WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Talkin’ Desert Storm”  by Kelly Mulhollan.AFSC, Weekend Reading.Brett Wilkins.  “US Increases Dominance as World’s Top Arms Exporter.”Jake Johnson.  “60+ Faith Groups Urge Congress to ‘Dramatically’ Slash Pentagon Budget.” I hope my readers will someday hear Kelly sing his impelling song about our warrior president Bush II and one of his wars, written “the very day we started the first Gulf War.”  Here are the lyrics.   –D Talkin’ Desert Storm  by Kelly Mulhollan Who would have guessed how the whole world’s fate woulda’ changed when Saddam Invaded Kuwait? They’ll forever be arguing the circumstances but it seems the Amir’d been takin’ […]

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/war-watch-wednesdays-115.html Fayetteville Represented at Anti-War Rally in DC Feb. 19. Upcoming Anti-war Rally in DC on March 18 Antiwar Protest in Fayetteville Anti-War Rally in DC Feb. 19.  From CovertAction Magazine.  https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/02/20/left-and-right-join-together-to-rage-against-ukraine-war-on-its-one-year-anniversary/ Many people traveled long distances to attend the rally.  As an example, Abel Tomlinson, 42, and Edward J. Hejtmanek, 73, drove eighteen hours from Fayetteville, Arkansas, telling CovertAction Magazine that they were concerned that the proxy war with Russia could soon become a nuclear war and that they wanted to support the demonstrators. Abel Tomlinson and Edward J. Hejmanek. [Source: Photo Courtesy of Jeremy Kuzmarov] >From Abel Tomlinson: Here are 3 […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/02/omni-war-watch-wednesday-113-february.html End the War Ron Jacobs.  “We Need an International Antiwar Movement.” Kathy Kelly and Nick Mottern.  War Crimes.  Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.   Ben Norton. Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism.  “World at dangerous crossroads, only two paths forward: anti-imperialist socialism or fascist barbarism.”   Multipolarista.  END THE WAR RON JACOBS.  “We Need an International Antiwar Movement, Not a Cheerleading Squad for the Arms Industry.”  Counterpunch.  May 3, 2022.   FacebookTwitterRedditEmail  Painting: Paths Of Glory by Christopher R. W. Nevinson (1917) A ceasefire between the warring parties, a Russian withdrawal, a halt to arms shipments, a negotiated peace and an end to […]

 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omni-war-watch-wednesday-111-february-1.html  INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON US IMPERIALISMCampaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common SecurityPeace & Planet News VETERANS FOR PEACE: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat, LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON US IMPERIALISM By The People’s Forum,   YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/c6Ahi8Jo5nw   January 29, 2023.    Resistance Report: ·       https://popularresistance.org/launch-of-the-international-peoples-tribunal-on-us-imperialism/ After two years of dedication, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first-ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted in global cross-movement solidarity—both within and outside of the […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omni-war-watch-wednesday-109-january-18.html #106 rejected US bellicose militarism. #107 advocated empathy and stewardship. #108 warned of nuclear holocaust. All of these messages are finally appeals to block war, named in the UN Charter as the worst crime against humanity.   But some people must experience the terrible cruelty and destruction of war, either directly or by reading about or viewing them, before they will act.  That is why combat veterans are among the most persuasive opponents of war.   Dalton Trumbo attempted to provide that experience in his novel, Johnny Got His Gun KNOWLEDGE OF WAR’S CONSEQUENCES, ENDING WAR Johnny Got His Gun by […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-108-january.htmlNuclear WarDoomsday Clock from Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsArt Hobson. Praise for Abelow’s How the West Brought War to Ukraine.Subtitle:  Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe.  Benjamin Abelow.  Publishing success of his book.  DOOMSDAY CLOCK Watch the 2023 Doomsday Clock announcement.  BAS (1-9-23).  Tune in January 24 at 10AM EST to hear what leading scientists have set the Doomsday Clock to for 2023. Read more. Ukraine War Threatens Nuclear WarBenjamin Abelow.   How the West Brought War to Ukraine.Please read this short book about the Ukraine War, praised by Art Hobson,12-22-22 [WWW […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-107-january-4.html Sandra Richter. Stewards of Eden.Empathy.  Lubna and the Pebble, The Expanding Circle, The Price of Empire Sandra Richter, Stewards of Eden.SCOT MCKNIGHT.    “War and the Environment.”  JULY 7, 2020.“The Bible speaks directly about war and the environment. If you besiege a town for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them. Although you may take food from them, you must not cut them down. Are trees in the field human beings that they should come under siege from you? Think about the wisdom of this, […]

— https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/12/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-105-december.html NUCLEAR WAR Prevention and Justice Ron Ridenour. Preventing the Bomb.  CovertAction Magazine.Beatrice Fihn.  ICAN: ICC, Nuclear Weapons War Crimes.Union of Concerned Scientists.  Urge Congress cosponsor a resolution supporting nuclear justice in    the Marshall Islands.Robin Andersen.  FAIR.  Corporate Media and the Ultimate Insanity.Gerry Sloan.  Poets and “UnAmerican Activities.” NUCLEAR WEAPONS Glance Back to Building the Bomb Can An American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets to the Russians After World War II Be Considered a “Good Guy”? New Film Says Yes. CovertAction Magazine via gmail.mcsv.net   12-2-22 11:16 AM (2 hours ago)     Can An American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets […]