Norman Solomon

Denouncing Republican Evils Can’t Do Much for the Biden Presidency Without Demanding Progressive Policies

In early 2009, we were told to give a break to President Obama. Wall Streeters went into the Cabinet, big…

5 years ago

In 2021, the Best Way to Fight Neofascist Republicans Is to Fight Neoliberal Democrats

When Democrats fail to offer a competing populist avenue, their party is seen as aligned with the status quo. And…

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

Why a Former Green Party Candidate Is on a Very Long Fast — Urging Progressives to Vote for Biden to Defeat Trump

Why the 30-day fast? The purpose, Glick says, is “to encourage Americans who are still unsure about the importance of…

5 years ago

Why the Left Must Reject and Elect Biden at the Same Time

Magical thinking has its literary value, but in politics it’s delusional and dangerous to evade the realities of binary choices…

5 years ago

An Ultimate Meaning of the Bernie 2020 Campaign: “Not Him. Us.”

“I do not want you to follow me or anyone else; if you are looking for a Moses to lead…

5 years ago

Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee Could Defy “the Madness of Militarism” as Co-Chairs of the Democratic Convention’s Biggest Delegation

“For the past two weeks,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “Sanders supporters have argued that his March 3 primary win…

5 years ago

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

In recent days, over 110 Sanders delegates -- just elected in “virtual caucuses” across the state -- have signed a…

5 years ago

Solidarity Includes Wearing a Mask at Protests

Wearing a mask is about solidarity.

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