News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The Guatemalan military has long been trained and armed by the United States. An estimated 200,000 people were killed in the days when Guatemala was ruled by a CIA-backed, death-squad state. The same forces still rule Guatemala today. The poor, indigenous peoples have their rights trampled on by the comprador elites and their imperialist allies.... Continue Reading →
[Indigenous peoples are still fighting colonization. Genocide since 1492... -- NP] Deadly attack stokes Chile Mapuche conflict VILCUN, Chile (AP) — The hooded men approached the ranch by night, scattering pamphlets about the death of a Mapuche Indian activist shot in the back by a policeman. The property belonged to an elderly couple who had... Continue Reading →
[The Zionists continue their genocide against the Palestinians. So brazen is their attack against the Palestinians that even John Kerry has had to speak up, albeit softly. Israel is a racist Apartheid state with no interest in allowing a Palestinian homeland to exist. Israel's policy is "yap, yap; fight, fight." They yap about the possibilities... Continue Reading →
[Bourgeois justice in action. Not even too little, too late. Zip. Nada.-- NP] Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of... Continue Reading →
[It is no surprise that Ford executives worked closely with deathsquad juntas in Latin American. After all, Ford worked with Hitler's regime. Ford had personal ties to fascists in Europe. He funded anti-Semitic publications in the United States. Click here to read more. Ford was not that different than many industrialists of his day in... Continue Reading →
[Support those who refuse to participate in crimes against humanity. --NP] Young objector challenges Israeli army JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has jailed a young man for six months for refusing to serve because of his opposition to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, focusing attention on the longstanding conflict between the country's universal... Continue Reading →
[Third World people die for fashion. Third World people toil in unsafe conditions to keep First World people comfortable, to prop up the First World way of life. -- NP] Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7 By SOPHENG CHEANG PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics... Continue Reading →
[The United States has a long history of terrorizing the masses of Latin America. --NP] Honduran police accused as death squads By ALBERTO ARCE TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported... Continue Reading →
[The United States backs the dictatorship in Bahrain even as it tramples civil rights. The United States is only about advancing its own interests. --NP] Bahrain demonstrator jailed for flag 'insult' MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A Bahrain demonstrator was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday for hanging a Bahrain flag from his truck during... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed dictatorship in Bahrain has brutally attacked protesters. The United States claims to stand for democracy in Syria, but supports the brutal attacks on the masses in Bahrain. Just goes to show that so-called "human rights" and "democracy" are just rhetoric. What matters to the imperialists is advancing the interests of imperialists. -- NP]... Continue Reading →
[Only after multiple, high-profile disasters in the industry, only after the deaths of over 1,000, are unions allowed to form. Only after so much blood, is the industry wage improved. While these reforms are fine, they are simply reforms. They are mere crumbs. Too little, too late. Exposing reformist ploys to quash more radical trends... Continue Reading →
[This is the real price of capitalism, consumer culture, etc. -- NP] Bangladesh fire kills 8 as collapse toll hits 950 By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire at a sweater manufacturer killed eight people — including a senior police officer, a Bangladeshi politician and a top clothing industry official — barely two... Continue Reading →
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