Category Archives: Socialism is Good for Capitalism!

The elephant in the burned cabin

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Today, a friend posted this article from Jacobin on his Facebook wall. It’s an analysis of the Christopher Dorner case that the media have been screaming about all week. I wanted to like it; it was well and gracefully written, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evil, wicked Cuba does it again…

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This is big news. In other words: Don’t expect to find this in any major English-language media outlet soon. That Cuba has already developed four vaccines against different types of cancer is undoubtedly an important bit of news for Humanity, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Ecuadorable As Can Be, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Not Hiding in Honduras, She Blinded Me With Science, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The United States of Amnesia, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Quotable: Olafur Ragnar Grimsson on banks

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

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Clip ‘n’ Save: Who’s sponging from whom?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A handy graphic to shove under the nose of anyone who still doesn’t get what Idle No More is all about.

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Clip 'n' Save, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Teh Injunz | Comments Off

Apocalypse? NO.

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

I doubt the Maya carved their intricate solar calendars just to freak out ignorant modern folks. But that seems to be the effect they’ve had. Meanwhile, scientists have other explanations for what they really mean: Mexican and foreign scientists have … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Mexican Standoffs, Pissing Jesus Off, She Blinded Me With Science, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Quotable: Martin Luther King on “right to work”

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

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Guess who’s joining MERCOSUR!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

W00t. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, will ratify on Thursday during the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) Heads of State Summit that Bolivia wants to join the regional bloc. The Bolivian minister of communications, Amanda Dávila, informed that … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Brazil is the Bomb!, Don't Cry For Argentina, Economics for Dummies, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Paraguay, Uruguay, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Festive Left Friday Blogging: El Ecuadorable is full of win

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

You can’t keep a good president down…or shut him up. And why would you want to, when he empowers his own people to speak out, too? Especially not when he just won a very important prize for doing just that? … Continue reading →

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Don’t back down, Justin!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Sabina Becker

What’s wrong with what Justin Trudeau said here? I’ll give you a broad hint: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. En effet, c’est tout correct: The remarks in question come from an interview Trudeau did in Nov. 2010, with French-language interviewer Patrick Lagace, on … Continue reading →

Posted in Barreling Right Along, Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Rafael Correa visits Seville

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Rafael Correa meets with the Mayor of Seville, in Spain. And that’s not all he’s up to over there: Rafael Correa arrived yesterday afternoon at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, accompanied by crowds. He came to tell how Ecuador … Continue reading →