Dick’s Newsletter 2026

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 […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2026/01/omni-venezuela-anthology-11-january-4.html What’s at Stake:  Trump’s illegal and immoral intervention in Venezuela, and the grabbing of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, is beyond evil as the US once again displayed its imperialist face to the entire world. No good can come from this ugly action.    Trump now says that the US will run Venezuela. He intends to attempt to take their oil (which he claims was ‘stolen’ from the US) and the vast mineral deposits inside Venezuela.    Trump also claims that he will run Venezuela ‘right’ to the […]