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OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #236, JUNE 23, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-236-june-23.html  Yale Climate Connections: Cities Sue Big OilNIRS: Nuclear Information & Resource ServiceCLIMATE & CAPITALISM (3-18-25). “This week on Yale Climate Connections” (May 30 – June 5, 2025).   Read to the bottom for a special Tom Toro cartoon available only to newsletter readers. “Puerto Rican municipalities take on Big Oil in court using a law made for the mob.”   Melissa “Missy” Sims is an attorney with a long history of confronting powerful fossil fuel interests. Now she’s part of a legal team representing more than three dozen municipalities in a landmark lawsuit against Exxon and more […]

ISRAEL AND IRAN ANTHOLOGY #3 June 22, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-3-june.html What’s at Stake: “The devastation that a war could bring cannot be overstated — millions of lives hang in the balance.”  Preventing a war embodies the highest of human values. CONTENTS ISRAEL AND IRAN ANTHOLOGY #3 Win Without War.  6-22   “Sign now to urge your members of Congress to use their constitutional authority to STOP WAR WITH IRAN.” Beth Miller.  Jewish Voice for Peace.  6-22.Mark Leon Goldberg.  6-22.   “A Reckless and Unnecessary War.” Global Dispatches.Roots Action Teach-in.  6-22. Mike Ferner, Terry Lodge, Col. Douglas MacGregor.  Veterans for […]

ISRAEL AND IRAN ANTHOLOGY #2 6-20-25

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-2-6-20-25.html What’s at Stake: The UN CHARTER FORBIDS NATIONAL AGGRESSIONS. JUST TO SAY ‘VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW’ IS MEANINGLESS AND SAYS NOTHING TO EDUCATE OR WIN SUPPORT. A BILL OF PARTICULARS IS NEEDED: THE HOW AND THE WHY OF THE VIOLATION:  THE UNITED STATES HELPED IMPORTANTLY IN DRAFTING THE U N CHARTER.  THE UNITED STATES SENATE RATIFIED IT BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.   IN CHAPTER 1. ARTICLE 2, #4,  THE U N CHARTER FORBIDS, EXCEPT AS AND WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL,THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST ANOTHER STATE, […]

Gateway Feeds Folks

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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

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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

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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 […]