News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Recently Israel has made regular pogroms against Palestinians a weekend pastime. Murder, assault and arson have been carried out on a regular basis by Israeli settlers under the protection of the IDF. Dozens of Palestinians have been injured or killed, and hundreds of properties destroyed without punishment for the perpetrators. This violence has been encouraged... Continue Reading →
[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 →
[ After the ouster of progressive president of Peru Pedro Castillo by a right-wing congress, Peruvians -- especially indigenous peasants -- have taken to the streets in protest. While the MSNBC article below expresses sympathy for the protesters, it does this in the context of using their struggle to rally support for liberal partisan politics... Continue Reading →
[ After years of bombing and ongoing blockades of their country by Saudi Arabia with backing from the United States, Yemenis continue to mobilize in resistance against imperialism. — Isaac ] Yemenis stage mass rallies across country to decry Saudi aggression 06 January 2023 PressTV Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Yemen’s... Continue Reading →
[ After years of failing to topple the progressive Chavista government, the US-backed Venezuelan opposition has given up on their so-called “president,” Juan Guaido. — Isaac ] U.S. no longer recognizes Guaidó as Venezuela’s president, Biden official confirms 04 January 2023 Axios By Dave Lawler The U.S. is following the lead of Venezuela's opposition lawmakers and... Continue Reading →
[ Predicated on settler-colonialism, the government of Israel has always been far-right in practice. With that said, it appears that the new Netanyahu administration will be especially intent on furthering the oppression of Palestinians. It is the duty of Leading Lights everywhere to support Palestinian liberation; no one is free until everyone is free. —... Continue Reading →
[ After a year of returning to power, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has unsurprisingly renewed its crackdown on the rights of women. Most recently, it banned all levels of education for girls. Imperialist media is up in arms, painting the US as a "fierce defender of women’s rights," as the following article tries to do as... Continue Reading →
[ Recently, many social-democratic politicians have been elected across Latin America. As the article below discusses, some are calling this the return of a “Pink Tide” in the region, signaling a popular rejection of US influence and dissatisfaction with the neoliberal status quo. The new leaders are a mixed bag. Some are more progressive, with... Continue Reading →
By Klaus Markstein The environment and climate change have always been of great interest to the LLCO. We serve the planet and the natural environment just as much as we serve the people of this earth. In doing so, we look critically at the theory of productive forces brought forward by previous socialist experiments that... Continue Reading →
[ The following article examines water shortages in Yemen in light of climate change and the ongoing war there. As is typical in capitalist media, the article pins blame on Yemen’s anti-imperialist rebel forces known as the “Houthis” as the main source of conflict in the country, ignoring the role of the US-backed Saudi-led coalition,... Continue Reading →
[The following article discusses the recent devastating floods in Pakistan. Many have noted the global injustice of this disaster. Pakistan produces far fewer carbon emissions per capita than rich countries [1], yet it bears the brunt of climate catastrophes. There is more to the story, though. As the article shows, imperialism and its collaborators, both... Continue Reading →
