The Council on Foreign Relations and the “Grand Area” of the American Empire by Andrew Gavin Marshall

by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com December 13, 2011 NOTE: The following is a brief six-page excerpt from a 60 page chapter on the origins of the American Empire at the end of World War II. The chapter, nearly complete, is one of several chapters in a book being funded and facilitated [...]

Immorality Accomplished! by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 16, 2011 Don’t you just love the word mission?  Organizations of any type, especially political parties, love to have a ‘mission statement ‘. The Christian religion in particular has its ‘missionaries ‘going out to convert the heathens and ‘non believers ‘. We don’t go to war [...]

How To Occupy A Bank by Ellen Brown

by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com Dec. 16, 2011 Occupy Wall Street has been both criticized and applauded for not endorsing any official platform. But there are unofficial platforms, including one titled the “99% Declaration”, which calls for a “National General Assembly” to convene on July 4, 2012, in Philadelphia. [1]

Battle Rages in Cairo as “Thugs” and Army Attack Protesters

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews on Dec 17, 2011 TRNN Exclusive: Army attacks occupation of cabinet office, street fighting into the night, at least nine dead

How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the U.S. on Troop Withdrawal by Gareth Porter

by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at IPS Dec. 16, 2011 WASHINGTON, Dec 16, 2011 (IPS) – Defence Secretary Leon Panetta’s suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military had [...]