WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #130, JUNE 14, 2023. (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) ·       Melvin Goodman.  Corporate Media’s Support for Militarism  ·       Abel.  Peacemakers’ ad in NYT. [Both pro-war and pro-peace enrich the NYT!] ·       MR Editors .  “The United States of War.”    Melvin Goodman.   “The Mainstream Media’s Unwillingness to Challenge U.S. Militarization.”  Counterpunch (JUNE 2, 2023).    FacebookTwitterRedditEmail The Washington Post finally conceded in an editorial last week that the United States must “spend smarter” when it comes to defense.  Instead of looking for ways to cut defense spending, however, the Post simply wants to spend differently.  It favors more spending on conventional […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-129-june-7.htmlNorman Solomon.  War Made Possible by corporate mainstream media.TomDispatch. Andrew Bacevich.  What “victory” for Ukrainians might mean.Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies.  Stop the Ukraine War Now.Women Cross DMZ: 2023 Korea Peace Advocacy Week. Why do most US citizens accept the US Empire and its wars?  Norman Solomon argues in War Made Possible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine (2023) that the corporate mainstream media and US political leaders conceal the tragic consequences of war.  US leaders have perpetuated war since WWII by distancing the public from the killing and costs via high tech warmaking, and via […]

.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-128-may-31.html Ben Norton.  Millions killed in US post-9/l1 wars.Comm on Dreams.  US Supplied Weapons to Most Authoritarian Nations.James Douglass.  JFK Murdered by Promoters of War ATROCIOUS US POST-9/11 WARS Ben Norton. “U.S. post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows.”   Editor.  Mronline.org (5-23-23).  Wars the U.S. waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.  (Posted May 22, 2023).   Originally published: Geopolitical Economy Report  on May 18, 2023 (more by Geopolitical Economy Report)  |  Empire, Human […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-127-may-24.html   Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. Our next monthly Nuclear War Protest is this Saturday, May 27th at 11 A.M. at Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville.. Abel Tomlinson.  5 Major Escalations Toward Nuclear War. In These Times.  Phyllis Bennis and Vijay Prashad Stand with MLKJR. against US Aggression. 5 Major Escalations Toward Nuclear War Dear Friends,At the upcoming protest, I’m thinking it would be a good idea to also highlight recent escalations of war with Russia and China that bring us closer and closer to the brink of nuclear war.  Please let me know if any […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-126-may-17.html Abel Tomlinson.  No War, Abolish Nuclear Weapons Demonstration May 27.3 Films about Nuclear World War III.Joshua Frank’s new book Atomic Days about Hanford nuclear waste storage.Schools of Mass Destruction include UAF. No War with Russia and China, Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Free AssangeDear Friends,Our next Monthly Antiwar Protest will be May 27th at 11 A.M. at Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville.  We are holding monthly protests calling for No War with Russia and China, which pose a threat of nuclear war and human extinction.  We are calling for No Nuclear War.  Most of our signs will always keep this message front and center, and that will be […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-125-may-10.html CONTENTSGerry Sloan.  “Priorities.”Sara Flounders.  China Encircled, Taiwan a Pawn.George Paulson.  RFK Jr.’s Presidential Run, The MICC, and the    Democratic PartyRFK Jr., Candidate for President, and Col. Macgregor on Ukraine War PRIORITIES by Gerry SloanWe must stoke the flames of fearso that our war profiteerscan be multi-orgasmic.Otherwise perhapsour economy would collapse.   CHINA ENCIRCLED BY ASIAN VERSION OF US/NATOSara Flounders.   “Taiwan—A Pawn for U.S. War on China.”  April 27, 2023  (more by CovertAction Magazine).    (Posted Apr 29, 2023).  U.S. threats and escalating demands to sanction China will severely damage the economies of Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. To force high-tech companies […]

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 […]