OMNI Blog

Gateway Feeds Folks

 in Current Events

Gateway Emergency Meal Team starts cooking, changes name… becomes Sunday June 22 – 2:00 pm – Omni Center 3274 N. Lee Ave, Fayetteville So much sense of satisfaction in feeding hungry people! There are many jobs in this project. If you’d like to test the waters and see if it might be a good fit for you, join the current folks for a Team Meeting Sunday and find out more. There’s a great team of people pulling together to create food for homeless people, and we’d be tickled to have you join us in the fun. Team Meeting Sunday. If you’d […]

City Council rejects safe camp – for now

 in Current Events

After 40 people testified on the critical importance of a safe and stable location where unhoused people would be permitted to camp, the city council punted yet again. But they agreed to resurrect the issue at the next meeting, where they would have feedback from the new homelessness task force that met for the first time on June 18. If you’re interested the topic will be discussed at the agenda session next Tuesday June 24 at 5:30 pm and again at the regular meeting on July 1 at city hall. An email, call or text to your Councilperson would let […]

United Nations WORLD REFUGEES DAY ANTHOLOGY #14, June 20, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, and ECOLOGY https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-united-nations-world-refugees-day.html (OMNI Anthology #1 June 20, 2008; #2 Dec. 4, 2011; #3 June 20, 2012; #4, June 20, 2014; #5, June 20, 2015; #6 June 20, 2017; #7, June 20, 2018; #8, June 20, 2019; #9, June 20, 2020; #10, June 20, 2021; #11, June 20, 2022; #12, June 20, 2023; #13, June 20, 2024; #14, June 20, 2025). http://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake: “The Day offers an opportunity to build empathy and understanding for the plight of refugees and to recognize their resilience in rebuilding their lives. “  […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #234, JUNE 18, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-234-june-18.html Madhani and Megerian.   US Threatens to Assassinate Iran’s Leader.Krauss, et al.  Israel claims top Iranian general’s deathIran Says US Attack Would Be ‘Recipe for All-Out War’.ICAN Warns of Nuclear War.Roots Action Rejects False Defense DepartmentTitle. MADH­ANI AND MEGERIAN.   Trump says US has Iran leader in sights.   Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.   Jun 18, 2025.Krauss, et al.  Israel claims top Iranian general’s death.  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.  Jun 18, 2025.  Read more…  [Genocide in Gaza, assassination in Iran: Israel shreds international law with impunity.  –D] “As Trump Weighs Attack Plans, Iran Says US Intervention Would Be ‘Recipe for All-Out War’.”  Common […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #235, JUNE 16, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-235-june-16.html Diana B. Henriques.   The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR’s Fight to Regulate American Capitalism. Richardson.  Democracy Awakening.ACLU.What Did You Do? Diana B. Henriques.   Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR’s Fight to Regulate American Capitalism.  Random House, 2023.   464.  Publisher’s description: WINNER OF THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.With deep reporting and vivid storytelling, Diana B. Henriques takes readers back to a time when America’s financial landscape was a jungle ruled by the titans of vast wealth, largely unrestrained by government. Taming the […]

FATHER’S DAY FOR PEACE ANTHOLOGY JUNE 15, 2025 (3RD SUNDAY IN JUNE)

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-fathers-day-for-peace-anthology.html (#1 June 19, 2008; #2 June 20, 2010; #3 June 19, 2011; #4 6-17-12); #5 June 16, 2013).  Inspired by Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day for PEACE.      I published 5 newsletters on Father’s Day USA during 2008-2013, but skipped 2014 -2024 because the celebration was seldom examined by anybody, at least as far as google knew.  I finally tried again in 2025, but still the same Father’s Day full of gift suggestions, all for profit.  I next searched Father’s Day and turned up International Father’s Day, […]

ISRAEL AND IRAN ANTHOLOGY #1 June 15, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-1-june.html What’s at Stake:  Stopping attacks by Israel, retaliations by Iran, US arming Israel, and US strengthening its naval and air forces in the Middle East. CONTENTS2024Liebermann.  US Naval and Air Reinforcements to Middle East.Larry Johnson.  “TED POSTOL’S ANALYSIS OF IRAN’S MISSILE ATTACK ON ISRAEL.” by Larry Johnson.Marjorie Cohn.  “Iran’s Attack Was A Legal Response To Israel’s Illegal Attack.”“Israel tries to provoke Iran.”Robert Inlakesh,  “Revealed: Israel’s Hidden History Of Attacks On Iran.”   SCOTT RITTER.  “Checkmate.”“Iran Launches Retaliatory Strikes.”Ben Norton.  “Iran Had Legal Right To Counter-Attack Israel…”James North.  “Netanyahu Killed […]