Monthly Archives: May 2024

Postcards for DemocracyDefending Democracy in This Year’s Election!

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Help get out the vote for the November election in one of the most effective ways discovered by science…. Send a hand-written postcard.  We all know Arkansas is not a swing state. Yet. Sometimes we feel like a deep backwater. But we can have a real impact in critical swing states across the country with this simple, old-fashioned, but powerful method.  Omni has ordered 1000 postcards to send out to those critical states where the election will be decided, and you and your friends can help make it happen.   Send your request for the number of cards you feel comfortable writing. It […]

Honoring Aaron Bushnell this Memorial Day

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Friday May 24 – 5:30 pm – Fayetteville Town Square Friends of Palestine NWA Memorial Day is the day that the United States has set aside to honor and remember those who died while serving in the military. Many of us who have been following and understand what is happening in Palestine think immediately of Aaron Bushnell. Aaron Bushnell died on February 25th of this year, succumbing to the injuries he sustained in an extreme act of protest. In his Air Force uniform, he walked to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. and set himself on fire. This statement by the Veteran’s […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #178, MAY 22, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/05/war-watch-wednesdays-178-may-22-2024.html Assange, Truthteller. Peacemaking: Bakewell and Humanism.“A Future Without Nuclear Weapons” by Ward Hayes Wilson. ASSANGE: TRUTHTELLING “Julian Assange’s Final Appeal.”  The Hedges Report (2-18-24). Julian Assange will make his final appeal this week to the British courts to avoid extradition. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings of power by the press.   CHRIS HEDGES   [Hedges’ dire conclusion]:             Julian is persecuted because he provided the public with the most important information about U.S. government crimes and mendacity since the release of the Pentagon Papers. Like all great journalists, […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #179, MAY 20 , 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/05/omni-climate-memo-mondays-179-may-20.html CLIMATE CHANGE CALAMITY Aleks Phillips.  Florida, East and Gulf Coasts Under Water.Zack Frye.  Settler Colonialism Destroys Indigenous People and Ecosystems. Assange Extradited? Aleks Phillips.  “Florida map shows where state will become underwater from sea level rise.”  Mronline.org (4-14-24).  Originally published: Defend Democracy Press  on April 12, 2024 by (more by Defend Democracy Press)  |  (Posted Apr 13, 2024) Climate Change, Environment, InequalityAmericas, Global, United StatesNewswireFlorida, Water Earlier in March, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson published a post on X, formerly Twitter, which showed Florida and much of America’s East and Gulf Coasts consumed by water. The post subsequently went viral, racking up 4.9 million views. The TV […]

NICARAGUA ANTHOLOGY #1

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/05/omni-nicaragua-anthology-1.html TEXTS History of US Domination of Central America: Nicaragua Daniel Kovalik.  Nicaragua, A History of U.S. Intervention & Resistance.   Editor.  Mronline.org (4-10-22). Originally published: COHA (Council on Hemispheric Affairs)  on April 7, 2022 by Dan Kovalik (more by COHA (Council on Hemispheric Affairs))  |  (Posted Apr 09, 2022) Imperialism, Inequality, State Repression, StrategyNicaragua, United StatesReview I have written this book to explore the pernicious nature of U.S. engagement with Nicaragua from the mid-19th century to the present in pursuit of control and domination rather than in defense of democracy as Washington has incessantly claimed. In turn, […]

The Climate Moment

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Stories from this unique moment on Earth …. What’s happening with the climate?! 2000 Elder Swiss women win human rights case against Swiss government’s failure to protect life by implementing adequate climate policies  The European Court of Human Rights has decided that Swiss authorities have violated the right to life of a group of elder women in Switzerland by not implementing sufficient climate change policies. “For the first time, an international tribunal recognizes that human rights include the right to climate protection,” said one activist. The European court’s ruling is binding and requires the Swiss to take greater action to […]

Help for Marie Riley’s family

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Friend of peace Marie Riley passed very suddenly last week. Please sign up to  help for her husband Art and son Justin while they’re getting re-oriented to life without her. Provide a meal through Meal Train. Meal Train is a wonderful service that helps people provide food for the hard times. It’s been set up by JoAnn Kaminsky, who always steps in to help wherever she can. “Some of you knew Marie Riley and especially Art Hobson. I put together two meal trains. One for now until Sunday while family is intown for the funeral and another for a couple of weeks […]

Walk Out For Palestine

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Thank you Omni folks …. … who went out this morning to stand with students supporting ceasefire in Gaza. You are so awesome! Fayetteville High students asked for the support of our community for their Walk Out for Palestine. And Omni people and others stepped up.