Bill Moyers: Welcome to the Plutocracy!

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By BUniverse The first Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture is delivered by veteran journalist, Bill Moyers. Citing Zinn as his inspiration, Moyers focuses on the challenges facing our democracy. He decried what he says has been a 30-year trend toward plutocracy, where the rich get richer at the expense of the average citizen. Howard Zinn, [...]

On Bush’s Waterboarding Claims, UK Media Loses Its Moral Compass by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 9 November, 2010 The mainstream media likes to claim that it has high journalistic standards, but when the opportunity for a sensational headline turns up, those principles are often abandoned. A recent example of this was the hysterical response to the supposed swine flu epidemic last year, [...]

The Ping-pong U.S. Political System by Ed Ciaccio

by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer November 9, 2010 So the ping-pong U.S. political system again produces the illusion of “change”, as Republicans (Rethugs) take control of the House while the Democrats’ (Dims) majority in the Senate is narrowed, and President Obama says, again, that he will try to reach out to the opposition [...]

The Story of Electronics (2010)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ storyofstuffproject The Story of Electronics, releasing Tuesday, Nov. 9, employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution’s collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the mines and factories where our gadgets begin to the horrific [...]

Debacle of America’s Democratic Party, Demise of the Left-Center Left, A Worldwide Trend by James Petras

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Prof James Petras Global Research, November 6, 2010 Introduction: The November 2, 2010 electoral debacle of the Democratic Party in the US cannot be solely ascribed to the failed policies of President Obama, the Congressional leadership or their senior economic advisers. Nor is the demise of what passes for the American “center-left” confined [...]