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Be an Advocate for the Birds during Arkansas’s 94th General Assembly

 in Current Events

Arkansas is getting ready to do some things that are dangerous for birds and other creatures. They need your help. Please contact Glenn Hooks to find out how you can help the birds. How can you help during this year’s legislative session? VOLUNTEER FOR THE BIRDS Submit Volunteer Form Glenn Hook says: The Arkansas state legislative session just started, during which 135 senators and representatives will begin attending to the people’s business. We welcome them to Little Rock and look forward to a productive session over the next few months. As always, Audubon will be present and active at the Capitol […]

Open Mic for Peace

 in Open Mic

Sun March 4 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Welcome spring with our great local musicians! Always fun. Always beautiful. For many Open Mic is like a sweet spiritual experience. Thank you to Kelly and Donna Mulhollan for creating this warm and open space for creative musicians and poets to try out their work. Bring your instrument or whatever and share. Or just join those of us who listen and enjoy.

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAY, #113, FEBRUARY 15, 2023

 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/02/omni-war-watch-wednesday-113-february.html End the War Ron Jacobs.  “We Need an International Antiwar Movement.” Kathy Kelly and Nick Mottern.  War Crimes.  Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.   Ben Norton. Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism.  “World at dangerous crossroads, only two paths forward: anti-imperialist socialism or fascist barbarism.”   Multipolarista.  END THE WAR RON JACOBS.  “We Need an International Antiwar Movement, Not a Cheerleading Squad for the Arms Industry.”  Counterpunch.  May 3, 2022.   FacebookTwitterRedditEmail  Painting: Paths Of Glory by Christopher R. W. Nevinson (1917) A ceasefire between the warring parties, a Russian withdrawal, a halt to arms shipments, a negotiated peace and an end to […]

CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #113, FEBRUARY 6, 2023

 in Climate Memo Mondays

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/02/climate-memo-mondays-113-february-6-2023.html Rewildng Half the EarthGreenpeace PrioritiesPassover DivestmentSocial Media and Encyclopedia Scholarship  Half-Earth Socialism and the Path Beyond Capital Brian M. Napoletano.  Monthly Review  (February 3, 2023) The Half-Earth movement calls for rewildng half the earth as a means of combating the planetary crisis. Brian Napoletano explores the implications of the Half-Earth approach as outlined in Vettese and Pendergrass’s Half-Earth Socialism. | more… GREENPEACE Letting you in on our latest meeting            Ebony Twilley Martin, Greenpeace via uark.onmicrosoft.com 1-24-23 ) James –  I just got out of an important meeting about Greenpeace’s 2023 priorities. 2023 Strategy Planning — 01/20/2023 — Major priorities in the new year:Win international agreements to […]

Monthly Time Exchange Potluck

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Weds Feb 8 – 6:00 pm – Omni January got iced out, and there was no internet to inform you. But we’re pretty sure you couldn’t have made it there anyway. Just one of those things about living with climate change. This month’s potluck is coming up soon. Next Wednesday Feb 8. It’s a new time of the month. The Exchange Advisory Corps starts the new year with a shift in the schedule. We’re hoping Wednesday will work for you. Please bring a dish to share and enjoy re-connecting with old and new friends. If it would be fun for […]

Open Mic for February is different

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Open Mic February Sunday Feb 5 – 7:00 pm – Omni Maybe this is a covid thing. February is usually a Black History Month, or a Valentine Hearts thing. This year the idea that comes to the mind of Donna Mulhollan (that major source of cultural inspiration around here) is about death, or “crossing over”. There’ve been several of those in Omni already this year I sorry to say. In the wake of covid we need some new thinking about that, and art, music and culture have things to say that can nurture new understanding and deeper care about such […]

SOVIET/RUSSOPHOBIA ANTHOLOGY #1, February 2, 2023.

 in Dick's Newsletter 2023

COLLECTED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY The history of US anticommunism has been voluminously reported;  the following selection has been randomly collected. CONTENTS Books (I have ask UAF’s Mullins Library to order them) Dominic Basulto. Russophobia : How Western Media Turns Russia Into the Enemy.  2015.    Dan Kovalik.  The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Putin.   2017. Guy Mettan.  From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria.  2017.   Articles Anti-Russian sentiment. Wikipedia Russia Hating.  The Nation. Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy.  The Editors.  Monthly […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAY, #111, FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omni-war-watch-wednesday-111-february-1.html  INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON US IMPERIALISMCampaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common SecurityPeace & Planet News VETERANS FOR PEACE: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat, LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON US IMPERIALISM By The People’s Forum,   YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/c6Ahi8Jo5nw   January 29, 2023.    Resistance Report: ·       https://popularresistance.org/launch-of-the-international-peoples-tribunal-on-us-imperialism/ After two years of dedication, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first-ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted in global cross-movement solidarity—both within and outside of the […]