Dick’s Newsletter 2025

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #240, JULY 30 , 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/08/war-watch-wednesdays-240-july-30-2025.html Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance 2025World Beyond War.  Appeal to Nine Nuclear Governments.FCNL: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expanded OMNI HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025August 10, 7p.m., at OMNI, Lee St.MC Kelly MulhollanKeynote speaker Prof. Michael Anthony, UAF History Dept.Songs by Still on the Hill, Geoff Oelsner, and HarmoniaReading of names.Discussion following with Prof. Art Hobson Global Appeal to Nine Nuclear Governments World BEYOND War        To: The presidents, prime ministers, and legislatures of China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States From: Add your name here! We, the people of good will, of […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #241, JULY 28, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-241-july-28.html Union of Concerned Scientists.  Defend Science.News from Inside Climate News Weekly 7-26-25.Jennifer Clapp.  Titans of Industrial Agriculture.  “…Take Action to Defend Science.“  Union of Concerned Scientists.   Dr. Gretchen Goldman action@ucs.org  7-72-25. Dick,Danger Season—the period between May and October when the United States and its Caribbean territories experience their worst climate impacts—is here in full force. In recent weeks, communities in Texas, North Carolina, and New Mexico have been ravaged by climate-accelerated extreme weather events. The devastation is truly heartbreaking.  In the face of disasters like these, agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the […]

HIROSHIMA -NAGASAKI ANTHOLOGY 2025 July 31, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-hiroshima-nagasaki-anthology-2025.html What’s at Stake: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) https://disarmament.unoda.org › wmd › nuclear › tpnw  The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is a United Nations treaty that aims to prohibit all activities related to nuclear weapons, including development, testing, production, and possession. It was adopted on July 7, 2017, and entered into force on January 22, 2021, after receiving 50 ratifications. The TPNW is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively ban nuclear weapons, marking a significant step towards their elimination.  Key Provisions: Prohibition of […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #240, JULY 30 , 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett. Global Appeal to Nine Nuclear Governments World BEYOND War A logo with a world map AI-generated content may be incorrect. To: The presidents, prime ministers, and legislatures of China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States From: Add your name here! We, the people of good will, of all walks of life, living on all continents and professing different creeds and religions, direct your attention to the threat of an all-out nuclear war that can erupt very easily either due to deliberate actions of any nuclear-weapons state or because […]

“We Are Winning: Three Genres, Two Wars, Two Colonels, and a General” by Dick Bennett, College English Association, March 25, 2010

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/we-are-winning-three-genres-two-wars.html      We watch the ways the wars are reported, trying to understand empire.  From the many, I have chosen examples from three genres for comment.       First, an Associated Press report of the war in Afghanistan.      This cheerleading article describes a US battalion commander in Afghanistan in 2009 considered to be a success against the insurgency by General Petraeus himself, architect of counter-insurgency, who visits with congratulations. Second, in my local newspaper a series of 66 page-one “Salutes to American Valor” of combat medal-winners in the Iraq and Afghan wars. The 66 narratives of fearsome combat anecdotes signify, at […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #239, JULY 23, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/war-watch-wednesdays-239-july-23-2025.html OMNI HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025Why Did the US Nuclear Annihilate Hiroshima and Nagasaki?FCNL:  the RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT was expanded.  OMNI HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025August 10, 7p.m., at OMNI, Lee St.MC Kelly MulhollanKeynote speaker Prof. Michael Anthony, UAF History Dept.Songs by Still on the Hill, Geoff Oelsner, and HarmoniaReading of names.Discussion following with Prof. Art Hobson Why Did the US Nuclear Annihilate Hiroshima and Nagasaki? William Hartung and Ben Freeman.  The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home.   2025. Prior to the fall of Berlin, Allied intelligence […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #240, JULY 21, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-240-july-21.html Shrinking Biodiversity.Andreas Malm and Wim Carton.  Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. Peter Sinclair.  Why Storms Are Getting Stronger. SHRINKING BIODIVERSITYUN Global Biodiversity Assessment 1,140 pages.   Google replied to my query regarding diversity:  “The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that at least 157,100 species are threatened with extinction, including more than 44,000 that are endangered.”    Extinctions are increasing and more rapidly.    Two items from Climate and Capitalism 2024.Illusions of Climate TechnologyAndreas Malm and Wim Carton.   OVERSHOOT: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown.   https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/06/this-years-best-books-for-reds-and-greens/#comment-161780Even before 1.5 degrees, climate disasters are intensifying […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #238, JULY 16, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-238-july-16.html HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025 August 10, 6p.m., at OMNI, Lee St. The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home by William D Hartung and  Ben Freeman .  November 11, 2025. Publisher’s description: See all formats and editions.   Savings Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms A hard-hitting investigation into how the Pentagon’s runaway spending embroils America in foreign wars, squanders its wealth, and enriches a privileged elite. America spends nearly a trillion dollars a year on its military. This extraordinary spending not only detracts from our ability to address pressing social problems but […]