Category Archives: Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind

A few random thoughts on Chelsea Manning

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So. THIS happened. The soldier we all knew as Bradley Manning has officially come out as transgender, and will henceforth be known here as Chelsea, in accordance with her expressed wishes. Of course, her coming-out has been greeted with the … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Bradley Manning vs. Dubya

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

There is something just so ass-backward about this, isn’t there?

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It’s Hiroshima Day. Do you know where YOUR radiation is?

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Footage of the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, followed by Allen Ginsberg, reading his “Plutonian Ode” over footage of various nuclear “test” explosions from around the globe. Note the quotation marks; that’s because these “tests” are never really JUST a … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on the Manning verdict…and the Snowden case

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“I’ve been traumatized too much by reality to care about the consequences of shattering the fantasy.” — Bradley Manning It was a farce. Really, what other conclusion can I draw when a military judge decides that Bradley Manning was not … Continue reading →

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Get your own damn sandwich.

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So, women now rule the world, and men are oppressed? Courtesy of a Facebook friend, here’s an extremely typical example of how guys who make those claims actually “think” (note the quotes): Y’okay. I know this isn’t really a fair … Continue reading →

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Clip ‘n’ Save: Why are we in Afghanistan?

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

That’s why. Much more there than just a strip of land to plunk an oil pipeline, kiddies.

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Quotable: Arundhati Roy on war and peace

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

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The elephant in the burned cabin

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Today, a friend posted this article from Jacobin on his Facebook wall. It’s an analysis of the Christopher Dorner case that the media have been screaming about all week. I wanted to like it; it was well and gracefully written, … Continue reading →

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Sorry to Grinch you, but…

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…this seasonal message just had to be said: And while we celebrate the birthday of Jesus, how about the death of irony? Gaza militants violated laws of war by launching hundreds of rockets at Israeli civilians during last month’s fighting, … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: In which we go Gothic for Gaza

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yes, that one’s actually about Pompeii and Herculaneum. But I think it fits for war destruction, too. In light of current events, it was the first thing that came to mind. (It also fits, ghoulishly, for the white-phosphorus attack from … Continue reading →

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