The Inner Voices by Bruce Gagnon

by Bruce Gagnon featured writer Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes Nov. 22, 2010 I call it mental colonization. The corporations learned long ago, by hiring the best and brightest from the world of psychology, they can control the population by feeding us images and ideas over and over again. And since the corporations now control most [...]

Did You Miss This? 100 Percent Funding Cuts to Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Courses at UK Universities

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 22 November, 2010 In almost all the coverage of the coalition government’s proposed cuts to university funding, as a result of a review conducted by Lord Browne, the former CEO of BP (whose qualifications for such a role have never been adequately explained), it has been noted [...]

My Friend Barack by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Nov. 22, 2010 After nearly two years out, I can imagine George W. Bush writing his successor the following letter: Dear President Obama: As you know I’ve been peddling my book Decision Points and while doing interviews, people ask me what I think of the job you’re doing. [...]

Honoring Terrorists at the University of Miami by Jim Ryerson

by Jim Ryerson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.youtube.com/user/tmanjdrjr (jim [at] travelingman [dot] net) Cuba Connections November 22, 2010 In the past few years, radical Cuban exiles in Miami have toned down their act. By toned down I mean they don’t necessarily kill Americans who might tend to disagree with them which was sometimes their practice [...]

Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig November 22, 2010 There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. The electoral process has been hijacked by corporations. The judiciary has been corrupted and bought. The press shuts out the most important voices in the country [...]