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Free Community Cookout West Fork!

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AR Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionCounty Problems Need Citizen AttentionFree Community Cookout West Fork!Weds Oct 13, 6:00-8:00 pm, West Fork Riverside Park Washington County Quorum Court has made questionable decisions about how to spend your covid relief money.What does the Court majority want to do with it? > Big raises for Justices and the county lawyer (who’s chair of the WashCo Republican Party), > Pay off loans for a private subdivision in a Justice’s district, > $500,000 to design an enlarged jail and juvenile attention center, among other questionable things. Then there’s limiting public comment, cutting off JPs who are not […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, OCTOBER 4, 2021

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ANDREAS MALM Books on Capitalism, Politics, and Climate http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-oct-4-2021.html Fossil Capital.    2016The Progress of This Storm: Nature and Society in a Warming World.  2018.Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.  2020.With the Zerkin Collective.  White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Dangers of Fossil Fascism.  Verso, 2021. Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming by Andreas Malm.  Verso, 2016.Publisher’s description How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end […]

42. WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, October 6, 2021

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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 […]

Free Community Cookout Farmington!

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AR Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionCounty Problems Need Citizen AttentionFree Community Cookout Farmington!Weds Oct 7, 6:00-8:00 pm, Farmington City ParkWhat does the Court majority want to do with your covid money? Big raises for Justices and the county lawyer who’s chair of the WashCo Republican Party, pay off loans for a private subdivision in a Justice’s district, $250,000 to design an enlarged jail, among other questionable things. Then there’s limiting public comment, cutting off JPs who are not in the majority party by shutting down their mics, disinterest in proposals that feed or house people, and reducing budgets for youth court […]

Harmonia Concert Series “Songs of Healing and Courage”

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DON’T MISS THIS!Harmonia Concert Series“Songs of Healing and Courage”Oct 7 & 13 – 6:30 pm – Omni Patio3274 No. Lee Ave, FayettevilleFirst public performance for Harmonia since covid!Greetings to you! Harmonia (7 of us) is happily inviting you to join us for an outdoor concert — Songs of Healing and Courage –at the Omni Center!    It’s been joyful to be able to sing (outdoors) together again and we are eager to share that with you.   Because we are limiting the numbers, in order to be safe and socially distanced, attendance is by reservation only.   Via — email: reply back […]

March for Reproductive Justice Fayetteville

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TomorrowSat Oct 2 — 3-5pmTown Square – FayettevilleThis is a call to all in NWA. From coast to coast people will participate in the Rally for Abortion Justice events led by a coalition of 100+ organizations to speak out to protect abortion access. This is an important fight that affects every single person here in NWA no matter your race, pronouns, and sexual orientation. We need YOUR VOICE!  Join our Facebook Event Site: https://fb.me/e/1ylurKGQw   RSVP to attend:  https://womensmarch.com (Select the button: “Find or host a march” and search for “Fayetteville, AR” or the “March for Reproductive Freedom” and RSVP!) Go here to register to […]

Climate Change Forum
Sunday Oct 3 – 1:30 pm – on zoom (link below)

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‘Solar Under the Sun’ trains installers around the world!Awesome demonstration that church people are taking climate change seriously and taking beautiful pragmatic action to help address the problemsSolar Under the Sun MinistriesPresenter Chris McRae, founder of Solar Under the Sun Almost one third of the world’s population (1.6 billion people) endure the hardship of energy poverty. This means that they have no power at all, or it is too expensive, and unreliable. To bring this many people online with fossil fuels would be a death knell to our planet. Solar under the Sun (solarunderthesun.org) has trained missioners that have installed stand alone solar […]

41.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 29, 2021

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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 […]