is the great cause of the people and request of the current situation, the appeal said. It called for the people to turn out in the campaign against Japan and Yoon.   

The Yoon regime is just the "the five traitors of 1905" in the 21st century and Yoon is another offshoot of Lee Wan-yong and Park Chung-hee.

The second "Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty" and reappearance of statelessness will be unavoidable as long as the Yoon regime remains in power.

The withdrawal of Yoon and action against the Yoon regime are the only solution.  

Let us send Yoon to the graveyard of "the five traitors of 1905" at the earliest possible date by touching off the nationwide resistance!

Let us crush rash act of the Yoon gentry which begs for military cooperation between south Korea, the US and Japan and provides a springboard for aggression through an intense struggle for peace against war!

The south Koreans' campaign to chill Japan's attempt for re-aggression and humble its arrogance is a righteous resistance to satisfy the century-old grudge of the Korean nation.

The south Korean people should make south Korea full of anti-Japanese sentiments by developing the spirit of the Independence Movement in 1919 into animosity toward Japan.

Let us shed light to hair-raising atrocities committed by Japan and its crime-woven history! Make Japan to pay a dear price for the century-old past crimes.

Let us frustrate Japan's ambition for re-aggression to reduce south Korea into a colony through the process of becoming a military giant with the united efforts of the nation!

The US is a backstage manipulator of south Korea-Japan tie-up.

Let us smash the US bid to invade the Korean Peninsula by military cooperation with south Korean and Japanese war servitors and dominate the Asia-Pacific region!

Let us foil vicious move to form the three-way military alliance between south Korea, the US and Japan!

The appeal called for the south Korean people to wage stubborn action to step down Yoon at all costs and put an end to the history of pro-US and Japanese submission.

Truth behind Nord Stream Pipelines Explosion Incident

Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- An Chol Hyok, an international affairs analyst, on Saturday made public an article titled "Truth behind the gas pipelines explosion incident being revealed gradually".

The full text of the article is as follows:

The international community is greatly shocked by an article, released by an American journalist, Seymour Hersh, some days ago, saying that the explosions of Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022 were caused by the remote-controlled explosion device installed by U.S. naval divers in strict secrecy under the direct order of Biden.

Another American journalist, John Dugan, too, disclosed the fact that U.S. naval divers, involved in the NATO naval military exercise "BALTOPS-2022" held in Baltic Sea in June last year, were engaged in long-time underwater work for the preparation of exploding Nord Stream pipelines after covertly leaving the training waters.

As already known, strong explosions occurred in the "Nord Stream-1" and "Nord Streams-2" pipelines, laid down in 40-60m depth of an exclusive economic water zone between Sweden and Denmark, late in September last year, causing gas leakage at four points.

As soon as the incident broke out, the U.S. and the West were keen on creating an atmosphere of denunciation against Russia, recklessly branding it as an intended act of Russia to aggravate the energy crisis in Europe.

Russia repeatedly proposed EU countries to organize a joint investigation group and throw an objective light on the truth of the incident through an international investigation, but the U.S. and the West parroted the "rumor about Russia's deed", feigning deafness.

Under such situation, American journalists contended that the Biden administration's plot was behind the Nord Stream pipelines explosion incident. This is very meaningful.

It is said that the real culprit of any case will be who gets biggest benefit from it.

If the "rumor about Russia's deed", claimed by the U.S., is true, what benefit Russia will get from the destruction of gas pipelines constructed by itself at the cost of more than 10 billion US dollars, and can it return for huge profits that will be made with "Nord Stream" for decades in future?

It is unreasonable to lend ears to the assertion of the U.S. and the West.

Then, who will be most benefited by the Nord Stream pipelines explosion incident?

It is none other than the U.S. which had been anxious to push Russia's natural gas out of the European market and instead introduce its expensive liquefied gas into it.

Substantial is also the strategic interests that the U.S. will get by blocking the "Nord Stream", which has served as an obstacle in inciting European countries to the confrontation with Russia.

It is not fortuitous for experts on the international affairs to have argued that the theory about Nord Stream pipelines explosion by the U.S. is authentic, in consideration of the fact the U.S. regards it as a main link of the isolation and deterrence strategy towards Russia to block Russia's gas export and push it out of the European gas market, and that Wall Street is hosting a party in celebration of their gas delivery expanded after the explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines, drinking a "blood-soaked wine".

As regards the journalists' assertion, officials of the National Security Council and the Department of State of the U.S. are making rhetoric that press reports on the attack on Nord Stream pipelines carried out on the order of Biden are totally fiction and ballyhoo.

It may be a shame that its journalists branded the U.S. as the real offender from a fair stand. Anyhow, there is no reason for the U.S. to oppose Russia-proposed international investigation, if it is upright.

The awl in the sack can never be hidden, and the truth about crime is bound to be probed at any time.

The U.S. must be given due punishment before the world for its crime that brought a serious negative effect on the energy security and ecological environment in the European region by conspiratorially sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines, a multinational energy infrastructure.

The international community should heighten vigilance against the vicious high-handed, arbitrary and conspiratorial maneuverings of the U.S. which resorts to all sorts of despicable means and methods for its hegemonic position and greed, taking no account of the interests of not only its rivals but also its junior "allies". -0-

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NO TO THE SUPPLY OF ARMS TO THE FASCIST REGIME OF UKRAINE!

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APPEAL

Executive Committee and Political Council

 United International Anti-Imperialist Anti-Fascist Front

 The imperialist West began intensive pumping of Ukraine with weapons almost immediately after the fascist coup carried out by neo-Bandera forces under the leadership of Western intelligence services in 2014. This has already happened in history: it was the imperialist circles of the West who were interested in Hitler's coming to power in Germany. Then Western countries, primarily the United States, provided him with significant assistance in arming Germany in order to send Wehrmacht columns to the east against the USSR. And in 1941 they really moved east with the aim of destroying the Soviet Union.

Now the imperialist West, with the help of the neo-Bandera Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped with NATO weapons, seeks to destroy the rising competitor - Russia. Russia was forced to launch a special military operation (SVO) to protect the sovereignty and integrity of its country and the people of the DPR and LPR from the aggression of the Kyiv fascist regime, as well as to demilitarize and denazify all of Ukraine. Military operations in the Donbass and in the south of Ukraine have been going on for the ninth year. In this regard, the situation in Europe and around the world has aggravated, many countries are involved in the conflict to one degree or another, and the sanctions imposed by the Western imperialists against Russia have an impact on the entire economy of the world.

The question arises: why is all this happening? Who needs it? We find the answer in the Leninist theory of imperialism - monopoly capitalism, which, after the destruction of socialism in the USSR and the countries of the socialist community, became dominant in the world. Imperialism is parasitic, decaying, dying capitalism. It pushes the contradictions between labor and capital, between various imperialist powers, between imperialist states and dependent countries, to extreme limits, which ultimately leads to a crisis of the entire imperialist system, i.e. decline in production, unemployment, impoverishment of workers. Crises are the birthmarks of imperialism; without them, imperialism cannot exist. From the crisis that began in 2008, world imperialism has not yet emerged.

Imperialism finds a way out of the crisis in an arms race and wars. So it was on the eve of World Wars I and II, and so it is now. Under imperialism, the contradictions and competitive struggle between imperialist countries for markets, sources of raw materials, for the seizure of foreign territories, for world domination are intensified, which leads to rampant militarism and wars, not only local, but also world. IN AND. Lenin convincingly proved the inevitability of wars under imperialism.

US imperialism, having seized the dominant position in the world after the destruction of the USSR, is gradually losing its hegemony. This leads to the intensification of militaristic sentiments in US imperialist circles, which are ready to take any aggressive action, any adventure, to use the most reactionary regimes in order to maintain their hegemony on the planet.

Here, in order to get to the wealth stored in the depths of Russia, which stands in the way of the United States to world domination, the American hawks raised the fascist regime in Kiev, prepared and sent it to an aggressive war against Russia, and now they are intensively pumping up the anti-people regime with weapons. For the same purpose, the United States uses Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and other European countries, which are also covered by a wave of fascism...

Fascism is one of the most reactionary political currents that arose during the period of the general crisis of capitalism and the emergence of supranational capitalist corporations - the highest financial oligarchy. It expresses the interests of the most reactionary and aggressive forces of the imperialist bourgeoisie. Fascism in power is an openly terrorist dictatorship aimed at suppressing the actions of the working class for their rights, all democratic freedoms and progressive social movements. The ideology of fascism is militant anti-communism, reactionary nationalism and chauvinism, violence and universal control over the individual, militarization of all spheres of society, aggression. The most reactionary part of fascism in the 20th century in Germany was Nazism, and now neo-Bandera Nazism in Ukraine. Nazism, in addition to all the features of fascism, is distinguished by a special bestial hatred of other peoples.

All of the above features of fascism and Nazism are present in modern Ukraine. The Russian language is prohibited there at the legislative level, although for many Ukrainians Russian is their native language. Penalties are imposed for violating the law on the Ukrainian language. In Ukraine, under Poroshenko, as in Hitler's Germany, the Communist Party was banned, and under Zelensky, opposition "pro-Russian" parties were banned.

In Ukraine, the persecution of dissident citizens, journalists and even deputies of the Verkhovna Rada has become the norm. It is the gangs of fascist thugs (similar to the SS assault squads) that are the striking force for dispersing the protest actions of the working people, reduced to poverty. Having crushed the monuments of V.I. Lenin and other progressive figures, the neo-Banderites hung out on the streets and squares of Ukrainian cities portraits of the fascists Bandera and Shukhevych, on whose hands the blood of thousands and thousands of tortured and brutally murdered Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Jews and representatives of other nationalities. As you know, the burning of the inhabitants of the Belarusian village of Khatyn was also the work of the Bandera punitive organs, which in cruelty often even surpassed their masters, the Nazi executioners.

        And, finally, the bombardment of peaceful cities of Donbass for more than eight years, from 2014 to the present, when kindergartens, schools, hospitals are destroyed and civilians, including the elderly, women and children, are killed, is a monstrous crime against humanity. As you know, the Nazi pilots did not bomb their cities, and neo-Bandera criminals turned many cities of the Donbass into ruins.

And so, in order to continue this fratricidal slaughter and the crimes of neo-Bandera fascists, the imperialist West is increasing the supply of various types of weapons to Ukraine. According to the data cited by the Kiel Institute of World Economics, the United States is in first place in providing military assistance to Ukraine (both financial and delivered/promised equipment). Great Britain is next, Poland is in third place, Germany is in fourth, Canada completes the top five. This is followed by Norway, the Czech Republic, Greece, Estonia, Latvia and others. Almost all countries of NATO Europe, except Hungary, are suppliers of weapons to the fire of the conflict in Ukraine, which brings huge profits to arms manufacturers. The biggest financial gains come from the US military-industrial complex (DIC). The United States has already provided more than $100 billion in aid to Kyiv, most of which will pay for armaments from Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and other manufacturers. Meanwhile, a group of hawks in Washington are already sounding the alarm that the arsenals of the US and its NATO allies have run out, which means new orders for military contractors. Thus, for the American defense industry, the military conflict in Ukraine represents an ideal opportunity for fabulous earnings.

The Russian special operation began on February 24, 2022, and two weeks later, the Russian military announced the destruction of 90% of Ukrainian airfields and anti-aircraft missile systems. The same is true for other types of weapons. Hence the conclusion: hostilities in Ukraine continue ONLY THANKS TO THE SUPPLY OF ARMS BY THE COUNTRIES OF THE IMPERIALIST WEST.

The West is currently paying the main attention to the issues of militarization of Ukraine. Two meetings in Brussels and a conference in Munich were devoted to this topic. On February 14-15, in Brussels, the defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance discussed the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with weapons, ammunition and other military means - "to defeat" Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged the Atlantic allies to strengthen and accelerate arms assistance to the Kyiv regime. In parallel and at the same time in Brussels for the ninth time, a contact group of donor countries of the Armed Forces met. The Ramstein-9 format is represented by more than 40 states, whose representatives discussed the transfer of armored vehicles to Ukraine (eight countries previously promised Leopard tanks).

On February 19, the regular annual Munich Security Conference, one of the largest forums on foreign policy and defense, ended in Munich, Bavaria. It also, in addition to the issues of the situation in various regions, discussed the issue of supplying weapons to Ukraine. At the conference, the head of the EU foreign service, Josep Borrell, once again demanded that Kyiv be provided with as many tanks as possible. He added that this problem should be resolved at an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers and defense ministers, which will be held on March 6-7, where it will be proposed to speed up the process.

It should be noted that the peace-loving forces do not agree with the aggressive plans of European and American leaders and come out to protest. On January 31, hundreds of people took to the streets of German Nuremberg in the evening to protest against the supply of weapons to Ukraine, a large number of anti-war activists took to the streets of Munich, Dresden and Berlin to protest against the supply of tanks to Ukraine. The protesters believe that the conflict should be resolved through diplomacy. The organizer of the action in Munich was the peace initiative München steht auf (“Munich rises” - ed.). The posters and flags of the protesters were inscribed with calls for peace and criticism of the arms magnates. Later, demonstrations against arms supplies to Ukraine also took place in Leipzig and Zwickau.

A demonstration against US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to Greece took place on February 21 in the evening in front of the US Embassy in Athens. Hundreds of demonstrators with red flags in their hands marched through the central streets of the city and stopped at the US Embassy, ​​where they held a rally. Members of the organization chanted slogans: “Stop the participation of Greece in the imperialist war in Ukraine! Renounce complicity in the dangerous plans of the US-NATO-EU! Close foreign military bases in Greece! No land, no water for the Americans - the killers of nations! Lift the murderous US-NATO-EU embargo against the Syrian people!"

The leadership of the United International Anti-Imperialist Anti-Fascist Front believes that the protests against the supply of weapons to the neo-Bandera regime in Ukraine are a worthy contribution to the defense of peace in Europe, and, therefore, peace on the planet. The fact is that with the increase in arms supplies, the conflict in Ukraine is becoming more and more uncontrollable, and this is fraught with a slide into World War III. Therefore, this struggle against the supply of weapons to the Nazis in Kyiv should be continued.

However, at the same time, we recall the well-known warning of I.V. Stalin: “It is most likely that the modern movement for peace, as a movement for the preservation of peace, if successful, will lead to the prevention of this war, to its temporary postponement, to the temporary preservation of this world, to the resignation of the militant government, ready to temporarily preserve peace. This, of course, is good. Very well. But this is still not enough to eliminate the inevitability of wars in general between capitalist countries. It is not enough, because despite all the successes of the movement in defense of peace, imperialism still remains, remains in force, and consequently, the inevitability of wars also remains in force.

To eliminate the inevitability of wars, imperialism must be destroyed.”

Summing up the above, the Executive Committee and the Political Council of the United International Anti-Imperialist Anti-Fascist Front (EMAAF) appeal to all anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and anti-war organizations, as well as to the progressive people of the world, to show solidarity and come out as a united front against the forces of militarism, war and fascism and with February 27 to start a protest campaign against the supply of weapons to the Nazi regime in Ukraine.

February 27 marks the 90th anniversary of the burning of the Reichstag by the Nazis, who accused the communists of this crime, and in a matter of days, thousands of German communists ended up in concentration camps. Bulgarian communists were also arrested, among whom was one of the leaders of the Comintern, Georgy Dimitrov. The Nazis decided to arrange a show trial of the Communists. At the Leipzig trial, Georgy Dimitrov himself conducted his defense in such a way that he turned from an accused into an accuser of fascism, proving that the Reichstag fire was a provocation of the Nazi services. Thus, the first victory of the communists over fascism was won. The whole world followed the progress of the process, thousands of mass media spread the news from this event. The counter-trial was held in London. The Nazis were preparing to secretly destroy Dimitrov,

We call to commemorate this momentous occasion to actively make the following calls:

 

No to the supply of arms to the fascist regime of Ukraine!

No sanctions against the Russian Federation!

Fascism will not pass!

Down with imperialism!

Down with NATO!

No to World War III!

 

A.E. Gigova, Chairman of the EMAAF Executive Committee

 

V.B. Zelikov, Chairman of the Political Council of the EMAAF

 

EMAAF headquarters,

city ​​of Varna (Bulgaria), 22.02.2023