MARCH 28 NO KINGS PROTEST
OMNI
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
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.
CONTENTS
MARCH 28 NO KINGS PROTEST
IRAN ANTHOLOGY #37
Dan Grazier. “Are
we on the precipice of World War III?”
Kenny Bruno. “. . . Riches and Domination Drive This War.”
Henry Giroux. “War Becomes Spectacle in Trump’s…Propaganda.”
Shireen Akram-Boshar.
“…Discontent With US Military Bases in
Middle East.”
Sasan Fayazmanesh. “Root cause of evil in the Middle East.” “It’s
Israel, Stupid!”
Martin Sieff. “
Killing Ali Khamenei: Stupid, Catastrophic and Now No Turning Back.”
Julia Conley. “ ‘Shameless’:
Critics Hammer Pete Hegseth. . . .”
And 18 additional articles.
TEXTS
MARCH 28 NO KINGS PROTEST
From OMNI Center for Peace,
Justice, Ecology, Democracy
No Kings Protest
Saturday, March 28, 9:30 am.
(intersection
of Dickson Street and East Ave.)
6 W
Dickson St, Fayetteville
We
have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
NO
KINGS! NO ICE! NO BOMBS!
FROM
WASHINGTON COUNTY DEMOCRATS
I
am also asking for volunteers at the No Kings 3 Protest on March 28th
that are willing to carry a clipboard and get signatures from the crowd
before the march starts. We will meet at 8:30 and canvass the crowd
before the march starts at 10:00am. Our tent will be set up down on the
Ramble where you can turn in your collected signatures and get your petitions
notarized after the march. Text or email me if you can help, and we can
make arrangements to get you supplies! This is going to be a great opportunity
to get a lot of signatures in one place.
Thank
you, Laura Frala, Volunteer Coordinator,
479-466-3821
From MAKE POLLUTERS PAY
On March 28th, we’re joining progressive allies from across
the spectrum and across the nation for the next No Kings Day. There
are now more than 3,000 events planned, and tens of thousands of people have
already RSVPd – making it possible that this will be the largest single day non
violent political demonstration in American history.
If you haven't already, click here to find your
No Kings event on March 28 and RSVP.
We're also encouraging folks to organize Make
Polluters Pay contingents at their local No Kings events. Dozens of Make Polluters
Pay contingents are already organized – find yours here!
Whether it's his illegal wars for oil abroad, or his blatant acts of fossil
fuel favoritism here at home, it's never been clearer that this is a fossil
fueled fascist regime. We need to show up and turn out to help everyone
connect the dots between Trump's lawless regime and the fossil fuel industry
that props him up, and cashes in big on his every action.
From
Veterans for Peace
More
VFP Resources for No Kings/No Wars!--March 28
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Yesterday
we emailed members and subscribers urging people to join the massive No
Kings events happening around the world this
coming Saturday, March 28, and providing resources for those events. Here is a link to
yesterday's email with the original flyers shared.
Bring
the peace, justice, and No War message to your
local No Kings event.
We look
forward to seeing many of our comrades on the streets this coming Saturday. Let
us bring our PEACE AT HOME, PEACE ABROAD message, proclaiming with our voices
and with our signs:
No ICE. No War. No Nukes.
No
Kings in America
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"My great joy
this year has been to see the many, many people in my community come together
time and again to say 'NO, this is wrong!'. To see individuals find their
courage and determination and hope has been my inspiration to keep going."
– Teresa, ACLU
community member from California
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Millions
of people in the streets. Neighbors protecting neighbors. Communities
organizing against the hatred and pain that this administration wants to
inflict against us. The people, united, fighting against abuse from a president
who believes himself to be above the law.
That's
the vision of the No Kings movement – and it's why we're taking to the streets
again in nationwide peaceful protest on March 28.
Join us at a protest
near you – RSVP now for your local No Kings protest >>
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President
Trump continues to escalate his abuse of power. He's unconstitutionally taken
us to war in Iran. At his direction, ICE has detained thousands of people in
inhumane conditions and deported thousands more. He's sent armed agents into
our neighborhoods to attack immigrants and protesters alike.
But
we, the people, aren't going anywhere, and we won't be silenced. . . .
The ACLU Team
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ISRAEL AND US INVASION OF IRAN 2026 ANTHOLOGY #8
Dan Grazier.
“Are we on the precipice of World War III?”
ACURA (March 24, 2026).
Shortly after U.S. and Israeli bombs and
missiles began falling in Tehran, Iranian missiles flew in all directions at
U.S. bases in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and others. The people
living in these countries were justifiably terrified, which was a likely
objective of those Iranian leaders who survived the first assaults. Tehran’s
strategy […]
Read in
browser »
Kenny Bruno. “Operation Epic Fury Explained: Riches and Domination Drive
This War.” Truthout
(3-21-26).
Bruno refutes 7 myths that started and propel the US
invasion.
“…In Trump’s upside-down world, the war is going “well. . . . .But
attempts to dominate the world always lead to overreach. No empire is
permanent. Maybe the Iran war is the moment in which a deeply unpopular U.S.
empire catalyzes a wave of mass discontent, exposes the vulnerability of a
mafia-style oligarchy of the greedy far outnumbered by the people it subjects
to its whims, and it all comes crashing down.
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the red without additional help, so we’ve launched a fundraiser. We
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one-time or monthly donation if you can.
Henry Giroux. “War
Becomes Spectacle in Trump’s Horrific Propaganda Promoting War in Iran.” Truthout (3-21-26).
The White House has circulated videos that fuse footage of
bombing raids with visuals from video games and action films.
Shireen
Akram-Boshar. “Iran’s Retaliation Reignites Discontent With US Military Bases in Middle
East.”
Truthout (March 20, 2026).
The US
spent decades building an empire of military bases throughout the Middle East.
Now they’re under attack.
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Sasan Fayazmanesh. “Root cause of evil in the Middle East.” Counterpunch
(March 14, 2026). Forwarded
by Sonny San Juan.
“It’s Israel, Stupid!” March
13, 2026. https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/13/its-israel-stupid/
. . .So,
if you don’t already know, the US attacked Iran for one reason and one reason
only: Israel. Israel, that Frankenstein monster created by the US and
Europeans, has been urging the US for decades to wage a destructive war against
Iran. The Israelis have finally achieved their desired outcome. If you think
this is an exaggeration, just listen to Netanyahu one day after the second
attack on Iran:
We are
in a campaign in which we are bringing the full strength of the IDF to the
battle, as never before, in order to ensure our existence and our future. But
we are also bringing to this campaign the assistance of the United States, my
friend, US President Donald Trump, and the US military. This coalition of
forces allows us to do what I have yearned to do for 40 years:
smite the terror regime hip and thigh. This is what I promised – and this is
what we shall do. (Statement by PM
Netanyahu – 1 March 2026)
All the
other justifications that have been given are pure nonsense. Iran does
not have a nuclear weapon and does not even have a plan to develop one.
According to the US’s own intelligence community, Iran halted its nuclear
weapons program in 2003. In recent years they enriched uranium to nearly 60
percent as a bargaining chip to remove stifling sanctions that had been imposed
on the country for more than four decades by the US and its European partners.
They tried repeatedly to reach an agreement with the US to limit the level of
enrichment and dilute their highly enriched uranium in exchange for sanctions
relief, but to no avail. Iran also does not have ballistic missiles that can
reach the United States. Iranian missiles can at best reach Southern Europe.
Thus,
Iran does not pose a threat to the US with either nuclear weapons or ballistic
missiles. Yes, the Islamic republic is brutal when it comes to dissent.
But the most brutal force and the greatest purveyor of violence in the world
today is Israel, and the US is not far behind. It is hard to believe that these
forces would ever worry about dissidents in Iran. Afterall, the US and Israel
had no objection to the violation of human rights by the Shah’s regime prior to
the 1979 revolution.
I
concluded my presentation in 2001 by stating that the US’s “regrettably
shortsighted policies” were only serving to prolong the life of the theocratic
government in Iran. It appears that after a quarter of a century, we have moved
beyond shortsighted policies into the realm of insane and criminal policies.
Regardless of how one labels the US policies, the outcome has been to ensure
the longevity of the theocracy in Iran. Consider this: an 86-year-old “supreme
leader” was succeeded by his 56-year-old son, a scenario that would have been
unlikely without the actions of the madmen in Washington and Jerusalem!
Sasan
Fayazmanesh is Professor Emeritus of Economics at California State
University, Fresno
Martin Sieff. “
Killing Ali
Khamenei: Stupid, Catastrophic and Now No Turning Back.” CovertAction (3-15-26).
Forget Kaiser Wilhelm II’s blank check
to Austria-Hungary to wage war on Serbia in 1914; forget Adolf Hitler invading
the Soviet Union in 1941 and then declaring war on the United States just to
complete his imbecility. President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize, on
Israeli urging, the assassination of the Supreme Spiritual Guide of Iran,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tops them all.
Even by the contemptible standards of all our beloved neo-cons—in my 40
years covering Washington, they have multiplied like fleas, but not for much
longer—the sheer stupidity and superfluousness of this act defies belief.
After all, Khamenei was a dying man: He was in the last stages of cancer and he
and everyone else knew it; he was also 86 years old. There was nothing he
craved more in life than to be a heroic martyr for his faith. And the neo-con
geniuses who surround President Trump, along with the fatal fake Greek chorus
of fake macho warriors and “geniuses” on Fox News night after night—have
now granted him his most ardent wish....
Julia Conley. “ ‘Shameless’:
Critics Hammer Pete Hegseth for Claiming ‘We Didn’t Start’ War on Iran.” Common Dreams (Mar 02, 2026).
In the Trump administration’s first public remarks to
reporters on the strikes the US and Israel launched in Iran over the weekend,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blamed the Middle Eastern country for the
attacks that have killed at least 555 people there as well as at least four US
soldiers—and suggested Iran posed an imminent threat because of its defensive
military capabilities.
Hegseth
said the strikes that began early Saturday morning and included deadly attacks on children attending school
were “retribution” for Iran’s “savage, one-sided war against America” that has
played out for “47 long years” as the country has waged proxy attacks on the
US.
The defense secretary suggested that “the US went to war because Iran has
ballistic missiles and drones it has used as a deterrent or to respond to
US/Israeli attacks,” said journalist Jeremy Scahill.
AND 18 MORE ARTICLES
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“The Problem Isn't ‘Kings,’ The Problem Is US Presidents” by Caitlin
Johnstone. March 25, 2026. |
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Max Blumenthal:
“How FBI & Israel Got Trump to Attack.” Consortium News (3-13-26).
The F.B.I. manufactured plots to convince Donald Trump that
Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited
the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the path to war. Read here...
“Europe & the War on Iran.” Consortium News (3-13-26).
The
British and European reaction to the war on Iran is part of a wider trend of
increased vassalization of the continent to the U.S., writes Alan
MacLeod. Read here...
RECOMMENDED...
John Queally. “‘Pete Hegseth Needs to Be Fired—Immediately’ After
Slaughter of 150 Iranian School Children.” As Trump Marches US Toward Iran War,
Critics Ask: Where’s the ‘Pushback’ From Dems and Media? Common Dreams (3-13-26).
“We
didn’t start this war, but under President Trump we’re finishing it,” said
Hegseth. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and
Elizabeth Warren make the case for the urgent ouster of President Donald
Trump’s Defense Secretary.
Jessica
Corbett. “Every Senate Dem But Fetterman Signs Call for Probe of
Iran School Massacre.” Mar 11,
2026. Common Dreams (3-14-23).
"Massive
civilian casualty incidents like the attack in Minab are not only detrimental
to the Iranian people," argued the rest of the Senate Democratic Caucus,
"but they also undermine US national security interests."
Jake Johnson. “Coalition Demands Schumer, Jeffries Step Down Over Failure
to Fight 'War-Crazed' Trump.”
Common Dreams (Mar ch 11, 2026).
"Schumer
and Jeffries have shown that they cannot be trusted to prevent more wars, more
threats of wars, or the transfer of another half a trillion dollars a year into
the war machine."
“Trump Energy Chief Accused of Manipulating Oil Markets
With Deleted Post About Strait of Hormuz.” By Jake Johnson • Mar
11, 2026
"The
fusion of war-making and market manipulation by top Trump officials isn't
entirely without precedent," said one observer, "but the speed and
brazenness does seem new."
“Missile Fragment From Iran School Massacre Marked 'Made in
USA'—But Trump Keeps Lying” By Brett Wilkins ( Mar
10, 2026).
Trump
falsely claimed that Iran has “some” highly restricted Tomahawk missiles as
additional evidence pointed to US culpability for the deadly strike.
“'Stupidity' of Iran War Becoming Increasingly 'Undeniable
Even to Its Supporters,' Says Analyst” by Brad Reed (Mar 10, 2026).
"We’re
entering an even more dangerous moment," said foreign policy expert Matt
Duss.
“Trump Makes 'Most Blasé Admission of a War Crime by a US
President in History'” By Stephen Prager (Mar
10, 2026).
Critics
blasted Trump as "sadistic" for justifying attack on unarmed Iranian
ship, which killed over 100 sailors, because it was "more fun" for US
forces than capturing it.
Jake Johnson. “While Spending Billions on Iran War, Trump Quietly Moves
to Boot Millions More Off Food Aid.”
Common Dreams (March 10, 2026).
"Americans can't afford their groceries, they can't afford their
medicine, they can't afford the cost of living, and yet we're dropping a
billion dollars of bombs, it seems, every day in Iran," said one Senate
Democrat.
Brad Reed. “'Cowardly and
Despicable': Hegseth Condemned for Sinking of ‘Defenseless’ Iranian Ship.” Common Dreams (Mar 5, 2026).
"If the United States is at war, then Pete Hegseth is a war
criminal. If the United States is not at war, then Pete Hegseth is a
murderer." Military.com reported Thursday that the
Iranian ship had been departing from a biennial multinational naval training
exercise that it had been invited to participate in by the Indian government.
Brian Garvey. “Trump's Iran War Is an Affordability Disaster.” Common Dreams (Mar 8, 2026).You can’t
say affordability is your top priority and then start a war in the Middle East”
Jon
Queally. “'Pete Hegseth Needs to Be
Fired—Immediately' After Slaughter of 150 Iranian School Children.” March 13,
2026. Consortium News (3-14-26).
Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Elizabeth Warren make the case
for the urgent ouster of President Donald Trump's Defense Secretary.
Craig Murray. “Joy at Death &
Destruction.” Consortium News (3-14-26).
After
the genocide in Gaza, and now on a far larger field in Iran, those in power in
Israel and the U.S. have a lust to kill and revel in impunity. There’s an
urgent need for regime change – in the West. Read here...
“Organize to Stop the War on Iran.” RootsAction 3-14-26
.
Hi
Dick,
RootsAction
and Defuse Nuclear War are bringing together activists and
organizations from our coalitions to demand that the United States government
stop its attacks on Iran.
Beginning
on Thursday, March 19, we’re gathering in protest at the in-district
offices of our Members of Congress.
RootsAction and Defuse Nuclear War will provide signs, social media and
organizing support to anyone who wants to get involved and demand an end to
this unjust war.
JOIN US ON MARCH 19 ACCESS OUR NO WAR WITH
IRAN TOOLKIT HERE
We
don’t want Trump’s war. Under 30% of responders to a recent poll said they
supported strikes on Iran. Iranian civilians are already suffering the
consequences with their lives, their resources, and their futures, while arms
manufacturers clean up from the hundreds of billions of
dollars the U.S. is set to spend on more war.
This
work is only possible with your financial support. Please chip in $12 now.
In
solidarity, Emma Claire Foley &
Hanieh Jodat for RootsAction and Defuse Nuclear War
“‘I am
ashamed of how gutless, spineless our government has been’: Arundhati Roy on
U.S.-Israel war on Iran.” Editor. mronline.org (3-13-26).
"Any regimes
that need changing, including the U.S., Israel and ours, need to be changed by
the people, not by some bloated, lying, cheating, greedy, resource grabbing,
bomb dropping imperial power and its allies, who are trying to bully the whole
world into submission."
Originally published: The Wire on March 9, 2026 by Jahnavi Sen (more
by The Wire) | (Posted Mar 12, 2026)
Empire, Inequality, Strategy, WarAsia, IndiaNewswireArundhati Roy, Nilanjana Roy
I have something to say because I’m my mother’s daughter
and because I need to straighten my shoulders and say this. It’s a little
statement about the war that is about to consume the world.
I know we are here today to talk about Mother Mary
Comes To Me. But how can we end the day without talking about those
beautiful cities—Tehran, Isfahan and Beirut that are up in flames? In
keeping with my Mother Mary’s spirit of candour and impoliteness I would like
to use this platform to say something about the unprovoked and illegal attack
by the United States and Israel on Iran. It is of course, a continuation of the
U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza. It’s the same old genocidaires using the same
old playbook. Murdering women and children. Bombing hospitals. Carpet bombing
cities. And then playing the victim.
But Iran in not Gaza. The theatre of this new war could
expand to consume the whole world. We are on the brink of nuclear calamity and
economic collapse. The same country that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be
readying itself to bomb one of the most ancient civilizations in the world.
There will be other occasions to speak of this in detail, so here, let me
simply say that I stand with Iran. Unequivocally. Any regimes that need
changing, including the U.S., Israel and ours, need to be changed by the people,
not by some bloated, lying, cheating, greedy, resource-grabbing, bomb-dropping
imperial power and its allies who are trying to bully the whole world into
submission.
Iran is standing up to them, while India
cowers. I am ashamed of how gutless, how spineless our government has been.
Long ago we were a poor country of very poor people. But we had pride. We had
dignity. Today we are a rich country with very poor, unemployed people who are
fed on a diet of hatred, poison and falsehoods instead of real food. We have
lost pride. We have lost dignity. We have lost courage. Except in our movies. .
. .
Hints were dropped, through the evening, that something would happen at
the end worth waiting for—“a reading”, “a message I want to share”. And when
she made her final statement, standing firmly with Iran and condemning an
Indian government that cannot bring itself to do so, the audience got on their
feet to show her they felt the same way. Responding to the standing ovation,
she flashed a smile and a victory sign with her hand.
In Delhi, we always fight back.
Through the evening, she had held the audience’s attention
and hearts. And as they rose in support of her statement, perhaps the audience
had her heart, too.
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Attachments
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“WATCH: The World This Week w/Ray McGovern.” Consortium News (3-9-26).
IRAN – A week that changed the world, perhaps forever. Ray McGovern and Patrick
Lawrence discuss it on The World This Week. Watch the replay. Read
here...
“Hedges Report: The US in Freefall.” Consortium News (3-9-26).
Chris Hedges and Ahmed Eldin discuss the propagandistic purpose that corporate
media serves in the age of the American-Israeli project of genocidal
colonialism. Read here...
3 articles via Consortium News
(3-9-26).
PREPARING FOR NUCLEAR WAR
DAY
9: ATTACK ON IRAN
U.S.
nuclear command planes in the region; Lindsey Graham doesn’t like the new Iran
supreme leader and tells the IDF how to run the war; and an AI fake of captured
U.S. soldiers is exposed. Read here...
PATRIOTISM
Caitlin
Johnstone. “Dead GIs Weren’t Heroes.”
It’s
dangerous to valorize those who die in pointless wars. Read here...
US
CONTROLS OIL TO INDIA
“US
‘Lets’ India Buy Russian Oil After Iran Attack.”
Recent statements suggest the U.S. has more control over
India’s energy policy than have been previously acknowledged, reports Betwa
Sharma. Read here...
“Israel
and the United States cannot win the War against Iran: The Tenth Newsletter
(2026).”
Vijay Prashad. Mronline.org (3-7-26).
In the middle of
negotiations, the United States and Israel launched a new attack against Iran
based on an old, and false, argument: that Iran was going to build nuclear
weapons.
Iran
today, China tomorrow: The strategy behind the war.” Gary
Wilson. Mronline.org (3-7-26).
The
U.S. war on Iran is not a miscalculation.
Tankers sit idle outside the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s blockade halts
90% of commercial transit through the world’s most critical energy chokepoint.
“Iran today, China
tomorrow: The strategy behind the war” By Gary Wilson (Posted Mar 06, 2026. Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on March 4, 2026 (more by Struggle-La Lucha) Empire, Inequality, Strategy, WarAmericas, Asia, China, Iran, Middle East, United StatesNewswireU.S.-Iran War
The
U.S. war on Iran is not a miscalculation. It is not a strategic blunder by an
overconfident Pentagon. It is the predictable outcome of the global class
war–the drive of monopoly capital to maintain control over the world’s
resources, markets, and labor at any cost. The Strait of Hormuz is where that
drive has stalled. And the bill, as always, is being handed to the working
class.. . . .
“U.S. and Israeli leaders Admit: Israel Dragged Us Into
This War” https://nowarforisrael.org/?source=email-no-war-for-israel-campaign-launch&link_id=0&can_id=3d53bb64e2596ba3e930952f90ab3f2c&email_referrer=email_3128902&email_subject=stop-the-usisraeli-war-on-iran-now&
END ISRAEL AND US v. IRAN ANTHOLOGY
March 24, 2026
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