Monthly Archives: September 2025


VENEZUELA ANTHOLOGY #7, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-venezuela-anthology-7-september-11.html http://omnicenter.org/donate/ WHAT’S AT STAKE:   “Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998 Washington has waged a relentless war against the Bolivarian revolution, “ William Camacaro.   “These aggressive policies seek to extend US dominance in Latin America, no matter the human cost,” CodePink. END THE MONROE DOCTRINE “VENEZUELA: No War, No Overthrow, No Coup, No Sanctions / Ni guerra, ni derrocamiento, ni golpe, ni sanciones.”   World Beyond War. 8-29-25. Target: The United States GovernmentWe call on the U.S. government to abide by the rule of law and the will […]


OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #246, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-246-september.html Palestine Book Club Discusses The Book of Disappearance.Sachs and Fares.  “How to Stop Israel Starving Gaza.”Eyewitness Palestine Interviews Omar, a Deaf Palestinian. The Palestine Book Club meets again on Tuesday, September 23 at 6:30 PM at Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville (28 E Center St) to discuss The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, longlisted for the International Booker Prize.   “What if all the Palestinians in Israel simply disappeared one day? What would happen next? How would Israelis react?”Discussion leader: Ted Swedenburg, Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas (tsweden@uark.edu).   Pearl’s Books has kindly ordered several copies, and it is also available online […]


OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #247, September 8, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-247-september.html David Orr’s Democracy in a Hotter Time.David Orr. “The Interrelated Threats of Climate Change & Democracy.”Thursday, September 11, 5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET.Mark Goldberg. “The UN Turns 80.” CONVERGENCE OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE AND AUTOCRACY Democracy in a Hotter Time:  Climate Change and Democratic Transformation.  Edited by David W. Orr.  Foreword by Bill McKibben.  Afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson.  MIT P, 2023.  296pp.   [Any book that helps us understand the true magnitude of the problems converging upon us deserves our gratitude, but let’s look forward to the even more important book that explains the converging climate […]


Shelter for homeless folks in Fayetteville

A cool local company – Natural State Treehouse Builders – is partnering with Gateway Project and hopefully lots of others on an amazing idea. The community houses its homeless neighbors! OMNI Pod Cottages materials needs What we’re up to and how you can help:Natural State Treehouses and OMNI/Gateway Project are partnering to build a prototype of an 8’x12′ small one person house. Our hope is that this prototype will demonstrate how affordable a comfortable, well-built but small home can be. We believe that the simplicity, durability and low cost of this model will open up new options for providing shelter […]


LABOR DAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 ANTHOLOGY (revised 9-5)

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS(See #1: https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-labor-day-september-1-2025.html) From ARkansas to Massachusetts.Labor Day and May Day.FAYETTEVILLE, ARRalph Nader.  “A Compact for American Workers to Share This Labor Day.”“No economic justice without workers’ justice” by Pramila Jayapal.“Nearly 1,000 ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day” by Stephen Prager. Jon Queally.   “Support for Labor Unions Near Historic High as Trump Trashes Working Class.”UUSJ.  “Workers Over Billionaires.”Brett Wilkins.  “Americans Take to the Streets for 1,000+ ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day Rallies.” Brad Reed.  “‘Brazenly Anti-Worker’: Labor Day Reports Highlight Trump Attacks on Unions.”“”Labor Day, Chicago, […]


OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #245, #246. AUGUST 25, 2025; SEPT. 1, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-245-246.html Inside Climate News, “A Dangerous Dismantling,” July 27, 2025 ICN, August 30, 2025.“Ecosocialist Bookshelf,” Climate &  Capitalism. September 2025. Rachel Myslivy, UUA Create Climate Justice.Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright.   “Synergy Of The Sacrificed: Katrina And The Praxis Of Imperial Domination.” “A dangerous dismantling.”  ICN Sunday Morning <newsletters@insideclimatenews.org>     Jul 27, 2025. Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and Washington bureau chief Marianne Lavelle as they discuss the dismantling of EPA’s scientific research office. Last week the Trump administration quietly took a hugely consequential action affecting environmental protections in America: beginning to shutter the EPA Office of Research […]


UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT ANTHOLOGY #1 September 4, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-united-states-supreme-court.html What’s at Stake:    “Since Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2009, the Court has been at war with any effort to limit the political influence of the rich.”  CONTENTS “The Supreme Court’s Key Role in Polarizing American Politics”  by Garrett Epps. The SC Undermining the EPA’s Ability to Slow Climate Change by Jared Sexton.The new Supreme Court ruling will be devastating for the climate, wildlife and people by John Noel.  Supreme Court Rulings Drastically Weaken the EPA Strengthen State Control of Elections by Paul Waldman. New […]


OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #245, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett. Friends of Palestine People’s Assembly TomorrowMilitarism in Arkansas OMNI Anthologies 2008 to Present. WARkansas People’s Assembly friendsofpalestinenwa invites you to this important gathering Thursday Sept 4 – 6:00 pm Good Shepherd Lutheran Church We’re coming together again to build community power in Northwest Arkansas. Join us for the WARkansas People’s Assembly on Thursday, September 4th. This assembly is a next in mobilizing against Arkansas becoming a war dependent economy, following our successful disruption of the Mid-America Aerospace and Defense Summit. Where we made it clear, the people of Arkansas do not welcome corporations that profit from war and genocide. Now, […]