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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.

Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Oct. 24, 2023. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Hamas, Israel and “terrorism”: If we have to use the label, at least let’s use it honestly

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Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“Israel’s 9/11” is a dangerous, bloody trap — just like America’s 9/11

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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month event at Wilshire Ebell Theatre on September 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Hey, progressives: Don’t follow RFK Jr. down the rabbit hole — he’s just not that into you

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Joe Biden (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Elected Democrats are enabling Joe Biden — it’s time for the party to face reality

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Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong and President Joe Biden during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Sept. 11, 2023. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Joe Biden and Vietnam: American presidents can’t tell the truth about a tragic mistake

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The annual Tribute in Light is illuminated above the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty, Sept. 10, 2023. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

A short history of America’s disaster: How 9/11 bred the endless war on terror

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Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Trump fans are ready for political violence. Why are the backers of endless war so shocked?

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Artificial Intelligence Chatbot concept (Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

Artificial stupidity and me: If AI can do this to my book, what will it do in an actual war?

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An aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan, shortly after the "Little Boy" atomic bomb was dropped. Dated 1945 (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

Were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings “nuclear tests”? The U.S. government said so

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First World War: soldiers of the English infantry in France, running out of their trenches at the signal to assault. Somme, France 1916. (Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images)

“Soldiers Don’t Go Mad”: A stunning account of poetry, paradox and the horrors of war

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Headstones and American flags are seen at the Arlington National Cemetery, United States military cemetery in Virginia, United States on May 29, 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Patriotism and war: Can America break that deadly connection?

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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

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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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