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Norman Solomon
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At this point, only spinners who've succumbed to their own vertigo could use the word "robust" to describe the public option in the healthcare bill that the House Democratic leadership has sent to the floor.
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon This article I wrote was published today in The Press Democrat, the daily paper based in Santa Rosa, California...

Source: www.pressdemocrat.com
On election night a year ago, celebrations across the North Bay included dancing in the streets. The voters had spoken loudly for Barack Obama, who won 74 percent of ballots in Sonoma County and 78 percent
Norman Solomon
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Norman Solomon, author and Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, visited Kabul a week after Afghanistan's disputed presidential election in August. Since then, a United Nations investigation found widespread fraud and a runoff election is scheduled for November 7th. ...
Barrett R. Brodersen
Barrett R. Brodersen
Norman, simply one of the coolest guys around.
October 24 at 11:20pm
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon Here's my take on the announcement of the "runoff election" now set for Afghanistan on November 7...

Source: pdamerica.org
Progressive Democrats of America supports a renewed nation, respectful of the rule of law at home and abroad, fully integrated into and respectful of the world of nations and peoples, and re-grounded on the universal values of human dignity, justice, and environmental sanity.
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon What did we learn in Afghanistan? This half-hour radio documentary, airing nationwide in the next week, focuses on my traveling companion Rick Reyes. We traveled to Kabul together in late summer. Thanks to independent journalist Reese Erlich, an audio portrait of our journey can now be heard. (Just click below...)

Source: www.radioproject.org
Marine corporal Rick Reyes and other anti-war activists travel to Afghanistan to meet with government officials, women’s rights activists and ordinary Afghans. They talk to critics of both the U.S. government and the Karzai Administration.
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon My column about Columbus Day...

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Norman Solomon Opinion Columns - Rediscovering the Real Columbus
Debra Birkinshaw
Debra Birkinshaw
Thank you, Norman. I took my two sons, (they were elementary school age at the time), to Lawrence Hall of Science, a great museum in Berkeley for families-we were thoroughly reeducated about the devastation caused by the real Columbus. Thank you for sharing your perspective on this.
October 10 at 12:41am
Saleen
Saleen
Thank you for posting this this piece. Still sad to be living in nyc with this annual celebration: http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/cparade.shtml
October 10 at 10:21pm
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon A request for tax-deductible support: I founded the Institute for Public Accuracy a dozen years ago, and since then we've been working to get progressive voices into news media. (Details at www.accuracy.org.) Now IPA is facing a severe financial crisis. Please share the link below with anyone who might be able to help. Thanks a lot. http://www.accuracy.org/challenge.html

Source: www.accuracy.org
We are excited to announce that a donor has offered the Institute for Public Accuracy a $50,000 challenge grant. Now is the time for you to support IPA: every dollar you donate to help us meet our challenge grant will have twice as much impact at a time when we need it most. ...
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon A few days ago I recorded a radio interview at the NPR affiliate in Sonoma County, California, talking about my recent visit to Kabul. Here's a link to the audio:

Source: www.krcb.org
KRCB TV 22 / FM 91 Telling Our Stories - Connecting Our Communities
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon I'll be talking with radio host Angie Coiro about the Afghanistan war on Tuesday, October 6, starting at 10:05 p.m. East Coast time.... If you're not in the San Francisco area (where it's on Green 960 AM Radio at 7:05 p.m. local time), just follow the link below and click on the "Listen Live" button near the top of the webpage...

Source: www.green960.com
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Norman Solomon
Source: www.commondreams.org
October 2009 has begun with the New York Times reporting that "the president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in ...
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon Here's a discussion I had with the intrepid and steadfastly progressive radio talk-show host Peter B. Collins...

Source: www.peterbcollins.com.podcast
Keith Caughran
Keith Caughran
Im glad Peter started doing podcasts, thanks for sharing Norman
September 16 at 3:59am
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon I appeared on Democracy Now this morning to talk about Afghanistan. Here's how the broadcast looked and sounded:

Source: www.democracynow.org
The coming weeks hold critical significance for the US occupation of Afghanistan. The Senate is expected to vote on the Obama administration's $128 billion request to fund war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq for the coming fiscal year. ...
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon Here's a link to video of my half-hour live appearance this morning on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" program, talking about my recent trip to Afghanistan and the current escalation of the war.

Norman Solomon
Source: www.commondreams.org
For those who believe in making war, Kabul is a notable work product. After 30 years, the results are in: a devastated city.
Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon Here's audio of today's "Morning Show" on KPFA Radio that included an hour about Afghanistan -- it begins halfway through this two-hour program. The fine reporter Anand Gopal (who I had the pleasure of meeting last week) gave an update on the line from Kabul, and then I talked about my visit to Kabul and the politics of the Afghanistan war escalation here at home...

Source: www.kpfa.org
The Morning Show talks with Alberto Torrico, Assembly Majority Leader about the Prison Release Plan, Prison Over Crowding, and the Closure of NUMMI, the auto plant in Fremont. Then a discussion of the questionable value of Vitamin Water. ...
Cheryl Roumbanis Fonseca
Cheryl Roumbanis Fonseca
I was listening to KPFA on my way to work at 6am, and just missed this.... I'm glad you posted it. Thank you for the honest conversation and the real story.
September 3 at 5:07pm