At Christmas, Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Is Reunited With His Family by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 25 December 2009 On December 21, the following article, written by Kevin Cullen, was published by the Boston Globe. It brings up to date the story of Oybek Jabbarov, an innocent man from Uzbekistan, held in Guantánamo for nearly eight years, who was finally freed in September [...]

Obama’s Role in the Militarization of Mexico by Mike Whitney

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Mike Whitney Global Research, December 24, 2009 An Interview with Laura Carlsen “Militarization is not the way to deal with Mexico’s political crisis.” — Laura Carlsen Mike Whitney— Will you explain what Plan Mexico is and how it relates to the North American Free Trade Agreement? (NAFTA) Laura Carlsen: Plan Mexico, also called [...]

Does Economics Deserve a Nobel Prize? by Michael Hudson (1970)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By Michael Hudson Global Research, December 24, 2009 – 1970-12-10 Reality & Relevance rather than “Purity” & Elegance are the Burning Issues in Economics Today It is bad enough that the field of psychology has for so long been a non-social science, viewing the motive forces of personality as deriving from internal psychic experiences [...]

Dennis Kucinich on the healthcare reform bill on BBC News

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ BBC News – Democrat Congressman on healthcare reform bill 24 Dec. 2009

Is war necessary for progress?

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ http://therealnews.com Robert Pollin: It’s not war that creates technological development, it’s the state investment