Archive for 2014 – Week 52


Misleading the World on Iran’s “Bomb”
Jonathan Power - Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research
December 23rd, 2014 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on Misleading the World on Iran’s “Bomb”)
Sony Hack: Clooney Says Movie is about Snowden, Not Journalism
Natasha Vargas-Cooper – The Intercept
December 23rd, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Sony Hack: Clooney Says Movie is about Snowden, Not Journalism)
The 2014 P.U.-litzers
FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2014 (MEDIA | Comments Off on The 2014 P.U.-litzers)
Cuba – And Then What?
Johan Galtung
December 23rd, 2014 (EDITORIAL | 3 Comments »)
Gaza’s Doctor Mads Gilbert Named Norway’s Person of the Year
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Gaza’s Doctor Mads Gilbert Named Norway’s Person of the Year)
Classified Evidence: US Soldiers Raped Boys In Front of Their Mothers
John Vibes – Mint Press News
December 22nd, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, EXPOSURES - EXPOSÉS | 1 Comment »)
The Torture Report: American Exceptionalism for the Win!
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Comments Off on The Torture Report: American Exceptionalism for the Win!)
Putin Shot Down a Plane! Putin Shot Down a … What? Never Mind
World Beyond War – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Putin Shot Down a Plane! Putin Shot Down a … What? Never Mind)
“Now Put Blair and Straw on Trial for Torture” – Ex-British Diplomat
Craig Murray, Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan – The Daily Mail
December 22nd, 2014 (EUROPE | Comments Off on “Now Put Blair and Straw on Trial for Torture” – Ex-British Diplomat)
(Italiano) Antica come le colline (VI)
Prof. Nanni Salio – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
December 22nd, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Antica come le colline (VI))
Coexisting with Our Differences in a Civilized Manner
Pres. Raul Castro – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Coexisting with Our Differences in a Civilized Manner)
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (HISTORY | Comments Off on This Week in History)
The Death of International Development
Jason Hickel – Al Jazeera
December 22nd, 2014 (DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on The Death of International Development)
Is the World View of a Holy Father Necessarily Full of Holes?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Is the World View of a Holy Father Necessarily Full of Holes?)
Policing Is a Dirty Job, but Nobody’s Gotta Do It: 6 Ideas for a Cop-Free World
José Martín – Rolling Stone
December 22nd, 2014 (CIVIL SOCIETY | Comments Off on Policing Is a Dirty Job, but Nobody’s Gotta Do It: 6 Ideas for a Cop-Free World)
Europe Has Lost Its Compass
Roberto Savio, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Europe Has Lost Its Compass)
Splendid Isolation
Uri Avnery - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Splendid Isolation)
A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus on Our Search for Meaning and Why Happiness Is Our Moral Obligation
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (SPIRITUALITY | Comments Off on A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus on Our Search for Meaning and Why Happiness Is Our Moral Obligation)
Venezuela’s Maduro: ‘US Knows Where It Can Stick Up Its Sanctions’
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams
December 22nd, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Venezuela’s Maduro: ‘US Knows Where It Can Stick Up Its Sanctions’)
Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue?
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue?)
Fidel’s Legacy
Stephen Lendman – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 1 Comment »)
The Oil Coup – US-Saudi Subterfuge Send Stocks and Credit Reeling
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch
December 22nd, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on The Oil Coup – US-Saudi Subterfuge Send Stocks and Credit Reeling)
Architects of Atrocity Remain at Large, and Unrepentant
William Boardman - Reader Supported News
December 22nd, 2014 (SPECIAL FEATURE | Comments Off on Architects of Atrocity Remain at Large, and Unrepentant)
There Is Life after a Dementia Diagnosis
Rebecca Ley – The Guardian
December 22nd, 2014 (HEALTH | Comments Off on There Is Life after a Dementia Diagnosis)
(Português) Uruguai: como funciona um “clube de maconha”
Denise Mota, Desentorpecendo a Razão – Outras Palavras
December 22nd, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Uruguai: como funciona um “clube de maconha”)
Obama and Raúl Castro Thank Pope for Breakthrough in US-Cuba Relations
Dan Roberts and Rory Carroll – The Guardian
December 22nd, 2014 (ANALYSIS | Comments Off on Obama and Raúl Castro Thank Pope for Breakthrough in US-Cuba Relations)
Head of Stratfor, the ‘Private CIA’, Says Overthrow of Ukraine’s Yanukovych Was ‘The Most Blatant Coup in History’
Eric Zuesse, OEN – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on Head of Stratfor, the ‘Private CIA’, Says Overthrow of Ukraine’s Yanukovych Was ‘The Most Blatant Coup in History’)
Hamas Calls for EU Talks after Court Ruling
Andrew Rettman, EUObserver – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Hamas Calls for EU Talks after Court Ruling)
The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings
Lisa Hajjar – The Nation
December 22nd, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA, EXPOSURES - EXPOSÉS | 2 Comments »)
Saving the ICC from African Thugtators
Alemayehu G. Mariam – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (AFRICA | Comments Off on Saving the ICC from African Thugtators)
Three Members of Congress Just Reignited the Cold War While No One Was Looking
Dennis Kucinich - Truthdig
December 22nd, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | 2 Comments »)
Physicians’ Group Details Psychologists’ Role in CIA’s “Extensive System of Torture”
Matthew MacEgan, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA, ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP, EXPOSURES - EXPOSÉS, SCIENCE | Comments Off on Physicians’ Group Details Psychologists’ Role in CIA’s “Extensive System of Torture”)
What Putin Is Not Telling Us
Pepe Escobar – Russia Today
December 22nd, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on What Putin Is Not Telling Us)
Password
Baher Kamal – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Password)
Haunting Illustrations for Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Introduced by the Courageous Journalist Who Broke the Edward Snowden Story
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Haunting Illustrations for Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Introduced by the Courageous Journalist Who Broke the Edward Snowden Story)
Netanyahu: Weak against Hamas, Strong against Europe
Barak Ravid - Haaretz
December 22nd, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Netanyahu: Weak against Hamas, Strong against Europe)
Taliban Butchers Are Pashtun Cowards
Robin Edward Poulton – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Taliban Butchers Are Pashtun Cowards)
Prosecute the Torturers!
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
ALBA Leaders Reject US Interference as Summit Concludes
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on ALBA Leaders Reject US Interference as Summit Concludes)
Veritasphobia (Fear of Truth)
Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Veritasphobia (Fear of Truth))
The US Feels the Heat on Palestine Vote at UN
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on The US Feels the Heat on Palestine Vote at UN)
U.S. TV Provides Ample Platform for American Torturers, But None to Their Victims
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
December 22nd, 2014 (MEDIA | Comments Off on U.S. TV Provides Ample Platform for American Torturers, But None to Their Victims)
5 Ways to Protect Your Spine at Work
Dr. Edward F. Group, Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (HEALTH | Comments Off on 5 Ways to Protect Your Spine at Work)
New York Fracking Ban Reverberates Nationally
Peter Moskowitz – Al Jazeera America
December 22nd, 2014 (ENERGY | Comments Off on New York Fracking Ban Reverberates Nationally)
(Português) Pressão dos Países Latino-Americanos Foi Decisiva para o Fim do Embargo a Cuba
Leonardo Ferreira – Brasil de Fato
December 22nd, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Pressão dos Países Latino-Americanos Foi Decisiva para o Fim do Embargo a Cuba)
I’m an ‘Anonymous’ Hacker in Prison, And I Am Not a Crook. I’m an Activist
Jeremy Hammond – The Guardian
December 22nd, 2014 (ACTIVISM, WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on I’m an ‘Anonymous’ Hacker in Prison, And I Am Not a Crook. I’m an Activist)
ISIS—the New Israel
Chris Hedges - Truthdig
December 22nd, 2014 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on ISIS—the New Israel)
(Deutsch) Peacebuilding von unten im Südsudan
Stephan Brües, Zivilcourage – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Deutsch) Peacebuilding von unten im Südsudan)
(Português) Para Chomsky, na Casa Branca se articula o terror mundial
Noam Chomsky, Outras Palavras - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Para Chomsky, na Casa Branca se articula o terror mundial)
Margaret Mead on Myth vs. Deception and What to Tell Kids about Santa Claus
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Margaret Mead on Myth vs. Deception and What to Tell Kids about Santa Claus)
After Duo Created CIA Torture Methods, Did World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Enable Abuses?
Amy Goodman – Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on After Duo Created CIA Torture Methods, Did World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Enable Abuses?)
Go West, Young Han – As Washington “Pivots” to Asia, China Does the Eurasian Pirouette
Pepe Escobar - TomDispatch
December 22nd, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on Go West, Young Han – As Washington “Pivots” to Asia, China Does the Eurasian Pirouette)
It’s Not Cuba That Has Just Decided to Rejoin the Modern World – It’s the US
Martin Kettle – The Guardian
December 22nd, 2014 (ANALYSIS | Comments Off on It’s Not Cuba That Has Just Decided to Rejoin the Modern World – It’s the US)
Why is Near Term Human Extinction Inevitable?
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
What Is in the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Torture (Part I)
Tom Carter, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (SPECIAL FEATURE | Comments Off on What Is in the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Torture (Part I))
The Joke Is on Them: Gay Conversion Group’s Billboard Star IS GAY
Ed Pilkington – The Guardian
December 22nd, 2014 (SEXUALITIES | Comments Off on The Joke Is on Them: Gay Conversion Group’s Billboard Star IS GAY)
Obama and the Beginning of the End of the Cuban Embargo
Amy Goodman – Truthdig
December 22nd, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Obama and the Beginning of the End of the Cuban Embargo)
Animal Overgrowth
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Animal Overgrowth)
The only Terrorist Organisation Involved in the Sydney Siege Is the Murdoch Press Empire
Joshua Dabelstein – New Matilda
December 22nd, 2014 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on The only Terrorist Organisation Involved in the Sydney Siege Is the Murdoch Press Empire)
X’mas Spirit
Stephen Gill – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on X’mas Spirit)
The Germans Rebuilt Dresden and the Syrians Will Rebuild Aleppo!
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on The Germans Rebuilt Dresden and the Syrians Will Rebuild Aleppo!)
The Day Anti-Castro Forces Tried to Bomb the U.N.
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on The Day Anti-Castro Forces Tried to Bomb the U.N.)
The Dead End of Post-Oslo Diplomacy: What Next?
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Dead End of Post-Oslo Diplomacy: What Next?)
Christmas at the War Front Line
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Christmas at the War Front Line)
Ukrainian Soldier Confirms: Ukraine’s Military Shot Down Malaysian MH17 Plane
Eric Zuesse - Global Research
December 22nd, 2014 (CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Ukrainian Soldier Confirms: Ukraine’s Military Shot Down Malaysian MH17 Plane)
CIA ‘Torture Report’: Once Again Language Is Distorted in Order to Hide US State Wrongdoing
Robert Fisk – The Independent
December 22nd, 2014 (SPECIAL FEATURE | Comments Off on CIA ‘Torture Report’: Once Again Language Is Distorted in Order to Hide US State Wrongdoing)
Torture’s Queen: Meet Alfreda Bikowsky, the Senior Officer at the Center of the CIA’s Torture Scandals
Glenn Greenwald and Peter Maass – The Intercept
December 22nd, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA, EXPOSURES - EXPOSÉS | Comments Off on Torture’s Queen: Meet Alfreda Bikowsky, the Senior Officer at the Center of the CIA’s Torture Scandals)
Alkarama Human Rights Award to Shireen Issawi
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Alkarama Human Rights Award to Shireen Issawi)
Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives)
America, Nation of Torturers: Stop Saying “This Isn’t Who We Are” — Here’s the Real Truth
Charles Davis - Salon
December 22nd, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on America, Nation of Torturers: Stop Saying “This Isn’t Who We Are” — Here’s the Real Truth)
An Open Letter to Ecuadorian President Correa on Evicting the CONAIE Indigenous Movement
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Upside Down World – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 22nd, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on An Open Letter to Ecuadorian President Correa on Evicting the CONAIE Indigenous Movement)