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Tidbits – Feb. 8, 2024 – Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade – Learn More

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Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; Labor and Organizing; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade - Learn More

The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High

Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute
It's not inflation, it's actually corporate greed keeping food prices high. It’s now time to turn the tables on our food system by centering justice over profits.

Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition

An Interview with Brett Christophers Convergence
Declining renewable energy prices have not led to a long-predicted renewables boom, because green energy still isn’t sufficiently profitable for private investors. Public investment and ownership is essential to driving a rapid green transition.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 6–12

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Cartoon showing Uncle Sam, John Bull, and the Kaiser riding heavily on the shoulders of servants of colorof A Sad Day for Liberty (in 1899), Strikers Kill a Wage Cut (1894), If Men Were Angels (1788), Women Close in on the Right to Vote (1919), The Times They Are a-Changing' (1964), Strikers Shut Seattle Down (1919), Nixon in Crisis (1974)

Should We Be Afraid of Atmospheric Rivers?

Qian Cao The Conversation
With flooding and mudslides in California, a hydrologist explains the good and bad of atmospheric rivers, and how they are being affected by global warming
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