Category Archives: Fascism Without Swastikas

Isabel Allende to lead Chilean Socialist Party

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Sabina Becker

No, not Isabel Allende the author; she’s the niece of the fallen president, who died on the heels of a coup in 1973. This one is the other Isabel Allende, the late former president’s daughter. And here’s what she had … Continue reading →

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Another paramilitary band broken up in Venezuela

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan federal authorities are always on the lookout for paramilitaries. And no wonder: Ever since Chavecito rose to power (and Madurito succeeded him), the old ruling classes have had this ongoing problem with actual, functioning, democratically-elected government. They don’t want … Continue reading →

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The ugly truth about Baltimore

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Her sign says it all. Photo: Harry Fear. Whenever I hear about Baltimore — Maryland, that is, as there’s a Baltimore, Ontario not far from where I live — I can’t help but recall this Countee Cullen poem I first … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: The African refugee situation, summed up

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker

It’s not just boats that are sinking. It’s PEOPLE. The fact that so many Africans are fleeing from their homes and drowning off the coast of Italy makes me think that, just like the Haitians who are still being punished … Continue reading →

Posted in Deepest Darkest Africa, Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Racist? | Comments Off

Cristina’s pet gloat

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember how Argentina defaulted on its debt in 2001? And how it kicked out the IMF a short time later? Well, looks like that was a smart decision. And the significance of yet another IMFer being in deep shit … Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Cry For Argentina, Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Schadenfreude, Under the Name of Spain | Comments Off

Summit of the Americas: Venezuelan fascists and Che’s murderer get precedence over their own victims’ families

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Lt. Yendry Velázquez, 36, widow of a Venezuelan soldier murdered during last year’s guarimbas, confronts Lilian Tintori outside the Americas Summit in Panama City. “Your husband is still living, mine is dead thanks to yours,” she says. And that’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Obamarama!, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Argentina: Once more, the plot thickens in the Nisman case

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Are these Argentines still “Nisman”? They might not want to be anymore, if the latest news on the sensational case of the maybe-murdered-maybe-suicided prosecutor has any bearing on the matter: Some 400,000 people marched in Buenos Aires less than two … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Jesus vs. the governor of Indiana

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Hey, Mike? Thou makest Jesus vomit.

Posted in Compare and Contrast, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Pissing Jesus Off, Teh Ghey, Teh Heterostoopid, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Bill C-51: Are you on Harpo’s enemies list yet?

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

If not, shame on you. Watch this and learn why it behooves you to become an enemy of PetroState Canada and Fortress North America: Democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and political association, the indigenous peoples, the right to … Continue reading →