Brazil: Indigenous squatters resist eviction By JULIANA BARBASSA (AP) RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in riot gear surrounded a settlement of indigenous people next to Rio de Janeiro's storied Maracana stadium on Saturday, preparing to evict them as soon as an expected court order arrived. The site commander, police Lt. Alex Melo, explained officers... Continue Reading →
France bombs Mali rebels, African states ready troops
[The imperialists are sending troops into Africa under the pretense of fighting terrorism. France backs the Syrian opposition, which has a heavy Sunni Islamist component. At the same time, they intervene in Mali to fight the Sunni Islamists. Yet again we see the hypocrisy of the West. The First World is about advancing its... Continue Reading →
Palestinian protesters evicted from West Bank site
[The Zionists, the racist Israeli regime, continues its genocide of Palestinians. Israelis continue to push onto, steal and settle Palestinian land. This is only possible because Israeli is bankrolled by the United States. The United States is as much a culprit as Israel. --NP] Palestinian protesters evicted from West Bank site By IAN DEITCH (AP)... Continue Reading →
Death toll rises in Syria
Death toll rises in Syria By Red Lion (New-Power.org) For over 20 months, Syria has been home to a brutal civil war that has the entire world watching. The UN estimates more than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s uprising and civil war. UN Human Rights researchers have gathered data for over five months and... Continue Reading →
Guatemala builds private city to escape crime
[Private cities and neighborhoods for the wealthy are springing up across the Third World as the bourgeoisie seeks to escape the growing slums. Imperialism has created a world where there is great stratification between geographic areas, the First and Third World. There is a growing trend of walled pockets, sub-cities, fortresses, outposts of of the... Continue Reading →
Bahrain court upholds life sentences on opposition
[The United States and its Gulf allies support the suppression of the people of Bahrain by the dictatorship there. This only goes to show that the United States is a hypocrite when it blathers on about "human rights." -- NP] Bahrain court upholds life sentences on opposition By REEM KHALIFA (AP) MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) —... Continue Reading →
Chile: Couple dies defending home amid protests
[Class struggle is not always pretty. The reality of struggle can be much different than one imagines. Doing what is necessary is not always pretty. -- New Power] Chile: Couple dies defending home amid protests By FEDERICO QUILODRAN (AP) SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An elderly couple whose family's vast landholdings have long been targeted by... Continue Reading →
Taliban likens US Afghan role to Vietnam War
[The Taliban are fighting the imperialist occupation of their country. Although the Taliban are reactionary in many ways, they are defeating the armies of imperialism. Recently, the Taliban have stated they will not roll back women's rights in a post-occupation Afghanistan. Mao said women hold up half the sky. Fighting imperialism without women is like... Continue Reading →
Israel orders Bedouins to leave West Bank area
[Israel is a racist apartheid state that has been waging a genocide against the Arab peoples since its founding. Israel is now displacing Arabs who have lived in their communities for decades under the pretense of military testing. Why doesn't Israel test their military equipment in Jewish areas? This is part of a wider campaign... Continue Reading →
AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali
[Al Qaida-type organizations play different roles in different locations. In some places, they play an anti-imperialist role, in others, they end up aiding the imperialists. In Libya, for example, the radical Sunni Jihadis ended up aligned with the West against Gaddafi. In other places, they have resisted imperialism, Afghanistan for example. This is the problem... Continue Reading →
Bolivia expropriates Spanish energy subsidiaries
[We do not consider the Bolivian regime to be socialist. Rather, it is a patriotic bourgeois regime. In places where the patriotic pole of the national bourgeoisie is weak, the patriotic pole of the bourgeoisie often makes an alliance with poor peoples in order to counter the imperialists and compradors. Thus patriotic bourgeois regimes can... Continue Reading →
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