Category Archives: Fascism Without Swastikas

This one won’t be running off to Peru for asylum…

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelans carry the body of a comrade during the Caracazo. Caracas, Venezuela, late February-early March, 1989.…because he’s one of those responsible for an old massacre, and the people of Venezuela are anxious to see him brought to justice at home: … Continue reading →

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I know, they’re only rock ‘n’ roll…

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…but I like them, like them, yes I do…This just landed in my inbox from the National Security Archive listserv: Washington, DC, October 22, 2009 – On behalf of a coalition of U.S. and international musicians, including R.E.M., Pearl Jam, … Continue reading →

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Police brutality against indigenous Mapuches in Chile

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Shocking video, showing the carabineros kicking a young indigenous man in the head. Story by Aporrea: Before the doors of the Commissary of Ercilla in Wallmapu, the press recorded a brutal beating by military police (carabineros) of a young Mapuche, … Continue reading →

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More fun with Wikileaks: British Nazis also get popped

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Hey, y’know, I could almost like this Wikileaks thing (anti-Chavecito stupidities aside, of course). Sometimes they actually end up doing the public a useful service: A detailed membership list of the British National party containing names, addresses and telephone numbers … Continue reading →

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Dangerous times for Colombian university students

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video in three parts; click through at the end for parts #2 and #3. Spanish, with English subtitles by Tlaxcala. The last ten years have been deadly ones for university students in Colombia. Anyone who has any grievances or disputes … Continue reading →

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What a truly unworthy Nobel peace prize winner looks like

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This is an old film clip from 1977, included in a documentary called Nuestros Desaparecidos (Our Disappeared). An Argentine reporter asks Henry Kissinger (Nobel peace prize, 1973) what he thinks of the general leading the Argentine junta:Kissinger’s reply is par … Continue reading →

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Interview with a torturer

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

An Uruguayan journalist goes face-to-face with one of the three men who tortured him when he was a prisoner during the Dirty War in Argentina:Video in Spanish, with English subtitles, from Al-Jazeera.The torturer’s name is Héctor Julio Simón, nickname El … Continue reading →

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Uruguayans reject right-wing presidential candidate

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Gadzooks, he speaks English. He hangs in some mighty crappy company. He’s with some obscure putschist group calling itself the “Cuban Democratic Directorate”, even though he’s not Cuban (nor particularly democratic.) And he chooses his words ever so carefully, but … Continue reading →

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A giant joke on the whole notion of world peace

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“The Right to Live in Peace”, by Víctor Jara. He wrote this song in honor of Vietnam when the war there was still raging. For speaking out for the Vietnamese, and for his own Chilean and Latin American brethren, Jara … Continue reading →

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Honduras: The numbers are in…

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…and they do not look good for Gorilletti:Chart by Otto; figures by NarcoNews and Honduras Coup 2009, which also offers the following insights: 51% of those polled support the return of President Zelaya, and while 33% oppose it, this is … Continue reading →

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