Trade Protectionism and Worldwide Economic Contraction by Rodrigue Tremblay

Dandelion Salad by Rodrigue Tremblay www.thenewamericanempire.com May 28, 2009 “I almost went down on my knees to beg [President] Herbert Hoover to veto the asinine Hawley-Smoot Tariff.”…“That Act intensified nationalism all over the world.” — Thomas Lamont, banker and economic adviser, June 1930 “Now is a time where we have to be very careful about [...]

Avoiding Corporate Liability by Ralph Nader

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page May 27, 2009 Once upon a time early in the 19th century, corporations came into existence by state legislatures approving charters, which were granted for a limited period of time and for limited purposes. These corporations – producing textiles and other products in New England – raised [...]

Cyber Warfare: Building Attack Tools for Mass Destruction by Tom Burghardt

by Tom Burghardt Global Research, May 27, 2009 Antifascist Calling… A quintessential hallmark of an authoritarian regime, particularly one that operates within highly-militarized, though nominally democratic states such as ours, is the maintenance of a system of internal control; a seamless panopticon where dissent is equated with criminality and the rule of law derided as [...]

Don’t say I didn’t warn you: Big Brother is back! By Jerry Mazza

By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at Online Journal www.jerrymazza.com May 28, 2009 On April 20, I wrote an article, Big Bro’s Cybersecurity ACT: A means to shut down the Internet. Lo and behold, yesterday, this article Obama Set to Create A Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate appeared in the Washington Post. The [...]

But Governor, You CAN Create Money! Just Form Your Own Bank. by Dr. Ellen Brown

by Dr. Ellen Hodgson Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com May 27, 2009 “I understand that these cuts are very painful and they affect real lives. This is the harsh reality and the reality that we face. Sacramento is not Washington – we cannot print our own money. We can only spend what we have.” [...]