Dick’s Newsletters 2022

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/04/omni-us-russia-ukraine-war-anthology-18.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS OF US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine War Anthology #18, April 12, 2022 Control of Information in the US regarding the US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine WarWhat we mean by alternatives to official war news: that of the US War Party and its media.  We have chosen different sources. Survey of OMNI’s 18 R/U Anthologies, 2014-2022:Total number of entries: 306. Most of these entries were necessarily from sources other than the corporate mainstream because US mainstream newspapers support the nation in its wars. A few examples from #18:  […]

OMNI US, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, cold war ii ANTHOLOGY #16 April 2, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/04/omni-us-russia-ukraine-cold-war-ii.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ contents of russia, ukraine, new cold hot war #16TomDispatch.  New Cold and Hot Wars and Swelling Military.Four Articles via Historians for Peace 3-23-22 Stephen Krotkin, Putin in Russian History. Alfred McCoy, Putin and Xi Jinping in Eurasia. Juan Cole,  We Shouldn’t Want a NATO No Fly Zone. Andrew Bacevich,  US v. International Order. US Mainstream Reporting Disinformation in Dongass Christelle Néant, “Mariupol—Civilians Denounce the Crimes    of the Fighters of the Neo-Nazi Azov Regiment.”  Max Blumenthal, […]

OMNI RUSSIA, UKRAINE ANTHOLOGY #15 March 27, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/03/omni-russia-ukraine-anthology-15-march.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTS NATO AND wHY DOES uKRAINE mATTER? Jordan Smith, “They Saw It Coming.”  The New Republic (April 2022).      Quick Summary of NATO Formation and Expansion (Dick) Diana Johnstone. “For Washington, War Never Ends.”    Consortium News (March 16, 2022). Mary Elise Sarotte.  Not One Inch.  Apparently the definitive book on US, NATO,       Ukraine, and Russia. WWIII Caitlin Johnstone.  Report on Steven Starr.  Call to World to Pay Attention to Nuclear         WWIII. Bryan Dyne Interviews Steven Starr on WWIII and Nuclear […]

OMNI RUSSIA/UKRAINE NEWSLETTER/ANTHOLOGY, #14, March 19, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/03/omni-russiaukraine-newsletteranthology.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ WHAT MOTIVATED RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE?  In What Ways and to what Extent Was It Provoked by the US and the West?  What are the consequences of US bigotry against Russia and Putin? What is the right wing in Ukraine?  Nazis?  What did the US contribute to the rise of right wing in Ukraine? Should there be a no-fly zone?  Describe the expansion of NATO and Russia’s response.   Many other questions are raised and answered by the following critics. CONTENTS […]

OMNI RUSSIA/UKRAINE NEWSLETTER #13,March 12, 2022 Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ PitytheNationPitythenationwhosepeoplearesheepAndwhoseshepherdsmisleadthem…– Lawrence Ferlinghetti THE BIASES BY US LEADERS, MEDIA, AND PUBLIC AGAINST RUSSIA AND ITS LEADER PUTIN HAD BECOME SO EXTREME BY FEBRUARY 2022 THAT WE MIGHT FORGIVE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN FOR THINKING THEY KNEW THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.  Here are some questions and corrections:WHAT MOTIVATED RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE?  In What Ways and to what Extent Was It Provoked by the US and the West?  What are the consequences of US bigotry against Russia and Putin? […]

OMNI RUSSIA NEWSLETTER #12,March 5, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/03/russia-ukraine-newsletteranthology-12.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/    No one has asked why equal time is not given to official US history and positions, perhaps because the explanation is obvious.  The US possesses, as part of its military power (greater than the next six countries combined), probably the most powerful propaganda system in all history.  A single citizen who reports contrary opinions might be guilty of whistling in the dark but is not guilty of violating the protocols of news reporting under the First Amendment of the […]

OMNI RUSSIA NEWSLETTER #11,February 24, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/02/omni-russia-newsletter-11-february-24.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ US leaders have suffered so severely and so long in foreign policy from advanced political cataracts that I doubt if they will ever recover.  However, here is another anthology providing views alternative to those of our ruling Warriors.   I hope to send #12 soon (and #13!).   (I have called these “newsletters,” but they are more accurately described as anthologies, perhaps Resistance Anthologies.)  (Will you consider taking over the editorship of one of them?) CONTENTS RUSSIA (AND UKRAINE)NEWSLETTER #11, 2-21-22 Perspectives […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/02/omni-economic-inequality-newsletter-2.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ CONTENTSECONOMIC INEQUALITY NEWSLETTER #2 February 7, 2022 Eric Schutz.   Inequality, Class, and Economics. Sanjay Roy.  “World Inequality Report 2022.” Meagan Day.  “The Rich Are Committing Crimes Against Nature.” Vijay Prashad.  “A Programme for a future society that we will build in     the present.” (2022) Nicole Aschoff.  “Smooth Criminals.”  Jacobin (Fall 2021).  Martin Hart-Landsberg.   “The dollar costs of inequality: they are greater     than you think.” Tomgram: Liz Theoharis.  “The Politics of the Poor in an America on     Edge.”  UN Wire.  75% of innoculations so far went to only […]