News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
Afghan president says CIA payments to continue By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the CIA's station chief in Kabul has assured him that regular funding the U.S. intelligence agency gives his government will not be cut off. He said the Afghan government had... Continue Reading →
[Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. The poor peoples of Bangladesh have nothing to lose but their chains. Bangladesh's garment industry has recently been in the spotlight due to disasters caused by unsafe and poor working conditions. Here is some background information on Bangladesh's garment industry. -- NP] Special Report: How... Continue Reading →
[The struggle against the capitalists and the inhumane working conditions in Bangladesh is part of a bigger struggle to liberate poor peoples everywhere. Fight back! Execute capitalism! All Power to the people! Poor people of the world unite! Build New Power! Global People's War! Follow the Leading Light! Be the Leading Light! -- NP] Thousands... Continue Reading →
[Hundreds die in a Bangladesh factory disaster. More victims are found. This is the price that is paid in human blood to satisfy capitalist consumerism. Third World people pay the price to keep First World people comfortable. This disaster is simply a symptom of a much larger problem. Billions suffer under inhumane conditions. The entire... Continue Reading →
[The death toll in the Bangladesh building disaster continue to rise. Poor working conditions and cheap labor in the East produce the fashions to be consumed in the West. The masses in Bangladesh pay the price so that people in the West can look good. Now, those in power arrest two owners as part of... Continue Reading →
Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochementBy MATTHEW LEE (AP) ISTANBUL — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with Palestinian officials new ways to relaunch Mideast peace efforts. Kerry tried to advance those second-term foreign policy priorities for President Barack Obama... Continue Reading →
Qatar Orders 500 U.S. Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles By Rich Smith (Source) Last week, just before America broke for the long weekend, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced (link opens a PDF) that it has notified Congress of plans to make a "foreign military sale" to Qatar of 500 FGM-148 Javelin Guided Missiles. Including the cost... Continue Reading →
[The United States is coordinating the arming of Syrian opposition groups behind the scenes while making sure to be able to deny their role if things spiral into total chaos in a post-Assad Syria. If sectarian violence turns to state-sponsored genocide or if Al Queda-types come to power, the United States wants to be able... Continue Reading →
[First Worldist feminism advances or seeks to advance the position of First World women (Whites, Blacks, Gay, Straight, Transgendered, etc.) at the expense of Third World peoples. Below is a good example. Once a "boy's club," offices like the CIA's National Clandestine Service, can be hailed as oh-so-progressive because it is now headed by a... Continue Reading →
Iran vows to level Tel Aviv if Israel attacks (AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says if it's attacked by Israel, it will annihilate Tel Aviv and Haifa. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all key decisions in Iran, says Israel is too small to be called an enemy, and... Continue Reading →
[The imperialists are financing and supporting the sectarian conflict in Syria. --NP] Syria: Bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher By ZEINA KARAM (AP) BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in... Continue Reading →
[The dictatorial monarchy in Bahrain is supported and propped up by the United States and its Gulf allies. It is a sectarian dictatorship ruled by a monarch who belongs to the minority Sunni population. The majority of the population is Shia. The Shia there experience discrimination and repression. They have risen up to demand democratic... Continue Reading →
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