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“The greatest event in the history of Mauritania”—Kim Il-sung’s 1975 world tour

by | June 12th, 2011 | 07:34 am

The other day I noticed that Aidan Foster-Carter had posted a fascinating propaganda video of Kim Il-sung’s 1975 tour of Romania, Bulgaria, Algeria, Mauritania, and the then-Yugoslavia, featuring, among other things, footage of the Great Leader dancing in the streets: Balázs Szalontai, who actually knows what he is talking about adds, “This is funny enough, [...]

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