[Jordan's dictatorship is propped up by the United States. The United States claims to support democracy, yet the United States supports some of the most reactionary monarchies and dictatorships in the Middle East. Imperialism cares not about human rights and democracy, it cares only about advancing its own interests. --NP] Jordan urged to end military... Continue Reading →
In Pictures: Life in a Cambodian rubbish dump
In Pictures: Life in a Cambodian rubbish dump Anlong Pi, Cambodia - Just a few dozen kilometres away from the world-famous Angkor temples, about 300 people have lived for the last three years in a rapidly expanding rubbish dump - fighting the daily realities of extreme poverty. Since 2010, the situation in the Anlong Pi... Continue Reading →
U.S. broke international law by killing civilians with drones: rights groups
["International law" will never be enforced against the big imperialist powers until there is a socialist world order. -- NP] U.S. broke international law by killing civilians with drones: rights groups By Susan Cornwell and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human rights groups on Tuesday accused the United States of breaking international law and perhaps... Continue Reading →
‘Beautiful China’ tourism pitch misfires amid smog
[Capitalist development is leading the world to ecologically catastrophe. And the worst people effected by pollution are those in the Third World. First World peoples disproportionately benefit from global capitalism, Third World people are disproportionately the victims of the system. China reverted back to capitalism in Mao's last years. Today's capitalist China is a a... Continue Reading →
Get right visa or leave, Riyadh tells expats
[Saudi Arabia is one of the most reactionary states in the Middle East. They have recently been criticized for their treatment of their foreign workforce and treatment of women. It was Saudi Arabia that aided the crackdown on the popular movement in Bahrain. Saudi Arabia is also a key part of the alliance that has... Continue Reading →
Too poor to pay, Chinese farmer saws off diseased leg
[Capitalism in China reverses the gains of socialist medicine. --NP] Too poor to pay, Chinese farmer saws off diseased leg (USAToday) BEIJING – Unable to afford hospital fees to treat or amputate his diseased right leg, one Chinese farmer chose a drastic self-remedy. Clenching a wooden back scratcher between his teeth, Zheng Yanling, 47, took... Continue Reading →
Brazil leader slams alleged Canadian spying
[O Canada! Imperialist cyber-attacks against Latin America. --NP] Brazil leader slams alleged Canadian spying Brasília (AFP) - President Dilma Rousseff on Monday hit out at alleged Canadian spying on Brazil's Mining and Energy Ministry, demanding that the United States and its allies stop such practices. She said on her Twitter account that revelations aired by... Continue Reading →
Amnesty slams plan for ‘tests’ to ban gays from Gulf
[While the West claims to advance tolerant liberalism in Syria, its closest allies seek to make non-heterosexuality a crime. This just shows how US policy is not shaped by any real concern for human rights. Rather, imperial interest shapes US policy. -- NP] Amnesty slams plan for 'tests' to ban gays from Gulf Dubai (AFP)... Continue Reading →
Vietnam pays last respects to ‘Red Napoleon’, Vo Nguyen Giap
[Despite the failure of socialism in Vietnam, the Vietnamese people and their leaders wages a heroic struggle against imperialism. The Vietnamese military effort against the imperialists turned Vietnam's weaknesses into strengths. "Turn a bad thing into a good thing," as Mao taught. Here is a mainstream article about the passing of General Giap, the main... Continue Reading →
West blocks draft resolution against Israel’s nukes at IAEA
West blocks draft resolution against Israel’s nukes at IAEA (Source: Press TV) Western countries have once again blocked a resolution proposed by Arab states to the UN nuclear agency criticizing Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons. The draft was put forward by 32 countries during the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual General Conference in the Austrian capital,... Continue Reading →
Israel to run for U.N. Security Council seat for 2019-20
[Israel breaks international law, including UN resolutions yet Israel wants to join the Security Council charged with enforcing those laws. Israel has been in violation of several violations of international law since it began its genocide against the Palestinians. It would not be a surprise if Israel won the seat, after all the United States,... Continue Reading →
Africans say growth has not improved their lives
[Capitalist and technological "development" has not improved the standard of living for Africans. Capitalist "development" is really just underdevelopment. Capitalist "development" in today's world is about securing and increasing First World, imperial privilege. The people of the Third World suffer in order for the First World to thrive. -- NP] Africans say growth has not... Continue Reading →