Onward Towards 2017! A New Year’s Message Onward Towards 2017! (December, 2016) from LLCO.org A New Year’s message from the Director-General. The past year has been the most eventful, and arguably the most important on record for the Leading Light Communist Organization. In 2016 we suffered many setbacks, both minor and major. We were beset... Continue Reading →
A Fight for Land and Livelihood
by Ahmad Ibrahim PHOTOS: KAZI TAHSIN AGAZ APURBO (http://www.thedailystar.net/) Mondagini Bakti stands in front of me with her left hand on her hip and her right hand outstretched towards the light, her palm stained with the yellow of ground turmeric. “Usually, I grow tomatoes, sometimes potatoes and also eggplants. But this year, I've also planted... Continue Reading →
The Islamic State claims it now has a ‘regional leader’ in Bengal, meaning Bangladesh
[With the recent chaos caused by the war criminals who use Islam as a mask, Bangladesh may be the next victim of the Islamic State and its imperialist puppet masters -- NP] The Islamic State claims it now has a 'regional leader' in Bengal, meaning Bangladesh. (http://bdnews24.com/) But it does not name the leader nor... Continue Reading →
Myanmar’s Rohingya Could Be The World’s Next Major Refugee Crisis
[The struggle continues for Myanmar's oppressed Rohingya people. More concerns are raised following the recent electoral victory of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, an election in which 1 million Rohingya were not allowed to participate. Earlier this year we re-posted an interesting article on this topic from New Eastern Outlook that demonstrates a... Continue Reading →
Bangladesh blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death in Dhaka
[The situation in Bangladesh gets more dire by the day. Niloy Neel, or Niladri Chatterjee, as he was known by his friends within the LLCO was the fourth progressive blogger to be slain by religious extremists in a matter of months. When he sought protection from police, Niloy Neel was denied help and instead told... Continue Reading →
Bangladesh arrests 12 suspected al Qaeda militants, weapons found
[Al-Qaeda launched its South Asian branch last September, saying it would take its fight to Myanmar, Bangladesh and India. Make no mistake about what this means: We as Leading Lights are in a direct conflict with these religious extremists for the support of the people on the Indian subcontinent. They offer a future of medieval... Continue Reading →
Attackers in Bangladesh hack to death American blogger
[Another cowardly, barbaric attack perpetrated by the the enemies of the People of Bangladesh. These criminals pervert Islam to silence or suppress science, reason, and progress. The People of Bangladesh will not be bullied and intimidated into submission. The way to victory is through serving the people, not butchering them in the streets. True victory... Continue Reading →
The Bengal Famine: How the British engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit
by Rakhi Chakraborty (http://yourstory.com/) “I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.” ... Continue Reading →
Bangladesh garment workers demanding wages clash with police
[The masses of Bangladesh suffer terrible oppression by capitalism. Revolution is the only solution --NP] Bangladesh garment workers demanding wages clash with police DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police used water cannons and teargas on Thursday to disperse hundreds of garment workers staging a hunger-strike to demand back-pay and a holiday bonus. The authorities also detained... Continue Reading →
Leading Light photo retrospective
Leading Light photo retrospective (new-power.org) Since we are a semi-clandestine organization, we mostly do not release images of our work. However, we thought it would be OK to release some since they were already floating around online. The following images only represent the smallest fraction of our work, which literally spans numerous countries. The images... Continue Reading →
Remembering the past: Bangladeshi fighters for Palestine of the 1980s
Remembering the past: Bangladeshi fighters for Palestine of the 1980s By: Yazan al-Saadi (http://english.al-akhbar.com/) Published Thursday, July 3, 2014 A photograph and a grave. These are two relics of a time, now mostly forgotten, of when thousands of Bangladeshis came to Lebanon in the 1980s as volunteers and fighters for the Palestinian cause. They were... Continue Reading →
Venezuelan leader says coup plot generals arrested; ভেনিজুয়েলার নেতা জানিয়েছেন সামরিক অভ্যুত্থান চেষ্টা কারী জেনারেলদেরকে গ্রেফতার করা হয়েছে । ৫ ই নভেম্বর, ২০১৪
[Imperialist forces have sought to use the Venezuela's military against the nationalist regime of Chavez. The CIA sought to overthrow the Chavez regime in a coup in 2002. It is no secret that the US seeks to create chaos and overthrow the current regime there. The US has voiced its support for the opposition many... Continue Reading →