News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Roughly a quarter of Palestinians are Christian. The US-financed genocide by Israel against the Palestinians is not just a war on Muslims. It is a war on all Palestinians, including Christians. This fact should be raised to those in imperialist countries with Christian populations. --NP] Gaza: Catholic Church told to evacuate ahead of Israeli bombing... Continue Reading →
Why the Islamic State has no sympathy for Hamas (AlMonitor) Most of today's Salafist jihadist movements have no interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for the time being regarding it as irrelevant. Instead, their call is to engage in intense, bloody confrontations involving bombings, executions, and suicide attacks against governments headed by Muslims and against Muslim... Continue Reading →
[The imperialist media portrays the current conflict as one where the Palestinians are refusing peace. The reality is that numerous reasonable peace proposals have been on the table for years. All rejected by Israeli. Israel continues to reject peace because Israel aims at complete genocide of Palestine, the complete theft of all Palestinian land. --NP]... Continue Reading →
Interview we conducted with Black Panther Steve Struggle in 2010 (new-power.org) This is an old interview we conducted with our good friend Steve Struggle in 2010. We happened to stumble onto it on youtube. Steve is an ex-Black Panther Party member who witnessed the degeneration of the Panthers. We conducted the interview under another organizational... Continue Reading →
[Genocide carried out by Israel, backed by the West. According to the West, the only children who matter are Israeli. Imperialism at work. --NP] Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N. Thu, Jun 20 07:24 AM EDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on... Continue Reading →
MSNBC Contributor Slams Network For Pro-Israel Coverage: 'We Are Ridiculous!'by Tom Kludt (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/drudge-obama-birther-conspiracy) An MSNBC contributor used her appearance on the cable news channel Monday to sharply criticize its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. During an interview on "Ronan Farrow Daily," Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal unloaded on Western media outlets, including MSNBC, arguing that influence... Continue Reading →
Israeli soldier posts picture of Palestine child in the cross hairs (new-power.org) An image is worth a thousand words. An Israeli soldier caused a public outcry when he posted an image of a Palestinian child in the cross hairs of his sniper rifle to Instagram. Such is the brutality of racism, genocide, imperialism. Not only... Continue Reading →
Last of Warsaw Ghetto Survivors Calls for Rebellion Against Israeli Occupation (Source: http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2013/04/09/last-of-warsaw-ghetto-survivors-calls-for-rebellion-against-israeli-occupation/) On Yom Ha-Shoah, one of the few remaining living survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto, Chavka Fulman-Raban, delivered a fierce denunciation of evil and injustice, including the Israeli Occupation. Her speech was offered to guests at the ceremony of Beit Lohamey Ha-Getaot (the... Continue Reading →
Leading Light condemns the invasion of Gaza (llco.org) All people of good conscience must condemn the brutal attack on Gaza by Israel. The recent escalation of violence is part of the continuous genocide inflicted on Palestine by Israel and its allies for over half a century. Millions of Palestinians have been killed and uprooted from... Continue Reading →
Researchers: Children exposed to religion have difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction (theRawStory) A study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science determined that children who are not exposed to religious stories are better able to tell that characters in “fantastical stories” are fictional — whereas children raised in a religious environment even “approach unfamiliar,... Continue Reading →
[Will the horrors for the Palestinians ever end? Capitalism inflicts endless suffering on the oppressed. --NP] Israel launches Gaza ground invasion (Al Jeezera) Israeli tanks entered Gaza on Thursday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a ground invasion, a major escalation in a ten-day offensive that has already killed more than 230 Palestinians. Witnesses... Continue Reading →
