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Norman Solomon was on Media Matters with Robert McChesney on July 3rd discussing War Made Easy. Audio is online (RealAudio and mp3).

For those in Washington who are eager to confront Iran, the surprise election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a godsend. Iran’s new president is a perfect foil for neocons long eager to move ahead with scenarios for regime change in Tehran. After a White House meeting on Monday, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said that his country,…

Forget it! That seems to be an unstated motto for American media coverage of the Iranian presidential election. The axiom comes down to: “Don’t let history get in the way of spin.” Evasion smooths the way to the next war. For maximum propaganda effect, the agenda-setting must be decoupled as much as possible from clear…

Military weapons are often technological marvels but always instruments of death In his memoir of Vietnam, former war correspondent Jacques Leslie recalls visiting an American aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, when suddenly "I was engulfed in technology, released to a vast metallic universe where nothing grew, where doubt had no place." The young…

Keep them behind the war curve. While some Americans are exposing the deception for the latest war, steadily lay the groundwork for the next one. Focus plenty of news reports on alienated youth in Iran, spotlighting despair that borders on nihilism. Meanwhile, give scant media attention to the growth of civil society, with many thousands…