Yearly Archives: 2025

Housing Task Force Meets

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Weds January 23 – 5:30 pm – City Hall Room 326 First meeting after the new mayor comes onboard. What new thinking might be in store that’s different than before? If you’ve never attended these meetings, start the new year strong by observing citizen participation in action. The Task Force members are starting to get their feet solidly on the ground after several months of research. Now is the time they most need public input, especially about low-income housing and homelessness. What would you ask them to prioritize? A good Housing and Homelessness Coordinator to bring some expertise to this […]

Arkansas Renters United Meets

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Saturday Jan 18 – 1:00 pm – Omni Center, 3274 N. Lee Ave. Renters in Northwest Arkansas are meeting tomorrow – Saturday January 18 – to talk about their concerns – which are many. Any Omni folks who are renting will find the discussions very relevant to their experience. Discussions are ALWAYS lively learning experiences. If you don’t rent but support rights and well-being for renters of course you’ll find it interesting too.

January 12 update on the Tiffany property

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Gladys Tiffany, Director Omni Center for Peace Justice & Ecology It’s been an intense week of trying to work out schedules and details for all the people of the white house. 30 days was really not a charitable amount of time to ask low income people to make abrupt changes like this.  The while house is empty and the people have moved, thanks to you help. Of the eight, one found a normal apartment without help from you and me. It’s a studio that he’s paying not much more than he was paying before. He had the advantage of being a veteran. He didn’t […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #212, JANUARY 15, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-212-january.html Claude Julien. America’s Empire.  Pantheon/Random House, 1971.  Vintage, 1973.   Not in Mullins Library. Wikipedia’s description 1971.Reacting against a common preconception, he publishes the stand out book L’Empire Américain (America’s Empire) in 1968, which received the French literary award of the Prix Aujourd’hui.[7] The book argues that, despite the USA not possessing colonies, they do, regardless, constitute an “Empire without borders”.[8] “It is nowadays the most powerful that history has ever known, by its manufacturing capacity (with 6% of the world’s population, the USA account for 43% of the non-communist world’s production), by its military power, by its catching dynamism and […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #213, JANUARY 13, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-climate-memo-mondays-213-january.html RESISTING CLIMATE DOUBLESPEAK The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It by Genevieve Guenther. See all formats and editionsPublisher’s description:  A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers readers powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change. “If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have time to read one book, this should be it.” – Kieran Setiya, author of Life is Hard. “A revelatory study…It’s a breath of fresh air.” Publishers’ Weekly Starred Review In an illuminating […]

Bringing in the Light

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Thursday January 16 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center A concert for the old year gone — and new year crazy. But we’re seeking out the Light no matter what! This is one of those concerts from Walter Schmidt and Kelly & Donna Mulhollan that you’d be sorry you missed. No reserved seating… make donations at the door and enjoy music from these awesome performers.

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #211, JANUARY 8, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-211-january-8.html Leading the TV news this Wednesday morning: fires in Los Angeles, Trump wants Panama and Greenland for US national security and the free world v. Russia and China. William Astore.  The US Empire of Air, Naval, and Land Bases. Patrick Lawrence.  The US is Spoiling for a Fight. Chomsky and Robinson.  How US Foreign Policy Endangers the World. William Astore.   “The Trillion-Dollar Blob.”  ACURA.  Dec 06, 2024.   “America has a bellicose, bullying, immature leadership that thinks military might is the answer to everything, as reflected by U.S. Special Forces in 80+ countries and roughly 800 […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #212, JANUARY 6, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-climate-memo-mondays-212-january-6.html  A FEW of the ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NEW YEAR FOR THE PLANET Indigenous People: Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund  Scientists and their allies: Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) One Org.’s Action on Multiple Fronts:  GreenpeaceClimate Resilient Farming:  AFSCReporting on the Calamity:  Inside Climate NewsAnd Yale Climate Connections (All of the anti-nuclear weapons orgs. too.) Indigenous Voices to Preserve Our Planet “Our ancestors have passed down traditional ways that best protect Mother Earth for generations” by Judith LeBlanc, Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund <info@nativeorganizing.org>   Dec 22, 2024. Native peoples view lands, waters, and all living beings on […]