Bahrain: Hospitals and health centres targeted in attacks by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted from Irish Times March 16, 2011 Manama used with permission photo by Darren Shanahan All rights reserved The Persian Gulf island of Bahrain was in shock last night after two days of an unrelenting military crackdown against the civilian population. There were reports of widespread violence by state security forces [...]

Michael Hudson: Criminalization of the Economy

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ with Michael Hudson Bonnie Faulkner Guns and Butter www.kpfa.org March 16, 2011 Financial and fiscal austerity policies; the appeal of economic austerity to bankers; economic depression and war; post-WWII vs. post-cold war economic policy; government to government grants vs. commercial lending; the euro and dollar; privatization in New Zealand and elsewhere; social unrest; speculation [...]

Noam Chomsky: U.S. Imperialism and Fake Democracy + transcript

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Updated: Mar. 30, 2011 Added link to the transcript. shantiq on Mar 15, 2011 Noam Chomsky (2011.03.13) – Amsterdam Westerkerk Noam Talks About Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi, Bahrain, Iran, US Imperialism & Fake Democracy

Legislated Dictatorship: Coming to a State Near You? by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com March 17, 2011 In the past, modern dictatorships have been established in a variety of ways.  In 1919, in response to a short-lived communist revolution, the King of Hungary appointed the first modern civilian absolute ruler, Admiral Nicholas Horthy, who became the first fascist dictator [...]