WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #62, February 23, 2022  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/02/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-62-february.html Soviet Phobia/Russo Phobia: In the 1990s US decided to expand NATO threateningly eastward and to exclude Russia.  (DICK)Rajan Menon, War with Russia? February 8, 2022. Progress? Let’s see. We’ve gone from unending wars in distant lands against enemies capable of little more than wielding firearms and roadside bombs — and those conflicts were disasters — to the possibility of a war in the European heartland between nuclear-armed foes. I mean, honestly, what could possibly go wrong? And it was all fated to happen in Europe because of that anti-democratic nightmare of an […]

60.   WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS,#60   February 9, 2022Conversion Movement from war to peace:Mandy Smithberger, Shifting tax dollars from fear and militarization to hope and human needs.Michael Klare, Stopping the encirclement of China and Russia. jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/02/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-60-february-9.html “US should shift military spending to pandemic and climate change.”  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (11-26-21). The COVID-19 pandemic vividly illuminated the many ways in which the American approach to national security has been fundamentally focused on the wrong threats, writes Mandy Smithberger, director of the Center for Defense Information at the Project On Government Oversight. Read more. TOMGRAM Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Cold War in […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-55-january-5.html End Nuclear War Preparation, Abolish Nuclear WeaponsContentsAbolish Nuclear Weapons, UN Nuclear Treaty BanBack from the Brink:  The Call to Prevent Nuclear War US and Iran Need for Leakers and Whistleblowers THIS THURSDAY! Jan 6 Nuclear Ban Treaty Planning Zoom — REGISTER NOW! Nukewatch <nukewatch1=lakeland.ws@vrmailer3.com> Unsubscribe 8:01 AM (7 hours ago) Dear Nuclear Abolitionists, The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative is planning another day of action this January 22, 2022 to celebrate the day one year ago that nuclear weapons were banned! Just as a year ago, when over 100 actions across the US celebrated the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of […]

–52.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #52, December 15, 2021   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/12/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-52-december.htmlWho Is Destroying Peace? Declining USA Bullies China/Russia, Earth, Outer Space, Itself: Eye-opener Readings about Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Taiwan, China Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | The Transnational – TRANSCEND Media Service2 Dec 2021 – As I write, serious tension is building–again–around Ukraine, Iran and Taiwan while we could live in a much more peaceful and thriving world. Who and what are the constant peace destroyers? You are the object of a psychological operation to make you have only negative views about China.     Read more… Goading China to Go to War Dr. Chandra Muzaffar […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #48, November 17, 2021   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-48-november.htmlContents OF #48Schools of Mass Destruction: UAFICAN’s University Pledge vs.Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD)Arms Control Association  UN Disarmament Week  Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference  Chemical Weapons International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ICANvs. SCHOOLS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:  UAF Sign and promote the UNIVERSITY PLEDGE https://universities.icanw.org/university_pledge University pledge live!  9-6-21 Alicia Sanders-Zakre alicia@icanw.org via googlegroups.com        Hi everyone!Wanted to let you know our university pledge is now live and we are promoting it on social media!   We will also be running social media ads once we clear the last logistical hurdle hopefully this month. I’ve attached some images we created […]

http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/war-watch-wednesdays-47.htmlContentsAnti-Nuclear Weapons PetitionArmistice Day History and RemembranceOMNI Armistice Day Newsletter Please sign this petition & forward it to your friends:Petition: Stop Nuclear Bombs Research at University of Arkansashttps://www.change.org/p/university-of-arkansas-stop-helping-build-nuclear-bombs ARMISTICE DAY 11-11-21: History, Meaning, Remembrance: Scarves and Poppies, World BEYOND War 11-3-21 11:03 AM (38 minutes ago) The Past and Future of Armistice / Remembrance Day: A Global Webinar  [Full text see #46.  –D]What the Day Means and Where It Came FromNovember 11, 2021, is Remembrance /Armistice Day 104 — which is 103 years since World War I was ended at the scheduled moment of 11 o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #46, November 3, 2021  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-46-november-3.htmlContentsArmistice / Remembrance Day Nov. 11,  Ending WarUS Threatening and Preparing for War Today: Covid 19US History:  Murder Incorporated Forum Starting Nov. 5UN Charter, Chapter 1, Article 2.4: No Use OR THREAT The Past and Future of Armistice / Remembrance Day: A Global Webinar.  World BEYOND War 11-3-21Mark your calendar. We’re planning a big online event for November 4, 2021, at 3 p.m. ET. Details coming soon. Plan to wear a sky blue scarf and a white poppy!Peace Activism on November 11thEvents ListTell us about events to add to listEvent resources from World […]

-45.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, October 27, 2021. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-october-27.html ANTICIPATING ARMISTICE DAYTwo Anti-War Books by Kathy BeckwithGlamorizing Warriors: Gallagher and Powell 2 ANTI-WAR BOOKS by KATHY BECKWITH Playing War by Kathy Beckwith. One summer day Luke and his friends decide to play their favorite game of war, but Sameer, who is new to the neighborhood, hesitates to join in. A Mighty Case Against War by Kathy Beckwith. Beckwith relates a history of America’s wars that includes “What America Missed in U.S. History Class.” She details why war sells, the fallacies of common justifications for war, true costs of war, and sensible alternatives. A Mighty […]