Over 10,000 March in Detroit to Open US Social Forum

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Democracy Now! June 23, 2010 Thousands of people from across the country marched through Detroit Tuesday afternoon to kick off the opening ceremony of the US Social Forum. The colorful, joyous, and sometimes raucous procession down Detroit’s Woodward Avenue included social movements and community organizations struggling for justice on everything from healthcare, the environment, [...]

Dennis Kucinich on Afghan Strategy: Bring our troops home

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Jun 23 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after President Obama replaced NATO and U.S. Commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal with General David Petraeus: “The counterinsurgency strategy is falling apart. The doctrine of counterinsurgency has broken down just as the chain of command has broken [...]

Officially FUBAR! by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox June 23, 2010 “If Americans pulled back and started paying attention to this war, it would become even less popular,” a senior adviser to head of NATO ops in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal (via Rolling Stone) FUBAR: Military slang for: Fu#ked [...]

Dismiss McChrystal II by Michael Carmichael

by Michael Carmichael Featured Writer Dandelion Salad PlanetaryMovement.org June 23, 2010 Mr. President: Eight and a half months ago, I published an open letter to you that critiqued General Stanley McChrystal’s plan for Afghanistan as well as his personal qualifications for his high position. Noting that the General had produced an unsound plan and been [...]

Voluntarism & Free Association + What is Anarchism?

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ LeftLibetyAppendix June 23, 2010 — I just wanted to finally put away the myth that Libertarian Socialist don’t believe in voluntarism and free association, when in fact, we premise our entire philosophy on it. However, sometimes it’s not emphasized because we don’t think that these alone can bring about a free society.