Category Archives: Fascism Without Swastikas

Federico Franco is in deep doo-doo

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh dear, oh dear. Looks like the former unelected “president” of Paraguay is not exactly as upright as he pretended to be. Whatever could this mean? The Attorney General of Paraguay will conduct an investigation against ex-president Federico Franco (2012-13) … Continue reading →

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Tories have wrecked Canada’s refugee system

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Damage to a downtown Vancouver neighborhood by the racist Asiatic Exclusion League, September, 1907. In the last hundred or so years, it’s astonishing how little has changed, at least in the way our government treats non-white immigrants. If you ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Barreling Right Along, Canadian Counterpunch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Racist?, Korean Kimchi, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Spooks | 2 Comments

Uribe’s Colombian putsch

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Left to right: Fernando Londoño, Alejandro Ordóñez, and Álvaro Uribe. Who are these three? Well, chances are you already know the third one as El Narco, if you read this blog on a regular basis. He’s the nasty little shit … Continue reading →

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Why the JFK assassination still matters today

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It was 50 years ago today, and a few years before I was born. It happened in Dealey Plaza, Dallas — and it could happen again, anywhere, anytime. A president was shot and killed, and a state governor badly wounded. … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Venezuela to Twitter: You fucked us, now FUCK YOU.

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Twitter stats for Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, showing a sudden drop-off and subsequent rise in followers due to a mass suspension and later reinstatement of Venezuelan Twitter accounts. The other day, on my post about Rob Ford’s crack pipe, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 36

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh, Majunche. The harder you try to bring down the elected president, the more it backfires on you. Case in point: The video above. And here’s the story: On Tuesday, at 6 a.m., residents of Los Teques, capital of the … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 35

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Letters discarded by Henrique Capriles Radonsky, during his last failed presidential campaign. Will he do the same with letters to the pope this time around? Ah, the Venezuelan opposition. So pious. So democratic. So responsive to the voices of the … Continue reading →

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Look who visited Franco’s tomb…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

No, it’s not a tumah. It’s the Gropenator, at the tomb of Spain’s most notorious historic villain… Here you have it. Arnold Schwarzenegger himself, actor and ex-governor of California, before the tomb of Francisco Franco. All of this occurred last … Continue reading →

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Media Luna-cy: Older than previously thought

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Everybody knows that the governors of the “Media Luna” (Half Moon) of the richest (and crookedest) regions of Bolivia first began to conspire in 2008, after Evo was in power (and as an attempt to get him out of power … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Chile Sin Queso, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

Remembering Cantaura, 31 years later

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A poster from 2009 commemorating the victims of the “democratic” massacre of Cantaura, Venezuela, which occurred 31 years ago. This is all of a pattern with US interference throughout Latin America. While Argentina and Chile suffered openly under fascist dictators … Continue reading →