Abandoning Those Who Have Clearly Abandoned Us by The Other Katherine Harris

by The Other Katherine Harris Featured writer Dandelion Salad Glitzqueen August 6, 2011 Concerning that vow in my last post that I would never vote again for anyone who supported the evil austerity bill, I mean to keep it. If more of us abandon those who’ve clearly abandoned us, maybe a real people’s party will arise [...]

Ch. 2: Generations of Resistance to War By William T. Hathaway

by William T. Hathaway Guest Writer Dandelion Salad August 2, 2011 Generations of Resistance to War From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War By William T. Hathaway Published by Trine Day A Granny for Peace told of finding young allies in the struggle against military recruiting. Due to the Patriot Act, she wishes to remain [...]

Patriarchal Loyalty by Ed Dunphy

by Ed Dunphy Guest Writer Dandelion Salad August 2, 2011 Wikipedia defines Loyalty as faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. Most of us will say that we are loyal Americans. Dwight D. Eisenhower, on Loyalty: “Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels — [...]

When the Revolution Comes by Gaither Stewart

by Gaither Stewart Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 2 August, 2011 Rome, Italy The Historical Gastonia Textile Mill Strikes Are Not Forgotten When in the early part of this millennium I was writing a rather surrealistic novel, ASHEVILLE, about the town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina where I started out my life, I [...]

The Coming Second Civil War in the United States: Will We be Enslaved by Corporate Governance?

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com August 4, 2011 History never repeats itself exactly.  But it makes some pretty decent copies.  As I write this on March 29, 2011, we are winding down to the end of the so-called “debt-limit crisis,” or the possible end, or the continuation of it, or [...]