Author: Norman Solomon
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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
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What Obama Said — and What He Meant — About Climate Change, War and Civil Liberties
By Norman Solomon The words in President Obama’s “State of the Union” speech were often lofty, spinning through the air with the greatest of ease and emitting dog whistles as they flew. Let’s decode the president’s smooth oratory in the realms of climate change, war and civil liberties. “For the sake of our children and…
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Washington’s War-Makers Aren’t “in a Bubble,” They’re in a Bunker
By Norman Solomon With the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion coming up next month, we can expect a surge of explanations for what made that catastrophe possible. An axiom from Orwell — “who controls the past controls the future” — underscores the importance of such narratives. I encountered a disturbing version last week while…