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OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #130, JUNE 5, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-130-june-5.html Thom Hartmann.  Nationalize the Fossil Fuels Industry.David Schwartzman.  China’s peace plan, ceasefire in the Ukraine war, negotiations.  Dick.  Rabbis: study leading to action. THOM HARTMANN.   “Will There Ever Be a Criminal Trial for the People Wilfully Destroying Life on Earth?”  Common Dreams.    May 29, 2023.[Hartmann makes a case for nationalizing the fossil fuels industry.   Here is the conclusion of his article. To read the entire article go to https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/criminal-liability-for-climate-damage   Thanks to Fran for sending Hartmann’s excellent argument.  –Dick] Thomas M. Hanna, Director of Research at The Democracy Collaborative and author of Our Common Wealth: The Return of Public Ownership in the United States, […]

UKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #30A, June 4, 2023

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USA-NATO-UKRAINE-RUSSIA https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-ukraine-war-anthology-30a-june-4.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY HTTPS://OMNICENTER.ORG/DONATE OMNI ANTHOLOGIES ON SOVIET UNION/RUSSIA  Each of these items will lead you to the other anthologies as of  May 2023. RUSSIA (Newsletter) ANTHOLOGY  #10, January 28, 2022https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/01/omni-russia-newsletter-10-january-28.htmlSOVIET/RUSSOPHOBIA ANTHOLOGY #2, March 3, 2023https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/omni-sovietrussophobia-anthology-2.htmlUKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #28, February 18, 2023https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/02/omni-us-nato-ukraine-russia-war.htmlUKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #29https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-us-nato-ukraine-russia-war.htmlUKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #30, June 4, 2023 Number of articles in first 18 Ukraine War Anthologies, 2014-2022:306.  From #19-28 = 189.  Total in 28 Anthologies: 495.  The quantity is an important point.  Clearly, contrary to the presentation of the war by the US and NATO, there […]

National Pollinator Week, June 19 – 25, 2022

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National Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinator health. Your Climate Victory Garden does just that! It’s a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what we can do to protect them.  See the entire series on Climate Victory Gardens at the YouTube channel: Climate Victory Gardens

Time Exchange Potluck

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Sat June 10 6:00-7:30 pm Omni Center Second Saturday NWA Time Exchange willl hold a potluck for people to get together and talk about time banks. How they work, what they can do for our community and all that. This potluck is specifically meant to be very open to anyone, so it’s not specifically vegan or vegetarian, but those dishes are always on the menu. Bring you’ll note the ingredients for your dish on a card and we can all appreciate what’s in it. Fix anything you’d like to share and meet others who’d like to see our community getting […]

How to Change the World With Your Lawnmower

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Last night I couldn’t stop watching a Frontline episode I missed when it came out a couple years ago. The one about the rise and impact of Facebook and what it’s leadership thinks they can do to fix the problems it causes (they were vague on that point). Here’s the link to that episode if you missed it too: While trying to go to sleep afterward the thought that keep oozing back into my mind was how idealistic the founding group was and how determined they were to make the world a better place. A few of them still believe […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #128, MAY 31,  2023

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.https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-128-may-31.html Ben Norton.  Millions killed in US post-9/l1 wars.Comm on Dreams.  US Supplied Weapons to Most Authoritarian Nations.James Douglass.  JFK Murdered by Promoters of War ATROCIOUS US POST-9/11 WARS Ben Norton. “U.S. post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows.”   Editor.  Mronline.org (5-23-23).  Wars the U.S. waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.  (Posted May 22, 2023).   Originally published: Geopolitical Economy Report  on May 18, 2023 (more by Geopolitical Economy Report)  |  Empire, Human […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #129, MAY 29, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-climate-memo-mondays-129-may-29.html Bannerman.  War and Climate.Corbett.  War, Warming, Pandemic.Alterman.  Money Plutocracy.Teachout.  Sherman Antitrust Act. Stacy Bannerman    “Is Climate The Worst Casualty of War?”   Common     Dreams, July 31, 2018.  (# 46, 9-15-18). Pub. also in Peace in Our Times (Fall 2018) p. 21.  Other writers on the convergence of war and cc:   Bertell, Chomsky and Polk, Dower, Dyer, Greer, Johnson, Maddow, Parenti, Paskal, Sanders, Smith and Vivekananda, Gar Smith, Wood.   We know what we’re up against and we know what to do. UN WARS OF WAR, WARMING, PANDEMIC CONVERGENCEJessica Corbett.  JESSICA CORBETT   “War and Climate Crisis Threaten Global Progress on Human Health, […]

The Climate Moment #222

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What’s happening around the world about climate? Selected moments from the collection of Reevaluation Counseling leader Russ Vernon-Jones and shared by local Omni member Dorothy Marcy #222 Indigenous youth protecting forests in the Philippines Indigenous youth in the southern Philippines are keeping alive an ancient forest monitoring practice known as “panlaoy” to help protect ecosystems on the slopes of a biodiversity-rich mountain. Panlaoy requires immersion in the forest, where participants observe, document and assess the condition of the ecosystem and any threats to it. It includes spiritual practices and passing on traditional ecological knowledge and forest management practices from one generation […]