News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
In Bangladesh, there is such great poverty that many are forces to live off garbage. This is the sad reality of capitalism. The First World is rich. The Third World barely survives: more: more: See more photos here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
[Brutal violence against ordinary working people, ordinary Muslims by those who have twisted the religion to serve dark-age barbarism. We must oppose those who would impose a dark-age religious tyranny to help Empire crush our people. --NP] (Reuters) - Two people died in bomb attacks in Bangladesh on Friday, raising the death toll to at... Continue Reading →
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/) A photo essay of the tremendous oppression of women in Bangladesh, where capitalism intersects with patriarchy: Dusty days work: The women at the coal processing plant in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, sort through the waste coal using a giant sieve : Still smiling: Despite working long hours doing back breaking work, this coal worker happily offers... Continue Reading →
[First Worldist feminism and gender activism are just other forms of social-imperialism. It is a narrow kind of feminism that focuses on advancing the life options and quality of life for First World women at the expense of Third World peoples, both women and men. Expanded life options in the First World is connected to... Continue Reading →
[Poor infrastructure is one part of underdevelopment. Imperial neglect, underdevelopment, corruption.. all lead to blackout. --NP] (RT) Imagine what happens when electricity is cut off nationwide in a country of 160 million people. In Bangladesh, everyday life was brought to a standstill on Saturday as factories, hospitals, and homes plunged into darkness or had to... Continue Reading →
(http://www.cbc.ca/) By: Tarannum Kamlani Who made that T-shirt you’re wearing? The one so stylish and cheap you had to have it in 5 different colours? Until April 24, 2013 not many of us really thought about the hands that made that shirt, or where it was made. On that day when the 8-story Rana Plaza... Continue Reading →
[The masses of Bangladesh suffer terrible oppression by capitalism. Revolution is the only solution --NP] Bangladesh garment workers demanding wages clash with police DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police used water cannons and teargas on Thursday to disperse hundreds of garment workers staging a hunger-strike to demand back-pay and a holiday bonus. The authorities also detained... Continue Reading →
[The injustices of capitalism and imperialism never end. Third World migrants the targets of horrible brutality even in Europe. -- NP] Greek court acquits farmers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers (theGuardian) A Greek court's decision to acquit local farmers who admitted shooting 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers when they dared to ask for months of... Continue Reading →
Leading Light photo retrospective (new-power.org) Since we are a semi-clandestine organization, we mostly do not release images of our work. However, we thought it would be OK to release some since they were already floating around online. The following images only represent the smallest fraction of our work, which literally spans numerous countries. The images... Continue Reading →
Remembering the past: Bangladeshi fighters for Palestine of the 1980s By: Yazan al-Saadi (http://english.al-akhbar.com/) Published Thursday, July 3, 2014 A photograph and a grave. These are two relics of a time, now mostly forgotten, of when thousands of Bangladeshis came to Lebanon in the 1980s as volunteers and fighters for the Palestinian cause. They were... Continue Reading →
Group: Bangladesh workers threatened over union (AP) DHAKA, Bangladesh — A human rights group said Thursday that garment factory owners in Bangladesh have been intimidating and threatening workers who try to organize trade unions. The working conditions in Bangladesh garment factories are often harsh and unsafe. There have been a series of disasters highlighting the... Continue Reading →
[In Bangladesh, the masses suffer to prop up the First World -- NP[
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