News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[China is not socialist, it has long been capitalist. Revisionism, capitalism has ruled China since the 1970s. There is no justification for polluting the land on which the masses depend. Pollution is killing our families. We demand a future for our children! -NP] SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A shipyard in China's southeast has suspended operations after... Continue Reading →
[No way to verify this, but if true it shows a greater level of Western coordination than previously known --NP] (Source: http://kurdishquestion.com/) Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Demir Celik stated in a press conference in Parliament that the majority of ISIS’ fighting force was formed of around two thousand Turkish Special Force officers, who in the... Continue Reading →
[Israel violates Iran's territory. Imperialism continues to attack Iran. -- NP] VIENNA (AP) — Iran is asking the U.N. nuclear agency to condemn the purported incursion of an Israeli drone. The request, in a letter dated Sept. 9, was posted on Thursday on the website of the U.N.s International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran's Revolutionary Guard... Continue Reading →
[Many revisionists confuse Russian imperialism and socialism. Some of these revisionists see Putin's authoritarianism and Russian nationalism as anti-imperialism or even socialism, the reality is very different. -NP] Putin Disses Lenin BY MASHA LIPMAN (The New Yorker) As Russia’s military escalation in eastern Ukraine continued last week, Vladimir Putin found time to visit the Seliger... Continue Reading →
[As we have said many times, "natural" disasters are not entirely natural. They are a result of poor development. They are a result of centuries of neglect resulting from imperialism, capitalism, and feudalism. There is no reason that anyone should die from "natural" disasters anymore. The social planning and technology exists to prevent any deaths... Continue Reading →
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Climate change will cut South Asia's growth almost 9 percent by the end of the century unless world governments try harder to counter global warming, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. The region is home to a fifth of the world's population and is already vulnerable to climate extremes: seasonal... Continue Reading →
[Northern Korea received more aid form the US than any other Asian country during much of the 1990s. Today, northern Korea receives support from the UN. Despite claims to the contrary, the regime is hardly self sufficient. --NP] WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Food Program may have to shut down its operations in North Korea... 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 condemns the invasion of Gaza (llco.org) All people of good conscience must condemn the brutal attack on Gaza by Israel. The recent escalation of violence is part of the continuous genocide inflicted on Palestine by Israel and its allies for over half a century. Millions of Palestinians have been killed and uprooted from... Continue Reading →
[Why is there so much destruction from these storms in the Philippines? Because capitalism-imperialism has not invested in an infrastructure that protects and serves the people. Centuries of underdevelopment has been foisted on the Filipino masses. Revolution is the solution. --NP] Three missing, thousands flee as typhoon hits Philippines Manila (AFP) - Tens of thousands... Continue Reading →
[Too bad more r-r-revolutionaries in the First World won't do the same. --NP] Viva l'Algerie! Solidarity Forever! (source: http://inside-left.blogspot.com/2014/07/viva-lalgerie-solidarity-forever.html ) Wow. Just wow. If this story is true then the decision taken by the Algerian national football team to donate their World Cup prize money to the people of Gaza is a quite amazing act... Continue Reading →
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