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TRUMP II: POST-ELECTION ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS RESPOND, ANTHOLOGY #1

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/trump-ii-post-election-organizations.htmlCompiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/trump-ii-post-election-organizations.html What’s at Stake: “Donald Trump may liken himself to Jesus in his media appearances and election rallies, but his words and actions actually resemble those of Nero and other Roman emperors.”  Theoharis and Barnes, “How to Survive Donald Trump’s America.”  CONTENTS UUSJ NO KINGS.Bill Griffin.  “Millions March for No Kings.”   Catholic Worker.Ralph Nader.  “Stay Silent and Stay Powerless….”Public Citizen Leads the Way to Expose, Mobilize, and Litigate.ACLU Still Defending the Constitution.MORE  Fighting BackInstitutionsIndividuals TEXTS NO KINGS PROTEST […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #251, October 6, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays / Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-251-october-6.html Trump Denial and Censorship.Class Origins of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.Two Books from the “Ecosocialist Bookshelf.” TRUMP DENIAL, CENSORSHIPMitch w/ Tipping Point   10-2-25 “ Tell Trump: Censoring Words Won’t Fix the Climate Emergency.” Dick,  The Trump Administration just added “climate” and “emissions” to a list of banned words at the Department of Energy. These words join “green” and “decarbonization” to Trump’s growing “list of words to avoid” at the agency, which is charged with leading our country’s energy policy.This is a blatant act of censorship designed to silence science and shield polluters from accountability. But no matter […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #249, OCTOBER 1, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025 / WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-249-october-1.html “Keep Our Heads” UP! VFP E-News Blast, Sept. 11.Washington Report on Middle East AffairsWill Threat of WWIII Inspire Another Global Cry for Peace? “KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN” definition.  “To avoid trouble, to try to avoid trouble or involvement in a difficult or dangerous situation by behaving in a quiet way, so that people will not notice you.  To remain inconspicuous in difficult or dangerous times.” In several groups recently I observed individuals keeping their head down when Trump was discussed.   Just the opposite of what Congressman John Lewis promoted, that people should create “good trouble,” “necessary trouble,” […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #250, September 29, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays / Dick's Newsletter 2025

TWO SOURCES OF INFORMATION, CONCERN, and REMEDY FOR THE CLIMATE CALAMITY PBS Documentaries.Books Reviewed in “Ecosocialist Bookshelf.” Climate on PBS One Week in September 2025 (available on Passport)Sacred Planet, Gulnaz Khan documentaries:“Stopping the Desert” and “Saving the World’s Forests.”  Khan travels the world locating examples of people resisting the climate emergency.Frontline, “Hurricane Heleine’s Deadly Warning.”  The film reports several hurricanes, their increasingly disastrous causes and consequences, but also responses:  e.g., need for significant improvement of flood plain mapping and enforcement.Age of Nature, “Understanding.”   Roaming the nation to identify endangered species and their protection; e.g., salmon. “Ecosocialist Bookshelf,” Climate and Capitalism, September […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #248, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025 / WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-248-september.html   ADG Report on Trump’s Reversal on Ukraine.Ted Snider.  “So Much for the Nobel Peace Prize.”Ted Carpenter.  “Who Is Trying To Start World War 3?” Scott Ritter.  The Death of Ukraine. “Trump backs victory for Ukraine” by  MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI AND ILLIA NOVIKOV.  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Sep 24, 2025).   Trump backs victory for Ukraine.  He shifts opinion, supports Kyiv retaking its territory.   Read more… [I hope you have time to read these excellent essays in their entirety.  –D] “So Much for the Nobel Peace Prize” by Ted Snider.  Antiwar.com (Sep 16, 2025).   ACURA (9-24-25).  19 Comments The […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #249, September 22, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays / Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-249-september.html THE ONGOING, VARIEGATED RESISTANCE TO OVERSHOOT, WARS, HEAT, TYRANNY. VFP: Wake up to Climate Crisis (and No MAS)Tour Sept. 26-Earth Overshoot Day. [See #248:SEPTEMBER 21:  SUN DAY AND INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE .  Bill McKibben, Here Comes the Sun.]NCTE’S George Orwell Award For Truth Against Doublethink, Doublespeak, Doubletalk.ACLU’S Legal Actions.(All of them depend upon our support.) The Wake Up to Climate Crisis and NO MAS (NO Military Air Shows) Tour begins Sept. 26 in San Diego, CA. After actions and events around the “Top Gun” air show at the Miramar USMC airbase, the group of veterans and […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #247, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025 / WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-247-september.html Scott Ritter.  “Putin’s Gambit” for Arms Control.Bill McKibben.  Here Comes the Sun and Renewed Hope. Trump Truthteller?  The DOD Is What It Always Was—the DOW.         Putin’s Gambit by Scott Ritter.  Sept. 22, 2025. There has never been a more important time for arms control. And the US government has never been so ill-prepared to meet this challenge. Enter Project 38.   Scott Ritter                                                                                                                   Project 38 is a campaign that seeks to promote effective arms control and disarmament policy and, in doing so, avoid the dangers of a new nuclear arms race […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #248, September 15, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays / Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-248-september.html David Orr on Climate and Democracy. Sun Day September 21. Bill McKibben, Here Comes the Sun. EcoWatch. “Recording of David Orr on the Interrelated Threats of Climate & Democracy” From  Move to Amend.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?    (Illuminations without which we’ll be blindsided by the enemies of C&D.  –D)   SUN DAY September 21With one month to go, there are now over 150 Sun Day events planned where we can come together to celebrate the power of clean energy.  (Btw, 9-21 is also the International Day of Peace.  A doubly auspicious day!) Events are planned in in 32 states […]