Mexico’s “war on drugs” employs army torture and police-state tactics

Dandelion Salad By Rafael Azul and Kevin Kearney www.wsws.org 25 May 2009 Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission CNDH, an independent government agency, has reported that the Mexican army is torturing citizens just across the US border in its war on drug cartels. The report reveals a systematic practice of arbitrary detentions, beatings and electrical shocks [...]

Donald Kirk on N Korea nuclear test + N Korea carries out nuclear test

Dandelion Salad AlJazeeraEnglish Donald Kirk, author of several books on korea and the Korea correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor tells Al Jazeera what he thinks the reasons are behind Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test. more about “Donald Kirk on N Korea nuclear test“, posted with vodpod *** North Korea carries out nuclear test

The Crisis of Finance Capitalism By Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on TPJmagazine May 25, 2009 Among all of the others that we know of on Earth, the human species is unique in a number of ways.  One is that while members of other species certainly can communicate with each other in a variety of ways, [...]

To save planet, end capitalism, Morales says

Posted with permission from Green Left Weekly Dandelion Salad by Simon Butler Green Left 9 May 2009 Bolivian President Evo Morales called a special press conference in New York on April 22. The UN general assembly had passed a motion put by Bolivia’s radical, pro-poor government to make that day “International Mother Earth Day”. Morales [...]

Memorial Day By Gary Corseri

By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad May 25, 2009 I am sick of the voices of heroes! They cry from maniacal graves: “Why do you hurry and turn away— You who are warmed by the sun? “Once a year, on a ‘solemn occasion,’ You come for public mourning. Officers offer orisons. Politicians ply for [...]