Author: Norman Solomon
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Right-Wing Republicans vs. Corporate Democrats vs. Progressive Populists
By Norman Solomon At this bleak political moment, gaining congressional power for progressives might seem like pie in the sky. More and more desperate efforts are underway to stave off a Republican takeover of Congress. But the necessity of trying to prevent right-wing rule on Capitol Hill should not obscure the need to win more…
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Interview on the Democratic Party and the Fall Campaign
Norman Solomon appeared on The Morning Show on KPFA Radio to discuss what's up with the Democratic Party as the fall election campaign gets underway. To listen to the 10-minute interview (which happened on Sept. 7), click here and start at 9:50 into the program.
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A Speech for Endless War
By Norman Solomon On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war. Hours later, the New York Times front page offered a credulous gloss for the end of “the seven-year American combat mission in Iraq.” The first sentence of the coverage described the speech…
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An exchange with editors of the Columbia Journalism Review
[Letter and reply printed in current edition of CJR:] Whose Supplement? The Columbia Journalism Review deserves a notable Dart for ambiguity and nondisclosure in the magazine’s twelve-page supplement from The Commonwealth Fund titled “What Will Happen Under Health Reform — and What’s Next?” (CJR, May/June) A reference to CJR was in smallish type at the…
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Interview on FAIR’s radio program “CounterSpin”
To listen to the new interview with Norman Solomon on FAIR's national radio program CounterSpin – about the current media blitz from Gen. David Petraeus – click here.