Dick’s Newsletter 2026

CLIMATE EMERGENCY ANTHOLOGY #3, MAY 25, 2026

 in Climate / Dick's Newsletter 2026

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice,  Ecology, and Democracy https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/05/omni-climate-emergency-anthology-3-may.html What’s at Stake:   OMNI’S CLIMATE BOOK FORUMS ON CLIMATE CHANGE began in 2006 late in the story. (Prof. James Hansen had warned Congress in 1988 of the dangers that could arise from rising temperatures.   The UN created the IPCC in 1999.)  From its beginning we enjoyed the advice of three climatologists:   Dr. Robert McAfee (Ph.D in Climatology from U. of Melbourne), Prof. Malcolm Cleveland (Geology Dept, UAF), and Prof. Art Hobson (Physics Dept., UAF); and the participation of more than a dozen concerned citizens (including Lolly […]

CUBA and US IMPERIALISM ANTHOLOGY #14, May 24, 2026

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Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/05/omni-cuba-and-us-imperialism-anthology.htmlhttps://omnicenter.org/donate What’s at Stake:  Sixty years ago the people of Cuba overthrew the Batista dictatorship and its capitalism and replaced it with a plan for democratic socialism.  For sixty years the US has done everything it could legally and illegally, against established principles of international law and the UN Charter, including a land invasion (which failed), to undermine that revolution.   Steadily the US has illegally tightened its squeeze on the Cuban economy, include a blockade of many essential materials and commodities.    All along a few nations like Mexico tried to assist Cuba, and they too were […]

OMNI MAY DAY LABOR DAY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY MAY 1, 2026

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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, Democracy https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/05/may-day-labor-day-international-workers.html What’S at Stake:  May Day started here in the United States after 80,000 people showed up to rally and demand the 8-hour work day in Chicago’s Haymarket Square in 1886. Police attacked and killed protesters, and then framed primarily immigrant workers for violence (who were later pardoned).   These Haymarket events sparked yearly worldwide celebrations of the labor movement on May 1, beginning in the late 1800s. New Goddess Fest opens on MAY DAY 2026 <omni-omnicenter.org@shared1.ccsend.com> 4-30-26 Goddess Fest Begins Tomorrow The New Goddess Fest Friday May 1 at Mat. […]

ISRAEL AND US v. IRAN ANTHOLOGY #9, April 16, 2026

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A Selection of Articles v. “Operation Epic Fury” Published  March-April 2026. Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracyhttps://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/04/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-9.html 2025 #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 2026 #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 #7 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-7.html #8 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-8.html What’s at Stake:  A Cease Fire and a Peace Treaty.    Carlos Ron and Vijay Prashad.  “The United States has agreed with Iran to cease hostilities for two weeks. The illegal U.S. and Israeli imposed war has not ended but has a break, although not in Lebanon which was supposed to be part of the deal. Just before the […]

ISRAEL AND US v. IRAN ANTHOLOGY #8, March 24, 2026

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A Selection of Articles v. “Operation Epic Fury” Published in March 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-8.html 2025 #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 2026 #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 #7 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-7.html What’s at Stake: “‘Stupidity’ of Iran War Becoming Increasingly ‘Undeniable.”  “Riches and Domination Drive This War.”  “The US attacked Iran for one reason and one reason only: Israel.”  Etc. CONTENTSMARCH 28 NO KINGS PROTESTIRAN ANTHOLOGY #37Dan Grazier.   “Are we on the precipice of World War III?”Kenny Bruno.   “. . . Riches and Domination Drive This War.”Henry Giroux. “War […]

HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI ANTHOLOGY 2026

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FROM HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI BOMBINGS to  NUCLEAR WEAPONS  ABOLITION MOVEMENT, UNITED NATIONS ABOLITION TREATY (TPNW), and CONTINUED STRUGGLE UNTIL THE WEAPONS ARE TOTALLY BANNED AND DESTROYED: CONNECTING 2019 TO 2026. MARCH 13, 2026 Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracy https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/03/omni-hiroshima-nagasaki-anthology-2026.html http://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:   END NUCLEAR TESTING.  PREVENT NUCLEAR WAR. A House of Dynamite Hiroshima Nagasaki Pre-Showing Wed. 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 […]

CUBA ANTHOLOGY #13 US IMPERIALISM, MARCH 8, 2026

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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

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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 […]