Dick’s Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/11/omni-venezuela-anthology-8-november-6.html What’s at Stake:   NO WAR WITH VENEZUELA.  President Trump is violating both the UN Charter and the US Constitution.   UN Charter:  Chapter 1, Article 2, #4:   All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.  Behind this injunction, following the horrendous slaughter of WWII, is the conviction that war is the worst of crimes, and that preventing or […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace,Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-ukraine-war-anthology-36-october.html What’s at Stake:  The Present:  Big Serge: Russia is now winning the war.   Origins of the War.   Robert Parry: “deep divisions in the region led to the 2004 Orange Revolution, 2014 uprisings, and the violent overthrow\coup d’etat of democratically elected Yanukovych,” leading to plebiscites by citizens of S. eastern Ukraine inviting Russia to intervene.    Ending the War.  Ways to Give Peace a Chance. CONTENTS UKRAINE WAR ANTHOLOGY #36THE WAR TODAYBig Serge.   “Russo-Ukrainian War: Autumn 2025.”   Origins of the WarOliver Stone, “Ukraine on Fire.” NYT: “Leaker Exposes US” Involvement in […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/dicks-sources-for-his-anthologies-and.html  (not complete) INDIVIDUALS Joanie Connors (forwards)*Chris HedgesJayapal, Pramila*Caitlin Johnstone  (orig., sub.)Vijay PrashadProf. 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)*ACLUACLU of ArkansasAdalah Justice Project*AFSC (see: FCNL) American Humanist (mag. Defunct but org. active)Americans for Financial ReformAmericans United for Church and StateAmnesty InternationalAPWU (American Postal Workers Union auxiliary)Arkansas Climate League*Arbor Day Foundation Back from the BrinkBethlehem Univ. Fund (Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh)Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (and Einstein Circle) *Catholic Worker*Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)Climate Mobilization*Code […]