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Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. He is the author of many books, including "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death." His latest book, "War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine," was published in June 2023 with a new afterword about the Gaza war in autumn 2024.

Caskets for the dead are carried towards the gravesite as relatives and friends attend a mass funeral for members of a family that is said to have been killed in a U.S. drone airstrike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES/Getty Images)

America’s “systemic racism” isn’t just domestic: Consider who dies around the world in our wars

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Daniel Ellsberg talks with newsmen as he arrives for arraignment at the courthouse here. Ellsberg is charged with violating the law by leaking the secret Pentagon papers to the news media (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Daniel Ellsberg is gone — but he left us an important message

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(Getty/John Moore)

Aggression made easy: The wars we don’t (care to) see

David Barsamian, Norman Solomon
US President George W. Bush addresses the nation aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln 01 May, 2003, as it sails for Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. (STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP via Getty Images)

What if George W. Bush was right? “Mission Accomplished,” 20 years later

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Daniel Ellsberg (center) addresses the media in May 1973 and papers from the archive of Daniel Ellsberg, pictured at UMass Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Jonathan Wiggs / The Boston Globe/ Bettmann Archive)

American prophet: Nearing the end of his life, Daniel Ellsberg can’t be confined to the past

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with his Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko (L) during their meeting on the sidelines of an informal summit of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg on December 27, 2022. (ALEXEY DANICHEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin’s nuclear posturing is heinous — but reckless U.S. policy led the way

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A U.S. Army soldier stands by Iraqi's Oil Ministry after it was hit by missiles, November 21, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion, the lies continue

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Israelis take part in the "Day of Resistance" rally to protest the Israeli government plan to introduce judicial changes, Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Israel’s liberal supporters speak out against Netanyahu — but they’re still in denial

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Sen. Bernie Sanders holds a campaign rally with Catherine Cortez Masto, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Nevada, at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

Showdown in Nevada: Democratic establishment targets progressive party chair

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Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Ukraine war and ICBMs: An accidental launch that could end the world is closer than ever

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U.S. President Joe Biden (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden is wielding the DNC’s power to crush a potential primary challenge in 2024

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US President Joe Biden (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden’s 2024 decision: Will party elites just ignore their most loyal voters?

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U.S. President Joe Biden (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Does anyone still think Joe Biden is Democrats’ best option for 2024?

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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) speaks to reporters on his way to a closed-door GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol January 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The dangerous myth of the “moderate Republican” keeps pushing the media rightward

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
US President Joe Biden | Senator Eugene McCarthy, 1968 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will the ghost of Eugene McCarthy haunt Joe Biden’s path to re-election?

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers brief remarks before signing bipartisan legislation averting a rail workers strike in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 02, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden wants to block a primary challenge from the left: That’s not democracy

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U.S. Speaker of the Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to House Democratic Conference Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) after Pelosi delivered remarks from the House Chambers of the U.S. Capitol Building on November 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House Democrats “pass the torch”: But Hakeem Jeffries is no upgrade on Nancy Pelosi

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U.S. President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters, after he delivered remarks in the State Dining Room, at the White House on November 09, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Biden was a drag on the Democrats in the midterms: He’d be a disaster in 2024

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Ralph Nader (John Lamparski/WireImage)

Ralph Nader offers urgent appeal after years of opposition: Vote for Democrats

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Republican Senate candidates Mehmet Oz, Blake Masters and Herschel Walker (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Leftists, don’t gaslight yourselves: It’s time to unite against the fascist Republicans

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Nuclear Weapons Pointed At Each Other Over Earth (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Instead of freaking out about nuclear war, let’s do something to prevent it

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Lt. Gov. of Wisconsin and Democratic candidate for US senate, Mandela Barnes, speaks to supporters at a rally outside of the Wisconsin State Capital building on Saturday, July 23, 2022. (Sara Stathas for the Washington Post/Getty Images)

The wind has shifted: We can beat Republicans — and elect progressives — in November

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) answers questions during her weekly press conference on May 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi’s reckless trip to Taiwan: A decision that could get us all killed

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US President Joe Biden addresses media representatives during a press conference at the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Don’t run, Joe: After beating Trump, Biden can do the nation one more big favor

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