Kucinich: Congress Votes Overwhelmingly Against Authorizing the War + Defeat the Authorization for the War

Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington, June 24, 2011 Attention Now Turns to Kucinich-Amash Amendment for Total Cutoff of Funds Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement after the House of Representatives rejected a measure offered by Representative Rooney that would have limited the U.S. involvement in the war in Libya. [...]

Michel Collon: US Fabricates and Finances Arab Opposition Groups

Dandelion Salad GlobalResearchTV on Jun 23, 2011 The UN Security Council is examining France and Britain’s draft resolution, which condemns the ongoing violence in Syria. Russia and China said they would oppose any toughly-worded documents or hasty action.

An Open Letter to the Tea Party from a Concerned Liberal by Timothy V. Gatto

By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com June 23, 2011 This country is in a mess right now. You can blame it on Clinton, Bush or Obama, but the reality is that it’s more like all three, along with most of the people that they brought into their administrations. It also was not [...]

This is what empires do by William Bowles

by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info crossposted on Strategic Culture Foundation 23 June, 2011 I’m sure that somewhere, in a university or institute, researchers have produced an analysis that measures the rise in the number of armed conflicts as a ratio of the increase in economic instability as capitalism goes into one of its periodic [...]

Obama Leaves Door Open to Long-Term U.S. Afghan Combat by Gareth Porter

by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at IPS 23 June, 2011 photo by Dandelion Salad WASHINGTON, Jun 23, 2011 (IPS) – President Barack Obama’s speech announcing that the 33,000 “surge” troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by “summer” 2012 indicates that he has given priority to the interests of the military and the Pentagon over [...]