News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[USA bankrolling the genocide against the Palestinians. Typical imperialism. -- NP] Senate panel doubles money for Israel's Iron Dome WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Senate panel has backed a defense spending bill that would double the amount of money for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. The move by the Appropriations defense subcommittee comes as... Continue Reading →
[NATO deposes Gaddafi. Libya is in sectarian chaos. Now, the UN is planning an official invasion of "peace keepers." Typical imperialist MO. -- NP] Rival militias are battling for control of Libya's international airport, which is closed after rocket fire destroyed most of the planes on the ground. (Christian Science Monitor) A daily roundup of... Continue Reading →
[Too bad more r-r-revolutionaries in the First World won't do the same. --NP] Viva l'Algerie! Solidarity Forever! (source: http://inside-left.blogspot.com/2014/07/viva-lalgerie-solidarity-forever.html ) Wow. Just wow. If this story is true then the decision taken by the Algerian national football team to donate their World Cup prize money to the people of Gaza is a quite amazing act... Continue Reading →
[Chess is a game that can sharpen the mind. It is no accident that many of the past revolutionary leaders played. The following is an article taken from another webpage. In any case, LL believes that individual striving for excellence benefits socialist and communist society so long as it does hurt collective society. There need... Continue Reading →
Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On By Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain 9 Jul 2014, 12:01 AM EDT 402 (theIntercept) The National Security Agency and FBI have covertly monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-Americans—including a political candidate and several civil rights activists, academics, and lawyers—under secretive procedures intended to... Continue Reading →
Map: In the whole world only these five countries escaped European colonialism (Vox.com) It's no secret that European colonialism was a vast, and often devastating, project that over several centuries put nearly the entire world under control of one European power or another. But just how vast can be difficult to fully appreciate. Here, to... Continue Reading →
[Unfortunately, this article went to our spam folder for some reason. We just noticed it in there. We regret that we did not see it earlier. Our apologies to the author. -- NP] The Bali Package By Red Lion (new-power.org) The Bali Package is a trade agreement that was signed on December 2013 by the... Continue Reading →
Toxic metals flood major Gujarat rivers AHMEDABAD: The discharge of untreated toxic effluents and sewage into the state's rivers is taking a toll on the purity of these invaluable sources of water. One of the country's most comprehensive surveys covering 16 river basins carried out to measure toxic metal content in Indian rivers, has detected... Continue Reading →
Leading Light photo retrospective (new-power.org) Since we are a semi-clandestine organization, we mostly do not release images of our work. However, we thought it would be OK to release some since they were already floating around online. The following images only represent the smallest fraction of our work, which literally spans numerous countries. The images... Continue Reading →
We resolutely condemn the latest Israeli airstrikes and stand with Palestine (http://pentrucomunism.wordpress.com) We resolutely condemn the latest Israeli airstrikes against the blockaded territory of Gaza in which at least 15 Palestinian civilians have been injured, including one woman and two children. At the same time, we recognize the right of AntiZionist forces to conduct an... Continue Reading →
[The USA claims to support democracy, yet it props up several dictatorships across the world, including the sectarian dictatorship ion Bahrain that has been violently suppressing its people. --NP] Bahrain summons top opposition leader for questioning: Wefaq MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group said on Tuesday the interior ministry had summoned its... Continue Reading →
In Mexico, lopsided death tolls draw suspicion SAN PEDRO LIMON, Mexico (AP) — Bullet marks and blood spatters on the walls inside a grain storage warehouse deep in the mountains of southern Mexico tell a grim story of death involving soldiers and alleged criminals. It may not be the same story officials tell, however. Mexico's... Continue Reading →
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