WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-123-april-26.htmlJohn Bellamy Foster.  The Pentagon, Abrupt Climate Change, and Ecological Emergency.Abolishing Nuclear WeaponsGround ZeroNukewatch QuarterlyInThese Times The Ecological Emergency, the Pentagon, and US National SecurityJohn Bellamy Foster. The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet.  MR, 2009.     Foster is one of the most brilliant of living scholars with over a dozen books while editing a major journal.  What he conveys in Chapter 5, “The Pentagon and Climate Change,” possesses critical importance still today.  Foster discusses global warming, then assesses abrupt climate change and its inherent social dangers, and finally he explains how the present economic system is a barrier to […]

US VIOLENCE ABROAD AND AT HOME https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-121-april-12.html  In US 647 MASS SHOOTINGS DURING 2022.  130 DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 2023.  Where does this violence come from? OPPOSING US WARS CONTINUED: PEACE MOVEMENT USA 2023.The Progressive Magazine has long opposed US militarism and wars, domestic and foreign violence.  In its latest no. (April-May 2023) it offers 17 articles, including most importantly the convergence of war and warming catastrophes.  For example: “U.S. Military Spending, by the Numbers.”  “As the planet hurtles headlong into climate chaos and millions of people’s basic needs go unmet, there is one sector of the U.S. economy that […]

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-120-april-5.html PEACE MOVEMENT [I am more comprehensively identifying the “Peace Movement” in two parts:  I.  Opposition to preparation for war and war (the worst of all crimes according to the UN Charter), , and II. Alternatives to war—diplomacy, etc.]. OPPOSITION TO WAR AND PREPARATION FOR WAR Chris Hedges. “The Lords of Chaos” [US war crimes].  The Chris Hedges Report, March 22, 2023. TEXTS US War Crimes, National Moral Reckoning, Ethical Amnesia, WWIII Chris Hedges. “The Lords of Chaos.”  The Chris Hedges Report, MAR 22, 2023. The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/war-watch-wednesdays-119-march-29-2023.html COST OF US WARSTom Dispatch.  Intro. to Astore’s  “America Hangs from a Cross of Iron.”20TH ANNIVERSARY OF US INVASION OF IRAQJUAN COLE.   “The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later:How Washington Lost Its Moral Compass in Iraq.”US INVASION OF IRAQ AND US MAINSTREAM MEDIA Norman Solomon.  “The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion.”TEXTSTom Dispatch.   “William Astore, [$Costs of War$] ‘America Hangs from a Cross of Iron.’”  March 21, 2023.Just in case you were wondering where your tax dollars went in this century, consider the American war, now 20 years old, in Iraq (and after 2014 in Syria as […]

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 […]