Howard Zinn: US ‘In Need of Rebellion’

Dandelion Salad ICH 09/09/08 “Al Jazeera” Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US “empire” is close to collapse HZ: America has been heading – for some time, and is heading right now – toward [...]

The Voice of War and Oil By Rand Clifford

Dandelion Salad Sent to me by Jason Miller from Thomas Paine’s Corner. Thanks, Jason. By Rand Clifford 9/9/08 Albert Einstein defined insanity as: “…doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” And he said, “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but [...]

RoboCops: Professional Policing of Political Protest – An Insider’s Viewpoint

Dandelion Salad Sent to me by the author, thanks William. by William Cox http://www.thevoters.org Sept. 9, 2008 The following text is an Insider’s Viewpoint based on forty years experience as a Los Angeles Attorney and law enforcement officer. William Cox provides an analysis of  the increasing militarization of local police forces in response to protest [...]

Bailing Out Fannie and Freddie by Ralph Nader

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader Sept 9, 2008 When Members of Congress or the Administration or the corporate CEOs or the empirically starved right-wing ideologues start whining about regulation the right-wing echo chamber goes wild. When the absence of adequate regulation lets an industry wreak havoc, Congress and the Administration meekly admit a bit of [...]

Comrades Bush, Paulson and Bernanke Welcome You to the USSRA (United Socialist State Republic of America)

Dandelion Salad By Nouriel Roubini ICH 09/09/08 “Roubini Global Economics” The now inevitable nationalization of Fannie and Freddie is the most radical regime change in global economic and financial affairs in decades. For the last twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the economic reforms in China [...]