OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #145, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

 OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #145, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 

Abel Tomlinson.  Protest #7 This Saturday
Caitlin Johnstone.  End Aggressions by Both Sides to End the War.
Joseph Gerson. US Uses of its Nuclear Arsenal for Empire.

 

Stop Ukraine War: Peace Protest #7 this Saturday

Dear friends,

We are holding our 7th monthly peace protest to Stop the Ukraine War this Saturday, September 30th, at 11 A.M. at Washington County Courthouse.  We hope to see you there!

 

We must keep standing up to say No More War, not only to stop the killing of Ukrainians & Russians, and to stop the threat of nuclear war, but also to stop the long war our leaders are planning for, as detailed below by antiwar journalist Caitlin Johnstone.  Permanent war not only promises to harm millions of people, but also costs trillions of dollars that could be invested in things that help life instead (biophilia).

Thank you,

Abel Tomlinson

Arkansas Antiwar Alliance, Founder

OMNI Peace Action Committee, Chair

 

“Get Ready for ‘Ukraine War into the 2030s’.”

September 23, 2023  By Caitlin Johnstone

Demanding Russia end its aggressions without the west agreeing to end its own aggressions that led to this conflict is demanding Russia submit to being ruled and dominated by the western empire, says Caitlin Johnstone.
By CaitlinJohnstone     CaitlinJohnstone.com.au

Listen to Tim Foley reading this article

Western officials and media pundits are now directly acknowledging that Ukraine’s much-touted “spring counteroffensive” has been a catastrophic failure, but rather than seeing this as a reason to reconsider the mainstream political consensus on this war, they are instead telling everyone that the counteroffensive’s failure means we must commit to the status quo of bloodshed and nuclear brinkmanship for years to come.

In a recent article titled “U.S. and G-7 Allies Expect War in Ukraine to Drag On for Years,” Bloomberg reports that the U.S.-centralized power structure expects to be backing its proxy conflict against Russia for a very long time, potentially into the 2030s.   MORE
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/09/23/get-ready-for-a-ukraine-war-into-the-2030s/

 

PREVENTING NUCLEAR WAR: The Background
One of the best books on US nuclear weapons, empire, and war is Empire and the Bomb:  How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World  (2007) by Joseph Gerson.  It’s particularly valuable at this moment of confrontation between the nuclear powers USA and Russia.  Russia invaded Ukraine and threatened use of nuclear weapons if US and NATO crossed more red lines.  Most members of the peace movement condemned President Putin as a war criminal.  But that reminded the world that the US has committed similar crimes.   Gerson provides a great deal of information about that.  For example, on p. 12 Gerson writes: “…every president since Truman has prepared or threatened nuclear war during crises, confrontations, and wars to preserve Washington’s global ‘sphere of influence.’”  What the peace movement recommends now is to prevent wars and when that fails, to stop them through diplomacy.  Nuclear wars are so unthinkable our efforts should be headlong for ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.    --Dick

 

END OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #145, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #146, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

 

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #146, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Geoff and Leslie Oelsner.  Attunements for the Earth.
Ed Rampell. Film Necessity, or a Choice of Evils.
Urban Ramblings.  Reject the Military Carbon Bootprint.

 

RESISTANCE TO THE WARMMAKERS

Geoff and Leslie Oelsner.  Attunements for the Earth.

Dear OMNI Friends,

Our planetary climate crisis calls for all possible creative responses. It calls us to turn and tap into the catalyzing intelligence of Nature. Leslie’s and my new book is titled Attunements for the Earth. It includes Leslie’s photographs and my writings. It’s part of our turning, part of our response, and I would greatly appreciate any support you can offer for sharing it with as many people as possible.

Attunements for the Earth is now available on Amazon as an ebook, and in soft and hard bound book form.   
Thank you!  Geoff Oelsner

poeticmedicine.org  https://www.poeticmedicine.org/post/attune…

Attunements for the Earth - Poetry

 

ED RAMPELL.   “A Choice of Evils.”  Counterpunch JULY 2, 2023. Necessity is a Legal and Protest Motion Picture Primer for Climate Activists and Their New Courtroom Strategy FacebookTwitterRedditEmail Co-directors Jan Haaken and Samantha Praus’ documentary Necessity chronicles the frontline struggles by Indigenous and other climate activists, including Stop Line 3 Resistance, Extinction Rebellion, the Sunrise Movement, Fire Drill Fridays, etc., against pipelines and fracking. In almost two hours, this sprawling two-part nonfiction film also zooms in on an evolving, new, novel legal defense that courtroom gladiators are developing to defend eco-warriors in the judicial arena in order to defeat the fossil fuel industry in the courts, and from which this production derives its title.

Read the entire article:   https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/02/a-choice-of-evils/

 

GLOBAL MILITARISM
Militarizing the World
“Let’s get out from under the carbon military boot print.”  

Editor.  Mronline.org (7-4=23). 

Originally published: Urban Ramblings  on June 21, 2023  Empire, Environment, Imperialism, WarAmericas, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, United StatesNewswire

In March last year, U.S. author Meehan Crist wrote the following in the London Review of Books,
One of the worst outcomes of the war in Ukraine would be an increasingly militarised response to climate breakdown, in which Western armies, their budgets ballooning in the name of “national security” seek to control not only the outcome of conflicts but the flow of energy, water, food, key minerals and other natural resources. One does not have to work particularly hard to imagine how barbarous that future would be.

Crist’s point is simply to describe the world we already have, but a bit more so; and her prediction is exactly what is happening.

·        The U.S. has raised military spending to $858 billion this year; up from $778 billion in 2020.

·        France has announced an increase from a projected E295 billion to E413 billion in the next seven years (an average of E59 billion a year).

·        German spending is rising sharply, from E53 billion in 2021 to  E100 billion in 2022 and is set to go further.

·        Japan aims to double its military spending by 2028 and is also debating whether to start deploying nuclear weapons.

·        In the UK, the government’s aim to increase military spending from 2.1% of GDP to 2.5% by 2030 comes on the back of what is already among the highest per capita military spends in the world.

·        NATO, the core alliance of the Global North, already accounted for 55.8% of global military spending in 2021 before any of these increases.

·        Other direct U.S. allies—with a mutual defence pact—accounted for another 6.3%.

·        So, the direct U.S.- centred military alliances account for three fifths of global military spending and yet they are now raising it further at unprecedented rates. These are the world’s dominant imperial powers, acting in concert to sustain a “rules based international order” in which the rules are written in, and to suit, the Global North in general and Washington in particular.

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #144, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #144, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 
World Beyond War.   Abolish War.
Joe Lauria.   “9/11: Why Americans Are Never Told Why.”
Katrina Vanden Heuvel.  “Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia’s Future.”

RECENT (AND FORTHCOMING) WORLD BEYOND WAR ACTIVITIES Some find it hard to believe, but NATO is planning a big celebration of 75 years of itself, with meetings beginning July 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C., at which we can expect many presidents, prime ministers, foreign secretaries, and weapons dealers. We are planning a summit on Saturday July 6 and a rally on Sunday July 7, as well as various other actions in the days before and after that weekend -- including working with allies planning a peace walk from Santa Monica, California, to join us in Washington, D.C. with events all along the way. World BEYOND War is a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated organizations advocating for the abolition of the institution of war.

 

Around the World: Photos from the March for Climate and Peace in New York City on Sunday Talk World Radio: Greg Barns on Efforts to Free Julian Assange Make a Tableau AUDIO: Discussion from 25th Kateri Peace Conference Videos of Kateri Peace Conference Video: Kathy Kelly Serenades War Profiteers The Global Monroe Doctrine Giving the Peace Choir a Microphone The Pentagon is the Elephant In the Climate Activist Room How To Write And Talk About War, And How Not To Our Town and Everyone’s Town Should Be Rallying for Peace Prioritizing Human Rights in Relations with Saudi Arabia Is CIA Director Bill Burns a Biden Yes-Man, a Putin Apologist or a Peacemaker? Announcement of 6th International Conference for World Balance

 

 

On September 5, 2023, members of WILPF, the WBW California chapter, and the Guadalupe Catholic Worker peacefully protested at the Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc, California, saying NO to the Minuteman III ICBM test launch from Vandenberg to the Marshall Islands.

“9/11: Why Americans Are Never Told Why.”  Consortium News (9-13-23). 
When Western media discuss terrorism against the West, such as 9/11, the motive is almost always left out, even when the terrorists state they are avenging longstanding Western violence in the Muslim world, reports Joe Lauria. Read here...

 

Stop the War.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel.  “Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia’s Future.”
The Nation (7.24-31.2023).  A one-page summary and analysis of the revolt by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenary troops in Russia: the “grave risks that would be posed by the Russian state’s disintegration, the terrifying possibility of Russia’s losing control of its nuclear weapons,” the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the refugee crisis, and “new waves of repression.”   Vanden Heuvel calls for “urgently needed diplomacy.”

Compiled by Dick Bennett

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #145, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #145, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Jake Johnson.  US “The ‘Planet-Wrecker in Chief’.”
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes.  Six Of Nine Planetary Boundaries Have Now Been Exceeded.

 

fossil fuel expansion in the U.S.
 Jake Johnson.  “The ‘Planet-Wrecker in Chief’.”  Consortium News (9-13-23). 

Planned fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. accounts for more than a third of new oil and gas extraction projects through 2050, according to Oil Change International.  Read here... https://consortiumnews.com/2023/09/13/the-planet-wrecker-in-chief/   Common Dreams

The United States was called “planet-wrecker-in-chief” by a report released Tuesday that points out the nation’s plans for a massive expansion of oil and gas production over the next two and a half decades even as it postures as a climate leader on the world stage.

According to Oil Change International’s (OCI) research, planned oil and gas expansion in the U.S.— the largest historical contributor to planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions — accounts for more than a third of prospective global oil and gas expansion through 2050. Much of the U.S. expansion is tied to fracking, the report observes.

The U.S. is one of just 20 countries that are projected to be responsible for nearly 90 percent of the carbon dioxide pollution from new oil-and-gas extraction projects between 2023 and 2050.

If those 20 countries follow through with their fossil fuel expansion plans, OCI noted, the projects will emit an estimated 173 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of the lifetime emissions of more than 1,000 new coal plants.  MORE  https://consortiumnews.com/2023/09/13/the-planet-wrecker-in-chief/

Six Of Nine Planetary Boundaries Have Now Been Exceeded

By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. Popular Resistance.org (9-17-23).  .  A new study by an international team of 29 scientists from eight countries provides the third update to the planetary boundaries framework. The update shows how human activities are increasingly impacting our planet, thus augmenting the risk of triggering drastic changes in Earth’s overall conditions. The nine planetary boundaries represent the limits within which humans can continue to thrive and develop. “The planetary boundaries framework draws upon Earth system science,” the study said. “It identifies nine processes that are critical for maintaining the stability and resilience of Earth." -more-

OMNI UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE and ARKANSAS PEACE WEEK SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE and ARKANSAS PEACE WEEK

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology

CELEBRATING  ARKANSAS PEACE WEEK

 

CONTENTS
United Nations Day of Peace, September 21
Blue Scarf Peace Day
UN and a Culture for Peace
FCNL: The World We Seek
CPNN:  Culture of Peace News Network
Peace Proposals for Ukraine War

United Nations Day of Peace, September 21

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o   In 1981, the United Nations General Assembly declared the third Tuesday of September as International Day of Peace. This day coincided with the opening day of the annual sessions of the General Assembly. The purpose of the day was and still remains, to strengthen the ideals of peace around the world.

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Yes, that’s correct! The International Day of Peace is observed annually on September 21st. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981 to promote peace and non-violence worldwide ¹. The theme for this year’s International Day of Peace is “Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals” ¹. The day is marked by a global ceasefire and a day of non-violence and peace ¹.

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WEAR A BLUE SCARF 2023

Celebrate September 21, established by the UN in 1981 as the International Day of Peace.  September 21 is the UN International Day of Peace!

And Blue Scarf Peace Day.

Display the UN flag—white on blue.  Identify OMNI with this September 21 Peace Day global movement . This year the Scarves focus on UN principles for peace.

OMNI is part of the UN international coalition of peace-making.

 

UNITED NATIONS AND CULTURE OF PEACE

	Culture of Peace   Find out how the United Nations define the Culture of Peace and how a global movement is developing in the framework of the International Decade (2001-2010). Before visiting this web site, read first the Ethical Charter.
	International Day of Peace    Find out how UNESCO and others celebrate the International Day of Peace: International Day of Peace (IDP) 2007 - International Day of Peace (IDP) 2006 - (IDP 2005) - (IDP 2004) - (IDP 2003)
	Reports on the Decade 2007 Report on the International Decade Other UN Reports and Resolutions
	Who is involved See how the global movement for a culture of peace is growing worldwide, by country or by international organization.
	Information Exchange * Call for nominations for the 2008 International Essay Contest for Young people. Find through personalized searches the information directly registered by the culture of peace actors : projects / resources offered and requested, news/messages and articles... Discover our Newsletter - french
	UNESCO activities Find out about UNESCO's programmes and activities that mainstream the Culture of Peace according to the Culture of Peace eight domains of action, UNESCO's 2008 Prize for Peace Education and the Felix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize. Visit the Manifesto 2000 website for more information on this sensitization tool.
	Tool box Download the United Nations resolutions, the reference documents, the logos and communication materials you need.

 

Friends Committee on National Legislation

The World We Seek: FCNL Policy Statement

The World We Seek, FCNL's policy statement, sets forth FCNL's broad objectives for public policy. The General Committee, or board of governors, revises and updates the statement on an ongoing basis.Legislative priorities for each Congress are drawn from the policy statement. 

The current policy statement outlining the world we seek was approved in November 2013. Download the full document, or read it by section.

Preamble

Since the early days of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), God’s spirit has led Friends to take action in the world. This Spirit has called Friends to recognize the equality of women and men, challenge hereditary privilege, help end legal slavery, struggle against oppression and reduce suffering inflicted by violent conflict. Since 1943, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) has carried on this witness of the Spirit through action on Capitol Hill. Governed by members of the Religious Society of Friends, FCNL acts in faith to create a world free from war, a society with equity and justice for all, a community where every person’s potential may be fulfilled and an earth restored.

Part 1: We Seek a World Free of War and the Threat of War

Friends have long found inspiration in George Fox’s invitation to live “in the virtue of that life and power that [takes] away the occasion of all wars.” We believe that peace throughout the world is God’s will and is attainable. True security results from a culture of peace, including a healthy environment, a fair and sustainable economic life, democratic participation, an educated population, personal well-being and healthy families. Peace and security can be achieved only by peaceful means.

Part 2: We Seek a Society with Equity and Justice for All

Friends’ witness calls for right relationships among people and between individuals and God. Governments are instituted, in part, to promote and protect basic human rights. These are rights, not mere privileges subject to easy denial. Friends acknowledge the indispensable role of government in safeguarding the integrity of our society and the essential dignity of all human beings. Citizens have the responsibility to participate vigorously in making government more responsive, open and accountable.

Part 3: We Seek a Community Where Every Person's Potential May Be Fulfilled

"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these . . . ye have done it unto me." We believe that God dwells in each human soul, and therefore it is the birthright of all persons to live a life of dignity with access to the basic necessities for human growth and development. Accordingly, we believe that all members of society should take responsibility for each other, not only to provide the essentials of life but also to ensure an opportunity for meaningful work and recreation so that each can contribute to society according to his or her abilities. Society benefits when families and communities make commitments to care for their members.

Part 4: We Seek an Earth Restored

We declare that humankind must respect the ecological integrity and the sacredness of the natural world. All on this earth are interdependent, and we are strongly mindful of the call to be wise stewards of what God has provided. Friends’ testimonies have deep relevance to the global environmental crises we see unfolding around us.      http://fcnl.org/about/govern/policy/    

            

Culture of Peace News Network - Wikipedia

 

Dear CPNN readers and reporters, This is the first bulletin since we announced that CPNN would now put a special emphasis on articles with a video available on the Internet, and we are pleased to say that during the month, we have put 10 new articles on line that are accompanied by videos. We have also started a special section of discussion on Internet Videos, with the first question being "Understanding a culture of peace - what videos are available?" In response to this question, you will now find links to videos explaining the culture of peace by three of the pioneers in this field: Federico Mayor who was responsible for the "invention" of the culture of peace when he was Director-General at UNESCO from 1987 to 1999; David Adams, who was director of the UNESCO programme during that time;		VIDEO REVIEWS Federico Mayor: Introduction to the culture of peace Click here for other video reviews. and Anwarul Chowdhury who was responsible for passage of the culture of peace resolution by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. Please keep the culture of peace videos coming by sending us reviews, and enjoy those that we are able to list and link to on CPNN! See below for the most recent articles.
Note: if the photos below do not show up, you may also get the bulletin at http://cpnn-world.org/bulletin/bulletin-12-4.html.

	PEACE EDUCATION University for Peace Starts Centre in The Hague	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Ecology: African Voice in Rio +20	HUMAN RIGHTS First All-Women Human Rights structure established in Mindanao	WOMEN'S EQUALITY  Launch of World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
	Click here to read other articles on peace education	Click here to read other articles on sustainable development	Click here to read other articles on human rights	Click here to read other articles on women's equality
	DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION Extreme Poverty is Violence - Breaking the Silence - Searching for Peace	TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY Euro-med youth exchanges: Culture of Olive Trees . . . Culture of Peace	FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION New State-of-the art Website for the Culture of Peace Initiative	DISARMAMENT & SECURITY Bangladesh and Myanmar: an historic example of conflict resolution
	Click here to read other articles on democratic participation	Click here to read other articles on tolerance and solidarity	Click here to read other articles on free flow of information	Click here to read other articles on disarmament

Please send us articles about the work of your organization (see http://cpnn-world.org/write/submitart.html). We look forward to hearing from you. Do not hesitate to contact us at: Peace, through struggle, The CPNN Team

 

 

MORE PEACEMAKERS [Proposals for Peace]

As leaders around the world warn that the Ukraine War risks to escalate into a nuclear world war, there are new peacemakers joining with China and the Vatican that we quoted in this bulletin two months ago.

Leaders from throughout Africa who went to Russia last month proposed their peace plan for the Ukraine War. Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa and Macky Sall of Senegal were joined by three other African presidents and 49 delegations representing most African countries and regional organizations including the African Union. Al Jazeera quotes the Reuters news agency that the African proposal floats a series of possible steps to defuse the conflict, including a Russian troop pullback, removal of Russian tactical nuclear weapons from Belarus, suspension of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Putin and sanctions relief, and they quote President Putin that it could be the basis for peace in Ukraine.

And national security officers from over 40 countries, including all of the BRICS countries except Russia, converged in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for consultations and exchange of opinions for peace in Ukraine. Western media gave priority to the proposal presented to the conference by the Ukrainian delegation, a 10-point peace formula, which calls for the full withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory. But according to the DPA News Agency quoted by Russian, Macedonian  and Iranian media, informs that the Saudi's presented their own peace proposal, which would envisage the preservation of Ukraine’s integrity, a ceasefire along the entire frontline, the beginning of UN-brokered talks, and the exchange of prisoners.

The African peace proposal, as well as the earlier peace proposal of the Chinese, was supported by the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) at their summit in Johannesburg.

Repeated remarks by Russian officials that nuclear weapons could be used if Russia's integrity is threatened, and repeated remarks by American and NATO officials that the Ukraine War should lead to the defeat of Russia have led many leaders to demand peace in Ukraine in order to avoid a nuclear war.

UN Secretary-General Guterres warned that “the drums of nuclear war are beating once again” in a message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, “The nuclear shadow that loomed over the Cold War has re-emerged. And some countries are recklessly rattling the nuclear sabre once again, threatening to use these tools of annihilation.”

In his annual peace declaration, the mayor of Hiroshima, said that "leaders around the world must confront the reality that nuclear threats now being voiced by certain policymakers reveal the folly of nuclear deterrence theory."

And 100 top medical journals published this month an unprecedented joint call for the elimination of nuclear weapons, citing mounting nuclear tensions amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The editorial concludes that “The nuclear-armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us.”

Can the Ukraine War be stopped? While the countries engaged in the war show no sign of being ready for a peace settlement, there are mounting contradictions in these countries that could lead them to the negotiating table, as described here. When they are finally ready to negotiate, there are many peacemakers ready to help. Let us hope that this does not come too late.

 

UN DAY OF PEACE 2023