Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006; must-see)

Dandelion Salad Note: replaced video July 8, 2011 ElshamyWalid on Mar 12, 2011 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006) is an independent feature-length documentary film and (2007) book that chronicles abusive practices in the credit card industry. Written and directed by James Scurlock, the film and book use interviews with [...]

Returning To A Secret Country By John Pilger

Dandelion Salad By John Pilger November 25, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ www.johnpilger.com I remember the boys dressed in army surplus, the girls in hessian, their silhouettes framed in beach shanties, staring across an abyss. You were not meant to talk about them. They were not counted in the census, unlike the sheep, and anyway were [...]

The Iraq inquiry + Iraq inquiry hears regime change claim

Dandelion Salad AlJazeeraEnglish November 25, 2009 A look at the objectives behind UK’s involvement in the war and the legality of it. more about “Inside Story – The Iraq inquiry – 24 …“, posted with vodpod *** Long-awaited UK Iraq war inquiry to start – 24 Nov 09

Insurance Companies Pass Landmark Bill!

Dandelion Salad ThePunkPatriot November 24, 2009 BLOG: http://punkpatriot.blogspot.com FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/1OtiqI TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/punkpatriot STORE: http://punkpatriot.etsy.com DONATE? http://bit.ly/7OwKc2 more about “Insurance Companies Pass Landmark Bil…“, posted with vodpod Pts 2-4

Andy Worthington on Antiwar Radio and ABC: Gitmo, Torture, Trials and his new film

Scott Horton Antiwar Radio with Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 25 November 2009 Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses Obama’s broken promise to close Gitmo within a year, the enthusiastic U.S. embrace of rendition and torture after 9/11, the extralegal indefinite detention of innocent prisoners, endemic racism that makes torture less [...]