Category Archives: Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis)

Only in Canada, eh?

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Sometimes, even in the midst of horrible Harpocracy, I still find reasons to be proud I’m Canadian. Like this little news item, retweeted by Antonia Zerbisias: If the G20 leaders are hankering to read something by Noam Chomsky or a … Continue reading →

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Spain schools Cuba in Democracy

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Lesson 1: Democratic Policing.Escorting “dissidents” onto buses without incident and driving them safely home is for pussies! Better to use armored riot cops and bash some heads in. That’s what they do in free, democratic Spain.PS: More enlightening videos (in … Continue reading →

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How do these “diplomats” manage to keep their jobs?

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Diplomats from the European Union in Cuba: Volker Pellet, of the German embassy, and Frantisek Fleisman, of the Czech embassy. Odd that they would fraternize with one another on the streets of Havana like that; one expects rather more discretion … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Czech This Out, Do As I Say..., Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal? | 2 Comments

Festive Left Friday Blogging: A certain famous photo turns 50

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Alberto Korda’s iconic portrait of Che, mourning the loss of his compañeros, is 50 years old today. Here’s the story behind it: Three in the afternoon. March 4, 1960. The steamer La Coubre was anchored in the bay of Havana. … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula in Havana

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Lula had lots of good things to say about Fidel……and oh yeah, Your Barackness, he wants you to lift the blockade on Cuba. (Watch this get ignored and swept under the rug by the lamestream media.)

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Padre Nuestro Latinoamericano

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Cuban actor Héctor Quintero recites Mario Benedetti’s great poem to a capacity crowd in Havana’s Revolution Square. Orchestra directed by Leo Brouwer.Translation (mine) follows: Our Father who art in Heavenwith the swallows and the missilesI pray you return before you … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: João Donato in Havana

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The great bossanovista (second only to his namesake and lookalike, João Gilberto) comes to his favorite city and jams with the locals. This is part of a longer documentary, but I’m delighted to hear one of my faves in there–“The … Continue reading →

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Amazing! CNN reports positively on Cuban doctors, for a change

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Finally, the Chicken Noodle Network reports something in a way that’s not so chicken-noodly. Steve Kastenbaum shows Cuban and Cuban-trained Latin American medical crews at work, saving lives in Haiti. They were able to set up their field hospitals in … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A Canadian journalist in Cuba

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Jean-Guy Allard talks about the Canada-Cuba relationship (which is very different from that of the US to Cuba!), as well as his own ties to the island, the Left, and the revolutions going on all over Latin America today. He … Continue reading →

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NYT: Anything in favor of single-payer medicare is not fit to print

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From FAIR, a shocking (or not) admission from the editors of the Old Grey Harlot: In response to FAIR’s September 22 action alert, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt agreed (10/11/09) that the paper’s September 20 article about Medicare … Continue reading →