Blackwater’s Youngest Victim’s Father Gives Most Detailed Account of Massacre to Date

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Democracy Now! Jan 29, 2010 EXCLUSIVE…Blackwater’s Youngest Victim: Father of 9 Year-Old Killed in Nisour Square Gives Most Detailed Account of Massacre to Date Today a Democracy Now! exclusive report from Jeremy Scahill about a nine year old boy, shot in the head and killed by Blackwater in the infamous Nisour Square massacre. His [...]

Canada’s Pro-Democracy Movement

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ TheRealNews January 29, 2010 www.therealnews.com People take to the streets accusing Prime Minister of shutting down Parliament to avoid a war crimes inquiry into his administration. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has single-handedly shut down Parliament. It is the second time he has done this since being re-elected in October of 2008. Critics claim [...]

California’s Prisons: Suppression, not rehabilitation by Rachel Meyer

Sent to DS from the author. by Rachel Meyer Dandelion Salad January 29, 2010 previously published at The WIP- January 28, 2010 California’s Prison Spending Grows While the State Budget Shrinks As I sit and write this, a young man sits in County Jail awaiting his sentence. Three years ago he was involved in a [...]

Pentagon Confronts Russia In The Baltic Sea by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO -Opposition to global militarism 29 January, 2010 Twelve months ago a new U.S. administration entered the White House as the world entered a new year. Two and a half weeks later the nation’s new vice president, Joseph Biden, spoke at the annual Munich Security [...]

Remembering Howard Zinn: Legacy + Personal Philosophy + World Today

In loving memory to Howard Zinn, one of DS’s most well known Featured Writers.  He will be deeply missed. with Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad January 28, 2010 Big Think As the legendary activist and author discussed in one of his final interviews, he wants to be remembered for “introducing a different way of [...]