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OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #238, JULY 16, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025 / WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-238-july-16.html HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025 August 10, 6p.m., at OMNI, Lee St. The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home by William D Hartung and  Ben Freeman .  November 11, 2025. Publisher’s description: See all formats and editions.   Savings Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms A hard-hitting investigation into how the Pentagon’s runaway spending embroils America in foreign wars, squanders its wealth, and enriches a privileged elite. America spends nearly a trillion dollars a year on its military. This extraordinary spending not only detracts from our ability to address pressing social problems but […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #239, JULY 14, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-239-july-14.html Chop Wood, Carry Water.EcoWatch.  Make FF Disinformation a Crime, Ban FF Lobbying and Advertising.Climate and CapitalismBrett Christophers.   Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet.Sean Creaven.    Pandemics in the Corporate Age.John Bellamy Foster.  Socialism and Nature. I’ve discovered Chop Wood, Carry Water, which is packed with climate-related news; e.g., Americans who think global warming is happening now outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 4 to 1 (69% versus 15%);  Pope Leo XIV held a special Mass in the gardens of the Vatican’s new ecological educational center, calling on people to change their mind […]

NEXT COMMUNITY MONTHLY MEETING

 in Current Events

THURSDAY JULY 24TH 7PM TO 8PM EVERY 4TH THURSDAY OF THE MONTHTopics to be covered:1-what’s happening locally with jail beds that washington county is proposing to expand2 “zine” (small magazine) making COLLABORATIVE project building on know your rights & policing brainstorms from previous sessions- come and continue this effort or join us for the first time! Location: st pauls located at the corner of college and dickson, fayetteville, arDinner provided

Not So Fast on that Single Stream Vote

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by Louise Mann, Promoting Honest Recycling Since 1989. The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal to collect recycling curbside, throw it in a landfill, while deceiving residents and charging them for recycling. The trick or legal technicality is to charge for recycling and garbage collection as one fee. This and other significant issues are not addressed in the Fayetteville resolution to switch to single stream. Expect City Council to vote to switch to single stream this coming Tues., July 15. Attend and object if you believe residents should be informed about this big switch. Single stream is […]

MILITARISM IN ARKANSAS ANTHOLOGY #4 JULY 10, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-militarism-in-arkansas-anthology-4.html Anthology #1, October 8, 2008. Anthology #2, October 10, 2012.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2018/11/omni-militarism-in-arkansas-2-oct-10.html Anthology #3, November 28, 2021. http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/militarismmilitary-industrial.html   What’s at Stake: The extent of militarism and violence in the US.  Here are some examples in Arkansas. CONTENTS ARKANSAS MILITARISM #4 ARKANSAS Friends of Palestine NWA.  “Protest War Profiteering in Arkansas.” “Arkansas Aerospace Companies Map” and Camden.CAMDEN, AR’S MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Arkansas Business Staff.  “Voters Pick Lockheed Rocket System as ‘Coolest Thing Made in Arkansas.’” Lisa Hammersly.  “South Arkansas home to weapon that, generals say, is turning Ukrainian war’s tide.” […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #237, JULY 9, 2025

 in Current Events

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-237-july-9.html   War against NaturePatrick Whitmarsh.  Writing our Extinction. Barry Sanders.  The Manifesto of Herman Melville. WAR AGAINST NATURE FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DEPICTED IN LITERATURE FROM MELVILLE TO DELILLO MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY NARRATIVE FICTION Writing Our Extinction: Anthropocene Fiction and Vertical Science by Patrick Whitmarsh.  Stanford UP, 2023.  228pp. Excerpts + more DescriptionReviewsAbout the Author Mid-twentieth-century developments in science and technology produced new understandings and images of the planet that circulated the globe, giving rise to a modern ecological consciousness; but they also contributed to accelerating crises in the global environment, including climate […]