Dermot Hudson

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Dermot Hudson
Chairman of the British
Juche Idea
Assumed office
Sep 1985
Personal details
Born20 July 1961 (1961-07-20) (age 62)
Hammersmith, London, England
Political partyCommunist 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 materUniversity of Winchester
Korean Association of Social Scientists
University of Greenwich

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]

Hudson received a doctorate in socio-political science from the Pyongyang-based Korean Association of Social Scientists [ko] 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 Pravada.ru

In 2021 Happenstance Films released the short documentary film A Friend of Kim about Hudson.

Bibliography

Filmography

  • A Friend of Kim (2019)
  • Confessions of a Foreigner (2019)

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See also

References

  1. ^ Confessions of A Foreigner - DPRK short film about Dr Dermot Hudson, retrieved 28 May 2023
  2. ^ "Anti-U.S. Demonstration Held in UK". KCNA. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ "StackPath". theferret.scot. 4 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ "An Interview with North Korea's UK Spokesman". www.vice.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ "British Association for Study of Songun Policy Formed". KCNA. 23 August 2003. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. ^ "British Organizations Issue Joint Statement". Rodong Simnun. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Inside the great Pyongyang crypto caper". British GQ. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  8. ^ A Video About My Books, retrieved 28 May 2023
  9. ^ "Velika Zavera Protiv Narodne Koreje - Dr Dermot Hadson by KFASerbia - Issuu". issuu.com. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.