Yearly Archives: 2025


Tea & Conversation — Buddhist Conceptions of Love

Dr. Joanie Connors Tea & Conversation — Buddhist Conceptions of Love Weds Oct 15 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Buddhist Concepts for Love by Joanie Connors, Ph.D. This presentation will cover the 4 Buddhist concepts for love – lovingkindness (metta), compassion (karuna), appreciative joy (mudita), and equanimity (upeksha), We will also discuss nonviolence and how love of others (and self) provide a path for spiritual liberation. We will end with a discussion of how nonviolence compares to these teachings. Joanie Connors PhD is a local psychologist, therapist and writer who explores trauma, love and relationships from an eco-systems point […]


2 Years of Genocide Vigil

2 Years of Genocide Vigil on Oct 11 + Ride for Gaza Oct 12 at 3PM friendsofpalestinenwa Community Vigil Join us for a community vigil marking two years of genocide. The memory of beautiful Palestinian lives that were cut short by Israel with little regard from international powers will not be forgotten. For the first time, some celebration may be in order too.  Date: Saturday, October 11th  Time: 8 AM – 5 PM  Location: Fayetteville Square (facing the Town Center) Throughout the day, community members will read the names and ages of nearly 20,000 Palestinian children killed since the start of the genocide. Come […]


No Kings Coming!

Saturday Oct 18 – Two local options details below Indivisible protest in Rogers Separate protest in Fayetteville (sorry I don’t know the organizers but they must be great people) National Indivisible and partners are reporting that the number of No Kings protests has increased dramatically on a national scale. It must be true too. There are two local protests, one in Rogers and the other in Fayetteville. Hope that both have really good turnout. It’s encouraging that there’ll be exposure in Rogers. Those of us who’d like to spread the love further than the Fayetteville bubble might want to go […]


OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #250, OCTOBER 8, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-250-october-8.html NUCLEAR WAR DANGER Scott Ritter.   Highway to Hell: The Armageddon Chronicles, 2015-2024.NCTE’s George Orwell Award. Back from the Brink.  “Action Alert: Urge Your Local and State Officials to Show Leadership.”   Nuclear War Danger, Need for Arms Control, Nuclear Weapons Abolition Scott Ritter.   Highway to Hell: The Armageddon Chronicles, 2015-2024.  Clarity P, 2025. The world stands on the precipice of a nuclear Armageddon, the byproduct of a confluence of the demise of the foundational principles of arms control that had served as a check on the world’s two largest nuclear-armed nations, the United States and Russia, […]


TRUMP II: POST-ELECTION ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS RESPOND, ANTHOLOGY #1

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/trump-ii-post-election-organizations.htmlCompiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/trump-ii-post-election-organizations.html What’s at Stake: “Donald Trump may liken himself to Jesus in his media appearances and election rallies, but his words and actions actually resemble those of Nero and other Roman emperors.”  Theoharis and Barnes, “How to Survive Donald Trump’s America.”  CONTENTS UUSJ NO KINGS.Bill Griffin.  “Millions March for No Kings.”   Catholic Worker.Ralph Nader.  “Stay Silent and Stay Powerless….”Public Citizen Leads the Way to Expose, Mobilize, and Litigate.ACLU Still Defending the Constitution.MORE  Fighting BackInstitutionsIndividuals TEXTS NO KINGS PROTEST […]


OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #251, October 6, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-251-october-6.html Trump Denial and Censorship.Class Origins of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.Two Books from the “Ecosocialist Bookshelf.” TRUMP DENIAL, CENSORSHIPMitch w/ Tipping Point   10-2-25 “ Tell Trump: Censoring Words Won’t Fix the Climate Emergency.” Dick,  The Trump Administration just added “climate” and “emissions” to a list of banned words at the Department of Energy. These words join “green” and “decarbonization” to Trump’s growing “list of words to avoid” at the agency, which is charged with leading our country’s energy policy.This is a blatant act of censorship designed to silence science and shield polluters from accountability. But no matter […]


OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #249, OCTOBER 1, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-249-october-1.html “Keep Our Heads” UP! VFP E-News Blast, Sept. 11.Washington Report on Middle East AffairsWill Threat of WWIII Inspire Another Global Cry for Peace? “KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN” definition.  “To avoid trouble, to try to avoid trouble or involvement in a difficult or dangerous situation by behaving in a quiet way, so that people will not notice you.  To remain inconspicuous in difficult or dangerous times.” In several groups recently I observed individuals keeping their head down when Trump was discussed.   Just the opposite of what Congressman John Lewis promoted, that people should create “good trouble,” “necessary trouble,” […]


OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #250, September 29, 2025

TWO SOURCES OF INFORMATION, CONCERN, and REMEDY FOR THE CLIMATE CALAMITY PBS Documentaries.Books Reviewed in “Ecosocialist Bookshelf.” Climate on PBS One Week in September 2025 (available on Passport)Sacred Planet, Gulnaz Khan documentaries:“Stopping the Desert” and “Saving the World’s Forests.”  Khan travels the world locating examples of people resisting the climate emergency.Frontline, “Hurricane Heleine’s Deadly Warning.”  The film reports several hurricanes, their increasingly disastrous causes and consequences, but also responses:  e.g., need for significant improvement of flood plain mapping and enforcement.Age of Nature, “Understanding.”   Roaming the nation to identify endangered species and their protection; e.g., salmon. “Ecosocialist Bookshelf,” Climate and Capitalism, September […]