Western Civilization and the Economic Crisis: The Impoverishment of the Middle Class by Andrew Gavin Marshall

by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 29, 2010 When Empire Hits Home, Part 2 Part 1: War, Racism and the Empire of Poverty – When Empire Hits Home The western nations of the world have built their great wealth and societies on the exploitation and plundering of the people and resources of [...]

Peddling Peril, Peddling Lies by Luke Ryland

by Luke Ryland Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Luke’s blog post March 29, 2010 David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), has a new book out (which I haven’t read) about AQ Khan and the nuclear black market called Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s Enemies. In the [...]

9/11 Reconstruction: Mental Before Physical by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org March 29, 2010 The failure to rebuild the World Trade Center site in Manhattan has received endless attention.  But public anger about this failed reconstruction should not been seen so negatively.  After all, mental reconstruction has also still not been successful and is surely more needed, [...]

US Bagram Airbase hit during Obama visit

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ PressTV March 29, 2010 The US Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan has been hit by rockets during an official visit by President Barack Obama to the war-torn country. Afghan officials told Press TV on Monday that three rockets targeted the airfield. No damages or casualties have been reported; however, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who [...]

Is America ‘Yearning For Fascism?’ by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig March 29, 2010 The language of violence always presages violence. I watched it in war after war from Latin America to the Balkans. The impoverishment of a working class and the snuffing out of hope and opportunity always produce angry mobs ready to kill and be killed. [...]