News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Capitalism is the problem. Revolution is the solution. -- NP] Thousands of workers on strike in Brazil SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of workers across Brazil walked off their jobs on Thursday in a mostly peaceful nationwide strike demanding better working conditions and improved public services in Latin America's biggest nation. Metalworkers, transportation... Continue Reading →
[Revolution is the solution -- NP] Only one in 10 Bangladesh garment plants safe: Engineers Dhaka: Only one in 10 garment factory buildings inspected by engineers from a top Bangladesh university were structurally sound, underlining the scale of safety problems for the world's second-biggest clothes producer, the head engineer said. Building and factory owners rushed... Continue Reading →
Peru police clash with student protesters (Aljeezera) Police in Peru have used tear gas and water cannons to repel student protesters marching to the National Congress in the capital city. The demonstration on Thursday turned violent after students tried to move through the centre of Lima in protest against a proposed education law that they... Continue Reading →
[Chinese workers stand up! -- NP] U.S. boss held captive by angry Chinese employees released By Maxim Duncan BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese factory workers on Thursday released their U.S. boss, held captive for a week, after a compensation dispute was resolved, a company official and union representative said. Chip Starnes, president of Specialty Medical Supplies,... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism will always mean poverty. It is a system based on inequality and injustice. If we want justice, then we must fight for revolution, for new socialism, for Leading Light Communism -- NP] TEKANI, Bangladesh (AP) — Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village — two bedrooms plus a living... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism cares nothing of the workers in the Third World. Cheap shirts for the First World and profit are more important than Third World lives. -- NP] 450 garment factory workers fall ill in Bangladesh DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — About 450 garment workers fell ill during their shifts at a sweater factory near Bangladesh's capital,... Continue Reading →
[Yet more evidence that China has long ago abandoned socialism. --NP] Fire, locked doors kill 119 at China poultry plant BEIJING (AP) — A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least 119 people in one of the country's worst industrial... Continue Reading →
[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 →
[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 →
[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 →
[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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