Archive for 2011 – Week 16


Burma: Grasping at Straws – ICG’s Latest Report is Ill-Informed, Unsubstantiated and Wrong-headed
Benedict Rogers - Mizzima
April 18th, 2011 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Burma: Grasping at Straws – ICG’s Latest Report is Ill-Informed, Unsubstantiated and Wrong-headed)
Fukushima: Openness Can Be the Only Policy
The Independent, Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT, ASIA--PACIFIC, ENERGY, HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY | Comments Off on Fukushima: Openness Can Be the Only Policy)
Japan: Lives under Pressure
D. Parvaz – Al Jazeera
April 18th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT, ASIA--PACIFIC, ENERGY, HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY | Comments Off on Japan: Lives under Pressure)
Johan Galtung on Libya: ‘Obama stuck in wars, Sarkozy aims to rule NATO‘ (Video of the Week)
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (TRANSCEND VIDEOS, Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on Johan Galtung on Libya: ‘Obama stuck in wars, Sarkozy aims to rule NATO‘ (Video of the Week))
Rethinking Germany
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Rethinking Germany)
How Nuclear Apologists Mislead the World over Radiation
Helen Caldicott – The Guardian
April 18th, 2011 (ENERGY, KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA | Comments Off on How Nuclear Apologists Mislead the World over Radiation)
Philippines: Pulling Children Out of the Tunnel of Hard Labour
Kara Santos – Inter Press Service-IPS
April 18th, 2011 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Philippines: Pulling Children Out of the Tunnel of Hard Labour)
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | Comments Off on American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein)
Hooked On Drugs, Medical World Needs Change
Kanya D'Almeida – Al Jazeera
April 18th, 2011 (HEALTH | Comments Off on Hooked On Drugs, Medical World Needs Change)
Government Calls Native American Resistance of 1800s “Much Like Modern-Day Al-Qaeda”
Vincent Warren - Truthout
April 18th, 2011 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Government Calls Native American Resistance of 1800s “Much Like Modern-Day Al-Qaeda”)
More Black Men Now in Prison System than Enslaved in 1850
Dick Price – LA Progressive
April 18th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on More Black Men Now in Prison System than Enslaved in 1850)
In U.S. Prisons, Inmates Sold Into Sex Slavery
Claudia Núñez – New America Media
April 18th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on In U.S. Prisons, Inmates Sold Into Sex Slavery)
Can Libya Be a Test Case?
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
(Italian) Previsione: 20 Anni di Guerra in Libia
David Swanson – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
April 18th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
Japan’s Nuclear Cover-Up
Peter Symonds – World Socialist Web Site
April 18th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT, ASIA--PACIFIC, ENERGY, HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY | Comments Off on Japan’s Nuclear Cover-Up)
EU Grants Palestinian Produce Duty-Free Access
Haaretz – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (EUROPE | Comments Off on EU Grants Palestinian Produce Duty-Free Access)
Military Debris Threaten Oceans
Malini Shankar – Inter Press Service
April 18th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Military Debris Threaten Oceans)
Tackling Fake Drugs Needs Technology and Collaboration
David Dickson and Anita Makri – Science & Development Network
April 18th, 2011 (HEALTH | Comments Off on Tackling Fake Drugs Needs Technology and Collaboration)
Show of Love
TMS Editor
April 18th, 2011 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Show of Love)
Why Elections in Finland Could Doom Portugal’s Bailout
Der Spiegel Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Why Elections in Finland Could Doom Portugal’s Bailout)
Arab League Calls for No-Fly Zone over Gaza
Morning Star – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | 1 Comment »)
Prediction: 20 Years of War in Libya
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Prediction: 20 Years of War in Libya)
U.S.-Backed Bloodshed Stains Bahrain’s Arab Spring
Amy Goodman – Truthdig
April 18th, 2011 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on U.S.-Backed Bloodshed Stains Bahrain’s Arab Spring)
Towards the Conquest of Africa: The Pentagon’s AFRICOM and the War against Libya
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – Global Research
April 18th, 2011 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Towards the Conquest of Africa: The Pentagon’s AFRICOM and the War against Libya)
Time to Close the Nuclear Labs – The Atomic Breeding Grounds
Karl Grossman - CounterPunch
April 18th, 2011 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on Time to Close the Nuclear Labs – The Atomic Breeding Grounds)
Vittorio and Israel’s Attack On the Intellectual Intifada
Lauren Booth – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Vittorio and Israel’s Attack On the Intellectual Intifada)
Time to End Corporate Impunity
Nnimmo Bassey – IDN-InDepthNews
April 18th, 2011 (JUSTICE | Comments Off on Time to End Corporate Impunity)
Bradley Manning: Top US Legal Scholars Voice Outrage At ‘Torture’
Ed Pilkington in New York - The Guardian
April 18th, 2011 (JUSTICE | Comments Off on Bradley Manning: Top US Legal Scholars Voice Outrage At ‘Torture’)
Palestinian PM Hails UN ‘Birth Certificate’
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Palestinian PM Hails UN ‘Birth Certificate’)
(Castellano) Países del Grupo BRICS Se Oponen al Uso de la Fuerza Militar Contra Libia
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Países del Grupo BRICS Se Oponen al Uso de la Fuerza Militar Contra Libia)
The Fukushima, Japan Mega-Disaster
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Fukushima, Japan Mega-Disaster)
The Reconstruction of Haiti: A Record of Failure
Colette Lespinasse – Pambazuka News
April 18th, 2011 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on The Reconstruction of Haiti: A Record of Failure)
(Castellano) EE.UU Instalará Nueva Base Militar en Honduras
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) EE.UU Instalará Nueva Base Militar en Honduras)
The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Do All Day
Bill Phillips and the Editors of Men's Health – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Do All Day)
(Castellano) El Gran Robo
David Brooks – La Jornada
April 18th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) El Gran Robo)
(Portuguese) Mumia Abu-Jamal: Do Corredor da Morte ao Mundo
Glória Muñoz Ramírez – Brasil de Fato
April 18th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Portuguese) Mumia Abu-Jamal: Do Corredor da Morte ao Mundo)
Bahrain: U.S. Keeps Quiet over Repression
Jim Lobe – Inter Press Service-IPS
April 18th, 2011 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Bahrain: U.S. Keeps Quiet over Repression)
Brazil: Tensions Escalate Over Amazon Mega Dam
Benjamin Dangl – Al Jazeera
April 18th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Brazil: Tensions Escalate Over Amazon Mega Dam)
U.N. Diplomat Is Denied Private Meeting with WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning
Ellen Nakashima – The Washington Post
April 18th, 2011 (JUSTICE | Comments Off on U.N. Diplomat Is Denied Private Meeting with WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning)
Sri Lanka: UN Experts Submit Report
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Sri Lanka: UN Experts Submit Report)
Is Japan’s Elite Hiding a Weapons Program Inside Nuclear Plants?
Yoichi Shimatsu – New America Media
April 18th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT, ASIA--PACIFIC, ENERGY, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY | Comments Off on Is Japan’s Elite Hiding a Weapons Program Inside Nuclear Plants?)
(Castellano) Austeridad, Recortes y Crímenes Contra la Humanidad
Xavier Caño Tamayo – Toma la Palabra, Periodismo Humano
April 18th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Austeridad, Recortes y Crímenes Contra la Humanidad)
Mena Revolution and Counter-Revolution
Johan Galtung, 18 Apr 2011 - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (EDITORIAL | 1 Comment »)
WikiLeaks: Great Power Rivalry at the UN
Nikolas Kozloff – Al Jazeera
April 18th, 2011 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on WikiLeaks: Great Power Rivalry at the UN)
The Link Between War and Big Finance
Kevin Zeese – War Is a Crime.org
April 18th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The Link Between War and Big Finance)
The Grand Failure of Conventional Economics
Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on The Grand Failure of Conventional Economics)
Bolivia Enshrines Natural World’s Rights with Equal Status for Mother Earth
John Vidal in La Paz – The Guardian
April 18th, 2011 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Bolivia Enshrines Natural World’s Rights with Equal Status for Mother Earth)
Why This Matters
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (ENERGY | Comments Off on Why This Matters)
The Ivory Coast: Behind Laurent Gbagbo’s Last Stand
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2011 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Ivory Coast: Behind Laurent Gbagbo’s Last Stand)