Five Years and Still Drowning – The New Orleans CNN Would Never Show You by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com 24 August, 2010 It’s been five years already. In New Orleans, more than half the original residents have not, cannot, return. “They don’t want no poor niggers back in – that’s the bottom line.” And that’s Malik Rahim, Director of Common Ground, who led the survivors who rebuilt their homes [...]

Michel Chossudovsky: Death squads invade Iraq

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ RTAmerica | August 24, 2010 In Latin America El Salvadorian death squads were known for targeting clergy members, doctors, and others, similar to what is being said about Iraq. Michel Chossudovsky, the director of the Center for Research on Globalization in Canada argued that the death squad approach created in El Salvador in the early [...]

Taking the computer into the shop today

photo by Dandelion Salad Finally, I’m going to take the old computer into the shop today.  Hopefully they can fix it otherwise I’ll have to buy a new one. So the next few days or however long it takes I’ll be without a computer other than 1 hour at the public library. To keep up [...]

Despotism (1946) + Don’t Be a Sucker (1947) (must-see)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ popworld7 | March 20, 2007 Made by Encyclopedia Britannica Films in 1946. Not so far away as it seems. There are plenty of people who are very inclined towards submission to authoritarian ideas. If you want to know more go here to learn about it.

END:CIV: F*ck Patience

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ stimulator | August 23, 2010 submedia.tv The final piece from END:CIV is both a reality check and a call to arms. Can we really expect the power structures to change their destructive ways by asking nicely? Do we have unlimited time to stop the destruction of the planet? The answer to both questions is no. [...]