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OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #259, December 15, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/12/omni-climate-memo-mondays-259-december.html [Next week’s CMM will be its last, unless someone continues it.  Even though the online newsletter/anthology is much more needed now than when it arose out of OMNI’s Climate Book Forum that began in 2006—when our study was Climate Change, and our subject is now Climate Emergency–, I must give it up.   Dick] Paris Climate Agreement after 10 Years.EarthJustice.United Nations.Ecosocialism. Climate and Capitalism. Yale Climate Connections. Paris Climate Agreement Today. “Need to know info on climate change.” fran@deane-alexander.com via uark.onmicrosoft.com   12-13-25.       [Orig. pub. The Guardian, forwarded by Fran Alexander.]   ‘A shift no country can […]

VENEZUELA ANTHOLOGY #10, December 14, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025 / VENEZUELA

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, Constitutional Republic https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/12/omni-venezuela-anthology-10-december-12.html What’s at stake: LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND UNITED NATIONS CHARTERS:  Tariq Ali, Bush in Babylon, Chapter 7, “Empires and Resistance.”  Both Charters protest empire and preemptive invasions, and affirm self-determination and international law.  See pp. 191-93 particularly. But the Nobel Peace Prize was given to a coup leader backed by US? “María Corina Machado is a far-right Venezuelan coup leader who has been funded by the U.S. government since at least 2003. The Donald Trump administration is waging war on Venezuela, and if it can succeed in overthrowing the […]

Two record-setting destructive storms fueled by climate change

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Climate Moments Provided by the Reevaluation Counseling Community in Northwest Arkansas Two record-setting destructive storms fueled by climate change On October 28, Hurricane Melissa struck the island of Jamaica with winds of 185 mph– equal to the worst hurricane winds to ever strike land. Super-charged by the ocean and the atmosphere both having been made warmer by climate change, the storm affected some 1.5 million people in Jamaica and caused damages estimated at 10 billion dollars – which is equal to roughly half of the nation’s annual GDP. The day before, record-setting torrential rains struck Vietnam. In 24 hours, parts […]

“No Other Land”

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Viewing award winning movie “No Other Land” Tuesday Dec 16 – 6:00 pm – Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition 205 N. College Ave Hi friends, Reminder that we will be showing the award winning documentary No Other Land on Tuesday December 16th. We are as excited as you are to watch this film together! Come join us for an evening of learning, connection, and conversation. We will have pizza and snacks at the event!  Event Details  Date: Tuesday, December 16  Time: 6:00 – 8:30 PM  Location: Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition, 205 N College Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72701  Note: There will be an opportunity to donate to Fayetteville Feeds Families […]

Join Us in a Solidarity Action with Central Arkansas DSA & Starbucks Workers United

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Arprogressive Caucus Monday, December 15th at 7:30 AM Indian Hills Starbucks – 7129 John F. Kennedy Blvd, North Little Rock (near the intersection of JFK & North Hills Blvd) Dear Arkansas Progressive Democrats Caucus Members, I’m asking you to join us in a solidarity action with Central Arkansas DSA and Starbucks Workers United as baristas nationwide continue their Unfair Labor Practice(ULP) strike. Workers have endured years of illegal union busting and the company’s refusal to settle a fair contract. They are demanding fair hours, higher take-home pay, and a resolution to the hundreds of labor law violations Starbucks continues to […]

CHRISTMAS FOR PEACE ANTHOLOGY December 12, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennetthttps://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/12/omni-christmas-for-peace-anthology.html What’s at Stake.  The abolition of war. CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS World Beyond War.  “Christmas Truces Past and Future.”  World BEYOND War is a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated organizations advocating for the abolition of the institution of war. Howard Thurman.  Jesus and the Disinherited.PBS Christmas 1914 Truce on the Western Front, All Is Calm.Suggested readings, films, music on Jesus, War, and Capitalism.Jesus and Refugees.Silent Night, the 1914 Truce.OMNI Newsletters on NonviolenceVet Jim Hale’s Poem on WWI and VNWar.Joyeux NoèlMike Masterson on Commercialized Christmas TEXTS Christmas Truces Past and Future World BEYOND War           Dec 10, 2025 […]

CENTER FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, ECOLOGY, AND DEMOCRACY. ANTHOLOGY ON UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. December 10, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/12/omni-center-for-peace-justice-ecology.html What’s at Stake:  “We are experiencing a world where commitments to protect and promote human rights have reached alarming new lows. While we have long fought against the degradation of rights by insisting on accountability of state and private actors for harm and centering the demands of those most impacted by systems of oppression in the U.S. and around the world, we mark this moment while in a profound human rights crisis. This Human Rights Day invites a reckoning: How did a global system built in the name of “universal rights” become structurally incapable of constraining […]