Responsibility to Protect or Justifying the Right to Project Power? By William Bowles

by William Bowles
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
williambowles.info
7 March 2012

Frankly, it’s not easy defending the Ba’ath regime in Syria, after all not so long ago the Communist Party in Syria and other left groups were suppressed by the ruling Ba’ath Party, its members thrown in jail and even killed[1]. But I make no apology for defending the Assad regime’s right to independence and to resist foreign subversion and an attempted takeover by the Empire under the guise of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’.

Obama Can Do More on Oil Prices by Ralph Nader + Bernie Sanders: The Oil Speculation Casino

Dandelion Salad

By Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
Mar. 6, 2012

Gasoline and heating oil prices are ratcheting up. In California, some motorists are paying over $5 per gallon. President Obama declared that “there is no quick fix” for this problem. Meanwhile, the hapless but howling Republicans are blaming him for the fuel surge as if he is a price control czar.

Zionism loves colonialism, Zionism is colonialism By William Bowles

by William Bowles
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
williambowles.info
7 March 2012

Ynet Op-ed: Zionism will only cease being demonized when West stops to demonise colonialism [sic]

If I didn’t know any better I’d think the following Op-ed piece from the rightwing Israeli news source Ynet was another Yes Men spoof but it’s for real. I decided finally to publish the opinion in its entirety (if in a somewhat fragmented form) for it reveals the insane irrationality that underpins Zionism as the only ‘defender of the Jewish people’ (aside that is from its benefactor the US).

Rick Rozoff: U.S. Attorney General’s Targeted Killing Speech Frightening Development + Holder Defends Legality of Targeted Killings of U.S. Citizens Overseas

by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism
March 7, 2012

Press TV
March 6, 2012

AG’s targeted killing speech ‘a frightening development’

Watch via Press TV

Rick Rozoff, the manager of Stop NATO, censures Attorney General Eric Holder’s speech in which he insisted that the U.S. president has a right to order the assassination of U.S. citizens overseas, and called it “a frightening development.”

Economic Warfare and Strangling Sanctions: Punishing Iran for its “Defiance” of the United States by Andrew Gavin Marshall

by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://andrewgavinmarshall.com
March 6, 2012

The economic sanctions imposed upon Iran are having the desired effect of punishing the population through hunger and economic strangulation, making life miserable for the many. As tensions increase between the “international community” (the West) and Iran, talk of war is in the air. For years, sanctions have been imposed upon Iran in an attempt to devastate its dependence upon the oil industry for 80% of its revenues.

Chris Hedges: Civil disobedience is the only way to put pressure on the centers of power

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
March 6, 2012

Image by Cocoloco Photography via Flickr

KPBS Mobile
Feb. 28, 2012

Every year, the Writers Symposium by the Sea, sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene College, brings an eclectic mix of celebrated authors to San Diego. It’s our pleasure to welcome one of those authors to Midday Edition.

Rick Rozoff: Time for Russia and the world to draw a line with U.S. and NATO

by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism
March 5, 2012

Voice of Russia
March 1, 2012

Time to draw a line
John Robles

Interview with Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list and a contributing writer to http://www.globalresearch.ca

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has written is a white paper regarding Russian security and the upgrading of Russian military forces in response to NATO’s expansion. Can you give us some insights into this?