Norman Solomon

I read an article today on E&P online describing one columnist’s view that the media can’t publish/air anti-war views out of fear of alienating their readers. In contrast, he said, British newspapers are going whole-hog with the anti-war writing. Granted, more of the population of Britain is  against the war than is the case here. [...]

war protests

I judge the level of mayhem by the helicopters.
Nearly every day for the past week they hover over the financial district, reporting on protests and the resulting traffic tie-ups.
I can tell now whether the protests are large and disruptive by the helicopters. When things are dicey, intersections blocked, they hover, mysteriously unmoving. When the roads [...]

War begins

President Bush started the war on Wednesday night, a few hours after the “deadline” he gave Iraq expired.
In the morning, early, the protests began. When I emerged from MUNI underground, the intersection at Sansome and Market was blocked by protesters, their arms linked. A double MUNI bus was parked in the middle of the intersection, [...]