“You’ll Pry My Car out of my Cold-Dead Hands” by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox May 2, 2010 The scope of the tragedy of the undersea oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico is shocking. Please don’t call it a “spill” the gash in our Mother Earth is literally hemorrhaging oily death-blood. British Petroleum, the company [...]

Ralph Nader: We have a Corporate Government!

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ [Note: this the longer version of this post: Ralph Nader Rips Obama, Praises Ron Paul + Why Aren’t Corporate Crimes Prosecuted?] by William Hughes photo by Dandelion Salad On April 20, 2010, author and political gadfly Ralph Nader gave a lecture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), in Baltimore, MD. He spoke before [...]

Chris Hedges: Violence is our primary form of communication (must-see)

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad May 2, 2010 [Note: The Q&A starts at 1 hour in.  Much of this speech is taken from a previous speech he gave, Chris Hedges: War is a Force that Gives us Meaning (2004; must-see; transcript)] talkingsticktv May 02, 2010 — Talk by Chris Hedges author of “War is [...]

Francis Boyle on the 2001 Anthrax attack, Israel’s war crimes, interviewed by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds

by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boiling Frogs Post 2 May, 2010 Professor Francis Boyle discusses the October 2001 anthrax attack, the technology behind the letter to Senator Daschle, and assesses the case based on his years of expertise with America’s bio-weapons programs, and as an expert [...]

Britain’s Election: Welcome to No Choice Democracy by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Finian.cunningham@gmail.com 2 May, 2010 British voters go to the polls on Thursday in a general election that promises to be historic – for all the wrong reasons. Firstly, voter turnout threatens to hit a post-Second World War record low. Over the past six decades, the percentage of eligible [...]