Yearly Archives: 2023

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #131, JUNE 21,  2023

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http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-131-june-21.html ·       Arkansas Resistance to Nuclear War and Global Warming.OMNI has a table at Farmer’s Market for the next six Saturdays, through July 29, to join our voice with others around the world opposing wars, WWIII, nuclear holocaust, and seeking to contain fossil fuels and rising temperature causing climate change.   ·       Art Hobson, UAF professor, on the danger of nuclear holocaust in the Ukraine War. ·       Wikipedia.  Arkansas’ Betty Bumpers’ Nuclear Peacemaking. “Russia’s attack was not ‘unprovoked’ Where will the stalemate end?”  Art Hobson, ahobson@uark.edu   NWADG, 20 June 2023      . . . In order to prevent having yet another NATO-armed […]

US COLD WAR AGAINST CHINA ANTHOLOGY #5

 in Dick's Newsletter 2023

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-us-cold-war-against-china.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY (#4, May 4, 2021) http://omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS: CHINA NEWSLETTER #5 Threatened War, NEW COLD WAR Political Conflict Economic Technological Psychological Media Peaceful Alternatives TEXTS NEW COLD WAR THREATENED ARMED FORCE On the Brink in 2026 – Michael Klare in TomDispatch Gerry Condon projectsafehaven@hotmail.com via uark.onmicrosoft.com  1:33 AM (9 hours ago) Michael Klare’s serious warning of a U.S. war on China, with a compelling introduction by Tom Engelgardt (as he is wont to do). TOMGRAM Michael Klare, An All-American Path to War?  POSTED ON JULY 13, 2021 The single scariest night of my […]

United Nations WORLD REFUGEES DAY NEWSLETTER #12, June 20, 2023

 in Dick's Newsletter 2023

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-united-nations-world-refugees-day.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, and ECOLOGY    (OMNI Newsletter #1 June 20, 2008; #2 Dec. 4, 2011; #3 June 20, 2012; #4, June 20, 2014; #5, June 20, 2015; #6 June 20, 2017; #7, June 20, 2018; #8, June 20, 2019; #9, June 20, 2020; #10, June 20, 2021; #11, June 20, 2022). http://omnicenter.org/donate/ THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN OUR GREAT DEFENDER AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY VIA ITS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)JUNE 8, UN WORLD OCEANS DAY JUNE 17, UN DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT DAYJUNE 20 , UN WORLD REFUGEES DAY […]

NATO ANTHOLOGY #2, JUNE 18, 2023

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OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI NATO ANTHOLOGY #2, JUNE 18, 2023 (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS NATO ANTHOLOGY #2What Is NATO Today? Abelow.  How the West Brought War to Ukraine. Andre Damon.  “NATO Announces Plan for Massive European Land Army.”  World Socialist Web Site. Moon of Alabama.  “No, NATO Will Not Get Ready for War.”  Popular Resistance. Mairead Maguire.  NATO Is the US- dominated Global War Machine. Victor Grossman.  “Brawling on the Brink.” Wolfgang Streeck.  “Means of Destruction” (of Russia and China). George Beebe.  “Ignoring the Ghosts of the ‘Great […]

CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #132, JUNE 19, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-132-june-19.html Jake Bittle.   The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration.  2023. The untold story of climate migration in the United States—the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future. Even as climate change dominates the headlines, many of us still think about it in the future tense—we imagine that as global warming gets worse over the coming decades, millions of people will scatter around the world fleeing famine and rising seas. What we often don’t realize is […]

Pride Parade needs Omni Marchers this year!

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This year more than ever! Pride Parade June 24 4:00 pm start line-up 5:00 pm Parade steps off We all know that LGBTQIA+ friends are seriously under attack. This is the perfect year to stand by them in a clear way. Please email us at omni@omnicenter.org if you’re ready to walk with the Omni Board and others to support human rights and well-being on June 24. We’ll be in touch soon. Not to mention that the whole thing is SERIOUSLY FUN. Weekend Activities NWA Trans Fest and March Friday June 23 6:00 p.m. lineup; 7:00 p.m. step-off – NWA Trans […]

Visiting Author Diana Goetsch speaks in Fayetteville

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June 18 – 3:00 pm – Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 109 W. Cleveland Invitation from Rev. Stevie Gaines You’re invited to a free event at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 18. It will be in the Unitarian Universalist sanctuary, followed by refreshments. Award-winning author Diana Goetsch from New York will speak about transgender history, identity, awareness, and allyship; and there will be time for conversation. Diana is a poet and essayist. She’s the author of eight collections of poems, the “Life in Transition” blog at The American Scholar, and the acclaimed memoir This Body I Wore. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The […]

Juneteenth History and Upcoming Events

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So much good stuff is happening in June. Here’s a post from friend Elizabeth with some fun links about Juneteenth history that you’ll enjoy… I just listened to the 3rd Beloved Community podcast on KUAF, the ‘Celebrating the History and Evolution of Juneteenth’ one, and it was helpful to hear some local perspectives. You have probably heard it, but here’s the link just in case it might be useful. https://www.kuaf.com/podcast/beloved-community I am learning – we didn’t really know anything about Juneteenth until a few short years ago, and it’s been celebrated in the Black community for so long. One other article […]