Mosaic News – 11/21/08: World News from the Middle East + The Ramallah Banana Republic

Dandelion Salad Warning . This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. linktv Mosaic needs your help! Donate here: http://linktv.org/contribute “Saudi Arabia Won’t Pay Ransom to Pirates,” Al Arabiya TV, UAE “Struggle for Oil Rich Kirkuk,” Abu Dhabi TV, UAE “British Expo [...]

Noam Chomsky: What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World

Dandelion Salad IWantDemocracyNow *** Democracy Now! Nov. 24, 2008 Noam Chomsky: “What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World” World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discussed the meaning of President-Elect Barack Obama’s victory and the possibilities ahead for real democratic change at a speech last week in Boston. It was his first public appearance since [...]

Hidden histories confirmed: So much for the ‘Mother of Parliaments’ By William Bowles

By William Bowles featured writer Dandelion Salad Creative-i 24 November 2008 “This we do by rigging the parliament through official majorities, a restricted franchise and so forth” — From the minutes of the British Colonial Office, 14 December, 1959 Back in June of 2006 I wrote a piece, based on a story in the New [...]

Michael Schwartz: US-Iraq: What’s the deal?

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews more about “Michael Schwartz: US-Iraq: What’s the…“, posted with vodpod . Sent to DS from Dawn http://therealnews.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bush’s Legacy of Conquest and Compromise In Iraq NOV 24-Michael Schwartz’s book, War Without End, the Iraq War in Context, discuses the continuation of American interests in Iraq. In particular the Status [...]

Is Citigroup Thankful for Corrupt Government and Robbed Taxpayers? by Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Sheehan for Congress by Cindy Sheehan Dandelion Salad featured writer Cindy Sheehan for Congress Nov 24, 2008 They should be, because Citigroup, which was already a huge winner in 1999 when then Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers worked with the Clinton administration and Congress, repealed the Glass-Steagall Act so Citicorp could become Citigroup, [...]