News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
USA Intensifies its Imperialist Occupation of Afghanistan by Dylano Williams 09/13/17 (new-power.org) US President Donald Trump has called for the United States military and its NATO allies to expand its on-the-ground presence in Afghanistan, specifically the UK, in proportion to the increased military presence of the United States. UK defense Secretary, Michael Fallon, opposes any... Continue Reading →
On the Situation in Korea by Rizal Roja 28 July 2017 As the situation on the Korean peninsula continues to grow more dangerous, the international left is thrown into confusion regarding the correct position to be taken. Some so called “revolutionaries”, particularly in North America, are yet again making themselves tools for Empire, going as... Continue Reading →
Jason Unrhue (maoistrebelnews.com) U.N. Commission of Inquiry has accused the United States of killing 300 civilians in Syria, in what it calls a crime against humanity. Recent US airstrikes in the country have caused a “staggering loss of civilian life,” according to the UK Guardian. The US has conducted a renewed intensification of air strikes... Continue Reading →
[With the failure of Western Christian Evangelicals and Dominionists to impose their arch-reactionary social agenda on the Western imperialist nations they have turned their eyes towards the Third World and Uganda in particular. By taking advantage of the poor education of the oppressed and with huge amounts of cash, groups like the Missouri, US based... Continue Reading →
[Last week, we booted up New Power after a long absence with a look into the conflict in Yemen. We discussed how the US imperial policy is to outsource the dirty work of conventional warfare to local thugs such as the Saudi Crown. Today we provide more evidence to this fact. These articles will hopefully... Continue Reading →
[The shills for US imperialism in the so-called left are doing their job. ISIS and the YPG paving the way for US invasion of Syria. - NP] (http://ekurd.net/) WASHINGTON,— The Obama administration is considering sending 250 additional U.S. special forces to Syrian Kurdistan to advise Kurdish-led alliance groups as part of a broader Pentagon recommendation... Continue Reading →
(The New Arab) Since the start of Syria's war in 2011, $26 million worth of antiquities have been imported to the United States from the war-torn country, according to Live Science. The news website gathered its information from US Census Bureau documents, which listed many unidentified and undated items, marked only as "over 100 years old." The documents did not reveal, however, whether... Continue Reading →
[As Leading Lights we believe the Kurdish people have a right to defend themselves. It is unfortunate that they are opening their doors to the worst imperialist offenders to do so. No doubt the United States will use these air bases to combat Assad and push its greedy interests in the region. For more in... Continue Reading →
Delmer Berg, Last of American Volunteers in Spanish Civil War, Dies at 100 by Sam Roberts March 2nd (NY Times) Delmer Berg, the last known living veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which vainly fought against Fascism’s advance into Spain in the late 1930s, died on Sunday at his home in Columbia, Calif. He was... Continue Reading →
[LOL-NP] EXCLUSIVE: Pictured, the pick-up artist at center of storm over 'pro-rape' blog - in sweat-stained T-shirt at the door of his mother's home (where he lives in the BASEMENT!) Daryush 'Roosh' Valizadeh, 36, calls himself the 'King of Masculinity' but has faced anger from around the world for his views on rape He... Continue Reading →
AhlulBayt News Agency - The commander of the infamous US security firm, formerly known as Blackwater, in Yemen and dozens of Riyadh’s mercenaries were killed Saturday in a missile attack by Yemeni forces in Lahij Province. The Yemeni military backed by fighters of the Houthi Ansarullah movement launched a Tochka ballistic missile on the al-Anad... Continue Reading →
[US imperialism has avoided bombing ISIS directly on many occasions, but has no problem bombing the Syrian army. This attack on the Syrian army represents an escalation of direct United States military intervention against Assad. - NP] US-Led ISIS Coalition Hits a Syrian Army Camp in Deir Ezzor: 1 Soldier Killed BY LEITH FADEL ON DECEMBER 6, 2015 (http://www.almasdarnews.com/) For the first time since the U.S. President Barack Obama announced an aerial campaign against... Continue Reading →
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