News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Capitalist development is leading the world to ecologically catastrophe. And the worst people effected by pollution are those in the Third World. First World peoples disproportionately benefit from global capitalism, Third World people are disproportionately the victims of the system. China reverted back to capitalism in Mao's last years. Today's capitalist China is a a... Continue Reading →
[Saudi Arabia is one of the most reactionary states in the Middle East. They have recently been criticized for their treatment of their foreign workforce and treatment of women. It was Saudi Arabia that aided the crackdown on the popular movement in Bahrain. Saudi Arabia is also a key part of the alliance that has... Continue Reading →
[We do not agree with Chomsky on everything, especially his reliance on international law solutions. Under the current global capitalist system, "international law" can only serve the current order. A just international law is an illusion. It is an illusion that should be exposed. The only real solution is revolution by the poor under the... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism in China reverses the gains of socialist medicine. --NP] Too poor to pay, Chinese farmer saws off diseased leg (USAToday) BEIJING – Unable to afford hospital fees to treat or amputate his diseased right leg, one Chinese farmer chose a drastic self-remedy. Clenching a wooden back scratcher between his teeth, Zheng Yanling, 47, took... Continue Reading →
[The poor of the Third World starve while the First World people throw food into the garbage. -- NP] UN: One-third of food worldwide gets wasted ROME (AP) — The U.N. food agency says one-third of all food produced in the world gets wasted, amounting to a loss of $750 billion a year. The Rome-based... Continue Reading →
[O Canada! Imperialist cyber-attacks against Latin America. --NP] Brazil leader slams alleged Canadian spying Brasília (AFP) - President Dilma Rousseff on Monday hit out at alleged Canadian spying on Brazil's Mining and Energy Ministry, demanding that the United States and its allies stop such practices. She said on her Twitter account that revelations aired by... Continue Reading →
[While the West claims to advance tolerant liberalism in Syria, its closest allies seek to make non-heterosexuality a crime. This just shows how US policy is not shaped by any real concern for human rights. Rather, imperial interest shapes US policy. -- NP] Amnesty slams plan for 'tests' to ban gays from Gulf Dubai (AFP)... Continue Reading →
[Despite the failure of socialism in Vietnam, the Vietnamese people and their leaders wages a heroic struggle against imperialism. The Vietnamese military effort against the imperialists turned Vietnam's weaknesses into strengths. "Turn a bad thing into a good thing," as Mao taught. Here is a mainstream article about the passing of General Giap, the main... Continue Reading →
West blocks draft resolution against Israel’s nukes at IAEA (Source: Press TV) Western countries have once again blocked a resolution proposed by Arab states to the UN nuclear agency criticizing Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons. The draft was put forward by 32 countries during the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual General Conference in the Austrian capital,... Continue Reading →
[Israel breaks international law, including UN resolutions yet Israel wants to join the Security Council charged with enforcing those laws. Israel has been in violation of several violations of international law since it began its genocide against the Palestinians. It would not be a surprise if Israel won the seat, after all the United States,... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism is irrational from the standpoint of human need. Capitalism is about creating more capital, not organizing society scientifically, rationally. Capitalism does not prepare for the future. It destroys the environment. Our children, future generations, will pay the price for capitalism's irrationality -- NP] Global study: World not ready for aging population (AP) The world... Continue Reading →
[Capitalist and technological "development" has not improved the standard of living for Africans. Capitalist "development" is really just underdevelopment. Capitalist "development" in today's world is about securing and increasing First World, imperial privilege. The people of the Third World suffer in order for the First World to thrive. -- NP] Africans say growth has not... Continue Reading →
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