Chris Hedges: People are caught in the vice of unregulated corporate capitalism – with no escape

with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 30, 2012 Apr 30, 2012 by RussiaToday America sees the’ looting’ of the US Treasury, and the money given to a Wall Street ‘criminal class’, journalist Chris Hedges told RT. He adds that ordinary people are caught in the vice of unregulated corporate capitalism — with no [...]

Moyers and Company: Standing Up For Democracy: The 99% Spring

Dandelion Salad billmoyers.com March 29, 2012 American history is rich with stories of social change inspired by the actions of motivated individuals and organized groups. Today’s activists are no different — facing long odds against powerful and systemic special interests.

Small Business Owners and Labor in America: The Backbone of the Nation by William John Cox

by William John Cox Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.thevoters.org March 19, 2012 Small business owners and working people constitute the core of the American electorate. They share the same origins and have far more in common than the major political parties would have them believe. Their shared political, social and family needs are being ignored [...]

Moyers and Company: Decoding the Campaigns

Dandelion Salad Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com February 17, 2012 We’re saturated with deceptive political advertising — aided and abetted now with spending by citizens, corporations and super PACs that seems to know no bounds. Add to that relatively cheap “buys” on the media landscape including television, the web, print media and social networks, and there’s no place [...]

Transformation: Effectuating Democracy by a Voters’ Rights Amendment by William John Cox

by William John Cox Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.thevoters.org February 12, 2012 Reversing the Supreme Court’s gift of constitutional rights to corporations in Citizens United will not cure the political ills weakening the sinews of democracy that bind the United States. The nation was infected at birth and it will continue to be diseased until [...]