Yearly Archives: 2026

Vegan Potluck Dinner

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Sunday August 23, 5:30pm Omni Center For Peace, Justice & Ecology  3274 N Lee Ave  Fayetteville, AR 72703 Come join us for a fun, friendly and delicious dinner! Bring a vegan dish to share, enough for 8 servings. Simple and easy, or gourmet. All are welcome! Short on time/energy? Salads, fruit and veggie trays, deli foods, etc. are fine. Desserts and beverages (alcohol free) are welcome additions. The recipe, or list of ingredients can be helpful for those with food allergies and any who may want to recreate your dish. If your dish is gluten free, please label it so and […]

Vegan Potluck Dinner

HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI BOMBINGS, CONTINUED WARS, AND PREPARATION FOR NUCLEAR WAR v. NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION MOVEMENT, August 1, 2026 #2

 in Dick's Newsletter 2026 / Hiroshima Nagasaki

http://omnicenter.org/donate/ 2026 #1:  March 3, 2026.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-hiroshima-nagasaki-anthology-2026.html OMNI’s War and Warming Anthologies:   What’s at Stake:  The elimination of nuclear weapons.  None of these anthologies promote war, destruction, plunder, killing, mass murder, genocide.  To the contrary, all embrace peace, justice, ecology, and democracy.  Make distinctions and join with us. PREPARING FOR HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATING THE TREATY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS:  AUGUST 9 AT OMNI, Lee Ave., 7PM. CONTENTS“Remembering Trinity.”   ICAN Nobel Peace Prize Winner.TPNW the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons.Conference of the Parties. Back from the Brink.  “Honoring the Hibakusha.”New 7-episode podcast on Bomb Abolition.Contact BftB. Journal […]

A progressive you can trust is ready to step up for Ward 1

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Support for local progressives A progressive you can trust is ready to step up for Ward 1 Coleman Warren is running for our Ward 1 City Council seat. He doesn’t have an opponent, so he’s the one, but he REALLY wants to get to know you. And your friends. Do you have a nice front porch, or a patio where you’d like to invite some neighbors over for ice tea and have conversations with him? Contact him at coleman@colemanforfay.com, or 479-387-6418 to offer your porch. His website is colemanforfay.com

Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration

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Sunday August 9 — 7:00 pm – Omni Center There’s deep meaning to this annual event that changes over time. In 1945 when the US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we were rolling out the first-ever method for the human race to totally destroy itself and its planet home. As if that weren’t bad enough, under the guidance of the patriarchal systems that have dominated the world for the last 10,000 years, we’ve gone on to develop an entire range of systems working toward that same end. We have a choice of self-destructions … if we keep choosing leaders drooling to use […]

SOVIET/RUSSOPHOBIA ANTHOLOGY #9, July 28, 2026

 in Dick's Newsletter 2026

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/07/omni-sovietrussophobia-anthology-9-july.html What’s at Stake: In his Preface to J. W. Fulbright’s book, The Arrogance of Power, Francis Wilcox describes Fulbright’s concept of “two Americas”: “One is the America of Abraham Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson, the other is the America of Theodore Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots…a dominant strand of democratic humanism and a lesser but durable strand of intolerant puritanism.”  Our ask is to make sure the dominant strand prevails, but the current trend is toward “a more strident and aggressive American policy.”  This warning was written in 1966. CONTENTSPart I: SovRussophobiaPart II: Peacemaking Part I: […]

Do you live in the Westfork, Winslow, Greenland area?

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Support for local progressives Omni guy Jimm Garlock would like to put up a sign in your yard. He’d like to be your Justice of the Peace in District 14 because he’s seeing just how much wise county government is needed. And if you live in the county you know wisdom has been lacking. Check out his website to see what kind of good stuff he supports. Contact Jimm at jimm@jimmforjp.com, or 479-879-0031 to offer your yard. His website is jimmforjp.com