“Whatcha Gonna Do?” by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad February 26, 2011 ‘You poisoned my sweet waters, you tore down my green trees; the food you gave my children is the cause of their disease. My world is slowly coming down and the air’s not fit to breathe, and those of us who care enough we have [...]

Franklin Lamb Detained

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ http://radio786.co.za Friday, 25 February 2011 Franklin Lamb, the guest at the Radio 786 Gala dinner scheduled for tomorrow has been detained in Lebanon. Lamb was arrested earlier this evening by General Security in Lebanon where he was supposed to board a flight for his trip to South Africa.

Profit Pathology and Disposable Planet by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.michaelparenti.org February 26, 2011 Some years ago in New England, a group of environmentalists asked a corporate executive how his company (a paper mill) could justify dumping its raw industrial effluent into a nearby river.  The river—which had taken Mother Nature centuries to create–was used for drinking water, fishing, [...]

Payback: The price of colonialism by Gaither Stewart

by Gaither Stewart Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 26 February, 2011 Of all the uprisings in the Maghreb, the case of Libya is perhaps the most opaque.  Is the country a locus of true spontaneous insurrection or simply the target of an opportunistic maneuver by the West? (Rome) Does colonialism pay off for anyone? In the long run, [...]

Saudi Arabia witnesses first signs of unrest as “day of rage” planned for March 11th by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted from Irish Times February 26, 2011 The popular uprisings across the Middle East are sparking similar unrest in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with youth groups and workers in that country now calling for a “day of rage” demonstration in the capital, Riyadh, on March 11th. Already there have [...]