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Norman Solomon is cofounder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org. He was a Bernie Sanders delegate from California to the 2016 Democratic National Convention and is currently a coordinator of the relaunched Bernie Delegates Network. Solomon is the author of a dozen books include War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.
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Friday, May 29, 2020
Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Police and Her Running Mate Quest During the first years of this century, with a bright political future ahead of her, Klobuchar refused to hold police officers accountable. And her failure to prosecute police who killed black men was matched by racially slanted eagerness to prosecute black men on the basis of highly dubious evidence.
Friday, May 29, 2020Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Police and Her Running Mate Quest During the first years of this century, with a bright political future ahead of her, Klobuchar refused to hold police officers accountable. And her failure to prosecute police who killed black men was matched by racially slanted eagerness to prosecute black men on the basis of highly dubious evidence.
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Friday, May 22, 2020
Class War -- Not the Media Hokey Pokey -- Is What It's All About While negative coverage of Donald Trump has been common due to his handling of the pandemic, media outrage has been muted in relation to the magnitude of the dying in our midst at a time when most of the dying could have been prevented.
Friday, May 22, 2020Class War -- Not the Media Hokey Pokey -- Is What It's All About While negative coverage of Donald Trump has been common due to his handling of the pandemic, media outrage has been muted in relation to the magnitude of the dying in our midst at a time when most of the dying could have been prevented.
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
The Sanders Campaign Was About "Us" -- Not Bernie -- Remember? There are scant indications that the remnants of the Bernie 2020 campaign are doing anything to win "as many delegates as possible" in the 20 state primaries set for the next two months. That fact has left it up to individuals as well as independent groups and coalitions to do what they can to gain more Bernie delegates for the Democratic National Convention.
Thursday, May 14, 2020The Sanders Campaign Was About "Us" -- Not Bernie -- Remember? There are scant indications that the remnants of the Bernie 2020 campaign are doing anything to win "as many delegates as possible" in the 20 state primaries set for the next two months. That fact has left it up to individuals as well as independent groups and coalitions to do what they can to gain more Bernie delegates for the Democratic National Convention.
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Joe Biden Needs an Intervention: An Open Letter to DNC Chair Tom Perez Joe Biden is ignoring the wisdom that Jesse Jackson offered at the Democratic National Convention in 1988: "It takes two wings to fly." Right now, Biden is idling in the cockpit of a political aircraft with one wing.
Thursday, April 30, 2020Joe Biden Needs an Intervention: An Open Letter to DNC Chair Tom Perez Joe Biden is ignoring the wisdom that Jesse Jackson offered at the Democratic National Convention in 1988: "It takes two wings to fly." Right now, Biden is idling in the cockpit of a political aircraft with one wing.
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Friday, April 24, 2020
Some Progressives Are in Denial About Trump's Fascist Momentum Trumpism has started to feel normal. Trump stands a good chance of winning re-election in November. And his odds have improved because the Democratic Party nominated an abysmal candidate.
Friday, April 24, 2020Some Progressives Are in Denial About Trump's Fascist Momentum Trumpism has started to feel normal. Trump stands a good chance of winning re-election in November. And his odds have improved because the Democratic Party nominated an abysmal candidate.
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Friday, April 17, 2020
Bernie's Pivot for Biden Might Not Be Pleasant, But Trump Must Be Defeated Bernie Sanders is saying that progressives have a profound responsibility to fight against -- and oust -- the extreme right-wing forces that have gained control of the U.S. government's executive branch and, increasingly, the federal judiciary.
Friday, April 17, 2020Bernie's Pivot for Biden Might Not Be Pleasant, But Trump Must Be Defeated Bernie Sanders is saying that progressives have a profound responsibility to fight against -- and oust -- the extreme right-wing forces that have gained control of the U.S. government's executive branch and, increasingly, the federal judiciary.
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Friday, April 10, 2020
Bernie's Decision: Retreat Should Not Be Confused with Surrender We don't have a choice of whether or not we're in a class war. It's going on perpetually -- waged with enormous financial, political and media firepower. The firepower of class warfare against Bernie Sanders has been ferocious and unrelenting.
Friday, April 10, 2020Bernie's Decision: Retreat Should Not Be Confused with Surrender We don't have a choice of whether or not we're in a class war. It's going on perpetually -- waged with enormous financial, political and media firepower. The firepower of class warfare against Bernie Sanders has been ferocious and unrelenting.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The Pandemic Makes the Bernie 2020 Campaign More Vital Than Ever It's possible that Sanders can gain enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee. But the Bernie 2020 campaign has never been only about winning. It has always also been about strengthening vital progressive movements while widening public discourse and political space.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020The Pandemic Makes the Bernie 2020 Campaign More Vital Than Ever It's possible that Sanders can gain enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee. But the Bernie 2020 campaign has never been only about winning. It has always also been about strengthening vital progressive movements while widening public discourse and political space.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Power in a Time of Coronavirus Rather than being a respite from political power struggles, the coronavirus emergency is greatly intensifying them. More aid for those immersed in greed will mean less for those in desperate need. The quest by corporate profiteers to mercilessly exploit dire situations has never flagged.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020Power in a Time of Coronavirus Rather than being a respite from political power struggles, the coronavirus emergency is greatly intensifying them. More aid for those immersed in greed will mean less for those in desperate need. The quest by corporate profiteers to mercilessly exploit dire situations has never flagged.
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Friday, March 20, 2020
What the Coronavirus Emergency Has to Do with Biden vs. Sanders Sanders was correct when he said last week that "poll after poll, including exit polls, show that a strong majority of the American people support our progressive agenda." Days ago, the Bernie 2020 campaign sent out a mass email declaring that "our campaign has won the battle of ideas."
Friday, March 20, 2020What the Coronavirus Emergency Has to Do with Biden vs. Sanders Sanders was correct when he said last week that "poll after poll, including exit polls, show that a strong majority of the American people support our progressive agenda." Days ago, the Bernie 2020 campaign sent out a mass email declaring that "our campaign has won the battle of ideas."
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See': The Bernie 2020 Campaign Represents a Fight That Must Continue No matter who wins the Democratic presidential nomination, many millions of people will refuse to unsee what has become all too clear: ** A gloating Democratic Party establishment, glad to rally around Potemkin candidate Joe Biden and extol his carefully crafted facade. ** Overall, interlocking systems based on greed and corporate power instead of shared resources and genuine democracy.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See': The Bernie 2020 Campaign Represents a Fight That Must Continue No matter who wins the Democratic presidential nomination, many millions of people will refuse to unsee what has become all too clear: ** A gloating Democratic Party establishment, glad to rally around Potemkin candidate Joe Biden and extol his carefully crafted facade. ** Overall, interlocking systems based on greed and corporate power instead of shared resources and genuine democracy.
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Monday, March 2, 2020
The Sanders Coalition Is Set to Shock the World on Super Tuesday For many years, corporate media outlets said it couldn't be done. Now, they say it must not be. To the nation's punditocracy tacitly or overtly aligned with the nation's oligarchy nominating Bernie Sanders as the Democratic presidential candidate would be catastrophic.
Monday, March 2, 2020The Sanders Coalition Is Set to Shock the World on Super Tuesday For many years, corporate media outlets said it couldn't be done. Now, they say it must not be. To the nation's punditocracy tacitly or overtly aligned with the nation's oligarchy nominating Bernie Sanders as the Democratic presidential candidate would be catastrophic.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders Buttigieg has gone from pseudo-progressive to anti-progressive in the last year, and much of his current mission involves denouncing Bernie Sanders with attack lines that are corporate-media favorites.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders Buttigieg has gone from pseudo-progressive to anti-progressive in the last year, and much of his current mission involves denouncing Bernie Sanders with attack lines that are corporate-media favorites.
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Monday, February 17, 2020
The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders More than ever, Bernie Sanders is public enemy number one for power elites that thrive on economic injustice. The Bernie 2020 campaign is a direct threat to the undemocratic leverage that extremely wealthy individuals and huge corporations constantly exert on the political process.
Monday, February 17, 2020The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders More than ever, Bernie Sanders is public enemy number one for power elites that thrive on economic injustice. The Bernie 2020 campaign is a direct threat to the undemocratic leverage that extremely wealthy individuals and huge corporations constantly exert on the political process.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out These Medicare for All Fliers "Buttigieg is claiming that Medicare for All would dump people off of health coverage and deprive them of 'choice,'" our flier pointed out. "Those are insurance-industry talking points. He is deliberately confusing the current 'choice' of predatory for-profit insurance plans with the genuine full choice of healthcare providers that enhanced Medicare for everyone would offer."
Tuesday, February 11, 2020Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out These Medicare for All Fliers "Buttigieg is claiming that Medicare for All would dump people off of health coverage and deprive them of 'choice,'" our flier pointed out. "Those are insurance-industry talking points. He is deliberately confusing the current 'choice' of predatory for-profit insurance plans with the genuine full choice of healthcare providers that enhanced Medicare for everyone would offer."
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Friday, February 7, 2020
DNC in Disarray While the Sanders Campaign Gains Momentum The glaring subtext of all this is the now-frantic effort to find some candidate who can prevent Sanders from becoming the party's nominee at the national convention in July.
Friday, February 7, 2020DNC in Disarray While the Sanders Campaign Gains Momentum The glaring subtext of all this is the now-frantic effort to find some candidate who can prevent Sanders from becoming the party's nominee at the national convention in July.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Bernie Sanders Can Silence His Critics in New Hampshire Whether they agree with Bernie or not, people widely understand that he absolutely means what he says. And that helps to explain why, during the next seven days, in national media and across New Hampshire, corporate forces will be in overdrive to prevent a Bernie Sanders victory in the New Hampshire primary.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020Bernie Sanders Can Silence His Critics in New Hampshire Whether they agree with Bernie or not, people widely understand that he absolutely means what he says. And that helps to explain why, during the next seven days, in national media and across New Hampshire, corporate forces will be in overdrive to prevent a Bernie Sanders victory in the New Hampshire primary.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
The Creation Myth of the Buttigieg Campaign Buttigieg's rise was propelled by the rocket fuel of funding from -- and bonding with -- wealthy corporate operators, who bundled big checks from other donors and provided an establishment seal of approval that resonated with mainstream media.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020The Creation Myth of the Buttigieg Campaign Buttigieg's rise was propelled by the rocket fuel of funding from -- and bonding with -- wealthy corporate operators, who bundled big checks from other donors and provided an establishment seal of approval that resonated with mainstream media.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Bernie Sanders and His Movement Are on the Verge of History Young voters have the potential to make Bernie Sanders the winner of the New Hampshire primary and young voters across the country have the potential to make him president of the United States.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020Bernie Sanders and His Movement Are on the Verge of History Young voters have the potential to make Bernie Sanders the winner of the New Hampshire primary and young voters across the country have the potential to make him president of the United States.
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Friday, January 24, 2020
The Energizer Bernie and the Power Behind Him The Bernie Sanders campaign is so profoundly compelling at the grassroots. It is oriented to meshing electoral work with social movements -- however difficult that might be at times -- to generate political power from the ground up. And that's where genuine progressive change really comes from.
Friday, January 24, 2020The Energizer Bernie and the Power Behind Him The Bernie Sanders campaign is so profoundly compelling at the grassroots. It is oriented to meshing electoral work with social movements -- however difficult that might be at times -- to generate political power from the ground up. And that's where genuine progressive change really comes from.
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