Chris Hedges: The Walls are Literally Crumbling Around Us

with Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boiling Frogs Post with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad January 29, 2010 Chris Hedges gives us a quick sketch of his latest book “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle”. He discusses the real role [...]

Doctors Flowers and Paris Arrested Trying to Inform Obama about Medicare For All

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ liamh2 January 29, 2010 On Jan. 29, 2010, Doctors Margaret Flowers and Carol Paris were arrested outside a hotel, at the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore, MD, where President Barack Obama was to give a speech. They were on a sidewalk outside the Renaissance hotel holding a banner. The doctors had a letter that they [...]

UN Secret Detention Report Asks, “Where Are The CIA Ghost Prisoners?” by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 29 January 2010 A major new report on secret detention policies around the world, conducted by four independent UN human rights experts, concludes that, “On a global scale, secret detention in connection with counter-terrorist policies remains a serious problem,” and that, “If resorted to in a widespread [...]

Howard Zinn’s last advice to America – and to me by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Reposted with permission from Rabbi Arthur Waskow from the Shalom Center by Rabbi Arthur Waskow The Shalom Center January 28, 2010 Tuesday morning – just two days ago – I wrote half a dozen leaders of progressive thought and action in America, each separately, the letter that follows. It proposes creating a grand coalition calling [...]

The Battle of the Titans: JPMorgan vs. Goldman Sachs Or Why the Market Was Down for 7 Days in a Row by Dr. Ellen Brown

by Dr. Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com Jan. 29, 2010 We are witnessing an epic battle between two banking giants, JPMorgan Chase (Paul Volcker) and Goldman Sachs (Geithner/Summers/Rubin). Left strewn on the battleground could be your pension fund and 401K. The late Libertarian economist Murray Rothbard wrote that U.S. politics since 1900, when [...]