Monthly Archives: March 2013

Quotable: Chinua Achebe on oppression and resistance

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“To answer oppression with appropriate resistance requires knowledge of two kinds: in the first place, self-knowledge by the victim, which means awareness that oppression exists, an awareness that the victim has fallen from a great height of glory or promise … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito joins his heroes

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A little cartoon from ViVe TV, in which the great players of Latin American history unite in the shade of trees on the Venezuelan plains. Bolívar is there, as are Allende, Martí, Tupac Katari, Che…and who’s that woman holding out … Continue reading →

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The “mysterious” death of João Goulart

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It is well known that João Goulart, the popular left-liberal president of Brazil, was overthrown in a military coup that ushered in twenty-one years of fascist military dictatorship, replete with political prisoners (among them, the current president of Brazil, who … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 5

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“I’ve been to Táchira, Mérida, Zulia and Falcón*. I demand that Maduro halt his campaign!” Oh, Majunche. Your campaign may as well be managed by Walt Disney, because there’s a distinct odor of mouse about it. Only this mouse is … Continue reading →

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Iraq, ten years later: Rumsfeld edition

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know if Rummy tweeted this himself, or if he had a flunkie do it for him. But I rather hope he did it himself, just to see the outpouring of, er, AFFECTION that followed:

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 4

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Isn’t it funny, dear readers, that there were once an awful lot of North Americans named after Simón Bolívar, the great South American freedom fighter, admirer of the (North) American Revolution, and trenchant critic of, among other things, the then-nascent … Continue reading →

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Who’s yer president, baby?

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Gee, that bus-driver sure looks like a front-runner to me. And mind you, this is a survey by a firm that’s HOSTILE to him. They also have 65% of respondents saying Maduro will win, with only 15% believing it will … Continue reading →

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Fruto Vivas talks about building Chavecito’s monument

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan architect Fruto Vivas talks with ALBA Ciudad radio journalist Enza García about what must surely be both the proudest and saddest moment of his career: getting the call to build a mausoleum for his beloved president, Hugo Chávez. He … Continue reading →

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Steubenville: It really IS Rapeville.

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Traci Lords makes a connection that the media have by and large (and, in my opinion, quite willfully) missed. Actually, several connections. One, the connection between rape and prostitution (and porn, which is also tied to prostitution). She says the … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Comandante Amigo

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

These two songs were both originally dedicated to Che Guevara, the original “Comandante Amigo” of Latin American revolutionaries everywhere. But without much adaptation, I think they could also serve to commemorate another Comandante Amigo, one who just passed over recently, … Continue reading →

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