Category Archives: Fascism Without Swastikas

American Fascists: the Hour interview with Chris Hedges

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

George Stroumboulopoulos, host of CBC’s The Hour (he never introduces himself as “your host”, always, endearingly, as “your boyfriend”) interviews Chris Hedges, author of American Fascists:Hedges makes the interesting and useful point that the reason Canada doesn’t have a fundie-dominionist … Continue reading →

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The Playboy and the Prettyboy stir up shit in the barrios

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Remember how awhile back I blogged about Leopoldo Lopez, the mayor of a wealthy district in Caracas? And only yesterday, I had a little item about Yon Goicoechea? Well, now there’s proof that Prettyboy Lopez and Playboy Yon-Yon are up … Continue reading →

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Uruguay scores a double

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Viva Uruguay! First, on the trade front, the Uruguayan congress punched a fat hole through BushCo’s plans for the Southern Cone: The Uruguayan ruling leftist coalition Frente Amplio (FA) reiterated on Sunday its rejection of a free trade agreement with … Continue reading →

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See how they love one another?

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, those Christians. Specifically, those right-wing Republican Christians. Rather than joining hands around their hard-fought-for public manger scene in a show of seasonal brotherly love, it seems they are now about to eat each other alive, according to FireDogLake. The … Continue reading →

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Richard Pombo’s ba-ack…

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…and for some strange reason, the above image was the first thing that came to my mind after reading this:

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Time to give Spain some credit

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Okay, their king is an arrogant pissant. But the country as a whole is not the King, and the parliament has just done something long overdue and very decent: The Spanish parliament has passed a law of “historical memory” which … Continue reading →

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Isn’t amnesia a disability?

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And given that the president of the United States is apparently suffering from it, doesn’t that make him unfit for office? US President George W Bush has said he has “no recollection” of the existence of video tapes of CIA … Continue reading →

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Like great-grandpa, like great-grandson

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Nice to know that in Chile, some things just never change. A great-grandson of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet was detained along with two other youths as they fled following a robbery at a store in Santiago.The events occurred during … Continue reading →

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No, they’re not a bit fascist.

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Mario Silva of La Hojilla points out the neo-Nazi skinheads amid the anti-Chavez hordes in Venezuela, along with their connections to the “Tradition, Family and Property” movement (gee, even the name sounds fascist!) led by a leading oppositionist (and according … Continue reading →

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Ha ha. Oppos funny!

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, the Venezuelan opposition…they seriously think no one will catch them in a lie. That their carefully contrived media campaigns against Chavecito will go off without a hitch. But as it happens, the ever alert Mario Silva (who hosts La … Continue reading →

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