Yearly Archives: 2024

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #174, APRIL 15, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-climate-memo-mondays-174-april-15.html Colin Beavan.  No Impact Man.  2009.Nick Dearden.  Climate-Wrecking Energy Charter Treaty.For The Nation magazine’s climate coverage, see The Nation.com/climate-update-signup. Dick’s Review of Colin Beavan.  No Impact Man.  2009.     I’m still unpacking boxes of books and found and reread a unique and inspiring recounting of one person’s attempt with wife and daughter during one year in NYC to do no harm to the environment and climate: no trash, no carbon dioxide emissions, no toxins!  That’s remarkable enough for recommending the book to you:  No Impact Man by Colin Beavan.  But two inseparable aspects of the book […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #172, APRIL 10, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-172-april-10.html Joel Kovel.  Red Hunting in the Promised Land. TOM ENGELHARDT.   “A Slow-Motion World War III?” (Sovietphobia.)  Joel Kovel.  Red Hunting in the Promised Land. In the wake of the Cold War, an eminent social critic examines the roots of America’s anticommunist frenzy.   IWW.“The most original and revealing study of the fear-and-loathing obsession–anticommunism–that has driven [America] loony for most of this century. Every aspect of our lives, public and private, has been debased by this plague. Kovel’s book, in brilliantly showing cause, may offer some sort of cure as we approach a new and hopefully sane […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #173, APRIL 8, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-climate-memo-mondays-173-april-8.html Borenstein and The New Republic:  HeatPeter Uetz.  Overpopulation SETH BOREN­STEIN.  “Greenhouse gases shot up in ’23.”  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Apr 07, 2024).  Go to:  Greenhouse gases shot up in ’23.      The New Republic.    A weekly reckoning with our overheating planet. Scientists have previously speculated that melting ice sheets dumping vast quantities of freshwater into the ocean could change the currents of the Atlantic Ocean. The new modeling suggested, though, that complete collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s current system is no longer “theoretical” and could occur much faster and more completely than anticipated. Europe would abruptly get much colder, seasons […]

Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville

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City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Dear Housing Action Community, This is Billy with Arkansas Renters United, and I have the pleasure of delivering some fantastic news for you all! Last night, the Fayetteville City Council voted UNANIMOUSLY to pass our resolution to declare a housing crisis. The counter-resolution first proposed by Council member Mike Wiederkehr was tabled indefinitely and will never be considered again. We should all take this moment to celebrate the power of community organizing to make change happen. While this resolution […]

CUBA ANTHOLOGY #12 April 5, 2024

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April 5, 202 Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://Omnicenter.org/donate What’s at Stake: Cuba’s long resistance to US attempts to destroy its socialist government and society as a whole, and, despite the oppression, Cuba’s signal achievements.    CONTENTS OF CUBA ANTHOLOGY #12 US WAR ON CUBA The People’s Forum, “Bread for Our Neighbors, Let Cuba Live”Liberation News Staff.  “Three Lies about Cuba Debunked.” Pedro Ross.  How the Workers’ Parliaments Saved the Cuban Revolution .  Rev. by Dick BennettAtilio Borón.   “Leave Cuba Alone.” Dario Calvisi.  “Biden Administration Prolongs Economic Warfare on Cuba.” W. T. Whitney, Jr.  […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #171, APRIL 3, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-171-april-3.html PEACEMAKERS Kasturba GandhiCode PinkICAN Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist   PBS   https://www.pbs.org › show › kasturba-gandhi-accident… Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist tells the story of how she became one of the first women activists in modern history. [In contrast to Gandhi’s nonviolence is the Wounded Warriors organization: “Veterans always support other veterans.”  That’s the problem; unless they support nonviolent peacemaking, justice, and restoration of the earth, WW is only one more nail in the militarization coffin.  –D] Dick, don’t miss Congress dodging my questions! Medea Benjamin,  3-24-24  [See her up front left in the last photo.]            […]

Organize an Event for Daniel Ellsberg Week, June 10-16, 2024

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United for Peace and Justice (3-30-24).  [Ellsberg is our greatest anti-nuclear war whistleblower.  –D] Last year, the Defuse Nuclear War coalition celebrated the first Daniel Ellsberg Week. Seeking “to honor peacemaking and whistleblowing,” the cities of Albuquerque, NM, San Francisco and Berkeley, CA issued proclamations designating April 24-30 as Daniel Ellsberg Week. This year Defuse Nuclear War will commemorate Ellsberg’s life and work again by demanding a world beyond nuclear weapons. Daniel Ellsberg Week 2024 will take place from June 10-16. By organizing a picket line, teach-in, vigil, or other event, you can give your community a chance to get involved with the ongoing […]

Open Mic April CANCELED ‘CAUSE OF ECLIPSE !

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After much discussion, we have decided to cancel OMNI Open Mic for April 7th. The Eclipse, the next day, is looming large, and it seems most everyone has a plan that conflicts with that Sunday, including us!  We will resume in May on the first Sunday as usual.   By the way, Donna and I will be performing a whole set of peace songs this coming Saturday March 30th, at the Omni Center to raise funds for Gaza relief. Doors open at 6:30. Concert at 7:00.   Kelly Mulhollan