It’s called “Baghdad Brutality”. 9:11 minutes of evidence that things have degenerated to utter madness. And that far from stopping sectarian violence, the US presence in Iraq has actually encouraged it.
Video courtesy Raw Story.
News of the Restless A door at the end of a dead-end street…
Dissidents, schmissidents!
January 25, 2007 — Sabina Becker
I suspect there is more truth in this than anyone realizes.
I also suspect that Cuba’s real democratic future will come by way of Venezuela, Bolivia and other Latin American allies, not Miami or Washington.
Shades of Davos at the “anti-Davos”!
January 24, 2007 — Sabina BeckerOh, the irony. When a luxury meal is served at a summit dedicated to fighting social inequalities, look what happens:
Dozens of street children have invaded a five-star hotel food tent and feasted on meals meant for sale at the World Social Forum in Kenya’s capital.
The hungry urchins were joined by other participants who complained that the food was too expensive at the annual anti-capitalist get together.
21st Century Socialism defined
January 24, 2007 — Sabina BeckerCourtesy of Aporrea.org, we finally have a working definition of the goal of the Bolivarian Revolution:
21st Century Socialism must drive the betterment of society, in such a way that all citizens satisfy their needs and form one middle class, theoretician Haiman el Troudi said yesterday at the opening of the First Forum on 21st Century Socialism in Venezuela.
“The order must be: Let’s push upwards, let’s all be middle-class”, said El Troudi, speaking from the auditorium of the Medical College of Caracas, in response to the myth that socialism intends to do away with wealth and equalize society downwards.
Headline Howler: Only 40 years and 55,000 corpses worth of difference…
January 24, 2007 — Sabina BeckerBut other than that, who’s counting?
Memo to CNN: You can call it Vietraq or Iraqnam if you like. I certainly do.
Even his supporters are violent
January 24, 2007 — Sabina BeckerThis is the kind of sentiment Luis Posada Carriles–a.k.a. the CubanaBomber–inspires in the Miameros who support him. They claim to be peaceful, but it sure doesn’t take much to light their fuse, as a group of young Bolivarians found out all too clearly. One of the pro-terrorist crowd even threw a bullhorn at the free-speech activists.
(Raw footage, showing the unprovoked attack in full, here.)
Throng me no throngs
January 23, 2007 — Sabina BeckerIt’s axiomatic in the US mainstream media that the bigger a pro-democracy demo in the “free world”, the more you play down its numbers in an effort to make it look like no one came.
But get a load of what happens when one of the “liberal” sites covers a faux-democracy demo in Venezuela:
Blowing whistles and waving flags, hundreds of Venezuelans protested Tuesday against a congressional measure that would grant President Hugo Chavez the power to pass laws by decree in areas from the economy to defense.
Some 400 to 500 protesters stood in a Caracas plaza and shouted in unison: “Faced with authoritarianism, more democracy!”
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Thumbs up!
January 19, 2007 — Sabina Becker
Chavecito’s in Brazil right now for the Mercosur summit, reaping the praises of his friends there as he urges a break away from the Washington consensus. Looks like he, Evo and Lula had some fun with the samba, too.
Beginning of the end for BushCo?
January 18, 2007 — Sabina BeckerDon’t let the numbers fool you. This is big–because the troops aren’t supposed to speak out against Preznit Chucklenuts.
President Bush’s plan to send additional troops to Iraq is facing public opposition from a slice of the American population that rarely speaks out: the military rank and file.
A group of service members came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday armed with signatures from more than 1,000 military personnel who oppose the war.
“We will not be silent while thousands die,” said Sgt. Liam Madden, 22, an active-duty Marine and Iraq war veteran who is helping lead the effort to organize resistance to the war from inside the military.
Why is the Pentagon selling to the Axis of Evil?
January 17, 2007 — Sabina BeckerYou tell me. All’s I know is, this is supposed to be a major no-no.
Fighter jet parts and other sensitive U.S. military gear seized from front companies for Iran and brokers for China have been traced in criminal cases to a surprising source: the Pentagon.
In one case, federal investigators said, contraband purchased in Defense Department surplus auctions was delivered to Iran, a country President Bush has branded part of an “axis of evil.”
