by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published Sept. 27, 2007 August 18, 2019 Fascism is a false revolution. It makes a revolutionary appeal without making an actual revolution. It propagates the widely proclaimed New Order while serving the same old moneyed interests.
by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from Sputnik August 9, 2019 The US-led NATO alliance this week designated a whole new hemisphere to itself for “security” operations. No longer merely an “Atlantic” organization, it’s assuming the role of policing the Pacific. Quite a self-promotion.
by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy July 29, 2019 Every government on earth, beginning with the United States, should shut down and be done with secret agencies, spy agencies, agencies used for murder, torture, bribery, election-manipulation, and coups.
by Phil Rockstroh and Kenn Orphan Writer, Dandelion Salad July 23, 2019 Kenn, I’ve noticed in your pieces you explore the topic of the myriad and perpetual degradations that capitalism inflicts on the powerless. Thus given the unfolding of recent events e.g., the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein, I’m curious as to your response to my […]
by Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad July 22, 2019 Keynote Paper delivered at the 14th Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, July 21, 2019. Today’s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by […]
by Jim Kavanagh Writer, Dandelion Salad The Polemicist June 23, 2019 It was a helluva week on the Iran front. It started with attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on June 13th and ended with Donald Trump ordering, and then calling off, a military attack on Iran on June 20-21. How we […]
Dandelion Salad Take Action! Republished with permission from David Swanson at World Beyond War World Beyond War, June 17, 2019 June 19, 2019 The government of Ecuador has recently agreed to allow the U.S. military to base aircraft and naval ships at one of the Galapagos Islands in violation of the Constitution of Ecuador, which […]
by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy Originally published May 30, 2018 May 27, 2019 “Memorial Day is a time to remember, appreciate, and honor the selfless patriots who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to freedom. At a time when our country seems so divided, we must not forget that it is […]
by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy, June 17, 2018 December 4, 2018 Murder Incorporated is a three-book series by Mumia Abu Jamal and Stephen Vittoria, which I can highly recommend based on the first book. The other two are not out yet.
by Howard Zinn Writer, Dandelion Salad November 6, 2018 Gossip is the opium of the American public. We lie back, close our eyes and happily inhale the stories about Roosevelt’s and Kennedy’s affairs, Lyndon Johnson’s nude swims with unnamed partners and, now, Nixon’s pathetic “final days” in office.
by Paul Street Writer, Dandelion Salad The Official Website of Paul Street October 22, 2018 The United States is full of personally decent and caring, often highly intelligent people mired in political ignorance and delusion.
by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy June 25, 2018 There are three things that are almost always underestimated: the U.S. military budget, altruism, and sadism. First, the military budget.
by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy May 30, 2018 “Memorial Day is a time to remember, appreciate, and honor the selfless patriots who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to freedom. At a time when our country seems so divided, we must not forget that it is because of their service and […]
by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published Sept. 23, 2010 May 24, 2018 Chapter 1 of Against Empire, 1995 Imperialism has been the most powerful force in world history over the last four or five centuries, carving up whole continents while oppressing indigenous peoples and obliterating entire civilizations. Yet, it is seldom accorded any […]
by Graham Peebles Writer, Dandelion Salad London, England May 13, 2018 Poverty is the greatest cause of death and illness globally; it strangles the lives of billions of people, denying the expression of innate potential, condemning men, women and children to live stunted uncreative lives of interminable suffering and drudgery.
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