Archive for 2017 – Week 40


(Italiano) Mondo, dove stai andando?
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Mondo, dove stai andando?)
Mis-informed and Ignorant, Former US Ambassador Derek Mitchell Must Not “Educate” the West about Rohingyas
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Mis-informed and Ignorant, Former US Ambassador Derek Mitchell Must Not “Educate” the West about Rohingyas)
(Italiano) Arrivederci, a… (chissà)!
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Arrivederci, a… (chissà)!)
Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time)
Taking a Step against US Impunity in Guantanamo
Elsa Meany – Al Jazeera
October 2nd, 2017 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Taking a Step against US Impunity in Guantanamo)
We Need Their Voices Today! (15) Martin Luther King, Jr
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on We Need Their Voices Today! (15) Martin Luther King, Jr)
Pugwash Welcomes the Completion of Chemical Weapons Destruction by Russia
Sergio Duarte | Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on Pugwash Welcomes the Completion of Chemical Weapons Destruction by Russia)
(Castellano) La verdad de Gandhi: Poner fin a la violencia humana. Un compromiso a la vez
Robert Burrowes, Ph.D. – Pressenza Int’l Press Agency
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) La verdad de Gandhi: Poner fin a la violencia humana. Un compromiso a la vez)
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – September 26
UN Office for Disarmament Affairs – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – September 26)
Hezbollah Has Launched the Initial Phase of the Next Israel-Hezbollah War
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Hezbollah Has Launched the Initial Phase of the Next Israel-Hezbollah War)
Colonialism Was a Disaster and Historical Facts Prove It
Joseph McQuade – The Conversation
October 2nd, 2017 (AFRICA, ANGLO AMERICA, ASIA--PACIFIC, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP, PARADIGM CHANGES, HISTORY | Comments Off on Colonialism Was a Disaster and Historical Facts Prove It)
Smart Billboards Target Individual Motorists and Spy on License Plates and Cellphones
MassPrivateI – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Smart Billboards Target Individual Motorists and Spy on License Plates and Cellphones)
Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty a Significant Milestone
Jonathan Granoff – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 2nd, 2017 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty a Significant Milestone)
2017 Nobel Prize for Peace Activists Announced Fri 6 Oct
Fredrik S. Heffermehl – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (NOBEL LAUREATES | 1 Comment »)
Mahatma Gandhi (2 Oct 1869 – 30 Jan 1948)
History – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (BIOGRAPHIES | Comments Off on Mahatma Gandhi (2 Oct 1869 – 30 Jan 1948))
How US Military Outsourcing Turned Toxic
Abrahm Lustgarten | ProPublica – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on How US Military Outsourcing Turned Toxic)
Today Is the Day
Robert F. Dodge, M.D. | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on Today Is the Day)
(Français) Crise des Rohingya: pourquoi le Myanmar n’est pas la Syrie
Tony Cartalucci | Land Destroyer – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Français) Crise des Rohingya: pourquoi le Myanmar n’est pas la Syrie)
(Castellano) Fidel y la Cultura
Antonio Rodríguez Salvador | La Jiribilla – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Fidel y la Cultura)
Nobel Literature Acceptance Speech (2005)
Harold Pinter, Nobel Literature Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (NOBEL LAUREATES | Comments Off on Nobel Literature Acceptance Speech (2005))
Puerto Rico Rejects Loan Offers, Accusing Hedge Funds of Trying to Profit Off Hurricanes
David Dayen – The Intercept
October 2nd, 2017 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Puerto Rico Rejects Loan Offers, Accusing Hedge Funds of Trying to Profit Off Hurricanes)
The Abuses of History
Chris Hedges - Truthdig
October 2nd, 2017 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The Abuses of History)
My Ethnographic Moment: In Rome
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
London Peace Study Day & March Report
Alberto Portugheis | Humanity United for Universal Demilitarisation– TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ANNOUNCEMENTS | Comments Off on London Peace Study Day & March Report)
Cold War then. Cold War now.
William Blum – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Cold War then. Cold War now.)
Making the Rich Richer – How Big Banks Became Our Masters
Rana Foroohar – The New York Times
October 2nd, 2017 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Making the Rich Richer – How Big Banks Became Our Masters)
In Elephant Country: Sharing Joy and Pleasure
Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on In Elephant Country: Sharing Joy and Pleasure)
We Will Continue to Protect Assange as His Life Is Still Under Threat: Moreno
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on We Will Continue to Protect Assange as His Life Is Still Under Threat: Moreno)
(Italiano) La verità di Gandhi: porre fine alla violenza umana, un passo alla volta
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) La verità di Gandhi: porre fine alla violenza umana, un passo alla volta)
A Tale of Two Stories
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on A Tale of Two Stories)
The Search for a New Humility: Václav Havel on Reclaiming Our Human Interconnectedness in a Globalized Yet Divided World
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on The Search for a New Humility: Václav Havel on Reclaiming Our Human Interconnectedness in a Globalized Yet Divided World)
Václav Havel (5 Oct 1936 – 18 Dec 2011)
Encyclopædia Britannica – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (BIOGRAPHIES | Comments Off on Václav Havel (5 Oct 1936 – 18 Dec 2011))
(Português) Não adianta ser vegano no mundo em que vivemos? Adianta sim!
David Arioch | Jornalismo Cultural – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Não adianta ser vegano no mundo em que vivemos? Adianta sim!)
The Bloodstained Levelers: Disease and Destruction
Walter Scheidel | Princeton University Press/Aeon – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on The Bloodstained Levelers: Disease and Destruction)
Modi Government Blocks Rohingya Refugees Entering India
K. Ratnayake | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (BRICS | Comments Off on Modi Government Blocks Rohingya Refugees Entering India)
The White Man in That Photo
Riccardo Gazzaniga - GRIOT Magazine
October 2nd, 2017 (ANGLO AMERICA, SPORTS, HISTORY | Comments Off on The White Man in That Photo)
Religion Is Not the Only Reason Rohingyas Are Being Forced out of Myanmar
Giuseppe Forino, Jason von Meding and Thomas Johnson – The Conversation
October 2nd, 2017 (SPOTLIGHT | Comments Off on Religion Is Not the Only Reason Rohingyas Are Being Forced out of Myanmar)
The Censored-out Truths That War Documentaries Tend to Leave on the Cutting Room Floor
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Censored-out Truths That War Documentaries Tend to Leave on the Cutting Room Floor)
[Nobel Peace Laureate] Suu Kyi Can’t Ignore the People’s Tribunal
Prothom Alo [Bangladesh] | Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (NOBEL LAUREATES | Comments Off on [Nobel Peace Laureate] Suu Kyi Can’t Ignore the People’s Tribunal)
The Syrian Outcome Has Departed the Script
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on The Syrian Outcome Has Departed the Script)
The Left and Catalonia
Boaventura de Sousa Santos – Other News
October 2nd, 2017 (EUROPE | Comments Off on The Left and Catalonia)
Where Do 50 Million Tonnes a Year of Toxic E-Waste Go?
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 2nd, 2017 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Where Do 50 Million Tonnes a Year of Toxic E-Waste Go?)
(Português) Desobediência Vegana – Por que você ainda usa produtos testados em animais?
Ellen Augusta Valer De Freitas - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais
October 2nd, 2017 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Desobediência Vegana – Por que você ainda usa produtos testados em animais?)
Efficiency
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Efficiency)
North Korea’s Rational Nuclear Strategy
Ted Snider – Consortium News
October 2nd, 2017 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on North Korea’s Rational Nuclear Strategy)
India’s Supreme Court Reins in Cow Vigilantism
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on India’s Supreme Court Reins in Cow Vigilantism)
Five Assumptions We Make about North Korea – And Why They’re Wrong
Benjamin Habib – The Conversation
October 2nd, 2017 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Five Assumptions We Make about North Korea – And Why They’re Wrong)
The Facts about U.S. War on Vietnam
Films by John Pilger – Information Clearing House
October 2nd, 2017 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, MEDIA, ARTS, EDUCATION, HISTORY | Comments Off on The Facts about U.S. War on Vietnam)
‘What a Rigged Economy Looks Like’: Top 10% Now Own 77% of American Wealth
Jake Johnson | Moyers & Company – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on ‘What a Rigged Economy Looks Like’: Top 10% Now Own 77% of American Wealth)
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (HISTORY | Comments Off on This Week in History)
‘Guitar Man’ & ‘Sweet Surrender’ (Music Video of the Week)
David Gates – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on ‘Guitar Man’ & ‘Sweet Surrender’ (Music Video of the Week))
US Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Record $700 Billion Military Budget
Eric London | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on US Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Record $700 Billion Military Budget)
US H-Bomb Testing Forgotten In Media Frenzy Over North Korea Threat
Whitney Webb – MintPress News
October 2nd, 2017 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on US H-Bomb Testing Forgotten In Media Frenzy Over North Korea Threat)
UN Rights Experts Urge Member States to ‘Go Beyond Statements,’ Take Action to Help Rohingya
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on UN Rights Experts Urge Member States to ‘Go Beyond Statements,’ Take Action to Help Rohingya)
Truths
Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Truths)
Myanmar Government Plans to Redevelop Torched Rohingya Villages
Reuters – CBC Radio Canada News
October 2nd, 2017 (SPOTLIGHT | Comments Off on Myanmar Government Plans to Redevelop Torched Rohingya Villages)
Transcending Nukes
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (EDITORIAL | 12 Comments »)
Oil, Gas, Geopolitics Guide U.S. Hand in Playing the Rohingya Crisis
Whitney Webb – MintPress News
October 2nd, 2017 (SPOTLIGHT | Comments Off on Oil, Gas, Geopolitics Guide U.S. Hand in Playing the Rohingya Crisis)
Monsanto Banned from European Parliament
Arthur Neslen – The Guardian
October 2nd, 2017 (ENVIRONMENT, EUROPE, ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on Monsanto Banned from European Parliament)
Journalist Eva Bartlett Travels to North Korea, Brings Back Photos Very Different from Main Stream Media
Brandon Turbeville – Activist Post
October 2nd, 2017 (ASIA--PACIFIC, MEDIA | 2 Comments »)
Cartoon Explaining Colonialism
Zig Zag | Films for Action – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Comments Off on Cartoon Explaining Colonialism)
BRICS: Turning into a Global Organization
Alexander Yakovenko – Russia Today
October 2nd, 2017 (BRICS | Comments Off on BRICS: Turning into a Global Organization)
Israeli Support for Myanmar Is the Natural Alliance of Regimes Based on Ethnic Supremacy
David Lloyd | Mondoweiss – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (SPOTLIGHT | Comments Off on Israeli Support for Myanmar Is the Natural Alliance of Regimes Based on Ethnic Supremacy)
Sometimes We Are Hosts, Otherwise We Are Guests
Adolf P. Shvedchikov – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Sometimes We Are Hosts, Otherwise We Are Guests)
What Happened to Myanmar’s (Nobel Peace Laureate] Human-Rights Icon?
Hannah Beech – The New Yorker
October 2nd, 2017 (NOBEL LAUREATES | Comments Off on What Happened to Myanmar’s (Nobel Peace Laureate] Human-Rights Icon?)