Boycott FedEx by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig February 22, 2010 Dean Henderson’s career with FedEx ended abruptly when a reckless driver plowed into his company truck and mangled his leg. His doctor will decide this week if it needs to be amputated. No longer able to drive, stripped of value in our commodity culture, [...]

Tribute to Howard Zinn with Ralph Nader, Amy Goodman and more

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Update: Thanks to Connie for finding the entire tribute.  Added below. Note: I and also another reader had trouble viewing the video from C-SPAN.  Don’t know if it’s a browser issue or what.  If I find more of the tribute on Youtube or other video site, I’ll add the videos here. Tribute to Howard [...]

Calm after coup in Niger

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ AlJazeeraEnglish February 19, 2010 The streets of Niamey, Niger’s capital city, are reported to be calm, a day after a military coup deposed the president. The West African nations’ new military rulers have promised early elections and a return to democracy. The takeover has been widely condemned by other African states. Al Jazeera’s Owen [...]

Please, don’t read this book by Daniel N. White

by Daniel N. White Featured Writer Dandelion Salad February 21, 2010 Oil: A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth Matthew Yeomans, New Press, 2005 Anyone who reads enough has run across plenty of examples, from their own experience, of book reviews that, when you read the book, show unmistakable evidence that the [...]

Report: Bush Lawyer Said President Could Order Civilians to Be ‘Massacred’ by Michael Isikoff

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Michael Isikoff Newsweek.com February 19, 2010 The chief author of the Bush administration’s “torture memo” told Justice Department investigators that the president’s war-making authority was so broad that he had the constitutional power to order a village to be “massacred,” according to a report released Friday night by the Office of Professional Responsibility. [...]