🆘 The University of California turned over the names of 160 students, faculty members and staff to the Trump administration, chilling free speech... Instead of standing up for the First Amendment, the University of California has disgracefully undermined it. Take action today. bit.ly/4gJ5xae

Read CDA’s statement on yesterday’s tragedy at Abundant Life Christian School. The time for action is now.

Free speech rights should never be infringed, especially in universities. Please sign this petition urging the UC Regents to fire the UC president James Milliken: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re... Protect academic freedom & sign the petition! @pdamerica.bsky.social @collegedemocrats.bsky.social

🆕 Kamala Harris's NEW book fails to answer the most pressing questions. ❓ "...how could Harris be working so closely with the president and pretend there was no problem?" Read Norman Solomon's full review of "107 Days": bit.ly/46DUdHL

🚨 ❗ "It's not just Donald Trump. Huge corporate power is also muzzling comedians." Read the latest article from RootsAction's Jeff Cohen, now published on Salon. www.salon.com/2025/09/20/k...

Valuable article by my @rootsaction.org colleague Jeff Cohen:

People of the #USA, tell Your State Legislators and Governor: Free Pre-K For All Now: rootsaction.org/free-pre-k-f... @rootsaction.org

I was proud to sign this statement published in @thenation.com, condemning the Trump administration's weaponization of antisemitism to target and deport student activists.

⚠️ "...amoral conglomerates control our information and media system... [they] care a lot about profit-maximization and very little about free expression and the right to dissent..." ❓why? ❗"...because of old-fashioned, bipartisan corruption" Jeff Cohen's latest on Progressive Hub: bit.ly/421PfDd

🚨 As the new academic year begins, more than 100 prominent Jewish Americans have signed a statement opposing Trump’s “disingenuous” weaponization of antisemitism to target universities and deport campus activists for exercising their First Amendment rights. 👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/41Y25SZ

Powerful corporate Democrats are working hard to represent the 7% of Dems who still support Israel.

"Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique." "...Equating Israel with all Jews and Israel’s future with theirs – is an effort to sanctify Israel & shield it from criticism by brandishing the charge of antisemitism." Norman Solomon // The Guardian bit.ly/4mgIrc4

As part of our August teach-in on how the United States’ global military presence has changed under Donald Trump, professor and podcaster @vanjackson.bsky.social broke down how the United States uses its military might to maintain its status as the global superpower... youtu.be/0GOsKND62Ic

@rootsaction.org Education Fund is building public understanding of what real security looks like: 👉 Economic fairness 👉 Equal rights & civil liberties 👉 Environmental protection 👉 A foreign policy rooted in justice—not war Learn more about their work 👇

TONIGHT! Join our Teach-In "How 9/11 Changed the World" RSVP: bit.ly/911andtheworld Featuring Norman Solomon, Jeffrey Sterling, and Jeremy Varon

🚨 TONIGHT @ 8:30pm ET🚨 RSVP to join the Teach-In: Gaza and the Democratic Party: What’s Next for Organizing Against Genocide? bit.ly/gazaanddemoc... 🚨And on Thursday @ 8pm ET🚨 RSVP to join the Teach-In: How 9/11 Changed The World bit.ly/911andtheworld Submit your own questions LIVE for Q&A!

What it means to be "at war" has shifted dramatically. Norman Solomon explains. Read the article, now on Salon www.salon.com/2025/09/08/f...

9 decades have passed since aerial technology began assisting war makers—since then, it has become a tool of systemic brutality. Loyal to the “war on terror” brand, the American media establishment barely feigns concern about civilian deaths & suffering. @normansolomon.bsky.social in @thenation.com

Buttigieg has revived a real problem for his presidential aspirations: the perception that he behaves too much like a political windsock, shifting with strong breezes rather than sticking with conviction. @normansolomon.bsky.social in @thehill.com

From Guernica to Gaza, Air War Is a Horror That Lets Its Perpetrators off the Hook An idea has emerged among US leaders that it’s not really a war if Americans are above it all & aren’t dying. But what is it to the civilians below? Read @normansolomon.bsky.social in @commondreams.org:

'Let the Public See Where Democrats Really Stand': Full DNC Floor Vote Demanded on Gaza "We are demanding a roll-call vote so that every DNC member is accountable for where they stand in this historic moment." @commondreams.org @ninaturner.bsky.social @rokhanna.bsky.social

RootsAction statement on DNC’s defeat of resolution for arms embargo on Israel: "A party that refuses to call for an end to arming genocide is a party that is continuing the moral collapse of the Biden administration that made the start of the genocide possible." Full statement below 👇

DNC leaders once again had the chance to take a stand on Gaza and failed. A resolution calling for an arms embargo against Israel has been voted down. Pathetic.

Why has the death (& cover up) of Los Angeles anti-ICE protester Adrienne Villa gone virtually unreported? There is very little information about this alarming incident. An utter failure by local and national media. This deserves much more attention!

It is absolutely ridiculous that Adrienne Villa's death has basically gone unreported in local & national media An anti-ICE protester being held on $1.3 million bail found dead in a courtroom jail cell & crickets from media. Should make you question why they want this kept quiet!

Will the DNC End Their Complicity in Israeli Genocide or Double Down? As apologists for Israel, Dem leaders in Congress & at the DNC are doing major damage to the party's prospects for next year’s midterm elections or defeating the Rep. ticket in '28 @normansolomon.bsky.social in @commondreams.org:

Head of College Dems, Progressive Groups Back DNC Resolution for Israel Arms Embargo, Palestinian State "Young Americans have made their voices clear," #FreePalestine

NEW: Progressive Groups Announce Support for DNC Resolution Urging “Arms Embargo” & “Suspension of Military Aid to Israel” @pdamerica.bsky.social, RootsAction & @our-revolution.bsky.social are supporting a resolution for “an immediate ceasefire, arms embargo & suspension of military aid to Israel”

ICE, RAIDS, DETENTIONS, & DEPORTATION teach-in From ICEBlock to neighborhood patrols, #KnowYourRights pushback on raids to boycotting airlines over deportation flights, there are dozens of ways people are resisting. Thursday, August 21st @ 8 pm ET Sign up here: teachinnetwork.org/ice-teach-in/

India Walton has a warning message for progressive Democrats during Donald Trump’s second presidency: don’t water down your politics to win over the establishment. Listen and learn from @indiab.bsky.social's situation in Buffalo. We must adapt!!

Coming up tomorrow! This will be a great panel.

"Eventually Israel could find it has a lot in common with apartheid-era South Africa." 🥲

Join us!

ICE, RAIDS, DETENTIONS, & DEPORTATION teach-in From ICEBlock to neighborhood patrols, #KnowYourRights pushback on raids to boycotting airlines over deportation flights, there are dozens of ways people are resisting. Thursday, August 21st @ 8 pm ET Sign up here: teachinnetwork.org/ice-teach-in/

For decades, Democrats have clung to the fantasy that after one more election, one more vote, one more scandal, and their “friends across the aisle” will snap back to the postwar liberal-democratic consensus that Dems treat as America’s natural state...

This week’s summit btwn Trump & Putin is an opportunity for Russia & the West to negotiate a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. We believe the more urgent goal of stopping the bloodshed must take priority over maximalist, inflexible views of what constitutes core 🇷🇺 & 🇺🇸 interests @thenation.com

@ucs.org @ploughshares.bsky.social @thebulletin.org @cfr.org @pdamerica.bsky.social @peaceaction.bsky.social @scientistsorg.bsky.social

When it comes to nuclear weapons, the US and Russia need to work together. Read our open letter with the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord on this week’s summit:

Think Democrats Couldn’t Have Done Anything To Stop Trump’s DC Takeover? Think Again Read Sam Rosenthal in Progressive Hub:

Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back The Shah

"Democrats should give peace a chance in Ukraine" @normansolomon.bsky.social says in new @thehill.com piece: thehill.com/opinion/inte...

My article published today by The Hill: "Democrats Should Give Peace a Chance in Ukraine"

Creating legal avenues to suppress what would otherwise be protected political speech about Israel is a major reason that the IHRA and its allies have felt the need to turn their definition into law & criminalize opposition to genocide. progressivehub.net/this-is-how-...

Today, in 2025, Gaza has become the world’s living proof that there are horrors for which words like “tragedy” or “crisis” are grotesquely insufficient.

Columbia's recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school's crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington. @mondoweiss.net

"NYT Suppressed Genocide Discussion When It Could Have Made a Difference" - excellent new content analysis from @fairmediawatch.bsky.social - @rootsaction.org @jvp.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org

Guess Who’s Eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness: New ICE Agents The government is once again proving they CAN do cancel student loans when they want to.

Don't run Kamala! The news that former Vice President Kamala Harris has decided to forgo running for governor of California next year is a clear sign that she is serious about a campaign for president in 2028. New in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/camp...

A Hell Made for the Innocent: Of Monsters, Media, & The Gentle Language Of Genocide WAPO's “Gazans are dying of hunger" headline is like saying a gunshot victim “died from the sudden presence of foreign objects in their body.” New piece from RJ Eskow:

A Hell Made for the Innocent: Of Monsters, Media, & The Gentle Language Of Genocide WAPO's “Gazans are dying of hunger" headline is like saying a gunshot victim “died from the sudden presence of foreign objects in their body.” New piece from RJ Eskow: