Amy Goodman calls the Afghan Peace Vigil

Dandelion Salad http://ourjourneytosmile.com Nov. 26, 2009 Winter & the cold have arrived in Afghanistan American Thanksgiving and our Afghan winter; Afghan vigilers’ telephone conversation with Amy Goodman To our American friends, have a meaningful and warm Thanksgiving! We especially thank Douglas Mackey and Dennis Mills for the tele-conversation we had with students of Olympia High [...]

Robert Erickson & European illegal immigrants attempt to self-deport @ ICE

Dandelion Salad HongPong November 23, 2009 more about “Robert Erickson & European illegal im…“, posted with vodpod 11/23/09 – Tea-party prankster Robert Erickson – who last week infiltrated a right-wing “Tea Party Against Amnesty” at the Minnesota State Capitol, attempted to turn himself in for self-deportation at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center [...]

Iraq Inquiry: Sir Christopher Meyer Confirms That Iraq War Was Illegal by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 26 November 2009 No matter how it ends up being spun, Sir Christopher Meyer’s testimony to the Chilcot Inquiry today demonstrated, without a shadow of a doubt, how “regime change” in Iraq was agreed between George W. Bush and Tony Blair in April 2002, and how the [...]

UK Judges Compare Binyam Mohamed’s Torture To That Of Abu Zubaydah by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 26 November 2009 Binyam Mohamed is a British resident, seized in Pakistan in April 2002, who was held in Pakistani custody, supervised by US agents, until July 2002, when he was sent by the CIA to be tortured for 18 months in Morocco, and was tied in [...]

Condition: Critical: Bahati’s story

Dandelion Salad msfuk November 26, 2009 Watch Bahati’s story, then go to http://www.condition-critical.org to leave a message of support for the thousands of people, like Bahati, trying to keep a semblance of normality in their lives in the middle of a war zone. MSF will take a selection of these messages to Congo (DRC) as [...]