News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Bourgeois justice in action. Not even too little, too late. Zip. Nada.-- NP] Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of... Continue Reading →
[The United States has a long history of terrorizing the masses of Latin America. --NP] Honduran police accused as death squads By ALBERTO ARCE TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported... 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 →
[What has emerged in the United States is a multinational empire. Not only do Whites receive the benefits of empire, but so too do other national groups and minorities. Soon Whites will not be the majority in the United States. The face of empire in North America will not only be White, but Black, Latino,... Continue Reading →
[The former head of the regime in Guatemala deserves to face the people's justice. He headed a CIA-backed death-squad state that ruled through terror. Anyone who opposed the regime risked joining the tens of thousands of "disappeared." Under his rule, Guatemala's countryside, ghettos, and campuses became graveyards. He now faces what is, at his age, life... Continue Reading →
Afghan president says CIA payments to continue By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the CIA's station chief in Kabul has assured him that regular funding the U.S. intelligence agency gives his government will not be cut off. He said the Afghan government had... Continue Reading →
[Where is the due process? -- NP] Guantanamo hunger strike at 100 prisoners MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. military spokesman says the number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay has held steady for nearly a week. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says 100 of the 166 men held at the U.S. base in... Continue Reading →
[USAID is an instrument of US foreign policy. It is the carrot side of the carrot and stick foreign policy. USAID has long-standing ties to US intelligence agencies. It is a kind of front for US intelligence. USAID should be kicked off the planet. -- NP] Bolivia president expels US government aid agency By CARLOS... Continue Reading →
As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger By AHMED AL-HAJ and AYA BATRAWY SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group's fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring... Continue Reading →
[Typical. The majority of North Americans think that maintaining their comfort is more important than saving the planet. This poll reflects the mindset of individualist, capitalist culture that puts one person's comfort above humanity's. -- NP] Majority Say Pipeline More Important Than Climate Change By Susan Graybeal | Yahoo! Contributor Network A new poll released... Continue Reading →
[The Assad regime has recently been winning ground against the opposition. Syria is being torn apart by imperialists and their regional proxies. The war in Syria is a proxy war between the Gulf states, Turkey, Israel, and the West against Iran, Hezbollah, and to a lesser extent Russia. Recently, the West has been accusing the... Continue Reading →
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