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OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #254, October 27, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-254-october.html DICK’S SOURCES FOR HIS ANTHOLOGIES AND WEEKLIES  10-22-25   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/dicks-sources-for-his-anthologies-and.html INFORMATION ABOUT INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS (10-20-25). Dear ICN Reader,I’m Jamie Smith Hopkins, managing editor at Inside Climate News. I’d like to tell you about how we work and why your donation is so crucial to help us keep going.While visiting our website or opening our newsletter, you may have noticed something that sets us apart from many other news outlets: our news is free to read. That’s because Inside Climate News is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We do not charge a subscription fee, lock our news behind […]

UKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #36 October 28, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace,Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-ukraine-war-anthology-36-october.html What’s at Stake:  The Present:  Big Serge: Russia is now winning the war.   Origins of the War.   Robert Parry: “deep divisions in the region led to the 2004 Orange Revolution, 2014 uprisings, and the violent overthrow\coup d’etat of democratically elected Yanukovych,” leading to plebiscites by citizens of S. eastern Ukraine inviting Russia to intervene.    Ending the War.  Ways to Give Peace a Chance. CONTENTS UKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #36THE WAR TODAYBig Serge.   “Russo-Ukrainian War: Autumn 2025.”   Origins of the WarOliver Stone, “Ukraine on Fire.” NYT: “Leaker Exposes US” Involvement in […]

DICK’S SOURCES FOR HIS ANTHOLOGIES AND WEEKLIES 10-22-25

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/dicks-sources-for-his-anthologies-and.html  (not complete) INDIVIDUALS Joanie Connors (forwards)*Chris HedgesJayapal, Pramila*Caitlin Johnstone  (orig., sub.)Vijay PrashadProf. Mazin Qumsiyeh*Robert Reich (orig., sub.)*Scott Ritter (orig., sub.), *Real Scott Ritter*Bernie Sanders (orig., sub.)*Pat Snyder (forwards ADG)*Sonny San Juan (forwards)Williamson, Marianne ORGANIZATIONS (free, donation, subscription to its publication) *AAUP (Am Assoc. of Univ. Professors)*ACLUACLU of ArkansasAdalah Justice Project*AFSC (see: FCNL) American Humanist (mag. Defunct but org. active)Americans for Financial ReformAmericans United for Church and StateAmnesty InternationalAPWU (American Postal Workers Union auxiliary)Arkansas Climate League*Arbor Day Foundation Back from the BrinkBethlehem Univ. Fund (Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh)Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (and Einstein Circle) *Catholic Worker*Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)Climate Mobilization*Code […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #252, OCTOBER 22, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-252-october.html Dick.  Nukewatch Quarterly. Scott Ritter. Expiration of “New Start” Treaty and Beginning of New Arms Race.North Korea Expanding. The Fall 2025 number of Nukewatch Quarterly includes five important articles on US nuclear war preparation, four of them important essays by staff member John LaForge, who writes Nobel Peace Prize quality research on nuclear weapons . 1. A highlighted Editorial: “U.S. Pariah State Joins Israel in Outlaw Bombing of Iran.”  The bombing by planes and a submarine were ”acts of war and criminal conspiracies of the highest order.” 2.  A second article makes the case that “U.S. Atomic […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #253, October 20, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett       https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-253-october.html Climate & Capitalism: Two Books on Plastics 350.org on COP 30 “Communicating Climate Change.”   Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Read and Resist! CLIMATE & CAPITALISM  “Ecosocialist Bookshelf,” October 2025.Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future.   Publisher’s description:Plastics, forever chemicals poisoning of the biosphere.POISONING THE WELL:  How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America.  Island Press.PFAS, the ‘forever chemicals’ found in everyday products, from cooking pans to mascara, can now be found in the bodies of just about everyone. The petrochemical knows the danger this poses for […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #251, OCTOBER 15, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-251-october.html NO KINGS Demonstration, FAYETTEVILLE, this SATURDAY 18TH, NOON, COURT HOUSE. From Indivisible:  Sat. Oct. 18, 9:30-11:30 am, Rogers.   We’ll meet on the public sidewalks at the intersection of South Promenade Boulevard & Crown Lane, Rogers, AR 72758. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORJoin millions at ‘No Kings’ protest At gatherings big and small; in cities and towns; on street corners, campuses, bridges and town squares; in parks, train stations, city halls and more—AFT members will join with allies nationwide on Oct. 18 for a “No Kings” day of action even bigger than […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #252, October 13, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-252-october.html Inside Climate News Weekly. Protecting Waterways and Wetlands. Climate and Capitalism.Ecological Marxism in the Anthropocene.  INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS WEEKLY (October 11, 2025).   https://insideclimatenews.org/?utm_source=InsideClimate%20News&utm_campaign=9f32789f83- Visit our website for the latest.  Sign up for more newsletters, including our twice-weekly “Today’s Climate” and “Thursday’s Inside Clean Energy.”Follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Bluesky. Have a tip or story idea? Contact us. PROTECTING WATERWAYS AND WETLANDSWaterkeeper Alliance and Currents (August 2025). Waterkeeper Alliance and partners submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to reissue its Nationwide Permit program. These proposed changes would allow the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of waterways and wetlands across the United […]