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Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA’s Repetition Compulsion for War War War
By Norman Solomon Twenty years ago, one day in June 2005, I talked with an Iranian man who was selling underwear at the Tehran Grand Bazaar. People all over the world want peace, he said, but governments won’t let them have it. I thought of that conversation on Saturday night after the U.S. government attacked…
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“No Kings Day” Was Historic. Now We Need a Powerful – and Independent – Movement Against Trump
By Norman Solomon The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of the Trump regime. The protests were auspicious, with 5 million people participating in 2,100 gatherings nationwide. Activists are doing what the national Democratic Party leadership has failed to do –…
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Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?
By Norman Solomon / TomDispatch Thirty-five years after the start of the nuclear age with the first explosion of an atomic bomb, I visited the expanse of desert known as the Nevada Test Site, an hour’s drive northwest of Las Vegas. A pair of officials from the Department of Energy took me on a tour.…
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Democratic Party Leaders Just Met for the First Time in Months. When Will They Take Real Action?
By Norman Solomon / The Guardian People with the power to change the direction of the Democratic party – the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) – met last Friday for the first time in five months. They took no action. The party’s bylaws make the executive committee “responsible for the conduct of the affairs of…