Monthly Archives: July 2023

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INTERDEPENDENCE, July 4, 2023 ANTHOLOGY #5

 in Dick's Newsletter 2023

FROM 4TH OF JULY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO 4TH OF JULY INTERDEPENDENCE DAY, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INTERDEPENDENCE, ANTHOLOGY #5,  July 4, 2023. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/07/omni-interdependence-day-5-july-4-2023.html COMPILED BY Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology #4  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/07/omni-interdependence-day-july-4-2021.html CONTENTS INTERDEPENDENCE DAY JULY 4, 2023 #5 Frederick Douglass.  “What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?” Rabbi Arthur Waskow.  “New 4th of July.” Mark Charles. “The Dilemma Of The Fourth Of July.”Margaret Kimberley. “The Terrible Origins Of July 4th.”ACLU of Arkansas.  “How many are not free?” Google.  8 items on Interdependence Day TEXTS INTERDEPENDENCE DAY JULY 4, 2023 FREDERICK DOUGLASS, “WHAT, TO THE […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #134, JULY 3, 2023

 in Climate Memo Mondays

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-134-july-3.html Help Awaken Arkansas’ Congressmen’s Climate Somnolence  Recently, Dina Nash (chair of UUFF’s Justice Committee) was in Washington, DC for an afternoon of lobbying with others from Citizens’ Climate Lobby. . . . I got to meet with Rep. Crawford’s and Rep. Womack’s staff, as well as Sen. Boozman’s and him for about 40 minutes each. There are 3 proposed climate measures we talked with them about, but responses were interested, but non-committal. We assume they are still waiting for the groundswell of panic at which time they might do something: please be that groundswell! They are not leading; it’s business as usual, […]