News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
Nestle is facing allegations that it used cocoa plantations in Africa that employed slave labor. (allgov.com) Three residents of Mali sued Nestle USA in U.S. federal court in 2009 claiming they were forced as children to work without pay and were abused at Ivory Coast plantations that supplied Nestle with cocoa. They brought their case... Continue Reading →
[The FARC's attempted, negotiated entry into parliamentary politics did not arise spontaneously. It is part of a long history that includes numerous political errors stemming from revisionism. It cannot be stressed more that revolution does not happen through negotiation and participation within the confines of Old Power, the old state and institutions of reactionary society.... Continue Reading →
[More abuse of migrant workers by the reactionary Gulf States that are propped up and supported by the USA. Just goes to show how little they and imperialism care little for human rights. --NP] Rights group raises alarm over migrants in Qatar DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of migrant workers hired to do... Continue Reading →
[Saudi Arabia is a reactionary state, an instrument of imperialism in the Middle East. It is one of the biggest US allies in the region. Saudi Arabia promotes its reactionary version of Islam worldwide in attempts to advance imperial interests. Saudi society is very wealthy and reactionary. Saudi society and industry often relies on an... Continue Reading →
[The US claims to be about freedom of speech, but yet it is pressuring Pakistan to act forcefully against protesters there. Just goes to show that "human rights" are only promoted when they are seen to advance US interests. The reality is that the US is willing to support just about anything that advanced its... Continue Reading →
[Israel is a racist, militarized apartheid society propped up by US and Western aid and support. The racist state could not exist there without external support. Israel and its allies are perpetuating a slow-motion genocide against all Palestinians, both Christian, Muslim, and even Jew. This is a genocide that is armed and financed by the... Continue Reading →
[The new scramble for Africa is on. Imperialist powers are seeking to reconquer Africa under the guise of peacekeeping and anti-terrorism. --NP] France pushing EU to fund military interventions PARIS (AP) — France is pushing its European partners this week to create a fund to pay for overseas military interventions, like the operation France is... Continue Reading →
[The US imperialists are seeking to reassert their power in South Asia. They are working more closely with the revisionist fake-communist regime of Vietnam. It is only a few decades since the people's war in Vietnam ousted the imperialists, now the revisionists have let them come back. -- NP] U.S. offers help to South East... Continue Reading →
[The Security-industrial complex is growing. Both Democrats and Republicans have thrown their support behind a growing high-tech state that seeks to monitor and control dissident populations. -- NP] Judge: NSA spying ‘almost Orwellian,’ likely unconstitutional (yahoonews) In a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama’s surveillance policies, a federal judge on Monday branded the National Security... Continue Reading →
[The USA has been waging a secret bombing war in Yeman, killing thousands of civilians. The US has blacklisted and encouraged the imprisonment of those reporters who report on the human rights abuses by the USA there. It is a secret, dirty war that needs to be exposed. The popular outcry against the mass death... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed dictatorial monarchy in Bahrain is so brutal that even bourgeois human rights groups have criticized its actions. While the US claims to support democracy, it props up one of the bloodiest dictatorships in the Middle East. --NP] Amnesty accuses Bahrain of torturing detained children Dubai (AFP) - Amnesty International accused Bahrain on Monday... Continue Reading →
[Israel is a racist apartheid state that is kept in power by imperialist aid from the USA and Europe. Whenever it is criticized, zionists accuse their critics as "anti-semites." The truth is that zionism is racism. Zionism and all racism needs to be wiped off the map. -- NP] US researchers body votes to boycott... Continue Reading →
