News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
On Venezuela and Ukraine (llco.org) Recently, both Venezuela and Ukraine have experienced substantial protests seeking regime change. In both cases it is important to recognize that protests are not always progressive nor are they deserving of support. In these two cases, neither movement is progressive. In Venezuela, the protesters are seeking a regime change that... Continue Reading →
[The situation for poor migrant workers in the wealthy Gulf states is terrible. --NP] Rights groups criticise Saudi-Indonesia maid agreement (AFP) Jakarta - Rights groups Thursday criticised an agreement between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia aimed at giving Indonesian maids more protection in the kingdom, with one saying "justice is still far away" for them. Â Saudi... Continue Reading →
[Amnesty International is a bourgeois liberal organization that often does not distinguish between reactionary movements and freedom fighters. Even so, the situation for poor migrant workers in the wealthy Gulf states is terrible. -- NP] Rights groups urge India, Qatar action on migrant deaths (AFP) New Delhi - India came under pressure Friday over the... Continue Reading →
[The USA claims not to provide lethal aid to the anti-Assad rebels. However, Saudi Arabia openly provides weapons to the rebels there. Saudi Arabia is one of the USA's closest allies. Thus Saudi Arabia receives weapons and training from the US. The USA and its allies have destroyed the lives of millions of people in... Continue Reading →
[The US props up dictatorships like the monarchy in Bahrain. The US gives it the guns, training and international backing so the regime can butcher and terrorize its people. The majority in Bahrain want a new government, yet the US backs the comprador king. Once again, the USA may huff and puff about "democracy" in... Continue Reading →
[The labor movement in the USA has been dying for a long time. Except for a few key unions, like the Teamsters, unions are dying. The union movement as a whole is largely just a part of the Democratic Party. It is no surprise that workers voted against unionizing in this key battle. Workers in... Continue Reading →
[The Zionists have nuclear missiles, cruise missiles, a high-tech air force, a high-tech navy, the most advanced tanks, the newest small arms, the best trained troops, etc. Now, they also have a laser defense system. On the Palestinian side? AKs, home-made rockets that often disintegrate in the air or fly off course, youth who throw... Continue Reading →
[The Jordanian regime is in the pocket of the USA. The Jordanian regime is a running dog of the USA. It slavishly does what the USA commands. Here, the USA rewards its comprador puppet in Jordan, perhaps for its aid destabilizing Syria and bringing terrible misery to millions. More hypocrisy. The USA claims to be... Continue Reading →
[Japanese fascists were not the only ones to engage in such crimes against humanity, the practice continues to this day. The US military is known for taking sex slaves in places like the Philippines. Sex trafficking is a growing problem. First World men spend dollars on sex tourism of the Third World. This rape of... Continue Reading →
[Warmongering of the big imperialists not enough for the Zionists. Both the USA and Israel have far more nuclear weapons than Iran. Furthermore, the USA is the only country to have ever used them on human targets. Israel, armed to the teeth by the USA, is a much greater threat to the region than Iran.... Continue Reading →
[The record of the USA is crystal clear. The USA has more weapons of mass destruction than any other country in the world. The USA is the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons on real targets, in this case mostly civilian targets. The USA has been continually at war for most of its... Continue Reading →
Brazilian nominates Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize (AP) BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian senator has nominated National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Sen. Vanessa Grazziotin heads the Senate panel investigating U.S. espionage in Brazil. She says in a Tuesday statement that Snowden's revelations contribute to a more "stable and... Continue Reading →
