Ecological and Economic Reality by Chris Clugston

by Chris Clugston Guest Writer Dandelion Salad August 23, 2011 The relationship between ecology and economics Our persistent global economic malaise is rooted in ecology. As a consequence of our ever-increasing exploitation since the inception of our industrial revolution, the vast majority of earth’s finite and non-replenishing nonrenewable natural resources (NNRs)—fossil fuels, metals, and non-metallic [...]

Joe Lauria: The evolving corporate coup d’etat, interviewed by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds

by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post August 26, 2011 Joe Lauria is back from his three month long trip to the Middle East, which included, among others, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and Israel, and shares with us his impressions and analyses on the uprisings in [...]

Dark Horizon for Verizon by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Aug. 23, 2011 It was only a matter of time before the “pull down” NAFTA and WTO trade agreements on U.S. wages and jobs would be followed by “pull down” contract demands by U.S. corporations on their unionized workers toward levels of non-unionized laborers. The most recent illustration [...]

Toxic Lead to Cover Iowa Killing Fields by Walter Brasch

by Walter Brasch Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.walterbrasch.com August 26, 2011 Iowa, which gave us the carnival known as the Iowa Straw Poll and artery-clogging Deep Fried butter, will unleash another health problem, beginning Sept. 1. The Iowa legislature last year approved a dove hunting season, the first in more than nine decades. However, the [...]

Twisted up by a super coup d’etat by Bruce Gagnon

by Bruce Gagnon featured writer Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes August 27, 2011 The Boston Globe had a blaring headline on August 14: ‘Doomsday’ defense cuts directly affect panel members – Large military contractors are in their states. Put your ear to the railroad tracks and you can hear the train coming. Now that the new [...]