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Solomon: Obama in Plunderland: Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole
Znet Article, May, 10 2013
Norman Solomon
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The president’s new choices for Commerce secretary and FCC chair underscore how far down the rabbit hole his populist conceits have tumbled
Solomon: Don’t Vent, Organize -- And “Primary” a Democrat Near You
Znet Article, May, 02 2013
Norman Solomon
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Any incumbent Democrat who is not serving progressive interests should be weighed as a possible primary target
Solomon: Time to Renounce the “War on Terror”
Znet Article, April, 25 2013
Norman Solomon
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The “war on terror” continues to normalize itself as a thoroughly American way of life and death
Solomon: The Orwellian Warfare State of Carnage and Doublethink
Znet Article, April, 18 2013
Norman Solomon
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George Orwell described “doublethink” as the willingness “to forget any fact that has become inconvenient”
Solomon: Time to Bell the Obama Cat
Znet Article, April, 11 2013
Norman Solomon
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In recent days, Obama has provoked denunciations from groups that have rarely crossed him
Solomon: The Growing Campaign to Revoke Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
Znet Article, April, 04 2013
Norman Solomon
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The Nobel Peace Prize that President Obama received 40 months ago has emerged as the most appalling Orwellian award of this century. No, war is not peace
Solomon: An Outpouring of Love and Support for Bradley Manning to Receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Znet Article, April, 02 2013
Norman Solomon
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Comments from petition signers in support of Bradley Manning winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Solomon: Ten Years Ago and Today: A Warfare State of Mind
Znet Article, March, 18 2013
Norman Solomon
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Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, don’t expect the vast numbers of media hotshots and U.S. officials who propelled that catastrophe to utter a word of regret
Solomon: Which Members of Congress Are Standing Up for Economic Decency – And Which “Progressives” Aren’t
Znet Article, March, 14 2013
Norman Solomon
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In the real politics of the emerging struggle over Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, there’s a very big difference between expressing opposition to benefit cuts and promising not to vote for them
Solomon: Gun “Background Check” on Pentagon
Znet Article, March, 09 2013
Norman Solomon
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The applicant, U.S. Pentagon, seeks to purchase a wide variety of firearms in vast quantities
Solomon: Three-Quarters of Progressive Caucus Not Taking a Stand Against Cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
Znet Article, February, 28 2013
Norman Solomon
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While still on the caucus roster, three-quarters of the 70-member caucus seem lost in political smog
Solomon: Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore”
Znet Article, February, 21 2013
Norman Solomon
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The ongoing and open-ended “war on terror” is not confined by geography or, apparently, by calendar
Solomon: Washington’s War-Makers Aren’t “in a Bubble,” They’re in a Bunker
Znet Article, February, 12 2013
Norman Solomon
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Normalizing silence and complicity is essential fuel for endless war
Solomon: Verbal Tics and Political Routines
Znet Article, January, 31 2013
Norman Solomon
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A lot of what we say and do becomes habit-forming
Solomon: A Letter I Wish Progressive Groups Would Send to Their Members
Znet Article, January, 24 2013
Norman Solomon
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Superficial “access” has scant impact. The kind of empowered access we need will come from mobilizing grassroots power
Solomon: King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone
Znet Article, January, 17 2013
Norman Solomon
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Obama has not ignored King’s anti-war legacy. On the contrary, the president has gone out of his way to distort and belittle it
Solomon: The Progressive Caucus: Enabling Obama’s Rightward Moves?
Znet Article, January, 09 2013
Norman Solomon
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The failure of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to stand up to President Obama on many vital matters of principle is one of the most important political dynamics of this era
Solomon: New Year, New Era for Progressives and Obama
Znet Article, January, 03 2013
Norman Solomon
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As 2013 gets underway, progressives need to be here now. We’re in a new era of national politics -- with different circumstances that call for a major shift in approach
Solomon: A Seat In Congress For The 99 Percent
Znet Article, May, 06 2012
Norman Solomon
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I'm convinced that the only way to beat corporate AstroTurf is genuine grassroots
Solomon: What Makes a Healthy Progressive Ecosystem
Znet Article, April, 24 2012
Norman Solomon
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Right now there is a tremendous awakening in this country about income inequality
Solomon: Uncle Sam Making Wrong Choices
Znet Article, December, 29 2011
Norman Solomon
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Our national funding priorities are out of whack. We must change them to revive our communities
Solomon: It’s Time to Close California’s Nuclear Power Plants
Znet Article, May, 01 2011
Norman Solomon
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In the wake of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown, we need a basic rethinking of the USA’s nuclear energy use and oversight
Cohen: A Time for Action -- Not Servility
Znet Article, January, 25 2011
Jeff Cohen
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While Washington pundits are talking up a new civility, many progressives are bracing for the old servility -- a bipartisanship that is servile to a corporate elite that is unquenchably greedy and more powerful than ever.
Solomon: Flares in the Political Dark
Znet Article, December, 26 2009
Norman Solomon
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The winter solstice of 2009 arrived as a grim metaphor for the current politics of healthcare, war and a lot more. “In a dark time,†wrote the poet Theodore Roethke, “the eye begins to see.â€
Solomon: The Next Phase of Healthcare Apartheid
Znet Article, November, 06 2009
Norman Solomon
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At this point, only spinners who've succumbed to their own vertigo could use the word "robust" to describe the public option in the healthcare bill that the House Democratic leadership has sent to the floor.
Solomon: When the Dead Have No Say
Znet Article, August, 13 2009
Norman Solomon
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Official Washington is buzzing about "metrics." Can the war in Afghanistan be successful?
Solomon: Beyond the Hype
Znet Article, July, 20 2009
Norman Solomon
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Media eulogies for Walter Cronkite -- including from progressive commentators -- rarely talk about his coverage of the Vietnam War before 1968. This obit omit is essential to the myth of Cronkite as a courageous truth-teller.
Solomon: Where the Money Goes
Znet Article, February, 27 2009
Norman Solomon
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Early this winter, the PBS "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" interviewed the medical director at a community clinic in Northern California. He recalled the sight of military equipment moving along railroad tracks next to his office. "I've joked with my c...
Solomon: Freeing Up Resources ... for More War
Znet Article, February, 25 2009
Norman Solomon
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Hours after President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, The New York Times printed the news that he plans to gradually withdraw "American combat forces" from Iraq during the next 18 months. The newspaper reported that the advantages o...
Solomon: A Mandate for Spreading the Wealth
Znet Article, November, 06 2008
Norman Solomon
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Two days before he lost the election, John McCain summarized what had become the central message of his campaign: “Redistribute the wealth, spread the wealth around -- we can’t do that.”
