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
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 […]
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.” […]
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 […]
Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-238-july-7.html EcoWatchYale Program on Climate Change Communication Dick. Turn Off Your AC? Wednesday, May 28, 2025 “If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.”— David Suzuki Agricultural Soil Can Contain Microplastics at 23x Higher Concentrations Than What Oceans Hold, Study Says Related: Experts Identify Emerging Threats to Bees, From Wars to Microplastics and Light Pollution Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Nuclear Energy Even as Regulatory Body Remains Understaffed Related: Amazon and Google Look to […]
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecologyhttps://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-interdependence-day-anthology-7.html What’s at Stake: What do July 4, 1776, and Independence Day mean? This should be a Day of Reflection. CONTENTS Ace Thelin. “A Different Revolution.” “Declare Your Independence From Mainstream Media.” Dennis Kucinich. “Renewing a Desecrated Declaration of Independence.”About Face. “Right to Refuse.”Rebekah Jones. “We’ve lost the United States.” Win Without War. 7-3-25 [VFP-all] Michelle Ellner. “What July 5th Taught Me That July 4th Never Did.”Noam Chomsky. “Is Trump a Symptom or the System?” YouTube (AI generated). The following articles written for 7-4-24 arrived after that Anthology was published. […]
