Monthly Archives: September 2024

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #196, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-196-september.html Michael Swanson.  The War State.   US National Security State.Henry Giroux. Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex.Sylvia J. Martin.  “UARCs: The American Universities that Produce Warfighters.”  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.  Research Funded by Pentagon. CORPORATIONS-PENTAGON-CONGRESS-WHITE HOUSE-EDUCATION–NSS COMPLEX Michael Swanson. The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963.   2013.Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military. It accounts for over 46% of total world arms […]

CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #197, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennetthttps://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-197-september.html RESISTANCE TO CLIMATE CATASTROPHELand Institute, Climate Week NYC .Journal: Climate and Capitalism.  Global Heating, Methane, etc. The Land Institute will host and  participate in a series of events at Climate Week NYC from September 23rd – September 27th, 2024. Follow along or join us as we advocate for perennial grains to become a foundational part of a climate-resilient agricultural future. Events that are open to the public are noted or have livestream links. impact@landinstitute.org!US Nature4Climate, a coalition of organizations pursuing natural climate solutions, of which The Land Institute is a member, discusses how Kernza production is emerging as […]

OMNI UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-united-nations-international-day.html International Day of Peace (United Nations) The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. Wikipedia Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024 Celebrations: Multiple world wide events Observed by: All UN member states 40 years ago, people around the world came together in San Francisco, the birthplace of the United Nations, to celebrate the passage of the United Nations resolution establishing the International Day of Peace (Peace Day). Attend in person or watch our Global Live Broadcast. WHAT IS […]

Peace Day Concert for International Day of Peace!

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Celebrate Arkansas Peace Week all month with Helen Kwiatkowsky Saturday September 21 Reading by Ginny Masullo  Sequoyah Hall Gallery Mount Sequoyah Center Door: 6:00 pm Show: 7:00 pm Advanced Tickets: $20.00  Tickets available on Mount Sequoyah Event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-day-of-peace-event-tickets-936551198847?aff=oddtdtcreator Proceeds to benefit  Children’s Safety Center of Washington County During the month of September all sales of hand-made cranes will benefit The Children’s Safety Center. ************************* Advance Tickets: 20.00 (highly recommended) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-day-of-peace-event-tickets-936551198847?aff=oddtdtcreator Proceeds to benefit Children’s Safety Center of Washington County https://www.childrenssafetycenter.org

Canada passes its FIRST climate justice

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The Climate Moment Stories from this unique moment on Earth …. What’s happening with the climate?! Canada passes its FIRST climate justice law In June, Canada passed its first climate justice law. It was reported that “This new law requires the federal government to develop and regularly report on a strategy to prevent environmental racism and advance environmental justice. It promises a measure of accountability to communities that have long been on the front lines of climate disaster, pollution and environmental risks.” Activists submitted more than 10,000 petition signatures in a “groundswell of support” for the legislation. This year had the hottest […]

ISRAEL-PALESTINE ANTHOLOGIES #18 9-18-24

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COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGYhttps://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-israel-palestine-anthologies-18-9.html CONTENTS ISRAEL-PALESTINE #18 In Chronological Order 2016 to 2024 What’s at Stake:  Keeping Hope Alive in the Midst of Genocide. 2016Apcon and Young.  Documentary Film on Peacemakers.2018Freedom Flotilla Poetry Award to Local Poet Gerry Sloan. Heather Gray on Peace-making Peled Family. UNRWA Seeks FundingGlenn Greenwald.  Court Rules Boycotting Constitutional Free Speech. Rabbi Naomi Levy.  Rob Eshman Receives Press for Peace Award.Dr. Virginia Tilley Interviewed regarding Israel as an Apartheid Regime and the One-State Solution to the Conflict.Michael Sfard.(Book). The Wall and the Gate and the Palestinian struggle for […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #195, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-195-september.html Struggle—La Lucha–for Democracy Dick.  Anti-Democratic Republican Party Advancing.Prabhat Patnaik.  Worldwide Attenuation of Democracy.Dick.  The Idea of Democracy, The Democrats v. The Republicans,  the ACLU and Electoral Democracy/Voting Rights.   Anti-Democratic Forces Advancing.  The extreme right-wing Republican Party, heavily financed by wealthy individuals and corporations and reinforced by its new comprehensive Project 2025, has gained control of the presidency for one term and is striving to repeat that victory; it instigated a (failed) insurrection against Pres. Trump’s defeat; it now controls or almost controls both Senate and House;  its majority of justices control the US Supreme Court; […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #196, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennetthttps://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-196-september.html ASPECTS—CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES–OF THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE, CLIMATE CHAOS, NAMING THE CRIMINALS, GOING TO COURTListen to Marine Sponges: It’s Possibly Hotter Than Even the IPCC Reported.Rising Seas, Disruptive Tides, and Risks to Coastal Infrastructure.Robert Weissman and Public Citizen v. BP and its CEO Mr. Murray Auchincloss.  And you and I.Resisting Doom.  And I and you. Controversial Study Says 1.5°C Warming Target Already Breached By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch.  Popular Revolution.org (2-8-24).  A new study using marine sponges collected off the coast of Puerto Rico has found that the planet has already warmed more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. […]