War Made Invisible – How America Hides the Human Toll or Its Military Machine
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Political Straight Talk with Norman Solomon & Peter B. Collins
The second part of the interview on the Joan Kenley Show.
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Obama: Beyond Savior or Trickster
As President Obama enters his fourth month in office, two tendencies among progressive-minded Americans seem most hazardous to the political health of the country. The gist of one approach is that Obama can't do anything seriously wrong; the other is that he can't do anything seriously right.
Among the tendencies, the first is more widespread and more dangerous. All kinds of atrocious policies — from Lyndon Johnson's war on Vietnam to Jimmy Carter's midterm swerve rightward to Bill Clinton's neoliberal measures such as NAFTA, "welfare reform" and Wall Street deregulation — were calamities facilitated by acquiescence or mild dissent from many left-leaning Democrats…
Read the full column.
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Norman Solomon & Peter B. Collins on the Joan Kenley show
"Our 24/7 media cycle is dominated by opinionated news pundits and an
onslaught of celebrity or person-of-the-moment headlines. Do we create
a false reality from false information? How do our reactions impact our
lives – personally and collectively – from politics to war to the
economy to our planet’s very survival?Not afraid to challenge media
spin with their own brand of truth-telling, Peter and Norman share
their wisdom on how to best navigate through all the noise." -
Media and Politics on WOSU
Norman Solomon was interviewed on WOSU.
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Democrats and War Escalation
Top Democrats and many prominent supporters – with vocal agreement, tactical quibbles or total silence – are assisting the escalation of the US war effort in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The predictable results will include much more killing and destruction. Back home, on the political front, the escalation will drive deep wedges into the Democratic Party…
Read the full column.
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These Colors Won’t Run…Afghanistan
Is your representative speaking out against escalation of the Afghanistan war?
Last week, some members of Congress sent President Obama a letter that urged him to "reconsider" his order deploying 17,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan…
One of several journalists in Afghanistan on a tour "organized by the
staff of commanding Gen. David D. McKiernan," The Washington Post's
Jackson Diehl, wrote a March 23 op-ed in support of an invigorated
"counterinsurgency strategy." With journalistic resolve…Read the full column.
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Where the money goes
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 colleagues," Dr. David Katz said, "if we could just get one of those Abrams tanks we could probably fund all the primary care clinics for a year."
The comment didn't make it on the air – it was only included in video on a PBS Web site – and that was unfortunate. We need more public focus on what our tax dollars are buying…
Read the full San Francisco Chronicle op-ed
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Freeing Up Resources…for More War
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 of the pullout will include "relieving the strain on the armed forces and freeing up resources for Afghanistan."
The president's speech had little to say about the plans for escalation, but the few words will come back to haunt…
Read the full column.
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Afghanistan, the Next U.S. Quagmire?
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Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) – The United States is planning to send an
additional 17,000 troops to one of the world's most battle-scarred
nations – Afghanistan – long described as "a graveyard of empires".First, it was the British Empire, and then the Soviet Union. So, will the United States be far behind?
"With his new order on Afghanistan, President (Barack) Obama has given
substantial ground to what Martin Luther King Jr., in 1967 called 'the
madness of militarism'", Norman Solomon, executive director of the
Washington-based Institute for Public Accuracy, told IPS."That madness should be opposed in 2009," said Solomon, author
of 'War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to
Death.'The proposed surge in U.S. troops will bring the total to
60,000, while the combined forces from the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO), including troops from Germany, Canada, Britain and
the Netherlands, amount to over 32,000…Read the full article.