Author: Norman Solomon

The president has set a limit on the number of US troops in Afghanistan. For now. That's how escalation works. Ceilings become floors. Gradually. A few times since last fall, the Obama team has floated rising numbers for how many additional US soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan. Now, deployment of 21,000 more is a…

Daniel Ellsberg and Norman Solomon will be speaking about the war in Afghanistan and an upcoming civic delegation to that country. You're invited to join them: Wednesday, July 15 — reception 6 p.m., program 7 p.m. — at City Hall, 1400 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, Calif. No charge.

The New York Times used three square inches of newsprint on Tuesday to dispatch two US Army soldiers under the headline "Names of the Dead." Their names – Peter K. Cross and Steven T. Drees – were listed along with hometowns, ranks and ages. Cross was 20 years old. Drees was 19. They were, the…

When approaching Iran, the Republican Party line and the Hugo Chavez line are running in opposite directions — but parallel. The leadership of GOP reaction and the leadership of Bolivarian revolution have bought into the convenient delusion that long-suffering Iranian people require assistance from the U.S. government to resist the regime in Tehran. Inside Iran,…