William Greider on the Looting of Social Security

Dandelion Salad videonation The resounding defeat of George W. Bush’s effort to privatize Social Security in 2005 seemed to be the end of attacks against the program. However, William Greider argues that Wall Street interests are leading a new round of threats to Social Security in a plan to use money from the program to [...]

Collapse of the US dollar: Global systemic crisis. The phase of global geopolitical dislocation

Dandelion Salad by GEAB Global Research, February 17, 2009 GEAB N°32 Back in February 2006, LEAP/E2020 estimated that the global systemic crisis would unfold in 4 main structural phases: trigger, acceleration, impact and decanting phases. This process enabled us to properly anticipate events until now. However our team has now come to the conclusion that, [...]

Beyond cholera: Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis

Sent to DS  from Pete Masters, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) UK, thanks Pete Dandelion Salad Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Date Published: 17/02/2009 08:16 Click here to read the report on Zimbabwe’s health crisis By MSF Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis continues to rapidly deteriorate, causing appalling suffering. The organisation’s medical teams have now treated almost 45,000 people, [...]

Mosaic News – 2/13/09: World News From The Middle East

Dandelion Salad Note: Mosaic is on temporary hiatus until February 23, 2009. 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 “Female Suicide Bomber Kills 40 Pilgrims in Iraq,” Al Jazeera TV, Qatar “Eyad [...]

Finance Capitalism Hits a Wall by Prof. Michael Hudson

Dandelion Salad by Prof. Michael Hudson Global Research, February 17, 2009 The Oligarchs’ Escape Plan – at the Treasury’s Expense The financial “wealth creation” game is over. Economies emerged from World War II relatively free of debt, but the 60-year global run-up has run its course. Finance capitalism is in a state of collapse, and [...]