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January 26, 2023

Tidbits – Jan. 26, 2023 – Reader Comments: What Price “Defense”?; Monterey Park; Readers Respond – Ukraine War; Israel; Argentina 1985; George Santos; Gun Control; Student Activist Scholarship Applications Available; Lots of Announcements; More…

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Reader Comments: What Price “Defense”?; Monterey Park; Readers Respond - Ukraine War and The Left; Israel; Argentina 1985; George Santos; Gun Control; Lots of Announcements; Student Activist Scholarship Applications Available; More....

August 11, 2022

Pentagon Contractors in Afghanistan Pocketed $108 Billion Over 20 Years

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams

Military contracting "obscures where and how taxpayer money flows," and "makes it difficult to know how many people are employed, injured, and killed," said the Costs of War Project report's author.

April 14, 2022

Tidbits – April 14, 2022 – Reader Comments: Cutting Military Spending; Organizing Amazon – What, How, Who; Ukraine; Nationalize Fossil Fuels; Racial Equity and Housing Justice; Puerto Rico; Resources; Announcements; More…

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Reader Comments: Cutting Military Spending; Organizing Amazon - What, How, Who; Ukraine; Nationalize Fossil Fuels; Racial Equity and Housing Justice; Puerto Rico; Resources; Announcements; more....

March 27, 2022

Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War

William D. Hartung, Nick Cleveland-Stout, Taylor Giorno Tom Dispatch

Heightened rhetoric about Russia and China seeking to undermine American influence will only reinforce Washington’s support for repressive regimes. The consequences of that could, in turn, prove to be potentially disastrous.

March 20, 2022

Rise in Defense Spending Means Smaller Increase for Science in New U.S. Budget

Jeffrey Mervis Science

Final 2022 spending bill trims Biden’s big spending boosts for research

February 27, 2022

Worse Than a Crime; It’s a Blunder

Anatol Lieven, Harold Meyerson, Ryan Cooper The American Prospect

The meaning and consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response

February 24, 2022

Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Will Cost the West, but It Will Cost Russia More

Timothy Noah The New Republic

Political leaders don’t consult economists before they start wars. If they did, we’d have world peace. Just one day in, oil futures hovered near $100 a barrel - higher than they’d been since 2014, and it’s predicted they’ll rise to $125 or $150.

February 3, 2022

Tidbits - Feb. 3, 2022 - Reader Comments: Black Woman on Supreme Court; Ukraine Crisis; Banned Books; Crypto Currency; Peter Haberfeld; Migrant Quilt Project; Book Sale; Global Day of Action to Prevent War with Russia this Saturday; Announcements;

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Reader Comments: Black Woman on Supreme Court; Ukraine Crisis; Banned Books; Crypto currency; Peter Haberfeld; Migrant Quilt Project; Haymarket Books Sale; Global Day of Action to Prevent War with Russia this Saturday; Announcements; more....

November 25, 2021

Oliver Stone Talks About JFK’s Killing

Ed Rampell interviews Oliver Stone Jacobin

Oliver Stone sat down with Jacobin to discuss JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, his new documentary that exhaustively makes the case that the national security state, including the CIA and FBI, killed John F. Kennedy — not a lone shooter.

November 11, 2021

Report Outlining How to Cut $1 Trillion From Defense Budget Is Just a Start

Mandy Smithberger & William D. Hartung TomDispatch

New report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has outlined three different ways to cut $1 trillion in Department of Defense spending over the next decade. The options in the budget watchdog’s new report are anything but radical.

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