Sunday Feb 6 2022 – 7:00 pmZoom link belowOpen Mic in omicron season: Back to zoom for February’s Open Mic. Makes us sad, but we all want to stay healthy. Maybe March will smile on us!Here’s a link to the Zoom Open mic session on Feb. 6. It’ll still be wonderful to see your faces and hear your voices, good friends!https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88258123344?pwd=Yk5makZubTFDcUtqQnRnQ3VSd3RTZz09Meeting ID: 882 5812 3344 Passcode: 703547
Last night at Omni’s Board meeting as we talked about the developing Time Exchange, we agreed that we’re SO CLOSE to being ready to kick off the project and inviting Omni folks and public to join in. We’re just waiting for covid to stabilize and give us space to meet in person. This is a project that will be lots stronger if we can meet in person. If another variant rears its ugly head in the future of course we need to be ready for that too. So we’ll be reporting on plans and progress as we go along. And […]
Heather Cox Richardson “Letters from an American”What Biden Did …. and DemocracyJust one more reminder friends. The threat to our democracy is so very real, and present in our own state. Progressives must be aware of the alternatives to authoritarianism and share out what we know to be true in the face of all these threats. Historian Heather CR has been posting insightful accounts that frequently compare historic episodes of our dark history with current events in ways that shed amazing light on what’s going on in the world right now. These are not just rants. They’re informed and insightful […]
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-55-january-5.html End Nuclear War Preparation, Abolish Nuclear WeaponsContentsAbolish Nuclear Weapons, UN Nuclear Treaty BanBack from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War US and Iran Need for Leakers and Whistleblowers THIS THURSDAY! Jan 6 Nuclear Ban Treaty Planning Zoom — REGISTER NOW! Nukewatch <nukewatch1=lakeland.ws@vrmailer3.com> Unsubscribe 8:01 AM (7 hours ago) Dear Nuclear Abolitionists, The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative is planning another day of action this January 22, 2022 to celebrate the day one year ago that nuclear weapons were banned! Just as a year ago, when over 100 actions across the US celebrated the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of […]
January 2, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/01/omni-insurrection-anthology-january-2.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ This anthology gathers articles, books, and films that indict Trump for attempting to foment an insurrection and in many other ways to replace our democracy with autocracy. The collection begins with the PBS Frontline/ProPublica documentary, American Insurrection, includes special attention to Costa and Woodward’s book Peril, and ends with American Nero: The History of the Destruction of the Rule of Law, and Why Trump Is the Worst Offender by Richard Painter and Peter Golenbock. CONTENTSPBS Frontline, American Insurrection NYT, “The Politics of Menace.” […]
Sunday Jan 2 2022 – 7:00 pm at Omni CenterIt woulda been fun, but not in the cards. The next variant is bad and the weather is dreadful. There should be a post-Christmas song about that.Hopefully we can meet in February and enjoy the company of friends. Until then stay safe and warm Omni folks.Omni is at 3274 N. Lee Ave, just south of Liquor World. See you there!
