Reframing the Health Care Debate by Jason Bryer

Republished with permission from the author; thanks Jason. by Jason Bryer Jason Bryer -  Sept 9, 2009 Sept 15, 2009 Over the past few weeks as the debate over a national health care option has moved from the halls of Congress to the water cooler I have found myself engaging in several discussions with those [...]

“You Have to Learn Lessons from History” by Cindy Sheehan

submitted to Buzzflash: by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Sept. 15, 2009 I was just watching a report on CNN and after the commentator said that support for Afghanistan is rapidly dwindling (58 percent now think it’s not worth fighting), an interview with Obama was shown. The [...]

Economics 101 – Michel Chossudovsky on the Banker Bailouts

corbettreport September 14, 2009 Michel Chossudovsky, the director of the Centre for Research on Globalization, sits down with The Corbett Report to discuss the real meaning of the banker bailouts. For more information and economic analysis, please visit: http://www.globalresearch.ca more about “Economics 101 – Michel Chossudovsky o…“, posted with vodpod see Michel Chossudovsky: America’s Fiscal [...]

Obama Brings Guantánamo And Rendition To Bagram (And Not The Geneva Conventions) by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 15 Sept. 2009 Following briefings by Obama administration officials (who declined to be identified), both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported yesterday that the government is planning to introduce a new review system for the 600 or so prisoners held at Bagram airbase in [...]

The Spectrum of Disobedience – an interview with Howard Zinn By Gabriel Matthew Schivone

Crossposted with permission from Jewish Peace News Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Jewish Peace News Sept 14, 2009 This interview with Howard Zinn opens with a discussion of a group of Israeli refusers known as the Sministim (high school seniors). For some years now, a number of high school seniors get together and write [...]