Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? By Michael Hudson

by Michael Hudson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://michael-hudson.com Dec. 2, 2011 *This article appeared in the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung on December 2, 2011. Book V of Aristotle’s Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves into hereditary aristocracies – which end up being overthrown by tyrants or develop internal rivalries as some families decide [...]

Andrew Gavin Marshall: The transformation of America from an ‘isolationist’ society to a ‘globalist’ society

by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com Nov. 29, 2011 The following is a podcast interview I did on the Boiling Frogs Show, hosted by radio host Peter B. Collins and former FBI agent-turned-whistle-blower-and-activist Sibel Edmonds. Originally Posted at Boiling Frogs Post. This is part I of our interview series on the New [...]

Romney’s Billionaire Threatens BBC Investigative Reporter by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com For Truthout/Buzzflash December 2, 2011 Palast is the author of Vultures’ Picnic: in Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Carnivores. See Palast live on stage in New York, DC and other cities. Last Monday, a call came in to BBC Television Centre, London, from the [...]

Rejecting Apology, U.S. May Hasten End of Pakistan as Client by Gareth Porter

by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at IPS Dec. 3, 2011 WASHINGTON, Dec 3, 2011 (IPS) – President Barack Obama has sided with U.S. military and Defence Department officials in rejecting a proposal by the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan for a U.S. apology for last weekend’s attack on two Pakistani border posts, and approving [...]

On the 64th Anniversary of UN Resolution 181 Lebanon’s Palestinians Continue Their Descent by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Embassy of Palestine, Tripoli, Libya November 29, 2011 Every year on November 29, as part of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Palestinians in Libya as well as approximately a quarter million Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the descendants of more than 129,000 who were forced into Lebanon during [...]