Yearly Archives: 2026

A House of Dynamite

 in Current Events

Hiroshima Nagasaki Pre-Showing Weds March 18 – 3:30 pm – Omni Center A House of Dynamite is a 2025 American political thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Noah Oppenheim. It stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King with Greta Lee and Jason Clarke. The film demonstrates the perspectives and responses of U.S. government and military officials after an unknown adversary launches an intercontinental ballistic missile at Chicago. This showing is especially In honor of Omni Founder Dick Bennett’s life-long devotion to ending nuclear war.

ALERT!! Fayetteville Real Recyclers!!!

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From Louise Mann ALERT!! Fayetteville Real Recyclers!!!  You need to be asking questions of your alderpersons. Currently you have good quality recyclables because unlike recyclables are segregated. Where is the documentation regarding marketability of single stream collected recyclables? NOTE…Fayetteville staff now calls single stream, all-in-one, roll out, or mixed recycling. Where is the recycling transparency ordinance?  https://www.wastedive.com/news/reclaimers-weather-plastics-markets-storm/813095/?

CUBA ANTHOLOGY #13 US IMPERIALISM, MARCH 8, 2026

 in Dick's Newsletter 2026

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-cuba-anthology-13-us-imperialism.html What’s at Stake:   “WILL CUBA SURVIVE? “ OMNI CUBA ANTHOLOGY #12, April 5, 2024 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/04/omni-cuba-anthology-12-april-5-2024.html#11  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-cuba-anthology-11-november-6-2022.html #10 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/01/omni-cuba-newsletter-10-january-30-2022.html #9.  http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-cuba-newsletter-9-october-24-2021.html #8.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/07/omni-cuba-newsletter-8-july-15-2021.html CONTENTS CUBA #13 US Imperial Aggression “The Long Crisis Of US Intervention.”Hackbarth.  Trump Preventing Mexican Oil to Cuba. Demuynck.  Sixty years of US blockade. Michael Smith.   US Economic “Asphyxiation.”   “WILL CUBA SURVIVE? “Medea Benjamin.  “Suffocating an Island. “Johnstone.  US Regime Changes.  Power Outages.Paul Hedreen.  US Media Blames Communism for Cuba’s Energy Problems, Not US Sanctions. CUBA’S RESISTANCEPrashad.  “The Cuban Revolution Holds Out against US Imperialism.” TeleSur.  “Cuba has a self-sufficiency plan….”  mronline.org.   “Solidarity […]

ISRAEL AND US v. IRAN ANTHOLOGY #7, March 6, 2026

 in Dick's Newsletter 2026

March 5 Publications Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracy https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-7.html #1 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-1-june.html #2 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-2-6-20-25.html #3  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-3-june.html #4  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/02/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-4.html #5 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-5.html #6 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-6.html Summary: There’s no shortage of ethical, reasoned, evidence-based criticism of the war, but it does not appear in the mainstream media.  Yet according to my google search, one poll shows “only a quarter of Americans support the attacks,” and other polls suggest that the majority disapprove or that “59% are against it.”    What’s at Stake:  The utter degradation of the US.  Hegseth said that in the attack on Iran, which he […]

ISRAEL AND US v. IRAN ANTHOLOGY #6, From March 1 to March 4

 in Dick's Newsletter 2026

March 4, 2026 Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracy https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-6.html #1 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-1-june.html #2 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-2-6-20-25.html #3  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-israel-and-iran-anthology-3-june.html #4  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/02/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-4.html #5 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-5.html What’s at Stake:  Actions we can take to stop the Invasion. CONTENTSMarch 1Craig Mokhiber.  “Understanding the U.S. and Israel’s illegal war on Iran.”   March 3Jeffrey D. Sachs & Sybil Fares .   “This Illegal US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is Also an Assault on the United Nations.”Jewish Voice for Peace:  Four Actions You Can Take.War Resisters League.Move to Amend.  Big Money Behind the Invasion.March 4Adalah Justice Project.  Vote Yes to Stop the Invasion.Common Cause.   Vote No Against […]

ISRAEL AND US v. IRAN ANTHOLOGY #5, March 2, 2026

 in Dick's Newsletter 2026

From the Last Preparations for the Attack Feb. 27, to the Attack and First Responses Feb. 28-March 2, 2026 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-5.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracy What’s at Stake:  Anthologies on Iran 2025-2026, offered plausible, scholarly reports and arguments on the US/Israeli preparations for illegally attacking Iran and in opposition to the threatening war.  Today’s anthology reports the attack and immediately following events.   We hope our peace perspective inspires reflection and helps to prevent and stop wars and to support the victims. CONTENTSJoe Cirincione.  “This Is How Dictatorships Go to War.”  2-27.February 28, […]