Hedges on Hitchens + Christopher Hitchens and Chris Hedges Debate (2007)

Updated: Jan. 14, 2012; added full debate with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig Dec. 16, 2011 Though he gives credit to Christopher Hitchens’ exceptional talent, Chris Hedges remembers the newly departed writer differently from the way others might in this clip from CBC Radio. In an unflinching appraisal, Hedges recalls what Hitchens got [...]

Chris Hedges at Occupy Princeton: The Liberal Class is Not the Left

with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Dec. 17, 2011 witsendnj on Dec 15, 2011 Filmed by and further commentary here; http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/ with more information about the rapidly accelerating collapse of the ecosystem.

Sibel Edmonds: US and NATO troops train on the Syrian border

with Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 15, 2011 Updated: Dec. 16, 2011 article and video added. RTAmerica on Dec 15, 2011 There have been reports of hundreds of American and NATO troops training militants on the Syrian border to overthrow Al-assad’s regime. According to a former FBI official this has been going on [...]

Congressional Tyranny, White House Surrender by Ralph Nader + The Punk Patriot: Indefinite Detention Bill Passes Both Senate and House

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Dec.14, 2011 Paraphrasing Shakespeare, something is rotten in the state of Capitol Hill. A majority of Congress is just about to put the finishing touches on an amendment to the military budget authorization legislation that will finish off some critical American rights under our Constitution. Here is [...]

Kucinich on Defense Authorization Act: It “Authorizes Permanent Warfare Anywhere In the World” + Lee Camp: Life, Liberty & Indefinite Detention Without A Trial

Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington, Dec 14, 2011 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today outlined his opposition to H.R. 1540, the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a speech on the House floor. The NDAA contains unprecedented language that would authorize the military to indefinitely detain individuals without charge or [...]