Text of the letter of UK KFA Chairman Dr Dermot Hudson which was published in the Morning Star Letter – DPRK, Socialism and Covid 

 Text of the letter of UK KFA Chairman Dr Dermot Hudson which was published in the Morning Star

Letter – DPRK, Socialism and Covid

Dear comrades ,

I read the “Morning Star ‘ article ” Covid-19 and the socialist states’ by Stewart McGill ( “Morning Star ‘  8th of December ) with interest but was very disappointed to say the least by a massive and glaring omission from the article ; the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).  Laos was also omitted as well . Curiously the article included Kerala which is not actually a country but a state within a country with a very reactionary country.

Of the socialist countries the DPRK is most exemplary in  dealing with Covid 19 because  it has been confirmed by the World Health Organisation as having Zero cases and Zero deaths . This is in contrast to the UK with 68, 307 deaths (at the time of writing ) and also the US occupied neo-colonial entity in south Korea recorded  52,550 cases and 739 deaths . Ironically some on the Left even hold up south Korea as some kind of model.

The DPRK took immediate action against Covid 19 by closing their borders in January and took anti-epidemic measures such as wholesale disinfection of public areas , getting people to wear masks and a number of other measures . A suspected case in the city of Kaesong was dealt with by sealing off the city and sending special aid to the city.

Another remarkable thing is that the DPRK closed its borders 11 months ago but survives whereas the UK is a mess due to a few days of being shut off from Europe . Self-reliance really does work and we should be publicising the DPRK’s example to the world . Sadly a lot of the so-called Left in Britain and elsewhere maintain a deafening silence on the DPRK and Juche or even are  dismissive or outright hostile . This is an old outdated attitude and needs to change .

yours fraternally

Dermot Hudson