Chris Hedges’ talk May Day at OWS: Overthrow the Corporate State!

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with Chris Hedges
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Dandelion Salad
May 3, 2012

May 3, 2012 by yahshay

Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges spoke on why the Occupy Movement is so important.

U.S.-Afghan Pact Won’t End War – Or SOF Night Raids by Gareth Porter + NATO needs Afghanistan as launch pad for regime changes

by Gareth Porter
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Dandelion Salad
crossposted at ISP
May 2, 2012

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 (IPS) – The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration’s “Enduring Strategic Partnership” agreement with Afghanistan and the Memorandums of Understanding accompanying it emphasise transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. war.

But the only substantive agreement reached between the U.S. and Afghanistan – well hidden in the agreements – has been to allow powerful U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) to continue to carry out the unilateral night raids on private homes that are universally hated in the Pashtun zones of Afghanistan.

NATO To Announce Activation Of European Missile Shield by Rick Rozoff + Russia warns of pre-emptive strike on AMD if NATO goes ahead

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by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
May 3, 2012

On April 30 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen informed the Associated Press that the military bloc he leads will announce initial operational capability for the joint U.S.-NATO interceptor missile system in Europe at the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21.