Report: Despite Obama’s Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraq (Gareth Porter)

Dandelion Salad Democracy Now! 3.26.09 Nearly four weeks ago, President Obama declared that US combat operations would end in Iraq by August 2010. Despite Obama’s pledge, new evidence has emerged that the US plans to keep combat brigades in Iraq, but they will operate under a different name. Investigative reporter Gareth Porter of Inter Press [...]

From Populist Rage to Revolution by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org March 27, 2009 Americans clearly are capable of being outraged. Missing, however, is a sustained, vibrant demand for deep reforms of our political and government system. You hear a lot about populist rage these days, especially connected to the AIG bonus debacle. But populist rage as [...]

Mosaic News – 3/26/09: World News From The Middle East

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 Headlines coming soon. Produced for Link TV by Jamal Dajani. more about “Mosaic News – 3/26/09: World News Fro…“, posted with vodpod

How To Get Back Overdraft Fees From Your Bank

Dandelion Salad LELAMedia March 23, 2009 I saw an interesting report this weekend on how truly predatory some of our bank’s overdraft fee policies are. Of course no one likes them, but one (slightly strange-looking) guy decided to fight back. He asked none other than perennial Green Party presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader [...]

Chomsky on Geithner

Dandelion Salad http://www.therealnews.com transcript Pt 1 Noam Chomsky speaks to Paul Jay on the Obama – Geithner plan. Chomsky says that “they’re simply recycling, the Bush-Paulson measures and changing them a little, but essentially the same idea: keep the institutional structure the same, try to kind of pass things up, bribe the banks and investors [...]