Category Archives: Fascism Without Swastikas

Rafael Correa connects the dots

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The crapaganda mafia of the North American media aren’t known for their honesty in reporting on Latin America. It takes nothing less than an interview with a Bolivarian head of state to set the record straight, and even then, who … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Noam Chomsky on student debt

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

And, being a professor, he would know; he has seen all that with his own eyes.

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Dear AP: You suck, too.

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ahem…a little mood music, maestro: Further to last night’s (now amended) piece on how badly Reuters gets Venezuela wrong, it looks like the Associated Press (or Dissociated Press, as I prefer to call them) is no better. Aporrea columnist Ivana … Continue reading →

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Dear Reuters: Is this enough proof for you?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Dear Reuters: You fail so hard at journalism… Venezuela has detained an American citizen it says was financing opposition student demonstrations after this month’s disputed presidential election, the latest in a flurry of accusations over last week’s post-vote violence. Interior … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 20

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s 11:00. Do you know where YOUR ironies are? If you don’t, well, here you go. I got another one for you, right here. The latest from the sneak-thieves and bastards of a certain oil-rich South American land, exposed: On … Continue reading →

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Statement from HIJOS Paraguay on the sham election

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

From my Facebook feed this morning, a link of interest to those following the Paraguayan coup and sham election. It’s from HIJOS Paraguay, the Paraguayan equivalent of a similarly named group from Argentina comprised of the children of persons disappeared … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Spain vs. Venezuela

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

My translation: More than 400,000 families have been thrown out of their homes in Spain since 2008. VENEZUELA: Misión Vivienda (Mission Housing) has benefited 223,374 families since 2011. Didn’t you say that the communists were coming to take away your … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 19

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Howdy, everyone! Yes, there’s more irony to note today. And here, to start us off, is Mario Silva of La Hojilla, introducing our old pal, MariCori: As usual, Maria Corina Machado is utterly without shame, and without a sense of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Creative responses to fascism

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I guess you heard the news…that fascists in Venezuela are trying to pot-bang yet another legitimately elected Bolivarian president out of office. Yeah, that’ll work: “Pots for sale. Guaranteed until the year 2019 [when Nicolás Maduro’s term ends and … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: The blame in Spain falls mainly on the…Egyptians?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Spanish crap-media outlet ABC.es has failed again in its efforts to smear Bolivarianism. This time, their Venezuela “correspondent” (read: HACK) has tried to pass off a rather famous picture of an Egyptian woman being abused by soldiers in Cairo as … Continue reading →

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