News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Under capitalism, most if not all facets of society are dictated by capital and profits; people are subordinated to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie through the exploitation of human labour in order to generate value. Yet, liberal postmodernist buzzwords such as "totalitarian" and "authoritarian" are rarely if ever used to describe the system of capitalism.... Continue Reading →
[Huge protests have broken out in Chile, sparked by the recent increase in public transportation fares as students and other people can no longer afford to pay the high price for public transportation on their current wages. The Chilean President, Sebastian Piñera, has responded by declaring a State of Emergency and deploying military troops to... Continue Reading →
[In the United States, Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has cast her vote in favor of the anti-BDS bill that has now passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate and is awaiting final approval by US President Trump, after which it will go into effect as an official law. The BDS... Continue Reading →
[Turkey, like the Gulf States and Israel, are allied with the USA against the Syria people. Fascism is on the move.. -- MP] Turkey’s nationalist 'Gray Wolves' enter Syrian fray by Fehim Taştekin is a columnist at the Turkish newspaper Radikal, based in Istanbul. He is the host of a weekly program called "SINIRSIZ" on... Continue Reading →
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 →
[More barbarism from ISIS, an organization that has been propped up and supported in various ways by the United States and the Gulf States, especially Saudi Arabia. - NP] Isil 'kidnaps at least 400 people' in heavy clashes at key Syrian city by Magdy Saaman (http://www.independent.ie/) More than 400 people are believed to have been... Continue Reading →
Iranians are no longer allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. by Elaine Teng (https://newrepublic.com/) In a further escalation in tensions with Saudi Arabia, the Iranian government today banned its citizens from making the annual trip to Islam’s holiest city, a journey required at least once in a lifetime for all Muslims financially and physically capable of doing so. The ban comes near the end of... Continue Reading →
by Max Bearak (NYtimes.com) NAHORANI TEA ESTATE, India — For a century and a half, Madhu Munda’s forebears toiled on the same tea plantation that she lives and works on now. Belonging to central Indian tribes brought to what is now the northeastern state of Assam by the British in the mid-19th century, they and... Continue Reading →
A People’s History of Churchillian Madness by ELLIOT MURPHY (counterpunch.org) This year marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, which is almost universally seen in Britain as purely a war against the Nazis and their UK-bound warplanes. Unlike the First World War or the wars in Indochina and Iraq, the... Continue Reading →
[Whatever one may think of Steve Jobs, it is important to remind people of the many contributions migrants have made to human society. It is important oppose the xenophobia and racism of people like Donald Trump. - NP] Banksy reminds the world that Steve Jobs was a son of a Syrian migrant (http://qz.com/) World-famous street... Continue Reading →
[The Islamic State's momentum is waning. ISIS is a movement that was, in part, created by Empire. If IS is defeated in Syria and Iraq, IS will retreat mostly to Libya, where the West helped create a safe haven for Frakenstein extremism by toppling Gaddafi. By removing Gaddafi, the West laid the basis for the... Continue Reading →
[Just shows that human rights mean nothing to the imperialists. The imperialists violate human rights as they please -- NP] Western ally Saudi Arabia sentenced a Palestinian poet to death for renouncing Islam (This article is published in Salon.) Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to death by a Saudi Arabian court for renouncing Islam,... Continue Reading →
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