"I EXPRESS MY HEARTY THANKS TO YOUR PARTY FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY GREETINGS SENT TO ME ON THE NEW YEAR. LAST YEAR YOUR PARTY AND THE PROGRESSIVE BLACK PEOPLE OF AMERICA COURAGEOUSLY REPULSED THE EVER INTENSIFIED FASCIST OPPRESSION AND PERSECUTION BY THE U.S. IMPERIALISTS AND WON GREAT VICTORY IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND THE VITAL RIGHTS.
THE KOREAN PEOPLE WATCH WITH PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND EXPRESS MILITANT SOLIDARITY WITH YOUR JUST STRUGGLE TO ABOLISH THE CURSED SYSTEM OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OF THE U.S. IMPERIALISTS AND WIN LIBERTY AND EMANCIPATION.
CONVINCED THAT THE MILITANT TIES BETWEEN THE KOREAN PEOPLE AND THE PROGRESSIVE BLACK PEOPLE OF AMERICA WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP IN THE NEW YEAR IN THE BATTLE
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OF THE U.S. IMPERIALISTS AND WIN LIBERTY AND EMANCIPATION.
CONVINCED THAT THE MILITANT TIES BETWEEN THE KOREAN PEOPLE AND THE PROGRESSIVE BLACK PEOPLE OF AMERICA WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP IN THE NEW YEAR IN THE BATTLE
AGAINST U.S. IMPERIALISM, OUR COMMON ENEMY. I WISH YOU FRESH SUCCESSES IN YOUR STRUGGLE."
KIM IL SUNG PREMIER OF THE CABINET DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA JANUARY 7 1970"
"I work 13 hours a day and often sleep here, in the office. I have a rented 20m² apartment, but I have to pay half my wage for it. I'm so tired of this life already."
