Trouble by Mark A. Goldman

by Mark A. Goldman Guest Writer Dandelion Salad www.gpln.com July 21, 2011 Trouble!  We got trouble, my friends, right here in River City!  Trouble, trouble… trouble. Politicians these days seem to end every address they make with the prayer… “… and God Bless America!”   God hears. Trouble.  We got trouble.

Obama’s Council of Corporate Kingpins: “Prosperity for the American People”? by Andrew Gavin Marshall

by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com July 20, 2011 This article explores President Obama’s White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, examining the 26 members of the Council, looking at their current and previously-held positions, and assessing whose interests are really being served, and who has the ear of the Obama administration when [...]

Bahrain: Washington and London Endorse Dialogue With Tyrants, War Criminals and Torturers by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad July 20, 2011 Efforts by the US and British-backed Bahraini regime to repair its international image over human rights violations are in tatters with the revelation that senior members of the oil kingdom’s royal family have been personally involved in torturing hundreds of civilian detainees, including doctors and nurses.

Corporatism or Survival on Earth? By Siv O’Neall

By Siv O’Neall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Axisoflogic.com July 21, 2011 Globalized commerce and finance have taken over the planet and the majority of nations are above all anxious to keep up the pace with the rest of the frightened sycophants to the Empire, anxious not to fall behind when and where the big profits [...]

First the axmen came… By Gary Corseri

By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad July 23, 2011 Attitude He brought his poem to the workshop. First the axmen came to chop off the legs. Then chiselers came to chisel out eyes. Dabblers daubed painterly oil, deconstructing carping scaffolding.