News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The United States continues its military buildup against Iran as tensions grow in the region with the recent attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman followed by the downing of a US drone which penetrated Iranian airspace despite multiple radio warnings. The US relentlessly peddles an absurd false narrative about Iranian complicity... Continue Reading →
[It is no secret that Saudi Arabia, the other Gulf monarchies, and [post-Nasserist] Egypt are NATO-aligned client states which assist in carrying out U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, along with Israel. Sitting on top of an extraordinary amount of oil wealth, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in particular, assists the U.S. in plundering... Continue Reading →
[Turkey, like the Gulf States and Israel, are allied with the USA against the Syria people. Fascism is on the move.. -- MP] Turkey’s nationalist 'Gray Wolves' enter Syrian fray by Fehim Taştekin is a columnist at the Turkish newspaper Radikal, based in Istanbul. He is the host of a weekly program called "SINIRSIZ" on... Continue Reading →
The myth of the 1,400 year Sunni-Shia war by Murtaza Hussain Murtaza Hussain is a Toronto-based writer and analyst focused on issues related to Middle Eastern politics. @@MazMHussain (http://www.aljazeera.com/) During the period of European rule over Rwanda, the Belgian colonial administrators of the territory accomplished an extraordinary feat in their subjugation of the local population... Continue Reading →
[Amnesty International is a bourgeois liberal organization that often does not distinguish between reactionary movements and freedom fighters. Even so, the situation for poor migrant workers in the wealthy Gulf states is terrible. -- NP] Rights groups urge India, Qatar action on migrant deaths (AFP) New Delhi - India came under pressure Friday over the... Continue Reading →
[More abuse of migrant workers by the reactionary Gulf States that are propped up and supported by the USA. Just goes to show how little they and imperialism care little for human rights. --NP] Rights group raises alarm over migrants in Qatar DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of migrant workers hired to do... Continue Reading →
"Alarming exploitation" of workers in Qatar: Amnesty (Reuters) - Qatar's construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers who are "treated like cattle" and live in squalid accommodation, Amnesty International said on Sunday, calling on world soccer's governing body to help address the situation. Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup, and the human... Continue Reading →
[While the West claims to advance tolerant liberalism in Syria, its closest allies seek to make non-heterosexuality a crime. This just shows how US policy is not shaped by any real concern for human rights. Rather, imperial interest shapes US policy. -- NP] Amnesty slams plan for 'tests' to ban gays from Gulf Dubai (AFP)... Continue Reading →
[Qatar is a country with a wealthy domestic population. Qatar imports much of its labor force from impoverished Third World countries like Nepal. It is interesting to note that the Nepalese official who pointed out the oppressive nature of the Qatar was removed from his post. -- NP] Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar 'open jail'... Continue Reading →
[We do not particularly know who is telling the truth. Either side could have used chemical weapons. What we do know is that the US has a long history of using largely false claims about "Weapons of Mass Destruction" (WMDs) to justify its imperialist wars and interventions. This was the method of the Bush regime,... Continue Reading →
[The United States is coordinating the arming of Syrian opposition groups behind the scenes while making sure to be able to deny their role if things spiral into total chaos in a post-Assad Syria. If sectarian violence turns to state-sponsored genocide or if Al Queda-types come to power, the United States wants to be able... Continue Reading →
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