Category Archives: Socialism is Good for Capitalism!

Prettyboy Leo is (finally) under arrest

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Opposition leader and former fugitive Leopoldo López (centre, foreground) walks into the Palace of Justice in Caracas, Venezuela. As you can see, he’s not handcuffed or being frog-marched; he surrendered himself to the police yesterday. The president of the National … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Theodore Roosevelt on personal responsibility

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Not bad for an old Tupamaro!

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

First FLFB post of the new year goes to…Pepe Mujica, for a positively brilliant contribution to South American economic integration: The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has offered Bolivia and Paraguay the use of a harbor on the Uruguayan Atlantic … Continue reading →

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Tories have wrecked Canada’s refugee system

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Damage to a downtown Vancouver neighborhood by the racist Asiatic Exclusion League, September, 1907. In the last hundred or so years, it’s astonishing how little has changed, at least in the way our government treats non-white immigrants. If you ever … Continue reading →

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Venezuela to Twitter: You fucked us, now FUCK YOU.

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Twitter stats for Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, showing a sudden drop-off and subsequent rise in followers due to a mass suspension and later reinstatement of Venezuelan Twitter accounts. The other day, on my post about Rob Ford’s crack pipe, … Continue reading →

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Never forget.

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I will walk the streets again in what was bloodied Santiago, and in a beautiful liberated square I will stop to weep for the absent. I will come back from the burning desert and come out of the woods and … Continue reading →

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Happy Labo(u)r Day!

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

And just in time for this day, a little good news from the working front of Toronto, courtesy of LabourStart’s newsletter: Striking hotel workers in Toronto have won a huge victory, due in large part to the solidarity they were … Continue reading →

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DENIED.

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ezra the Putz…just one of FUX Snooze North’s many diverse examples of elite right-wing thoughtleadership. (Snurk.) Ha, ha. Sun News Network has been denied a guaranteed spot on basic cable TV packages in a CRTC ruling released today. The Quebecor-owned … Continue reading →

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Cuban “dissidents” get a taste of Spanish capitalism

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A Cuban woman being evicted from her home in Spain. Scenes like this are becoming more common as Spain’s economic woes deepen. They’re also putting the bitter lie to the idea that a capitalist economy spells more freedom, as one … Continue reading →

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Who you callin’ an antisemite?

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This nice Jewish guy? Shame on you! The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, rebuffed the accusations of the Latin American Jewish Congress’s director, Claudio Epelman, who called him antisemitic because of the relationship Venezuela maintains with the people of … Continue reading →