News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The Zionists continue their genocide against the Palestinians. So brazen is their attack against the Palestinians that even John Kerry has had to speak up, albeit softly. Israel is a racist Apartheid state with no interest in allowing a Palestinian homeland to exist. Israel's policy is "yap, yap; fight, fight." They yap about the possibilities... Continue Reading →
Syria, Israel exchange fire over border DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back. The two sides appeared... Continue Reading →
[Support those who refuse to participate in crimes against humanity. --NP] Young objector challenges Israeli army JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has jailed a young man for six months for refusing to serve because of his opposition to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, focusing attention on the longstanding conflict between the country's universal... Continue Reading →
[The Guardian Council has come out against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by barring his top aid from the elections. This shows the affect that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has had on the Iranian system. Even though he professes deep Islamic faith and seems as though he is always in line with the ruling clerics, the reality is that he... Continue Reading →
[The United States backs the dictatorship in Bahrain even as it tramples civil rights. The United States is only about advancing its own interests. --NP] Bahrain demonstrator jailed for flag 'insult' MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A Bahrain demonstrator was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday for hanging a Bahrain flag from his truck during... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed genocide against the Palestinian people continues. -- NP] Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, marching in the streets and in some parts of the West Bank... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed dictatorship in Bahrain has brutally attacked protesters. The United States claims to stand for democracy in Syria, but supports the brutal attacks on the masses in Bahrain. Just goes to show that so-called "human rights" and "democracy" are just rhetoric. What matters to the imperialists is advancing the interests of imperialists. -- NP]... Continue Reading →
Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel by Harriet Sherwood and Matthew Kalman in Jerusalem The Guardian, Tuesday 7 May 2013 Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel's treatment of Palestinians. Hawking, 71,... Continue Reading →
Hezbollah: Syria to supply weapons to militia By BARBARA SURK BEIRUT (AP) — Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militia said defiantly on Thursday, just days after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted shipments of advanced Iranian weapons possibly bound for the group. "Syria will give the resistance special weapons... Continue Reading →
[Israel can bomb its neighbors with impunity. Israel is known to have far more weapons of mass destruction than Syria. What would the international reaction be in Syria bombed Israeli nuclear weapons facilities? -- NP] Syria news agency: Israel strikes near Damascus By KARIN LAUB and JOSEF FEDERMAN BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli missiles struck a... Continue Reading →
[Progress... The West supports the cause of Third World women when it suits their imperial policy. When it does not, the West does not care. The United States seeks to remove secular regimes in the Middle East that have made progress in the area of gender. The United States biggest allies in the Middle East... Continue Reading →
[The United States and Israel both have far more weaponry of all sorts than the Syrian regime. In addition, both the United States and Israel are well-known sponsors of terrorism. What would be the reaction if Syria targeted the United States' chemical weapons plants? It would be considered an intolerable act, an act of war.... Continue Reading →
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