Marjorie Cohn
@mcohn.bsky.social
Professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, past president of National Lawyers Guild, dean of People's Academy of International Law, columnist at Truthout
The Democrats’ 2024 autopsy fails to confront the truth | Norman Solomon
My op-ed column today in USA Today: "I did time for refusing the draft. This new law won't work.... Now is not the time to step up preparations for a military draft." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... More about "automatic" draft registration: hasbrouck.org/draft/automa...
I did time for refusing the draft. This new law won't work. | Your Turn
The unwillingness of young people to be drafted won't become visible until after the country is militarily overcommitted.
usatoday.com
As the Trump administration follows its playbook in Venezuela and moves toward an invasion of Cuba, here is the new article I wrote.
Resisting Regime Change in Cuba
The Cuban people have vowed to resist a new U.S. invasion, writes Marjorie Cohn. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the nation is a “free sovereign state” with the right to “self-determination,” a...
consortiumnews.com
“The decline of the labor movement is no doubt one of the factors that have enabled Trumpism to capture the nation.”
The Unions We Need Will Be Built by Workers, Not Labor Officials
Organizer Daniel Gross explains how to make sure that union building actually works and is sustained over time.
buff.ly
"Congress hasn’t declared war or authorized it by statute, and it wasn’t precipitated by an imminent attack or a national emergency. If the war continues through Friday without congressional approval, it will clearly be illegal." [of course, it is also illegal under the UN Charter]
Opinion | By Week’s End, Trump’s War Will Be Plainly Illegal
nytimes.com
