Below the surface of oil hemorrhage by Roxanne Amico

by Roxanne Amico Dandelion Salad Spiritmorph Studio May 15, 2010 This post is an update of the post about the Gulf of Mexico 25-days-old oil hemorrhage post I did nearly two weeks ago.  This time, I worked to organize it into a comprehensive and coherent collection for easier access of specific information.  I tried to be chronological, but [...]

In the Beginning and the Now of Nakba by Eileen Fleming

by Eileen Fleming Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 15 May, 2010 Every May 15th since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, the Palestinian Exodus from the Holy Land, known as Nakba, meaning their “day of the catastrophe” is commemorated as the day the expulsions and flight of Palestinians from their towns and villages [...]

Government Semantics and Stupid Americans By Timothy V. Gatto

By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com May 15, 2010 The words bandied about by the government and the U.S. media surely must give those of us that can still think for ourselves a great deal of pause.  It appears that just about everyone that opposes U.S. intervention in any country becomes an [...]

The Tea Party’s Mass White Appeal by Glen Ford

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Black Agenda Radio Commentaries May 11, 2010 Weasel corporate media operatives strain to erase the stain of racism from the Tea Party “movement” – largely a media creation – while white nationalist leaders hide the hoods and nooses in the darker recesses of their bunkers. Yet [...]

Alice in Videoland By William Bowles

By William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Creative-i crossposted at Strategic Culture Foundation 15 May, 2010 “The fantasy of the faraway place, the fantasy of the skin, the fantasy of being somebody else” — John Berger, ‘Ways of Seeing’ Sometimes, and not often enough, insights, understandings and new ideas just pop into your mind, unbidden. [...]