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Solomon: Media and Dissent
Znet Article, September, 27 2005
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It’s reasonable to estimate that more than a quarter of a million people demonstrated against the Iraq war on Saturday in Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other U.S. cities. The next day, the Washington Post front-paged a decent ...
Solomon: Dodging the Costs of the Warfare State
Znet Article, September, 19 2005
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The New York Times began a new week with an editorial that typified the media mind-set of the warfare state. The Sept. 19 editorial warned of dire consequences from a growing deficit that has been boosted by tax cuts -- in combination with â...
Solomon: 9/11 and Manipulation of the USA
Znet Article, September, 14 2005
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Traveling from New York City in late September 2001, on a pre-scheduled book tour, author Joan Didion spoke with audiences in several cities on the West Coast. In the wake of 9/11, she later wrote, "these people to whom I was listening -- in San F...
Solomon: BushÕs Implicit Answer to Cindy SheehanÕs Question
Commentary, September, 07 2005
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President Bush has evaded Cindy SheehanÕs question, ÒWhat was the noble cause that my son died for?Ó But he provided a partial answer on the day that the New Orleans levees gave way.
Solomon: Bush’s Implicit Answer to Cindy Sheehan’s Question
Commentary, September, 07 2005
Norman Solomon
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President Bush has evaded Cindy Sheehan’s question, “What was the noble cause that my son died for?†But he provided a partial answer on the day that the New Orleans levees gave way.
Solomon: Firing Michael Brown Is Not Enough
Znet Article, September, 06 2005
Norman Solomon
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Calls for firing Michael Brown are understandable. Aptly described as "the blithering idiot in charge of FEMA" by columnist Maureen Dowd a few days ago, he's an easy and appropriate target. President Bush met with Brown last Friday and publicly t...
Solomon: Ending the Impunity of the Bush White House
Znet Article, September, 02 2005
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The man in the Oval Office is fond of condemning “killers.†But his administration continues to kill with impunity. “They can go into Iraq and do this and do that,†Martha Madden, former secretary of the Louisiana ...
Solomon: The National Guard Belongs in New Orleans and Biloxi. Not Baghdad
Znet Article, August, 31 2005
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The men and women of the National Guard shouldn’t be killing in Iraq.They should be helping in New Orleans and Biloxi. The catastrophic hurricane was an act of God. But the U.S. war effort in Iraq is a continuing act of the president. A...
Solomon: Triangulation for War
Znet Article, August, 29 2005
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Over the weekend, a spectrum of liberal responses to Cindy Sheehan came into sharper focus. The message is often anti-Bush... but not necessarily anti-war. Frank Rich spun out his particular style of triangulation in the New York Times. While de...
Solomon: ReExploit 9/11?
Znet Article, August, 26 2005
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For a long time, the last refuge of scoundrels was “patriotism.†Now it’s “the war on terror.†President Bush and many of his vocal supporters aren’t content to wrap themselves in the flag. Itâ̈́...
Solomon: The Iraq War and MoveOn
Commentary, August, 19 2005
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The day after Wednesday night's nationwide vigils, the big headline at the top of the MoveOn.org home page said: "Support Cindy Sheehan." But MoveOn does not support Cindy Sheehan's call for swift withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Solomon: Blaming Antiwar Messengers
Znet Article, August, 17 2005
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The surge of antiwar voices in U.S. media this month has coincided with new lows in public approval for what pollsters call President Bush’s “handling†of the Iraq war. After more than two years of a military occupation tha...
Solomon: Someone Tell Frank Rich the War Is Not Over
Znet Article, August, 16 2005
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On Sunday, the New York Times published a piece by Frank Rich under the headline “Someone Tell the President the War Is Over.†The article was a flurry of well-placed jabs about the Bush administration’s lies and miscalcula...
Solomon: Sheehan Bush and Dean
Znet Article, August, 13 2005
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In 1972, after many years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg wrote: “In that time, I have seen it first as a problem; then as a stalemate; then as a crime.†That aptly describes three...
Solomon: Rage
Znet Article, August, 11 2005
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Mid-August 2005 may be remembered as a moment in U.S. history when the president could no longer get away with the media trick of solemnly patting death on its head. Unreality is a hallmark of media coverage for war. Yet -- most of all -- war is...
Solomon: Big Star-Spangled Lies for War
Znet Article, August, 08 2005
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A lot of people want to believe that the current war on Iraq is some kind of aberration -- a radical departure from the previous baseline of U.S. foreign policy. That’s a comforting illusion. Yes, the current administration in Washington ...
Solomon: The Incredible Blight of TV Punditry
Znet Article, August, 06 2005
Norman Solomon
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When super-pundit Robert Novak stormed off the set of a live CNN show Thursday -- just after uttering what the New York Times delicately calls "a profanity" -- it was an unusual episode of TV punditry. With rare exceptions, the slick commentators ...
Solomon: Media Flagstones Along a Path to War on Iran
Commentary, August, 06 2005
Norman Solomon
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On Tuesday, big alarm bells went off in the national media echo chamber, and major U.S. news outlets showed that they knew the drill. IranÕs nuclear activities were pernicious, most of all, because people in high places in Washington said so.
Solomon: In Praise of Kevin Benderman
Znet Article, July, 30 2005
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Conscience is not in the chain of command. “Before being sentenced to 15 months for refusing to return to Iraq with his Army unit, Sgt. Kevin Benderman told a military judge that he acted with his conscience, not out of a disregard for du...
Solomon: Thomas Friedman, Liberal Sadist?
Znet Article, July, 28 2005
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The acclaimed New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has often voiced enthusiasm for violent destruction by the U.S. government. Hidden in plain sight, his glee about such carnage is worth pondering. Many people view Friedman as notably articul...
