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OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #215, FEBRUARY 5, 2025

February 7, 2025 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett . https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/02/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-215-february.html US Imperialism Abel Tomlinson. “Silent Propaganda.”Leila Sansour. The Racket. Abel Tomlinson’s latest article on US imperialism has been published by Covert Action Magazine. The basic fact that the United States is an empire is perhaps the most systematically taboo subject within mainstream American information systems and public discourse. U.S. imperialism is almost never discussed in depth, critically or intelligently, within corporate media or the educational system. It is never mentioned by candidates of the two dominant political parties, or brought up at presidential debates. It is rarely mentioned even within universities, outside of a […]

BUFFALO RIVER EMERGENCY PLEASE ACT NOW!

February 3, 2025 in Buffalo River

They keep putting off the committee presentation. That means they are getting your messages. Please send a message again! Bill filed to derail state’s efforts to protect Buffalo River from hog farming We know you have received several messages from BRWA recently asking for your help in securing a permanent moratorium prohibiting any future swine CAFO permits in the Buffalo National River watershed. Now the legislature is considering a bill which would prohibit moratoriums statewide, including specifically the Buffalo River watershed. Senate Bill 84 is an obvious attempt at an end-run around current rule makings which would establish a permanent […]

Homeless Solutions Meet-Up

February 3, 2025 in homeless / housing

Thursday Feb 6 – 6:30 – Omni Center Thank you Homeless Solutions Folk for your faithful attendance at the Housing Crisis Task Force meetings over these several months! We know we’re making a dif! At the next meeting let’s discuss the last TF to update each other on what we’re seeing emerge. Where do we want to put our energy now? Who else do we need to connect with? Are there things we still need to learn? (very likely) If you’ve never been to a Homeless Solutions meeting before don’t let that stop you from joining us!

What the Mayor said to the Task Force

February 3, 2025 in homeless / housing

Public meeting Jan 22 was enlightening! It’s been fascinating watching the Housing Crisis Task Force move from baffled citizens asking themselves (just like all of us are) “what the heck’s going on with housing?” Slowly, as they interview area experts and talk to people all over town, what they’re revealing is a whole lot of different people in city government, the development community and a lot of related industries and agencies all doing their jobs to the very best of their ability, as they are safely tucked into their own narrow silo, with no effective way to know how their work is impacting […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #214, JANUARY 29, 2025

February 1, 2025 in Current Events

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-214-january.html Doomsday Clock 89 Seconds to Midnight.NUKEWATCH QUARTERLY (Winter 2024-25). New Corporate-Military-Congressional Warmaking Paradigm.UN-USA, UN Today (Nov. 2024): what we can expect for UN from Trump II. WHO’S WARNING US? The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has made its annual Doomsday Clock announcement. It’s now set at 89 seconds to midnight — the closest its ever been to catastrophe. Read the 2025 statement > For those who want to raise awareness around the announcement and help decrease existential threats, the Bulletin has also created a social media toolkit. Access the toolkit > NUKEWATCH QUARTERLY (Winter 2024-25) This number contains 20 articles, eleven […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #215, JANUARY 27, 2025

January 28, 2025 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-climate-memo-mondays-215-january.html MAQ Review of On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change by Jade E. Sasser, New York: NYU Press, 2018, 189 pp. Jade Sasser medanthroquarterly.org A critique of population control narratives reproduced by international development actors in the 21st centurySince the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”―and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back―and […]