Dick’s Newsletter 2024

JULY 7 WAS THE 7th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNTPNW, THE UNITED NATIONS TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, for which ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize. David   World Beyond War.  Webinar and Book. There’s a webinar coming up on July 9, 2024 about nuclear deterrence.   [Sorry, I just now learned of the webinar.  –D]   I imagine it will be excellent. I’ve also just been reading a fantastic book on the topic called Threats: Intimidation and Its Discontents by David P. Barash. There’s an online book club with the author and free copy of the book coming up for that. Barash’s central thesis is that the […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-united-nations-world-population.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology FUTURE Olivia Nater.  “World Population Day 2024: Debunking Common Population Myths.” CRISIS – VIABILITY OF LIFE ON EARTH BY OLIVIA NATERGLOBAL COMMONSJUL 11TH 20244 MINS   EARTH.ORG IS POWERED BY OVER 150 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS July 11 is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day which seeks to raise awareness of population issues. There are many myths and misconceptions about population trends and their significance — let’s explore the facts. — Myth 1: Our population has already stopped growing Due to countless headlines about declining birth rates, many believe our global […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-interdependence-day-anthology-6.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology What’s at Stake:  The so-called Freedom from British Tyranny Day offers an annual opportunity to hone our critical thinking in a land of contradictions.  We fought a war for freedom, but it was a freedom for white male settlers to grab land westward until the original inhabitants were almost exterminated.   We threw off a King but now our Supreme Court reinstates tyrannical monarchy.  We celebrate FREEDOM but in our Declaration of Independence “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal. “   Half […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/06/omni-us-sovietrussophobia-anthology-3.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS US SOVIET/RUSSOPHOBIA ANTHOLOGY #3 Cold War IIJohn Bellamy Foster, et al.  Washington’s New Cold War: A Socialist Perspective.Engler.US, NATO, Canada: Bigotry v. RussiaNorton.  Unity Above TruthWestern CensorshipHall.  Radio New Zealand v. “Russian Propaganda”Johnstone.  DOJ v. “Weaponized Speech.”Other Effects of Western Cold WarBorenstein.  Russian Paranoia. Resistance to BigotryRed Books Day Peacemaking, PeacemakersDouglass.  JFK and the Unspeakable Kennedy and Kruschev  –Dick Chris Hedges and Jeffrey Sachs on Sachs’ To Move the World Scott Ritter.   Waging Peace and Daniel Ellsberg Researching Soviet/Russophobia in Mullins Library Contents of SovietRussophobia Anthology #2(Comment: […]

United Nations WORLD REFUGEES DAY NEWSLETTER #13, June 20, 2024. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/06/omni-united-nations-world-refugee-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; #12, June 20, 2023). http://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:  World -Scale Problems Need World-Scale Resistance   THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN OUR GREAT DEFENDER AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY VIA ITS […]

COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/06/omni-daniel-ellsberg-week-2024.html HTTPS://OMNICENTER.ORG/DONATE DANIEL ELLSBERG WEEK 2024 6-10/16-24CONTENTS Introduction and InterviewRoots Action.  Ellsberg’s The Doomsday Machine.Photo of Ellsberg“Remember Ellsberg; Ditch Nukes.” Al Mytty.  “Things to Learn.”VIDEO: “A Celebration of Daniel Ellsberg” by his Family.John Kiriakou.  “ Dan Ellsberg: An American History Giant.”Joe Lauria.  “Memories of Dan Ellsberg.”The Shalom Report.  “Daniel Ellsberg, Presente.”Michael Hirsh.  “Daniel Ellsberg Hates the Word ‘Legacy.’”   Matt Taibbi.  “Daniel Ellsberg Talks About Whistleblowing, the Pervasiveness Of Official Lies, and the Dangers of the Espionage Act.”Rep.Tulsi Gabbard on Ellsberg.Ellsberg’s Last Book, The Doomsday Machine.REVIEWS of The Doomsday […]

What’s at Stake:  What Shall We Tell The Children? Contents CLIMATE AND CHILDREN #2UN World Environment Day: UNESCO.  2024. Heather Short.  “A vision for transforming education in the face of climate and ecological breakdown.”  2024. MarjorieCohn.“Youth Plaintiffs in Court Against Montana.”  2023.  “From guns to climate, America keeps proving it doesn’t care about kids.”  2022.  Olivia Rosane.  “Young Victims Of Climate Disasters Sue EU States Over Energy Treaty.”   2022. “’aDULTEDUCATION’” has been confused….”  2019Richard Hunziker.  “Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in Atmosphere Are Accelerating.”  2019. Faramarz Farbod.  “Making Capitalism History.”  2019.  Arun Gupta.  “The Children’s Crusade.”  2019 Green Team at Shiloh Museum […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/06/omni-climate-refugees-anthology-3-june.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ Related Anthologies CLIMATE REFUGEES ANTHOLOGY #1     https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-climate-refugees-anthology-1.html CLIMATE REFUGEES ANTHOLOGY #2, May 28, 2024 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/05/climate-refugees-anthology-2.html   TEMPERATURE, HEAT, CLIMATE CATASTROPHE Anthology #3, August 29, 2020. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2020/08/omni-temperature-heat-climate.html UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   www.unccd.int JUNE 17, 2021.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/06/omni-celebrates-june-17-2021-unccd.html  UN World Water Day, March 22 UN World Oceans Day, June 8 CONTENTS CLIMATE REFUGEES #3 USA Tom Dispatch on Climate Migrants and Jane Little. Jane Braxton Little.  “Will We All Be Migrants Someday?” Jake Bittle.  The Great Displacement. UUFF.  “US Internal Displacement.” Thomas Fuller.  “Small towns desperate for […]