US-Backed Regime Replays State of Emergency to Crush Pro-Democracy Movement by Finian Cunningham

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

Image by Al Jazeera English via Flickr

Bahrain’s first anniversary of its pro-democracy protests has been met with massive police and army violence, with many civilians injured from regime forces firing birdshot and teargas into homes and at cars.

Reports are coming in of Saudi-backed troops and mercenaries attacking mainly Shia villages in the Persian Gulf kingdom with armoured vehicles.

Continue reading

Michael Hudson: The Greek Experiment

with Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
February 14, 2012

on Feb 14, 2012

Michael Hudson: Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize

Continue reading