[As Leading Lights, the protection and preservation of the environment has always been one of our highest priorities. While Pope Francis' definition of revolution certainly differs from ours, this still comes as welcome news. As the leader of one of the world's largest religions, the Pope commands a great deal of influence, especially in many... Continue Reading →
Turkey daily accuses authorities of smuggling jihadists to Syria
[More evidence that NATO is not interested in defeating ISIS, but is using the terror group as a proxy to complete its dirty work in the region. The imperialists will use every tactic and weapon in their arsenal to push their agenda, no matter how despicable. It is up to the Leading Light to smash... Continue Reading →
Hollande promises to pay ‘moral debt’ to former colony Haiti
[With a quick look at the history between these two countries, it is clear that France owes Haiti much more than just a "moral debt." -Uziel] PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande pledged to pay back a "moral debt" to Haiti during a visit on Tuesday to the impoverished Caribbean nation founded by former... Continue Reading →
NATO calls for ‘comprehensive response” to migrant crisis
[NATO's "stabilizing" of Libya and Syria is directly responsible for the violence that many of these people are fleeing. The last thing the region needs is more NATO and imperialist interference. -Uziel] Lisbon (AFP) - The plight of migrants in the Mediterranean requires a "comprehensive response", NATO'S head Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, adding that... Continue Reading →
Obama again avoids calling 1915 Armenian killings ‘genocide’
[The US knows that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. If they were honest they would recognize the Armenian genocide for what it was, and they would also start referring to the wholesale slaughter of American Indians and the destruction of their cultures as genocide as well. -Uziel] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama... Continue Reading →
Ukraine outlaws Communist names in fresh break with Soviet past
[Yet more evidence suggesting that the current regime in Ukraine is largely comprised of fascists. -Uziel] Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine on Thursday outlawed Communist names, symbols and even songs in a fresh break with the country's Soviet past as its soldiers fight pro-Russian separatists in the east. The legislation, which also targets Nazi propaganda was... Continue Reading →
Prosecutor dies after Turkey hostage siege; 2 gunmen killed
[An interesting story out of Turkey. This incident provides an excellent backdrop to discuss the strategy and tactics of revolutionaries within countries that fall somewhere in between in the traditional 1st world/3rd world paradigm. Istanbul is likely more First World than Third World. What was the goal of this operation? Did the operation accomplish this... Continue Reading →
Hamas denounces EU decision to keep it on terror list
["Resistance is not terrorism." Of course the imperialists don't see it that way. -Uziel] Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hamas on Friday denounced a European Union decision to keep the Palestinian Islamist group and de facto Gaza Strip ruler on its terrorism blacklist, despite a court ordering its removal. "This decision completely contradicts the... Continue Reading →
Iraqi Army Downs Two UK Planes Carrying Weapons for ISIS
[The imperialists are playing a strange game. They are playing all sides to create chaos, to weaken the Third World. -- NP] There have already been been numerous reports that US led coalition planes have been air dropping supplies and weapons to Islamic State terrorists…. From Fars News Agency: Iraq’s army has shot down two... Continue Reading →
Britain to help train Ukrainian army to counter Russian threat
[This is just one of the recent escalations to the inter-imperialist conflict between NATO and Russia. It will be interesting to see how this develops. -Uziel] LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday Britain would send military personnel to Ukraine soon to help train its army, warning Moscow would move to destabilize... Continue Reading →
The Bengal Famine: How the British engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit
by Rakhi Chakraborty (http://yourstory.com/) “I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.” ... Continue Reading →
1945: Auschwitz death camp liberated
[The fascists murdered millions of Jews, Gypsies, political dissidents, including communists. The Red Army saved the world from Hitler's genocidal tyranny. -- NP] (Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/) The Red Army has liberated the Nazis' biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in south-western Poland. According to reports, hundreds of thousands of Polish people, as well as Jews from a number... Continue Reading →