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" (2006) and "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State" (2007).
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Views Monday, December 23, 2019 It's Corporate Media, 'Moderate' Democrats, and the Oligarchy vs. Bernie Sanders and a Movement For the United States, oligarchy is the elephant—and donkey—in the room. Only one candidate for president is willing to name it. Out of nearly 25,000 words spoken during the Democratic debate last Thursday night, the word “oligarchy” was heard once. “We are living in a nation increasingly becoming... Read more |
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Views Monday, December 16, 2019 Progressives Need a United Front for Sanders and Warren We’re now seven weeks away from the Iowa caucuses, the first voting in the Democratic presidential race. After that, frontloaded primaries might decide the nominee by late spring. For progressives torn between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren -- or fervently committed to one of them -- choices... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Will the Democratic Presidential Nomination Be Bought by the Oligarchs? From three different vectors, the oligarchy is on the march to capture the Democratic presidential nomination. Pete Buttigieg has made big gains. A timeworn ally of corporate power, Joe Biden, is on a campaign for his last hurrah. And Michael Bloomberg is swooping down from plutocratic heights... Read more |
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Views Friday, December 06, 2019 Kerry's Endorsement of Biden Fits: Two Deceptive Supporters of the Iraq War On Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post sent out a news alert headlined "John Kerry Endorses Biden in 2020 Race, Saying He Has the Character and Experience to Beat Trump, Confront the Nation's Challenges." Meanwhile, in Iowa, Joe Biden was also touting his experience. "Look," Biden said as he... Read more |
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Views Monday, December 02, 2019 Corporate Media's Mantra Is 'Anyone But Sanders or Warren' Anyone who’s been paying attention should get the picture by now. Overall, in subtle and sledgehammer ways, the mass media of the United States—owned and sponsored by corporate giants—are in the midst of a siege against the two progressive Democratic candidates who have a real chance to be elected... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 25, 2019 When Progressives in Congress Let Us Down, We Should Push Back Last week, the Democratic leadership put an extension of the Patriot Act into a “continuing resolution” that averted a government shutdown. More than 95 percent of the Democrats in the House went along with it by voting for the resolution. Both co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus,... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, November 19, 2019 It Was Revealing Who Joe Biden Saw—and Who He Didn't See—in California Last week, I attended Joe Biden’s first rally in California since he launched his presidential campaign more than six months ago. It was revealing. The Biden for President campaign had been using social media and its email list in the Los Angeles area to urge attendance. Under sunny skies, near... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 11, 2019 Biden and Bloomberg Want Uncle Sam to Defer to Uncle Scrooge The extremely rich Americans who are now frantically trying to figure out how to intervene in the Democratic presidential campaign make me wonder how different they are from the animated character who loved frolicking in money and kissing dollar bills while counting them . If Uncle Scrooge existed... Read more |
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Views Thursday, November 07, 2019 The Class Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren For many decades, any politician daring to fight for economic justice was liable to be denounced for engaging in “class warfare.” It was always a grimly laughable accusation, coming from wealthy elites as well as their functionaries in corporate media and elective office. In the real world, class... Read more |
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Views Thursday, October 31, 2019 A Message to Progressives: Adam Schiff Is Not Your Friend A huge national spotlight is now on Adam Schiff, the member of Congress leading the impeachment inquiry. In his tenth term, Schiff is really going places. But where is he coming from? This year, as chair of the House Intelligence Committee, he has relentlessly built a case against a horrendous... Read more |