Rep. Jerrold Nadler and David Frakt on Obama’s Three-Tier Justice System For Guantánamo by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.andyworthington.co.uk
21 November 2009
In the wake of Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement that five Guantánamo prisoners — including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — will face federal court trials in New York, and five others will face trials by Military Commission, much of the media has been consumed with the whining of opportunistic right-wing [...]

Andy Worthington on The Peter B Collins Show

The Peter B Collins Show
Info on Podcast #69
with Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.andyworthington.co.uk
20 November 2009
British journalist Andy Worthington returns to update us on the delayed closure of Guantanamo and the Obama decision to try KSM and others in Federal Court in New York. Worthington is the author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 [...]

America’s Pending Collapse By Timothy V. Gatto

By Timothy V. Gatto
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
liberalpro.blogspot.com
November 20, 2009

photo by Dandelion Salad
The truth that most people realize but can’t openly talk about is that America has seen better days and that the system of capitalism has long outlived its usefulness. The last part of that sentence, that capitalism has outlived its usefulness, is thoroughly the fault [...]

In Memory of Gary Sudborough + No Country for Old Men

Dandelion Salad

Nov. 19, 2009
I’m deeply saddened to bring this news to you.
Gary Sudborough, one of my favorite writers for Dandelion Salad has died suddenly from a heart attack on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.  His sister, Marcy contacted me today by email, and wrote this comment on his latest post:
Oh Gary…you were so brilliant and had [...]

UK Judge Approves Use of Secret Evidence in Guantánamo Case by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.andyworthington.co.uk
19 November 2009
Those of us who have been aware that the principles of open justice in the UK are being threatened in an unprecedented manner have, to date, focused largely on the use of secret evidence in cases related to terrorism — widely ignored by the general public, and by much [...]

Howard Zinn interview on The Mark Steiner Show: War is always the killing of innocent people in huge numbers

Interview with Howard Zinn
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Nov. 19, 2009
[Note: interview starts at 27 minutes in]
WEAA 88.9 FM
Baltimore, MD
November 18, 2009
Listen at: http://www.steinershow.org/radio/the-marc-steiner-show/november-18-2009-hour-1
h/t: Howard Zinn
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Palinoscopy – Hitler in heels with a smiley face by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
crossposted on Buzzflash.com
Nov. 18, 2009
So Going Rogue and its companion guide to the truth, Going Rouge (available right here on BuzzFlash), are both out. And so is Sarah Palin. She is like the cat that got out of the bag. Since leaving the Alaska governorship, she has been stoking [...]

The BNP and bridging the gulf of disbelief By William Bowles

By William Bowles
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Creative-i
18 November 2009
By now it must surely be obvious to everyone that a vast gulf exists between the rulers and the ruled, so much so that the ruled have all but given up listening. The ruling elite are now so desperate that hardly a day goes by without some political dinosaur [...]