News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[ After the ouster of progressive president of Peru Pedro Castillo by a right-wing congress, Peruvians -- especially indigenous peasants -- have taken to the streets in protest. While the MSNBC article below expresses sympathy for the protesters, it does this in the context of using their struggle to rally support for liberal partisan politics... Continue Reading →
[ After years of bombing and ongoing blockades of their country by Saudi Arabia with backing from the United States, Yemenis continue to mobilize in resistance against imperialism. — Isaac ] Yemenis stage mass rallies across country to decry Saudi aggression 06 January 2023 PressTV Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Yemen’s... Continue Reading →
[ After years of failing to topple the progressive Chavista government, the US-backed Venezuelan opposition has given up on their so-called “president,” Juan Guaido. — Isaac ] U.S. no longer recognizes Guaidó as Venezuela’s president, Biden official confirms 04 January 2023 Axios By Dave Lawler The U.S. is following the lead of Venezuela's opposition lawmakers and... Continue Reading →
[ Predicated on settler-colonialism, the government of Israel has always been far-right in practice. With that said, it appears that the new Netanyahu administration will be especially intent on furthering the oppression of Palestinians. It is the duty of Leading Lights everywhere to support Palestinian liberation; no one is free until everyone is free. —... Continue Reading →
[ After a year of returning to power, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has unsurprisingly renewed its crackdown on the rights of women. Most recently, it banned all levels of education for girls. Imperialist media is up in arms, painting the US as a "fierce defender of women’s rights," as the following article tries to do as... Continue Reading →
[ Recently, many social-democratic politicians have been elected across Latin America. As the article below discusses, some are calling this the return of a “Pink Tide” in the region, signaling a popular rejection of US influence and dissatisfaction with the neoliberal status quo. The new leaders are a mixed bag. Some are more progressive, with... Continue Reading →
By Klaus Markstein The environment and climate change have always been of great interest to the LLCO. We serve the planet and the natural environment just as much as we serve the people of this earth. In doing so, we look critically at the theory of productive forces brought forward by previous socialist experiments that... Continue Reading →
[ The following article examines water shortages in Yemen in light of climate change and the ongoing war there. As is typical in capitalist media, the article pins blame on Yemen’s anti-imperialist rebel forces known as the “Houthis” as the main source of conflict in the country, ignoring the role of the US-backed Saudi-led coalition,... Continue Reading →
[ Adding salt to the wounds Haiti has already suffered as a result of imperialism, U.S. legislators are now proposing that sanctions be imposed on the country, allegedly to combat gangs that have taken over much of Haiti’s capital as part of the recent turmoil there. Not only that, but a potential U.S. military intervention... Continue Reading →
[ Yet again, imperialist media is up in arms about an alleged weapons test by North Korea (the DPRK). The test comes as the US, which killed upwards of 20% of the northern Korean population during the Korean War, and the South Korean government, which the DPRK is still officially at war with, continue to... Continue Reading →
[ Despite the ongoing spread of COVID-19, Biden has declared the pandemic to be “over”. Even while other elements of the capitalist ruling class explicitly recognize the ongoing threat of the virus, they refuse to improve or reinstate safety measures needed to properly manage it. As Leading Lights have noted previously, this is because doing... Continue Reading →
[The following article discusses the recent devastating floods in Pakistan. Many have noted the global injustice of this disaster. Pakistan produces far fewer carbon emissions per capita than rich countries [1], yet it bears the brunt of climate catastrophes. There is more to the story, though. As the article shows, imperialism and its collaborators, both... Continue Reading →
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