Category Archives: Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis)

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Solidarity is EVERYWHERE, bitches

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, Venezuela was not the only place where people were demonstrating huge support for a certain much-loved president who wasn’t well enough to take his own oath of office (yet!): That was, of course, just one European city. Here’s what … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A poem by Tony Guerrero

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The other night, a Facebook friend had this link up on his wall. It’s a poem by Tony Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five, a group of antiterrorist agents jailed in the US as spies. Despite all talk of a … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s back!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Never mind all the anglo whore media hype — oh sorry, “concern” — about Chavecito’s health. He’s fine and dandy after his latest trip to Cuba…as the faces of his welcoming committee above make clear: The president of Venezuela, Hugo … Continue reading →

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Prostitution in Germany: hard facts, hard debate, harder thoughts

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

(Photo: EMMA.) German FEMEN demonstrators outside the largest brothel in the cathedral city of Köln. They consider prostitution a human rights abuse, and hold up human trafficking, rampant in Germany, as an example of how liberalization of laws governing the … Continue reading →

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Cuba receives humanitarian aid shipments

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A welcome sight on the tarmac at Santiago. Guess where it came from… Around noon today, at the Antonio Maceo Grajales International Airport in Santiago de Cuba, a shipment of humanitarian aid for those affected by Hurricane Sandy arrived from … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The show goes on in Cuba

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Age? What’s that? Okay, it’s a bit more than just a number to Cuba’s prima ballerina emerita, but she’s still on her feet: Famous Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso, retired from the dance for decades due to age and physical limitations, … Continue reading →

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What’s stronger than Hurricane Sandy?

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Sabina Becker

These are: These modest homes are all plastic, made in Venezuela. And they are strong enough to withstand even the force of a Caribbean hurricane: Much destruction, countless uprooted trees and downed power lines. This remains the predominant scene in … Continue reading →

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A charlatan? You don’t say!

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Last Saturday, I wank-listed a certain Venezuelan doctor who falsely claimed, on two separate occasions, that both Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro were dying. Those rumors have since been roundly refuted, but their purpose was clear: It was all about … Continue reading →

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Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if that happened in Venezuela?

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Sabina Becker

It’s at times like this that I miss my blogging amigo BoRev. He’d know just what to do with stories like this: An electoral scandal of great proportions involving the office of State Attorney General Katherine Fernández-Rundle is rocking the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Festive Left Friday Blogging: It’s always the 26th

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Carlos Puebla’s homage to the storming of the Moncada Barracks, the event that kicked off the Revolution, is a song that everyone who loves Cuba should know. (Yes, I’m aware that the anniversary was yesterday. But, as the song says, … Continue reading →

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