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by William Bowles
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Investigating Imperialism
London, England
June 30, 2016
It’s very rare that you see the ruling elite totally at a loss for words: but they were. Gobsmacked and stunned would be accurate descriptions of the look on the political class’s collective face on the morning of June 24, 2016.
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with Richard Wolff
TheRealNews on Jun 29, 2016
Economist Richard Wolff says the old European elite believed it could fix their broken capitalism on the backs of the masses and that has proved to be a fatal mistake.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
June 28, 2016
This Fourth of July, U.S. war makers will be drinking fermented grain, grilling dead flesh, traumatizing veterans with colorful explosions, and thanking their lucky stars and campaign contributors that they don’t live in rotten old England. And I don’t mean because of King George III. I’m talking about the Chilcot Inquiry.
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with Abby Martin
teleSUR English on Jun 26, 2016
Obama’s high-profile trip to Hiroshima was accompanied by a media storm that gave endless justifications for the US use of the atomic bomb on Japanese civilians. The myths are widely accepted in society, and underpin the notion of American exceptionalism.
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by John Pilger
johnpilger.com, June 25, 2016
June 27, 2016
The majority vote by Britons to leave the European Union was an act of raw democracy. Millions of ordinary people refused to be bullied, intimidated and dismissed with open contempt by their presumed betters in the major parties, the leaders of the business and banking oligarchy and the media.
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with Chris Hedges
On Contact Archive on Apr 6, 2022
Originally from RT America on Jun 26, 2016
In this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges goes inside Israel and the Occupied Territories with Amira Hass. Hass is the Haaretz Correspondent for the Occupied Territories and author of “Drinking the Sea at Gaza”. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil joins the show with a report on the public manifestations of racism in Israeli society.
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by Graham Peebles
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
June 25, 2016
Ethiopia is regularly cited as an African success story by donor nations; the economy is growing they cry, more children are attending school and health care is improving. Well GDP figures and millennium development statistics reveal only a tiny fraction of the corrupt and violent picture.
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with Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
michael-hudson.com
June 24, 2016
TheRealNews on Jun 24, 2016
Michael Hudson argues that military interventions in the Middle East created refugee streams to Europe that were in turn used by the anti-immigrant right to stir up xenophobia.
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by William Bowles
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Investigating Imperialism
London, England
June 24, 2016
Ask yourself this: Why has immigration been made the pole around which, this entire referendum ‘debate’, has revolved? Why has the closet Nazi Nigel Farage of UKIP been given so much airtime?
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by Ellen Brown
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Web of Debt Blog
June 23, 2016
The war on cannabis that began in the 1930s seems to be coming to an end. Research shows that this natural plant, rather than posing a deadly danger to health, has a wide range of therapeutic benefits. But skeptics question the sudden push for legalization, which is largely funded by wealthy investors linked to Big Ag and Big Pharma.
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with Abby Martin
teleSUR English on Jun 23, 2016
Puerto Rico’s massive debt has been discussed at length in Congress and the media, all omitting the most important fact: the history of being a colonial subject for over 500 years, still owned and controlled by the United States.
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Blog post has been updated, please read: Women’s Draft? Sign Me Up To Abolish War by Rivera Sun + Feds Extend Deadline for Public Comments on Future Draft
by Rivera Sun
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Republished with permission from Peace Voice
June 21, 2016
For too long, the women of this nation have been complacent while our brothers, sons, husbands, and fathers are sent to kill, maim, brutalize, destroy and even die in defense of our alleged liberty.
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with Chris Hedges
teleSUR English on Jun 21, 2016
In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges continues his discussion with Holocaust survivor Lola Mozes. Lola describes her time in Auschwitz, and reflects on the importance of love in overcoming evil and leading a life that is not crippled by hate.
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with Chris Hedges
On Contact Archive on Apr 6, 2022
Originally from RT America on Jun 20, 2016
In this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges explores how to counter establishment politics with Kshama Sawant, the only socialist on the Seattle City Council. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil reports on the obstacles third party candidates face in trying to enter the race for the White House.
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Updated: June 22, 2016
with Chris Hedges
RT on Jun 19, 2016
Ten cities across the world are hosting a week of events dubbed “First they came for Assange,” featuring Noam Chomsky, Slavoj Zizek, Yanis Varoufakis and Patti Smith, among others. It marks four years of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s detention.
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