Tavis Smiley: Remaking America: From Poverty To Prosperity, with Cornel West, Michael Moore

Dandelion Salad C-SPAN Washington, DC Thursday, January 12, 2012 Panelists discuss a recent report from Indiana University on how poverty is changing in America. Participants include Princeton professor Cornel West, TV host Suze Orman, filmmaker Michael Moore, and author Barbara Ehrenreich. Tavis Smiley moderates the discussion.

What Would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Do About Iran? by Ed Ciaccio

by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer January 12, 2012 Would he impose sanctions to make the Iranian people, not their leaders, suffer? Would he impose sanctions which are tantamount to a declaration of war? Would he authorize the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities?

Heroes By Gary Corseri

By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad January 8, 2012 Do not call them “heroes” if they have done your killing for you. Say that they have done your bidding; say they were your “soldiers.” Say that you have trained them well: They are the oiled machinations of war, performing as expected.

Occupy Enters 2012 By Shepherd Bliss

By Shepherd Bliss Guest Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.vowvop.org January 12, 2012 Sonoma County’s Occupy movement in Northern California opened 2012 by two well-attended events—one outside in the streets and another inside. Around 140 people attended a county-wide Town Hall on Occupy at Sebastopol’s United Methodist church on Jan. 9. Over 400 people marched on and [...]

Rumor and Anger Mount in Libya by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Tripoli, Libya January 14, 2012 This observer was stunned late last week when during a meeting in a Maghreb country with three high ranking former Libyan officials, among hundreds currently in hiding, and some organizing, in countries bordering Libya, one of them, in all earnest,  asked me,   “Do you [...]