Recently, our writers covered the recent protests in Panama. Here is some background on imperialist aggression against the people of Panama. This is a must see.
Keep Corporate Hands Off Panama
Keep Corporate Hands Off Panama (new-power.org) Violent protests have been sparked by recent decisions by the Panamanian government to sell land in part of the duty-free Colon area of the Panama Canal. The protests were sparked by a new law that was passed, but then as pressure from the street mounted, it is now reported... Continue Reading →
Mexico raids seized campuses, battle protesters
[Everyone deserves a good education and a decent job. Capitalism is a system that is designed for profit, not people. Under socialism, by contrast, society is organized to empower the poor. Serve the people. Society is organized by the principles of revolutionary science, Leading Light Communism. Over and over, we see people starve. Farmers can't... Continue Reading →
UN warns of looming worldwide food crisis in 2013
[Capitalism is not capable of solving environmental problems in the long term. Capitalism is about increasing profits. It is not about serving the people. To capitalism, people, and their environments, do not matter. Capitalism is designed to meet the needs of market, not the needs of people. The anarchy of production under capitalism is irrational... Continue Reading →
For Mass. lab chemist, an unlikely road to scandal
[It is a myth that justice is blind under capitalism. Bias, people's assumptions about society, the state, race, class, gender, etc. -- skew the process all the time. Even areas considered "hard science" are not immune. First Worldism, White supremacy, classism, racism, sexism, national chauvinism, patriarchy, age-ism, etc. all enter into the decision making process.... Continue Reading →
Confirmed: Pentagon deploys military forces to Jordan-Syria border
Confirmed: Pentagon deploys military forces to Jordan-Syria border (RT) US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has confirmed that US troops have been dispatched to the Jordan-Syrian border to help bolster the former’s military capabilities in case violence escalates in the volatile region. “We have been working with Jordan for a period of time now…on a... Continue Reading →
KKKolumbus Day should be abolished
KKKolumbus Day should be abolished (llco.org) Columbus Day occurs around October 12th, the day that Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas. In the United States, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. It is celebrated on other, similar days across the hemisphere. Columbus Day represents oppression, racism, imperialism, white supremacy. Columbus Day should... Continue Reading →
Rage erupts in Guatemala after 6 protesters shot
[The United States has long-standing relations to the Guatemalan military and security establishment. In 1954, the CIA backed a coup against the progressive, nationalist regime of Jacobo Árbenz. The United States installed a brutal, military dictatorship there. The new regime ruled by means of mass terror backed up by US military power. The regime ruled... Continue Reading →
Iran president: ‘Psychological’ blows hit currency
Iran president: 'Psychological' blows hit currency By NASSER KARIMI (AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president on Tuesday blamed the steep drop in Iran's currency on "psychological pressures" linked to Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program and Iran's increasing bitter political battles. The remarks were part of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's attempt to deflect criticism from political... Continue Reading →
Remember the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico on October 2nd
Remember the in Mexico on October 2nd (New-Power.org) From Dawn of the Red: "On Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before the opening of the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, police officers and military troops shot into a crowd of unarmed students. Thousands of demonstrators fled in panic as tanks bulldozed over Tlatelolco Plaza. Government sources... Continue Reading →
Hugo Chavez says he’d vote for Obama
[We have long maintained that the regime in Venezuela is not truly a socialist one. Rather it is a regime of the patriotic bourgeoisie that has played a progressive and anti-imperial role. What this means in the case of Venezuela is that it is a regime that aims at national development and social democracy, but... Continue Reading →
Iran condemns US for taking group off terror list
[The MEK is a revisionist organization that was a participant in the 1979 revolution in Iran that overthrew the US-backed Shah. Later, they fell into conflict with the forces of the Islamic Republic. The MEK began to align with almost anyone who opposed the Islamic Republic, including Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the United States, and... Continue Reading →
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