Dick’s Newsletter 2023

FROM 4TH OF JULY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO 4TH OF JULY INTERDEPENDENCE DAY, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INTERDEPENDENCE, ANTHOLOGY #5,  July 4, 2023. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/07/omni-interdependence-day-5-july-4-2023.html COMPILED BY Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology #4  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/07/omni-interdependence-day-july-4-2021.html CONTENTS INTERDEPENDENCE DAY JULY 4, 2023 #5 Frederick Douglass.  “What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?” Rabbi Arthur Waskow.  “New 4th of July.” Mark Charles. “The Dilemma Of The Fourth Of July.”Margaret Kimberley. “The Terrible Origins Of July 4th.”ACLU of Arkansas.  “How many are not free?” Google.  8 items on Interdependence Day TEXTS INTERDEPENDENCE DAY JULY 4, 2023 FREDERICK DOUGLASS, “WHAT, TO THE […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-us-cold-war-against-china.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY (#4, May 4, 2021) http://omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS: CHINA NEWSLETTER #5 Threatened War, NEW COLD WAR Political Conflict Economic Technological Psychological Media Peaceful Alternatives TEXTS NEW COLD WAR THREATENED ARMED FORCE On the Brink in 2026 – Michael Klare in TomDispatch Gerry Condon projectsafehaven@hotmail.com via uark.onmicrosoft.com  1:33 AM (9 hours ago) Michael Klare’s serious warning of a U.S. war on China, with a compelling introduction by Tom Engelgardt (as he is wont to do). TOMGRAM Michael Klare, An All-American Path to War?  POSTED ON JULY 13, 2021 The single scariest night of my […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-united-nations-world-refugees-day.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, and ECOLOGY    (OMNI Newsletter #1 June 20, 2008; #2 Dec. 4, 2011; #3 June 20, 2012; #4, June 20, 2014; #5, June 20, 2015; #6 June 20, 2017; #7, June 20, 2018; #8, June 20, 2019; #9, June 20, 2020; #10, June 20, 2021; #11, June 20, 2022). http://omnicenter.org/donate/ THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN OUR GREAT DEFENDER AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY VIA ITS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)JUNE 8, UN WORLD OCEANS DAY JUNE 17, UN DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT DAYJUNE 20 , UN WORLD REFUGEES DAY […]

OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI NATO ANTHOLOGY #2, JUNE 18, 2023 (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS NATO ANTHOLOGY #2What Is NATO Today? Abelow.  How the West Brought War to Ukraine. Andre Damon.  “NATO Announces Plan for Massive European Land Army.”  World Socialist Web Site. Moon of Alabama.  “No, NATO Will Not Get Ready for War.”  Popular Resistance. Mairead Maguire.  NATO Is the US- dominated Global War Machine. Victor Grossman.  “Brawling on the Brink.” Wolfgang Streeck.  “Means of Destruction” (of Russia and China). George Beebe.  “Ignoring the Ghosts of the ‘Great […]

USA-NATO-UKRAINE-RUSSIA https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-ukraine-war-anthology-30a-june-4.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY HTTPS://OMNICENTER.ORG/DONATE OMNI ANTHOLOGIES ON SOVIET UNION/RUSSIA  Each of these items will lead you to the other anthologies as of  May 2023. RUSSIA (Newsletter) ANTHOLOGY  #10, January 28, 2022https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/01/omni-russia-newsletter-10-january-28.htmlSOVIET/RUSSOPHOBIA ANTHOLOGY #2, March 3, 2023https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/omni-sovietrussophobia-anthology-2.htmlUKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #28, February 18, 2023https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/02/omni-us-nato-ukraine-russia-war.htmlUKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #29https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-us-nato-ukraine-russia-war.htmlUKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #30, June 4, 2023 Number of articles in first 18 Ukraine War Anthologies, 2014-2022:306.  From #19-28 = 189.  Total in 28 Anthologies: 495.  The quantity is an important point.  Clearly, contrary to the presentation of the war by the US and NATO, there […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/israeli-bds-day-boycott-divestment.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY. Also see:   International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Nov. 29.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/un-international-day-in-solidarity-with.html PART OF OMNI’S NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL DAYS PROJECT.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2020/04/omni-nationalinternational-days-project.html CONTENTS Israeli BDS Day and Palestinian Land Day, March 30, 2023 Abel Tomlinson 3-12-23 Google Search 3-29-23 UPJ Announces FOR Showing of Documentary Boycott on legislation    blocking boycotts 3-16-23.  Other ways to see the film. Americans for Peace Now 3-7-23.Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)  2-23-23. ARKANSAS:  ACLU v. Anti-BDS Bills 7-10-22. DIVESTMENT:  AFSC Weekend Reading 6-4-22.  TEXTS OMNI’S MONTHLY ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION Seeking Student Peace Activists & […]

US PERSECUTION OF PUBLISHER ASSANGE for TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT US WAR CRIMES https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-wikileaksassange-anthology-17-may.html   Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology (#9 July 21, 2011; #10, Jan. 30, 2012, #11, May 25, 2018; #12, April 14, 2019; #13, Feb. 20, 2020; #14, Oct. 6, 2020; #15, Jan. 11, 2021; #16, Aug. 15, 2021).HTTPS://omnicenter.org/donate/          See separate Manning, Investigative Journalism, Whistleblower, Constitution Anthologies, and more. Special connection to the University of Arkansas is its Investigative Reporting (IRE) Student Travel Endowment in the Journalism Dept., and UAF’s motto Veritate Duce Progredi:  “To advance with truth as […]