Monthly Archives: October 2025


DICK’S SOURCES FOR HIS ANTHOLOGIES AND WEEKLIES 10-22-25

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/dicks-sources-for-his-anthologies-and.html  (not complete) INDIVIDUALS Joanie Connors (forwards)*Chris HedgesJayapal, Pramila*Caitlin Johnstone  (orig., sub.)Vijay PrashadProf. Mazin Qumsiyeh*Robert Reich (orig., sub.)*Scott Ritter (orig., sub.), *Real Scott Ritter*Bernie Sanders (orig., sub.)*Pat Snyder (forwards ADG)*Sonny San Juan (forwards)Williamson, Marianne ORGANIZATIONS (free, donation, subscription to its publication) *AAUP (Am Assoc. of Univ. Professors)*ACLUACLU of ArkansasAdalah Justice Project*AFSC (see: FCNL) American Humanist (mag. Defunct but org. active)Americans for Financial ReformAmericans United for Church and StateAmnesty InternationalAPWU (American Postal Workers Union auxiliary)Arkansas Climate League*Arbor Day Foundation Back from the BrinkBethlehem Univ. Fund (Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh)Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (and Einstein Circle) *Catholic Worker*Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)Climate Mobilization*Code […]


OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #252, OCTOBER 22, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-252-october.html Dick.  Nukewatch Quarterly. Scott Ritter. Expiration of “New Start” Treaty and Beginning of New Arms Race.North Korea Expanding. The Fall 2025 number of Nukewatch Quarterly includes five important articles on US nuclear war preparation, four of them important essays by staff member John LaForge, who writes Nobel Peace Prize quality research on nuclear weapons . 1. A highlighted Editorial: “U.S. Pariah State Joins Israel in Outlaw Bombing of Iran.”  The bombing by planes and a submarine were ”acts of war and criminal conspiracies of the highest order.” 2.  A second article makes the case that “U.S. Atomic […]


OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #253, October 20, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett       https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-253-october.html Climate & Capitalism: Two Books on Plastics 350.org on COP 30 “Communicating Climate Change.”   Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Read and Resist! CLIMATE & CAPITALISM  “Ecosocialist Bookshelf,” October 2025.Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future.   Publisher’s description:Plastics, forever chemicals poisoning of the biosphere.POISONING THE WELL:  How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America.  Island Press.PFAS, the ‘forever chemicals’ found in everyday products, from cooking pans to mascara, can now be found in the bodies of just about everyone. The petrochemical knows the danger this poses for […]


OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #251, OCTOBER 15, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-251-october.html NO KINGS Demonstration, FAYETTEVILLE, this SATURDAY 18TH, NOON, COURT HOUSE. From Indivisible:  Sat. Oct. 18, 9:30-11:30 am, Rogers.   We’ll meet on the public sidewalks at the intersection of South Promenade Boulevard & Crown Lane, Rogers, AR 72758. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORJoin millions at ‘No Kings’ protest At gatherings big and small; in cities and towns; on street corners, campuses, bridges and town squares; in parks, train stations, city halls and more—AFT members will join with allies nationwide on Oct. 18 for a “No Kings” day of action even bigger than […]


OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #252, October 13, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-252-october.html Inside Climate News Weekly. Protecting Waterways and Wetlands. Climate and Capitalism.Ecological Marxism in the Anthropocene.  INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS WEEKLY (October 11, 2025).   https://insideclimatenews.org/?utm_source=InsideClimate%20News&utm_campaign=9f32789f83- Visit our website for the latest.  Sign up for more newsletters, including our twice-weekly “Today’s Climate” and “Thursday’s Inside Clean Energy.”Follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Bluesky. Have a tip or story idea? Contact us. PROTECTING WATERWAYS AND WETLANDSWaterkeeper Alliance and Currents (August 2025). Waterkeeper Alliance and partners submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to reissue its Nationwide Permit program. These proposed changes would allow the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of waterways and wetlands across the United […]


Still Saving Fayetteville trees

Leslie OelsnerHello friends, I hope you don’t mind sharing this. Please sign and share, if you’re willing. The website explains why this plan for a new school in this location is such a bad idea, including that it involves destroying approximately 4,000 trees in the middle of Fayetteville. And people DO NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF FAYETTEVILLE, OR EVEN ARKANSAS, TO SIGN, at this stage of the process. Thank you! Save Our Trees!


Gateway Feeds Folks Helps Out

Saturday Oct 25 Community Meal Feeds Folks will be helping to serve the Pilgrimage Community Meal and would like your help, Omni friends. We’ll be providing side dishes to go along with chili and cornbread served by a couple of other groups who feed homeless folks. Do you have a favorite picnic dish that would go along with chili? Drop Gladys a text at 479-283-2167 if you can bring something. It’s going to be just a lovely event.