Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

A prophet in her own country

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Amy Goodman’s arrest yesterday at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, may be just a sideline in the US, but in other countries, it’s big news. Aporrea, the popular Venezuelan news portal, made her story top of their … Continue reading →

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Yep, that Catholic church is sure progressing…

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What century is this again? Rev. Sergio G. Roman sounded the alarm against miniskirts in an online publication to prepare Catholics for a church family-values forum next year in Mexico City. “When we show our body without prudence, without modesty, … Continue reading →

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Long live Yolanda the Boliviana!

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

A few weeks ago, El Duderino had this little snippet of film up on his blog about the Fighting Cholitas of La Paz, Bolivia. A little later, he posted a link to the Guardian article profiling some of them. Today, … Continue reading →

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Oh, those “pro-life” Catholics!

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Sabina Becker

First, they made an attempt on the life of the president of Ecuador:

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Racism, branded on the skin

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Carimba, marcada en mi pielby Guarataro Video (in Spanish) about the prevalence of racism in Venezuela. It’s a fact much denied by the upper classes (who are overwhelmingly white), but when seen through “black” eyes, it becomes impossible to miss. … Continue reading →

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Clara Rojas criticizes Ingrid Betancourt

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Clara Rojas, who was freed along with Consuelo Gonzalez by the FARC guerrillas on January 10 following negotiations brokered by Chavecito and Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba, has been viciously slandered by her fellow ex-captive Ingrid Betancourt, and feels compelled to … Continue reading →

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This is what I call a hearing

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Generals Petraeus and Odierno were confirmed, but so was something else:…the spirit of brave women speaking out for peace. They got THEIR hearing, too.

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And this is why I call him El Narco

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Colombian journalist and former TV anchorwoman Virginia Vallejo, now living in Miami, has written an explosive tell-all book about her lengthy affair with drug lord Pablo Escobar, titled Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar. Here, in an interview with a Brazilian TV … Continue reading →

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One more way Cuba kicks gringo ass

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Yes, they’re making progress on gay rights faster than the “freedom-loving” US of A. And guess who’s in the vanguard of this fight? Yes, it’s ANOTHER Castro… President Raul Castro’s daughter, Mariela, is organizing Cuba’s second anti-homophobia festival this week … Continue reading →

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She didn’t set out to be an uppity woman…

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…but Mildred Loving, just by marrying her childhood sweetheart, broke a color barrier fifty years ago: Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down … Continue reading →

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