News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[Russia is hosting a meeting of Assad's opponents. As in the Libyan conflict, Russia and China will not militarily confront the United States and its allies over Syria. Rather, they are positioning themselves as power brokers for a possible transition. They are playing both sides of the conflict. They do not want to lose influence... Continue Reading →
New Evidence Reveals U.S. Has Used Drones to Target Rescue Workers and Funerals in Pakistan A report found that since President Obama took office between 282 and 535 civilians have been reported as killed in Pakistan, including more than 60 children. (Democracynow.org) AMY GOODMAN: The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians... Continue Reading →
[If Iran shot down a US airliner, the response would surely be a US military response against Iran. However, the US is able to murder civilians around the world will impunity. --New Power] Iran mourns 1988 airliner downing by US warship (AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians marked on Monday the anniversary of the downing... Continue Reading →
[The imperialist powers are attacking Iran on many fronts. They are attacking Syria. They are terrorizing the population of Bahrain. They are funding death squads who assassinate Iranian intellectuals and scientists. They are also waging an economic war against Iran. They are using Iran's alleged nuclear program as a pretext. There is little evidence Iran... Continue Reading →
Turkey, NATO, prepare for conventional war against Syria (new-power.org) The conflict in Syria between so-called “rebels” and the Assad regime is a proxy war. On the one side stands the United States, Europe, Israel, the Gulf states, and Turkey. On the other side stands the Assad regime in Syria and Iran. In addition, Russia and... Continue Reading →
[We cannot vouch for the accuracy of everything stated in this film. Even so, it is very interesting. -- New Power]
[Although Maurice Bishop was neither a true Marxist nor communist, he and his regime fell to a brutal US invasion of Grenada in 1983. The world's greatest super power, the United States, invaded tiny Grenada. All the military might of the imperialists targeted the tiny island. The invasion of Grenada was another one of the... Continue Reading →
The Pentagon's First Worldist gender activism (new-power.org) First Worldist feminism and gender activism is intertwined with empire. First Worldist feminism and gender activism, like First Worldist activism as a whole, is about securing more privileges for the global bourgeoisie, the vast majority of First World peoples, at the expense of the vast majority of Third... Continue Reading →
Paraguay: Police attack peasants in eviction move, 17 dead (Original source CNN.com) Asuncion, Paraguay (CNN) — Paraguay’s President on Saturday named a new interior minister and national police chief following clashes between police and peasants that left at least 17 dead. Former Interior Minister Carlos Filizzola and former police chief Paulino Rojas offered resignation letters... Continue Reading →
US expands 'shadow war' in Africa (The Lookout) The U.S. military is expanding its intelligence-gathering operations across Africa, the Washington Post reports, mainly using small, unarmed planes "equipped with hidden sensors that can record full-motion video, track infrared heat patterns, and vacuum up radio and cellphone signals"—part of a "shadow war" against al-Qaida and other... Continue Reading →
Ward Churchill Background (Kick him, Honey) As I mentioned recently, Ward Churchill v. University of Colorado went before the Colorado Supreme Court last week. In a stroke of great timing, the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom has published two pieces germane to the case. The first is the “Report on the Termination of Ward Churchill” by the Colorado... Continue Reading →
No army can stop the Bahrain Revolution (Press TV) The leader of Bahrain's main opposition group al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, says that all armies of the hostile countries would not be able to stop Bahrainis revolution. He made the remarks in a gathering in Saar, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) west of the capital Manama,... Continue Reading →
