Donald Trump and the Military-Industrial-Tech Complex
Donald Trump’s power has thrived on the economics, politics, and culture of war. The runaway militarism of the last quarter-century was a crucial factor in making President Trump possible, even…
Norman Solomon
Why Congress Members Face a Lawsuit for Funding Israel’s War on Gaza
On the last day of 2024, the deputy general counsel for the House of Representatives formally accepted delivery of a civil summons for two congressmembers from Northern California. More than…
From Genocide Joe to Omnicide Joe
President Biden has never wavered from approving huge arms shipments to Israel during more than 13 months of mass murder and deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Biden’s crucial…
Undebatable: What Harris and Trump Could Not Say About Israel and Gaza
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris won the debate. People being bombed in Gaza did not. The banner headline across the top of The New York Times home page—“Harris Puts Trump on Defensive in Fierce Debate”—was accurate enough.…
Harris Refuses to Change Course on US Complicity With Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
In CNN interview, the Democratic nominee stuck to echoing Biden’s rhetoric—calling for a ceasefire while dodging the reality that the U.S. government could force one by implementing an arms embargo…
Biden’s Cruel and Orwellian Remarks on Gaza at the DNC
An observation from George Orwell—“those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future”—is acutely relevant to how President Biden talked about Gaza during his…
The Absence — and Presence — of Daniel Ellsberg: A Year After His Death, He’s Still with Us
On a warm evening almost a decade ago, I sat under the stars with Daniel Ellsberg while he talked about nuclear war with alarming intensity. He was most of the…
When Students Are a Shock to the System
Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a rebellion close to home. Young people — least inclined to deference, most…
Full Speed Ahead on the Global Titanic, Going Along with the Utter Madness of Nuclear Weapons
Yes, the Doomsday Clock keeps ticking — it’s now at 90 seconds to midnight, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists — but the ultimate time bomb never gets the attention that it…
What Daniel Ellsberg Knew About Doomsday
Top American officials in the “national security” establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient silences. Their scant regard for truth or human life has changed remarkably little since…
The US Government Once Called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘Nuclear Tests’
In 1980, when I asked the press office at the U.S. Department of Energy to send me a listing of nuclear bomb test explosions, the agency mailed me an official…
Why Is U.S. Media Blind to American War Atrocities?
On the first day of March 2022, visitors to the New York Times homepage saw a headline across the top of their screens in huge capital letters: ROCKET BARRAGE KILLS…
The Wars We Don’t (Care to) See – Aggression Made Easy
by Norman Solomon and David Barsamian [The following is excerpted and adapted from David Barsamian’s recent interview with Norman Solomon at AlternativeRadio.org.] David Barsamian: American Justice Robert Jackson was the chief…
Nancy Pelosi Taiwan Visit Could Get Us All Killed
The arrogance of power is especially ominous and despicable when a government leader risks huge numbers of lives in order to make a provocative move on the world's geopolitical chessboard. Nancy…
Climate Emergency Includes the Threat of ‘Nuclear Winter’
When world leaders gather in Scotland next week for the COP26 climate change conference, activists will be pushing for drastic action to end the world’s catastrophic reliance on fossil fuels. Consciousness…
Media Complicity Is Key To Blacklisting Websites
We still don’t have any sort of apology or retraction from the Washington Post for promoting “The List” -- the highly dangerous blacklist that got a huge boost from the newspaper’s fawning…
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