News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
Occupy claims to fight capitalism by giving money to banks (new-power.org) The Occupy movement's recent actions further underscore its bourgeois and reformist nature: "Marking the third anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the group's Strike Debt initiative announced Wednesday it has abolished $3.8 million worth of private student loan debt since January. It said... Continue Reading →
[USA tries to undermine social democrats in Ecuador. --NP] At least 15 police hurt as thousands rally in Ecuador by Paola Lopez Quito (AFP) - At least 15 officers were wounded and multiple arrests were reported in Quito as thousands gathered for rallies for and against leftist President Rafael Correa, officials said. Union and opposition... Continue Reading →
[Imperialism seeks control of the border to better control the flow of people and value. The flames of fascism are fanned. - NP] MEXICO CITY (AP) — Texas' decision to deploy National Guard troops along its southwestern border is, in the view of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, "unpleasant" and "reprehensible." Last month's deployment had... Continue Reading →
Dubbed Terrorists, Mayans Fight Back Against Guatemalan Mining Projects by Pete Guest (Newsweek) The road between the Guatemalan towns of San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Quetzaltenango is guarded by a dozen thin, young, Mayan men in baseball caps and hooded sweatshirts, who mill around a truck parked across the road. “If you are from the mine,”... Continue Reading →
[More genocide bankrolled by the USA. Where there is repression, there is resistance. - NP] Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem By Ammar Awad JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Scores of Palestinians rioted in East Jerusalem on Sunday after hearing that a youth from their neighborhood had died of wounds suffered in a clash with... Continue Reading →
[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 →
[US trained and armed death squads assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980. Romero used his position to speak out about injustice in El Salvador. He also wrote a public letter to the President of the United States asking no more military aid be sent to the Salvadorean government that was using the aid to murder... Continue Reading →
[The USA is the real power behind Israel. Israel is armed to the teeth by the USA. Israel's economy and military machine are propped up by billions in aid. Without the rest of the First World behind it, Israel would fall quickly. The USA is just as guilty as Israel for crimes against humanity, just... Continue Reading →
[People in the First World have little connection to reality. They have elaborate fantasy lives. They pretend they are communists, Maoists, Civil War generals, wizards, witches, vampires, etc. Some able-bodied people even identify as disabled. Third World revolutionaries should view First World people who claim to the communist or Maoist with extreme skepticism. These people... Continue Reading →
[The USA has bankrolled and trained deathsquads across Latin America, including Mexico --NP] Mexico 'dirty war' crimes alleged (BBC) The Mexican government and military committed "crimes against humanity" in the so-called "dirty war" against left-wing rebels, a leaked report says. The report was prepared for current President Vicente Fox but has not been released. A... Continue Reading →
[USAID is a CIA tool. People need to understand this. --NP] Our men in Havana: US used young Latinos to foment revolutionary moods in Cuba (RT) The US secretly sent young Latinos to Cuba to trigger the political unrest, says a new leaked report. The ‘traveling spies’ working undercover within health and civic programs were... Continue Reading →
[Roughly a quarter of Palestinians are Christian. The US-financed genocide by Israel against the Palestinians is not just a war on Muslims. It is a war on all Palestinians, including Christians. This fact should be raised to those in imperialist countries with Christian populations. --NP] Gaza: Catholic Church told to evacuate ahead of Israeli bombing... Continue Reading →
