Yearly Archives: 2022

You Can Support Reproductive Rights!

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Will the Supreme Court Axe Women?There will be a series of local actions showing the Supreme Court that Americans want to protect women’s health and see women have rights over their own bodies.Follow at the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/984865009059231?active_tab=aboutYou Can Support Reproductive Rights! Sunday May 8 (noon, Courthouse) to Saturday May 14 – (6 PM) Fayetteville Square and other places.EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: Are you ready to have your voice heard? We ask you to show up this next week to make sure these protests send a resounding nationwide message to SCOTUS. “NO OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE”SUNDAY 5-8-22 NOON: […]

Peace People it’s time to Vote!

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Monday May 9 — early voting starts at 7:30 am and continues till 7:30 every day until primary election day on May 24.Here we are in the state that’s on the VERY BOTTOM of the election participation list.ARKANSANS DON’T VOTE! Why?!This is a problem. Do you think maybe it seems like our votes don’t count?What sad logic. We can’t just give our beautiful state over to forces of greed and exploitation so easily.Peace People don’t want to be among those Arkansas folks who just never make it to the polls. We can help Arkansas lift itself out of the non-voting […]

US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war, ANTHOLOGY #20, Consequences of War, Control OF INFORMATION and CENSORSHIP, and seeking PEACE, MAY 6, 2022.

 in Dick's Newsletters 2022

OMNI US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war, ANTHOLOGY #20, mAY 6, 2022. Consequences of War, Control OF INFORMATION and CENSORSHIP, and seeking PEACE https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/05/omni-us-nato-russia-ukraine-war.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:  Wartime State, Corporate Rapacity and Repression, and Populist Patriotism v. Free Speech and Peace. CONTENTS #20, CONSEQUENCES OF WAR (10): CONTROL OF INFORMATION/CENSORSHIP.  RESISTANCE: PEACEMAKING. Patrick Lawrence.  “The US Bubble of Pretend.” George Paulson.  Scott Ritter and President Poroshenko. Glenn Greenwald.  “The Censorship Campaign against Western Criticism of    NATO….” Evan Reif.  War of Repression against “anyone who dares to speak against […]

The Living Landscape – From Lawn to Native Garden

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Climate Change ForumThe Living Landscape – From Lawn to Native GardenSun May 1 – 1:30 pm – zoom below Designer, architectural writer, and educator Michael Cockram will discuss plans to transform the OMNI center’s grounds into a sustainable “Living Landscape”. Michael will trace his path to green buildings and landscapes through his career as an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon; to reporting on the “sponge cities” of China and efforts to save New Orleans from rising waters using the techniques developed in the Netherlands.  We’ll discuss how Living Landscapes can mitigate the effects of climate change, reduce pollution, […]

US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war ANTHOLOGY #19 4-29-2022

 in Dick's Newsletters 2022

OMNI US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war ANTHOLOGY #19 4-29-2022https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/04/omni-us-nato-russia-ukraine-war.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:   “If people want to understand the war in Ukraine, they need to read widely about it, from different perspectives, including the Russian one, to try and discern the truth about what is going on for themselves.”  MR editors.  The official rationalizations are receiving massive support from the White House, Pentagon, Congress, and mainstream media (including PBS).  In these anthologies we hear some anti-war perspectives. CONTENTS OF US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war ANTHOLOGY #194-29-2022 ORIGINS, CAUSES […]

US, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war ANTHOLOGY #18 April 12, 2022

 in Dick's Newsletters 2022

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/04/omni-us-russia-ukraine-war-anthology-18.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS OF US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine War Anthology #18, April 12, 2022 Control of Information in the US regarding the US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine WarWhat we mean by alternatives to official war news: that of the US War Party and its media.  We have chosen different sources. Survey of OMNI’s 18 R/U Anthologies, 2014-2022:Total number of entries: 306. Most of these entries were necessarily from sources other than the corporate mainstream because US mainstream newspapers support the nation in its wars. A few examples from #18:  […]

Party People Save Democracy!

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Washington County needs people worried about democracy to step up and party.  Omni is encouraging members and friends to work with the Democratic Party to hold fun and enjoyable house parties that will introduce local candidates to their constituents, connect you to what’s happening in Washington County and help to get out the vote for the primary election now, and the general election in November. You invite your friends …your local candidate shows up to meet everybody …you all have a great time, and everybody shows up to vote on May 24! It’ll be such a win-win! If you like […]

Spring wildflower walk

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Perfect inspiration for the seasonIn this informative video from last spring, Michael Cockram joins plant expert Burnetta Hinterthuer and the Ross family walking their lovely acreage finding spring bursting out. They’re choosing spicebush to bring back and plant at Omni. The video is from spring 2021, but the plants are eternal.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1027rGpFvc