Yearly Archives: 2024

YEMEN WATCH #3, FEBRUARY 3, 2024

 in Dick's Newsletter 2024

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/02/omni-yemen-watch-3-february-3-2024.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology http://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake: The most heinous crime is by those who perpetrate a war followed closely by those who do not try to stop it.  This Anthology of essays opposes the US/Saudi invasion of Yemen and any historical model that sustains and deepens US warmaking sciolism. (What’s at stake in regard to technology:  Smart phone reading requires brief texts and prioritizes snippets, when the subject of this anthology requires analysis.  Substantial texts make it impossible to employ small, hand-held screens.). CONTENTS Code Pink.  “Yemen Explained.” Johnstone.  […]

Blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7 on Downtown Square

 in Current Events

City of Fayetteville  Contact: Bonnie Pay Bolinger Senior Administrative Assistant II Office of the Mayor bbolinger@fayetteville-ar.gov Blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7, on Downtown Square FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville will host a blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Downtown Square. The blood drive is being held in partnership with Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), which will have its “Bloodmobile” on hand to collect donations. CBCO is the sole provider of blood and plasma to the 44 area healthcare facilities. Local donors are needed to continue to provide for local […]

Geoffrey Oelsner writes with this invitation:

 in Current Events

Thurs March 14 – The Folk School – 6:00-8:00 pm I’m offering a workshop for poets and song lyric writers on March 14 at the Folk School of Fayetteville. Here’s the description from the folkschooloffayetteville.org website, where you can go to sign up if you’d like to take part:  WORKSHOP FEE: $25 March 14, 6PM – 8PM Attunements for the Earth (Writing Workshop) Hosted by Geoff Oelsner A contemplative writing workshop for poets and song lyricists In this workshop, I’ll share how I learned attunement, a practice that incorporates both receptive, meditative silence and free writing, 55 years ago at the phenomenal Findhorn Community […]

Help Us Build the Showers

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Request from Good Shepherd Shelter Project I’m super pleased to report that our shower project is moving forward quickly. We have a bid under review from a contractor and may begin work as soon as February.  As a reminder, our church is converting an under-utilized space attached to our community center into (an ADA accessible) three showers and a bathroom. It will be a facility available for use by all and perhaps especially for those who shelter at our church. A generous donor has designated a matching grant toward the completion of the showers. All donations between now and March […]

Open Mic Sunday!

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This Sunday Feb 5 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Join your friends for Open Mic this Sunday! It’s always a thrill. Bring your songs about peace, justice and the Earth… or just come to listen. It’s amazing!

US DEMOCRACY, JANUARY 6, 2021 INSURRECTION ANTHOLOGY February 2, 2024

 in Dick's Newsletter 2024

OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI US DEMOCRACY, JANUARY 6, 2021, INSURRECTION ANTHOLOGY (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology, Efforts to Assess the Strength of US Democracy CONTENTS “Democracy on Trial,” PBS, FrontlinePortside, the Attempted Coup and Democracy. Responses.Robert Borosage.  Trump as Symptom of Plutocracy.Common Cause v. Gingrich and Republican Anti-Democracy MovementMonica Cruz.  “What Are The Lessons From The Trump-Backed Insurrection Of January 6?”Jeremy Kuzmarov.  Capitol Riot One-Year Anniversary: Was it a False-Flag Attack? David Sirota.   “How The Meltdown Became An Insurrection.”Dana Milbank.  “‘We are closer to civil war than any of us […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #162, JANUARY 31, 2024

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 Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-162-january.html .  The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:  90 Seconds to Midnight,John LaForge.  The New B61-13 Nuclear Weapon. A Moment of Historic Danger: It’s Still 90 Seconds to Midnight!On Jan. 23, the Doomsday Clock was reset at 90 seconds to midnight, still the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight. In their announcement, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, stewards of the Doomsday Clock, emphasized that the Clock could be turned back, but governments and people need to take urgent action. A variety of global threats cast menacing shadows over the 2024 Clock deliberations, including: the Russia-Ukraine […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #163, JANUARY 29, 2024

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/01/omni-climate-memo-mondays-163-january.html UCS.  Fossil-Fueled Forest FiresBooks, Organizations, Individuals v. the Climate Emergency. Stop Fossil-Fueled Forest Fires – secure.ucsusa.org A groundbreaking new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that fossil fuel producers, such as Chevron and ExxonMobil, are responsible for 37 percent of the total area burned by forest fires since the mid-1980s in the western United States and southwestern Canada. Two of the many new books on Climate: Michael Gunter, Jr.  Climate Travels:  How Ecotourism Changes Mindsets and Motivates Action.  Columbia UP, 2023.  Rob Verchick.  The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience.  Columbia UP, 2023. And […]