Thanks so much for writing in response to my article. I don't see the key question as being what I'm going to do, per se, as much as what WE are going to do -- as progressive social movements, which...

By Norman Solomon

https://charlesgoyette.com/uploaded_images/uncle-sam-homeless-780784.jpgOn a recent day in Petaluma, two very different events spotlighted grim results of upside-down...

Congressional candidate Norman Solomon released this statement today:
https://www.solomonforcongress.com/index.php/page/norman_solomon_budget_deal_is_a_huge_mistake

This is a very bad deal...

Here's an article I wrote that was published today in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
-- Norman
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In times of war, U.S. presidents have often talked about yearning for peace. But the last decade has brought a gradual shift in the rhetorical zeitgeist while a tacit...

In times of war, U.S. presidents have often talked about yearning for peace. But the last decade has brought a gradual shift in the rhetorical zeitgeist while a tacit assumption has taken hold -- war...

By Norman Solomon

The facts all point to this "inconvenient truth" -- the time has come to shut down California's two nuclear power plants as part of a swift transition to an energy policy...

Massive public investment in conversation, insulation, retrofitting, energy efficiency, wind, solar. "The cleanest kilowatt is the one that isn't used." ... Enrichment of uranium has a large carbon...

I first wrote about nuclear waste in the late 1970s (for The Progressive magazine and elsewhere). Officials were saying then that a solution for nuclear waste was right around the corner. Now the...

True, the owners control the switches. But we can organize politically -- informing the public in the process -- to make the changes possible...
-- Norman

Like every other president since the 1940s, Barack Obama has promoted nuclear power. Now, with reactors melting down in Japan, the official stance is more disconnected from reality than ever....

Like every other president since the 1940s, Barack Obama has promoted nuclear power. Now, with reactors melting down in Japan, the official stance is more disconnected from reality than...

Dear fellow WaccoBB readers/posters,
This article I wrote was printed in the San Francisco Bay Guardian today.
-- Norman
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Why I May Run for Congress
By Norman...

Dear fellow WaccoBB readers/posters,
This article I wrote was printed in the San Francisco Bay Guardian today.
-- Norman
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Why I May Run for Congress
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Yes -- if the deficit is such a big deal then why let the Republicans steamroller this massive giveaway for the wealthy -- and neither party is really taking on the massive military spending?!

Last Friday, in a column about economic policy, Paul Krugman focused on "moral collapse" at the White House -- "a complete failure of purpose and loss of direction." Meanwhile, President Obama flew...

by Norman Solomon

We need to build a grassroots progressive movement -- wide, deep and strong enough to fight the right and challenge the corporate center of the Democratic...

By Norman Solomon

Take it from David Axelrod. "Almost the entire Republican margin is based on the enthusiasm gap," the president's senior adviser said last week. "And if Democrats come out in...

This article I wrote appeared in the Marin Independent Journal yesterday. I'd love to read people's thoughts in response. -- Norman

By Norman Solomon

Today, the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan...

There's been no "insult" from me toward anyone who chooses not to vote. I'm arguing that elections matter. And I'm asking: As a practical matter, how do you intend to get genuine progressives elected...

Yes, the so-called healthcare reform was another massive corporate bailout.

If you think Dennis Kucinich and Barbara Lee as mere "token liberals" without value for progressives in Congress, then you and I have a fundamental difference of opinion.

Well, let's consider the alternatives for progressives to gain electoral power. If you think Dennis Kucinich and Barbara Lee are good people for us to have in Congress, then it's significant they...

by Norman Solomon

Autumn 2010 is a time of disillusionment for many who deplore the USA's current political trajectory. Some who've been active for progressive causes are now gravitating toward...

A pithy idea -- now going around in some progressive circles -- is that elections are a waste of time.
The idea can be catchy. It all depends on some tacit assumptions.

For instance: elections...

At this bleak political moment, gaining congressional power for progressives might seem like pie in the sky. More and more desperate efforts are underway to stave off a Republican takeover of...

By Norman Solomon

On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.

Hours later, the New York Times front page offered a credulous...

It's already history. In mid-August 2010, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan launched a huge media campaign to prevent any substantial withdrawal of military forces the next summer.

The morning...

Six scary words: Governor Whitman. Senator Fiorina. Speaker Boehner.


Defeating the GOP is essential. And insufficient. We also need to move public policy in progressive directions.


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