News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
Death toll rises in Syria By Red Lion (New-Power.org) For over 20 months, Syria has been home to a brutal civil war that has the entire world watching. The UN estimates more than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s uprising and civil war. UN Human Rights researchers have gathered data for over five months and... Continue Reading →
[Private cities and neighborhoods for the wealthy are springing up across the Third World as the bourgeoisie seeks to escape the growing slums. Imperialism has created a world where there is great stratification between geographic areas, the First and Third World. There is a growing trend of walled pockets, sub-cities, fortresses, outposts of of the... Continue Reading →
[The United States and its Gulf allies support the suppression of the people of Bahrain by the dictatorship there. This only goes to show that the United States is a hypocrite when it blathers on about "human rights." -- NP] Bahrain court upholds life sentences on opposition By REEM KHALIFA (AP) MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) —... Continue Reading →
[Class struggle is not always pretty. The reality of struggle can be much different than one imagines. Doing what is necessary is not always pretty. -- New Power] Chile: Couple dies defending home amid protests By FEDERICO QUILODRAN (AP) SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An elderly couple whose family's vast landholdings have long been targeted by... Continue Reading →
[The Taliban are fighting the imperialist occupation of their country. Although the Taliban are reactionary in many ways, they are defeating the armies of imperialism. Recently, the Taliban have stated they will not roll back women's rights in a post-occupation Afghanistan. Mao said women hold up half the sky. Fighting imperialism without women is like... Continue Reading →
[Israel is a racist apartheid state that has been waging a genocide against the Arab peoples since its founding. Israel is now displacing Arabs who have lived in their communities for decades under the pretense of military testing. Why doesn't Israel test their military equipment in Jewish areas? This is part of a wider campaign... Continue Reading →
[Al Qaida-type organizations play different roles in different locations. In some places, they play an anti-imperialist role, in others, they end up aiding the imperialists. In Libya, for example, the radical Sunni Jihadis ended up aligned with the West against Gaddafi. In other places, they have resisted imperialism, Afghanistan for example. This is the problem... Continue Reading →
[We do not consider the Bolivian regime to be socialist. Rather, it is a patriotic bourgeois regime. In places where the patriotic pole of the national bourgeoisie is weak, the patriotic pole of the bourgeoisie often makes an alliance with poor peoples in order to counter the imperialists and compradors. Thus patriotic bourgeois regimes can... Continue Reading →
[We cannot say for certain whether she was a full-blown communist or not, but it appears that she had sympathies. In any case, communists in the First World should seek power and influence. They should strive to obtain resources for the movement. Those who claim to be communist yet do nothing, sacrifice nothing, give nothing... Continue Reading →
[Whether this number includes refugees outside of Palestine, we do not know. However, shifting demographics may change the balance of power in the region. --NP] Palestinians will outnumber Israeli Jews by 2020 (AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian statistics bureau estimates that Arabs will outnumber Jews in the Holy Land by the end of the... Continue Reading →
Stop the killing of the children of Bahrain (new-power.org) The United States is almost completely silent on the killing of the Shia majority protesters by the dictatorship in Bahrain. In fact, the United States and its allies support the dictatorship there. At the same time that the United States claims to support "democracy" in Syria,... Continue Reading →
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