Dick’s Newsletter 2024

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-venezuela-anthology-6-september-15.html (#3, 9-9-20; #4) http://omnicenter.org/donate/ #1, http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/05/venezuela-newsletter-1-from-omni-center.html#2, 7-16-20  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2020/07/omni-venezuela-newsletter-2.html#3, 9-9-20  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2020/09/omni-venezuela-newsletter-3-compiled-by.html       #3 reaches back to 2018.#4, 2-14-21    p. 70#5, 8-27-24  https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2151229136087998997/3753817779419620546#6 #7 CONTENTS VENEZUELA #5US WAR AGAINST VENEZUELADe La Cruz, et al.  Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War.Ensberger and Podur.  Extraordinary Threat: The U.S. Empire, the Media, and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela.“Biden Extends U.S. Campaign to Crush Venezuela.”(5 articles).Alan MacLeod.  “…US Plans for War and Terror against Venezuela.”Dan Beeton.  “The Venezuelan Coup, 20 Years Later.”Ryan Swan.  “Venezuela Seeks Investigation [of war crimes] by ICC.”“Alex Saab Is Being Tortured….”Ricardo Vaz.  US Meddling in […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecologyhttps://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-ukraine-war-33-september-12-2024.html CONTENTSPeace TalksAbel Tomlinson.   Two Messages on Peace Conference.Global South v. WestBen Norton.  Ukraine War Unpopular in USSachs.  “Putin Offers Diplomacy.”ACURA.  Poll: “Putin Wants Ukraine Ceasefire.”“A Green Deal for Post-war Ukraine.” Prashad.  China’s 12-Point Peace Plan.Kevin.  China’s Peace Plan.Quaker Peace Statement.Fulbright’s Exchange and Bumper’s Peace Links. Causes of and Continuation of the WarBenjamin Abelow.  How the West Brought War to Ukraine.Kit Klarenberg.   “Civil War in Donbass 10 Years On.” RussophobiaACURA.  William Drew.  “The Hoover Institution Declares War on Russia.”Rubenstein.  US Weapons to Azov Battalion.Associated Press.  “New #225 Million…to Ukraine.”Dave DeCamp.  […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/08/omni-venezuela-anthology-5-august-27.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY CONTENTS VENEZUELA #5 US WAR AGAINST VENEZUELADe La Cruz, et al.  Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War.Ensberger and Podur.  Extraordinary Threat: The U.S. Empire, the Media, and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela.“Biden Extends U.S. Campaign to Crush Venezuela.”(5 articles).Alan MacLeod.  “…US Plans for War and Terror against Venezuela.”Dan Beeton.  “The Venezuelan Coup, 20 Years Later.”Ryan Swan.  “Venezuela Seeks Investigation [of war crimes] by ICC.”“Alex Saab Is Being Tortured….”Ricardo Vaz.  US Meddling in Elections.Jonathan Ng.  “The US Is…Strangling Venezuela.”UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan Reports on US v. […]

.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/08/omni-israel-palestine-anthology-17-from.html Compiled by Dick Bennett FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, and ECOLOGY   (#1 Feb. 22, 2011; #2 Feb. 16, 2012; #3 March 1, 2012; #4 May 18, 2012; #5 August 13, 2012; #6 October 29, 2012; #7 Dec. 17, 2012; #8 March 29, 2013; #9 Oct. 21, 2013; #10 April 28, 2014; #11, July 1, 2015; #12, June 21, 2016; #13, August 13, 2016; #14, May 15, 2021; #15, May 17, 2021; #16, May 25, 2021) http://omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS Rabbi Arthur Waskow.  “…One More Murder.”  An important “Hamas” distinction; three tasks.Julia Frankel.  The Unprecedented Death Toll. George Yancy.  Reporting […]

AUGUST 6 AND 9 (AUGUST 4 EVENT, Part II)August 2, 2024 Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology What’s at Stake?  Threat of nuclear war.David Krieger:  The starting point for ending the omnicidal threat of nuclear weapons is the recognition that the threat is real and pervasive and requires action. Each of us is threatened. All we love and hold dear is threatened. The future is threatened. We are called upon to end our complacency and respond to this threat by demanding that our leaders develop a clear pathway to the total elimination of nuclear […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-gaza-anthologies-17-july-30-2024.html (#1: 3-3-08; #2 Nov. 16, 2012; #3 Nov. 17, 2013; #4 May 31, 2014; #5 July 28, 2014; #6 August 30, 2014; #7 April 8, 2015; #8 May 13, 2021; #9, October 15, 2023; #10, October 23, 2023; #11, Nov. 4 and Nov. 7, 2023; #12 , Nov. 16, 2023; #13, Dec. 16, 2023; #14, Jan. 12, 2024; #15, Feb. 2024; #16, March 25, 2024). http://omnicenter.org/donate/ List of Sources Al Jazeera.ANSWER Common Dreams.Consortium News.Counterspin.Covert Action.The Cradle.Extra! FAIR.The FutureThe InterceptIsrael/Palestine News (If Americans Knew)Rebekah Jones. Just Foreign PolicyCoralie Koonce.Mondoweiss.Nuclear Resister.Palestine […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-186-july-17.html CONTENTS2024 PROGRAM Program for Hiroshima Nagasaki 2024 Theme:   What did we learn? Sunday August 4, 2024, Omni Center for Peace 6:00 pm meal prepared by MayDay Kitchen chefs 6:30 pm Program  Kelly emcee          Opening Song – Kelly and Donna Welcome, Founder Dr. Dick Bennett Speaker – Art Hobson – Topic:  Update on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Poem – Keynote – Marcina Langrine, Marshallese Education Initiative Music – Kelly and Donna Reading the names – Karen Takemoto Close with silence in honor of the dead 8:00 – Closing gratitudes […]