Archive for 2015 – Week 32


Stowaways and Crimes aboard a Scofflaw Ship (Part 1)
Ian Urbina – The New York Times
August 3rd, 2015 (SPECIAL FEATURE | 3 Comments »)
Murder at Sea: Captured on Video, but Killers Go Free (Part 2)
Ian Urbina – The New York Times
August 3rd, 2015 (SPECIAL FEATURE | 3 Comments »)
‘Sea Slaves’: The Human Misery That Feeds Pets and Livestock (Part 3)
Ian Urbina – The New York Times
August 3rd, 2015 (SPECIAL FEATURE | 3 Comments »)
Japan Revisited
Johan Galtung, 3 Aug 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (EDITORIAL | 7 Comments »)
Up Up in the Sky (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
StopTheCrime – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (Music Video of the Week | 2 Comments »)
Humanitarian Occupation of Haiti: 100 Years and Counting
Mark Schuller - CounterPunch
August 3rd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Humanitarian Occupation of Haiti: 100 Years and Counting)
Video Graphic Footage Shows Mass Slaughter of Pilot Whales in the Faroe Islands
Sea Shepherd News – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Video Graphic Footage Shows Mass Slaughter of Pilot Whales in the Faroe Islands)
(Português) Há Algo de Podre no Reino do Euro
Yanis Varoufakis, Financial Times - Pravda
August 3rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Há Algo de Podre no Reino do Euro)
Needed: Political Will . . .
Culture of Peace News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Needed: Political Will . . .)
European Federalism and Missed Opportunities – United States of Europe?
Emma Bonino, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (EUROPE | Comments Off on European Federalism and Missed Opportunities – United States of Europe?)
The American Psychological Association’s ‘Independent Review’ on Ethics, National Security and Torture—In Historical Context
Marcie Holmes, Hidden Persuaders – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The American Psychological Association’s ‘Independent Review’ on Ethics, National Security and Torture—In Historical Context)
New Exhibit ‘Camera Atomica’ Surveys the Nuclear Age
James Adams – The Globe and Mail, Canada
August 3rd, 2015 (ARTS | Comments Off on New Exhibit ‘Camera Atomica’ Surveys the Nuclear Age)
The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed: U.S.-Iranian Relations Emerge from a 30-Year Cold War
Peter Van Buren - TomDispatch
August 3rd, 2015 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed: U.S.-Iranian Relations Emerge from a 30-Year Cold War)
Reaping the Rewards: How Private Sector Is Cashing In on Pentagon’s ‘Insatiable Demand’ for Drone War Intelligence
Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
August 3rd, 2015 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Reaping the Rewards: How Private Sector Is Cashing In on Pentagon’s ‘Insatiable Demand’ for Drone War Intelligence)
Butterfly
Vishnu Vasu – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | Comments Off on Butterfly)
NGO Open letter to Member States of the General Assembly on the Selection Process of the UN Secretary-General
Culture of Peace News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on NGO Open letter to Member States of the General Assembly on the Selection Process of the UN Secretary-General)
Silence Is Complicity
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Silence Is Complicity)
(Português) As Crises da Vida e a Autorealização
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) As Crises da Vida e a Autorealização)
Rebuilding Nepalese Villages after the 2015 Earthquakes
Dr. Hari Kumar Shrestha – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Rebuilding Nepalese Villages after the 2015 Earthquakes)
UN Paid Millions to Russian Aviation Firm Even after Learning of Sex Attack on Girl
Paul Lewis, Oliver Laughland and Roger Hamilton-Martin – The Guardian
August 3rd, 2015 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on UN Paid Millions to Russian Aviation Firm Even after Learning of Sex Attack on Girl)
Vietnam War Half a Century Later
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Vietnam War Half a Century Later)
Wake Up!
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (POETRY FORMAT | 1 Comment »)
Protecting Schools 80 Years after Roerich
Bede Sheppard, Human Rights Watch – Culture of Peace News Network
August 3rd, 2015 (EDUCATION | Comments Off on Protecting Schools 80 Years after Roerich)
Why Americans Believe That Bombing Hiroshima Was Necessary
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (SPOTLIGHT | 2 Comments »)
Dylann Roof Is Not a “Terrorist” — But Animal Rights Activists Who Free Minks From Slaughter Are
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
August 3rd, 2015 (ACTIVISM, ANGLO AMERICA, ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Dylann Roof Is Not a “Terrorist” — But Animal Rights Activists Who Free Minks From Slaughter Are)
Bolivia: Mediators Are Formed In Culture of Peace
Henry A. Aira Gutiérrez, Correo del Sur - Culture of Peace News Network
August 3rd, 2015 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Bolivia: Mediators Are Formed In Culture of Peace)
Eco-Insurgency, Tribal Vision, and Ultra-Nationalist Geopolitics
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Eco-Insurgency, Tribal Vision, and Ultra-Nationalist Geopolitics)
Big Pharma’s Profiteers: You Want Us to Pay What for These Meds?
Martha Rosenberg - CounterPunch
August 3rd, 2015 (HEALTH | Comments Off on Big Pharma’s Profiteers: You Want Us to Pay What for These Meds?)
Yemen and World Law: Building from Current Experience
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Yemen and World Law: Building from Current Experience)
Dissident [Maung Zarni] Slams Attempts to Link Rohingyas to IS
Tin Thein – The Burma Times
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Dissident [Maung Zarni] Slams Attempts to Link Rohingyas to IS)
Revealed: The Private Firms Tracking Terror Targets at Heart of US Drone Warfare
Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
August 3rd, 2015 (MILITARISM | 1 Comment »)
The Greek Coup: Liquidity as a Weapon of Coercion
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on The Greek Coup: Liquidity as a Weapon of Coercion)
« New Silk Road »: A Chinese-style New Deal
Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (BRICS | Comments Off on « New Silk Road »: A Chinese-style New Deal)
The Dangerous Rise of Buddhist Chauvinism
Yuriko Koike, Project Syndicate – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (RELIGION | Comments Off on The Dangerous Rise of Buddhist Chauvinism)
Success as Animal Sacrifice Banned at Gadhimai Festival (Nepal)
Compassion in World Farming – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Success as Animal Sacrifice Banned at Gadhimai Festival (Nepal))
Hedge Funds Tell Puerto Rico: Lay Off Teachers and Close Schools to Pay Us Back
Rupert Neate – The Guardian
August 3rd, 2015 (CAPITALISM | 1 Comment »)
Corporate Tribunals Pose Biggest Hurdle to Europe’s Vote on Transatlantic Trade Pact
Tom Lawson, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA, EUROPE, JUSTICE, TRADE | Comments Off on Corporate Tribunals Pose Biggest Hurdle to Europe’s Vote on Transatlantic Trade Pact)
Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam Was India’s President of Uncritical Devotion—A Tribute
Stephen Gill – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (OBITUARIES | Comments Off on Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam Was India’s President of Uncritical Devotion—A Tribute)
UK, US Turn Blind Eye to Islamic State Oil Sales
Nafeez Ahmed – Middle East Eye
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on UK, US Turn Blind Eye to Islamic State Oil Sales)
As Cuba Escalates Call for Guantanamo, Obama Battles Congress
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on As Cuba Escalates Call for Guantanamo, Obama Battles Congress)
(Deutsch) Was geschieht eigentlich mit Europa?
Andreas Buro - Aachener Friedensmagazin
August 3rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Deutsch) Was geschieht eigentlich mit Europa?)
The Need for a New Economic System – Part 2: Entropy and Economics
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 4 Comments »)
Advice to EU: Differentiate Israel from Settlements
Jews For Justice For Palestinians – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (EUROPE, PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Advice to EU: Differentiate Israel from Settlements)
What Does Gun Violence in the USA Really Cost? By the Numbers
Jaeah Lee and Julia Lurie – Mother Jones
August 3rd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on What Does Gun Violence in the USA Really Cost? By the Numbers)
Assange: The Untold Story of an Epic Struggle for Justice
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Assange: The Untold Story of an Epic Struggle for Justice)
How the American Psychological Association Lost Its Way
Roy Eidelson & Jean Maria Arrigo – Los Angeles Times
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
A Renegade Trawler, Hunted for 10,000 Miles by Vigilantes (Part 4)
Ian Urbina – The New York Times
August 3rd, 2015 (SPECIAL FEATURE | 3 Comments »)
A Zen Master Explains Death and the Life-Force to a Child and Outlines the Three Essential Principles of Zen Mind
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (SPIRITUALITY | Comments Off on A Zen Master Explains Death and the Life-Force to a Child and Outlines the Three Essential Principles of Zen Mind)
Musk, Wozniak and Hawking Urge Ban on Warfare AI and Autonomous Weapons
Samuel Gibbs – The Guardian
August 3rd, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Musk, Wozniak and Hawking Urge Ban on Warfare AI and Autonomous Weapons)
Eliciting Memorable Spheres and Polyhedra from Hyperspace
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Eliciting Memorable Spheres and Polyhedra from Hyperspace)
The Logic of Illogic: Narrow Self-Interest Keeps Israel’s “Existential Threats” Alive
Andrew Levine – CounterPunch
August 3rd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on The Logic of Illogic: Narrow Self-Interest Keeps Israel’s “Existential Threats” Alive)
Hiroshima Cover-up: How the War Department’s Timesman Won a Pulitzer
Amy Goodman and David Goodman – Common Dreams
August 3rd, 2015 (SPOTLIGHT | 1 Comment »)
(Italiano) Dalla sicurezza alla pace: un cambiamento di paradigm
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Dalla sicurezza alla pace: un cambiamento di paradigm)
Revolting World
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on Revolting World)
The Tiger’s Whisker
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on The Tiger’s Whisker)
Some Charity
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Some Charity)
To Succeed, Movements Must Overcome the Tension between Rationality and Emotion
George Lakey – Waging Nonviolence
August 3rd, 2015 (ACTIVISM | Comments Off on To Succeed, Movements Must Overcome the Tension between Rationality and Emotion)
U.S. Institute of Peace’s Hawkish Chairman Wants Ukraine to Send Russians Back in Body Bags
Lee Fang – The Intercept
August 3rd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on U.S. Institute of Peace’s Hawkish Chairman Wants Ukraine to Send Russians Back in Body Bags)
(Italiano) La enciclica “Laudato sii” puntata e ristretta
Antonino Drago – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
August 3rd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) La enciclica “Laudato sii” puntata e ristretta)
Macedonian Media: We Already Have Two Inroads with BRICS
Andrew Korybko – Oriental Review
August 3rd, 2015 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE, BRICS | Comments Off on Macedonian Media: We Already Have Two Inroads with BRICS)
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (HISTORY | Comments Off on This Week in History)
Target Tokyo: US Spied on Japanese Government and Corporations Since 2006
WikiLeaks – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | 1 Comment »)
Death by Debt in Greece: My Response to the German Finance Ministry
Jeffrey Sachs - Süddeutsche Zeitung
August 3rd, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Death by Debt in Greece: My Response to the German Finance Ministry)
Return to Ma’loula
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Return to Ma’loula)
Anti-Torture Reforms Opposed within Psychology Group after Damning Report
Spencer Ackerman – The Guardian
August 3rd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Anti-Torture Reforms Opposed within Psychology Group after Damning Report)
The Dublin-Doha Nexus: Ireland’s Key Role in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Global Jihad
Maidhc Ó Cathail, The Passionate Attachment – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (EUROPE | Comments Off on The Dublin-Doha Nexus: Ireland’s Key Role in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Global Jihad)
EU’s Greek Debt Austerity Plan Rejected by the IMF
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on EU’s Greek Debt Austerity Plan Rejected by the IMF)
The News Media as a Masterful Means of Multiple Meaning-Making
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on The News Media as a Masterful Means of Multiple Meaning-Making)