News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Support the right to fight against the police-intelligence state. Support the rights of whistle blowers. -- NP] Greenwald: Snowden docs contain NSA 'blueprint' RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Edward Snowden has very sensitive "blueprints" detailing how the National Security Agency operates that would allow someone who read them to evade or even duplicate NSA surveillance,... Continue Reading →
[Fight the police state -- NP] NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year: report WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since 2008, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of... Continue Reading →
[The United States is expanding its influence in the region as it helps bring chaos and destruction to Syria. --NP] Jordan seeks U.S. surveillance aircraft as Syria war rages AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan on Wednesday asked the United States to provide manned U.S. surveillance aircraft to help keep an eye on its border with Syria,... Continue Reading →
[The US has been working to create chaos in Syria. The Syrian people are the victims of imperialism -- NP] Thousands of Syrian police who joined the rebels are on U.S. payroll (Worldtribune.com) WASHINGTON — The United States has been paying thousands of Syrian police officers who deserted the regime of President Bashar Assad. Officials... Continue Reading →
[This tragedy is an old one, but not an unavoidable one. The natural world is not the main culprit for poverty or disaster in India. The reason that so many poor people live precarious lives, the reason so many suffer on the edge of survival, is because of how wealth and power are organized under... Continue Reading →
[Monsanto is a huge corporation that controls a huge share of the global seed market. Monsanto patents its seeds and uses its power to force farmers to use them. It is part of how the Wealthy World controls the food supply and agriculture of the Poor World. It is yet another aspect of imperialism that... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed Israeli genocide continues. With Syria in chaos, the Zionists have greater room to move against the Palestinians -- NP] Israel approves nearly 1,200 new settlement homes JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's housing minister on Sunday gave final approval for building nearly 1,200 new settlement apartments on lands the Palestinians want for their state, just... Continue Reading →
Brazilians accuse police of harsh crowd tactics RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaning out from a balcony, Raissa Moitta Melo let loose a stream of expletives as she filmed the chaotic scene playing out in the street below. In the wobbly, cell-phone images that Melo later posted online, protesters are seen scattering as a formation... Continue Reading →
Oliver Stone’s Son Says 9/11 Was an ‘Inside Job,’ Hezbollah Aren’t Terrorists, Israel Is a ‘Crusader State’ (theblaze) Hollywood director Oliver Stone's son Sean made news last year when he said he'd converted to Islam on Valentine's Day while working on a film in Iran and that he believed then Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was... Continue Reading →
[No trials, no civil rights.. just death from above. This is Obama's justice. --NP] 3 suspected US drones kill 12 militants in Yemen SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Three U.S. drone strikes killed a total of 12 suspected al-Qaida militants Thursday, a Yemeni military official said, raising to eight the number of attacks in less than... Continue Reading →
[It is important to stand against the police state! --NP]
[Bangladesh workers are treated like slaves under capitalism. They work long hours in terrible, dangerous conditions for little pay. They produce for the First World. The answer is revolution. -- NP] Bangladesh workers set fire to their factory (AP) DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers set fire to their factory on Wednesday to demand a... Continue Reading →
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