Sir, No Sir! (must-see)

Dandelion Salad http://video.google.com “In the 1960′s an anti-war movement emerged that altered the course of history. This movement didn’t take place on college campuses, but in barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in army stockades, navy brigs and in the dingy towns that surround military bases. It penetrated elite military colleges like West Point. [...]

Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamber Claim by Gareth Porter + Robert Kelley: New Iran report proves nothing

by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at IPS Nov. 19, 2011 WASHINGTON, Nov 19, 2011 (IPS) – A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a nuclear weapon and carry out a simulated nuclear explosion. The [...]

Canadian Government Silence Over Torture Reeks of Hypocrisy by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 20 November 2011 A chronically ill Canadian man who has endured torture at the hands of the Western-backed Bahraini regime is facing a five-year jail sentence that could put his life at risk. For the past eight months, Naser Al Raas (28), from Ottawa, has been subjected [...]

First Steps in Reforming the U.S. Financial and Tax System by Michael Hudson

by Michael Hudson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://michael-hudson.com Nov. 21, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement has many similarities with what used to be called the Great Awakening periods in America. Such periods always begin by realizing how serious the problem is. So diagnosis is the most important tactic. Diagnosing the problem mobilizes power for [...]

As Deficit Super Committee Fails, “Occupy” Activists in Washington, DC Provide Inspiring Plan for US Economy + The 99%’s Deficit Proposal

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 21 November 2011 As was revealed in summer, when Tea Party Republicans were prepared to see America’s credit rating downgraded from AAA for the first time in its history rather than reaching a budget agreement with the administration (an act that ought to have counted as economic [...]