Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon is cofounder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org. He was a Bernie Sanders delegate from California to the 2016 Democratic National Convention and is currently a coordinator of the relaunched independent Bernie Delegates Network. Solomon is the author of a dozen books including War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.

How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street Teamed Up for Arming Genocide

  By Norman Solomon  When House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries sent out a recent “dear colleague” letter, its second sentence…

1 month ago

Why Biden’s Debate Disaster Two Years Ago Matters for the Future

  The saying “that’s history” is usually meant to be dismissive, but in politics the past casts a long shadow…

2 months ago

Trump’s War on Iran Is a Symptom of Unchecked US Military Power

Virtually everyone killed by the U.S. military during the “war on terror” has been a person of color. To point…

3 months ago

While Distancing from AIPAC, Most 2028 Democratic Hopefuls Are Still Embracing Israel

Notably absent from media coverage of the recent public splits between AIPAC and Democratic politicians has been any mention of…

5 months ago

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Thirty-five years ago, at the time of the Gulf War, Daniel Ellsberg wrote in his journal: “There is a time…

6 months ago

Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide

In sharp contrast, a national Quinnipiac Poll found that 77 percent of Democrats “think Israel is committing genocide.” That means…

9 months ago

The Trump-Mamdani Show Was Amazing. But Downsides for Progressives Could Turn Out to Be Steep

The danger of normalizing autocracy is heightened when the utterly serious appraisal of Trump as a fascist can be recast…

9 months ago

Victims Without Victimizers

It is time to stop trying to make the market do good. It is time to stop trying to fuse…

10 months ago

From Guernica to Gaza

Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in…

12 months ago

The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States

Unimpeded, a daily process continues to exterminate more and more of the 2.1 million Palestinian people who remain in Gaza…

1 year ago