Monthly Archives: February 2011

Music for a Sunday: Friends of Mr. Cairo

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Now that one gangster is out of Cairo, let’s hope the rest soon fall, too. And while we’re on the theme of Cairo, here’s another one for you: Burn, baby, burn.

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Wankers of the Week: Sweethearts of Stoopid

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Crappy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Are we feelin’ all luvvy-duvvy yet? No? Well, don’t worry. Auntie Bina has just the thing to get you in the mood. It’s called WANKING! And here’s who’s been at it like a motherfucker this week: … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Democracy Now’s live stream on Egypt

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Watch live streaming video from democracynow at livestream.com I don’t think I’ve ever seen Amy Goodman so happy. Or heard Sharif Abdel Kouddous, the producer, who’s from Egypt and is in Tahrir Square right now, talking revolution openly. This is … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Be there or be (Tahrir) square

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Here are all the details: The Harper Government has hypocritically criticized the “shrinking democratic space” in Venezuela while tail-ending Israeli Imperialism in supporting Mubarak in Egypt. We encourage everybody to support the movement for a free Egypt and attend this … Continue reading →

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How lucky is Luis Posada Carriles?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Pretty damn lucky, if he can manage to avoid getting prosecuted for terrorism over not one… A Salvadoran man jailed in Cuba in connection with a string of 1990s hotel bombings says he told a U.S. prosecutor that he got … Continue reading →

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Rap like an Egyptian

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker
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Why it took a dirty war to make Guatemala safe for democracy

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

So that CIA-backed terrorists could get fake passports from there in order to illegally enter the country that sponsored them. Why else? Don’t let the name on this passport fool you. That’s not Manuel Enrique Castillo López, Guatemalan–that’s Luis Posada … Continue reading →

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A terrible story

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

At Sunday dinner today, my mom shared a story about a woman in the German farm village where she grew up. This woman and her family, like my mother’s, were ethnic German refugees from Yugoslavia, who came up around 1944, … Continue reading →

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More Music for a Sunday: RIP Gary Moore

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Others eulogize his Thin Lizzy days; I’ll cry over this one today. Goodbye to a great bluesman, gone much too soon.

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Music for a Sunday: Possibly the coolest anti-racism song ever

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

In honor of Black History Month, I present to you an old fave of mine: Here’s Martha Johnson’s explanation of what it refers to: I was driving around in the band van listening to some pop radio station when I … Continue reading →

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