Category Archives: Festive Left Friday Blogging

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito thanks his tweeps

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And where better to do it than in his home town of Sabaneta, in his home state of Barinas, with his amigo Evo alongside as they inaugurated an education centre?In just 48 hours, and with only two tweets to his … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: So much hottitude, all in one week

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

First up, we have Chavecito in a spiff-tacular new uniform, waving to the crowds:I’m told this has something to do with some holiday or other that Venezuela celebrated this past week.And then, there was this little shindig in Cochabamba, hosted … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Wielding the Sword of Bolívar

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Srsly, doesn’t Chavecito do it awfully well?If you’re wondering what the occasion was, here ya go. Enjoy!

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito inaugurates another well

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And this time, it’s a gas well in the Gulf of Venezuela:Another example of co-operation between the state petrochemical company, PDVSA, and foreign private industry. And they said it couldn’t be done. Suck it, haters. Mixed-economy socialism at work, with … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Because we haven’t had Evo in a while

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And because I found this yummy pic of him. I wonder what he’s saying here…Caption suggestions welcome!

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Norman Bethune, socialized medical pioneer

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Dr. Norman Bethune: Surgeon and Innovator”.When you hear the teabaggers screeching about public healthcare being “socialism” and “communism”, stop and think–maybe they’re not so far off the mark after all. But they’re wrong about it being a BAD thing. It … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito Mercalito!

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The municipality of San Francisco, in the state of Zulia, Venezuela, got a brand-new grocery store, with good foods at very good prices. It also got a distinguished visitor to help them open it:Yep, Chavecito was in town. And he … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Who’s afraid of a little shake?

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Not Evo…his dimpled smile stayed firmly affixed as the earth was rocking in Chile yesterday:He’s with Lugo (middle) and El Ecuadorable (right) during Sebastián Piñera’s inauguration ceremony. A magnitude 6.9 quake–believed to be an aftershock of the big one from … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A certain famous photo turns 50

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Alberto Korda’s iconic portrait of Che, mourning the loss of his compañeros, is 50 years old today. Here’s the story behind it: Three in the afternoon. March 4, 1960. The steamer La Coubre was anchored in the bay of Havana. … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula in Havana

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Lula had lots of good things to say about Fidel……and oh yeah, Your Barackness, he wants you to lift the blockade on Cuba. (Watch this get ignored and swept under the rug by the lamestream media.)

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