The Mafia and Me: Reflections on Being Italian by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.michaelparenti.org January 20, 2011 Like many others of Italian-American heritage, I experienced some discomfort when in 1951 Senator Estes Kefauver, a Democrat from Tennessee, launched his highly publicized investigation into the organized rackets, uncovering scores of thugs with Italian surnames. Subsequent decades produced an endless parade of such [...]

Socialism: a world without oppression by Caleb T. Maupin

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Caleb T. Maupin www.workers.org Jan 15, 2011 Following are excerpts from a talk by Caleb T. Maupin on Nov. 13 at the national Workers World Party conference in New York City. He is a member of the WWP Cleveland branch and Fight Imperialism, Stand Together. Karl Marx was not the first socialist. He [...]

Ralph Nader and Ron Paul on The Federal Reserve, Military Spending, WikiLeaks and Health Care

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Blood, death and failure by Mark A. Goldman

by Mark A. Goldman Guest Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.gpln.com January 19, 2011 It was reported today that President Obama confronted the president of China, Hu Jintao, about China’s human rights record. There is no question that China’s record on human rights is nothing to be proud of, but by my way of thinking, Obama’s record [...]

Are You Proud of Your Country? I’m Not by Timothy V. Gatto

By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com January 19, 2011 This article has been torturing me for the last five years. I know I should have written it a long time ago, but either the World situation wasn’t right, or I was daunted by the thought of writing this narrative that I knew [...]