Archive for 2015 – Week 23


New Strategic Calculus for the Balkans (I)
Andrew Korybko – Oriental Review
June 1st, 2015 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | 1 Comment »)
New Strategic Calculus for the Balkans (II)
Andrew Korybko – Oriental Review
June 1st, 2015 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | 1 Comment »)
John F. Nash Jr., Math Genius Defined by a ‘Beautiful Mind,’ Dies at 86
Erica Goode – The New York Times
June 1st, 2015 (SPOTLIGHT | 1 Comment »)
Fowl Deeds – Faeces, Bacteria, Toxins: Welcome to the Chicken Farm
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Fowl Deeds – Faeces, Bacteria, Toxins: Welcome to the Chicken Farm)
The Full Text of the Oslo Communique on Myanmar (Burma)
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Decipherment of Indus Valley Seals: Vedic Human Genetics & Cytology
Prof. Chandra P Trivedi – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (SCIENCE - SPIRITUALITY | 2 Comments »)
Judith Miller’s Comeback
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone
June 1st, 2015 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Judith Miller’s Comeback)
Nuclear Realism
Robert C. Koehler – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TMS PEACE JOURNALISM | Comments Off on Nuclear Realism)
(Français) Palmyre : sous les palmiers, la rage
Pascal Fenaux – Centre Tricontinental
June 1st, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Français) Palmyre : sous les palmiers, la rage)
The Pre-charge Punishment of Julian Assange
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!
June 1st, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on The Pre-charge Punishment of Julian Assange)
House Arrest & Disobedience – A Review
Theresa Wolfwood – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on House Arrest & Disobedience – A Review)
Laissez Faire Water Laws Threaten Family Farming in Chile
Marianela Jarroud, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Laissez Faire Water Laws Threaten Family Farming in Chile)
In Myanmar [Burma], Muslims Arrested for Joining Terror Group That Doesn’t Exist
Carlos Sardiña Galache and Veronica Pedrosa – The Intercept
June 1st, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on In Myanmar [Burma], Muslims Arrested for Joining Terror Group That Doesn’t Exist)
The Escalation of Global Financial Parasitism
Nick Beams, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on The Escalation of Global Financial Parasitism)
Our Dogs Can Read Our Minds: The New Neuroscience of Animal Brains and Understanding
Michael C. Corbalis - Salon
June 1st, 2015 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Our Dogs Can Read Our Minds: The New Neuroscience of Animal Brains and Understanding)
World’s First Ocean System Targeting Plastic Pollution to Launch in 2016
Renee Lewis – Al Jazeera America
June 1st, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on World’s First Ocean System Targeting Plastic Pollution to Launch in 2016)
Pave Paradise, Put Up a Naval Base: South Korean Activists’ Extraordinary Struggle to Save Jeju Island
Medea Benjamin – Huffington Post
June 1st, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Pave Paradise, Put Up a Naval Base: South Korean Activists’ Extraordinary Struggle to Save Jeju Island)
Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms
Lee Fang – The Intercept
June 1st, 2015 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms)
Yes to Development, No to Environmental Degradation
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, BRICS | Comments Off on Yes to Development, No to Environmental Degradation)
The Olive Jar
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on The Olive Jar)
Leaked Internal Documents Show U.N. Ignored CAR Child Abuse
Roger Hamilton-Martin, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on Leaked Internal Documents Show U.N. Ignored CAR Child Abuse)
Against Kaplan “Bring Imperialism Back to the Middle East”
Johan Galtung and Naakow Hayford
June 1st, 2015 (EDITORIAL | 4 Comments »)
The Map on the Wall
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Map on the Wall)
US Kneejerk Support for Israeli Nukes Torpedoes UN Disarmament Talks
Juan Cole – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on US Kneejerk Support for Israeli Nukes Torpedoes UN Disarmament Talks)
Women Peace Activists Cross North-South Korea Border
Al Jazeera English – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Women Peace Activists Cross North-South Korea Border)
Non-Proliferation Treaty: Nuclear Weapons and Tension Areas
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | 1 Comment »)
INSURGE’s Pentagon-Gulf States-Turkey-ISIS Axis Report Makes National Headlines in Germany
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on INSURGE’s Pentagon-Gulf States-Turkey-ISIS Axis Report Makes National Headlines in Germany)
The Militarization of Development Aid
Rafia Zakaria – Al Jazeera America
June 1st, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The Militarization of Development Aid)
Rotten Science: How We Got Duped by Fake Chocolate Science
Daniela Hernandez, Fusion – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP | 1 Comment »)
In France, Post-Charlie Debate Hits a New Level of Vitriol
Konrad Yakabuski - The Globe and Mail
June 1st, 2015 (EUROPE | Comments Off on In France, Post-Charlie Debate Hits a New Level of Vitriol)
What It Was Like to Glimpse John Nash’s Beautiful Mind
Maurice Ewing – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (SPOTLIGHT | Comments Off on What It Was Like to Glimpse John Nash’s Beautiful Mind)
Correlating a Requisite Diversity of Metaphorical Patterns
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Correlating a Requisite Diversity of Metaphorical Patterns)
Why Does Greece Not Simply Default?
Jérôme Roos - TeleSur
June 1st, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Why Does Greece Not Simply Default?)
First Look Publishes Open Source Code to Advance Privacy, Security and Journalism
Micah Lee – The Intercept
June 1st, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on First Look Publishes Open Source Code to Advance Privacy, Security and Journalism)
This College Student Chained Herself to a Shell Oil Ship for Three Days. Here’s Why.
Araz Hachadourian – Yes! Magazine
June 1st, 2015 (ACTIVISM | Comments Off on This College Student Chained Herself to a Shell Oil Ship for Three Days. Here’s Why.)
The Friends of Nukes Are Losing
Gunnar Westberg - Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research
June 1st, 2015 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on The Friends of Nukes Are Losing)
Solutions Movement: How Worker-Owned Co-ops Can Change the Way We Work
Derek Royden, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (COOPS-COOPERATION-SHARING | Comments Off on Solutions Movement: How Worker-Owned Co-ops Can Change the Way We Work)
Myanmar Officially Rejects the Oslo Conference to End Systematic Persecution of the Rohingya Since 1978
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Myanmar Officially Rejects the Oslo Conference to End Systematic Persecution of the Rohingya Since 1978)
Unsettling Settlements: More Wrongdoing at Banks, More Swingeing Fines, No Prosecutions
The Economist – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Unsettling Settlements: More Wrongdoing at Banks, More Swingeing Fines, No Prosecutions)
Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict – A Review
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict – A Review)
America at Its Best Is Strange
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on America at Its Best Is Strange)
Jake Lynch Wins another BDS Battle
Kathy Fairfax – Green Left Weekly
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND News | Comments Off on Jake Lynch Wins another BDS Battle)
U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying
Ryan Gallagher – The Intercept
June 1st, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying)
Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement – It Isn’t.
Dave Johnson – Moyers & Company
June 1st, 2015 (TRADE | Comments Off on Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement – It Isn’t.)
Peace Education for Nonviolence and Solution of Terrorism
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (EDUCATION | Comments Off on Peace Education for Nonviolence and Solution of Terrorism)
India´s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on India´s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
48 Countries March Against Monsanto
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on 48 Countries March Against Monsanto)
NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store and Plant Malware on All Android Apps
TechWorm – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store and Plant Malware on All Android Apps)
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Small Mercies, the True Measure of Wisdom, and How to Live with Maximum Aliveness
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (SPIRITUALITY | Comments Off on Ralph Waldo Emerson on Small Mercies, the True Measure of Wisdom, and How to Live with Maximum Aliveness)
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (HISTORY | Comments Off on This Week in History)
Finance like a Cancer Grows
Roberto Savio, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Finance like a Cancer Grows)
(Italiano) Sulla violenza: suicidio, omicidio – e l’uno e l’altro
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Sulla violenza: suicidio, omicidio – e l’uno e l’altro)
(Deutsch) Doppelte »Chance« – Westliches Interesse am »Islamischen Staat«
Rainer Rupp – junge Welt
June 1st, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Deutsch) Doppelte »Chance« – Westliches Interesse am »Islamischen Staat«)
US Drops Cuba from Terrorism List
Jesse Byrnes, The Hill – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on US Drops Cuba from Terrorism List)
A Bit Here a Bit There
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on A Bit Here a Bit There)
Demands
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Demands)
Post Disaster Rebuilding of Nepal: Forward Thinking
Kedar Neupane – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Post Disaster Rebuilding of Nepal: Forward Thinking)
Palestinian Soccer Head under Fire after Withdrawing Motion to Suspend Israel from FIFA
Khaled Abu Toameh – The Jerusalem Post
June 1st, 2015 (SPORTS | Comments Off on Palestinian Soccer Head under Fire after Withdrawing Motion to Suspend Israel from FIFA)
Failure of the US Coup d’État in Macedonia
Thierry Meyssan – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on Failure of the US Coup d’État in Macedonia)
Latest Guilty Pleas Prove Big Bank Criminality ‘Rampant,’ But Jail Time Non-Existent
Deirdre Fulton – Common Dreams
June 1st, 2015 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Latest Guilty Pleas Prove Big Bank Criminality ‘Rampant,’ But Jail Time Non-Existent)
The Years Since I Was Jailed For Releasing the ‘War Diaries’ Have Been a Rollercoaster
Chelsea E Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) – The Guardian
June 1st, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on The Years Since I Was Jailed For Releasing the ‘War Diaries’ Have Been a Rollercoaster)
The Long Shadow of War: The Struggle for Justice in Postwar Sri Lanka – Report
Oakland Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on The Long Shadow of War: The Struggle for Justice in Postwar Sri Lanka – Report)
Hundreds Gather in Arizona for Armed Anti-Muslim Protest
Evan Wyloge – The Washington Post
June 1st, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Hundreds Gather in Arizona for Armed Anti-Muslim Protest)
Consider the Octopus: A Little Boy’s Moving Case against Eating Animals
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | 1 Comment »)