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Who’s Afraid of Zohran Mamdani? Billionaires

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Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA’s Repetition Compulsion for War War War

Twenty years ago, one day in June 2005, I talked with an Iranian man who was selling underwear at the Tehran Grand Bazaar. People all over the world...

23.06.2025 20

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA's Repetition Compulsion for War, War, War

Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA's Repetition Compulsion for War, War, War
22.06.2025 3

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Nuclear Winter Is a Climate Issue

19.06.2025 2

The Nation

Norman Solomon

"No Kings" should be just the beginning

We need a powerful — and independent — movement against Trumpism

17.06.2025 3

Salon

Norman Solomon

“No Kings Day” Was Historic. Now We Need a Powerful – and Independent – Movement Against Trump

The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of the Trump regime. The...

17.06.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

'No Kings Day' Was Historic. Now We Need a Powerful – and Independent – Movement Against Trump

16.06.2025 4

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Pick Your Fate, Humanity: Climate-Chaos Summer, Nuclear Winter, Both... or Neither

Pick Your Fate, Humanity: Climate-Chaos Summer, Nuclear Winter, Both... or Neither
12.06.2025 10

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Nuclear Winter and Climate Breakdown Are Not Separate Issues

With common adversaries, the climate and nuclear disarmament movements have an unexplored potential to work together.

09.06.2025 5

Truthout

Norman Solomon

Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?

Thirty-five years after the start of the nuclear age with the first explosion of an atomic bomb, I visited the expanse of desert known as the Nevada...

09.06.2025 8

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

How low will Democrats sink before the DNC acts?

The Democratic National Committee needs to declare an emergency

30.05.2025 4

Salon

Norman Solomon

How Bad Does It Have to Get Before the DNC Declares an Emergency?

Midway through this month, Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries sent out a fundraising text saying that he “recently announced a 10-point plan...

29.05.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

How Bad Does It Have to Get Before the Democratic Party Declares an Emergency?

28.05.2025 10

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Democrats won't change until the left does

Popular resistance can't come from the Democratic Party

27.05.2025 20

Salon

Norman Solomon

The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party

14.05.2025 10

The Nation

Norman Solomon

How the Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About US Leaders

01.05.2025 30

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

From Vietnam to Gaza: War shatters illusions about US leadership

Many young eyes saw the war policy positions of Hubert Humphrey and Kamala Harris as immoral

30.04.2025 10

Salon

Norman Solomon

Top Democrats’ Oligarch-Friendly Politics Has Helped Enable Trump

America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and vocal,...

28.04.2025 2

Truthout

Norman Solomon

Establishment Democrats Are Blowing the Fight Against a Fascist Trump

28.04.2025 4

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Top Democrats Have Been Enabling Trump

America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and vocal,...

28.04.2025 6

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

Why “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” Advocates Cling to Genocide Denial

Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza comes several months after both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports concluding without...

03.04.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

The Genocide Denial of the 'Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace' Crowd

19.03.2025 6

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Democrats May Denounce Trump, But Their Militarism Paved His Way

10.03.2025 10

The Nation

Norman Solomon

A primary motivation: Democrats due for a reality check on priorities

Democrats irritated by voters who elected them need an attitude adjustment

03.03.2025 10

Salon

Norman Solomon

How Endless War Delivered Trump—Not Once, But Twice

02.03.2025 10

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

The Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy

Donald Trump’s power has thrived on the economics, politics, and culture of war. The runaway militarism of the last quarter-century was a crucial...

28.02.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

The US Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy

Militarism helped fuel the rise of billionaire tech barons who are now teaming up with an increasingly fascistic Trump.

27.02.2025 2

Truthout

Norman Solomon

Has J Street Gone Along With Genocide?

27.02.2025 4

The Nation

Norman Solomon

Democrats Irritated by Voters Who Elected Them Need an Attitude Adjustment

The Capitol’s phone lines have been overwhelmed this month, and some Democrats are complaining about the deluge of calls from voters who implore...

25.02.2025 9

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

If You're a Democrat Annoyed by Outraged Voters, You Are Doing It Wrong

24.02.2025 3

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

How the U.S. hid truths about the Gaza war

As Israel’s war on Gaza persisted, the explanations often echoed the post-9/11 rationales for the “war on terror”

18.01.2025 20

Salon

Norman Solomon

How US Media Hide Truths About the Gaza War

15.01.2025 5

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

How U.S. Media Hide Truths About the Gaza War

A few days before the end of 2024, the independent magazine  972 reported that “Israeli army forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital compound in...

15.01.2025 40

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

Genocidal President, Genocidal Politics

When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless...

08.01.2025 4

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

The Genocidal Legacy of Joe Biden Will Not Be Forgotten

While Biden refused to acknowledge the ethnic cleansing and mass murder that he kept making possible with bombs and political support for...

06.01.2025 20

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Why I am suing my congressman — and you should, too

On the last day of 2024, the deputy general counsel for the House of Representatives formally accepted the delivery of a civil summons for two...

03.01.2025 4

Salon

Norman Solomon

Afghanistan: Now It Can Be Told, After All The Harm Has Been Done – OpEd

This week, the New York Times reported that the U.S. government made war in Afghanistan while helping to “recruit, train and pay for lawless bands...

28.12.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Norman Solomon

Now It Can Be Told... After All the Harm Has Been Done

Timing is crucial in media and politics—and never more so than when war is at stake. It’s completely unsatisfactory for journalists to toe the war...

26.12.2024 30

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

The Democratic Party Deserves Its Image as a Party of War

To explore possibilities for how that might change will require a candid assessment of how that image came into focus in the 21st century.

21.12.2024 4

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Omnicide Joe?

Before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Biden showed a distinct lack of interest in actual diplomacy to prevent the...

27.11.2024 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

From Genocide Joe to Omnicide Joe

Whether heralded or reviled, Biden’s supposed restraint during the Ukraine war has steadily faded, with more and more dangerous escalation in its...

25.11.2024 30

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Choosing Rahm Emanuel as DNC Chair Would Drag the Party Backwards

If Emanuel ends up in the top DNC spot, the message will be that wealthy power brokers have fully recaptured the party.

21.11.2024 3

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Hope in a time of American fascism

When some leading thinkers at the London School of Economics saw fascism take hold in the 1930s, Oxford history professor Ben Jackson said in a...

17.11.2024 4

Salon

Norman Solomon

To Fight Billionaire-Backed Fascism, We Need Grit and Solidarity—Not Hope

This deeply perilous time requires realism—but not fatalism. In the worst of times, solidarity is most needed.

14.11.2024 3

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

With the Republic in Peril, Dems Must Ditch Biden’s Example and Fight

Members of Congress should refuse to echo Biden’s post-election rhetoric and instead speak plainly and forcefully about the rough road ahead to...

09.11.2024 4

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Democrats Ignored Every Warning and the Results Are Catastrophic

Now that a fascistic party has won the presidency along with the Senate and apparently the House as well, the stakes for people and planet are...

07.11.2024 4

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

No time for fatalism: The left must unite to fight fascism

The conclusion that Donald Trump is a fascist has gone mainstream, gaining wide publicity and affirmation in recent weeks. Such understanding is a...

04.11.2024 2

Salon

Norman Solomon

This Is Not a Drill. Fascism Is on the Ballot

Rather than being for personal absolution, voting is a tool in the political toolbox—if the goal is to avert the worst and improve the chances for...

28.10.2024 20

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

What’s certain about results of the presidential election

While the name of the next president is unknown, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen. For instance:  Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris...

24.10.2024 3

Salon

Norman Solomon

What Progressives Already Know About the 2024 Election Results

A Trump presidency will push progressives back on our heels, in a dire defensive position as we fight to protect rights and programs won during...

22.10.2024 4

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon