Yearly Archives: 2026


CUBA ANTHOLOGY #13 US IMPERIALISM, MARCH 8, 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

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

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

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, […]


Supporting Cuba

In reply to Ann Wright’s letter urging us to travel to Cuba, I said I could not, and asked for another action for people like me, and she replied as follows: “Probably the best place for donations is the National Network on Cuba:  https://nnoc.org/brigades/ as NNOC sponsors lots of young people to go to Cuba in the Brigades during the late spring and summer.”


Join us for a special documentary screening of Coexistence, My Ass!

Hi friends, Join us for a special documentary screening of Coexistence, My Ass!  Date: Thursday, March 5  Time: 6:00 – 8:30 PM  Location: Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology, 3274 N Lee Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72703 Refreshments will be available for a donation to Fayetteville Feeds Families beginning at 6 PM, with the film starting at 7 PM. About the film: Coexistence, My Ass! is a bold, sharp, and deeply personal documentary that challenges the language of “coexistence” in Israel/Palestine. Through humor, vulnerability, and unapologetic honesty, the film follows activist and comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi as she confronts political realities, identity, and the limits […]