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  • Progressives Must Fight With — and In — the Democratic Party

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    By Norman Solomon                                                                                                 After defying the odds and defeating corporate opponents on Tuesday, the strong progressives Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones are headed to Congress from New York — and there’s no way it would be happening if they hadn’t been willing and able to put up a fight in Democratic primaries. The same…

  • California “Berning” for Ro Khanna to Chair the State’s Delegation to Democratic National Convention

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    By Norman Solomon The Democratic Party is at a crossroads in California, where Bernie Sanders defeated Joe Biden in the presidential primary three months ago, winning more than half of the state’s delegates to the national convention. In recent days, over 110 Sanders delegates — just elected in “virtual caucuses” across the state — have…

  • Corporate Media Are Focusing on Race — and Dodging Class

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    By Norman Solomon Grassroots outrage and nationwide protests after Minneapolis cops murdered George Floyd have pushed much of U.S. corporate media into focusing on deadly police mistreatment of black people. The coverage is far from comprehensive on the subject of racism in the “criminal justice” system — we’re still hearing very little about the routine…

  • Solidarity Includes Wearing a Mask at Protests

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    By Norman Solomon The nationwide outpouring of protests during the last 10 days has provided a historic moral response to the murder of George Floyd. In one city after another, people braved tear gas, pepper spray, clubs and other weaponry — as well as mass arrests — to nonviolently challenge racist police violence. Those same…

  • Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Police and Her VP Quest

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    By Norman Solomon Eighteen years before Minneapolis police killed an unarmed black man named George Floyd on Monday, Minneapolis police killed an unarmed black man named Christopher Burns. Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar decries the killing of Floyd. Back then, Minneapolis chief prosecutor Amy Klobuchar refused to prosecute city police for killing Burns. A year…