Archive for 2015 – Week 13


Big Bank’s Analyst Worries That Iran Deal Could Depress Weapons Sales
Lee Fang – The Intercept
March 23rd, 2015 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Big Bank’s Analyst Worries That Iran Deal Could Depress Weapons Sales)
(Português) Somos todos animais sensíveis [sencientes]
Philippe Regné - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais
March 23rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Somos todos animais sensíveis [sencientes])
Reflections by an Arab Jew
Ella Habiba Shohat, Bint Jbeil - TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Reflections by an Arab Jew)
Universities and the Challenge of Climate Change
Harvard President Drew Faust – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP | Comments Off on Universities and the Challenge of Climate Change)
Why Europe Defies the US to Join a China-Led Bank
Gabriel Domínguez – Deutsche Welle
March 23rd, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Why Europe Defies the US to Join a China-Led Bank)
Hitler and Stalin: Two Europeans
Johan Galtung, 23 Mar 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (EDITORIAL | 5 Comments »)
What You Need to Know about Venezuela
George Ciccariello-Maher – Jacobin Magazine
March 23rd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on What You Need to Know about Venezuela)
Twitter Puts Trillions of Tweets up for Sale to Data Miners
Juliette Garside – The Guardian
March 23rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | 1 Comment »)
The NSA’s Plan: Improve Cybersecurity by Hacking Everyone Else
Trevor Timm – The Guardian
March 23rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on The NSA’s Plan: Improve Cybersecurity by Hacking Everyone Else)
Grassroots Movement Blocks Water Privatization in Mexico
Alfredo Acedo, Americas Program – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Grassroots Movement Blocks Water Privatization in Mexico)
What Would Happen If an 800-Kiloton Nuclear Warhead Detonated above Midtown Manhattan?
Steven Starr, Lynn Eden & Theodore A. Postol – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
March 23rd, 2015 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on What Would Happen If an 800-Kiloton Nuclear Warhead Detonated above Midtown Manhattan?)
2014: USA Leads Upward Trend in Arms Exports – Asian, Gulf States Lead Imports
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute-SIPRI – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on 2014: USA Leads Upward Trend in Arms Exports – Asian, Gulf States Lead Imports)
(Português/Español) Bilderberg: O Clube Secreto dos Poderosos
Cristina Martín Jiménez – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on (Português/Español) Bilderberg: O Clube Secreto dos Poderosos)
10 Reasons to Eat Cherries
Diana White – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (HEALTH | Comments Off on 10 Reasons to Eat Cherries)
Transitional Justice for Rank-And-File Combatants in Colombia
Silke Pfeiffer, Norwegian Peace Building Resource Center-NOREF - TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION | Comments Off on Transitional Justice for Rank-And-File Combatants in Colombia)
Iraq and the Media: A Critical Timeline
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting-FAIR – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Iraq and the Media: A Critical Timeline)
Contradictions Beset U.N. Response to Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers
Lyndal Rowlands, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on Contradictions Beset U.N. Response to Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers)
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (HISTORY | Comments Off on This Week in History)
19th World Congress of International Association of Educators for World Peace Will Be in India
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ANNOUNCEMENTS | Comments Off on 19th World Congress of International Association of Educators for World Peace Will Be in India)
Non-Proliferation Treaty: US Attempts to Bully Allies into Inaction
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on Non-Proliferation Treaty: US Attempts to Bully Allies into Inaction)
Letter to Palestinian Women
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (NOBEL LAUREATES | 1 Comment »)
Switzerland, Luxembourg Apply for China-Led Infrastructure Bank
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Switzerland, Luxembourg Apply for China-Led Infrastructure Bank)
Australian PM Attacks “Lifestyle Choice” of Poverty-Stricken Aborigines
Susan Allan, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Australian PM Attacks “Lifestyle Choice” of Poverty-Stricken Aborigines)
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program-HAARP Weapon
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | 2 Comments »)
The “Naturalness” of the Commons
David de Ugarte – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on The “Naturalness” of the Commons)
Planet Earth
Dr. Ashok T Chakravarthy – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Planet Earth)
The Myth of Biological Weapons as the Poor Man’s Atomic Bomb
Gregory D. Koblentz – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
March 23rd, 2015 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on The Myth of Biological Weapons as the Poor Man’s Atomic Bomb)
The Big Dick School of American Patriotism – And What We Make of It
Nan Levinson - TomDispatch
March 23rd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The Big Dick School of American Patriotism – And What We Make of It)
The Healing Poison
Yang Jwing Ming – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on The Healing Poison)
What’s Scarier: Terrorism, or Governments Blocking Websites in its Name?
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
March 23rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on What’s Scarier: Terrorism, or Governments Blocking Websites in its Name?)
Insurance
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Insurance)
Book Review: Excavating Palestine’s “Hidden Histories”
Marcy Newman - The Electronic Intifada
March 23rd, 2015 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on Book Review: Excavating Palestine’s “Hidden Histories”)
Beware of the Corporate GMO Spin Doctors
Wenonah Hauter – Common Dreams
March 23rd, 2015 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on Beware of the Corporate GMO Spin Doctors)
Hawai’i 78′ (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
The Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on Hawai’i 78′ (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK))
Diary: Israel
Yonatan Mendel – London Review of Books
March 23rd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Diary: Israel)
Israel’s Threat from Within
Fareed Zakaria – The Washington Post
March 23rd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Israel’s Threat from Within)
From Basic Income to Social Dividends: Sharing the Value of Common Resources
Rajesh Makwana, Sharing the World’s Resources – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on From Basic Income to Social Dividends: Sharing the Value of Common Resources)
Greece: Memory & Debt
Conn Hallinan, Dispatches from the Edge – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Greece: Memory & Debt)
Flush the TPP
Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!
March 23rd, 2015 (TRADE | Comments Off on Flush the TPP)
Snowden: Mass Surveillance Won’t Stop Terrorism
Harry Tucker – New York Post
March 23rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Snowden: Mass Surveillance Won’t Stop Terrorism)
(Português) Obra completa de Paulo Freire grátis para download
Luis Soares, Pragmatismo Político – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Obra completa de Paulo Freire grátis para download)
Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe
John Scales Avery - Danish Pugwash Group – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 2 Comments »)
Dementia Now Affects over 47 Million People Worldwide, 75 Million by 2030, and Expected to Triple by 2050
UN World Health Organization – Human Wrongs Watch
March 23rd, 2015 (HEALTH | Comments Off on Dementia Now Affects over 47 Million People Worldwide, 75 Million by 2030, and Expected to Triple by 2050)
Buddhist Nationalists Stoke Hatred in Myanmar
Richard Bennett – Al Jazeera
March 23rd, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Buddhist Nationalists Stoke Hatred in Myanmar)
Why Is Israel So Vulnerable?
Deepak Tripathi – Middle East Eye
March 23rd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Why Is Israel So Vulnerable?)
(Deutsch) Friedensgepräche: Kritischer Gegenpol zu “Lobbyarbeit”
Holger Scheerer - Heidenheimer Zeitung
March 23rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Deutsch) Friedensgepräche: Kritischer Gegenpol zu “Lobbyarbeit”)
Statement from the Family of Rachel Corrie on the Twelfth Anniversary of Her Murder by Israelis in Gaza
Rachel Corrie Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Statement from the Family of Rachel Corrie on the Twelfth Anniversary of Her Murder by Israelis in Gaza)
Obama’s Double-Standard on Russia
Eric Zuesse – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Obama’s Double-Standard on Russia)
Spirituality in the New World Order: Is a One World Religious Authority in Formation?
Matthew Butler – The Conscious Reporter
March 23rd, 2015 (RELIGION | 1 Comment »)
(Português) Mujica: “A luta de classes é como o sol e as estrelas. Negá-la é negar a realidade”
Igor Carvalho e Vinicius Gomes - Revista Fórum
March 23rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Mujica: “A luta de classes é como o sol e as estrelas. Negá-la é negar a realidade”)
(Italiano) Churchill e Hitler: due europei
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Churchill e Hitler: due europei)
Breaking News: The New York Times Reports on What the Rest of the Western Hemisphere Thinks about the Conflict between the US and Venezuela
Mark Weisbrot – Center for Economic and Policy Research
March 23rd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Breaking News: The New York Times Reports on What the Rest of the Western Hemisphere Thinks about the Conflict between the US and Venezuela)
Kiev Shifts Goalposts as Merkel Skews Wide
Finian Cunningham – Strategic Culture Foundation
March 23rd, 2015 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on Kiev Shifts Goalposts as Merkel Skews Wide)
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Diplomacy, War, and (In)Security in the Nuclear Age
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Iran’s Nuclear Program: Diplomacy, War, and (In)Security in the Nuclear Age)
Why I’m Relieved Netanyahu Won
Ali Abunimah – Electronic Intifada
March 23rd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Why I’m Relieved Netanyahu Won)
Stalking Netanyahu’s Victory: Palestine and Iran
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Stalking Netanyahu’s Victory: Palestine and Iran)
Radicalisation of Existence and Identity
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Radicalisation of Existence and Identity)
The U.S. Military Just Plunged Philippine Politics into Crisis
Walden Bello – The Nation
March 23rd, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on The U.S. Military Just Plunged Philippine Politics into Crisis)
The 10 Happiest Countries Are All in Latin America
Laura Geggel, Live Science – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on The 10 Happiest Countries Are All in Latin America)
Brazil: The Dictatorship’s Perfect Crime
Marcelo Pellegrini, Upside Down World – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Brazil: The Dictatorship’s Perfect Crime)
Wealth and Power May Have Played a Stronger Role than ‘Survival of the Fittest’
Science Daily – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP | Comments Off on Wealth and Power May Have Played a Stronger Role than ‘Survival of the Fittest’)
US Threatened Germany over Snowden, Vice Chancellor Says
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
March 23rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on US Threatened Germany over Snowden, Vice Chancellor Says)
Threats Everywhere
News from Somewhere – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Comments Off on Threats Everywhere)
Patriarchy Is Killing Our Planet – Women Alone Can Save Her
Nafeez Ahmed – The Ecologist
March 23rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Patriarchy Is Killing Our Planet – Women Alone Can Save Her)
Don’t Want NSA to Spy on Your Email? 5 Things You Can Do
Michael Liedtke, Associated Press – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Don’t Want NSA to Spy on Your Email? 5 Things You Can Do)
How Exciting: The Birth of a New Official Enemy!
Jacob G. Hornberger, The Future of Freedom Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on How Exciting: The Birth of a New Official Enemy!)