Author: Norman Solomon
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On Gaza, Most Congress Members Have Been Moral Failures. Don’t Grade Them on a Curve.
By Norman Solomon The vast majority of Congress members have refused to call for a ceasefire in Gaza during three months of slaughter by Israel’s military. Capitol Hill remains a friendly place for the Israeli government as it keeps receiving massive arms shipments courtesy of U.S. taxpayers. “Israel would not be able to conduct this…
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Huffman Remains Evasive While Palestinian Civilians Die
By Norman Solomon / Marin Independent Journal — December 30, 2023 Reading social media posts and press releases from Rep. Jared Huffman, of San Rafael, is illuminating. The House member repeatedly and quite properly condemned the horrific killings of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 by Hamas. He repeatedly and quite properly condemned antisemitism. What he has…
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Democrats should steer clear of Liz Cheney
By Norman Solomon / The Hill The publication of Liz Cheney’s new book “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning” has thrust her back into the national spotlight. Friendly interviews with liberal TV icons like Rachel Maddow and Stephen Colbert helped the book reach the top of bestseller lists. Such enthusiasm for the former…
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The Madness of Militarism
By Norman Solomon / The Massachusetts Review Editor’s note: On November 15, 2023, Norman Solomon delivered the Second Annual Ellsberg Lecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a lecture series hosted by University’s Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy. The text below is based on a transcript of his remarks, excerpted and edited…
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President Biden: Learn the Names of Children You’ve Helped Israel to Murder
By Norman Solomon To: President Joe Biden You’ve often spoken of how much you care about children and how terrible it is when they’re murdered. “Too many schools, too many everyday places have become killing fields,” you said at the White House last spring on the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde. At…