Archive for 2015 – Week 6


How Guantánamo Diary Escaped the Black Hole and Got Past the Censors (Mostly)
Cora Currier – The Intercept
February 2nd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on How Guantánamo Diary Escaped the Black Hole and Got Past the Censors (Mostly))
What They Don’t Tell You about Dementia
Dawn Vance – The Guardian
February 2nd, 2015 (HEALTH | Comments Off on What They Don’t Tell You about Dementia)
Greece Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Speaks Truth to Hostile Interviewer
BBC – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Greece Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Speaks Truth to Hostile Interviewer)
(Català) Justícia Distributiva
Francesc Torralba – El Punt Avui
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Català) Justícia Distributiva)
Don’t Trade Away Our Health: Trans-Pacific Partnership and International Drug Price Fixing
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Economics Laureate – The New York Times
February 2nd, 2015 (NOBEL LAUREATES | 1 Comment »)
Brazilian Indians Secure Nationwide Land Victory
Survival International – TRANSCEND Media Serviced
February 2nd, 2015 (INDIGENOUS RIGHTS | Comments Off on Brazilian Indians Secure Nationwide Land Victory)
Big Business “Regulators” and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): Opening the Floodgates to Corporate Plunder
Colin Todhunter - Global Research
February 2nd, 2015 (TRADE | Comments Off on Big Business “Regulators” and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): Opening the Floodgates to Corporate Plunder)
War Is the New Normal: Seven Deadly Reasons That America’s Wars Persist
William J. Astore - TomDispatch
February 2nd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on War Is the New Normal: Seven Deadly Reasons That America’s Wars Persist)
School Day of Nonviolence and Peace – 30 January
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (NONVIOLENCE | 1 Comment »)
Meet Stellan Vinthagen, Head of the First University Program on Civil Resistance
Priyanka Borpujari – Waging Nonviolence
February 2nd, 2015 (NONVIOLENCE | 1 Comment »)
Five Years After: Long Live Howard Zinn
Bill Bigelow – Common Dreams
February 2nd, 2015 (HISTORY | Comments Off on Five Years After: Long Live Howard Zinn)
Teach Your Children (Music Video of the Week)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on Teach Your Children (Music Video of the Week))
Is It Time to Make Iran Our Friend and Saudi Arabia Our Enemy?
Michael Axworthy – The Guardian
February 2nd, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Is It Time to Make Iran Our Friend and Saudi Arabia Our Enemy?)
The High Cost of Capitalism: The Destructive Component in Capitalism’s ‘Creative Destruction’ Is Very High
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on The High Cost of Capitalism: The Destructive Component in Capitalism’s ‘Creative Destruction’ Is Very High)
Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads
Ryan Gallagher and Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
February 2nd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads)
(Italiano) L’anno 2015: che cosa dobbiamo aspettarci?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) L’anno 2015: che cosa dobbiamo aspettarci?)
The American Sniper You Didn’t Hear About
Carl Gibson - Reader Supported News
February 2nd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The American Sniper You Didn’t Hear About)
Ayotzinapa Parents Reject Government’s Decision to Close Case
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Ayotzinapa Parents Reject Government’s Decision to Close Case)
Africa’s Quiet Solar Revolution
Lorena Galliot – Christian Science Monitor
February 2nd, 2015 (ENERGY | Comments Off on Africa’s Quiet Solar Revolution)
Source Code Similarities: Experts Unmask ‘Regin’ Trojan as NSA Tool
Marcel Rosenbach, Hilmar Schmundt and Christian Stöcker – Der Spiegel
February 2nd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Source Code Similarities: Experts Unmask ‘Regin’ Trojan as NSA Tool)
Greece to the Troika: ‘You Don’t Own Us!’
Lynn Stuart Parramore – Al Jazeera America
February 2nd, 2015 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Greece to the Troika: ‘You Don’t Own Us!’)
Torture If You Must, But Do Not Under Any Circumstances Call the New York Times
Dan Froomkin – The Intercept
February 2nd, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Torture If You Must, But Do Not Under Any Circumstances Call the New York Times)
The NFL’s Anarchist Success Story
Matt Peppe, Just the Facts – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ANARCHISM | Comments Off on The NFL’s Anarchist Success Story)
Why Do We Fear Love?
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Why Do We Fear Love?)
Secret ‘BADASS’ Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones
Micah Lee – The Intercept
February 2nd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Secret ‘BADASS’ Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones)
Good News! US Corporations Won’t Have to Pay for Nuclear Disasters in India
Jim Naureckas – Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting-FAIR
February 2nd, 2015 (ENERGY | Comments Off on Good News! US Corporations Won’t Have to Pay for Nuclear Disasters in India)
The Imaginary World That Holds the Real World Captive
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Imaginary World That Holds the Real World Captive)
Hybrid Political Orders: In the case of Somaliland
Nubar Piriyeva – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (AFRICA | Comments Off on Hybrid Political Orders: In the case of Somaliland)
(русский-Russian) Россия может проиграть новую холодную войну — сначала внутри России
Владимир Дегоев, Regnum Information Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (русский-Russian) Россия может проиграть новую холодную войну — сначала внутри России)
Canada: Kinder Morgan Corp Leaves Burnaby Mountain in Win for Pipeline Protesters
Kate Aronoff – Waging Nonviolence
February 2nd, 2015 (ACTIVISM | Comments Off on Canada: Kinder Morgan Corp Leaves Burnaby Mountain in Win for Pipeline Protesters)
Winston Churchill: The Imperial Monster
Michael Dickinson – CounterPunch
February 2nd, 2015 (EUROPE | 1 Comment »)
God Promised Antisemitism to the Zionists
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on God Promised Antisemitism to the Zionists)
Some Contributions of Islamic Culture
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Some Contributions of Islamic Culture)
Choosing Satyagraha Over Spectacle
Shiv Visvanathan – The Hindu
February 2nd, 2015 (NONVIOLENCE | Comments Off on Choosing Satyagraha Over Spectacle)
How to Leak to The Intercept
Micah Lee – The Intercept
February 2nd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on How to Leak to The Intercept)
(Deutsch) Warum der Beschluss zur Lieferung deutscher Kriegswaffen in den Irak fundamental falsch ist und was stattdessen getan werden muss
Jürgen Grässlin, Wissenschaft und Frieden – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Deutsch) Warum der Beschluss zur Lieferung deutscher Kriegswaffen in den Irak fundamental falsch ist und was stattdessen getan werden muss)
Viewing American Sniper
Richard Falk, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
(Português) Plano económico do Syriza é mais realista que o da troika, diz Krugman
Esquerda – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Plano económico do Syriza é mais realista que o da troika, diz Krugman)
The Davos Oligarchs Are Right to Fear the World They’ve Made
Seumas Milne – The Guardian
February 2nd, 2015 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on The Davos Oligarchs Are Right to Fear the World They’ve Made)
Zionists All
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Zionists All)
The Three Roles of the Arab Peace Initiative
Walid Salem – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 2 Comments »)
(Français) Face à la tragédie de Charlie Hebdo
Jean-Marie Muller – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Français) Face à la tragédie de Charlie Hebdo)
Ending Greece’s Nightmare
Paul Krugman, Nobel Economics Laureate – The New York Times
February 2nd, 2015 (NOBEL LAUREATES | 1 Comment »)
Mexican Government Rushes to Close Case of Disappeared Students
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Mexican Government Rushes to Close Case of Disappeared Students)
A Theory of China
Johan Galtung, 2 Feb 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (EDITORIAL | 4 Comments »)
(Português) Alternativas à experimentação animal no Brasil
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey - Pravda
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Alternativas à experimentação animal no Brasil)
Kashmir is Bleeding and Half of Humanity Now Forms the ‘Resistance’
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Kashmir is Bleeding and Half of Humanity Now Forms the ‘Resistance’)
1.5M Lifted Out of Poverty in Ecuador under Correa
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on 1.5M Lifted Out of Poverty in Ecuador under Correa)
US AFRICOM Commander Calls for “Huge” Military Campaign in West Africa
Thomas Gaist, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (AFRICA | 1 Comment »)
WikiLeaks Demands Answers after Google Hands Staff Emails to US Government
Ed Pilkington and Dominic Rushe – The Guardian
February 2nd, 2015 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on WikiLeaks Demands Answers after Google Hands Staff Emails to US Government)
Capitalism Killing the Earth and Its People
Finian Cunningham – Press TV
February 2nd, 2015 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Capitalism Killing the Earth and Its People)
The Forum [Davos]
Christos Christidis – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on The Forum [Davos])
(Italiano) La nonviolenza è il cibo per la pace (I)
Nanni Salio - Centro Studi Sereno Regis
February 2nd, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) La nonviolenza è il cibo per la pace (I))
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (HISTORY | Comments Off on This Week in History)
Sea Shepherd Receives € 8.3 Million from the Dutch Postcode Lottery for the Protection of the Southern Ocean
Sea Shepherd – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on Sea Shepherd Receives € 8.3 Million from the Dutch Postcode Lottery for the Protection of the Southern Ocean)
Not Again!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Not Again!)
Can Torture Ever Be Moral?
Gary Gutting and Jeff McMahan – The New York Times
February 2nd, 2015 (IN FOCUS | 1 Comment »)
United, We Will Never Be Defeated: Guatemala’s Victory Over Monsanto
Cultural Survival – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on United, We Will Never Be Defeated: Guatemala’s Victory Over Monsanto)
Barrett Brown: Locked Up – My Post Cyberpunk Indentured Servitude
Barrett Brown, The Daily Beast – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Barrett Brown: Locked Up – My Post Cyberpunk Indentured Servitude)
Rejecting the Obama-Cheney Alliance against Torture Prosecutions
Roy Eidelson, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 2nd, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Rejecting the Obama-Cheney Alliance against Torture Prosecutions)