On the Communist Party of India (Maoist)’s 10th Anniversary Report September 2014 LLCO.org The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has released a 96-page document commemorating its 10th anniversary earlier in September, 2014. The document entitled “A decade of struggle and sacrifice” offers an assessment of the current state of the Maoist war in India. The document reports that the Maoists have …
Extremist barbarism kills bloggers March 2015 LLCO.org An Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy was hacked to death on February 26, 2015. He ran the Mukto-Mona (Free-mind) blog site, which championed secular, humanist values. He had received many death threats before he was killed. He was hacked to death for speaking his mind. Those who murdered him are trying to justify their crime …
Obama seeks new resolution on the so-called “Islamic State” 11 February 2015 LLCO.org On Wednesday, US President Obama opened the door to “limited” ground operations against the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS, ISIL, IS) by proposing a resolution to the US Congress authorizing a limited actions. According to a statement by Obama, the resolution does not authorize new troops for another …
Jackal bites jackal 29 October 2014 LLCO.org Recently, the leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Motiur Rahman Nizami was sentenced to hang by the neck until death. He was sentenced by a special tribunal that hears unresolved cases connected to the war of liberation that technically ended on December 3, 1971. This has caused much controversy. Many have feared …
Less work for the same pay 2 June 2014 LLCO.org An experiment is afoot in First World, in social-democratic Sweden: less work, same pay: “Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, will begin its experiment with six-hour working days this summer, hopefully proving that the shorter work hours can make up for what they lose in time with more efficient work. If …
We have often stated that social peace in the First World is a result of terrible violence and oppression inflicted on the Third World. Contradictions in the First World have become non-antagonistic due to the tremendous amount of value that flows from the Third World to the First World. First World peoples as a whole align against Third World peoples as a whole. Even so, important distinctions can be made within the First World. Here are some important things to remember:
Remember the life of Manik Shaha, martyred for speaking the truth January 2011 LLCO.org Manik Shaha was a journalist and activist who fought for the people. He spoke out against the great injustices in our land. He wrote about the great inequalities and sufferings endured by our brothers and sisters. At age 45, his voice and life were ended by …
When her father died in 1883, Eleanor Marx wrote an article celebrating her father’s achievements. At the heart of these was “his theory of value, by which Marx explains the origin and the continued accumulation of capital in the hands of a, thereby, privileged class.” What was seen as so important at the time of his death has fallen by the wayside over a century later among the majority of those calling themselves “Marxist.” So-called Marxists today are content to forget Marx’s true theory of value because of the embarrassing fact that it would, if taken literally, preclude most First World workers from being exploited. It would count them outside of the proletariat, outside the revolutionary class.
A decade ago, in his book Eyes of the Heart, Jean-Bertrand Aristide points out that Haiti’s story is unique, but, in many ways, typical of much of the Third World. Haiti was not always a poor country. There was a time when Haiti produced more wealth than all 13 original colonies of the United States. Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capitol, was busier than any port in France. However, France punished Haiti when Haiti gained its independence in a successful slave revolt. France launched a total war against the Haitian people, killing hundreds of thousands of people and destroying much of the country’s infrastructure.
A month after the initial explosion on a British Petroleum oil rig, millions of barrels of oil continue to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Both the Obama Administration and British Petroleum have dropped the ball on finding a solution to the problem, which has spiraled out of control. The spill is now being described as the worst environmental disaster in United States’ history. It is estimated that the disaster has cost the company $360 million so far. However, the real cost is to the human and environmental one.
