Asia-Pacific: US Ramps Up Global War Agenda by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 17 November 2011 Like a schoolyard bully, President Barack Obama is flexing American military muscle as he currently sweeps through the Asia-Pacific region. The nominal impetus for the tour was the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Hawaii last week. But rather than discussing “economics” [...]

Howard Zinn on “War and Social Justice” (2009) (repost)

Reblogging this in case you missed it. by Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Nov. 20, 2011 Democracy Now! Jan 2, 2009 Howard Zinn is one of this country’s most celebrated historians. His classic work A People’s History of the United States changed the way we look at history in America. First published a quarter [...]

It Costs $72 Million A Year to Hold Cleared Prisoners at Guantánamo by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 20 November 2011 Last week, the exorbitant expense of maintaining the Bush administration’s “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo was revealed in the Miami Herald, where Carol Rosenberg explained that Congress provided $139 million to operate the prison last year, which, with 171 prisoners still held, works [...]

Utopia or Oblivion by Gunther Ostermann

by Gunther Ostermann Guest Writer Dandelion Salad Kelowna, BC. Canada Nov. 15, 2011 To whom it may concern: UTOPIA or OBLIVION, that’s the prospect for humanity, said the late Buckminster Fuller. And I wonder… Is it Missed Opportunities? Conspiracy? Greed? Vested interests? Or just plain stupidity, if we carry on as usual! What are human [...]

Occupy Sebastopol By Shepherd Bliss

By Shepherd Bliss Guest Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.vowvop.org Nov. 19, 2011 We celebrated Occupy Wall Street’s (OWS) second monthly anniversary in small town Sebastopol, with its less than 8000 residents, in Northern California on November 17. We packed a City Council meeting where over two-dozen people spoke in favor of Occupy Sebastopol (OS) and the [...]