Dick’s Newsletter 2026


ISRAEL AND US Attack on IRAN ANTHOLOGY #10, June 18, 2026

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/06/omni-israel-and-us-attack-on-iran.html What’s at Stake:  Preventing a war, and then if that fails, stopping it, are the paramount values of the UN Charter and the foundation of all of OMNI’s anthologies on the Culture of War.   See the opening two articles. CONTENTS CONTEXTS OF IRAN WAR What’s at Stake:Historians for Peace and Democracy  Art Hobson. Trump’s 2018 Action:  “Will Iran Build a Nuclear Bomb? History:RICK STEVES’ TRAVEL DOCUMENTARIES:  IRAN Walt Zlotow.    “Tortured US history with Iran goes back 73 years, not 47.”Scott Anderson.  King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution, A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation. Ludis.  […]


US LAWLESSNESS ANTHOLOGY #3, June 15, 2026

COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, ECOLOGY and DEMOCRACY (#1, 4-24-17; #2, 9-11-22) https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/06/omni-us-lawlessness-anthology-3-june-15.html http://omnicenter.org/donate/ #1 http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2017/04/us-lawlessness.html#2 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/09/omni-us-lawlessness-anthology-2.html What’s at Stake: See Caitlin Johnstone’s list in “If you think our rulers do bad things in secret, wait ‘til you see what they do out in the open.”   [These three anthologies offer merely an introduction to the outpouring scholarship opposing US imperial overreach that taints all aspects of international relations.  See my anthologies on each of the major US wars, on US continental and Pacific expansion, on the Israel-US Gaza genocide, on  Soviet/Russophobiae and the Ukraine […]


CLIMATE EMERGENCY ANTHOLOGY #3, MAY 25, 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

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

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

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

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

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 […]