Revolutionary Idea Guaranteed by Songun

Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is an integrated system of the Juche-oriented idea, theory and method with the Juche idea being its essence. It is a revolutionary ideology with the Songun idea at the core of the Juche-oriented revolutionary theory and method of leadership.

The Juche idea is the root of the Songun idea and the Songun idea is an embodiment of the Juche idea. Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is the revolutionary idea created and developed by President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il who pioneered the Korean revolution and advanced it on the strength of the gun, so it originated with the revolutionary thinking of giving importance to the gun, or the Songun revolutionary idea, for its essential content.

Soon after he set out on the road of revolution, President Kim Il Sung created the Juche idea and the Songun idea, the embodiment of the Juche idea, thus providing a solid guarantee of national liberation. He gave rise to the Songun revolution by creating the Songun idea, and achieved the historic cause of national liberation by organizing and conducting a protracted armed struggle.

Chairman Kim Jong Il established the Songun revolutionary idea as an integrated system and further developed and enriched it in the course of the practical revolutionary struggle to achieve the popular masses’ independence. In particular, he developed the President’s idea of giving importance to the gun into the Songun revolutionary idea and the theory of Songun politics, and advanced the policy of building a thriving socialist nation.

The essential characteristic of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is to be found in that it gives precedence to the gun in the revolution and relies on it to achieve the ultimate aim of the revolutionary struggle, that is, the realization of the popular masses’ independence. The Songun revolutionary idea is the idea which developed the Juche-oriented revolutionary theory and method of leadership onto a higher level and enriched them, thus giving scientific and practical solutions to vital problems in winning the final victory of the revolution.

Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism illuminates the principles and rules of the Songun revolution and the theory of Songun politics comprehensively based on a new outlook and view of the position and role of the gun and the revolutionary army. On the basis of the scientific analysis of the position and role of the revolutionary army and its revolutionary spirit, organization and fighting spirit, it deeply expounds the truth that the revolutionary army is the main force in the revolutionary struggle. As a revolutionary armed force that stands guard on the anti-imperialist military front which is of crucial importance in the revolution, the revolutionary army is stronger in the revolutionary spirit, organization and fighting spirit than any other class or strata.

With the clarification of the truth that the revolutionary army is the main force of the revolution, a new vista was opened up to rally the broad masses of the people closely behind the Party and the leader with the revolutionary army as its hardcore and enhance the might of the main force of the revolution in every way so as to secure the victorious advance of the cause of independence.

Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism successfully settled the problem of the main political mode of socialism. The revolutionary mode whereby to give precedence to the gun and rely on it is just the mode of Songun politics.

Songun politics is a political mode to defend the country, revolution and socialism and push ahead with overall socialist construction by giving priority to military affairs and relying on the army as the hardcore and driving force. It guarantees the victorious advance of the popular masses’ cause of independence by realizing socialist political ideas of independence, democracy, unity and benevolence in fierce confrontation with imperialist reactionaries—this is why Songun politics is the basic mode of socialist politics.

Songun politics combined military affairs with political matters closely and laid the military and political potentials simultaneously for the final victory of the revolution by strengthening the gun. Songun politics made it possible to successfully solve all problems arising in the revolution and construction by enhancing the role of the gun, that is, the revolutionary army.

As the revolutionary army set examples on all fronts of the revolution and construction and in all sectors of the social life and the whole society learned from them, all sectors of the social life including the economy and culture made rapid progress, with the guidance and management of the socialist society improving to a great extent.

As Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism includes the Songun revolutionary idea as an important ideological and theoretical wealth, it is a powerful and viable revolutionary idea that scientifically indicates a new road of the victorious revolution and construction.