Norman Solomon

The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year

The standard liberal canon waxes fondly nostalgic about King’s “I have a dream” speech in 1963 and his efforts against…

4 years ago

California Organizations Call for May 1 March

A coalition of more than three dozen California pro-immigrant organizations and community leaders gathered at a recent press conference in…

4 years ago

Rahm Emanuel Is in the Running for a Top Ambassador Post. The Prospect Is Appalling.

Emanuel was known in D.C. for hyper-combativeness (earning him the nickname “Rahmbo”) and his ability to gain positive spin from…

5 years ago

Republican Hypocrisy Is No Reason to Support Neera Tanden

"What's stunning is the silence from Senate Democrats about the potential conflicts of interest raised by her decade of aggressive…

5 years ago

Hidden in Plain Sight: The “Unimpeachable” Offenses

Unmentioned in the Nixon impeachment articles: the Vietnam War that he had prolonged with a vengeance while claiming to seek…

5 years ago

Don’t Grade President Biden on a Curve

With corporate forces fully mobilized and armies of their lobbyists deployed to constantly push the new administration, the need for…

5 years ago

Don’t Let President Biden ‘Make Us the Dupes of Our Hopes’

How far Biden can be pushed in better directions will depend on how well progressives and others who want humanistic…

5 years ago

Why Progressives Must Not Give Joe Biden a Political Honeymoon

The idea that corporate centrism is the best way for Democrats to defeat Republicans is belied by actual history. Yes,…

5 years ago

RootsAction Announces “No Honeymoon” Campaign to Challenge Biden

By RootsAction.org The progressive activist group RootsAction.org announced today the launch of “No Honeymoon” -- a sustained campaign that will…

5 years ago

Hey Joe, Where You Going With That Pentagon in Your Hands?

Warning and petitioning Biden to dissuade him from a Flournoy nomination probably have scant chances of success. But if Biden…

5 years ago