Two Gaza Freedom Flotilla ships have been contacted by IDF boats + Message from Cindy Sheehan

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ From Facebook: Sarah Irving May 30 at 3:23pm In the last few minutes, at least two of the FreeGaza flotilla boats (the Turkish IHH boat and FreeGaza’s Challenger 2) have been contacted and/or approached by IDF boats in international waters. If you haven’t already contacted your press, elected representatives and other decision makers, in [...]

From International Brigade to Freedom Flotilla: Remembering the ancestors of our struggle By William Bowles

By William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Creative-i 30 May, 2010 In the light of the Freedom Flotilla on its way to Gaza and the opposition it’s facing, not only from Israel, but the news blackout by the corporate/state media of the seven hundred brave people making the trip, it’s worth recalling that back in [...]

Exclusive: Woody Allen and the possibility of divine intervention by Rocket Kirchner

by Rocket Kirchner Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Rocket Kirchner (blog) Rocket Kirchner (youtube channel) May 30, 2010 photo by Dandelion Salad Relax dear readers… no… Woody Allen has not had a conversion experience. But the night is always young, and the lights of Manhattan never go out. Nor does Woody’s brain ever turn off. Woody [...]

Oily Politics Led to Environmental Disaster by Walter Brasch

by Walter Brasch Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.walterbrasch.com May 30, 2010 Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) had a good idea to slow or stop the Gulf Coast oil spill from reaching shore. Build artificial barrier islands, he told the federal government. He wanted the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Gulf of Mexico and the [...]

Peace Heroes: Casey Sheehan by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox crossposted at (Islam Times) May 30, 2010 Memorial Day and the “holiday” weekend lay a double-whammy claim on my emotions every year. Thirty-one years ago today—May 29—my first child was born—a son. We named him “Casey” because we were huge baseball [...]