Yearly Archives: 2022

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #101, NOVEMBER 23,  2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-101-november.html US Endless War and Ways to Stop the US System of War Dick, US Pervasive War System, Part I Hedges and Bacevich, “the folly of endless war” Walter Hixson, [US History of] Imperialism and War Quakers’ Way to Peace US Patriotism, US Militarism, and US WAR, Part I Why have we been at war since 1941?   The inclusive, pervasive patriotism is a main origin,  with its arrogant US Christian nationalism and US exceptionalism inserted in every nook and cranny of USA.  We are taxed and disciplined by relentless, yet to most invisible, patriotic propaganda for militarism, empire, and war.  […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #100, NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-100-november.html ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS VFP No to Nukes.Alfred Meyer.  No to Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons.Rev. Carl Kabat.  Few Fools for Christ.Patrick Mazza.  US Could Use Nuclear Weapons Against Non-Nuclear.Ben Norton. “UN votes 152 to 5 telling Israel to get rid of its nuclear weapons,” NO TO NUKES, LET’S DO IT TOGETHER VFP Spokane – SAY NO TO NUKES Picket and Rally.”   VFP Weekly E-News (10-24-22). VFP Spokane, in conjunction with Defuse Nuclear War and UNAC developed a strategy and held an event to “Say No To Nukes” at the Foley Federal Courthouse on October 14th. Information packets were left at Senator Patty Murray’s […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #102, NOVEMBER 21, 2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-climate-memo-mondays-102-november.html INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT What can I do as an individual to slow down the climate calamity?  Union of Concerned Scientists: Science in Action.David Camfield. Future on Fire:  Ecosocialism.United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). “Climate Change: The bad news is, it’s us. The good news is, it’s us.”  Union of Concerned Scientists, 11-15-22.     We Can Build the Climate Future We Need         Dear Dick,Reading the news, it’s all too easy to slip into a sense of doom and despair, but that’s just what fossil fuel companies, their allies in Congress, and others who […]

CLIMATE REFUGEES ANTHOLOGY #1 NOVEMBER 19, 2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-climate-refugees-anthology-1.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS (two short intro. essays, 2022 Google search, 3 books) Eve Andrews, Staff Writer.  “What is a ‘climate refugee’ and how many are there?”  Grist, Jun 20, 2019.Atossa Araxia Abrahamian .   “Warming to Climate Refugees?”  The Nation (Feb. 17, 2020).  Google Search 4-24-22BooksRobert McLeman.   Climate and Human Migration.   2013.Simon Behrman and Aviden Kent.  Climate Refugees: Beyond the Legal Impasse?  2018.Giovannni Sciaccaluga.   International Law and the Protection of Climate Refugees.  2020. TEXTS  [This essay sifts basic issues.  –Dick] Eve Andrews Staff Writer for Grist.  What is a ‘climate refugee’ […]

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY/POVERTY USA, AND SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ANTHOLOGY #2, November 13, 2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-economic-inequalitypoverty-usa-and.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace and Justice. (#1 July 13, 2013)   “…if way to the Better there be,it exacts a full look at the Worst.”—Thomas Hardy   Contents: Social and Economic Justice #2   Struggle for Justice USA Campus Equity Week UAF 2013 Peace Alliance, Restorative Justice EPA, Environmental Justice   Economic Inequality USAChris Hedges.   Father Michael Doyle in Camden, N.J. Unequal Pay Bryan Stevenson.  Just Mercy Taibbi.   The Divide The Rich: 12 Own $1 Trillion   TEXTS   GLOBAL JUSTICE HISTORY OF STRUGGLE Roth, Review of Galeano, Calendar of Human History   STRUGGLE […]

Contents: Anti-War Anthology #6, 11-12-2022, ANTI-WAR MUSIC

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https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/preview/2151229136087998997/3704348734885590267 Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS Google Search Sabaton Dylan Ochs #5 Anti-War Newsletter #5, December 19, 2016 http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/12/anti-war-newsletter-5.html TEXTS FOR ANTIWAR ANTHOLOGY #6:  MUSIC GOOGLE ANTIWAR SONGS 11-12-22 Google organizes them into 9 categories: 1980s, Vietnam, 2000s, 2010s, 1960s, 1970s, modern, WW2, and reddit. Also see: The Water’s Edge » The Twenty Best Vietnam Protest Songs – Blogs blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2015/03/05/the-twenty-best-vietnam-protest–songs/31 Top Songs About War & Anti-War – Music Industry How To https://www.musicindustryhowto.com › songs-about-war  31 Top Songs About War & Anti-War · “War” by Edwin Starr · “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath · “Gimme Shelter” […]

The Election: What, Why, and What’s Next

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Webinar: Monday, November 14th 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT Analysis and reflection from a human needs perspective Register here The Coalition on Human Needs will hold a special post-election webinar to lay out what we believe human needs advocates should know about the next Congress and strategies we need to protect the policies and programs that people with low incomes need. No matter the outcome of the election, there will be a critical role for advocacy at the Federal level. Join us to learn more about the likely Congres-sional lay-of-the-land, get important opportunities for action in […]

Managing Post-Election Anxiety

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A helpful article from Yes! Magazine Nationally the election went reasonably well. In Arkansas and Washington County we’re contending with a different elephant. Our political situation became more complex on several levels. As progressives in a red state we sit in the middle of a target anyway. This election reminded us that we have a lot of conservative neighbors. With opinions. Now we know how far we have to go to say we’re communicating with them. For some of us there may be opportunities to bridge these gaps that need to be addressed. That may seem like less than a […]