News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
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 →
[ Despite the ongoing spread of COVID-19, Biden has declared the pandemic to be “over”. Even while other elements of the capitalist ruling class explicitly recognize the ongoing threat of the virus, they refuse to improve or reinstate safety measures needed to properly manage it. As Leading Lights have noted previously, this is because doing... Continue Reading →
By Janelle Velina In the former USSR, the Soviets understood that sports were originally supposed to be for the physical and communal benefit, as well as the genuine enjoyment, of the people. By taking capital out of the equation and by allowing the expansion and encouragement of mass participation, the arena of sports actually flourished under... Continue Reading →
By Janelle Velina It is about time that socialists in the West put their fears about nuclear power aside and consider the benefits and the greater potential that nuclear energy can bring under a socialist system. The movement against it was a negative critical point for socialism in the West, with Big Oil holding back progress. See... Continue Reading →
[It is becoming more clear that the neoliberal globalist phase of capitalism -- with the American Empire as the world-dominating force that holds a monopoly over global markets -- is entering a new phase of competition between rival power blocs. Namely, in the field of advanced wireless technology, this power struggle is between the United... Continue Reading →
[Our common home is under attack! Our dearest comrade Planet Earth, who gives us life, is slowly shedding us. At the ends of the Earth, the Ice Caps are melting because humans cannot stop their addiction to cheap oil. In Africa, western oil corporations exploit weak regulations to sell toxic fuel to our fellow beings. ... Continue Reading →
[Typical. Predictable. - NP] (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) by Helena Horton A day after Microsoft introduced an innocent Artificial Intelligence chat robot to Twitter it has had to delete it after it transformed into an evil Hitler-loving, incestual sex-promoting, 'Bush did 9/11'-proclaiming robot. Developers at Microsoft created 'Tay', an AI modelled to speak 'like a teen girl', in order to... Continue Reading →
[Climate change is a global problem that will require a global response with international coordination. The capitalist-imperialist system is incapable of solving this issue for many reasons; chiefly because its endless and wasteful consumption is the primary source of the problem. The old global economic order must be smashed and be replaced by the New... Continue Reading →
[As Leading Lights, the protection and preservation of the environment has always been one of our highest priorities. While Pope Francis' definition of revolution certainly differs from ours, this still comes as welcome news. As the leader of one of the world's largest religions, the Pope commands a great deal of influence, especially in many... Continue Reading →
[Awesome.. -NP] (http://anonhq.com/) The famous Turkish hacker team ‘Redhack’ announced hacking into power administration system and canceling 1.5 million liras (approx. 650K US dollars) of electricity bills to be paid to Soma Electricity Production company. Soma is a district recently noted for a historic massacre of 301 mine workers, and now struggling with destruction of... 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 →
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