Category Archives: Human Rights FAIL

El Narco’s perpetual war

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember this guy? The one who’s so obsessed with waging war against the FARC in Colombia that he got up his own right-wing paramilitary army to murder local campesinos and blame it on the guerrillas? Yeah. HIM. Well, guess … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Drrrrruuuugs, Economics for Dummies, El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Human Rights FAIL, Isn't It Ironic?, Mexican Standoffs, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Why the Panama Papers matter: a victim’s-eye view

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

War crimes, child sex slavery, the destruction of public services around the world…these are just a few of the horrors enabled by tax evasion, fraud, and offshore shell corporations. Is paying less in taxes really worth this to YOU?

Posted in A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Human Rights FAIL, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Teh Russkies | Comments Off

When rape culture calls itself Justice, and the papers defend it as such

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Many years ago, when I was a j-school student, I got interviewed by the Globe and Mail, for an internship I didn’t get. At the time, it was cause for some chagrin: a plum big-city reporting job, missed! What made … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Human Rights FAIL, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

A few random thoughts on the Ghomeshi fiasco

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Sabina Becker

So. This happened. It’s not that I wasn’t expecting it to happen. Given the overall ineptitude of the Crown’s prosecution, and the ugly predilections of the judge as revealed in a previous (and very similar) case, it was pretty easy … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullies, Canadian Counterpunch, Human Rights FAIL, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Men Who Just Don't Get It, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

Obama in Argentina: What’s NOT being discussed when he meets with Macri

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Jorge and María Emilia Zaffaroni, of Uruguay, and their daughter, Mariana. The parents were “disappeared” and their infant daughter was illicitly “adopted” by a military family with ties to the Argentine Junta. Theirs is just one of hundreds of similar … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Human Rights FAIL, Isn't It Ironic?, Paraguay, Uruguay, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

The German refugee situation: Everything old is new again, including the prejudice

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Sabina Becker

German refugees being driven out of Silesia, sometime in the 1940s. Scenes like this one have special significance for me, because my own mother and her family were among those refugees and probably looked much the same, pushing their few … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Balkan Yogurt, Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, Human Rights FAIL, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Racist?, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | Comments Off

Dear racists: No, seriously, you can shut up NOW.

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Pardon me while I let my girl Drew speak to exactly how I feel about what I’m about to share with you all: Ahem. Now then… A group of refugee women in Germany wrote the following open letter, which illustrates … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Justin Trudeau vs. McGill University

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Oh, snap. On a day when the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to criminalize peaceful protests against an apartheid regime, a university took a popular stand against its most prominent alum. That’s gotta hurt!

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Compare and Contrast, Gazing on Gaza, Human Rights FAIL, Isn't It Ironic?, Israelly Uncool, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Schadenfreude | Comments Off

German pastor: Give immigrants prostitutes, then they won’t rape

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Pastor Ulrich Wagner. Photo: Robert Brouczek Seriously, folks. You cannot make this shit up…although God knows I wish I had: Q. Herr Wagner, you said during a debate on refugees in Siegertsbrunn, among other things, that asylum seekers should be … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Human Rights FAIL, Law-Law Land, Men Who Just Don't Get It, Pissing Jesus Off, Scandinavian Smorgasbord, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Rape law in Germany: a veritable devil’s carnival of injustice

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Sabina Becker

The memo that “Not All Men” have gotten, but which all men should get. Including white men in general, and Germans in particular. Hi, me again, harping about Köln, again. Or rather, translating yet another good Störenfriedas piece about just … Continue reading →