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CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #141, AUGUST 21, 2023

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OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #141, AUGUST 21, 2023 (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) Greta Thunberg.  The Climate Book.  Penguin, 2023.Hanson and Brown.  Government of and for Its Citizens. Matthew Gindin.  “What is metabolic rift?” Greta Thunberg.  The Climate Book.  Penguin, 2023.  I received this book a few days ago and quickly began to admire its “creation” (as the title-author page unusually declares: “Created by Greta Thunberg.”)  For her presence is essential throughout.   She opens her book with four jolting graphics showing the relationship between CO2 and global warming.   The Table of Contents numbers each of the essays and divides them […]

UKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #31August 17, 2023

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OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI UKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #31 August 17, 2023 (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS WIDENING WAR Jacques Baud.  Operation Z. (book)Benjamin Schwarz and Christopher Layne.  “Why Are We In Ukraine?”  Harper’s    Magazine (June 2023).Daniel Kovalik.  “Russia, Donbass, and the Reality of the Conflict in Ukraine.” Evan Reif.   “Lord of the Underworld: Meet the Paratrooper from North    Carolina who Helped Orchestrate the War in Ukraine.”Scott Ritter.  “Agent Zelensky – Part 2. “ SweenyBhadrakumarB (Moon of Alabama)KlarenbergBhadrakumarNesterenko PEACE PLANSKagarlitskySlagerList of Sources TEXTS Book Jacques Baud.  Operation Z.  2022.  Bottom of Form […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #140, AUGUST 14, 2023 

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-140-august-14.html NOTES FROM THE EDITORS.  mONTHLY REVIEW.  June 2022 (Volume 74, Number 2) by The Editors (Jun 01, 2022) Topics: Capitalism  Climate Change  Ecology  Political Economy Places: Global [I discovered I had never forwarded this crucial explanation of the IPCC process of two reports for each of the six IPCC assessments—the scientific report produced by hundreds of scientists based upon thousands of published studies, and the redacted government/corporate final report.  If you had wondered why the final assessments had seemed to have understated their findings, you were reading the Ffnal, doctored document of each of the six assessments.  –Dick] Time is running out for the world to […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #138, AUGUST 9, 2023

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OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #138, AUGUST 9, 2023. jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com);  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/08/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-138-august-9.html USA, WARMAKER As you might know, I am reshelving my books after having to box them up following a frozen pipe this winter and restoration.  It’s given me an opportunity to read again books that help explain why I am opposed to US foreign policy of wars and empire.  For example, The Roots of American Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Power and Purpose by Gabriel Kolko (1969).Here’s from the Introduction, p. xi:  “For a growing number of Americans the war in Vietnam has become the […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #139, AUGUST 7, 2023

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OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #139, AUGUST 7, 2023 (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) KENNY STANCIL.  “Worsening Heatwaves Put Entire Global Food System in Jeopardy, Scientists Warn.”José Seoane.  “The eco collapse we were warned about has begun.” Ian Angus.  “Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene.” KENNY STANCIL.  “Worsening Heatwaves Put Entire Global Food System in Jeopardy, Scientists Warn.”   Common Dreams (July 21, 2023). “There are growing risks of simultaneous major crop losses in different regions in the world,” said one scientist. “This is not what we’re seeing right now, but in the coming decades that’s one […]

HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE AUGUST 6 & 9, 2023

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OMNI’s War and Warming Newsletter: OMNI HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE AUGUST 6 & 9, 2023 (jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com) Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Program for Hiroshima Nagasaki 2023 Theme:   What did we learn? Sunday August 6, 7:00 pm, Omni Center for Peace  Program7:00 – catered meal served7:30 – ProgramOpening song, Dale CarpenterWelcome, Founder Dr. Dick BennettAnnouncement from Nuclear Campaign Coordinator, Abel TomlinsonGladys Tiffany moderator, introduce Benetick Maddison video on the Marshallese perspective.Gladys, Introduce Art Hobson, What Did We Learn?  Music – Dale CarpenterReading the names – Karen TakemotoClose with silence in honor of the killed8:35 – Closing gratitudes – […]

Hiroshima Nagasaki Day renewed

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“What Have We Learned?”Sunday August 6 – 7:00 pm Omni Center Register for the meal by two methods: 1.Eventbrite –Click Here 2.Pay at the door with registration – call Gladys at 479-283-2167 to register for the dinner. $20 suggested donation, please pay what you are able. Omni and our predecessors have held Hiroshima Nagasaki commemorations since 1971, but covid caused a deep cleft in our practice. For the first time in 3 years Omni will be hosting an event to honor the deaths of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and remind ourselves of the terrible consequences of using weapons of mass destruction. […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #138, JULY 31, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-138-july-31.html RESISTANCESenator Jeff Merkley: Biden Must Stop New Fossil Fuel Projects.Jay Inslee.   “‘The Climate Change Bomb Has Gone Off.”   Marjory Cohn. “Youth Plaintiffs in Court Against Montana.”    Brett Wilkins.   “‘July Should Be a Wake-Up Call’:  Senator Says Biden Must Stop Approving New Fossil Fuel Projects.”   Common Dreams (7-30-23).  “We are in a climate emergency,” said Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley. “We can’t take a piecemeal approach to the massive crisis we face.” CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMENTARY, HUMAN RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, LEGAL, U.S.   Jessica Corbett.  “‘The Climate Change Bomb Has Gone Off,’ Says Jay Inslee Amid Extreme Heat.” Common Dreams.  July 23, 2023  “What the scientific community is […]