My Testimonial: Eid al-Fitr, 9/11, and my status in America by Sami Kishawi

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Sami Kishawi Sixteen Minutes to Palestine August 15, 2010 I came across a rogue news headline that said “Eid festival expected to fall on 9/11. US protesters demand it be moved to another day out of respect for victims”. This isn’t just ridiculous or absurd. This is blatant prejudice. And this is my [...]

Come On Down! It’s Time to Play “Social Security Survivor”!

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Richard (RJ) Eskow OurFuture.org Aug. 3, 2010 A broad coalition of groups has been formed to defend Social Security, and the videos announcing it are all worth watching. Of all the ideas proposed, my personal favorite comes from AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee: A new reality show starring the people who want to cut Social [...]

Michael Parenti: Deep Ideology: How Reactionary Agendas Shape Political Awareness (must-see)

with Michael Parenti Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.michaelparenti.org Aug. 14, 2010 Updated: May 25, 2011 added video by Enlightened Films Understanding Deep Politics conference – May 14-16, 2010 University Inn and Conference Center, Santa Cruz, CA In one packed weekend, Understanding Deep Politics will bring together ten distinguished speakers and hundreds of concerned citizens like you [...]

Of Big Banks and ShoreBank by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page August 13, 2010 The Obama Administration’s treatment of its current majority ownership of bailed out General Motors and its standoffishness toward the pioneering but troubled ShoreBank, a community bank based in Chicago, are lessons in how the Big/Bad fare in Washington, D.C., as compared with the Good/Small. Having [...]

Colombia and Venezuela make peace

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ www.therealnews.com August 14, 2010 Forrest Hylton: Is Colombia’s new leader stepping back from U.S. plan to isolate Chavez? Forrest Hylton teaches history and politics at the Universidad de los Andes (Bogota). He is the author of Evil Hour in Colombia (Verso, 2006), and with Sinclair Thomson, co-author of Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in [...]