News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[This week a young US Airman, Aaron Bushnell, set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy to protest the Zionist genocide in Gaza. There have been Americans and others from privileged backgrounds who have sacrificed their lives in the struggle for human liberation. Rachel Corrie was another American who was murdered by the... Continue Reading →
[ Despite its pledges of pacifism following World War II, Japan has been re-arming itself in recent years. While its government claims that it is responding to the supposed "threat" of China and North Korea, Japan acts as an extension of US imperialism in the region. As communists, we should see this rearmament for what... Continue Reading →
Editor's Note: There has been a poverty of real Marxist analysis in the world of politics. Whether it be tailing and pandering to far-right movements, spreading COVID-19 disinformation, or championing "socialist" Chinese billionaires, it seems that there are some very confused sections of the left. In the following article, Stephen Gowans refers to these confused... Continue Reading →
[It is becoming more clear that the neoliberal globalist phase of capitalism -- with the American Empire as the world-dominating force that holds a monopoly over global markets -- is entering a new phase of competition between rival power blocs. Namely, in the field of advanced wireless technology, this power struggle is between the United... Continue Reading →
[The United States made the unilateral decision to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on December 2018; the official withdrawal begins on February 2, 2019. Despite Russia consistently complying with the terms, the U.S. had always been looking for an excuse to not keep its end of the bargain. Just before the official U.S.... Continue Reading →
[Despite having no evidence, the conspiratorial notion that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. elections continues to be pushed by the Democratic Party which refuses to accept the fact that Hillary Clinton legitimately lost. Now, there are some new developments in the “Russian bot” debacle which involve two firms: one of them is New Knowledge,... Continue Reading →
[Last week, we booted up New Power after a long absence with a look into the conflict in Yemen. We discussed how the US imperial policy is to outsource the dirty work of conventional warfare to local thugs such as the Saudi Crown. Today we provide more evidence to this fact. These articles will hopefully... Continue Reading →
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