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Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

When Daniel Ellsberg died in 2023, the world lost a unique voice of sanity. Five decades earlier, as a “national security” insider, he had...

03.03.2026 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

As US Attacks Iran, Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us Once More

As US Attacks Iran, Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us Once More

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02.03.2026 8

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Gavin Newsom is much worse than you think

The California governor's policy priorities undermine his Trump trolling — and his progressive credentials

10.02.2026 7

Salon

Norman Solomon

The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think – OpEd

California Governor Gavin Newsom has made headlines this winter by vowing to defeat a proposal for a one-time 5 percent tax on

08.02.2026 5

Eurasia Review

Norman Solomon

The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think

05.02.2026 20

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Ending GOP Authoritarianism Will Require Overcoming the Democratic Leadership

20.01.2026 10

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

To win, Democrats should chuck their leadership

The first step in defeating Trump and MAGA is giving Schumer and Jeffries the boot

20.01.2026 70

Salon

Norman Solomon

We Need to Know How Corporate Democrats Made President Trump Possible

Ten years after Donald Trump first ran for president, he stands at the helm of Titanic America. How did this happen? No factors were more pivotal than...

11.12.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

Democratic Leaders’ Cowardice Helped Pave Way for Trump. Can the Party Change?

Saving the US from autocracy means recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party.

10.12.2025 100

Truthout

Norman Solomon

Democratic Leaders’ Cowardice Help Pave Way for Trump. Can the Party Change?

Saving the US from autocracy means recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party.

10.12.2025 6

Truthout

Norman Solomon

How Corporate Democrats Made Trump Possible: A 10-Year Timeline

09.12.2025 20

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

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

Three weeks ago, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) introduced a resolution titled “Recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in...

04.12.2025 9

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

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

03.12.2025 20

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Mamdani’s meeting with Trump was risky — and dangerous

The photo-op with New York City’s mayor-elect softens Trump’s image while masking his authoritarian record

26.11.2025 9

Salon

Norman Solomon

Despite the Smiles, Mamdani Must Know That Trump Remains a Fascist Rattlesnake

25.11.2025 5

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

How corporate Democrats lost the working class — and fueled Trump

Bill Clinton and his party embraced the market — and a system of cruel inequality that nurtured MAGA populism

23.10.2025 10

Salon

Norman Solomon

How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era

The human condition includes a vast array of unavoidable misfortunes. But what about the preventable ones? Shouldn’t the United States provide for...

22.10.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

Democratic Party Leadership Still Refuses to Address the Root of Inequality

Three decades ago, it cleared a path that led toward the likes of the DOGE wrecking crew.

21.10.2025 10

Truthout

Norman Solomon

The Corporate Democrats Delivered Donald Trump

21.10.2025 4

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

From Guernica to Gaza: How bombing became standard procedure

What it means to be "at war" has shifted dramatically

08.09.2025 10

Salon

Norman Solomon

From Guernica to Gaza, the Cruelty of Air Power Has Remained Unchecked

04.09.2025 7

The Nation

Norman Solomon

From Guernica to Gaza, Air War Is a Horror That Lets Its Perpetrators off the Hook

29.08.2025 10

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

Killing from the sky has long offered the sort of detachment that warfare on the ground can’t match. Far from its victims, air power remains the...

29.08.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

From Guernica to Gaza, Death to Civilians Often Comes From the Sky

Since World War II, bombing has largely become standard operating procedure instead of ground warfare.

28.08.2025 10

Truthout

Norman Solomon

DNC leaders have the chance to take a stand on Gaza

A resolution calling for an arms embargo against Israel seems destined to fail

26.08.2025 7

Salon

Norman Solomon

Will the DNC End Their Complicity in Israeli Genocide or Double Down?

25.08.2025 10

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Democrats: Say No to Endless Killing in Ukraine and Give Peace a Chance

10.08.2025 5

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States

For decades, countless U.S. officials have proclaimed that the bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable. Now, the ties that bind are...

30.07.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States

29.07.2025 9

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Deadly partnership: US, Israel share blame for Gaza catastrophe

Israel’s destruction of Gaza, and its wider Middle East war, is being co-produced by the Pentagon

29.07.2025 10

Salon

Norman Solomon

80 Years After Trinity, the Dangers of Nuclear War Have Never Been Higher

15.07.2025 6

The Nation

Norman Solomon

Genocide Made Invisible

Whatever the outcomes of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday and the latest scenario for a ceasefire in Gaza, a bilateral policy...

09.07.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

In Too Much of the US, Israel's Gaza Genocide Has Been Made Invisible

07.07.2025 9

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

The Rage of Billionaires and the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani From Becoming New York’s Mayor

The Supreme Court’s first chief justice, John Jay, would have empathized with the billionaires who’ve been freaking out ever since Zohran Mamdani...

01.07.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

Who’s Afraid of Zohran Mamdani? Billionaires

30.06.2025 5

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA’s Repetition Compulsion for War War War

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...

23.06.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA's Repetition Compulsion for War, War, War

22.06.2025 6

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Nuclear Winter Is a Climate Issue

19.06.2025 4

The Nation

Norman Solomon

"No Kings" should be just the beginning

We need a powerful — and independent — movement against Trumpism

17.06.2025 6

Salon

Norman Solomon

“No Kings Day” Was Historic. Now We Need a Powerful – and Independent – Movement Against Trump

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...

17.06.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

'No Kings Day' Was Historic. Now We Need a Powerful – and Independent – Movement Against Trump

16.06.2025 6

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Pick Your Fate, Humanity: Climate-Chaos Summer, Nuclear Winter, Both... or Neither

12.06.2025 9

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Nuclear Winter and Climate Breakdown Are Not Separate Issues

With common adversaries, the climate and nuclear disarmament movements have an unexplored potential to work together.

09.06.2025 8

Truthout

Norman Solomon

Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?

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...

09.06.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

How low will Democrats sink before the DNC acts?

The Democratic National Committee needs to declare an emergency

30.05.2025 9

Salon

Norman Solomon

How Bad Does It Have to Get Before the DNC Declares an Emergency?

Midway through this month, Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries sent out a fundraising text saying that he “recently announced a 10-point plan...

29.05.2025 10

CounterPunch

Norman Solomon

How Bad Does It Have to Get Before the Democratic Party Declares an Emergency?

28.05.2025 9

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon

Democrats won't change until the left does

Popular resistance can't come from the Democratic Party

27.05.2025 10

Salon

Norman Solomon

The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party

14.05.2025 7

The Nation

Norman Solomon

How the Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About US Leaders

01.05.2025 7

Common Dreams

Norman Solomon