Protests Demanding Mubarak’s Resignation Grow Stronger + Media Crackdown

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Democracy Now! Feb. 7, 2011 Protests Demanding Mubarak’s Resignation Grow Stronger, Despite Some Government Concessions Newly-appointed Egyptian vice president Omar Suleiman held talks on Sunday with opposition groups in Cairo in an attempt to stem the anti-government protests that continue across the country. Suleiman agreed to several major concessions, including ending the country’s decades-old [...]

Time for Democracy in Egypt by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Feb. 7, 2011 Those politically savvy people who thought strongman, Hosni Mubarak would be out before the end of the first week of the Egyptian uprising better rethink the odds. For thirty years Mubarak has developed what can be called a deeply rooted dictatorial regime with regular White [...]

Ralph Nader Rips Obama for his Sit-Down with Corporate Barons

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ liamh2 | February 07, 2011 On Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, Peace and Justice activist Ralph Nader ripped President Barack Obama for his “anti-union stroll” across Lafayette Park to meet this morning with the “corporate barons” in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. His comments came at sidewalk rally hosted by the National Nurses United/California Nurses [...]

US Warships Signal Washington’s Intervention to Save its Egyptian Garrison by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 7 February, 2011 Three US warships dispatched to Egypt signal that Washington is stepping up efforts to secure the embattled regime of Hosni Mubarak. As millions of Egyptian people persist in nationwide protests against the US-backed regime, Washington’s envoy to the North African country, Frank Wisner, has said that [...]

Solomon, Nader, Cornel West and Chomsky: Building a Powerful Left in the U.S.

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Building A Powerful Left in the United States February 4, 2011 [...] Ralph Nader brings to bear the wisdom of six decades of fighting the good fight as he summarizes strategies and policies he feels can revitalize American society. [...] Noam Chomsky reminds us that it can be done; though the powerful few aren’t [...]