News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Support those who refuse to participate in crimes against humanity. --NP] Young objector challenges Israeli army JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has jailed a young man for six months for refusing to serve because of his opposition to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, focusing attention on the longstanding conflict between the country's universal... Continue Reading →
[The Guardian Council has come out against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by barring his top aid from the elections. This shows the affect that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has had on the Iranian system. Even though he professes deep Islamic faith and seems as though he is always in line with the ruling clerics, the reality is that he... Continue Reading →
[Third World people die for fashion. Third World people toil in unsafe conditions to keep First World people comfortable, to prop up the First World way of life. -- NP] Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7 By SOPHENG CHEANG PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics... Continue Reading →
[The United States has a long history of terrorizing the masses of Latin America. --NP] Honduran police accused as death squads By ALBERTO ARCE TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported... Continue Reading →
[The United States backs the dictatorship in Bahrain even as it tramples civil rights. The United States is only about advancing its own interests. --NP] Bahrain demonstrator jailed for flag 'insult' MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A Bahrain demonstrator was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday for hanging a Bahrain flag from his truck during... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed genocide against the Palestinian people continues. -- NP] Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, marching in the streets and in some parts of the West Bank... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed dictatorship in Bahrain has brutally attacked protesters. The United States claims to stand for democracy in Syria, but supports the brutal attacks on the masses in Bahrain. Just goes to show that so-called "human rights" and "democracy" are just rhetoric. What matters to the imperialists is advancing the interests of imperialists. -- NP]... Continue Reading →
[What has emerged in the United States is a multinational empire. Not only do Whites receive the benefits of empire, but so too do other national groups and minorities. Soon Whites will not be the majority in the United States. The face of empire in North America will not only be White, but Black, Latino,... Continue Reading →
[Only after multiple, high-profile disasters in the industry, only after the deaths of over 1,000, are unions allowed to form. Only after so much blood, is the industry wage improved. While these reforms are fine, they are simply reforms. They are mere crumbs. Too little, too late. Exposing reformist ploys to quash more radical trends... Continue Reading →
["The majority of the global social product is consumed by First World peoples. The current system serves those in the First World, not those in the Third. Almost all First World peoples have lavish lifestyles by global standards, yet Third World peoples make enough only to survive, if that. Yet the First World often expects... Continue Reading →
Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel by Harriet Sherwood and Matthew Kalman in Jerusalem The Guardian, Tuesday 7 May 2013 Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel's treatment of Palestinians. Hawking, 71,... Continue Reading →
["Capitalism, in its quest for profits, had led us to a point where there are several global environmental catastrophes on the horizon: global warming, dead zones in the oceans, mass extinctions, etc. Capitalism is the problem, not the solution to environmental problems. Capitalism is pushing the planet’s ecosystem to the brink of destruction. Capitalism has... Continue Reading →
