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May Open Mic for Peace

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Sunday May 7 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Final Open Mic for this season! Greetings Open Mic Folks, Don’t miss the last Open Mic for the season. Next one will be in September and that’s a long way away!  If the weather’s nice we’ll hold it outdoors on the patio. It’s just beautiful with bird song as the background music. If you haven’t been to the Omni Center in a spell…come check out the beautiful NEW look and internal paint job…WOW, impressive. Remember, we take the summer break from Open Mic from June-Aug. and start back in September.

Help Fayetteville with its Climate Action Plan!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2023 Contact: Peter Nierengarten  Environmental Director  Sustainability and Resilience  479-575-8272  pnierengarten@fayetteville-ar.gov City of Fayetteville seeks input for new Climate Action Plan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville is embarking on a new, comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and it will host several in-person events this spring to gather input and feedback from Fayetteville residents.  The Climate Action Plan aims to continue the commitment of reducing greenhouse gas emissions laid out in the City’s Energy Action Plan adopted in 2018, adding a new focus on nature-based solutions to help reduce the impacts of climate change. The […]

Omni Center Holds Climate Potluck

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Saturday April 22 – 1:00-4:00 pm – Omni Center You’re invited to Omni’s climate potluck, 3274 N. Lee Ave for a lunch potluck and climate discussion. You don’t have to be vegan to attend, but please bring vegan just for the fun of it so everyone can share and partake. The Omni potluck will be organized by Chip Balew, dedicated vegan advocate. We’ll try posting some vegan suggestions on the Facebook event very soon. A link for the event page will come out asap. If you’re not vegan it could be a delicious new experience as well as a climate […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #121, APRIL 12, 2023

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US VIOLENCE ABROAD AND AT HOME https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-121-april-12.html  In US 647 MASS SHOOTINGS DURING 2022.  130 DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 2023.  Where does this violence come from? OPPOSING US WARS CONTINUED: PEACE MOVEMENT USA 2023.The Progressive Magazine has long opposed US militarism and wars, domestic and foreign violence.  In its latest no. (April-May 2023) it offers 17 articles, including most importantly the convergence of war and warming catastrophes.  For example: “U.S. Military Spending, by the Numbers.”  “As the planet hurtles headlong into climate chaos and millions of people’s basic needs go unmet, there is one sector of the U.S. economy that […]

WORLD WAR III Anthology #1 April 6, 2023

 in Dick's Newsletter 2023

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-world-war-iii-anthology-1-april-6.html Collected by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS WORLD WAR III ANTHOLOGY #1 Chris Wright.   The Second Cold War is more dangerous than the first. Andrew Bacevich.  “On Missing Dr. Strangelove.”  [Introduced by    TomDispatch.]Art Hobson.  “A planet on high-alert.”Steve Taylor.   “ ‘We’ve never been closer to nuclear catastrophe’: Activist   Helen Caldicott.”    (interview)“Notes from the Editors” of Monthly Review. discusses C. Wright Mills, The   Causes of World War III, and Foster, et al. Washington’s New Cold War.Andrew J. Bacevich.  On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to    the American Century.Tom Engelhardt.   “Prophecies.” Engelhardt, creator of  TomDispatch, […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #120, APRIL 5, 2023

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http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-120-april-5.html PEACE MOVEMENT [I am more comprehensively identifying the “Peace Movement” in two parts:  I.  Opposition to preparation for war and war (the worst of all crimes according to the UN Charter), , and II. Alternatives to war—diplomacy, etc.]. OPPOSITION TO WAR AND PREPARATION FOR WAR Chris Hedges. “The Lords of Chaos” [US war crimes].  The Chris Hedges Report, March 22, 2023. TEXTS US War Crimes, National Moral Reckoning, Ethical Amnesia, WWIII Chris Hedges. “The Lords of Chaos.”  The Chris Hedges Report, MAR 22, 2023. The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #121, APRIL 3, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-climate-memo-mondays-121-april-3.html INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Vishwas Satgar.  “End Ecocidal Capitalism or Exterminate Life on Planet Earth.”Brazilian Popular Movements.  “Measures to Defend Life on Planet Earth and Improve Living Conditions.”Jason Hickel. “The Global South has the power to force radical climate action.” Authoritarian Neoliberalism, Global Chaos Vishwas Satgar.  “End Ecocidal Capitalism or Exterminate Life on Planet Earth: A South African Contribution to Ecosocialist Strategy.” Vishwas Satgar.  MR (July 5, 2022).  The South African climate justice movement presents a model for popular revolt against the ecofascist project. | more… Vishwas Satgar       (Jul 01, 2022). Topics: Climate Change  Democracy  Ecology  Marxist   Ecology  Movements      Places: Africa  Global  South Africa Vishwas Satgar is an associate professor of international relations, […]

ISRAELI BDS DAY (BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS) AND PALESTINIAN LAND DAY, MARCH 30, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/israeli-bds-day-boycott-divestment.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY. Also see:   International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Nov. 29.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/un-international-day-in-solidarity-with.html PART OF OMNI’S NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL DAYS PROJECT.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2020/04/omni-nationalinternational-days-project.html CONTENTS Israeli BDS Day and Palestinian Land Day, March 30, 2023 Abel Tomlinson 3-12-23 Google Search 3-29-23 UPJ Announces FOR Showing of Documentary Boycott on legislation    blocking boycotts 3-16-23.  Other ways to see the film. Americans for Peace Now 3-7-23.Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)  2-23-23. ARKANSAS:  ACLU v. Anti-BDS Bills 7-10-22. DIVESTMENT:  AFSC Weekend Reading 6-4-22.  TEXTS OMNI’S MONTHLY ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION Seeking Student Peace Activists & […]