News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
Five points regarding the August chemical attack in Syria (New-Power.org) Throughout the Syrian conflict there have been several accusations of gas attacks. The largest of these was the allegation of the gas attack on August 21st in the suburbs of Damascus. Immediately, without investigation, the Western states and media declared that the Assad regime was... Continue Reading →
[Imperialists... violating civil liberties around the globe. -- NP] Britain operates secret monitoring station in Middle East: report By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain runs a secret monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept large numbers of telephone calls, emails and internet traffic that it shares with intelligence agencies in the United States,... Continue Reading →
[Surprise, surprise. The United States got its way. The CIA criminal is coming home rather than going to trial in Italy. -- NP] US: Panama sent ex-CIA officer to US, not Italy SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- A fugitive former CIA base chief detained in Panama this week was being sent to the United... Continue Reading →
Venezuela slams U.S. over 'repressive regimes' remarks By Daniel Wallis and Enrique Andres Pretel CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demanded the United States apologize on Thursday after the Obama administration's nominee for envoy to the United Nations said there was a crackdown on civil society in the South American country. Maduro has often... Continue Reading →
[Update, spoke to soon. It is now reported that the United States has the prisoner. Panama bowed to Uncle San.. no surprise there. -- NP] [Chickens come home to roost -- NP] Panama holds ex-CIA officer in rendition PANAMA CITY (AP) -- A former CIA base chief convicted in the 2003 abduction of a terror... Continue Reading →
[We do not particularly know who is telling the truth. Either side could have used chemical weapons. What we do know is that the US has a long history of using largely false claims about "Weapons of Mass Destruction" (WMDs) to justify its imperialist wars and interventions. This was the method of the Bush regime,... Continue Reading →
[Leading Light opposes attacks on the civil rights of homosexuals. Leading Light opposes attacks on dissent. -- NP] Russia's Putin signs "gay propaganda" ban into law MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill punishing people for homosexual "propaganda", an official publication showed Sunday, in a move critics fear will... Continue Reading →
Turkish police fire water cannon to prevent park protest By Ece Toksabay and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon on Monday at protesters who tried to defy a closure order and enter an Istanbul park at the center of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government. Gezi Park was... Continue Reading →
Turkish police fire teargas, water cannon to disperse Istanbul protesters By Humeyra Pamuk and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters in a central Istanbul square on Saturday as they gathered to enter a park that was the centre of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip... Continue Reading →
[Activist hackers against capitalism -- NP] Turkish hacker group Redhack claims responsibility for all tweets about Gezi protests (Dailynews) Hacker group Redhack has claimed responsibility for all tweets that were posted about the Taksim Gezi Park protests after the government announced that an investigation into the matter had been launched. “The AKP [Justice and Development... Continue Reading →
[Europe bows to the USA, bullies president Evo Morales' plane by refusing the plane entry. This is yet again an example of how the powerful countries push aside the rights of weaker countries. Imperialism lives. -- NP] Morales back in Bolivia after plane drama over Snowden By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President... Continue Reading →
[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 →
