Tidbits-Feb 26- Reader Comments: State of the Union or of the Confederacy; Justice Department; Minneapolis Victory; Last Week’s People’s History – a Correction; Need To Take Action: Cuban Americans Say: Engagement Not Escalation; More and Cartoons

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Reader Comments: State of the Union or of the Confederacy; Justice Department; Minneapolis Victory; Last Week's People's History - A Correction; Need to Take Action: Cuban Americans Say: Engagement Not Escalation; lots more and cartoons too...

Tidbits-Feb 19- Reader Comments: Next Distraction: Epstein Files…Bomb Iran; “Voter Fraud” – Most Dangerous Political Lie; Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein. Why, Noam?; Americans Pay for Almost All of Trump’s Tariffs; the Next No Kings Is March 28

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Reader Comments: Next Distraction: Epstein Files...Bomb Iran; “Voter Fraud” - Most Dangerous Political Lie; Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein. Why, Noam?; Americans Pay for Almost All of Trump’s Tariffs; This Will Be Big - Next No Kings is March 28

Tidbits-Jan. 15- Reader Comments: Shoot First, Lie Later; U.S. Attack on Venezuela; Resources – Posters You Can Reprint; Minneapolis Mass Strike January 23; Building Towards May Day 2026 – From No Kings to Mass Action; Conference on the Jewish Left;

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Reader Comments: Shoot First, Lie Later; U.S. Attack on Venezuela; Resources - Posters You Can Reprint; Minneapolis Mass Strike January 23; Building towards May Day 2026 - From No Kings to Mass Action; Conference on the Jewish Left; Cartoons; more...

Tidbits-Jan. 8- Reader Comments: Renee Nicole Good: Mother, Poet – Murdered by ICE; US Military Aggression-Violation of Venezuela Sovereignty; Alzheimer’s Disease; Marty Supreme; Know Your Rights Resource; Iran Protests Surge; Venezuela Reading List;

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Reader Comments: Renee Nicole Good: Mother, Poet - Murdered by ICE; US Military Aggression-Violation of Venezuela Sovereignty; Zohran Mamdani; Alzheimer’s Disease; Marty Supreme; Know Your Rights resource; Iran Protests Surge; Venezuela Reading List

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry Spills Into Africa

Imran Khalid Middle East Monitor
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi appeared to be the twin engines of a new Arab order. That veneer of unity has now, not just cracked; it has been replaced by a series of high-stakes disputes stretching from Southern Yemen to the Horn of Africa.

Trump, Big Oil and China – Three Articles

Ben Lefebvre, Zack Colman, James Bikales (Politico) Guney Yildiz (Forbes) Sarah Rumpf (Yahoo!News)! Politico
Three articles discuss Trump's outreach to Big Oil before and after kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro, the special place of Venezuelan oil in the world oil market, and the economic and political role of Venezuelan oil trade with China.

US Relied on Illegal Sanctions To Seize Venezuelan Oil Tanker

Marjorie Cohn Truthout
US armed forces’ seizure of the oil tanker constituted an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter. This is the largest military buildup of US firepower in the Caribbean in decades. If regime change succeeds in Venezuela, Cuba may be next

Tidbits - Mar.20 - Reader Comments: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since Red Scare; Assault on Social Security; DHS Ends TSA Officers' Contract; Teachers And Schools; Call Script: Demand the Release of Mahmoud Khalil; more....

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Reader Comments: Schumer Capitulates; Trump and Musk Getting Whooped in Courts; Bill to Ban Federal Labor Unions; Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From Jail; Greenpeace Responds; NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION SATURDAY, APRIL 5 - Tools and Resources; and more...
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