News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Compradors ask imperialists to intervene in the Third World. Asking them to intervene is like asking the fox into the the hen house. Imperialists created the problems. They have an interest in continued instability. The Libyan people, not the imperialists, will solve their own problems. -- NP] Niger: France and US should intervene in Libya... Continue Reading →
[Imperialism gathers intelligence to better exploit Africa... -- NP] World Bank to map Africa's natural resources (AFP) Washington - The World Bank plans to launch in July a $1-billion plan to map Africa's natural resources with the aim of delineating more clearly the continent's uncovered mineral wealth. The project, dubbed the Billion Dollar Map, "will... Continue Reading →
[Imperialism imposes oppressive borders on the land. It is behind their borders and fences that the wealthy world enjoys its privilege and comfort. It is behind such walls that the elites manage their ongoing conquest and acquisition of the labor and resources of others. The Bourgeois World is mostly one of comfort and leisure when... Continue Reading →
Nestle is facing allegations that it used cocoa plantations in Africa that employed slave labor. (allgov.com) Three residents of Mali sued Nestle USA in U.S. federal court in 2009 claiming they were forced as children to work without pay and were abused at Ivory Coast plantations that supplied Nestle with cocoa. They brought their case... Continue Reading →
[The new scramble for Africa is on. Imperialist powers are seeking to reconquer Africa under the guise of peacekeeping and anti-terrorism. --NP] France pushing EU to fund military interventions PARIS (AP) — France is pushing its European partners this week to create a fund to pay for overseas military interventions, like the operation France is... Continue Reading →
Over 50,000 illegal Ethiopian workers sent home from Saudi Arabia Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia has flown home over 50,000 citizens in Saudi Arabia after a crackdown against illegal immigrants in the oil-rich state, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. "We projected the initial number to be 10,000 but it is increasing," foreign ministry spokesman Dina... Continue Reading →
[The US and NATO-backed fake rebels who deposed Gaddafi in Libya are still attacking Africans there. The racist "rebels" were known for targeting and lynching the African population within Libya. One of the worst images to come out of the war was video of Africans who had been placed in Libyan zoos like animals while... Continue Reading →
[Libya still is in chaos thanks to NATO imperialism -- NP] Militias ordered out of Libya capital after deadly clashes Tripoli (AFP) - Leaders from the Libyan port of Misrata have urged militias from the city to leave Tripoli within 72 hours, after they were involved in deadly weekend clashes in the capital. A militia... Continue Reading →
[Capitalist and technological "development" has not improved the standard of living for Africans. Capitalist "development" is really just underdevelopment. Capitalist "development" in today's world is about securing and increasing First World, imperial privilege. The people of the Third World suffer in order for the First World to thrive. -- NP] Africans say growth has not... Continue Reading →
[Imperialism continues to oppress the African peoples. The Third World and its allies must unite for revolution against the First World. --NP] 'Shame, shame, shame' Mugabe tells U.S. and Britain By Lesley Wroughton UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Thursday berated the United States and former colonial power Britain and its allies... Continue Reading →
[Update, spoke to soon. It is now reported that the United States has the prisoner. Panama bowed to Uncle San.. no surprise there. -- NP] [Chickens come home to roost -- NP] Panama holds ex-CIA officer in rendition PANAMA CITY (AP) -- A former CIA base chief convicted in the 2003 abduction of a terror... Continue Reading →
[After NATO and the Gulf states took out Gaddafi, Libya was thrown into chaos. There is no security for the people. They are at the mercy of dozens of armed gangs that fight each other and the people. All the better for the West to plunder Libya's oil wealth. Divide and conquer. Let's hope the... Continue Reading →
