News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Libya is still in chaos after NATO and their Islamist allies deposed the Gadhafi regime. Instead of prosperity, Libya is now a land ruled by militias, warlords, and death squads. NATO has delivered the people of Libya into the hands of right-wing sectarian warlords. Without a strong central state, Libya's resources are more easily... Continue Reading →
Holocaust survivors condemn Israel for 'Gaza massacre,' call for boycott By Haaretz In response to Elie Wiesel advertisement comparing Hamas to Nazis, 327 Jewish Holocaust survivors and descendants publish New York Times ad accusing Israel of 'ongoing massacre of the Palestinian people.' Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published... 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 →
Last of Warsaw Ghetto Survivors Calls for Rebellion Against Israeli Occupation (Source: http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2013/04/09/last-of-warsaw-ghetto-survivors-calls-for-rebellion-against-israeli-occupation/) On Yom Ha-Shoah, one of the few remaining living survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto, Chavka Fulman-Raban, delivered a fierce denunciation of evil and injustice, including the Israeli Occupation. Her speech was offered to guests at the ceremony of Beit Lohamey Ha-Getaot (the... Continue Reading →
Thousands of brave communists and people of good conscience left their homes and traveled around the world to fight the tyranny of fascism in Spain. They often returned to their countries only to be harassed and blacklisted as "premature anti-fascists." The served, lived, and died for the people. They are honored martyrs and heroes. We... Continue Reading →
Map: In the whole world only these five countries escaped European colonialism (Vox.com) It's no secret that European colonialism was a vast, and often devastating, project that over several centuries put nearly the entire world under control of one European power or another. But just how vast can be difficult to fully appreciate. Here, to... Continue Reading →
"Counter-Revolution of 1776": Was U.S. Independence War a Conservative Revolt in Favor of Slavery? (Democracynow) As the United States prepares to celebrate Independence Day, we look at why July 4 is not a cause for celebration for all. For Native Americans, it may be a bitter reminder of colonialism, which brought fatal diseases, cultural hegemony... Continue Reading →
[Although this comic contained some anti-communism, its critique of pseudo-militant First Worldist practice is spot on. The criticism of "modern anarchists" also applies to many of those calling themselves "communist." The First World "left," even in its most militant incarnations, is a joke. Let the yappers yap, the whiners whine, the jesters jest. The First... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism is a system that causes billions of deaths: genocide, structural poverty, endless wars, famine, curable diseases, etc. Capitalism is a nightmare. We must wake the people up. Their future, the future of their children, the entire planet depends on it. Revolution is a necessity. --NP] Remembering India’s forgotten holocaust by Rakesh Krishnan Simha (http://www.tehelka.com)... Continue Reading →
Who won the war? Russians take a different view on D-Day (Reuters) - Sitting in the shade on a bench in the center of Moscow, 77-year-old Galina Makarenko pauses for several seconds before delivering her blunt opinion on the Allied D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. "It helped us a little. But only a little,"... Continue Reading →
Stalingrad name may return to city in wave of second world war patriotism (theGuardian) For more than 300 years, the Russian city of Volgograd was known as Tsaritsyn. It was dubbed Stalingrad in honour of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin for a mere 26 years, but then his successor Nikita Khrushchev dropped that name as part... Continue Reading →
[Don't agree with 100% on the part on Stalin. The video falls into liberal Trotskyist cliches without much evidence. If Stalin were put on trial, he too would be found not guilty. Leading Lights like Lenin and Stalin lived through very difficult times. They had to face challenges that few leaders ever do. They led... Continue Reading →
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