Latin America’s New Middle Class Rulers: Stabilization, Growth and Inequality by Prof James Petras

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Prof James Petras Global Research, May 22, 2010 Introduction Latin America’s current relations with the US as well as its present political and economic configuration can best be understood in the context of large scale changes over the past twenty years and the relative stability of the past five years. We will proceed [...]

Theology and Neoliberal Economics by Prof. Michael Hudson

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1098433 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Prof. Michael Hudson Global Research, May 23, 2010 The Friedman Institute Upgrades Theology to Condone Neoliberal Greed. What would Jesus Say? Many academics recently received a petition signed by 111 University of Chicago faculty members, explaining that “without any announcement to its own community, [the University] has commissioned Ann Beha Architects, a [...]

Breaking the siege on Gaza – Continued Human Rights Violations by Israel

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ PressTVGlobalNews May 23, 2010 — Palestinians day to day life in occupied territories. [interview starts at 3:45 in]

Oily Obama: Lousy Response to BP Oil Invasion by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org May 23, 2010 Thirty days into the BP oil spill one mile down into the Gulf of Mexico it should be clear to every objective person that President Obama has failed miserably.  This oil spill is more than a disaster or crisis; it is a catastrophe [...]

END:CIV Premise 2 of Derrick Jensen’s Endgame

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ stimulator May 22, 2010 — http://submedia.tv/endciv/2010/05/21/… Last week the supposed defenders of the environment, A.K.A. the Environmental Non Governmental Organizations or E.N.G.O.s, cut a “deal” with timber industries to protect a large chunk of the boreal forest. On the surface this agreement looks good, but the entire deal was not published, only an abridged [...]