Category Archives: If You REALLY Care

Economics for Dummies: The dark side of the Magic Kingdom

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

If you’ve ever wondered what life is like behind the scenes at Walt Disney World in Florida, here are some stories the company doesn’t want you to hear. Workers underpaid; health and safety concerns unaddressed; the same cast members who … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito at his best

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Just another typical Chavecito moment–comforting a child displaced by heavy rains and flooding in Caracas. This is what Chavecito is best at…looking out for his people in their hour of need: The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, will not be … Continue reading →

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Russian TV crew arrested at the School of the Assassins

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Your take-away lesson here, kiddies: Fascism and torture cannot bear closer scrutiny. Why else shut out a camera crew covering a protest against a “democratic” school teaching those things?

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Heroes for Today: Graeme Taylor and Larry Skopnik

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

One’s a gay teen, the other’s a paraplegic. But both have something remarkable in common: the way they stand up for others in the face of yahoos trying to take things away from them. Considering how vulnerable both are, their … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Obama’s moment of Zen

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

If only His Barackness were always like this, he WOULD be a socialist. Let’s savor him getting this one bang-on, and salute his efforts against bullying, homophobia and suicide. And keep the heat on his feet to drive a stake … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Remembering Katrina

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I recall Hurricane Katrina only too well, as it happened on my dad’s birthday five years ago. It was a surreal day, to say the least. As my folks and I sat in front of the TV and watched the … Continue reading →

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Who is this “silent majority”, and why do they want to shut us up?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I have always found the phrase “silent majority” irksome. Not just because Tricky Dick used it (and was, of course, lying his ass off when he did so), but because makes no sense. How do you know people who share … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Conservative “libertarians”–whose allies?

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I was chided by a liberal today for very rudely telling off a gun guy who presumes that his side is the “right” one to be on in the battle for civil liberties here in Canada. I always love it … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Do As I Say..., Fascism Without Swastikas, Guns, Guns, Guns, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 14 Comments

“This ain’t Canada”: the trauma of the G-20

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A young woman who was arrested at the G-20 protests talks about her dehumanizing experience at the hands of the cops. She was far from alone in being grotesquely maltreated. Stories like hers are pouring out, and it’s getting awfully … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Crises of Capitalism, made easy

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A lecture by British sociologist David Harvey, accompanied by whiteboard cartoons. Suddenly, we can see why the US right-wing have been so busy trying to silence and/or expunge the voices of the left from their universities (hello, David Horowitz, we … Continue reading →