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MAY DAY LABOR DAY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, MAY 1, 2024

 in Dick's Newsletter 2024

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-may-day-labor-day-international.html “International Labour Day 2024: Date, history, significance and all that you need to know.”  ByTapatrisha Das, Delhi.  Hindustan Times.  Apr 30, 2024 . International Labour Day 2024: From date to significance, here’s all that you need to know about the special day. International Labour Day 2024: The workers and the working class are the driving force of a country. They are the ones who do most of the work to initiate development. The nation and the state are built by its infrastructure, development and the economy. The workers get down […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #176, APRIL 29, 2024

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-climate-memo-mondays-176-april-29.html Greta Thunberg for Science Zack Frye on Settler-Colonialism v. Nature     By repeating its superb documentary on Greta Thunberg, PBS has again invigorated global resistance to climate change, and again exposed the hucksters of quack remedies.        Greta is an adult lay scientist, critical thinker, and ethical leader roaming the planet to gather the facts, investigate claims and evidence, and to demand our leaders to take action to save life on earth, as the film shows over and over.  Above all, she tracks the emergency.    Will trees as carbon sinks save us?  Well, yes, but not […]

ZIONISM ANTHOLOGY #1

 in Dick's Newsletter 2024

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a World of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-zionism-anthology-1.html These readings offer a randomly selected, brief sampling of criticism of Zionism mainly from the point of view of individual Jews and Jewish peace organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace. I have not tried to represent the history of Christian Zionism, which is also complex and abundant.  –Dick Esther Farmer and Rosalind Petchesky, and Sarah Sills, eds.  A Land with a People:  Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism.  Monthly Review P (2023).  https://monthlyreview.org/product/a-land-with-a-people/ Anti-Semitism  Anti-Zionism  Decolonization  Palestine  Reviews  Settler colonialism  Zionism  A Land With A People Edited by Esther Farmer, Rosalind Petchesky and Sarah Sills.  226 pages, $19. […]

UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION Glimpses 2021 to 2024 April 23, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a World of Peace, Justice, and Ecology A Once-in-a-Generation Moment   2024    United Nations Foundation <mailings@unfoundation.org>     This month marked a series of grim milestones for cascading crises — some persistent and others more recent. One year of brutal war in Sudan. Six months of horrific conflict in Gaza. The second straight month of escalating gang violence in Haiti. And 10 years since 276 girls were abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria – many of whom remain in captivity today.  Amid such devastating conflicts, the world is in desperate need of urgent solutions today — and a better plan for collectively managing […]

EARTH DAY APRIL 22, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-earth-day-april-22-2024.html ContentsTAKE ACTION FOR THE EARTH: Featured Organizations Jane Fonda for Greenpeace Rabbi Waskow for The Shalom Report Union of Concerned Scientists Google Search Additional Articles’ Way to a Better Fighting for our planet’s survival   4-20-24Jane Fonda, Greenpeace USA via uark.onmicrosoft.com  Hi, James. Jane here. I’m not only a climate activist — I’m also a cancer survivor, twice over now. I realize I’m lucky to have had amazing doctors and nurses, and grateful to live in a time in which so much progress has been made in researching this awful […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #175, APRIL 22, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett. EARTH DAY ADAPTING INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CLIMATE EducationUnionsLawDebt This Earth Day 2024, Become an Environmental Steward and Advocate of EQUAL JUSTICE in EDUCATION  NEA EdAction edaction@mail.nea.org via uark.onmicrosoft.com           Thu, Apr 18 Hi there, As Earth Day approaches, we recognize that climate justice is at the heart of education justice.  Not only do severe weather events interrupt instruction time and destroy school buildings, but extreme temperatures can make classrooms too hot or too cold for students to learn. These effects are felt most strongly in under-resourced communities, where schools don’t have the infrastructure to withstand these increasing pressures. We know that you care […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #173, APRIL 17, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-173-april-17.html PEACEMAKINGUnited Nations and Better World CampaignCasa Cry, Catholic Worker Newsletter UNITED NATIONS Exciting news! Each year, the Better World Campaign.org publishes a comprehensive guide highlighting America’s crucial role on the global stage through its engagement with the United Nations. This guide equips supporters, policymakers, and inquiring minds with insights to understand the value of U.S. involvement in the UN. It spotlights the value of UN funds and programs in advancing U.S. interests, explains constructive engagement on UN reforms, advocates for full U.S. engagement with key UN bodies, and more. Briefing Book [I checked out BWC, […]

EQUITABLE TAXES ANTHOLOGY #1 April 15, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-equitable-taxes-anthology-1.html Move to Amend  4-15-24         We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.       – Leona Helmsley, billionaire real estate tax dodger Source: Ralph Nader images Happy Tax Day! Only kidding. The very rich and corporations try harder and are more effective in general in avoiding paying taxes than the rest of us. Here are a few numbers reflecting current tax priorities, legislative responses to promote tax fairness and economic and political equality, and how we, “the little people,” can become more active in promoting […]