2nd Cup of Tea Peace Vigil, our 2nd mile of love

13 year old Abdulai

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Updated: Nov. 16, 2009 added Part 2

ourjourneytosmile
November 14, 2009

We wish for you to join us in our 2nd Cup of Tea Peace Vigil, ‎
person by hopeful person, friends with new friends
in homes, in parks, along the streets ‎
and in the warm places of your hearts!‎

بار اول دوست , بار دوم برادر!‏
The first time, were friends. The second time, brothers.‎
Afghan proverb

In Memory of Gary Sudborough + No Country for Old Men

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Nov. 19, 2009

I’m deeply saddened to bring this news to you.

Gary Sudborough, one of my favorite writers for Dandelion Salad has died suddenly from a heart attack on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.  His sister, Marcy contacted me today by email, and wrote this comment on his latest post:

Oh Gary…you were so brilliant and had such a beautiful mind. How I wish you could have continued longer to enlighten even a few wealthy souls. True to your thoughts, another great mind has suffered and left in poverty.

I will love you forever.

My sincere sympathies and condolences to all of Gary’s family and friends.  It was a pleasure knowing Gary through his writings and personal emails.  He will be missed by many.

In his memory, I’m reposting an article he wrote last year that was published on several  Indymedia websites.

love,
Lo

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No Country for Old Men

by Gary Sudborough
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
published previously on October 25, 2008

The particular problems of the old in the US version of unregulated capitalism

‘If attacked, Iran will target Tel Aviv’

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PressTV
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:30:16 GMT

A senior IRGC official warns that Iranian missiles will be on their marks to target the very heart of Tel Aviv in the event of a military attack on the Islamic Republic.

“If the enemy tries its luck and fires a missile into Iran, our ballistic missiles would zero in on Tel Aviv before the dust settles on the attack,” said Mojtaba Zolnour, the representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Zolnour, who was speaking in a Saturday interview with the IRNA news agency, said enemy countries should keep in mind that Iran’s military capabilities have made great strides due to the efforts of Iranian experts.

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via ‘If attacked, Iran will target Tel Aviv’

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Iran Israel US Nukes

Exclusive: Progressives that became more progressive after their conversion to Christ by Rocket Kirchner

photo by Dandelion Salad

by Rocket Kirchner
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Rocket Kirchner (blog)
Rocket Kirchner (youtube channel)
November 21, 2009

It is one of those pesky little paradoxes in history that to the chagrin of many, shatters stereotypes, kicks ass, and takes names.  Yes, you guessed it: the radical who becomes more radical after becoming a legit follower of Jesus.  The names are impressive and they add up to confront any honest thinking progressive as to one hell of a challenge and begs the question: what in the world is really going on here?

Leo Tolstoy left all to preach nonviolence and wander around railroad stations. William Booth started the Salvation Army.  Dorothy Day goes from being a Communist Worker to forming the Catholic Worker for the homeless and hungry.  Eldridge Cleaver took Marx further than Marx.  Sojourner Truth was pivotal in the Abolitionist movement.  Susan B. Anthony was central to the early Suffragettes.  Thomas Merton left NYC, renounced all to become a Trappist monk and one of the most important writers and literary critics against war and poverty, and pioneered the East-West dialogue with the Dalia Lama.  Yep … the names add up.  And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Obama’s Failure To Close Guantánamo By January Deadline Is Disastrous by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.andyworthington.co.uk
21 November 2009

President Obama’s admission in China that he will miss his self-imposed deadline for the closure of Guantánamo is disastrous for the majority of the 215 men still held, and for those who hoped, ten months ago, that he would move swiftly to close this bitter icon of the Bush administration’s lawless detention and interrogation policies in the “War on Terror.”

Despite announcing the closure of Guantánamo on his second day in office, as part of a number of executive orders rolling back the Bush administration’s executive overreach, Obama then failed to follow up with a detailed plan, missing the opportunity to bring a number of wrongly imprisoned men to the US mainland (the Uighurs, Muslims from China whose release into the US had been ordered by a District Court judge), and allowing Republican fearmongers to seize the initiative, mobilizing lawmakers (including some in Obama’s own party) to pass legislation preventing any cleared prisoner from being released into the United States.

Is Chomsky an Anarchist?

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buddhagem
November 20, 2009

more about “Is Chomsky an Anarchist?“, posted with vodpod

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Noam Chomsky: Libertarian Socialism + The Relevance of Anarcho-syndicalism (1976)

Direct Democracy

Noam Chomsky & the Workers Solidarity Movement discuss politics over breakfast

Industrial Worker (IWW Newspaper) interviews Noam Chomsky

Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords Parts 1-2

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TheRealNews
November 20, 2009

Joya: US backed fundamentalism is at the root of the Afghan problem; Foreign troops should get out now

Malalai Joya is an Afghan politician who has been called “the bravest woman in Afghanistan.” As an elected member of the Wolesi Jirga from Farah province, she has publicly denounced the presence of what she considers warlords and war criminals in the parliament. She is the author of “A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice”

more about “Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords“, posted with vodpod

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Direct Democracy

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TheLeftLibertarian
November 20, 2009

more about “Direct Democracy“, posted with vodpod

If you would like a fully detailed sketch of the organization of direct democracy and how it would function, please see the following link: http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/s…

A great first step toward direct democracy is a proposal to create a ballot initiative at the federal level. Please see: http://ni4d.us/.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler and David Frakt on Obama’s Three-Tier Justice System For Guantánamo by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.andyworthington.co.uk
21 November 2009

In the wake of Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement that five Guantánamo prisoners — including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — will face federal court trials in New York, and five others will face trials by Military Commission, much of the media has been consumed with the whining of opportunistic right-wing politicians, who persist in maintaining the same hysterical level of unfounded fearmongering that has skewed the debate on Guantánamo for most of the year.

As a result, far too little attention has been paid to the inadequacy of the Military Commissions as a venue for trying crimes related to terrorism, although there have been some notable exceptions. Both Glenn Greenwald and myself (in an article entitled, “The Logic of the 9/11 Trials, The Madness of the Military Commissions”) have written about it, and Lt. Col. David Frakt, who served as the military defense attorney for the released Afghan prisoner Mohammed Jawad, and for Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who was convicted in a one-sided show trial last November, delivered a withering analysis of the Commissions’ failings in an email exchange with Marcy Wheeler on Firedoglake, and has also spoken to Truthout about his concerns. In an email to Marcy Wheeler, he explained:

Bill Moyers Journal: LBJ’s Path to War

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Bill Moyers Journal
November 20, 2009

Bill Moyers considers a President’s decision to escalate troop levels in a military conflict. Through LBJ’s taped phone conversations and his own remembrances, Bill Moyers looks at Johnson’s deliberations as he stepped up America’s role in Vietnam.

Learn more the LBJ tapes and explore an interactive timeline of the escalation.

video/transcript: Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

Pt 2

video/transcript: Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

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Lessons In Disaster! The Path To War In Vietnam + Obama embarks on Asian tour

Daniel Ellsberg: Don’t repeat Vietnam in Afghanistan