Dermot Caradoc Hudson (born 20 July 1961) is a British communist[1] political activist with close relations with North Korea. He is the Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,[2] Chairman of United Kingdom Korean Friendship Association,[3] and President of the British Association for the Study of Songun Politics.[4][5][6] He is a former trade unionist and civil servant.[7]
Dermot Hudson | |
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Chairman of the British Korean Friendship Association | |
Assumed office 2000 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea | |
Assumed office Sep 1985 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 July 1961 Hammersmith, London, England | (age 63)
Political party | Communist Party of Great Britain (1980–1987) New Communist Party of Britain (1990–1997) Socialist Labour Party (UK) (2001–2003) New Communist Party of Britain (2014–present) |
Alma mater | University of Winchester Korean Association of Social Scientists University of Greenwich |
Hudson received a doctorate in socio-political science from the Pyongyang-based Korean Association of Social Scientists in April 2016, after submitting a thesis titled In Defence of Songun.
Hudson's works have been translated into Czech,[8] Serbian,[9] German, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Korean. Dr Hudson has also written articles for 'Covert Action Magazine ' , the Bangladesh 'Daily Folk ' and also in the past Pravda.ru
In 2021 Happenstance Films released the short documentary film A Friend of Kim about Hudson.
Bibliography
edit- Behind the Mirror of Lies - The Truth About the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2011)
- Who Really Did Start the Korean War?. (2011)
- Red Flag Flying High in Juche Korea (2012)
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, Songun and the DPRK (2012)
- The Eternal People's Sun (2012)
- People's Korea celebrates 60th Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War (2013)
- Juche Korea September 2012: forward under the banner of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism (2013)
- Kim Jong Il: Great Defender of Independence, Songun and Socialism (2013)
- Kim Jong Il: The Greatest Champion of Justice and Independence (2014)
- Peoples Korea Smashes Counterrevolution (2014). ISBN 1291689605, 978-1291689600.
- The Anti-KFA McCarthyite Witchhunt in the UK: the real denial of human rights (2015)
- Land of Anti-Imperialism and Independence: Report of Visit to Peoples Korea for the International Seminar on the Juche Idea for Anti-Imperialism, Independence and Solidarity (2016)
- In Defence Of Songun (2017). ISBN 1326494635, 978-1326494636.
- 10th Visit to the land of Juche, People's Korea, October 2015 (2017). ISBN 1326524089, 978-1326524081.
- Visit to the Juche People's Paradise to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung (2017)
- In Defence of Juche Korea! (2018). ISBN 0244329699, 978-0244329693.
- Victory Of Juche Korea Is A Science (2018). ISBN 0244111545, 978-0244111540.
- Travels In The Land Of Juche Korea, 1992–2017: Personal recollections of visiting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - travel notes and a bit of autobiographical stuff (2018). ISBN 0244433925, 978-0244433925.
- Korea of Juche (2020)
- The Famine That Never Was - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the ‘Arduous March‘ period: The myth of famine in the DPRK exposed (2020). ISBN 1716430887, 978-1716430886.
- A refutation of the false pseudo-academic propaganda against People's Korea (2020)
- The Great Conspiracy Against People's Korea (November 2021). ISBN 9781794808652.
- People’s Korea Battles Covid 19 and Wins. (2022)
- Red Suns of Juche-based Socialism (April, 2022)
- Juche Philosophy Study Course - KFA UK and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (June, 2022)
- Socialist Paradise of Juche (September 2023)
- Return to the Land of Juche Korea April 2024 (August 2024)
Filmography
edit- A Friend of Kim (2019)
- Confessions of a Foreigner (2019)
External links
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Confessions of A Foreigner - DPRK short film about Dr Dermot Hudson, retrieved 28 May 2023
- ^ "Anti-U.S. Demonstration Held in UK". KCNA. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "StackPath". theferret.scot. 4 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "An Interview with North Korea's UK Spokesman". www.vice.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "British Association for Study of Songun Policy Formed". KCNA. 23 August 2003. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "British Organizations Issue Joint Statement". Rodong Simnun. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Inside the great Pyongyang crypto caper". British GQ. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ A Video About My Books, retrieved 28 May 2023
- ^ "Velika Zavera Protiv Narodne Koreje - Dr Dermot Hadson by KFASerbia - Issuu". issuu.com. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.