Geithner’s Hog-wallow: the US Treasury’s Cash Giveaway Bonanza by Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad by Mike Whitney Global Research, March 28, 2009 There’s depressing news this week that the big banks are up to their old shenanigans again. This time they’ve zeroed in on Geithner’s cash giveaway bonanza, the “Public Private Investment Partnership” (PPIP). As expected, Bank of America and Citigroup have angled their way to the [...]

Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food and Seed

Dandelion Salad Note: replaced video Apr 24, 2011 59:54 – Mar 27, 2009 pdxjustice on Apr 23, 2011 Scientist, feminist, ecologist and author, Vandana Shiva, presenting the keynote address at the 2009 Organicology Conference in Portland, Oregon, on February 28, 2009.

A Farm for the Future (must-see)

Dandelion Salad Found  replacement videos; watch while available.  Updated April 25, 2009 BBC 49:47 – Mar 7, 2009 Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns [...]

Noam Chomsky: Support unionization

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews transcript Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2 Noam Chomsky: The best way to move forward is support unionization President Obama wanted to show his solidarity with working people, so he went to Illinois and talked at an industrial plant. The choice was striking: he chose Caterpillar. Now, he had to [...]

London Conference Reaffirms Tamils’ Aspirations

Thanks to Suren Surendiran who sent the press release to DS. Dandelion Salad Tamil Insight Tamil Insight » London Conference Reaffirms Tamils’ Aspirations (British Tamils Forum, 28.03.2009) British Tamils Forum, assisted by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPG-T), hosted an international conference, titled “World Tamils Forum”, on Thursday, 26 March 2009 at the [...]