Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon is co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org. His books include "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" and "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State."
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Views Friday, July 31, 2020 Why Bernie Sanders Delegates Should Keep Fighting As a Bernie Sanders delegate to the Democratic National Convention beginning Aug. 17, I feel two main responsibilities. One is to help defeat Donald Trump. The other is to keep fighting hard for a progressive agenda. With the presidential election looming, those goals might seem to conflict. But... Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 16, 2020 'Not Him... Us': On the Ultimate Meaning of the Bernie Sanders Campaign "Eugene V. Debs is Bernie Sanders' political hero," the Washington Post reported with evident distaste while the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination was raging in early 2016. "A picture of the socialist union organizer hung in city hall when he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont. A... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee Could Defy "the Madness of Militarism" as Co-Chairs of the Democratic Convention’s Biggest Delegation One of the few encouraging surprises in the lead-up to the 2020 Democratic National Convention is that co-chairs of California’s huge delegation will include Representatives Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee. Progressive activism made it possible—winning caucus races to elect strong Bernie Sanders... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 25, 2020 Progressives Must Fight With—and In—the Democratic Party After defying the odds and defeating corporate opponents on Tuesday, the strong progressives Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones are headed to Congress from New York—and there’s no way it would be happening if they hadn’t been willing and able to put up a fight in Democratic primaries. The same was... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 18, 2020 California “Berning” for Ro Khanna to Chair the State’s Delegation to Democratic National Convention The Democratic Party is at a crossroads in California, where Bernie Sanders defeated Joe Biden in the presidential primary three months ago, winning more than half of the state’s delegates to the national convention. In recent days, over 110 Sanders delegates—just elected in “virtual caucuses”... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 11, 2020 Corporate Media Are Focusing on Race—and Dodging Class Grassroots outrage and nationwide protests after Minneapolis cops murdered George Floyd have pushed much of U.S. corporate media into focusing on deadly police mistreatment of black people. The coverage is far from comprehensive on the subject of racism in the “criminal justice” system—we’re still... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 04, 2020 Solidarity Includes Wearing a Mask at Protests The nationwide outpouring of protests during the last 10 days has provided a historic moral response to the murder of George Floyd. In one city after another, people braved tear gas, pepper spray, clubs and other weaponry—as well as mass arrests —to nonviolently challenge racist police violence... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 28, 2020 Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Police and Her VP Quest Eighteen years before Minneapolis police killed an unarmed black man named George Floyd on Monday, Minneapolis police killed an unarmed black man named Christopher Burns. Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar decries the killing of Floyd. Back then, Minneapolis chief prosecutor Amy Klobuchar refused to... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 21, 2020 In a Class War—Like It or Not—the System Always Makes a Killing Journalists aren’t supposed to “bury the lead.” But when death is the topic and corporate power is the culprit, the connection routinely goes unmentioned. Class war—waged methodically from the top down—is so constant and pervasive that it might seem unremarkable. The 24/7 siege to make large... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Sanders Campaign Was About "Us"—Not Bernie—Remember? During the five weeks since Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign, many fervent supporters have entered a “WTF?” space. The realities of disappointment and distress aren’t just about dashed hopes of winning the presidential nomination. Much of the current disquiet is also due to a disconnect... Read more |