Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Venezuela’s gold comes home

Don’t expect to read anything good about this in your lamestream English media. And don’t expect to see these pictures, either: Citizens of Caracas hold up a banner thanking President Chávez for bringing home the gold in the name of … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Mike check on Aisle 4!

Here you go, folkies…your iconic image from the craptastic retail event known as Black Friday (also known, by those in the know, as Buy Nothing Day): This young woman got a rent-a-cop escort out of a Wal-Mart in Cincinnati. She … Continue reading

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The state-sponsored murder of Pablo Neruda

The official version of Pablo Neruda’s death goes something like this: World famous Chilean poet and Nobel winner dies of metastatic prostate cancer, age 69. But recent investigative findings put the lie to that version. Here’s the story that’s got … Continue reading

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Mona Eltahawy: assaulted, but unbowed

Egyptian journalist, feminist and blogger (and now US dual citizen) Mona Eltahawy tweeted the above picture at about 9 am today. She was back in Cairo to report on the latest round of protest actions at Tahrir Square, but the … Continue reading

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Quotable: Naomi Klein on the so-called free market

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Occupy WHAT?

As if Occupy Oakland didn’t have enough shit going on, what with two badly injured war vets (at last count) and a fascist mayor. Now this? New York-based homosexual smut peddler Dirty Boy Video put out a video called “Occupy … Continue reading

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Peter Kent, ignorant SupposiTory hack

Q. How does one get to be Minister of the Environment without any scientific knowledge whatsoever? A. By being a faithful, appointed HarpoCon hack beforehand, and then coasting into office on that. BTW, Peter Kent hates Venezuela. So it’s no … Continue reading

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Quotable: Malcolm X on oppression

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Stupid Science Tricks: 20 papers in five minutes

Two young women present a list of actual research papers that reads like the nominees for the next Ig Nobel prize. Sex, immaculate conception, plumbing, it’s all in there. Breasts make the list twice (what IS it about boobs?), and … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: You will pay tomorrow

My Facebook amigo Billie posted this to my page last night, and it’s too good not to share. Christ, how DID I miss this gem when it first came out?

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