Noam Chomsky: The U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement is ‘part of a global program of world militarization’

Dandelion Salad by Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers Waging Nonviolence December 16, 2011 photo by Hakim used with permission The Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers is an Afghan youth group committed to building non-violent, non-military and egalitarian ways of life for Afghanistan. Their can be found at Our Journey to Smile. [Editor's. note: This is a transcript [...]

O Little Town of Washington by Ed Ciaccio

by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer December 11, 2011 (to the tune of “O Little Town of Bethlehem”) O little town of Washington How we still see thee lie. Above thy bloody, corrupt work The weeping stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth The Everlasting Fear: Of losing your most cushy job [...]

Ralph Nader: It’s Time for the People to Get Steamed!

Dandelion Salad liamh2 on Dec 16, 2011 A Book Talk with “Mr. Public Citizen,” Ralph Nader, was held on Friday evening, Dec. 16, 2011, at Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C. His latest tome is entitled: “Getting Steamed to Overcome Corporatism: Build It Together to Win.” During the Q&A session, Nader had high praise for [...]

Celac: Is This the Mayan Prophecy? by Sean Fenley

by Sean Fenley Featured Writer Dandelion Salad The Anything and Everything December 17, 2011 “Celac is the greatest event in the last 200 years.” – Raul Castro, President of the Council of State Cuba “The OAS is the meeting of the colonies with their empire, while the CELAC is the summit of peer countries in search [...]

Small Town Sebastopol Contributes to Occupy Movement By Shepherd Bliss

By Shepherd Bliss Guest Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.vowvop.org Dec. 11, 2011 Good things can come in small packages. Sebastopol in semi-agrarian Sonoma County, Northern California, has a population under 8000. Occupy Sebastopol (OS) recently has been home to a bee-hive of activity in this town’s square that describes itself as “Peacetown, USA.”