Yearly Archives: 2024

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #204, NOVEMBER 20, 2024

November 22, 2024 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-204-november.html RootsAction Teach-In: Defuse Nuclear War, and documentary: A Common Insanity with Daniel Ellsberg. Books reviewed in Washington Report on Middle East Affair, Nov.-Dec. 2024. ROOTSACTION EDUCATION: Teach-In Network, Defuse Nuclear War Coalition, and film documentary –A Common Insanity Dear Dick, 10-22-24[Two of these three RAE missions directly oppose nuclear war; the third, v. Israel, because it is a nuclear-armed nation threatening several nations in the ME, esp. Iran. –D] To push back against college crackdowns on student activism to end Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, the RootsAction Education Fund just launched the national Teach-In Network. […]

Urgent: Cloud Forest buy

November 21, 2024 in Current Events

Stop Deforestation Now! ONLY PROTECTED LAND IN THIS EQUADOR PROVINCE! www.eko.org us@eko.org Thu, Oct 24 at 7:26 AM Over 90% of a majestic cloud forest in Southwestern Ecuador was wiped out to make way for cattle farms and agriculture. Desperate to stop the destruction and protect what’s left, an amazing group of conservationists got to work and created the Buenaventura Reserve, which is now the only protected land in the province. After 25 years of hard work alongside local communities to reforest the area, the reserve is now teeming with life. The forest has regrown, bringing more than 330 species […]

UKRAINE WAR PROVOKED ANTHOLOGY #1

November 18, 2024 in Current Events

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-ukraine-war-provoked-anthology-1.html What’s at Stake: “He who hears one side and judges is no judge.” Mounir Farah, Professor, Scholar, Neighbor CONTENTS John Pilger. “In Ukraine, the US is dragging us towards war with Russia.” 2014. Robert Parry. “Who’s Telling the ‘Big Lie’ on Ukraine?” 2014. John Mearsheimer. Video: “Why is Ukraine the West’s Fault? 2015. Oliver Stone. Video. Ukraine on Fire. 2016Gilbert Doctorow. “A Look at Ukraine’s Dark Side.” 2016. Anna Matrango. “Pope Francis Says the War Provoked or Not Prevented.” John Mearsheimer. “Blames US for the Crisis.” […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #205, NOVEMBER 18, 2024

November 18, 2024 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-climate-memo-mondays-205-november.html 3 Upbeat Fighting Back Articles from Inside Climate News Inside Climate News: Election 2024Georgina Gustin. “Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0.” Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight. Donald Trump has promised to demolish the country’s domestic and international climate policies at a crucial moment, when climate scientists say the window is closing on the world’s ability to avoid the most dangerous impacts of global warming. Read the full story Wyatt Myskow, et al. “Despite Likely Setback for Climate Action […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #203, NOVEMBER 13, 2024

November 13, 2024 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-203-november.html Dr. Yousaf on genocide in Gaza, UAF Bell Aud. 2282, Thursday Nov. 14, 5:30.Dick on Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Nov.-Dec. 2024). Dr. Ahmad Yousaf, AR pediatrician, tomorrow Thurs., 5:30You are invited to attend a testimonial event where Dr. Ahmad Yousaf, an Arkansas pediatrician and the director of an intensive care unit in Little Rock, will share his experiences providing emergency medical care during the genocide in Gaza at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah earlier this year. The event will take place this Thursday, November 14th, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #204, NOVEMBER 11, 2024

November 12, 2024 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-climate-memo-mondays-204-november.html ANDREAS MALM, CONVERGENCE: DON’T FORGET PANDEMICS A decade ago, I named my blog War and Warming, but I have added more crises: and pandemics, population growth, fascism. Andreas Malm in Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century (2020) reminds us that pandemics arise from the increasing human activities throughout the planet. Best known, of course, is the rising temperature from humans burning fossil fuels. Less known is the increasing spillover of climate-related pathogens from human growth and development (not Chinese labs). Excellent book. -D Dick’s Summary of Naomi Klein’s Foreword to Aronoff […]