News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Just as in Bahrain, Turkey crushes dissent. There is little word from Washington, DC. In fact, many of the arms used against the peoples in Bahrain and Turkey are from the United States. The United States is a big-time ally of these two regimes that are attacking their own people. Yet the United States cries... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism cares nothing of the workers in the Third World. Cheap shirts for the First World and profit are more important than Third World lives. -- NP] 450 garment factory workers fall ill in Bangladesh DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — About 450 garment workers fell ill during their shifts at a sweater factory near Bangladesh's capital,... Continue Reading →
Afghans demand arrest of US troops over killings KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans blocked a major highway south of Kabul on Tuesday, carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claimed were victims of torture by U.S. special forces and demanding the Americans be arrested, officials said. A spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition said the... Continue Reading →
[Yet more evidence that China has long ago abandoned socialism. --NP] Fire, locked doors kill 119 at China poultry plant BEIJING (AP) — A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least 119 people in one of the country's worst industrial... Continue Reading →
Syria, Israel exchange fire over border DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back. The two sides appeared... Continue Reading →
[Support those who refuse to participate in crimes against humanity. --NP] Young objector challenges Israeli army JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has jailed a young man for six months for refusing to serve because of his opposition to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, focusing attention on the longstanding conflict between the country's universal... Continue Reading →
[The Guardian Council has come out against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by barring his top aid from the elections. This shows the affect that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has had on the Iranian system. Even though he professes deep Islamic faith and seems as though he is always in line with the ruling clerics, the reality is that he... Continue Reading →
[Third World people die for fashion. Third World people toil in unsafe conditions to keep First World people comfortable, to prop up the First World way of life. -- NP] Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7 By SOPHENG CHEANG PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics... Continue Reading →
[Only after multiple, high-profile disasters in the industry, only after the deaths of over 1,000, are unions allowed to form. Only after so much blood, is the industry wage improved. While these reforms are fine, they are simply reforms. They are mere crumbs. Too little, too late. Exposing reformist ploys to quash more radical trends... Continue Reading →
[This is the real price of capitalism, consumer culture, etc. -- NP] Bangladesh fire kills 8 as collapse toll hits 950 By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire at a sweater manufacturer killed eight people — including a senior police officer, a Bangladeshi politician and a top clothing industry official — barely two... Continue Reading →
Capitalism is destroying our world. There is a better way. Forward to Leading Light Communism! Liberate the Earth!
[The true cost of capitalist fashion... -- NP] Bangladesh toll 547; smell proof number will rise By FARID HOSSAIN DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the site. The death toll rose to 547 on... Continue Reading →
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