News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The following article is a commentary on the days leading up to the parliamentary elections in Togo which took place on April 29, 2024. It highlights the contradictions of bourgeois electoral politics under the existing capitalist system where the proletariat lack a meaningful political voice. Hence the argument for an active boycott, and an emphasis... Continue Reading →
["Are you there God? It's me, your Comrade." As the climate crisis begins to catch up with us, is the Divine the only thing that can save us? There is no political program currently in power with the ability or willingness to stop the destruction of our Mother Earth. The Imperialist-Capitalist system has been handed... Continue Reading →
["For the man with the hammer, every problem looks like a nail." American politicians have decided that the US military should directly intervene in Mexico to counter the drug cartels against the wishes of the Mexican government. US politicians have decided that the Fentanyl crisis in the US is not a result of a lack... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism is a monster that will suck Mother Earth dry of all her resources, leaving our planet in a toxic wasteland. It values nothing but generating profits and hoarding wealth in the hands of a few. It will do this at all costs. It has no respect for laws or life! The protection of the... Continue Reading →
[ After the ouster of progressive president of Peru Pedro Castillo by a right-wing congress, Peruvians -- especially indigenous peasants -- have taken to the streets in protest. While the MSNBC article below expresses sympathy for the protesters, it does this in the context of using their struggle to rally support for liberal partisan politics... Continue Reading →
[ After a year of returning to power, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has unsurprisingly renewed its crackdown on the rights of women. Most recently, it banned all levels of education for girls. Imperialist media is up in arms, painting the US as a "fierce defender of women’s rights," as the following article tries to do as... Continue Reading →
[ Recently, many social-democratic politicians have been elected across Latin America. As the article below discusses, some are calling this the return of a “Pink Tide” in the region, signaling a popular rejection of US influence and dissatisfaction with the neoliberal status quo. The new leaders are a mixed bag. Some are more progressive, with... Continue Reading →
By Klaus Markstein The environment and climate change have always been of great interest to the LLCO. We serve the planet and the natural environment just as much as we serve the people of this earth. In doing so, we look critically at the theory of productive forces brought forward by previous socialist experiments that... Continue Reading →
[ The following article examines water shortages in Yemen in light of climate change and the ongoing war there. As is typical in capitalist media, the article pins blame on Yemen’s anti-imperialist rebel forces known as the “Houthis” as the main source of conflict in the country, ignoring the role of the US-backed Saudi-led coalition,... Continue Reading →
[ Despite the ongoing spread of COVID-19, Biden has declared the pandemic to be “over”. Even while other elements of the capitalist ruling class explicitly recognize the ongoing threat of the virus, they refuse to improve or reinstate safety measures needed to properly manage it. As Leading Lights have noted previously, this is because doing... Continue Reading →
[The following article discusses the recent devastating floods in Pakistan. Many have noted the global injustice of this disaster. Pakistan produces far fewer carbon emissions per capita than rich countries [1], yet it bears the brunt of climate catastrophes. There is more to the story, though. As the article shows, imperialism and its collaborators, both... Continue Reading →
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