News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[US trained and armed death squads assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980. Romero used his position to speak out about injustice in El Salvador. He also wrote a public letter to the President of the United States asking no more military aid be sent to the Salvadorean government that was using the aid to murder... Continue Reading →
(new-power.org) The Times of Israel reports: "In a video uploaded to YouTube Monday by the Executive Sharia Council in the eastern Daraa Region, an Islamic court established by Al-Nusra in southern Syria, Sharif As-Safouri, the commander of the Free Syrian Army’s Al-Haramein Battalion, admitted to having entered Israel five times to meet with Israeli officers... Continue Reading →
[Roughly a quarter of Palestinians are Christian. The US-financed genocide by Israel against the Palestinians is not just a war on Muslims. It is a war on all Palestinians, including Christians. This fact should be raised to those in imperialist countries with Christian populations. --NP] Gaza: Catholic Church told to evacuate ahead of Israeli bombing... Continue Reading →
Why the Islamic State has no sympathy for Hamas (AlMonitor) Most of today's Salafist jihadist movements have no interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for the time being regarding it as irrelevant. Instead, their call is to engage in intense, bloody confrontations involving bombings, executions, and suicide attacks against governments headed by Muslims and against Muslim... Continue Reading →
[Genocide carried out by Israel, backed by the West. According to the West, the only children who matter are Israeli. Imperialism at work. --NP] Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N. Thu, Jun 20 07:24 AM EDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on... Continue Reading →
Researchers: Children exposed to religion have difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction (theRawStory) A study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science determined that children who are not exposed to religious stories are better able to tell that characters in “fantastical stories” are fictional — whereas children raised in a religious environment even “approach unfamiliar,... Continue Reading →
[USA bankrolling the genocide against the Palestinians. Typical imperialism. -- NP] Senate panel doubles money for Israel's Iron Dome WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Senate panel has backed a defense spending bill that would double the amount of money for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. The move by the Appropriations defense subcommittee comes as... Continue Reading →
[NATO deposes Gaddafi. Libya is in sectarian chaos. Now, the UN is planning an official invasion of "peace keepers." Typical imperialist MO. -- NP] Rival militias are battling for control of Libya's international airport, which is closed after rocket fire destroyed most of the planes on the ground. (Christian Science Monitor) A daily roundup of... Continue Reading →
[The USA claims to support democracy, yet it props up several dictatorships across the world, including the sectarian dictatorship ion Bahrain that has been violently suppressing its people. --NP] Bahrain summons top opposition leader for questioning: Wefaq MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group said on Tuesday the interior ministry had summoned its... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism is a war machine. Not only do the capitalists need wars to suppress its enemies, including the masses of the Third World, the system itself uses war as a way to create disaster and justify spending as a means of stimulating growth. Capitalism is irrational from the standpoint of human need. Despite what the... Continue Reading →
[The CIA illegally kidnaps, and tortures people in secret prisons.No due process. No trails. This is the "democracy" of imperialism. -- NP] Convictions of 5 Italians thrown out in CIA case ROME (AP) — Italy's top criminal court on Monday tossed out the convictions of five Italian intelligence agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric... Continue Reading →
[Israel is a racist apartheid state. Israel has been waging a genocide against the Palestinians since its beginning. Israel has also waged non-stop war against its other neighbors. All of this aggression is financed by the USA and other imperialist powers. Israel is an imperial puppet with little interest in peace. --NP] Israel bombs Hezbollah... Continue Reading →
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