African Americans and the struggle for socialism, 1901-1925 By Abayomi Azikiwe

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By Abayomi Azikiwe www.workers.org Editor, Pan-African News Wire Feb 19, 2011 In 1901 the Socialist Party of America, after much ideological and political struggle, emerged as a coalition of various factions within the socialist movement. It had conservative, moderate and revolutionary tendencies within its ranks. Eugene V. Debs, an organizer of workers in the [...]

Still voting for these hypocrites and liars. Why? by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad February 21, 2011 Remember the 2000 presidential election? Many progressives like yours truly supported Ralph Nader and other Green Party candidates. Here in Florida, we were vilified by the Democrats for not supporting Gore- they railed that we enabled Bush to win. Well, history and extensive investigations [...]

Hillary Clinton: Beware of the Mini Pharaoh in our own backyard by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post February 21, 2011 “Speaking Fee” is the New Name for Political Donation Laundering-Rechanneling (PDLR) Political donation laundering-rechanneling (PDLR) is a business in its own right, whether it is for pre-election donations or post-election maintenance contributions.  In most cases, PDLR requires savvy strategists [...]

Huffington’s Plunder by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig February 21, 2011 I was in New York City on Thursday night at the Brecht Forum to discuss with the photographer Eugene Richards his powerful new book “War Is Personal” when I was approached for an interview by a blogger for The Huffington Post. I had just [...]

“Non-stop” gunfire in Libya’s capital + Protests, “riots” and shooting in Tripoli

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Warning Some of these videos may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. AlJazeeraEnglish | February 20, 2011 Shortly after Seif Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s longtime leader, warned in a Sunday-night speech that the country would descend into “civil war” if protests [...]