American Presidents: Romancing A Stone by Clive Hambidge

by Clive Hambidge Guest Writer Dandelion Salad Dec. 25, 2011 An American past in an Israeli future for an ever present and brutal occupation Happy Christmas Mr President or may I call you Barack this Yule Tide? As you know “Christmas is the day that holds all time together” (Alexander Smith) certainly as you rustle [...]

Are we living in a fool’s paradise? By William Bowles

by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info 21 December 2011 Well 2011 has been nothing if not eventful but frankly, in spite of all the #Occupy this and #Occupy that, it’s not been a good year for us progresssives or the planet. The Empire acts with increasing, not decreasing impunity, desperate now to try [...]

Rick Rozoff: Anti-Syria campaign in geopolitical context

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism December 22, 2011 http://rt.com December 20, 2011 Rick Rozoff of Stop NATO, a web-based information campaign against the alliance, points out a recent, dangerous pattern of events in North Africa.

Ron Paul: Propagandist or Prophet? by Jeremy R. Hammond

by Jeremy R. Hammond Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Foreign Policy Journal December 24, 2011 Ron Paul is “the best-known American propagandist for our enemies”, writes Dorothy Rabinowitz in a recent Wall Street Journal hit piece. To support the charge, she writes that Dr. Paul “assures audiences” that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 “took place only because [...]

Half of U.S. poor by Fred Goldstein

Dandelion Salad By Fred Goldstein www.workers.org Dec 21, 2011 10:59 PM Karl Marx was right: Gap grows between 99% and 1% The number of people in the U.S. who are officially poor or “near poor” has become a matter of controversy. The Census Bureau has changed the method by which it measures official poverty. Now, [...]