Chris Hedges: Black Bloc Could Kill OWS

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Feb. 7, 2012

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TheAlyonaShow on Feb 7, 2012

We’re continuing our discussion of wanting to take the influence of money out of politics with Author and Truthout columnist Chris Hedges. Overturning Citizens United is just one step, but for those that have been monitoring the Occupy movement for over the last four months, they know that it’s about much more. But where does public opinion stand on Occupy now that the majority of the camps have been evicted?

Canadian’s Prison Release in Bahrain Raises Hopes of Freedom by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
East Africa
7 February 2012

Canadian citizen Naser Al Raas was unexpectedly released from prison in Bahrain earlier this week, raising hopes that he may soon be able to return to Canada a free man.

His family is hoping that the reprieve from custody on medical grounds may signal his eventual acquittal or royal pardon. Relatives have been told that a legal decision will be made on 16 February. His plight has attracted widespread international public support, despite the seeming indifference of the Canadian government to intervene.