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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
September 26, 2022
Ah, the children!
They belong to us, sayeth the Department of Defense. At least some of them do.
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Originally posted Sept. 11, 2019
TheRealNews on Sep 11, 2019
Even though a federal judge declared the government’s terrorism watchlist unconstitutional, no real remedies were put in place and the violations of civil liberties and the US wars abroad continue, says Marjorie Cohn.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy, Sept. 8, 2022
September 10, 2022
Friendly advice to my brothers and sisters in Finland and Sweden.
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by John Pilger
John Pilger, Sept. 8, 2022
September 9, 2022
In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a ‘profound imperialism’ and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it.
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by Tom H. Hastings
Writer, Dandelion Salad
August 21, 2022
My friend Gary left Michigan, went to Sweden years ago, and earned his PhD. He’s a research professor. He was not charged any tuition as long as he continued to qualify and thus held no student debt. That’s how it’s done in much of Europe, at least for public universities.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
August 16, 2022
This week on Talk World Radio we’re speaking with Carmen Wilson, a community development expert and the Community Manager at Demilitarise Education, a world renowned organisation that envisions a world where universities champion peace.
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by Bruce Gagnon
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Organizing Notes, Aug. 4, 2022
August 13, 2022
WorldBeyondWar.org on Aug 3, 2022
Washington has called Russia and China ‘existential threats’ to the US. NATO is expanding up to Russia’s border and the war in Ukraine is escalating as the US-UK-NATO continue to ship weapons to Kiev. At the same time NATO is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region closing the military circle around Beijing.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
August 9, 2022
WorldBeyondWar.org on Aug 8, 2022
A webinar hosted by World BEYOND War on August 8, 2022, with Todd Pierce and David Swanson moderating.
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PaceebeneOrgNonviolenceService on Aug 4, 2022
In this video, Rosie remembers Hiroshima Day, and how the atomic bombing affected the entire globe.
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with Chris Hedges
TheRealNews on Aug 5, 2022
Andrew Bacevich, a retired Army Colonel who fought in Vietnam, and Danny Sjursen, a retired Army Major who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, have just published Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars.
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by Will Griffin
Writer, Dandelion Salad
August 4, 2022
“There are endless ways outer space can be used in wars of the 21st century but let’s focus on some of the more probable ones.”
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by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
August 1, 2022
As in a Greek tragedy whose protagonist brings about precisely the fate that he has sought to avoid, the US/NATO confrontation with Russia in Ukraine is achieving just the opposite of America’s aim of preventing China, Russia and their allies from acting independently of U.S. control over their trade and investment policy. Naming China as America’s main long-term adversary, the Biden Administration’s plan was to split Russia away from China and then cripple China’s own military and economic viability. But the effect of American diplomacy has been to drive Russia and China together, joining with Iran, India and other allies. For the first time since the Bandung Conference of Non-Aligned Nations in 1955, a critical mass is able to be mutually self-sufficient to start the process of achieving independence from Dollar Diplomacy.
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by John LaForge
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
PeaceVoice, July 22, 2022
July 30, 2022
Threatening to make attacks with nuclear weapons is known as “deterrence” when the United States does it, but it’s called madness, blackmail, or “terrorism” if Russia, China, or North Korea does.
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by Will Griffin
Writer, Dandelion Salad
July 27, 2022
The Chicago-based Crown Family might be known for their philanthropic efforts around the country, donating millions of dollars to universities, art institutions and a variety of other causes. Where did all that wealth come from? James Crown is the current director of General Dynamics (GD), the 5th largest weapons producer in the country and has their hands dirty in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, in Palestine and even at the Mexico border. His father, Lester Crown, was a previous president and chair of GD. His grandfather, Henry Crown, created the Material Service Corporation which eventually merged with GD, and gained controlling interest in GD in 1959, also becoming its director and chair.
by Kenn Orphan
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 26, 2022
What is it about this photograph that is so intriguing? This is the Carina Nebula taken by the James Webb Telescope (NASA). We are looking at a nursery of stars, many far bigger than our own sun. And we are also looking back in time. Deep time. Yet there’s something intimate about it, even though there aren’t any pareidolic references for us to easily latch on to.
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