Sat March 18 – noon on Dickson Street There’s just nothing that needs to be said about the Pride Parades. They’re electric and inspiring for LGBTQ folks and all allies too. Come to support justice and equality for everyone in this wonderful community. And have a blast while you do it.
79. Climate Memo Mondays, #79, June 13, 2022https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-79-june-13.htmlOverpopulation and OverconsumptionNew Laws NeededRichard Heinberg, PowerPopulation Connection Presents, 8 Billion and Counting by Jennifer D. SciubbaTed Hamilton, Beyond Fossil Law: We Need New Laws. Richard Heinberg, Power. Heinberg has no doubt regarding the significance of population, in two sections: “Overpopulation and Overconsumption” (pp,. 238-242) and “Population: Lowering It and Keeping It Steady (337-41). “Population growth makes every environmental crisis harder to address. . . .the more children we have now, the more human suffering is likely. . . .” (240-41). “At the US average amount of consumption, we would need the equivalent of […]
OMNI US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war ANTHOLOGY, #22: peace June 10, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/06/omni-us-nato-russia-ukraine-war.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS: WAYS TO PEACE, June 10, 2022 Art Hobson. “The Irrationality of War.”US Peace Council. “A Manufactured Crisis In Ukraine Is Victimizing The World’s Peoples” Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Reiner Braun. “NO to NATO, YES to Peace with Russia.” Voices from Donbass. Kristine Melnikova Alexey AlbuTed Snider. Diplomacy. Jeffrey Sachs. Negotiated Settlement. Yanis Varoufakis. Negotiated Settlement. Deb Sawyer. Steps to Peace v. Nuclear War. Black Liberation Movement. Dismantle NATO. Katrina vanden Heuvel. “We […]
78. Climate Memo Mondays, #78, June 6, 2022 http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/06/climate-memo-mondays-78.html Ashley Dawson, ExtinctionChris McGreal, Exxon Must Go To Trial CLIMATE BOOKS DEDICATED TO CHILDREN EXTINCTION IS UPON USOne hundred species are disappearing every day. Insects are especially vulnerable with more than 40% of species experiencing population declines in the past decade. From The Guardian: “Human nature isn’t driving mass extinction – as some have argued – but our acceptance of capitalism is,” according to Professor Ashley Dawson. In his recent, slim, eye-opening book, Extinction: A Radical History, Dawson lays out the case that our current global economic system is pushing the […]
My Justice Our Justice. The first episode is on solitary confinement. Speakers are formerly incarcerated people telling their own stories. They are insightful, smart and interesting people with “insider” understanding of a system that few of us understand. Definitely worth following.
Ellen Bruce, Fayetteville It is estimated that 4 trillion plastic bags are used each year; 100 billion of them are used in the U.S. They do not degrade. They are found everywhere on earth, from the oceans to Mt. Everest, to the bellies of whales, seals and dolphins. Walmart has an estimated 230 million visits each week to its stores which number 4,742 in the U.S. an 10,593 worldwide. Seven states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont) have outlawed plastic grocery bags. Walmart has over 800 stores in those states, providing groceries without plastic bags. Walmart is boasting […]
OMNI UN NUCLEAR ABOLITION DAY JUNE 2, 2022https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/06/omni-un-nuclear-abolition-day-june-2.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ Notable dates for your calendar:August is Nuclear Free Future Month.JULY 7 United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted on the 7th July 2017, acceded by 122 State Parties. “Implementing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” The TPNW entered into force in January 2022. The latest issue of the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament explores how to implement its provisions and build a sustainable regime that will contribute to its goals. Browse now. TEXTS Google Search […]
