News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The hypocrisy and arrogance of the United States knows no bounds. Once again we see the leader of the only nation to use nuclear weapons on human beings lecturing others on disarmament and refusing to offer even a verbal apology to the victims of US barbarism. All the while the US military maintains the second... Continue Reading →
(http://www.cbc.ca/) Why did so many ancient societies around the world make human sacrifices to appease the gods? A new study supports the theory that the practice may have played a key role in keeping the poor downtrodden and the elites in power. And barbaric as it sounds, human sacrifice may have created one path for more... Continue Reading →
Delmer Berg, Last of American Volunteers in Spanish Civil War, Dies at 100 by Sam Roberts March 2nd (NY Times) Delmer Berg, the last known living veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which vainly fought against Fascism’s advance into Spain in the late 1930s, died on Sunday at his home in Columbia, Calif. He was... Continue Reading →
8-10 million Iranians died over Great Famine caused by the British in late 1910s, documents reveal by Sadegh Abbasi* (http://english.khamenei.ir/) One of the little-known chapters of history was the widespread famine in Iran during World War I, caused by the British presence in Iran. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Britain became the main foreign... 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 →
[With a quick look at the history between these two countries, it is clear that France owes Haiti much more than just a "moral debt." -Uziel] PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande pledged to pay back a "moral debt" to Haiti during a visit on Tuesday to the impoverished Caribbean nation founded by former... Continue Reading →
[Yet more evidence suggesting that the current regime in Ukraine is largely comprised of fascists. -Uziel] Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine on Thursday outlawed Communist names, symbols and even songs in a fresh break with the country's Soviet past as its soldiers fight pro-Russian separatists in the east. The legislation, which also targets Nazi propaganda was... Continue Reading →
[Once again ISIS shows its ignorance and blatant disregard for history and culture. If these crimes weren't so damaging to our shared human history, they would almost be comical in their stupidity, akin to book burnings. -Uziel] Baghdad (AFP) - Condemnation poured in Friday of the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of... Continue Reading →
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 →
[The fascists murdered millions of Jews, Gypsies, political dissidents, including communists. The Red Army saved the world from Hitler's genocidal tyranny. -- NP] (Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/) The Red Army has liberated the Nazis' biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in south-western Poland. According to reports, hundreds of thousands of Polish people, as well as Jews from a number... Continue Reading →
Through the 1950s, Africans and Native Americans Were Kept In Zoos As Exhibit By M.B. David Political Blindspot, February 13, 2013 Throughout the early 20th century, Germany held what was termed a, “Peoples Show,” or Völkerschau. Africans were brought in as carnival or zoo exhibits for passers-by to gawk at. Brussels, Belgium in 1958 Only decades... Continue Reading →
[The USA ends its embargo. This is a mixed blessing. It will allow people in Cuba a higher standard of living, but it will also increase US influence in Cuba. Obama certainly justified his move by saying it will allow the US to better influence Cuba's development. On the good side, the Cuban 5 prisoners,... Continue Reading →
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