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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracy https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/02/omni-israel-and-us-v-iran-anthology-4.html What’s at Stake: US AND Israel war v. Iran, 2025 US bombing Iranian nuclear sites, 2026 war imminent.  2-28 US and Israel Attack Iran.  The greatest action we can take toward a peaceful world is to prevent a war.  If that fails, the next best action is to stop it.   Thank you. CONTENTS FEBRUARY 28 US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN.Consortium News Live Update of US/Israeli Aggression 2-28-26 2026 PLANNED ATTACK READIED Caitlin Johnstone.  “We Deserve Better Propaganda.”Paul Larudee.  “…the False Flag Pretext that Starts the War….”Caitlin […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracy February 17, 2026 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/02/omni-military-drones-in-arkansas.html What’s at Stake:   War-making drones have been developing and becoming more horrifically lethal for a decade, but so also has opposition.  Join tomorrow’s protest. “Protest to Stop Killer Robots Factory in Fayetteville. This Wednesday.” Inbox Abel Tomlinson         Dear Friends, The Military Industrial Complex is officially* coming to Fayetteville this week. War Profiteering Military Officials and Silicon Valley Big Tech bros  (see the web site following) are opening their factory for dystopian autonomous AI Drone Swarms, aka killer robots. They […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, Ecology, and Democracy February 16, 2026 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/02/omni-trumps-and-gops-lawlessness.html What’s at Stake:  Whether might makes right, international laws are to be discarded, US military serves corporate or public and human interests, the president can violate any law with impunity. Contents Shakarian.  Donroe Doctrine. Venezuela   Corbett.  Cost of Naval Blockade.    Napolitano. US v. Constitution.    Scott Ritter.  America on Trial.    OMNI Statement.     Jeffrey Sachs.  US Aggression.Napolitano.  Trump v. Constitution. Johnson.  Trump v. Treaties. Zhang.  Trump v. ICC. Sachs.   “Thuggish Empire.”Marjorie Cohn.  Soldiers v. Unlawful Orders.Tom Dispatch/Nan Levinson.  6 Congressmen v.      Unlawful Orders.Ben […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice,  Ecology, and a Constitutional Republic https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/02/omni-proto-fascism-usa-anthology-1_3.html What’s at Stake:  “We inhabit a historical moment that resurrects, with chilling familiarity, the state terrorism once made visible under Hitler, Franco, Mussolini, Pinochet, and other dictators who transformed cruelty into a governing philosophy. Central to such regimes lies a single, devastating truth: the law collapses the moment violence becomes its substitute. In this descent, due process evaporates, political opponents are rebranded as “terrorists,” and violence becomes the organizing principle of power. Independent media are smeared or silenced, universities are targeted for their critical capacities, and […]