News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[US-back deathsquad states terrorize the people of Latin America. So what's new? -- NP] Effort to clean up Honduras police force stalls TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In the midst of a scandal over the police shooting of a university president's son, the government of Honduras launched an unprecedented effort last year to clean up a... Continue Reading →
[The United States has more nuclear weapons than any other country. It is the only country to have actually used them on people, killing hundreds of thousands. The United States props up the racist Israeli state, which is one the most heavily armed state in the Middle East, arms used to terrorize the Palestinians and... Continue Reading →
[Just as in Bahrain, Turkey crushes dissent. There is little word from Washington, DC. In fact, many of the arms used against the peoples in Bahrain and Turkey are from the United States. The United States is a big-time ally of these two regimes that are attacking their own people. Yet the United States cries... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism cares nothing of the workers in the Third World. Cheap shirts for the First World and profit are more important than Third World lives. -- NP] 450 garment factory workers fall ill in Bangladesh DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — About 450 garment workers fell ill during their shifts at a sweater factory near Bangladesh's capital,... Continue Reading →
Afghans demand arrest of US troops over killings KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans blocked a major highway south of Kabul on Tuesday, carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claimed were victims of torture by U.S. special forces and demanding the Americans be arrested, officials said. A spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition said the... Continue Reading →
Poll says Assad popularity high (New-Power.org) A recent report prepared for NATO exposes the misinformation campaign in the Western media. According to a recent NATO report, the majority in Syria support Assad over his opponents: "After two years of civil war, support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was said to have sharply... Continue Reading →
[Yet more evidence that China has long ago abandoned socialism. --NP] Fire, locked doors kill 119 at China poultry plant BEIJING (AP) — A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least 119 people in one of the country's worst industrial... Continue Reading →
[The United States preparing an escalation of its role in Syria. At the same time, the United States is preparing legislation to send aid to a number of dictatorships in the region, including Bahrain, which has been killing protesters in the streets. Once again, we see the hypocrisy of US foreign policy. It is not... Continue Reading →
[Turkey has been supporting the rebellion in Syria yet uses violence against its own people. Where is the outrage over use of violence against the Turkish people? The outrage against the use of violence against the people of Bahrain? --NP] For a third day, police, protesters clash in Turkey Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Protesters hurled... Continue Reading →
[The West says next to nothing about the suppression of protests in Turkey and Bahrain, both allies of the United States. Once again, the double standard is seen. The West is about its own interests, not human rights or democracy as it claims. The West is fine with the suppression of dissent when it serves... Continue Reading →
[The Guatemalan military has long been trained and armed by the United States. An estimated 200,000 people were killed in the days when Guatemala was ruled by a CIA-backed, death-squad state. The same forces still rule Guatemala today. The poor, indigenous peoples have their rights trampled on by the comprador elites and their imperialist allies.... Continue Reading →
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