Dandelion Salad

Noam Chomsky on TPP Secrecy, Terrorism and Google Glass

dandelionsalad — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:02:08 +0000

Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky Laura Flanders http://grittv.org June 18, 2013 What do Takism Square, Google Glass, Trans Pacific Partnership and NSA have in common? Find out in this interview with Noam Chomsky. On the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the pending trade deal critics are calling “NAFTA on steroids”: These are patent rules so high, if they’d […]

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Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes “False” Spy Claims, Snowden Risks Life to Spark NSA Debate

dandelionsalad — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:20:01 +0000

Dandelion Salad democracynow on Jun 18, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org – Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke the NSA surveillance story earlier this month, joins us one day after both President Obama and whistleblower Edward Snowden gave extensive interviews on the surveillance programs Snowden exposed and Obama is now forced to defend. Speaking to PBS, Obama […]

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Michael Parenti: Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid’s Life

dandelionsalad — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:31:17 +0000

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Michael Parenti Blog www.michaelparenti.org June 17, 2013 Jane Bouey http://www.coopradio.org/ June 10, 2013 Interview with award-winning progressive political analyst and author Michael Parenti about his new memoir, “Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid’s Life.” Interviewed June 10 by Jane Bouey. Listen: http://www.coopradio.org/audio/download/27338/1370872800.mp3 [starts about 17:00 mins in] *** Table of Contents […]

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Seeds of Change in Ethiopia by Graham Peebles

dandelionsalad — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:32:09 +0000

by Graham Peebles Writer, Dandelion Salad London June 13, 2013 Thousands march in the capital The people of Ethiopia have been suppressed and controlled for generations. Under the current EPRDF government, freedom of expression has been curtailed and an atmosphere of fear and intimidation fostered. Peaceful assembly has not been allowed, contrary to the constitution, […]

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Global Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class by Andrew Gavin Marshall

dandelionsalad — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:11:39 +0000

by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com June 12, 2013 An exclusive series for Occupy.com The Global Power Project, an investigative series produced by Occupy.com, aims to identify and connect the worldwide institutions and individuals who comprise today’s global power oligarchy. By studying the relationships and varying levels of leadership that govern our planet’s […]

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Banning Nuclear Weapons – Another Way to a Safer World by Lesley Docksey

dandelionsalad — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:00:29 +0000

by Lesley Docksey Writer, Dandelion Salad June 14, 2013 For some years an international campaign has been gradually building – ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The goal is a treaty banning nuclear weapons, a Convention such as the Landmine Convention and the Cluster Munitions Convention. It will follow the same process, and […]

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Bolivian VP, Alvaro Garcia Linera: Equality + Justice = Socialism

dandelionsalad — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:20:27 +0000

Dandelion Salad breakingtheset on Jun 14, 2013 Manuel Rapalo talks to Bolivian Vice President, Alvaro García Linéra, about the 2013 left forum in New York, socialism in South America, and the implications of Colombia potentially joining NATO. *** Updated: June 18, 2013 2013 Left Forum: Closing Plenary featuring Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera DeepDishTV […]

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A Recipe For Fascism by Chris Hedges (repost)

dandelionsalad — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:41:34 +0000

Repost of A Recipe For Fascism by Chris Hedges. by Chris Hedges Writer, Dandelion Salad Truthdig November 8, 2010 American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to the collapse of the global economy, the dismantling […]

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Noam Chomsky: Western Rogue Politics + Transcript

dandelionsalad — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:32:53 +0000

Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky Oz House Jun 12, 2013 Noam Chomsky: MIT Linguist, US critic and activist, author of dozens of books about US foreign policy, state based capitalism and mass media e.g. “Manufacturing Consent”, “Profit over People”, “Hegemony or Survival” and “Occupy”. Chomsky is official supporter of Kontext TV. Courtesy of http://www.kontext-tv.de Brought […]

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Rick Rozoff: NATO Is Antithetical To The Spirit Of The United Nations

dandelionsalad — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:24:44 +0000

by Rick Rozoff Writer, Dandelion Salad Stop NATO June 10, 2013 John Robles Voice of Russia June 9, 2013 Colombia may be on a list for membership in NATO further expanding what was originally a North Atlantic defense organization, into a global offensive military bloc, in effect taking over the world. Rick Rozoff spoke about […]

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Egypt’s “Dam Stupid” Threats to Ethiopia by Finian Cunningham

dandelionsalad — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:08:44 +0000

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV June 14, 2013 Ethiopia’s parliament this week voted to push ahead with the country’s controversial Blue Nile hydroelectric dam project. The move is bound to raise the political stakes even higher following threats earlier this week by Egypt that it would go to war […]

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Thousands March Against the G8 Meeting in Northern Ireland + G8 Enniskillen Protest, 17-6-2013

dandelionsalad — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:03:39 +0000

Dandelion Salad PressTVGlobalNews on Jun 16, 2013 As the leaders of the world’s eight most powerful economies – or G8 – prepare to meet in northern Ireland next week, anti-capitalist and anti-war campaigners made their voices heard. Even though the rain teemed down intermittently, spirits weren’t dampened. The awful weather hasn’t stopped thousands of people […]

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Obama: Sweat the Small Stuff for Big Justice by Ralph Nader

dandelionsalad — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:49:34 +0000

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page June 12, 2013 The imaginative uses of the mighty presidency in American history and its bully pulpit have rarely been much above amateurish when it comes to helping people empower themselves. This has been the case even when the same party controls the White House and both […]

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Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with Iran, interviewed by Gareth Porter

dandelionsalad — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:11:20 +0000

with Gareth Porter Writer, Dandelion Salad June 14, 2013 TheRealNews Jun 13, 2013 Gareth Porter interviews veteran US officials about why US policy towards Iran needs to change. Part 2 June 17, 2013 Gareth Porter, an investigative historian and journalist specialising in U.S. national security policy, received the UK-based Gellhorn Prize for journalism for 2011 […]

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Hassan Rohani Becomes Iran’s New President

dandelionsalad — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:43:25 +0000

Dandelion Salad Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani wins Iran presidential election in 1st round RussiaToday on Jun 15, 2013 Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani has won Iran’s presidential election with just over 50 percent of votes, state TV reported. 72 percent of the 50 million Iranians turned out to vote, said Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar – READ […]

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The Drone Ranger: Obama’s Dirty Wars by Greg Palast

dandelionsalad — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:37:23 +0000

by Greg Palast Writer, Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com For Vice Magazine June 13, 2013 About the time Barack Obama ordered the drone strike that killed Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old American kid Facebooked his second-rate choice of hip-hop favorites. I say “second-rate,” because Abdul was my son’s age almost exactly, so I know the kind of crap […]

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Barack Obama’s Letter — Regarding the War Powers Resolution

dandelionsalad — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:58:37 +0000

Dandelion Salad A little wrap-up on the status of permanent war. Propaganda Alert! The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 14, 2013 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as […]

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Pepe Escobar: Obama starts Syria war to deviate from Snowden scandal

dandelionsalad — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:28:33 +0000

Dandelion Salad NeelamTv on Jun 14, 2013 From RussiaToday. CIA whistle blower Edward Snowden has reportedly been stopped from flying to the UK. The man who lifted the lid on America’s secret surveillance activities is being pursued by Washington. For his latest revelation, he told a Hong Kong newspaper that the U.S. repeatedly hacks into […]

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Western Emperors Have No Clothes by Finian Cunningham

dandelionsalad — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:58:16 +0000

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV June 11, 2013 The military victory for Syria’s government forces in the strategic central town of Qusayr last week was a watershed event for several reasons. But of the crucial turning points heralded by this event, one is inimitably clear – the Western powers, […]

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Elizabeth Warren’s QE for Students: Populist Demagoguery or Economic Breakthrough? by Ellen Brown

dandelionsalad — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:24:27 +0000

by Ellen Brown Writer, Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com June 14, 2013 On July 1, interest rates will double for millions of students – from 3.4% to 6.8% – unless Congress acts; and the legislative fixes on the table are largely just compromises. Only one proposal promises real relief – Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s “Bank on Students Loan […]

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Noam Chomsky at Left Forum 2013: Mobilizing for Ecological/Economic Transformation

dandelionsalad — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:41:38 +0000

Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky the open culture Jun 11, 2013 see Noam Chomsky: Latin America-There is an Alternative for Democracy and Freedom, Europe-On a Suicidal Course American Fascism: Ralph Nader Decries How Big Business Has Taken Control of the U.S. Government Noam Chomsky: Wrecking Nature For Short-Term Profit + Q&A Moyers and Company: Dark Money in Politics Richard […]

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David Rovics: Prism

dandelionsalad — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:07:03 +0000

Dandelion Salad David Rovics June 12, 2013 A song for Edward Snowden and the Secret Government. Lyrics: A secretive government had a secret operation Massacring villages, killing millions, secretly bombing an entire nation They wiretapped a hotel room, they got caught and a government was deposed Because of secret documents Daniel Ellsberg exposed One government […]

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France’s Chemical Pre-action to Propaganda Defeat at Qusair by Finian Cunningham

dandelionsalad — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:59:21 +0000

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from www.strategic-culture.org June 10, 2013 One of Isaac Newton’s laws of physics states that “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. In light of French claims this week that Syrian state forces were guilty of having used chemical weapons, we may apply a […]

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The Ultimate Enemy We Must Take On and Out by Sibel Edmonds

dandelionsalad — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:31:28 +0000

by Sibel Edmonds Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post June 9, 2013 As the unending back-to-back scandals unfold, from the arrest and prosecution of courageous truth-tellers (aka whistleblowers), to the illegal wiretapping of all Americans, torture, indefinite detentions, the groping and handling of travelers, utilizing the IRS as the government’s hit-men and […]

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Noam Chomsky’s Call to the World about the Taksim Gezi Park Resistance #resistanbul

dandelionsalad — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:27:23 +0000

Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky Diren Gezi Jun 6, 2013 The world renowned dissident Prof. Noam Chomsky calls for a global reaction to resist against the imposition of the neo-liberal assault that have severe impact on populations worldwide! see Turkish Police Storm Taksim Square + Istanbul Like A War Zone Turkey’s Urban Uprising: The Struggle for […]

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