Category Archives: I Left My Hat in Haiti

Debunking the “refugee crisis” of Roxham Road

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Sabina Becker

Our bothered brother has some actual facts and figures at hand, and does the math comparing the “refugee crisis” at a certain US-Québec point of entry to the much larger (and legally accepted!) influx of refugees from Ukraine: Yeah, that’s … Continue reading →

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The assassination of Haiti’s “president”, explained

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Sabina Becker

Sam and Emma interview Brian Concannon, an expert with over 20 years’ experience in Haiti, and what he says is highly interesting: And if you wonder why I put “president” in quotes, there’s a reason for that. Namely, the salient … Continue reading →

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Fire and Fury: The unsexy but still shocking revelations

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Host Gregory Wilpert and guest Doug Henwood discuss some of the more surprising (though less headline-making) aspects of Michael Wolff’s book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. The big take-away here? The sheer extent to which Ol’ Donnie’s … Continue reading →

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Why Chelsea Manning is a hero, not a traitor

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Jimmy Dore breaks it all down, in horrifying detail. What Chelsea Manning revealed to Wikileaks shows that the villain here isn’t one lone whistle-blowing ex-army private, nor a site devoted to publishing leaked information from people like her, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, Heroes for Today, I Left My Hat in Haiti, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Rivers in Egypt, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

A baby named Venezuela

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Sabina Becker

A moment of hope in the midst of devastation. A baby, her mother’s first, is born in Haiti…and her name tells where the hope came from: A group of Venezuelan doctors from the Simón Bolívar Humanitarian brigade attended a birth … Continue reading →

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Haitian activist murdered in Venezuela

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Fritz Saint Louis was a bright hope for his people in a bad time. And like so many bright hopes in Latin America and the Caribbean, he met with a violent and premature end: On Saturday night, masked men entered … Continue reading →

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