News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The United States financed and backed the brutal regime in El Salvador during its genocidal war against the poor and indigenous communities there. Tens of thousands died. Many thousands murdered by US-trained "death squads." Even decades later, more and more atrocities committed by US-backed forces are being exposed. After disarming, the Soviet-backed FMLN guerrillas that... Continue Reading →
[The United States and its allies silence dissent when it is to their advantage. They claim to support human rights. However, such claims are just a smokescreen for advancing imperialist interest. -- NP] Qatar poet remains in prison for 'offensive' verse By ABDULLAH REBHY (AP) DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A poet jailed for a verse... Continue Reading →
[The United States is the major military backer of the Gulf states. The Gulf states along with the West are in a proxy war against Iran, which is why the West and their allies support the oppression of the Shia majority in Bahrain by the dictatorship there. The United States claims to support free speech,... Continue Reading →
[Israel is an illegitimate, racist, apartheid country. The genocide against the Palestinians by the Zionists is financed and armed by the West, especially the United States. --NP] Palestinians bury man who died in Israeli custody By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH (AP) SAEER, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody... Continue Reading →
[The Sri Lankan regime brutally oppresses the Tamil population so much so that even bourgeois human rights organizations have noticed. -- NP] Sri Lanka security forces rape, torture Tamil detainees: group By Nita Bhalla (Reuters) NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's security forces have used rape to torture and extract confessions from suspected Tamil separatists... Continue Reading →
[We at LLCO were the first to really call out the revisionism in Nepal's Maoist movement and Prachanda Path. We told you so. While all kinds of fake communists failed to call them out, we took the correct line. That is what scientific thinking is, willingness to use revolutionary science, Leading Light Communism, even when... Continue Reading →
[Imperialists continue their new scramble for Africa. --NP] French army continues strikes in northern Mali By THOMAS ADAMSON (AP) PARIS — France's Defense Ministry has said the country's military forces continued aerial strikes in northern Mali, just a few hours after a visit to the country by President Francois Hollande. French troops bombarded Islamist sites... Continue Reading →
[The so-called "war on drugs" is a cover for increasing imperialist control over Latin America. We should oppose the so-called "war on drugs." --NP] US military expands its drug war in Latin America By MARTHA MENDOZA (AP) The crew members aboard the USS Underwood could see through their night goggles what was happening on the... Continue Reading →
Hamas says 20 of its members arrested by Israel By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH (AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian militant group Hamas says Israel has arrested 20 of its members, including three lawmakers, in a West Bank raid. Several Hamas officials say the arrests took place early Monday across the territory. They say three of... Continue Reading →
[China has not be socialist since the 1970s. The ruling party is a bourgeois one. There has been growing class struggle against the capitalist system in China. --NP] Angry Chinese workers held factory bosses hostage (AP) BEIJING — Hundreds of Chinese factory workers angry about new work rules held their Japanese and Chinese managers hostage... Continue Reading →
[The imperialists have waged a war against Africa for hundreds of years. Today the imperialists foster chaos in Africa in order to intervene and extend their control. We must oppose imperialism at every turn. Hands of Mali! -- NP] French airstrikes jolt Islamists in Malian town By KRISTA LARSON and BABA AHMED (AP) BAMAKO, Mali ... Continue Reading →
[The imperialists and their allies are preparing to carve up Mali and the rest of North Africa. We must oppose them at every turn. Hands off Africa! -- NP] U.S. begins transporting French troops, equipment to Mali (Reuters) PARIS - The United States has started transporting French soldiers and equipment to Mali as part... Continue Reading →
