News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[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 →
[As Lula fights to purge the attempted right-wing coup perpetrators from the Brazilian government, we are learning more about the abuses and human rights violations towards the Yanomami people under Jair Bolsonaro. The indigenous people of Brazil have been systematically poisoned by mining and subjected to deforestation in Brazil. This amounts to genocide against our... Continue Reading →
By Comrade Aziz On November 10, 2019, President Evo Morales of the plurinational state of Bolivia was forced to resign and subsequently flee the country due to pressure from the armed forces and the upper segments of Bolivian society. Both groups had the support of the United States. The general view among socialist or communist... Continue Reading →
[Elizabeth Warren’s statements regarding her support for economic sanctions against Venezuela, her support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó along with her calls for “regime change” there, and her whitewashing of the recent coup in Bolivia against Evo Morales clearly demonstrate her right-wing, pro-imperialist politics despite her progressive veneer. Elizabeth Warren serves as yet another... Continue Reading →
[Indigenous groups in Ecuador are currently staging large-scale protests against harsh austerity measures that are being implemented by the ruling Moreno government as part of a $4.2 billion IMF loan deal. These austerity measures include massive hikes in fuel prices, causing the cost of food and transportation to rise sharply. Protesters have faced harsh repression... Continue Reading →
[This is terrible news for all life on Earth. The continued and accelerating destruction of the Amazon will have a catastrophic environmental impact for the entire planet, not just within the country of Brazil. It should be clear to every sane person that the greed of capitalism is driving humanity towards an ecological apocalypse. Half-measures... Continue Reading →
[Our common home is under attack! Our dearest comrade Planet Earth, who gives us life, is slowly shedding us. At the ends of the Earth, the Ice Caps are melting because humans cannot stop their addiction to cheap oil. In Africa, western oil corporations exploit weak regulations to sell toxic fuel to our fellow beings. ... 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 →
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Iguala’s Martyrs are Immortal (llco.org) Recently, following violence where six students were killed and 43 went missing in Guerrero, Mexico, burned remains were found in a mass grave in Iguala, about 200 km south of Mexico’s capital. The bodies in the grave reportedly match video images of students who were taken away by police. Several... Continue Reading →
Dubbed Terrorists, Mayans Fight Back Against Guatemalan Mining Projects by Pete Guest (Newsweek) The road between the Guatemalan towns of San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Quetzaltenango is guarded by a dozen thin, young, Mayan men in baseball caps and hooded sweatshirts, who mill around a truck parked across the road. “If you are from the mine,”... Continue Reading →
[Genocide carried out by Israel, backed by the West. According to the West, the only children who matter are Israeli. Imperialism at work. --NP] Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N. Thu, Jun 20 07:24 AM EDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on... Continue Reading →
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