[Rise oppressed masses! -- NP] 1m Brazilians defy tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets as demonstrations hit new peak (AP) More than a million Brazilians poured into the streets of at least 80 cities last night in this week's largest anti-government demonstrations yet, protests that saw violent clashes break out in several cities as... Continue Reading →
Rebels get Saudi missiles
[The US, Israel, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia all back the so-called "rebels." What kind of revolution is this? -- NP] Rebels get Saudi missiles (Arabtimes) DUBAI, June 17, (Agencies): Saudi Arabia, a staunch opponent of President Bashar al-Assad since early in Syria’s conflict, began supplying anti-aircraft missiles to rebels “on a small scale”... Continue Reading →
Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed
[America has no humanity -- NP] Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — For more than three months, the U.S. military has faced off with defiant prisoners on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, strapping down as many as 44 each day to feed them a liquid nutrient... Continue Reading →
Protesters back in streets of Brazilian cities
[Protests shake the establishment around the world, but without revolutionary organization, without revolutionary leadership, without the most advanced science of Leading Light Communism in command, the uprisings will not lead to revolution. Mass upsurges can be a part of the revolutionary process, but it also takes the construction of New Power and Leading Light leadership.... Continue Reading →
CIA “rebels”: MEK revisionists in the news
[The Mujahedeen-e-Khal is a revisionist organization that claims to uphold socialism, but works for the CIA. They have a long history of working with the CIA by committing acts of sabotage and terrorism for the CIA and Mossad against the Iranian regime. They have a history of sabotaging Iran's nuclear facilities, assassinating scientists and intellectuals,... Continue Reading →
Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers
[Capitalism will always mean poverty. It is a system based on inequality and injustice. If we want justice, then we must fight for revolution, for new socialism, for Leading Light Communism -- NP] TEKANI, Bangladesh (AP) — Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village — two bedrooms plus a living... Continue Reading →
US decides to officially arm so-called “rebels” in order to further bleed Syria
US decides to officially arm so-called "rebels" in order to further bleed Syria (NewPower) It is now being reported that the Obama administration has committed itself to arming the so-called rebels in Syria. The United States has decided to arm the opposition even though recent polls show that the majority of Syrians do not support... Continue Reading →
Effort to clean up Honduras police force stalls
[US-back deathsquad states terrorize the people of Latin America. So what's new? -- NP] Effort to clean up Honduras police force stalls TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In the midst of a scandal over the police shooting of a university president's son, the government of Honduras launched an unprecedented effort last year to clean up a... Continue Reading →
US President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order to expand the existing sanctions on Iran.
[The United States has more nuclear weapons than any other country. It is the only country to have actually used them on people, killing hundreds of thousands. The United States props up the racist Israeli state, which is one the most heavily armed state in the Middle East, arms used to terrorize the Palestinians and... Continue Reading →
Riot police overwhelm protesters occupying Istanbul’s Taksim Square and Gezi Park
[Just as in Bahrain, Turkey crushes dissent. There is little word from Washington, DC. In fact, many of the arms used against the peoples in Bahrain and Turkey are from the United States. The United States is a big-time ally of these two regimes that are attacking their own people. Yet the United States cries... Continue Reading →
450 garment factory workers fall ill in Bangladesh
[Capitalism cares nothing of the workers in the Third World. Cheap shirts for the First World and profit are more important than Third World lives. -- NP] 450 garment factory workers fall ill in Bangladesh DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — About 450 garment workers fell ill during their shifts at a sweater factory near Bangladesh's capital,... Continue Reading →
Afghans demand arrest of US troops over killings
Afghans demand arrest of US troops over killings KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans blocked a major highway south of Kabul on Tuesday, carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claimed were victims of torture by U.S. special forces and demanding the Americans be arrested, officials said. A spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition said the... Continue Reading →