Peace Journalism Perspective
EDITORIAL
Islamism, Christianism, Judeaism
#889 | Prof. Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media ServiceUS empire christianism is fighting not only for the economic-political-military-cultural empire, but also for God’s rule on earth via USA, a country under God, invoking His support. And at the root of it all is Cana’an, Zion, Israel; one land for all the chosen ones, bent on defending itself by all means, nuclear included.
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TRANSCEND VIDEOS
Direct, Structural, and Cultural Violence
Harvard Online - TRANSCEND Media ServiceNorwegian peace/conflict theorist Johan Galtung developed a three-layered understanding of violence that represents how a confluence of factors merge to shape the conditions for the promotion and perpetuation of violence.
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FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER
Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence: Technological Promises and Practical Realities
Vladislav Chernavskikh | SIPRI – TRANSCEND Media ServiceSep 2024 - Recent advances in the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) have increased state interest in leveraging AI for military purposes. Given the current and relatively early stage of military adoption of advanced AI, the exploration of these factors lays the groundwork for further consideration of the likely realities of integration and of potential transparency measures and governance practices at the AI–nuclear nexus.
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NOBEL LAUREATES
To Build a Better Tomorrow
Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Matt Meyer – TRANSCEND Media ServiceAt a time of great crisis and change, we write in continued and consistent urgency for peace with justice, through dialogue and direct peacebuilding.
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Other Commentaries
TRANSCEND MEMBERS
Transforming the United Nations from New York Entrapment
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media ServiceNavigating Uncharted Waters in Quest of Relevance in a Shifting World - There is a long history of proposals to reform the UN. These predate the new foreign policies of the USA as instigated by Donald Trump with the commitment to efficiency by Elon Musk. As of the time of writing, these have seemingly had relatively little implication for the UN system.
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Cuba’s 6th International Conference for World Balance
Diane Perlman | Political Therapy - TRANSCEND Media Service16 Feb 2025 - The Next Best Thing to Being There
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With US Backing, Israel Has Already Set in Motion De Facto Annexation of Lands in the West Bank
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service27 Feb 2025 - The de facto annexation by ethnic cleansing is the direction in which Israel is moving not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, after 57-years of its savage occupation of Palestine.
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Child Soldiers: From International Norms to Local Practice
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe issue of child soldiers had gained attention in the ethnic-based fighting in Liberia. Young people had also been used in fighting in Colombia, South America. Child soldiers were often accused of sexual abuse, and there were difficulties in reintegrating the youth in their home villages when the fighting stopped.
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Peace Disruptions: The Hidden Contexts of Assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr (Part 1)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service“The 21st Century is typified by the global community experiencing unbridled violations of civil rights, especially by the guardians of the so-called free spirit of democracy. This erosion of civil rights is witnessed in freedom of speech rhetoric and religious association, regularly, with no substantive progress in remedying the malady.
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Hold the Applause for Trump, the “Peacemaker”
Edward J. Curtin, Jr. | Behind the Curtain – TRANSCEND Media ServiceI think extreme caution is advised when it comes to Trump’s plans to end the U.S. proxy war against Russia, which, following the Nixon-Kissinger script, seems to be aimed at splitting the Russian-Chinese partnership now threatening U.S. world domination.
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IN FOCUS
I Saw a Room Full of Men with Their Hammers A-Bleeding
Mindy Belz | Globe Trot - TRANSCEND Media Service1 Mar 2025 - A Ukraine follow-up because what happened in the Oval Office today is unprecedented, unthinkable, and reveals poor strategy at a high-risk level.
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Relations between Trump, Zelensky May Be ‘Irreparable’ — Media
TASS Russian News Agency - TRANSCEND Media Service1 Mar 2025 - According to US official, what happened at Trump’s meeting with Zelensky at the White House was "disastrous."
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HEALTH
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Stephanie Nolen | The New York Times - TRANSCEND Media Service27 Feb 2025 - Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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EUROPE
Is Fascism on the Rise in Germany?
William T. Hathaway – TRANSCEND Media Service17 Feb 2025 - The German establishment is in crisis. Is has ruled for 80 years by charting a middle course between progressive and conservative policies. The fundamental cause for this crisis is the decay of capitalism.
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PALESTINE - ISRAEL
It Is Darkest before Dawn
Ilan Pappé | Savage Minds - TRANSCEND Media Service21 Feb 2025 - Israeli Settler Colonialism Is at an End
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POETRY FORMAT
Rise Up!
Jocelyn Wright - TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe MAGA vision and strategy
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
Danish Activists Offer to Buy California from US in Exchange for Greenland
TASS Russian News Agency - TRANSCEND Media Service10 Feb 2025 - The initiative proposes to raise funds for the purchase of California by crowdfunding.
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