Monthly Archives: February 2024

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #167, FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-climate-memo-mondays-167-february.html Dana R. Fisher Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action (on climate inaction).  Julie Hollar.  Grossly Inadequate Reporting by the Mainstream Media of the Climate Emergency. “Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks To Climate Action” By Michaela Herrmann, DeSmog.  PopularResistance.org (2-15-24).   Professor Dana R. Fisher’s new book, Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action. Dana R. Fisher argues that there is a realistic path forward for climate action―but only through mass mobilization that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events. She assesses the current state of affairs and shows why public policy and private-sector […]

WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM ANTHOLOGY #1 February 21, 2024

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-white-christian-nationalism.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology What’s at Stake: CONTENTS Dan Partland. God and Country: A Major New Documentary Examines the Rise, Power–and Threat—of Christian Nationalism.  Bradley Onishi.  “Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next.”  Lerone Martin.  The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism.  Jennifer Rubin.  “Losing Status, Wealth, and Privilege. Why White Christian Nationalists are in such a panic.”    Donald Yacovone.  Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity. […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #165, FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-165-february.html Norman Solomon. War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine (New York: The New Press, 2023), 272 pages.Rev. “Corporate Media, Political Elites, and Perpetual War” by David Michael Smith, Monthly Review (December 5, 2023). (Dec 01, 2023).  Topics: Capitalism  Imperialism  Media  Political economy  Terrorism  War Places: Americas  United States Publisher’s description: David Michael Smith reviews journalist Norman Solomon’s War Made Invisible, an eloquent moral call to end the bloody state of perpetual war that the United States has engaged in since the advent of the “war on terror.”   Long recognized as one of this country’s most incisive journalists and media critics, Norman Solomon has […]

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY/POVERTY USA AND WORLD ANTHOLOGY #7, February 19, 2024

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-economic-inequalitypoverty-usa-and.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology HTTPS://Omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS Books Mark Paul.  The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights. John Freeman.  Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation. Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page.  Democracy in America? What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It. articles Ian Angus.  “Dispossessed: Origins of the Working Class.”  Chris Hedges. “Know Thine Enemy: We are Ruled by One War Party and One Political Class.” Katharina Buchholz. “The Living Wage Gap.” Prabhat Patnaik. “What the GDP Hides.” Ari Paul. “Source Who […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #166, FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-climate-memo-mondays-166-february.html This week on Yale Climate Connections January 29 – February 2, 2024 Organizers aim to improve the South’s climate resilienceSocial justice advocate Lea Campbell… pivoted to environmental issues in 2016 as a series of major storms and other crises rocked the state.  Now, her work to build mutual aid and other community networks is one example of the ways Southerners are working to improve the region’s resilience in the face of disaster. Keep reading.   [Q: is the South facing disaster or catastrophe or chaos by cc??  Is there an emergency? –D] More stories featured this weekShould climate change […]

Citizens Climate Lobby Relaunch!

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Sunday Feb 25 – 2:00-4:00 pm Fayetteville Public Library “Citizens Climate Lobby is hosting a relaunch event for the NWA Chapter on Sunday, February 25th from 2-4pm. This is a unique opportunity to learn how to move past partisanship and get climate solutions passed, meet your neighbors who are also concerned about climate change and find your role with the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) Northwest Arkansas Chapter! CCL is a nonpartisan grassroots organization that supports collective action for climate solutions. This event is at the Ann Henry Board Room at the Fayetteville Public Library on Sunday, February 25th from 2-4pm. You […]

Democracy is Us Reshaping Democracy for a Bright America!

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and Community Gathering Spaces Democracy is Us – Reshaping Democracy for a Bright America! A new experiment in democracy – Unite for Democracy. Our experiential webinar offers a fresh perspective on the power we hold as citizens to shape the democracy we desire. We recognize that voting and getting out the vote are extremely important, but that alone will not address what is causing the challenges we have today. We must get to the root of our issues and allow that to inspire the creation of new ways of living as a represen-tative democracy. These are ideas and a consciousness […]

Vegan Potluck Dinner!

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Sunday Feb 18 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center Omni Center For Peace, Justice, Ecology 3274 N Lee Ave From Chip:vegman@hotmail.com Come join us for a fun, friendly and scrumptious dinner! Please share and invite family, friends, associates and animal/earth friendly, health minded kind folks. We may have a short presentation. Ideas and suggestions for future events are welcome in comments and discussion sections on FB/Meetup and at the potlucks. Please bring a vegan (please check ingredients closely) dish enough for 8 servings. Recipes or ingredient lists are nice, in case someone has a food allergy. Desserts and [no alcohol] […]