Dick’s Newsletter 2024

.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 […]

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: […]