WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

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 […]

43. WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, October 13, 2021   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-43-october-13.html  CONTENTS: US WARS: Indian Wars to War of TerrorWar of Extermination of Native Americans:  Indigenous People’s   Day,  October 11, 2021Brown University’s Costs of War Project, War of TerrorWar Profiteers War of Terror WAR OF EXTERMINATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS Honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 11, 2021, Veterans for Peace, 10-8-21 The federal holiday commemorating the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the “New World” is an affront to Indigenous peoples everywhere and particularly to native peoples of the Americas.  Veterans For Peace believes that the federal holiday commemorating the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the “New […]

Dick: J. K. Galbraith and US Autonomous Militarism and Empire.Alfred McCoy’s Books: In the Shadows of the American Empire; To Govern the Globe. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-october-6-2021.html Autonomous Militarism and Empire, Dick Bennett“Such military activities [invasions of many smaller, weak countries even though they posed no security threat to the US], however remote from any rationally established need, served in an important way the broad purpose of the military establishment.  They were visible justification of its eminence and power. . . .the autonomous power of the military establishment.”  (John Kenneth Galbraith, The Culture of Contentment, 1992, p. 140; chapters 10 and 11, “The Military […]

41.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 29, 2021.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-september-29.html US WAR OF TERROR.AFGHANISTAN: WAR IS A RACKET.AFSC: CONVERT WAR PROFITEERING MONEY.TO HUMAN NEEDS. Over two decades, U.S.’s global war on terror has taken nearly 1 million lives and cost $8 trillion.Editor. Mronline.org (9-4-21) Originally published: The Intercept by Murtaza Hussain (August 31, 2021.A new report from the Costs of War Project makes staggering estimates for the human and financial costs of the global forever wars.     The U.S Racketeering [WAR] Enterprise by Steve Fournier (August 16, 2021).  https://m.facebook.com/pg/forpinoys/posts/ The war in Afghanistan was a racketeering enterprise from top to bottom. A responsible judge (if […]

38.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 8, 2021https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-september-6.html September 21, Film All Quiet on the Western FrontArkansas Peace Week, September 19-26Petition v. U.S. Military Air Base Construction in Henoko, Okinawa Faulkner Center August 2021 Newsletter Edition 1 of 2 UN International Day of Peace In observance of The International Day of Peace on September 21, a rare screening of the Academy Award winning 1930 classic All Quiet on the Western Front will be shown at the Faulkner Center, with live musical accompaniment by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. This is a free event and the film will begin at 7 pm. It […]