News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[This is an interesting piece on the current migration crisis taking place in Asia. If the author is correct, the mainstream western media is trying to avoid addressing some very serious issues involving the West's support for Suu Kyi. Do you agree with the author's interpretation of this crisis? Let us know what you think... Continue Reading →
[The current energy crisis in Nigeria is a prime example of how the parasitism of the first world works on underdeveloped countries. Nigeria is able to extract and export crude oil, but can't afford to buy back the finished product that is refined in the developed countries. This type of uneven exchange isn't just limited... Continue Reading →
[This article highlights why media literacy is so important. If you direct your attention to the third paragraph: "Libya has fragmented since the capital of Tripoli was overrun last year by Islamist-allied militias who set up their own government and parliament there while Libya's internationally recognized government withdrew to the east of the country." Notice... Continue Reading →
[Here we have another example of how natural disasters disproportionately devastate 3rd world peoples due to poverty and lack of infrastructure. In the 1st world, crimes like these following an earthquake would be unfathomable; yet this is the brutal reality of life for the global majority in the underdeveloped and impoverished parts of our planet. ... Continue Reading →
[These third world workers are literally burned to death for low-priced beach footwear. These types of fires are unfortunately common in the Philippines (and many other third world factories) due to a myriad of conditions including lax safety standards and poor construction. Capitalism only cares about profit, not people. There is a future where the... Continue Reading →
[With a quick look at the history between these two countries, it is clear that France owes Haiti much more than just a "moral debt." -Uziel] PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande pledged to pay back a "moral debt" to Haiti during a visit on Tuesday to the impoverished Caribbean nation founded by former... Continue Reading →
[Here we see another example of how global climate change disproportionately affects the poor in the third world. Tea workers in Assam make about $2 US per day. These tea firms would probably resist pay raises for their workers regardless of the worsening crop conditions, but the reality of climate change gives them a convenient... Continue Reading →
[NATO's "stabilizing" of Libya and Syria is directly responsible for the violence that many of these people are fleeing. The last thing the region needs is more NATO and imperialist interference. -Uziel] Lisbon (AFP) - The plight of migrants in the Mediterranean requires a "comprehensive response", NATO'S head Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, adding that... Continue Reading →
[The US knows that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. If they were honest they would recognize the Armenian genocide for what it was, and they would also start referring to the wholesale slaughter of American Indians and the destruction of their cultures as genocide as well. -Uziel] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama... Continue Reading →
[Ramadi was the site of two major engagements during the most recent US invasion and occupation of Iraq, and now this. Another example of the deadly legacy of US imperialism. -Uziel] Baghdad (AFP) - Thousands of civilians have fled escalating fighting between pro-government forces and jihadists in the Iraqi city of Ramadi over the past... Continue Reading →
[The spread of extremism can not just be blamed on Saudi Arabia. The legacy of European colonialism and western imperialism in the region certainly helps to create the fertile ground where these archaic ideologies can flourish. -Uziel] BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group launched his harshest criticism yet of Saudi Arabia... Continue Reading →
Prairie Fire13 April 2015New-Power.orgOn April 12, 2015, our friend Ananta Bijoy Das was struck down, hacked to death between 9:00 and 9:30 AM by four barbarian cowards. Ananta Bijoy Das was cut-down in the prime of his life. His life was tragically and cruelly ended at only 31. His family and friends will miss him... Continue Reading →
