Category Archives: Free Trade, My Ass!

Quotable: Evo Morales on capitalism

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“The transnational corporations always provoke conflicts to accumulate capital, and the accumulation of capital in a few hands is no solution for humanity. And so I have arrived at the conclusion that capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity.”–Evo Morales, … Continue reading →

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Welcome to capitalism! Sorry you got beat up!

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From the UK Guardian, a little news item from not-so-red-anymore China: China unveiled plans yesterday to deploy police in hospital wards and outpatient clinics to protect medical staff from the public, amid growing instances of physical violence meted out by … Continue reading →

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While the Miami Mafia kvetches about RCTV’s lost licence…

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…look what is flying totally under the radar down yonder: Cable television subscribers who have been able to rely on their local governments to regulate service, may soon be calling Tallahassee for help. A bill that was passed by the … Continue reading →

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Forbes: Commie pinko rag!

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I mean really…how else to explain this?

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The Future of Food

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

A scary but utterly important film on the dangers of genetically modified foods and what we can do to stop their deadly encroachment on our tables, our fields and our lives. More information can be found at the filmmaker’s website.

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Stop me before I laugh again!

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I can’t help it. I really, REALLY can’t. President George W Bush has urged the US Congress to ratify a free trade deal with Colombia, as part of a wider plan to back democracies in Latin America. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha, oh, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha…. … Continue reading →

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FOX News: The iron fist of “fair and balanced” hypocrisy

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Being totally two-faced seems to be a prerequisite if you want to work at Fux Snooze. Get a load of what one sharp-eyed Venezuelan patriot has found concerning a particular reporter of theirs in Latin America: (Thanks to GloriaAlBravoPueblo and … Continue reading →

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And this is why we call them banana republics

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Sabina Becker

What’s a banana republic? A dictatorship (or nominal, weak “democracy”) where organized crime and oppression hold sway on behalf of Big Bidness–the real ruler of the country.Like, oh, say, Colombia. US banana company Chiquita Brands International has said it will … Continue reading →

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Guatemala suffers; Nicaragua moves on; Telesur just plain MOVES!

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

While Dubya is hard at work pissing off the Guatemalans, look what’s going on in Nicaragua: This Sunday, the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua signed an agreement to build a petroleum refinery, and incorporated Nicaragua into the multinational channel TeleSUR. … Continue reading →