News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
Brazil looks to break from US-centric Internet RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments. President Dilma Rousseff ordered a... Continue Reading →
[As usual, the United States proves itself to be a rouge nation that violates international law and civil liberties. --NP] At U.N., Brazil's Rousseff blasts U.S. spying as 'meddling' By Daniel Trotta UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday criticized the United States for spying, using the opening speech at the U.N.... Continue Reading →
[Imperialists.. violating civil liberties around the globe.. -- NP] Britain operates secret monitoring station in Middle East: report By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain runs a secret monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept large numbers of telephone calls, emails and internet traffic that it shares with intelligence agencies in the United States,... Continue Reading →
[The future of imperial war. Drones. War without casualties, at least, for the imperialists. We must develop strategies to match theirs. -- NP] Navy completes 1st unmanned carrier landing ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) -- The Navy successfully landed a drone the size of a fighter jet aboard an aircraft carrier for the... Continue Reading →
[On the bright side, no more crappy Top Gun movies? --NP] Israeli official says drones could replace planes By DANIEL ESTRIN (AP) TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's air force is on track to developing drones that within four to five decades would carry out nearly every battlefield operation executed today by piloted aircraft, a high-ranking... Continue Reading →
[As the masses are able to access the internet, it means that state and corporate monopolies on information breakdown. Marx long ago observed that those very forces that capitalism requires to exist end up bringing about its own downfall. For example, the capitalist mode of production requires a greater socialization of production that early modes... Continue Reading →
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