Category Archives: Socialism is Good for Capitalism!

Happy Journalists’ Day!

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From Venezuela, where free speech is supposedly at an all-time low…But as the saying goes: “Freedom of Expression” does not mean: Freedom to lieFreedom to deceiveFreedom to manipulate Freedom of Expression is: Freedom to informFreedom to teachFreedom to debate Happy … Continue reading →

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Robert Zoellick’s sour grapes

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Poor little neo-cons, my heart bleeds for them. Case in point: PNAC member Robert Zoellick, a leading warhawk who in 1998 was urging Bill Clinton to bomb the living tar out from under Iraq. Clinton declined, but PNAC found a … Continue reading →

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Freedom of speech, true and false

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Compare and contrast the following videos: This was taken at today’s big anti-imperialist march in Caracas. As you can see, the screen is split four ways. This is to show the size of the crowds in four well-to-do, opposition-dominated neighborhoods. … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Hugo Chavez on mixed-economy socialism

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“We do not have a statist model [of socialism], that everything will be of the state. Is it possible that there are private businesses in socialism? Yes. Even I would say that in Venezuela it is not only possible, but … Continue reading →

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Forbes: Commie pinko rag!

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I mean really…how else to explain this?

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A Bolivarian May Day

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito’s big speech on the International Day of the Worker, at the PDVSA plant of José Antonio Anzoátegui, celebrates the end of the petro-privatization drive of the 1990s as Venezuela gains sovereignty over its oil. No wonder the huge crowd … Continue reading →

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Hello, what part of sovereignty do you not understand?

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh lordy, here we go again. One Delores Williams, writing for Associated Content, horks up a hairball composed of some of the most poorly reasoned propaganda I’ve seen yet: At Midnight, President Hugo Chavez took control of privately run oil … Continue reading →

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Hell freezes over in Paraguay!

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Looks like something very interesting is happening on the frontier between Brazil and Argentina…something which could prove ominous for the Bush Crime Family and its planned ranch in Paraguay. The convention of the Colorado Party, which has governed Paraguay for … Continue reading →

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You can’t bank on Wolfie anymore

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Not that you ever could. But now the World Bank can add Paul “Comb Goober” Wolfowitz to its ever-growing list of credibility woes… Staff at the World Bank have voiced concern that the crisis surrounding its embattled President Paul Wolfowitz … Continue reading →

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One more thing to celebrate

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Amid all the hoopla over the anniversary of the coup and counter-coup in Venezuela five years ago, we have this short but sweet item: President Hugo Chávez Frías, announced this Friday that Venezuela paid off the debt that it owed … Continue reading →

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