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OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #200, OCTOBER 23, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett          https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-200-october.html On War Jewish Voice for Peace. Stop Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. Bob Woodward.  War. (three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East, and the struggle for the American presidency)  Publisher’s description.Andrew Cockburn. Note on Bob Woodward’s War.Scott Horton.  Letter to Woodward about War. JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE Dear Dick,  If you’re feeling gutted and unsure of how to move forward, as Israel’s genocide in Gaza only deepens and expands into the region, you are not alone. It’s in these very times that we need to come together — because we can only stop the bombs through […]

IRAN ANTHOLOGY #33 OCTOBER 22, 2024

 in Dick's Newsletter 2024

COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-iran-anthology-33-october-22-2024.html  (#11 Oct. 8, 2011; #12 Jan. 31, 2012; #13 Feb. 22, 2012; #14 Feb. 26, 2012; #15 March 17, 2012; #16 April 12, 2012; #17 May 21, 2012; #18, July 9, 2012; #19 August 13, 2012; #20 Sept. 10, 2012; #21, Dec. 14, 2012; #22 March 5, 2013; #23 Nov. 12, 2013; #24 March 5, 2014; #25 January 17, 2015; #26, July 28, 2015; #27, June 3, 2018; #28, June 21, 2019; #29, July 11, 2019; #30, August 9, 2019; #31, August 23, 2019; #32, July 25, […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #201, OCTOBER 21, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-201-october.html Sueellen Campbell.  Where Do the Candidates Stand on CC?Nicholas Kusnetz.  Vote to save the Inflation Reduction Act.Book:  Carton and Malm.  Overshoot (the 1.5 limit).Greenpeace.  A massive drawdown in fossil fuel production and usage is urgently needed.New Books from Climate and Capitalism. “Where do the candidates stand on climate change?”  by SueEllen Campbell, October 16, 2024.  Yale Climate Connections. These articles will get you up to speed as you prepare to cast your vote in U.S. elections for president, Senate, House, and other races. “Election Throws Uncertainty Onto Biden’s Signature Climate Law” By Nicholas Kusnetz.   Inside Climate News. President […]

Get Ready for Early Voting!

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Bridge the gap between registering to vote and casting your ballot. Are you ready to cast your vote this election? Here’s some information to get you there. Make your voice heard from the local to the federal level. Early voting is during regular county clerk office hours and isn’t available on state or county holidays. M-F 8:00 am-6:00 pm Sat  10:00 am-4:00 pm Oct 21 – Nov 4 Early Voting Locations listed here: https://www.voterview.ar-nova.org/voterview Early Voting on Campus: Cast Your Ballot at the Alumni House Make your voice heard by casting your ballot at the U of A Alumni House, located at […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #199, OCTOBER 16, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-199-october.html PEACE-MAKERS ·       Dae-Han Song.  Peace in Korea and NE Asia ·       World BEYOND War: Use the United Nations to End the War on Gaza. ·        PEACE BY PEACE:  99 Steps Toward Violence Prevention and De-escalation.  Peace in Korea and NE Asia US REJECTION OF NK PEACE PROPOSALS BEGINNING IN 1990s, LEADING TO KIM JONG-UN’S New Year’s address on January 15, 2024 severing ties with the more than thirty years of peaceful reunification pursued by North Korea’s two previous leaders, and leading to the urgent need to see the world as others see it, in order […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #200, OCTOBER 14, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-200-october.html Codepink on US Climate Hypocrisy v. China.Adam Hanieh.  “…Oil, Corporate Power.”Climate and Capitalism, October 2040.Giraffe Hero:  Colette Pichon Battle.  US, CHINA, AND CLIMATE“Tell US Climate Envoy John Podesta:  STOP THE CLIMATE HYPOCRISY!”  CODEPINK.   9-26-24 Dear Dick, Earlier this month, US climate envoy John Podesta met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss financing for global climate initiatives. This is one of many meetings where US officials criticize China’s sustainability strategies, demanding Beijing do more, while simultaneously undermining its efforts. The US treats China’s growing dominance over the “green economy” as a security threat, and labels China’s efforts to […]

OMNI’s Analysis of US ImperialismScott Ritter. “America’s Midas Touch.” October 13, 2024

 in Dick's Newsletter 2024

America today believes that when it comes to foreign policy, we are possessed with the “Midas Touch”—everything we do turns to gold. But the reality is, just like King Midas of old, everything we touch dies. King Midas was a Phrygian King believed to rule in the 2nd Millenium BC, whose territory encompassed the area of what is modern day Anatolian Plateau around the present-day city of Ankara. Publius Ovidius Naso, the Roman poet better known as Ovid, told the tale of King Midas in volume 11 of his 15-book anthology of Greek logical narrative, Metamorphoses. There, Midas befriended the satyr Silenus who, […]