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Commentary Solomon: Digital Grab: Corporate Power Has Seized the Internet

Commentary, March, 29 2013 Norman Solomon
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While mass media have supplied endless raptures about a digital revolution, corporate power has seized the Internet -- and the grip is tightening every day

Commentary Solomon: What Obama Said -- and What He Meant -- About Climate Change, War and Civil Liberties

Commentary, February, 14 2013 Norman Solomon
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Let’s decode the president’s smooth oratory in the realms of climate change, war and civil liberties

Commentary Solomon: Ten Years After Powell’s U.N. Speech, Old Hands Are Ready for More Blood

Commentary, February, 05 2013 Norman Solomon
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When Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to the U.N. Security Council on February 5, 2003, countless journalists in the United States extolled him for a masterful performance

Commentary Solomon: The Search for War

Commentary, May, 28 2011 Norman Solomon
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A country that’s committed to being at war will treat the real potential for peace as an abstraction

Commentary Solomon: Nuclear Power Madness

Commentary, March, 15 2011 Norman Solomon
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Like every other president since the 1940s, Barack Obama has promoted nuclear power.

Commentary Solomon: When “Good” Dictators Go Bad

Commentary, February, 17 2011 Norman Solomon
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A standard zigzag of political rhetoric went for a jaunt along Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday (Feb. 15) with a speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at George Washington University.

Commentary Solomon: Hollow Bomber Jacket

Commentary, December, 06 2010 Norman Solomon
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For the Obama presidency, moral collapse has taken on the appearance of craven clockwork, establishing a concentric pattern -- doing immense damage to economic security at home while ratcheting up warfare overseas.

Commentary Solomon: WikiLeaks: Demystifying “Diplomacy”

Commentary, November, 29 2010 Norman Solomon
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Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe.

Commentary Solomon: After the Election Disaster: Back to Basics

Commentary, November, 04 2010 Norman Solomon
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We need to build a grassroots progressive movement, wide, deep and strong enough to fight the right and challenge the corporate center of the Democratic Party.

Commentary Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine

Commentary, October, 17 2010 Norman Solomon
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Take it from David Axelrod. “Almost the entire Republican margin is based on the enthusiasm gap,” the president’s senior adviser said last week. “And if Democrats come out in the same turnout as Republicans, it’s going to be a much different elect...

Commentary Solomon: No, Higher Consciousness Won’t Save Us

Commentary, September, 24 2010 Norman Solomon
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Autumn 2010 is a time of disillusionment for many who deplore the USA’s current political trajectory. Some who’ve been active for progressive causes are now gravitating toward hope that individual actions -- in tandem with higher consciousness, mo...

Commentary Solomon: A Speech for Endless War

Commentary, September, 06 2010 Norman Solomon
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On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.

Commentary Solomon: Gen. Petraeus Goes to Media War

Commentary, August, 17 2010 Norman Solomon
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It’s already history. In mid-August 2010, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan launched a huge media campaign to prevent any substantial withdrawal of military forces the next summer.

Commentary Solomon: Unanimous Conformity in the Senate

Commentary, July, 03 2010 Norman Solomon
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Every living senator voted Wednesday to approve Gen. David Petraeus as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

Commentary Solomon: From Great Man to Great Screwup: Behind the McChrystal Uproar

Commentary, June, 24 2010 Norman Solomon
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When the wheels are coming off, it doesn’t do much good to change the driver.

Commentary Solomon: Israel and Harman in Tandem: From High Seas to Airwaves

Commentary, June, 05 2010 Norman Solomon
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When Israel attacked the Gaza aid flotilla, Congresswoman Jane Harman was engaged in a parallel assault. Israel’s government relied on the efficacy of violence; Harman’s campaign was counting on the power of paid media. In both cases, the targets ...

Commentary Solomon: A Bomber Jacket Doesn't Cover the Blood

Commentary, April, 02 2010 Norman Solomon
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President Obama has taken a further plunge into the kind of war abyss that consumed predecessors named Johnson, Nixon and Bush.

Commentary Solomon: Zero Public Option + One Mandate = Disaster

Commentary, March, 19 2010 Norman Solomon
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Not long ago, the most prominent supporters of the public option were touting it as essential for healthcare reform. Now, suddenly, it's incidental.

Commentary Solomon: Dollars for Death, Pennies for Life

Commentary, February, 16 2010 Norman Solomon
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When the U.S. military began a major offensive in southern Afghanistan over Presidents Day weekend, the killing of children and other civilians was predictable. Lofty rhetoric aside, such deaths come with the territory of war and occupation.

Commentary Solomon: Democrats Boosting Right-Wing Populism

Commentary, January, 21 2010 Norman Solomon
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In his triumphant speech on election night, the next senator from Massachusetts should have thanked top Democrats in Washington for all they did to make his victory possible.

Commentary Solomon: Mr. President, War Is Not Peace

Commentary, December, 12 2009 Norman Solomon
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Eloquence in Oslo cannot change the realities of war.

Commentary Solomon: The War Stampede

Commentary, November, 22 2009 Norman Solomon
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Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington’s ambassador in Kabul, former four-star general Karl Eikenberry, has cautioned against adding more t...

Commentary Solomon: Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan

Commentary, November, 17 2009 Norman Solomon
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There's a significant new straw in the political wind for President Obama to consider. The California Democratic Party has just sent him a formal and clear message: Stop making war in Afghanistan

Commentary Solomon: Uncle Sam in Afghanistan: Good Help Is Hard to Find

Commentary, October, 23 2009 Norman Solomon
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Almost eight years after choosing Hamid Karzai to head the Afghan government, Uncle Sam would like to give him a pink slip. But it’s not easy. And the grim fiasco of Afghanistan’s last election is shadowing the next.

Commentary Solomon: Starting Another Year of War in Afghanistan

Commentary, October, 02 2009 Norman Solomon
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October 2009 has begun with the New York Times reporting that "the president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in a windowless basement room of the White House for t...

Commentary Solomon: Men with Guns, in Kabul and Washington

Commentary, September, 09 2009 Norman Solomon
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For those who believe in making war, Kabul is a notable work product. After 30 years, the results are in: a devastated city.

Commentary Solomon: A Little Girl in Kabul

Commentary, September, 02 2009 Norman Solomon
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Yesterday, I met a little girl named Guljumma. She's seven years old, and she lives in Kabul at a place called Helmand Refugee Camp District 5.

Commentary Solomon: The Afghanistan Gap: Press vs. Public

Commentary, August, 27 2009 Norman Solomon
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These days, a lot of media stories are comparing President Johnson's war in Vietnam and President Obama's war in Afghanistan. The comparisons are often valid, but a key parallel rarely gets mentioned -- the media's insistent support for the war ev...

Commentary Solomon: Escalation Scam: Troops in Afghanistan

Commentary, July, 13 2009 Norman Solomon
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A few times since last fall, the Obama team has floated rising numbers for how many additional U.S. soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan. Now, deployment of 21,000 more is a done deal, with a new total cap of 68,000 U.S. troops in that country.

Commentary Solomon: Obama and Anti-War Democrats

Commentary, June, 23 2009 Norman Solomon
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Days ago, a warning shot from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue landed with a thud on Capitol Hill near some recent arrivals in the House. The political salvo was carefully aimed and expertly fired. But in the long run, it could boomerang.

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