Saving the country from autocracy requires recognizing — and then overcoming — the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party.
How Corporate Democrats Made Trump Possible
Tag: Norman Solomon
Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Trump
Democrats may be denouncing the current assaults on social programs, writes Norman Solomon. But three decades ago Bill Clinton’s embrace of the private sector began clearing the path for Trump’s wrecking crew.
Genocide Made Invisible
Despite all the dodging of reality, many Americans now know that mass murder of certain other human beings is a functional U.S. ideology, writes Norman Solomon.
The Billionaire Frenzy Over Zohran Mamdani
Hell hath no fury like corporate power scorned, writes Norman Solomon of the general-election battle over the next mayor of New York City.
The US-Israeli Compulsion for War
Democracy has nothing to do with the chokehold that the warfare state has on the American body politic, writes Norman Solomon.
The Warfare State & Trump’s Rise to Power
While the military industrial complex seems all too natural to most politicians and journalists, Norman Solomon says its consequences have transformed U.S. politics.
Genocidal President, Genocidal Politics
Acclimatizing the U.S. to the Gaza genocide was most crucially abetted by Biden and his loyalists, who pretended he wasn’t doing what he was really doing, says Norman Solomon.
The Dangerous Silence on Nuclear War
Sixty years after LBJ’s “Daisy Ad,” Norman Solomon says the danger of nuclear war is higher than in 1964 but Harris and Trump are ignoring it. Will it come up in tonight’s debate?
Anti-Genocide Students Are Back
Sustained pushback against campus repression will be essential to upholding the right to protest as guaranteed by the First Amendment, writes Norman Solomon.
Biden’s Cruel & Orwellian Remarks on Gaza at the DNC
The speech that referred to Palestinian suffering was a journey into a universe of political guile from a president who had just approved sending $20 billion more weapons to Israel, writes Norman Solomon.