Obama Reaction To Norway Massacre Betrays US “War on Terror” Fundamentalism by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad July 23, 2011 Within hours of Norway’s deadly bomb and gun attacks claiming at least 91 victims it has become clear that the horror was perpetrated by a Norwegian loner with rightwing Christian fundamentalist affiliations. Yet President Barack Obama reacted immediately to the news of the atrocity to insinuate [...]

Eva Golinger on Hugo Chavez and the History of Venezuela and the US, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox July 24, 2011 This Sunday (July 24th), Cindy brings back Venezuelan/American Attorney and author Eva Golinger (with first name pronounced like ave a in “save a buck”), our soapbox’s visiting expert in all things Venezuelan and general good friend.  She starts by discussing the health [...]

It’s Not Default of Obama: Jail GOP Deadbeats for Debt Crisis by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com exclusive for Truthout/Buzzflash.com July 21, 2011 Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist gave debtors’ prison a bad rap. Too bad. I’d say that locking away GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a penitentiary for deadbeats seems like a darn good idea. Let’s talk about how we ended up in this pickle, [...]

In Past Ten Years U.S. Has Expanded Military Network Throughout The World by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism July 22, 2011 The unprecedented expansion of American military presence throughout the world in the last decade, in support of and consolidated by attacks and invasions in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen and Libya, has been marked by the Pentagon securing [...]

Congress and the Dangerous Drive Towards Creating a Military State by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 20 July, 2011 “Some issues,” the New York Times declared in an editorial on June 25, “require an unwavering stand. Preserving the role of law enforcement agencies in stopping and punishing terrorists is one of them. This country is not and should never be a place where the military [...]