Category Archives: Free Trade, My Ass!

Why the EU wants to punish economic migrants

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From Deutsche Welle, the German satellite TV channel, an interesting passage buried well down in the piece: The Return Directive raises hackles not only because of possible human rights infringements, but because the remittances sent home by illegal workers to … Continue reading →

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Help! I think I’m starting to like Felipe Calderon!

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

He’s done two things that are very decent, all things considered.First, he’s put a freeze on food prices so that poorer Mexicans can quit dying of NAFTA-induced starvation (or at least, slow it down a bit.) If he’s smart, he’ll … Continue reading →

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Lugo a “moderate”? Keep dreamin’!

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Meanwhile, I’ll just smile over how wrong the press initially got him…while savoring this: President-elect Fernando Lugo, whose historic election ended six decades of one-party rule in Paraguay, on Friday named a former leftist militant to head his Cabinet when … Continue reading →

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The myth of happy racism

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Found a little item on Aporrea and thought I’d translate it and follow up with a few thoughts of mine own: Could it be that my black friends in the Venezuelan opposition don’t feel that they are being alluded to … Continue reading →

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It’s now official…

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Human Rights Watch has totally screwed the pooch where Venezuela is concerned. I know, they’re supposed to be a serious human-rights organization, but it’s kind of hard to take seriously an organization that gets used so often to promote the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Do As I Say..., El NarcoPresidente, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Newspeak is Nospeak | Comments Off

Quotable: Amy Katz on the falsities of the “free” market

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“The problem is not the issue of personal choice–it’s the doctrine of personal choice. We are constantly being told that change begins with us, that only we can solve our own problems, that we are the authors of our destinies. … Continue reading →

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Real terrorism in a nutshell

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

But of course, the US has the adults in charge of the government, so none of this would EVER happen. Right? RIGHT???

Posted in BushCo Death Watch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Free Trade, My Ass!, If You REALLY Care, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | Comments Off

One, two, three, four…

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…let’s have a CLASS WAR! On second thought, says the National Pest, maybe not. Too bad for them that Linda McQuaig, Conrad Black’s pet hate and Terence Corcoran’s nemesis, is on the case. And, unlike Corcoran, she doesn’t like to … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s cement overshoes

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Ever have one of those days when everything you hear and see just somehow seems…off? Well, I must be having one of those days. Because look what I found that’s just so skewy and screwy: Mexico yesterday condemned Venezuela’s planned … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Canary in the global coalmine

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Cuban permaculturist Roberto Perez tells how his country adapted to economic and ecologic necessity thanks to the big US embargo aimed at starving the revolution out: To outsiders, the Cuban system is frequently presented in the media as a failure; … Continue reading →