Category Archives: Barreling Right Along

25 years ago today, this happened in Venezuela

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Sabina Becker

North Americans have a curious selective amnesia about the Caracazo of 1989, which began at 5 a.m. local time on this day 25 years ago. But the people of Venezuela, where it happened, haven’t forgotten: The cruelest page in contemporary … Continue reading →

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Venezuela: National Assembly president reveals right-wing criminal connections galore

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Diosdado Cabello has been a busy boy lately. Not only is he the president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, he’s also a broadcaster with a weekly show on the public channel, VTV. And it was there that he dropped a big … Continue reading →

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Who is Leopoldo López?

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Leopoldo López, in his former capacity as mayor of Chacao, doing what he does best…leading “protests” that are nothing but riots. If you think this pretty boy is some kind of hero or martyr in the cause of Venezuelan freedom, … Continue reading →

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How many trolls does $1 billion a year buy?

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know, and neither do you. But I bet the Koch Brothers do… Conservative groups may have spent up to $1bn a year on the effort to deny science and oppose action on climate change, according to the first … Continue reading →

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You have GOT to hear this speech

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

El Ecuadorable is absolutely awesome here: And in case you don’t understand Spanish, or are reduced to a giggling jelly by the sight and sound of the world’s cutest president, here’s the story: The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, gave … Continue reading →

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Ecuador wins Canadian case against Chevron Texaco

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Big Polluting Oil just lost a major judgment in the last place I expected it to: right here, in Harpolandia. How about THESE apples? Pablo Fajardo, attorney for the Union of Those Affected by Texaco Operations, announced that the group … Continue reading →

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Tories have wrecked Canada’s refugee system

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Damage to a downtown Vancouver neighborhood by the racist Asiatic Exclusion League, September, 1907. In the last hundred or so years, it’s astonishing how little has changed, at least in the way our government treats non-white immigrants. If you ever … Continue reading →

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Did the CBC do propaganda-for-pay?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I dunno…you tell me: I always did find that particular Mansbridge “report” awfully Harpo-friendly (and uncharacteristically so). And conveniently timed, too, as the above video says, with Pooty-Poot laying his own claims to the North Pole’s seabed and all that … Continue reading →

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The Snowden Affair, as seen from Venezuela and Ecuador

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So far, Venezuela has not received any asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor turned whistleblower who revealed that the intelligence agency is spying on pretty well everyone who’s got a telephone and/or internet access. But, says President … 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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