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by Kenn Orphan
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Halifax, Nova Scotia
April 9, 2021
One thing this pandemic has demonstrated in stark terms is class struggle. Those people deemed essential, though often applauded in public, have been treated as expendable. In truth, they were always treated this way. But this last year has made this struggle visible for anyone paying attention.
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by Pete Dolack
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Systemic Disorder, Apr. 7, 2021
April 8, 2021
It is not unusual for critics of United States foreign policy, whether or not they feel free to use the term “imperialism,” to express regret that a previously rational system has soured. Such sentiments are routine for liberals and hardly unknown among social democrats.
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by Finian Cunningham
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Ireland
Crossposted from Sputnik, Apr. 6, 2021
April 7, 2021
How to best describe the behavior and attitude of the United States in foreign relations? There are several villainous genres that could apply. A mafia don who runs protection rackets is one of them. So too is the psycho boyfriend who throws a fit of rage over any perceived sign of disloyalty.
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“There is a misconception that capitalism and free markets are the same things. This is not the case. Capitalism relies heavily on state protection and state intervention. Capitalism and the state are twin pillars of control that have developed in tandem, supporting and reinforcing one another both deriving their power from private property (not to be confused with personal property).”
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by Kenn Orphan
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Halifax, Nova Scotia
April 5, 2021
“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
One of the biggest lies that people in the global north were sold and have largely internalized is that we are separate from the biosphere from which we evolved and on which we depend upon for our very survival. Even as we stand on the precipice of ecological collapse, human supremacy over nature has been the unchallenged narrative. As a result, those who have taken up the struggle to protect this fragile arrangement of existence are often otherized. Their “cause” is treated as just one of many. The “treehugger?” The “environmentalist?” The person who “cares about the earth?” How noble. How non-threatening. It becomes just another cause in a myriad of causes.
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previously posted March 23, 2008
wiredfortravel on Mar 22, 2008
Hallelujah, Jesus is alive! Produced for our Easter Service, 2008, to be a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. Continue reading
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Apr 3, 2021
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the emergence of the global police state with Professor William I. Robinson.
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with David Swanson, Bruce Gagnon and Rick Rozoff
Writers, Dandelion Salad
April 2, 2021
RT on Apr 2, 2021
Historically speaking, the Cold War was a great ideological confrontation. Western liberalism vs Soviet communism. According to Joe Biden the great geopolitical struggle of our time is democracy vs autocracy. For Biden we are in another great ideological struggle. But there is a difference: the west, particularly the U.S. is the only ideological actor.
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with Chris Hedges
XR America on Apr 1, 2021
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Presbyterian minister, author, and television host. He’s led a rich and active life including decades spent as a foreign correspondent, reporting from over 50 countries. His most recent books include Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015); and America: The Farewell Tour (2018).
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theAnalysis-news on Mar 29, 2021
Many progressives are ignoring U.S. aggression around the world despite its involvement in many wars and expanding arsenal of nuclear weapons. Medea Benjamin joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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by Will Griffin
Writer, Dandelion Salad
March 30, 2021
GNspace4peace on Mar 29, 2021
Raytheon is the 4th largest weapons contractor in the world. Recently, a former Raytheon board member and retired four star general, was appointed as the Secretary of War under the Biden Administration, further highlighting the revolving door between the Pentagon, the war industry and Congress.
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by Yanis Iqbal
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Aligarh, India
March 29, 2021
On 27 March, 2021, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released a press statement wherein he said:
“The United States is deeply concerned by growing signs of anti-democratic behavior and the politicization of the legal system in Bolivia in light of the recent arrest and pre-trial imprisonment of former interim government officials.”
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CODEPINK on Mar 21, 2021
Witness For Peace Southwest Invites You To Join The COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION: A Day of Education, Testimonials & Action.
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 27, 2021
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses with journalist and writer May Jeong the deep American roots of the Atlanta shootings.
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by William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Killing Hope
Originally published June 26, 2018
March 26, 2021
The current mass exodus of people from Central America to the United States, with the daily headline-grabbing stories of numerous children involuntarily separated from their parents, means it’s time to remind my readers once again of one of the primary causes of these periodic mass migrations.
