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NATO ANTHOLOGY #1 May 20, 2022

 in Dick's Newsletters 2022

OMNI NATO ANTHOLOGY #1 May 20, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/05/omni-nato-anthology-1-may-20-2022.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ Contents of NATO ANTHOLOGY #1 Maps of NATO Expansion (add Sweden and Finland) Harry Targ.  History of NATO Ratcheting up Cold War TwoRick Rozoff.  “NATO’s War against Yugoslavia” 1999.Rozoff.  NATO “Bombing of Chinese Embassy” 1999. Kerstin Tuomala.  NATO-US War Game in Finland 2017. Ukraine Maidan Coup 2014. Patrick Lawrence.  “The New Iron Curtain.”Moving Along Russia’s Southern Border.  Jeremy Kuzmarov.     Kazakhstan. Geraldina Colotti.  “NATO Tentacles from Europe to Latin America.” NATO Military Drills in Estonia Near Russian Border,   Russia […]

Will the Supreme Court Axe Women?

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There will be a series of local actions showing the Supreme Court that Americans want to protect women’s health and see women have rights over their own bodies.Follow at the Facebook eventYou Can Support Reproductive Rights!Saturday May 14 – (6 PM) Fayetteville Square . EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: Are you ready to have your voice heard? We ask you to show up this next week to make sure these protests send a resounding nationwide message to SCOTUS. “NO OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE” Other events: SUNDAY 5-8-22 NOON: Please join us at the Washington County Courthouse for a gathering. […]

Are you deciding who to vote for? Here’s some help…

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Omni doesn’t tell anybody who to vote for. it’s your decision. But people are asking, so here’s some help in figuring out who the best candidates are for you. Deciding who to vote for! Help voting in this election and how to find your sample ballotIf you’re trying to decide on who to vote for, here’s a way to find the sample ballot that can help guide you.Early voting started yesterday (May 9) and goes on weekdays and Saturdays until Election Day. Early voting hours are 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.Election day is Tuesday May 24. Election day hours are 7:30 […]

73.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #73, May 11, 2022

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73.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #73, May 11, 2022   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-723-may-11.htmlJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Cohen Challenge the US/NATO Narrative.Stephen Cohen’s Book War With Russia? Has Been Republished.Dee Knight.  “Showdown at ‘Credibility Gulch’ in Ukraine War.”   Critique of US-NATO Explanation of the Origins and Causes of the Ukraine War “Taking Aim at Ukraine: How John Mearsheimer and Stephen Cohen Challenged the Dominant Narrative.”Interfering in another state is tricky business – so says the gutsy University of Chicago international relation…  Forwarded by From Sonny San Juan, Jr. Stephen F. Cohen.  War With Russia?:  From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate (2019). Skyhorse […]

National Gun Violence Awareness Day

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Mom’s Demand Action – Wear Orange Day EventSat June 4 – 1:00-3:00 pm – Shiloh Square, Springdale From Ellen Weintraut May 6, 2022Mom’s Demand is organizing a Wear Orange event to honor victims of gun violence, and I would love for you and Omni to come and participate. The event will be held on Saturday, June 4th from 1-3 (with table set up at 12:30) at Shiloh Square in downtown Springdale. We plan to have community partners tables at the event and will have speakers, food, and activities for kids. All Omni folks are invited, and someone to table for some […]

You Can Support Reproductive Rights!

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Will the Supreme Court Axe Women?There will be a series of local actions showing the Supreme Court that Americans want to protect women’s health and see women have rights over their own bodies.Follow at the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/984865009059231?active_tab=aboutYou Can Support Reproductive Rights! Sunday May 8 (noon, Courthouse) to Saturday May 14 – (6 PM) Fayetteville Square and other places.EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: Are you ready to have your voice heard? We ask you to show up this next week to make sure these protests send a resounding nationwide message to SCOTUS. “NO OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE”SUNDAY 5-8-22 NOON: […]

Peace People it’s time to Vote!

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Monday May 9 — early voting starts at 7:30 am and continues till 7:30 every day until primary election day on May 24.Here we are in the state that’s on the VERY BOTTOM of the election participation list.ARKANSANS DON’T VOTE! Why?!This is a problem. Do you think maybe it seems like our votes don’t count?What sad logic. We can’t just give our beautiful state over to forces of greed and exploitation so easily.Peace People don’t want to be among those Arkansas folks who just never make it to the polls. We can help Arkansas lift itself out of the non-voting […]

US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war, ANTHOLOGY #20, Consequences of War, Control OF INFORMATION and CENSORSHIP, and seeking PEACE, MAY 6, 2022.

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OMNI US, NATO, RUSSIA, UKRAINE war, ANTHOLOGY #20, mAY 6, 2022. Consequences of War, Control OF INFORMATION and CENSORSHIP, and seeking PEACE https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/05/omni-us-nato-russia-ukraine-war.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:  Wartime State, Corporate Rapacity and Repression, and Populist Patriotism v. Free Speech and Peace. CONTENTS #20, CONSEQUENCES OF WAR (10): CONTROL OF INFORMATION/CENSORSHIP.  RESISTANCE: PEACEMAKING. Patrick Lawrence.  “The US Bubble of Pretend.” George Paulson.  Scott Ritter and President Poroshenko. Glenn Greenwald.  “The Censorship Campaign against Western Criticism of    NATO….” Evan Reif.  War of Repression against “anyone who dares to speak against […]