Sanctions as Siege Warfare, by Derek Royden

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by Derek Royden
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
April 11, 2023

In the distant past, the one place that people could escape a marauding army was behind the walls of a castle. Though this usually protected them from any immediate danger, it created problems of its own. While under siege and waiting for outside help or for the attackers to leave in frustration, those behind the walls could ultimately run out of food and even potable water, which would lead either to surrender or a slow, terrible death.

Lula Da Silva’s Election Is A Victory For The World, by Derek Royden

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by Derek Royden
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
November 28, 2022

On October 30th, Brazilians voted in a presidential runoff election that was won by Luiz ‘Lula’ Ignacio Da Silva. It was a victory by the narrowest of margins, although in fairness, the president elect’s opponent had the clear support of the federal highway patrol, which reportedly set hundreds of roadblocks in areas of the country that had supported the former president in the first round of voting.

After the Deluge, by Derek Royden

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by Derek Royden
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
PeaceVoice, Oct. 3, 2022
October 9, 2022

In 1988 climatologist James Hansen announced, “Global warming has arrived.”

Now, 34 years later, it is painfully obvious that climate catastrophe has arrived.