News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[On August 25th, 2018, Senator and former U.S. Republican Presidential candidate John McCain died at the age of 81; he was diagnosed with brain cancer last year on July 2017. Given the current climate of identity politics in the Trump Era, “anti-war” liberals have gone as far as to rehabilitate once-widely reviled war criminals such... Continue Reading →
Migrants for sale: Slave trade in Libya by Al Jazeera news http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/countingthecost/2017/11/migrants-sale-slave-trade-libya-171126063748575.html [It is deplorable that slavery still exists in the 21st century, no less in a country that once offered the highest standard of living to its people under the heroic leadership of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi. Furthermore, this slavery is inextricably linked to western... Continue Reading →
[This article highlights why media literacy is so important. If you direct your attention to the third paragraph: "Libya has fragmented since the capital of Tripoli was overrun last year by Islamist-allied militias who set up their own government and parliament there while Libya's internationally recognized government withdrew to the east of the country." Notice... Continue Reading →
[NATO's "stabilizing" of Libya and Syria is directly responsible for the violence that many of these people are fleeing. The last thing the region needs is more NATO and imperialist interference. -Uziel] Lisbon (AFP) - The plight of migrants in the Mediterranean requires a "comprehensive response", NATO'S head Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, adding that... Continue Reading →
[These are just some of the fruits of the imperialist intervention into Libya. -Uziel] Tunis (AFP) - Journalists in post-revolution Libya face the constant threat of attack and have lost even the limited freedom that existed under slain strongman Moamer Kadhafi, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. A 54-page report by the New York-based rights... Continue Reading →
[Imperial intervention has led to chaos and tyranny in Libya -- NP] By Tim Whewell ( News, Tobruk) They've been chosen to rule a vast country that holds Africa's biggest oil reserves. They represent the democratic future of a land the world helped free from tyranny. But three years after the fall of Gaddafi, Libya's new... Continue Reading →
[Libya is still in chaos after NATO and their Islamist allies deposed the Gadhafi regime. Instead of prosperity, Libya is now a land ruled by militias, warlords, and death squads. NATO has delivered the people of Libya into the hands of right-wing sectarian warlords. Without a strong central state, Libya's resources are more easily... Continue Reading →
[NATO deposes Gaddafi. Libya is in sectarian chaos. Now, the UN is planning an official invasion of "peace keepers." Typical imperialist MO. -- NP] Rival militias are battling for control of Libya's international airport, which is closed after rocket fire destroyed most of the planes on the ground. (Christian Science Monitor) A daily roundup of... Continue Reading →
[Compradors ask imperialists to intervene in the Third World. Asking them to intervene is like asking the fox into the the hen house. Imperialists created the problems. They have an interest in continued instability. The Libyan people, not the imperialists, will solve their own problems. -- NP] Niger: France and US should intervene in Libya... Continue Reading →
[The US and NATO-backed fake rebels who deposed Gaddafi in Libya are still attacking Africans there. The racist "rebels" were known for targeting and lynching the African population within Libya. One of the worst images to come out of the war was video of Africans who had been placed in Libyan zoos like animals while... Continue Reading →
[Libya still is in chaos thanks to NATO imperialism -- NP] Militias ordered out of Libya capital after deadly clashes Tripoli (AFP) - Leaders from the Libyan port of Misrata have urged militias from the city to leave Tripoli within 72 hours, after they were involved in deadly weekend clashes in the capital. A militia... Continue Reading →
[After NATO and the Gulf states took out Gaddafi, Libya was thrown into chaos. There is no security for the people. They are at the mercy of dozens of armed gangs that fight each other and the people. All the better for the West to plunder Libya's oil wealth. Divide and conquer. Let's hope the... Continue Reading →
