- Principle of giving precedence to military affairs
It is the principle of giving precedence to military affairs ahead of other works in the revolution and construction and put the biggest efforts to it.
It is, first of all, the principle of giving precedence to military affairs in the revolution and construction.
Giving precedence to military affairs in the revolution and construction means regarding the military affairs as the most important affairs among everything in the revolution and construction and attaching prime importance to it.
What is important here is to draw up all the lines and policies in the point of giving precedence to military affairs.
This means regarding the military affair as the main affair and clarifying the aims, task and the method of struggle in the way of solving the military affairs first.
What is also important here is to attach prime importance to the strengthening of the military forces.
This means to attach importance to the strengthening of the military forces among many affairs in the revolution and construction and undertaking all works in the way of solving the military affairs first.
The principle of giving precedence to the military affairs is next the principle of putting the biggest efforts to the military affairs.
It is important to solve everything in the revolution and construction by subordinating everything to military affairs.
This means closely combining everything in the revolution and construction with the strengthening of the military forces and solving everything on the principle of active contribution to the strengthening of the military might.
What is also important here is to mobilize all manpower and material resources of the country to the strengthening of the military might.
This means concentrating manpower and material resources of the country to solving problems in the military field and consolidating the army with all possibilities and mobilizing them to the maximum to strengthening the defense power.
- Principle of putting the army before the working class
Leader Kim Jong Il said that the WPK had advanced the idea of putting the army before the working class for the first time in the history of the revolutionary movement on the basis of deep analysis of the development of the times and the changed social and class relationship, and regarded the People’s Army as the hardcore detac
It is the principle of regarding the revolutionary army as the main agent of the revolution.
Regarding the revolutionary army as the main agent means considering it as the collective which plays the hardcore role in the revolution and construction and the model among the revolutionary forces.
First of all, it is important to regard the revolutionary army as the hardcore and model in forming the revolutionary ranks.
This means considering the revolutionary army as the main force to be depended in rallying different classes, strata and the collectives of the society organizationally and ideologically and in expanding and strengthening its rank. This means also regarding the revolutionary spirit and combat capacity of the revolutionary army as the model for all members of the society to be followed.
It is also important to regard the revolutionary army as the pillar in advancing the revolution and construction.
To maintain this principle means devolving important tasks in realizing the strategic issues of the revolution upon the revolutionary army and pushing ahead the revolution and construction by relying on its role.
The principle of putting the army before the working class is based on the scientific explanation on the issue of the main agent of revolution. The preceding revolutionary theory solved the issue on the main agent on the basis of class relationship from the principle of materialistic concept of history, thus regarding the working class as the main agent of the revolution. The founders of Marxism explained that the working class in the western capitalist countries in mid 19th century was the proletariat. They had nothing to lose but the chains and the most revolutionary and progressive class who has the mission to liquidate all kinds of exploitation and oppression and realize socialism. They also defined the working class as the leading class and main agent of the revolution.
However, the issue on the main agent of revolution can neither be immutable, nor unchangeable in any era or society or in any revolutionary stages, nor the issue to be solved only on the basis of class relationship. The preceding theory of considering the working class as the main agent of revolution is not in conformity with today’s reality. The era has advanced further and the social phenomena, class relationship and position of the working class changed largely. With the development of society, science and technology have highly developed and with the start of IT era, many changes have been made in the life of the working class and the labor becomes more technical and intellectual. The number of working people in the technical and intellectual sector rapidly increase than the workers in physical labor. We can not regard the working class of today as the same as the ones in the industrial capitalist era and proletariat revolutionary period. We also can not apply the Marxist theory on the working class and their roles to the reality as it is.
Therefore, changed circumstances and realistic conditions require new theory and strategy and tactics for bringing up the hardcore ranks of the revolution and expanding and consolidating the revolutionary forces.
The Songun idea clarified for the first time in history that the revolutionary army is the main agent of the revolution. What class or social collective of the society becomes the main agent of the revolution is decided by their positions and roles in the revolution and construction and their revolutionary character, organizational character and combat capacity.
At present, the revolutionary army is the most revolutionary, militant and powerful collective. It is boundlessly faithful to the party and the revolution and has strong idea and faith and the most organized rank. It devotedly defends the party and the leader with its lives and carries out the party’s policy and upholds the cause of the party and socialism. As it is the collective that defends the country and the revolution with its lives, it has strong love for its country and the spirit of defending socialism and fights uncompromisingly against the class enemies with its high antagonism. It is also highly organized and regards the discipline as its lives, thus having strong in organizational character, discipline and unity with high spirit of collectivism. There is not a collective stronger than the revolutionary army in organizational character, discipline and unity. Its strong revolutionary character and organizational character are based on the characteristics as the armed ranks and its special traits.
Like this, the principle of putting the army before the working class is based on the scientific explanation on the issue of the main agent of the revolution.
