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EQUITABLE TAXES ANTHOLOGY #1 April 15, 2024

April 15, 2024 in Current Events

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-equitable-taxes-anthology-1.html Move to Amend 4-15-24 We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes. – Leona Helmsley, billionaire real estate tax dodger Source: Ralph Nader images Happy Tax Day! Only kidding. The very rich and corporations try harder and are more effective in general in avoiding paying taxes than the rest of us. Here are a few numbers reflecting current tax priorities, legislative responses to promote tax fairness and economic and political equality, and how we, “the little people,” can become more active in promoting […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #174, APRIL 15, 2024

April 15, 2024 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-climate-memo-mondays-174-april-15.html Colin Beavan. No Impact Man. 2009.Nick Dearden. Climate-Wrecking Energy Charter Treaty.For The Nation magazine’s climate coverage, see The Nation.com/climate-update-signup. Dick’s Review of Colin Beavan. No Impact Man. 2009. I’m still unpacking boxes of books and found and reread a unique and inspiring recounting of one person’s attempt with wife and daughter during one year in NYC to do no harm to the environment and climate: no trash, no carbon dioxide emissions, no toxins! That’s remarkable enough for recommending the book to you: No Impact Man by Colin Beavan. But two inseparable aspects of the book […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #172, APRIL 10, 2024

April 10, 2024 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-172-april-10.html Joel Kovel. Red Hunting in the Promised Land. TOM ENGELHARDT. “A Slow-Motion World War III?” (Sovietphobia.) Joel Kovel. Red Hunting in the Promised Land. In the wake of the Cold War, an eminent social critic examines the roots of America’s anticommunist frenzy. IWW.“The most original and revealing study of the fear-and-loathing obsession–anticommunism–that has driven [America] loony for most of this century. Every aspect of our lives, public and private, has been debased by this plague. Kovel’s book, in brilliantly showing cause, may offer some sort of cure as we approach a new and hopefully sane […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #173, APRIL 8, 2024

April 9, 2024 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-climate-memo-mondays-173-april-8.html Borenstein and The New Republic: HeatPeter Uetz. Overpopulation SETH BORENSTEIN. “Greenhouse gases shot up in ’23.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Apr 07, 2024). Go to: Greenhouse gases shot up in ’23. The New Republic. A weekly reckoning with our overheating planet. Scientists have previously speculated that melting ice sheets dumping vast quantities of freshwater into the ocean could change the currents of the Atlantic Ocean. The new modeling suggested, though, that complete collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s current system is no longer “theoretical” and could occur much faster and more completely than anticipated. Europe would abruptly get much colder, seasons […]

Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville

April 6, 2024 in housing

City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Dear Housing Action Community, This is Billy with Arkansas Renters United, and I have the pleasure of delivering some fantastic news for you all! Last night, the Fayetteville City Council voted UNANIMOUSLY to pass our resolution to declare a housing crisis. The counter-resolution first proposed by Council member Mike Wiederkehr was tabled indefinitely and will never be considered again. We should all take this moment to celebrate the power of community organizing to make change happen. While this resolution […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #171, APRIL 3, 2024

April 3, 2024 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-171-april-3.html PEACEMAKERS Kasturba GandhiCode PinkICAN Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist PBS https://www.pbs.org › show › kasturba-gandhi-accident… Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist tells the story of how she became one of the first women activists in modern history. [In contrast to Gandhi’s nonviolence is the Wounded Warriors organization: “Veterans always support other veterans.” That’s the problem; unless they support nonviolent peacemaking, justice, and restoration of the earth, WW is only one more nail in the militarization coffin. –D] Dick, don’t miss Congress dodging my questions! Medea Benjamin, 3-24-24 [See her up front left in the last photo.] […]