Category Archives: Good to Know

Q. When do dictators become demonstrators?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Sabina Becker

A. When their gringo puppetmasters “ask” them to: Yup, that’s Roberto Micheletti, whom you may recall as the putschist who ousted Manuel Zelaya in a military coup. So how did he end up there? Contrainjerencia has the story: Honduran ex-dictator … Continue reading →

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A letter from Venezuela

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Just some more video of the Venezuelan opposition making shit up as they go along, with the ever-complicit local corporate media along for the ride. Nothing to see here, folks. While browsing Aporrea this morning, I came upon this open … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Lizz Winstead on unplanned pregnancy

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Lizz talks about how she got pregnant the very first time she had sex, in high school. She also talks about what it’s like to be completely oblivious…and an easy mark for anti-choice propaganda. She also dispels some serious bullshit. … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: One for the ages

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro…revolutionary leftists. Remember that when you see anyone trying to co-opt Madiba for right-wing political bullshit. Or neoconservatism of any kind.

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Oh shit, are we doomed?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A performer at the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, England, plays a primitive tuba found in the ancient Viking part of town. According to Norse myth, the sounding of a certain specific horn heralds doom: The horn belonged to the … Continue reading →

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Remembering Cantaura, 31 years later

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A poster from 2009 commemorating the victims of the “democratic” massacre of Cantaura, Venezuela, which occurred 31 years ago. This is all of a pattern with US interference throughout Latin America. While Argentina and Chile suffered openly under fascist dictators … Continue reading →

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit and the German Greens’ pedophile problem

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“I stand for sex with children! How about you?” Meet Daniel Cohn-Bendit. He’s a long-standing, high-ranking member of the German Green Party, as well as the Green faction chief in the Europarliament. And he’s also a major component of its … Continue reading →

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It’s Hiroshima Day. Do you know where YOUR radiation is?

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Footage of the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, followed by Allen Ginsberg, reading his “Plutonian Ode” over footage of various nuclear “test” explosions from around the globe. Note the quotation marks; that’s because these “tests” are never really JUST a … Continue reading →

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Get your own damn sandwich.

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So, women now rule the world, and men are oppressed? Courtesy of a Facebook friend, here’s an extremely typical example of how guys who make those claims actually “think” (note the quotes): Y’okay. I know this isn’t really a fair … Continue reading →

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How to be a guy who gets it

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s really very simple. Just follow the example of these guys here: And oh yeah: Don’t be a harasser yourself.

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