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U.S. broke international law by killing civilians with drones: rights groups
["International law" will never be enforced against the big imperialist powers until there is a socialist world order. -- NP] U.S. broke international law by killing civilians with drones: rights groups By Susan Cornwell and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human rights groups on Tuesday accused the United States of breaking international law and perhaps... Continue Reading →
‘Beautiful China’ tourism pitch misfires amid smog
[Capitalist development is leading the world to ecologically catastrophe. And the worst people effected by pollution are those in the Third World. First World peoples disproportionately benefit from global capitalism, Third World people are disproportionately the victims of the system. China reverted back to capitalism in Mao's last years. Today's capitalist China is a a... Continue Reading →
Too poor to pay, Chinese farmer saws off diseased leg
[Capitalism in China reverses the gains of socialist medicine. --NP] Too poor to pay, Chinese farmer saws off diseased leg (USAToday) BEIJING – Unable to afford hospital fees to treat or amputate his diseased right leg, one Chinese farmer chose a drastic self-remedy. Clenching a wooden back scratcher between his teeth, Zheng Yanling, 47, took... Continue Reading →
Vietnam pays last respects to ‘Red Napoleon’, Vo Nguyen Giap
[Despite the failure of socialism in Vietnam, the Vietnamese people and their leaders wages a heroic struggle against imperialism. The Vietnamese military effort against the imperialists turned Vietnam's weaknesses into strengths. "Turn a bad thing into a good thing," as Mao taught. Here is a mainstream article about the passing of General Giap, the main... Continue Reading →
Death toll from earthquake in Pakistan rises to 327
[Such disasters are not natural. Avoiding such disasters can be easily done with modern technology. The real culprit here is centuries of underdevelopment and neglect have left poor people venerable. Capitalism is an unnatural disaster. --NP] Death toll from earthquake in Pakistan rises to 327 By Gul Yusufzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll... Continue Reading →
Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar ‘open jail’ remarks
[Qatar is a country with a wealthy domestic population. Qatar imports much of its labor force from impoverished Third World countries like Nepal. It is interesting to note that the Nepalese official who pointed out the oppressive nature of the Qatar was removed from his post. -- NP] Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar 'open jail'... Continue Reading →
Bangladesh garment workers stage biggest wage hike protest
Bangladesh garment workers stage biggest wage hike protest DHAKA (Reuters) - About 50,000 garment industry workers held their largest protest so far in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to demand an increase of more than 1-1/2 times in the minimum wage, police and labor officials said on Saturday. "Our backs are against the wall, so... Continue Reading →
Relatives of missing in India floods maintain hope
[This tragedy is an old one, but not an unavoidable one. The natural world is not the main culprit for poverty or disaster in India. The reason that so many poor people live precarious lives, the reason so many suffer on the edge of survival, is because of how wealth and power are organized under... Continue Reading →
Bangladesh workers set fire to their factory
[Bangladesh workers are treated like slaves under capitalism. They work long hours in terrible, dangerous conditions for little pay. They produce for the First World. The answer is revolution. -- NP] Bangladesh workers set fire to their factory (AP) DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers set fire to their factory on Wednesday to demand a... Continue Reading →
Panama uncovers fighter jet engines from seized North Korea ship
[Cuba and North Korea have the right to aid each other and trade. This is an example of imperialist bullying of smaller countries. The imperialist countries are the biggest arms traffickers in the world. The imperialists cause far more bloodshed. More hypocrisy. -- NP] Panama uncovers fighter jet engines from seized North Korea ship COLON,... Continue Reading →
US ‘considering military force in Syria’
[Since the US-backed opposition and foreign fighters can't do the job, the USA is now preparing to step in directly. Was it the plan all along? Create chaos, then step in at the end? Imperialism has Syrian blood on its hands. -- NP] US 'considering military force in Syria' (The Telegraph) Martin Dempsey, the chairman... Continue Reading →
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