The Military as a Jobs Program by Ellen Brown

by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com June 22, 2011 There Are More Efficient Ways to Stimulate an Economy “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. . . [...]

Rick Rozoff: Afghan war still expanding amid American election ploys

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism June 21, 2011 PressTV June 20, 2011 Interview with Rick Rozoff Manager, Stop NATO, Chicago US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has confirmed that Washington is in direct talks with the Taliban, but said the US contacts with the militants are very preliminary [...]

Turkish Actions Designed To Trigger NATO Confrontation With Syria? by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism June 21, 2011 Last week a feature by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton excoriating the political leadership of Syria appeared in the London-based Arabic-language daily Asharq Al-Awsat. Saudi-supported and printed in twelve locations, it is considered to be among the most influential [...]

Will you help Senator Sanders expose the Koch Echo Chamber? + A Seniors Hunger Crisis

photo by OnTask Dandelion Salad bravenewfoundation on Jun 21, 2011 EXPOSE THE KOCHS: The Koch brothers fund multiple think tanks and academic centers to promote their ideology and grow their profits, a Brave New Foundation investigation reveals. Let’s create an echo chamber of truth by using YouTube’s SHARE tools above to protect Social Security and counter the [...]

Finian Cunningham Deported From Bahrain by Timothy V. Gatto and Finian Cunningham

by Timothy V. Gatto and Finian Cunningham Featured Writers Dandelion Salad June 20, 2011 Freelance journalist Finian Cunningham was ordered out of Bahrain on 18 June by the authorities as a result of his critical journalism covering the popular uprising and the subsequent, ongoing brutal repression of the peaceful pro-democracy movement. He had been living in Bahrain for [...]