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SOVIET/RUSSOPHOBIA ANTHOLOGY #7, September 16, 2025

 in Current Events / Dick's Newsletter 2025

(Highlighting JUNE 10, 2025, Anniversary of June 10, 1963, JFK’s Peace Speech, Scott Ritter’s Citizens’ Summit 2025, and 100 Years of US Enmity against SU/Russia). Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology What’s at Stake:  Seeing the World as Others See It      The bafflingly widespread dislike of neocon capitalist, oligarchical Russia is partly traceable to the long exclusion of Soviet/Russian culture in the US.  For example, how many of you have read a book by a Soviet or Russian writer, or even an essay?  I grew aware of this void in the 1970s when I began to study […]

Annual OACC Conference

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Oct 26-28 Hammond Mill Camp West Plains MO Here’s an interesting FYI: The Ozark Area Community Congress is an ecological network and a forum for idea exchange; individual participants work in their own fascinating respective fields, but meet annually to share about their work. It’s been meeting annually for 46 years. A number of Omni folks have talked about how much they’ve enjoyed the camp, the people, and the topics that’ve been presented. Many people feel it’s bioregionalism at its best. For a glimpse at the kinds of projects people are working on check out the webpage. You’ll likely recognize […]

Save Our Heartland Forest!

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Save Our Heartland Forest Still waiting on the bore tests to show how unsuitable this ridge is for building a huge middle school with sports fields and traffic. There are better places for a new Ramey. Here’s info from Andrea Fournet about opportunities to join the Save our Heartland Forest effort. Thanks for your interest.  Here is the link to the petition for people to sign! And here’s the facebook page where you can follow what’s happening

VENEZUELA ANTHOLOGY #7, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-venezuela-anthology-7-september-11.html http://omnicenter.org/donate/ WHAT’S AT STAKE:   “Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998 Washington has waged a relentless war against the Bolivarian revolution, “ William Camacaro.   “These aggressive policies seek to extend US dominance in Latin America, no matter the human cost,” CodePink. END THE MONROE DOCTRINE “VENEZUELA: No War, No Overthrow, No Coup, No Sanctions / Ni guerra, ni derrocamiento, ni golpe, ni sanciones.”   World Beyond War. 8-29-25. Target: The United States GovernmentWe call on the U.S. government to abide by the rule of law and the will […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #246, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025 / WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-246-september.html Palestine Book Club Discusses The Book of Disappearance.Sachs and Fares.  “How to Stop Israel Starving Gaza.”Eyewitness Palestine Interviews Omar, a Deaf Palestinian. The Palestine Book Club meets again on Tuesday, September 23 at 6:30 PM at Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville (28 E Center St) to discuss The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, longlisted for the International Booker Prize.   “What if all the Palestinians in Israel simply disappeared one day? What would happen next? How would Israelis react?”Discussion leader: Ted Swedenburg, Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas (tsweden@uark.edu).   Pearl’s Books has kindly ordered several copies, and it is also available online […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #247, September 8, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-247-september.html David Orr’s Democracy in a Hotter Time.David Orr. “The Interrelated Threats of Climate Change & Democracy.”Thursday, September 11, 5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET.Mark Goldberg. “The UN Turns 80.” CONVERGENCE OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE AND AUTOCRACY Democracy in a Hotter Time:  Climate Change and Democratic Transformation.  Edited by David W. Orr.  Foreword by Bill McKibben.  Afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson.  MIT P, 2023.  296pp.   [Any book that helps us understand the true magnitude of the problems converging upon us deserves our gratitude, but let’s look forward to the even more important book that explains the converging climate […]

Shelter for homeless folks in Fayetteville

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A cool local company – Natural State Treehouse Builders – is partnering with Gateway Project and hopefully lots of others on an amazing idea. The community houses its homeless neighbors! OMNI Pod Cottages materials needs What we’re up to and how you can help:Natural State Treehouses and OMNI/Gateway Project are partnering to build a prototype of an 8’x12′ small one person house. Our hope is that this prototype will demonstrate how affordable a comfortable, well-built but small home can be. We believe that the simplicity, durability and low cost of this model will open up new options for providing shelter […]