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OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #157, DECEMBER 20, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/12/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-157-december.html NUCLEAR MISSILES, NUCLEAR HYBRID WAR, ANOTHER REASON TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS William J. Perry and Tom Z. Collina write in The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump,  Chapter 4, ‘Hacking the Bomb,’” that “Cyber warfare has  become a standard element of the arsenal for what are now called ‘hybrid’ conflicts.”  “The United States’ use of cyberattacks against nuclear and missile programs in Iran and North Korea has changed the nature of warfare.  As the United States sets the example for hybrid conflicts, and as the tools to fight them proliferate, this boomerang […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #157, DECEMBER 18, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/12/omni-climate-memo-mondays-157-december.html Wen Stephenson.  “’”While this everywhere crying.”  The Nation (12.11-18.2023).As a former literature instructor and faculty member in a College of Arts and Sciences, I think of all A&S colleges as potential centers for resistance to nuclear wars and warming.   Except for the Green New Deal movement, we have been so preoccupied with the deniers and greedy and indifferent or oblivious , the willfully ignorant and cynical, we haven’t begun to pay the urgent, absorbing attention to the quality of the transition needed against the chaos ahead with business as usual, its beginnings already forced upon us.    Our colleges of […]

COP 28 Closes with a few steps forward

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Two big steps were taken at the just-concluded COP: Language was created that gave some of the most impacted nations (island and coastal nations) ability to make claims to a “loss and damage fund” for climate, but they didn’t fund it. And for the first time language acknowledging the need to get off of fossil fuels was included. Without a clear path forward the claims seem shaky. But some climate activists are encouraged that these are potential tools to make demands on an industry with inordinate power over our lives and economies. Check out the UN Interpress Service reports on […]

Saturday Gaza Protest

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Sat Dec 16 – 11:00-1:00 – Court House Dickson and College Omni folks, we are invited to join the protests against this terrible situation in Gaza that’s simply not acceptable. Saturday – tomorrow – please bring a poster that expresses your feelings and stand with those who call for ceasefire and an end to the bitter carnage. This situation does not help Israel. It’s time for peace.

GAZA ANTHOLOGIES # 13December 16, 2023

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. (#1: 3-3-08; #2 Nov. 16, 2012; #3 Nov. 17, 2013; #4 May 31, 2014; #5 July 28, 2014; #6 August 30, 2014; #7 April 8, 2015; #8 May 13, 2021; #9, October 15, 2023; #10, October 23, 2023; #11, Nov. 4 and Nov. 7, 2023; #12 , Nov. 16, 2023).http://omnicenter.org/donate/ Jam the Phone Lines Today.”  12-4-23  .https://www.palestineinamerica.com/blog/A%20Palestinian%20you%20should%20know:%20Ahmad%20Abuznaid Support RefugeesUNRWA USA National CommitteeATTN: Nahed Elrayes, Emergency Fund for Palestine RefugeesPO Box 18697Washington, DC 20036 SourcesOn foreign policy, US mainstream media (The Washington Post, CNN) mainly reports the government’s point […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #156, DECEMBER 13, 2023

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— Compiled by Dick Bennett    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/12/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-156-december.html GAZA in The NationThe December 18, 2023 number provides five articles entirely or partly about the eradication of Gaza and demands for a ceasefire. D. D.  Guttenplan (for The Nation).  “Stop the War.”  “An immediate cease-fire remains the essential first step…”Mohammed El-Kurd.  “The Right to Speak for Ourselves.”  “Palestinians are denied the freedom to tell our own story.”Atef Abu Saif.  “A Month in Gaza.”   “Life and death under the bombardment.”Spencer Ackerman.  “Forever Wars. The ‘rules based international order’ is all about US hegemony.”Elie Mystal.  “Biden on the Brink.”   The “Trump would be worse” argument isn’t […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #156, DECEMBER 4, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/12/omni-climate-memo-mondays-156-december.html Doing What’s Within Our Power Where We Are to REDUCE REDUCING POPULATION GROWTH, Making Our Families SMALL,Milton Saier, Jr.  “Save the Earth; [If You Already Have a Child] Don’t Give Birth.”  Free Inquiry (April/May 2023).  The article concludes:  “The human population now exceeds eight billion and is expected to reach ten billion in thirty years.”  [This statement is supported by a citation from the UN, footnote #11. ] “This fact alone guarantees suffering and premature death over much of the globe, not just for a few but for billions of people. . . .It seems that only with a […]

John Rule memorial Saturday

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Saturday Dec 9, 2023 – 1:00 pm – Omni Center Long-time Omni people remember John Rule as the poet on the corner of our table on the square, or reading his work at Open Mic. John passed peacefully on Oct 25. His partner of the past decade Ruth Francis, passed just one week before him. His dear wife Margaret passed in 2009. John and Margaret lived for many years in a moss-covered fairy-tale cottage in the deep Arkansas woods. There’s lots to remember about him. John’s granddaughter Sarah K. Moore and his family invite Omni friends to join them for […]