Author: Norman Solomon
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Gun “Background Check” on Pentagon
By Norman Solomon Stringent “background checks” are central to many proposals for curbing gun violence. The following is a background check on the nation’s largest buyer of firearms: The applicant, U.S. Pentagon, seeks to purchase a wide variety of firearms in vast quantities. This background check has determined that the applicant has a long history…
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Three-Quarters of Progressive Caucus Not Taking a Stand Against Cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
By Norman Solomon For the social compact of the United States, most of the Congressional Progressive Caucus has gone missing. While still on the caucus roster, three-quarters of the 70-member caucus seem lost in political smog. Those 54 members of the Progressive Caucus haven’t signed the current letter that makes a vital commitment: “we will…
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Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore”
By Norman Solomon Congress waited six years to repeal the Tonkin Gulf Resolution after it opened the bloody floodgates for the Vietnam War in August 1964. If that seems slow, consider the continuing failure of Congress to repeal the “war on terror” resolution — the Authorization for Use of Military Force — that sailed through,…
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Audio of Norman Solomon’s Appearance on FAIR’s National Radio Program “Counterspin”
Past and Prologue: The Invasion of Iraq Janine Jackson interviews Norman Solomon