Category Archives: Festive Left Friday Blogging

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Raise the flag!

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

This past Wednesday was Sea Day in Bolivia–the day the country commemorates the loss of its seacoast to Chile during the War of the Pacific. That’s why landlocked Bolivia still has a navy, even though currently it only patrols Bolivia’s … Continue reading →

Festive Left Friday Blogging: A show of solidarity

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Soccer-mad Bolivians always know how to turn their passion toward a good cause. At a recent game, they played to raise funds for Japan. And this player (unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find out his name) took his support … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Egypt’s revolution keeps on truckin’

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Especially heartening: How Egyptian women are getting out, pitching in, and NOT shutting up. After Wednesday’s nasty setbacks, that’s good to hear. So’s the labor struggle, which as only just begun, but is promising to be fierce. Yalla Egypt!

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Birthday, El Alto!

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The Bolivian city of El Alto, which lies just above La Paz, turned 26 years old this week. And guess who showed up to the party? Yep, that’s right…Evo again this week. I figured we could all do with a … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The only astroturfing Evo ever needs to do

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I woke up this morning with Evo on the brain. (Get your mind out of the gutter, people, it wasn’t like THAT.) It occurred to me that it had been a while since I’d posted some pix of him doing … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Full Moon Fever

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

What a difference a week makes, eh? Looks like all the days of rage and revolution from the Middle East have migrated across the Atlantic to the US Midwest: Yeah, that’s right…working Wisconsinites of the public sector are seriously cheesed … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Democracy Now’s live stream on Egypt

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Watch live streaming video from democracynow at livestream.com I don’t think I’ve ever seen Amy Goodman so happy. Or heard Sharif Abdel Kouddous, the producer, who’s from Egypt and is in Tahrir Square right now, talking revolution openly. This is … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Be there or be (Tahrir) square

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Here are all the details: The Harper Government has hypocritically criticized the “shrinking democratic space” in Venezuela while tail-ending Israeli Imperialism in supporting Mubarak in Egypt. We encourage everybody to support the movement for a free Egypt and attend this … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Terrific tweeps. I haz them.

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

And some of them have had their picture taken with some pretty damn terrific people. Like, oh, say, Chavecito: That little guy under Chavecito’s hand? That’s Fidel Palma, who tweeted this pic, taken 15 years ago. Back then, Chavecito was … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Long live Lugo!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Because we haven’t heard that much from Paraguay lately, or from its gutsy president, I thought I’d bring you this piece of great news tonight: The president of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, who returned to Asunción today after receiving more treatments … Continue reading →

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