News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
(http://kl.coconuts.co/) The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has detected a surge in deforestation in Malaysia over the first quarter of 2014. The agency's satellite-based Quarterly Indicator of Cover Change (QUICC) recorded an alarming increase of 150% in the number of deforestation signals in Malaysia relative to a five-year baseline. The increase is second only... Continue Reading →
[We wish them well in their fight against imperialism, but do not think they are a true communist organization led by science. And, we think that no good can come of peace treaties with the state - NP] MANILA, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Maoist-led guerrillas in the Philippines say they are ready to resume peace... Continue Reading →
(PressTV) Volunteer forces fighting against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists say US military aircrafts have dropped weapons in areas held by the terrorist group in Iraq. American helicopters dropped boxes of weapons in Yathrib and Balad districts in Iraq’s Salahuddin Province, according to the fighters. The report comes as the Iraqi army and volunteer fighters appear... Continue Reading →
(theguardian.com) Consider the curse of cheap oil. When energy prices are high, consumers want fuel-efficient autos, and interest in alternative energy from all sources runs hot. When energy prices fall, it’s not so easy being green. Nationwide, gas prices averaged $2.67 a gallon as of Monday, according to AAA – the lowest they’ve been in... Continue Reading →
[Armed struggle should not be given up for bourgeois illusions about legal political change. Furthermore, FARC did this before. It resulted in the assassination of their leaders and politicians. Yet more evidence that FARC is revisionist. -NP] (Reuters) - Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels have declared an indefinite unilateral ceasefire beginning on Dec. 20 but promised... Continue Reading →
[The USA ends its embargo. This is a mixed blessing. It will allow people in Cuba a higher standard of living, but it will also increase US influence in Cuba. Obama certainly justified his move by saying it will allow the US to better influence Cuba's development. On the good side, the Cuban 5 prisoners,... Continue Reading →
Haha. Hackers hack reactionary Sony war mongers (New-Power.org) It is reported that: "The Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy "The Interview" would never be confused with high art or classic film drama. But just days before its release in theaters around the country, the tale of a pair of TV journalists involved in a CIA... Continue Reading →
(http://www.theguardian.com/) A Canadian electro-industrial band is asking for thousands of dollars in royalties after learning that the US military used their music to torture prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Skinny Puppy claim they filed a $666,000 (£368,000) bill with America'd defence department. "We sent them an invoice for our musical services considering they had gone ahead... Continue Reading →
[First Worldist environmentalism at its worst. - NP] This Greenpeace Stunt May Have Irreparably Damaged Peru's Nazca Site (io9.com) The Peruvian government is planning to file criminal charges against Greenpeace activists who may have permanently scarred the Nazca Lines World Heritage Site during a publicity stunt. As The Guardian reports, the Nazca lines "are huge... Continue Reading →
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/) A photo essay of the tremendous oppression of women in Bangladesh, where capitalism intersects with patriarchy: Dusty days work: The women at the coal processing plant in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, sort through the waste coal using a giant sieve : Still smiling: Despite working long hours doing back breaking work, this coal worker happily offers... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism kills and keeps on killing -- NP] By Nita Bhalla BHOPAL, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of protesters gathered on Wednesday outside the abandoned factory which caused the world's deadliest industrial disaster in the Indian city of Bhopal, burning effigies and demanding justice for survivors suffering 30 years later. Elderly women and men,... Continue Reading →
[Human rights is a joke under capitalism - NP] MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Amnesty International said Thursday that five years after the Philippines passed a law criminalizing torture, the practice continues, with an overstretched police force resorting to "shortcuts" to extract confessions from criminal suspects. The Philippine National Police has acknowledged violations persist but stressed... Continue Reading →
