DICK’S SOURCES FOR HIS ANTHOLOGIES AND WEEKLIES

 

DICK’S SOURCES FOR HIS ANTHOLOGIES AND WEEKLIES  10-22-25

 

 

INDIVIDUALS

Joanie Connors (forwards)
*Chris Hedges
Jayapal, Pramila
*Caitlin Johnstone  (orig., sub.)
Vijay Prashad
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh
*Robert Reich (orig., sub.)
*Scott Ritter (orig., sub.),
 *Real Scott Ritter
*Bernie Sanders (orig., sub.)
*Pat Snyder (forwards ADG)
*Sonny San Juan (forwards)
Williamson, Marianne

 

 

ORGANIZATIONS (free, donation, subscription to its publication)

*AAUP (Am Assoc. of Univ. Professors)
*ACLU
ACLU of Arkansas
Adalah Justice Project
*AFSC (see: FCNL)

American Humanist (mag. Defunct but org. active)
Americans for Financial Reform
Americans United for Church and State
Amnesty International
APWU (American Postal Workers Union auxiliary)
Arkansas Climate League
*Arbor Day Foundation

Back from the Brink
Bethlehem Univ. Fund (Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (and Einstein Circle)

*Catholic Worker
*Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Climate Mobilization
*Code Pink
*Common Cause
Common Dreams
*Consortium News
Corporate Accountability
*Counterpunch
*Covert Action Magazine (CAM)
CPDS  (Joseph Gerson)

DASS (Democratic Secretaries of State)
Defending Rights and Dissent
Demand Progress
*Democracy Now (Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez)

Earth Justice
*Electronic Intifada

FAIR (Extra!)
Food and Water Watch
*FCNL
*Freedom from Religion Foundation (highly active include. superlative magazine Freethought Today)
Free Inquiry

Genocide Watch
Global Dispatches
*Global Network against (Space4Peace, Bruce Gagnon)
Government Accountability Project (GAP)
Green Party (Jill Stein)
*Greenpeace
Ground Zero Center

*Historians for Peace
Hollywood Democrats (HDC)

ICAN (nuc, Nobel PP)
Indivisible (Dem. Party)
*Inside Climate News
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
*In These Times
The Intercept

Jacobin (socialist)
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP, 2 orgs. combined)
Justice Democrats

KUAF

League of Women Voters
Living New Deal

*Monthly Review (Marxist)
*Move to Amend (Citizens United)
Ms. Magazine
Muslim Legal Fund
A. J. Muste (peace org.)

NAACP (and NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
*The Nation (longtime liberal org., exc. mag., online ACURA on Russia)
NAPF (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
National Immigration Law Center
*NCAC
*NCTE
Nevada Desert Experience (nuclear)
The New Republic (TNR)
Nonviolent Peaceforce
*Nukewatch
*Nuclear Resister

*OMNI
*OR Books

Peace Action
*Peace and Planet News
People for the American Way
People Power United
PETA
Plough Quarterly (liberal Christian)
*PM Press
*Popular Resistance.org (Alliance for Global Justice)
*Popular Resistance Daily Digest
*Portside Snapshot
Progressive Caucus Action Fund
*Progressive Magazine
*Public Citizen (excellent org. and magazine)

Resist (grants to ngos, e.g. living wage)
Roots Action (World Beyond War)

Science for Peace
Shalom Center
*Sierra
*Skeptical Inquirer
Sudan U
*Syracuse Cultural Center

314 Action Fund (pro-science polit. Candidates)
Tipping Point
TODA (Buddhist org.)
*Tom Dispatch (sponsors articles)
*Transcend Media Service (Norway, peace movement)
*Truthout

UFPJ
*UNCCD (global desertification)
*UNHCR (refugees)
UNRWA (Palestine, Gaza)
*USA for UNFPA (Yemen)
UUA (Unitarian Universalist Assoc.)
*UUSJ
UU for Justice in the Middle East
USCPR (Palestine)

*VFP Weekly (Veterans for Peace, several members correspond, Condon)
Vote Smart

War Resisters League (WRL)
*Washington County Dems
*Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA)
Waterkeepers Alliance
*Wikimedia
 Wikipedia
Win Without War (peace)
Women for Women International
Working Families Party
*World Beyond War

*Yale Climate Connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

USELESS SOURCES WHICH I CHECK FOR VARIOUS REASONS

UAF: GSIE (grad. School newsletter), AR News, AR   Impact,

This subject deserves at least a MA Thesis.   Mo after mo, year after year, UAF research is comparatively trivial or peripheral, compared to the subjects I glean from my sources.  I know of no direct censorship when I taught there, nor ever then or to the present have heard of any.  It’s all self-censorship, keeping your head down even when there’s no actual danger.    The faculty members are timorous wee beasties?

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #252, OCTOBER 22, 2025.

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #252, OCTOBER 22, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.

 

 

 

The Fall 2025 number of Nukewatch Quarterly includes five important articles on US nuclear war preparation, four of them important essays by staff member John LaForge, who writes Nobel Peace Prize quality research on nuclear weapons .
 1. A highlighted Editorial: “U.S. Pariah State Joins Israel in Outlaw Bombing of Iran.”  The bombing by planes and a submarine were ”acts of war and criminal conspiracies of the highest order.” 
2.  A second article makes the case that “U.S. Atomic Bombings Didn’t Save Lives or End the War.”   LaForge cites Adm.Leahy, Major Gen. LeMay, Gen. Arnold, Gen.MacArthur, and the  Federal Council of Churches, and urges readers to protest lies that protect nuclear weapons.  
3.   The “Golden Dome” missile defense program is “A Gold Mine of Profiteering” (costly and corrupt).  
4.  Particularly urgent:  “U.S. Nuclear Weapons Returned to UK Airbase.”  The delivery of the new US B61-12  hydrogen (thermonuclear) first-strike, accurate, gravity (air-dropped) bombs, “needlessly destabilizes the shooting war between Russia and Ukraine,” and “is an open violation of the 1970 Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons” (NPT). 
 5.  The fifth article, by John Burroughs, “Environmental Review Begins for Massive Project to Produce New Nuclear Weapon Cores” (“at least 80 plutonium pits for the W87-1nuclear warhead per year”).   The article is based upon a “comprehensive report” by the Union of Concerned Scientists” (UCS), which warns against an enlarged nuclear arms race; it article appeared in Currents, the newsletter of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons for Peace and Justice.     Burroughs is the Senior Analyst of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy.    
 These five articles provide a scholarly, factual foundation for our resistance to nuclear weapons proliferation.   We can inform ourselves,  and we can take action.    Subscribe to Nukewatch Q. (715- 472-4185).  –Dick. 

 

NUCLEAR WAR
Scott Ritter.  “The Missiles of October.”   Consortium News (10-8-25).
“Nuclear arms control teeters on the brink of extinction and with it all of humanity.”   Read here...   By Scott Ritter.   Real Scott Ritter .The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia — New START — is set to expire on Feb. 5, 2026.

This treaty, which caps the nuclear arsenals of both nations at 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear weapons each, was signed back in 2010, during the administrations of U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. At that time, the two nations were engaged in what proved to be an abortive “reset” of relations.

But the underlying problems which prompted the need for a reset —  NATO expansion, continued U.S. pursuit of hegemony disguised as a “rules based international order” and a general U.S. disregard for arms control as a necessary mechanism of global stability — were never fully addressed, and new problems emerged (such as the reemergence of Vladimir Putin as the president of Russian, Russian intervention in Syria and the conflict in Ukraine) which made a reset impossible.

Instead, relations between the two nuclear-armed world powers worsened, and today the U.S. finds itself in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine that threatens to go nuclear at any moment should either side make a mistake or miscalculation. Both nations find themselves on the cusp of a new nuclear arms race, and the only thing that holds them back is a treaty set to expire and no new treaty on the horizon. . . .  [Ritter’s careful sifting of the situation follows.  D]

The consequences of doing nothing are dire — the U.S. and Russia are engaged in a proxy war in Ukraine that threatens to invoke the nuclear doctrines of both nations. If New START expires, a new unconstrained nuclear arms race will assuredly occur, one which will see both nations engaged in destabilizing actions which could be viewed as existentially threatening.

One mistake, one miscalculation, and the world could very well find itself confronting the horrific reality of a nuclear Armageddon.

Let’s give peace a chance.

Scott Ritter is a former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control treaties, in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm and in Iraq overseeing the disarmament of WMD. His most recent book is Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika, published by Clarity Press.    This article is from the author’s Substack.

North Korea is responding to the end of NEW START and the huge expansion of US nuclear weapons by expanding too. 
KIM TONG-HYUNG AND HYUNG-JIN KIM.   “N. Korea displays its untested new missile at military parade.”  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ( Oct 12, 2025).   N. Korea displays its untested new missile at military parade    [My reaction: Only the Total Banning of Nuclear Weapons will End Proliferation.  –D]

Oct. 19, 1923, War Resisters League (WRL) founded.
Oct. 22, 1962, Pres. Kennedy blockades Cuba, reacting to Soviets’ reaction……

TOOLS FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERATION v. Wars, Warming, Fascism, Racism
by Syracuse Cultural Workers.com, Box 6367, Syracuse, NY, 13217.  315-474-1132.
Cards, calendars, t-shirts, buttons, etc. 

 

END OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #252, OCTOBER 22, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #253, October 20, 2025.

 

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #253, October 20, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett

 

Climate & Capitalism: Two Books on Plastics 350.org on COP 30  “Communicating Climate Change.”   Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Read and Resist! CLIMATE & CAPITALISM  “Ecosocialist Bookshelf,” October 2025. Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future.   Publisher’s description: Plastics, forever chemicals poisoning of the biosphere. POISONING THE WELL:  How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America.  Island Press. PFAS, the ‘forever chemicals’ found in everyday products, from cooking pans to mascara, can now be found in the bodies of just about everyone. The petrochemical knows the danger this poses for human health, but actively resists every attempt to limit production. Udasin and Frazin trace an ugly history of corporate greed and devastation of human lives. Marie-Monique Robin, Allison Schein, and Lara Vergnaud.   OUR DAILY POISON:  From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Poisoned the Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick.  The New Press.   Documents the shocking array of chemicals we encounter in our daily lives, and their effects on our health over time. Using scientific studies, expert testimony, and interviews with farm-workers suffering from acute chronic poisoning, she demonstrates how corporate interests—and our own ignorance—may be costing us our lives.

  Other recent articles ...Amazon fires cause record-breaking CO2 emissions
Has the Anthropocene Been Cancelled?
'Carbon markets dispossess our territories and criminalize our ways'
Climate change adds 40 days to worldwide wildfire season   

 

 “Communicating Climate Change.”   Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Dear Friends,

Knowing your audience is key to successful communication. This is especially important when communicating climate change: a topic that elicits different responses from different people. This means your communications strategies and messages should be tailored for your audience. Our research identifies six unique audiences within the American public who perceive and respond to climate change in their own distinct ways: Global Warming’s Six Americas — the Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive.

In 2018, we created a simple 4-question survey tool, called “SASSY” — the Six Americas Super Short Survey — that helps communicators quickly categorize any individual or group of respondents. Since then, a growing number of campaigns, educators, and researchers are using this tool to better understand their audiences, screen participants for their research, and measure the effectiveness of their communication campaigns.

Today, we are excited to release the new Guidebook: Using the Six Americas Super Short Survey (SASSY) in Campaigns and Education. . . .

 

Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D., Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Yale School of the Environment, (203) 432-4865

 

“This is serious” by Katrina Riley - 350.org.  1-15-25 .

This is serious, Dick.
The planet just crossed its first climate tipping point. Coral reefs are now in irreversible decline due to ocean warming and acidification caused by climate change.   Without rapid climate action, experts warn that we’re on the brink of hitting other tipping points too, including the devastation of the Amazon rainforest, the collapse of vital ocean currents, and the loss of ice sheets.^{1. . .}   That’s why COP30 — the world’s biggest climate talks — is an opportunity we can’t afford to miss, Dick. In less than a month, decision-makers will meet in Belém, Brazil, to shape the course of climate action for years to come. 350.org and our partners are demanding COP30 deliver: 
A rapid phaseout of fossil fuels, with no new oil, gas, or coal projects.
Reparations from wealthy countries to communities on the frontlines of climate loss and damage.
Indigenous, traditional, and frontline leadership at COP.   Donate

END OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #253, October 20, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #251, OCTOBER 15, 2025.

 

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #251, OCTOBER 15, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.

 

NO KINGS Demonstration, FAYETTEVILLE, this SATURDAY 18^TH, NOON, COURT HOUSE.

From Indivisible:  Sat. Oct. 18, 9:30-11:30 am, Rogers.   We’ll meet on the public sidewalks at the intersection of South Promenade Boulevard & Crown Lane, Rogers, AR 72758.

 

 

 

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
Join millions at 'No Kings' protest

At gatherings big and small; in cities and towns; on street corners, campuses, bridges and town squares; in parks, train stations, city halls and more—AFT members will join with allies nationwide on Oct. 18 for a “No Kings” day of action even bigger than the one we held in June. Millions of people are coming together to reclaim our democracy, denouncing Trump’s authoritarian power grab and peacefully embracing the power of the people to demand dignity, affordability and opportunity for all. Here’s how you and your members can get involved. Here’s where you can find an event near you.

University loyalty pledge is ‘entirely corrupt’  When the Trump administration demanded “loyalty oaths” to force colleges and universities (including the University of Virginia, above) to support the president unconditionally, top leaders at the AFT and the American Association of University Professors called the move what it is: “entirely corrupt.” The offer of preferential treatment for institutions that court government favor “stinks of favoritism, patronage, and bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten and AAUP President Todd Wolfson, who urged institutions to reject such collusion. Read their scathing statement here and sign the petition against compacts here

 

 

Robert Reich.   Inequality Media Civic Action.
Dear Dick,
Next Saturday, Oct. 18, millions of Americans all over the country will join together at more than 2,000 events across all 50 states to tell Donald Trump that we have NO KINGS in America. . . .  Donald Trump is doing everything he can to make himself a king — defying the courts, issuing arbitrary decrees, and disregarding checks and balances.   Trump’s militarized army of anti-immigration thugs is terrorizing communities and arresting people without due process. He’s using the power of the federal government to silence dissent on university campuses and in the media. He’s weaponizing the Justice Department against political enemies and shuttering entire agencies by illegally refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress.   These are the actions of a lawless authoritarian, and we shouldn’t stand for it.   Express Donate: $9    

P.O. Box 9323, Berkeley,  CA 94709

 

 

[VFP-all] “Oct 18: No Kings, No Warmongers — March with Veterans For Peace.”   Gerry Condon via uark.onmicrosoft.com .   Oct .14, 2025.   From: Veterans ForPeace <vfp@veteransforpeace.org>   View and share this email as a web page.

 

Working Families Party
Dick, In America, we have no kings.   But day after day, Trump becomes even more of a wannabe dictator with his deployments of ICE and the National Guard around the country, and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was even caught saying that he had complete, unrestricted power on the matter.   He was wrong. Power still belongs to the people, and it’s time to show it by coming together in numbers they can’t ignore.   This Saturday, millions of people will be joining the No Kings Day of Action across the country. Will you be one of them? Click here to find and RSVP for a No Kings Day of Action protest near you.

Progressive Caucus Action FundDick
President Trump thinks he can rule this country like a monarch, but in America, we don’t do kings. On October 18, we’re rising up to prove it.    Since day one, Trump and his MAGA enablers have acted like the rules don’t apply to them, seizing local police departments, deploying federal forces against peaceful protestors, taking U.S. citizens, and slashing vital services while funneling billions to their billionaire allies. Now, he’s even hinting at a third term. Enough.   The Progressive Caucus Action Fund is standing with our neighbors and fellow Americans to remind President Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Will you join us? Find a protest near you.

 

Tell Congress: Fight back against Trump’s domestic military deployments by rejecting the NDAA!   9-6-25

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War Budget Watch @ Win Without War <info@winwithoutwar.org>                                              Dick: Just this summer, Trump has used the military to occupy major U.S. cities, intimidate political opponents, and run cover for a mass deportation campaign that is leaving communities in fear.   Trump’s efforts to weaponize our military against the people are inflammatory, dangerous, and dictatorial. Fortunately, we’re about to face a critical chance to push back.   In a matter of days, Congress will be voting on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a must-pass funding bill that sets the budget for the Pentagon, which is currently overseeing the deployments of armed federal troops to our cities and towns. . . .  [Congress has not yet passed the final bill, -- Dick 10-15-25.]

We need lawmakers to fight back against authoritarianism at every possible step, and that has to include REJECTING the NDAA. One of the surefire ways they’ll be compelled to do just that? Hearing from droves of constituents, like you.

We can’t risk this horrible bill becoming law because members of Congress think people like us aren’t paying attention or, worse, that we don’t care. Click here to tell Congress: Fight back against Trump’s domestic military deployments by rejecting the NDAA!

ACT NOW

 

 

 

END OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #251, OCTOBER 15, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.