Articles by ICAN
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Companies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide
American Friends Service Committee - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2024
The companies listed here have provided Israel with weapons and other military equipment used in its attacks on Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria since October 2023.
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ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!
Joe Slater, James Humphries & Michael Townsen Hicks | Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2024
17 Jul 2024 – It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information.
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Cuba Advocates for Peace at BRICS Meeting
Alejandra Garcia | Resumen Latinoamericano and the Third World - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2024
11 Jun 2024 – Cuba’s Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow with a message of peace and the common purpose with the member states–Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Iran–to defend multilateralism and show respect for diversity.
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Among Terrorists
American Free Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2024
Partnership
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The Companies Profiting from Israel’s 2023 Attack on Gaza
Quakers/American Friends Service Committee - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
20 Dec 2023 – The companies listed here have provided Israel with weapons and other military equipment used in its so-called “Swords of Iron” attacks on Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria during October-December 2023.
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18 Nov 2023–>Day 43: Today’s News on Palestine & Israel
Israel-Palestine News | If Americans New - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
Humanitarian aid & fuel update, new Israeli airstrikes, Al Shifa Hospital crisis, Palestinian deaths in West Bank, and more.
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Libya Climate Crisis Linked to Pentagon-NATO Intervention of 2011
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Sep 2023
13 Sep 2023 – Western foreign policy has destroyed the capacity of Libya and the Kingdom of Morocco to coordinate relief efforts amid the worsening effects of climate change.
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Africa Climate Summit Issues Nairobi Declaration
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Sep 2023
7 Sep 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya, hosted the Africa Climate Summit which attracted thousands of delegates, investors and observers to discuss the continent’s environmental degradation. The meeting was from Sep 4-8 at the Kenyatta International Convention Center.
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Russia-Africa Summit Held Amid Worsening Global Security Situation
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
2 Aug 2023 – African Union member-states put forward their peace plan for ending the conflict in Ukraine and received a positive response from Moscow.
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The Bolshevik Color Revolution of 1917 and Prigozhin’s 2023 Gambit: Trotsky, Russell, and the War on Civilization
Matthew Ehret | The Last American Vagabond – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
27 Jun 2023 – Now, I don’t know if the events catalyzed by Prigozhin’s are part of a ‘game within a game’ to flush out fifth columnists and provide a headfake to western strategists… OR if this was an authentic coup. But there are historical processes at play which too few recognize and which President Putin understands very well.
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African Unity and the New Cold War
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jun 2023
Imperialism extends its destabilization efforts against China and Russia across the continent. This year’s 60th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity occurs at an important point in international relations. Africa and its people were essential in the rise of western colonialism due to the Atlantic Slave Trade, 15th to 19th century.
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Sudan Talks Held in Saudi Arabia Reveal Underlying Crisis of Governance
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 May 2023
11 May 2023 – Jedda negotiations illustrate the role of Washington and its allies in the Gulf Region.
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G20, the Ukraine War, and the Global Economic Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2023
18 Mar 2023 – United States and Its Allies Accused of Hampering Progress within the Global South
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The Ukraine War Viewed from the Global South
Krishen Mehta | ACURA American Committee for US Russia Accord – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Feb 2023
22 Feb 2023 – In October 2022, about eight months after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the University of Cambridge harmonized surveys that asked the inhabitants of 137 countries about their views of the West, Russia, and China: different perspectives.
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Former Pope Benedict XVI (16 Apr 1927 – 31 Dec 2022) Passes Away
Vatican News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
31 Dec 2022 – Following the announcement of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI today at the age of 95, we look back at his long life and its main highlights with the following official biography.
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Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jul 2022
19 Jul 2022 – The world is facing a combination of imperialist interventions, climate change and the burgeoning economic crisis of world capitalism.
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Angola Mourns Ex-President Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Africanews | AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2022
9 Jul 2022 – Angolans eulogized former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos who died yesterday in Spain. He was 79 and ruled Angola for 38 years. Born 28 Aug. 1942 to immigrant parents from the archipelago of São Tome, dos Santos was raised in the poor Luanda neighborhood of Sambizanga. His father was a builder, his mother a maid.
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Henry David Thoreau (12 Jul 1817 – 6 May 1862)
Ann Woodlief | American Transcendentalism Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2022
Henry David Thoreau was a complex man of many talents who worked hard to shape his craft and his life, seeing little difference between them. One of his first memories was of staying awake at night “looking through the stars to see if I could see God behind them.” One might say he never stopped looking into nature for ultimate Truth.
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Helen Keller (27 Jun 1880 – 1 Jun 1968)
American Foundation for the Blind – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2022
American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU.
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African Union Leaders Meet with Russian Government amid Escalating Food Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jun 2022
3 Jun 2022 – The Russian special military operations in neighboring Ukraine have brought to the surface a number of persistent economic problems which have plagued the world since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that emerged during the early months of 2020.
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Chad Declares Food Emergency While International Agencies Sound the Alarm
Abayomi Azikiwe | Pan-African News Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jun 2022
9 Jun 2022 – There have been 20 hunger hotspots listed by UN humanitarian organizations while underlying problems remain unaddressed. Two of the major UN agencies are warning of the potential for widespread hunger and famine in several geopolitical regions of the world.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 Apr 1882)
American Transcendentalism Web – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 May 2022
Emerson had become quite famous, a major figure in the American literary landscape, a celebrity which brought both adulation and satire. He had been a profound inspiration for many writers, especially Henry Thoreau and Walt Whitman.
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While You Were Distracted by Will Smith, the International Elite Met at the World Government Summit
Derrick Broze | The Last American Vagabond - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Apr 2022
1 Apr 2022 – While much of the world spent the last days obsessing over the celebrity spectacle of actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock ‘live,’ the international elites were meeting in Dubai for the 2022 World Government Summit. Guests included Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum and Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund.
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The Great Narrative and the Metaverse–A Dystopian Vision of the Future (Part 1)
Derrick Broze | The Last American Vagabond - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – As the World Economic Forum returns to their annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the “international organization for Public-Private cooperation” is launching the next phase of The Great Reset agenda – The Great Narrative.
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No Flag No Frontier
Amelia Burke | Fabricants de Futur - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
Ink drawing by activist-artist Amelia Burke depicts a person under siege lifted from a hostile violent crowd.
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$63 Billion Drop in Investments: Impact of Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty on Nuclear Weapons Business
ICAN, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
14 Nov 2021 – A new report released today by ICAN and PAX has found that the number of banks, pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies investing in the production of nuclear weapons has gone down in 2021, and shows significant drops in the shareholder values of investments in the 25 companies involved in nuclear weapon production around the world.
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Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis to Inform Clinical Guidelines
American Journal of Therapeutics – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Sep 2021
Repurposed medicines may have a role against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The antiparasitic Ivermectin, with antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties, has now been tested in numerous clinical trials.
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Agroecology Is the Solution to World Hunger
Raj Patel | Scientific American - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Sep 2021
21 Sep 2021 – “We know how to do better. Agroecology more than fits the bill—not only because the crops grown are more diverse but because the social arrangements that surround them are more cognizant of power. Industrial agriculture’s hidden costs are precisely the ones agroecology makes explicit.”
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Henry David Thoreau (12 Jul 1817 – 6 May 1862)
Ann Woodlief | American Transcendentalism Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jul 2021
Henry David Thoreau was a complex man of many talents who worked hard to shape his craft and his life, seeing little difference between them. One of his first memories was of staying awake at night “looking through the stars to see if I could see God behind them.” One might say he never stopped looking into nature for ultimate Truth.
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Helen Keller (27 Jun 1880 – 1 Jun 1968)
American Foundation for the Blind – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2021
American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 Apr 1882)
American Transcendentalism Web – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 May 2021
Emerson had become quite famous, a major figure in the American literary landscape, a celebrity which brought both adulation and satire. He had been a profound inspiration for many writers, especially Henry Thoreau and Walt Whitman.
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On 22 Jan 2021, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Will Enter into Force
ICAN-International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jan 2021
To mark the day that nuclear weapons become illegal under international law, ICAN campaigners and other anti-nuclear activists around the world will be hosting a huge range of actions and activities. Find one near you (or online in your timezone) through the map below. And make sure to add yours to the map as well!
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Here’s Why We Can’t Rush a COVID-19 Vaccine
Patrick Boyle | Association of American Medical Colleges - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2020
Vaccines have saved humanity from countless scourges, including measles, polio, and smallpox. But the process of producing a safe, effective vaccine is necessarily painstaking, as the risk of harm is real.
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Net Worth of US Billionaires Has Soared by $1 Trillion to Total of $4 Trillion Since Pandemic Began
Americans for Tax Fairness and The Institute for Policy Studies | Global Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2020
10 Dec 2020 – The collective wealth of America’s 651 billionaires has jumped by over $1 trillion since roughly the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to a total of $4 trillion at market close on Monday, December 7, 2020. Wealth increase in 9 months exceeds $908 billion cost of Covid relief package GOP has stalled as too costly.
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Historic Milestone: UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Reaches 50 Ratifications Needed for Entry into Force
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ICAN - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Oct 2020
24 Oct 2020 – Today, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reached the required 50 state parties. In 90 days the treaty will enter into force, cementing a categorical ban on nuclear weapons, 75 years after their first use.
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California
Rafael Campo | Academy of American Poets – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2020
I wrote this poem to come to terms with some of my own conflicted feelings of shame, complicity, and privilege as I care for people with COVID-19 among my many other patients who continue to live with HIV, and to remember those who did not survive, recognizing my paradoxical power and helplessness as I witness the disproportionate burden of these diseases on people of color.”
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The Red Poppy (a Poem)
Louise Glück, Nobel Literature 2020 laureate | Academy of American Poets – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2020
Louise Glück is the recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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To the Country
Rubén Darío | Academy of American Poets – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Sep 2020
“To the Country” originally appeared in Prosas Profanas and Other Poems (Nicholas L. Brown, 1922).
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These Poems
June Jordan | Academy of American Poets - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Aug 2020
These poems
they are things that I do
Pandemics, Corruption, Profits (Part 1): All Roads Lead to Dark Winter
Whitney Webb and Raul Diego | The Last American Vagabond - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
1 Apr 2020 – The leaders of two controversial pandemic simulations that took place just months before the Coronavirus crisis – Event 201 and Crimson Contagion – share a common history, the 2001 biowarfare simulation Dark Winter. Dark Winter not only predicted the 2001 anthrax attacks, but some of its participants had clear foreknowledge of those attacks.
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Pandemics, Corruption, Profits (Part 2): How One of Big Pharma’s Most Corrupt Companies Plans to Corner the Covid-19 Cure Market
Whitney Webb and Raul Diego | The Last American Vagabond - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
9 Apr 2020 – One of the most politically-connected yet scandal ridden vaccine companies in the United States, with troubling ties to the 2001 anthrax attacks and opioid crisis, is set to profit handsomely from the current Coronavirus crisis.
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The Hibakusha’s 75-Year Journey to Ban Nuclear Weapons
ICAN-International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
6/9 Aug 2020 – A nuclear attack is almost too horrific to imagine. But take a few minutes and try to walk in the footsteps of the hibakusha, the survivors of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Follow their journey from 6 and 9 August 1945 through a lifetime of advocacy to eliminate nuclear weapons.
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Pandemics, Corruption, Profits (Part 3): Head of the Hydra–The Rise of Robert Kadlec
Whitney Webb and Raul Diego | The Last American Vagabond - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
14 May 2020 – A powerful network of political operatives, a global vaccine mafia and their man in Washington.
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Henry David Thoreau (12 Jul 1817 – 6 May 1862)
Ann Woodlief | American Transcendentalism Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2020
Henry David Thoreau was a complex man of many talents who worked hard to shape his craft and his life, seeing little difference between them. One of his first memories was of staying awake at night “looking through the stars to see if I could see God behind them.” One might say he never stopped looking into nature for ultimate Truth.
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Helen Keller (27 Jun 1880 – 1 Jun 1968)
American Foundation for the Blind – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2020
American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 Apr 1882)
American Transcendentalism Web – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 May 2020
Emerson had become quite famous, a major figure in the American literary landscape, a celebrity which brought both adulation and satire. He had been a profound inspiration for many writers, especially Henry Thoreau and Walt Whitman.
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West Point Prof Pens Blistering Takedown of U.S. Military Academies
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos | The American Conservative – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Feb 2020
17 Feb 2020 – What do you call a civilian law professor who, after successfully filing for federal whistleblower status to keep his job teaching at West Point Military Academy, proceeds to write a bombshell book about the systematic corruption, violence, fraud, and anti-intellectualism he says has been rampant at the historic institution for over a hundred years?
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US Deploys New Low-Yield Nuclear Submarine Warhead
William M. Arkin and Hans M. Kristensen | Federation of American Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2020
29 Jan 2020 – The US Navy has now deployed the new W76-2 low-yield Trident nuclear submarine warhead. Each W76-2 is estimated to have an explosive yield of about five kilotons. The remaining 18 missiles on each submarine like the Tennessee carry either the 90-kiloton W76-1 or the 455-kiloton W88. Each missile can carry up to eight warheads under current loading configurations.
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Richard Falk at the First Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid
If Americans Knew – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jan 2020
29 Nov 2019 – “The policies and practices used by Israel to exercise control over the Palestinian people constitute apartheid under international criminal law. Perceiving the conflict through the prism of occupation rather than apartheid blocks all efforts to achieve a sustainable and just peace while giving Israel time needed to turn the occupation into a full-fledged annexation.”
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(Castellano) En Bolivia como en Palestina
Carlos Aznárez | Resumen Latinoamericano – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2019
20 nov 2019 – Bolivia se está pareciendo a Palestina. Esta dictadura boliviana de hoy, baleando desde helicópteros o tanquetas, torturando y asesinando, tiene además un odio de clase contra quienes gracias a un gobierno popular y revolucionario. En Palestina, el ocupante no solo se apodera de territorios, expulsando a los habitantes nativos, demoliendo sus viviendas y destruyendo sus cultivos, sino que también manifiesta un profundo odio hacia quienes, a pesar de las continuas persecuciones y masacres, mantienen un perfil de resistencia política y sobre todo cultural.
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What You Need to Know about the Bombings in Gaza
Mike Merryman-Lotze | American Friends Service Committee – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2019
On Nov. 12, 2019 the Israeli military assassinated Baha Abu al-Ata, a leading member of Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and his wife—sparking more violence in Gaza. Shortly after the killing, Islamic Jihad fired rockets into Israel. In response, Israel has launched extensive bombing attacks on Gaza, killing at least 34 Palestinians and injuring many others. One Israeli has been injured as a result of Palestinian rockets fire.
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Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change
Naomi Oreskes, Michael Oppenheimer and Dale Jamieson | Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Aug 2019
19 Aug 2019 – Recent updates, suggesting that climate change and its impacts are emerging faster than scientists previously thought, are consistent with observations that we and other colleagues have made identifying a pattern in assessments of climate research of underestimation of certain key climate indicators, and therefore underestimation of the threat of climate disruption.
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Henry David Thoreau (12 Jul 1817 – 6 May 1862)
Ann Woodlief | American Transcendentalism Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jul 2019
Many readers mistake Henry’s tone in Walden and other works, thinking he was a cranky hermit. That was far from the case, as one of his young neighbors and Edward Emerson attest. He found greater joy in his daily life than most people ever would. He traveled often, to the Maine woods and to Cape Cod several times, and was particularly interested in the frontier and Indians.
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Helen Keller (27 Jun 1880 – 1 Jun 1968)
American Foundation for the Blind – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2019
American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU.
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These Are the Banks and Financial Institutions Investing $748 Billion in Nuclear Weapon Producers
ICAN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2019
5 Jun 2019 – Today, PAX and ICAN have co-published a report showing how banks and pension funds are financing the companies involved in the production of nuclear weapons: Shorting our security. Financing the companies that make nuclear weapons. This is what you need to know:
→ read full articleThese 28 Companies Are Building Nuclear Weapons
ICAN- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2019
2 May 2019 – ICAN and its partner organisation Pax have released a report with full profiles of 28 companies connected to the production of nuclear weapons.
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Will 5G Cell Phone Technology Lead to Dramatic Population Reduction as Large Numbers of Men Become Sterile?
Michael Snyder | End of the American Dream – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2019
3 Mar 2019 – I know that the title of this article is controversial, but the scientific research that has been done in this area inevitably leads us to some conclusions that are inescapable. Our current cell phone technology produces electromagnetic radiation that damages male fertility, and the radiation produced by the new 5G technology will be much more powerful and therefore much more dangerous.
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America’s Permanent-War Complex
Gareth Porter | The American Conservative - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2018
Nov/Dec 2018 Issue – Eisenhower’s worst nightmare has come true, as defense mega-contractors climb into the cockpit to ensure we stay overextended. The privatization of military and intelligence institutions began even before the end of the Cold War. It is a system of war that powerful arms contractors and their bureaucratic allies may have the ability to maintain indefinitely.
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Johan Galtung and Amy Goodman Talk Peace, Justice, Empire, Occupation
American Friends Service Committee – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2018
A dialogue between sociologist Johan Galtung, “Father of Peace and Conflict Studies,” and Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW! Sponsored by the Envision Peace Museum, American Friends Service Committee.
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Vatican Conference on Peace Journalism: Empathy, Not Only Sympathy
Francesca Merlo – Vatican News,
15 Oct 2018
13 Oct 2018 – Four peace journalists spoke today in an International Conference on “Peace Journalism”, at the Vatican. Professor Johan Galtung, the creator of the concept and one of the speakers, defines PJ as “editors and reporters making choices – about what to report, and how to report it – that create opportunities for society at large to consider and to value nonviolent responses to conflict.”
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Nicaragua: A View from the Left
Jeffrey L. Gould | NACLA-North American Congress on Latin America – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2018
Making sense of Daniel Ortega’s slow betrayal of the Nicaraguan revolution.
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Israel Advocate Ravich Named to Senior Intelligence Post, Planned US-Israel Cyber Project against BDS
If Americans Knew – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2018
28 Aug 2018 – New deputy chair of the Intelligence Advisory Board, which helps shape U.S. intelligence policy, is Samantha Ravich–an Israel advocate who previously worked for AIPAC spinoff WINEP, was a senior advisor to pro-Israel FDD, senior advisor to the Chertoff Group. See video of her speech at Israel Bonds event, where she describes a cyber project that will combat BDS.
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How the Media Keep Americans in the Dark about the Slaughter in Yemen
CJ Werleman – American Herald Tribune,
27 Aug 2018
18 Aug 2018 – The US Department of Defense has tried to downplay the United States role in what must surely constitute a war crime and/or a crime against humanity by either arguing it’s still investigating the matter or by disingenuously minimizing its involvement.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 7 Things You Should Know
ICAN-Int’l Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
This week (6-9 Aug 2018) marks 73 years since two atomic bombs were dropped over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and maimed, and the effects are still being felt today. But while the mushroom clouds became iconic symbols of mass destruction there are many things you may not know – or may have forgotten – that are really important if we’re going to make sure this never happens again.
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Henry David Thoreau (12 Jul 1817 – 6 May 1862)
Ann Woodlief | American Transcendentalism Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jul 2018
Henry David Thoreau was a complex man of many talents who worked hard to shape his craft and his life, seeing little difference between them. Born in 1817, one of his first memories was of staying awake at night “looking through the stars to see if I could see God behind them.” One might say he never stopped looking into nature for ultimate Truth.
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Are al-Qaeda Affiliates Fighting Alongside U.S. Rebels in Syria’s South?
Sharmine Narwani – The American Conservative,
2 Jul 2018
25 Jun 2018 –Russian-brokered reconciliation talks in southern Syria fell apart when Western-backed militants rejected a negotiated peace. Al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise—the Nusra Front—appears to be deeply entrenched alongside these U.S.-backed militants in key, strategic towns and villages scattered throughout the south. If forced to choose, Israel prefers the presence of terrorist groups to Iranian influence.
→ read full articleHelen Keller (27 Jun 1880 – 1 Jun 1968)
American Foundation for the Blind – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jun 2018
American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU.
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The Continuing Cost of War
Arnie Alpert | American Friends Service Committee – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2018
23 May 2018 – Fifty-one years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King warned that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” The loss of lives, lasting trauma, and the diversion of resources from our communities.
→ read full articleAudio Interview with Johan Galtung on Peace Journalism
Vatican News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2018
8 May 2018 – Galtung answers the questions, Why is it so difficult for the media to inform about peace? Why does it appear it to be interested only in war? “It is because they don’t know how to write about it, they don’t even know how to conceptualize peace,” he says.
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‘Peace Journalism’ To Help Build a More Peaceful World
Vatican News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2018
8 May 2018 – Pope Francis dedicated his Message for World Communications Day 2018 to “peace journalism” and Galtung expressed his gratitude for this. He said he believes that Pope Francis is one of the greatest positive figures of our time and “obviously I am deeply struck by his stance on a concept such as “peace journalism” and find his support a great boost.
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for World Communications Day
Pope Francis | Libreria Editrice Vaticana – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2018
I would like to invite everyone to promote a journalism of peace. By that, I do not mean the saccharine kind of journalism that refuses to acknowledge the existence of serious problems or smacks of sentimentalism. On the contrary, I mean a journalism that is truthful and opposed to falsehoods, rhetorical slogans, and sensational headlines. A journalism less concentrated on breaking news than on exploring the underlying causes of conflicts, in order to promote deeper understanding and contribute to their resolution by setting in place virtuous processes. A journalism committed to pointing out alternatives to the escalation of shouting matches and verbal violence.
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An Exodus of Our Time – A Reflection on the Rohingya Crisis for the Passover Table
American Jewish World Services – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Apr 2018
A message of Passover from the American Jewish World Services.
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Clearing the Radioactive Rubble Heap That Was Fukushima Daiichi, 7 Years On
Tim Hornyak | Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Mar 2018
The water is tainted, the wreckage is dangerous, and disposing of it will be a prolonged, complex and costly process.
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Stemming the Plastic Tide: 10 Rivers Contribute Most of the Plastic in the Oceans
Prachi Patel | Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2018
1 Feb 2018 – Our seas are choking on plastic. A recent study estimates that more than a quarter of all that waste could be pouring in from just 10 rivers, eight of them in Asia.
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Associated Press Double Standard in Israel-Palestine Reporting
Kathryn Shihadah and Alison Weir | If Americans Knew – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Feb 2018
Associated Press is one of those news sources we expect to be objective and reliable. But when it comes to the subject of Israel-Palestine, things are not always as they seem.
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for World Communications Day
Pope Francis | Libreria Editrice Vaticana – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jan 2018
24 Jan 2018 – “I would like to invite everyone to promote a journalism of peace. By that, I do not mean the saccharine kind of journalism that refuses to acknowledge the existence of serious problems or smacks of sentimentalism. On the contrary, I mean a journalism that is truthful and opposed to falsehoods, rhetorical slogans, and sensational headlines. A journalism less concentrated on breaking news than on exploring the underlying causes of conflicts, in order to promote deeper understanding and contribute to their resolution by setting in place virtuous processes. A journalism committed to pointing out alternatives to the escalation of shouting matches and verbal violence.”
→ read full articleReconciliation in Northern Nigeria – The Space for Public Apology
African Books Collective – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2017
In this book, Dr. Olufemi Oluniyi takes a fresh look at Muslim-Christian violence which has become synonymous with the name of Northern Nigeria. It is fresh in the sense that he takes a historical approach to the problem, dating back to the founding of Northern Nigeria. This approach inevitably brings to the fore the culpability of the colonial government for the institutionalisation of inequality.
→ read full articleHarvard Crimson Ad Asks if Anti-BDS Harvard Profs “Only Care about Certain Lives”
If Americans Knew – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2017
30 Aug 2017 – A full-page advertisement in today’s Harvard Crimson asks, “Do some Harvard Professors only care about certain lives?” The ad refers to a statement signed by 71 Harvard professors in the health, medical, and life sciences fields that opposed the international academic boycott of Israel.
→ read full articleHenry David Thoreau (12 July 1817 – 6 May 1862)
Ann Woodlief | American Transcendentalism Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2017
Henry David Thoreau was a complex man of many talents who worked hard to shape his craft and his life, seeing little difference between them. One of his first memories was of staying awake at night “looking through the stars to see if I could see God behind them.” One might say he never stopped looking into nature for ultimate Truth.
→ read full articleQuantum Computers Compete for “Supremacy”
Neil Savage | Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2017
5 Jul 2017 – Two technologies may be on the verge of surpassing even the most powerful digital computers in a year or so, but key challenges remain unsolved.
→ read full articleHelen Keller (27 Jun 1880 – 1 Jun 1968)
American Foundation for the Blind – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jun 2017
American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU.
→ read full articleThe Plant That Everyone Has, but Nobody Knows That it Makes Cancer Cells Disintegrate within 48 Hours
Native American’s – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 May 2017
Quick – what’s the best use for dandelions? If you’re like most people, you probably can’t think of an answer, or maybe think of dandelion wine – but we’re here to tell you it’s something much, much better!
→ read full articlePutting a Value on Injuries to Natural Assets: The BP Oil Spill
Richard C. Bishop, et al* | American Association for the Advancement of Science – Science Magazine,
24 Apr 2017
21 Apr 2017 – BP Oil Spill Damage to Natural Resources Valued at $17.2 Billion, Scientists Find: When large-scale accidents cause catastrophic damage to natural or cultural resources, government and industry are faced with the challenge of assessing the extent of damages and the magnitude of restoration that is warranted.
→ read full article(Castellano) ¿Y el Estado? Perú y Ecuador frente a El Niño
Maria Florencia Pagliarone | CELAG Centro Estratégico Latinoamericano de Geopolítica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Apr 2017
20 Mar 2017 – En los últimos días, el fenómeno de El Niño ha desatado su furia contra las costas de Ecuador y Perú. La inclemencia climática definida como un calentamiento de la superficie de las aguas del Pacífico se caracteriza por el ingreso de una masa superficial de aguas cálidas en el mar, lo que genera el aumento de la temperatura de la masa de agua e intensas lluvias.
→ read full articleThe Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices
David Dayen | The American Prospect – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Apr 2017
How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Morphed from Processors to Predators – Under fire for their many drug-pricing scandals, from Martin Shkreli to Valeant, the pharmaceutical industry has tried to deflect blame by citing PBMs .
→ read full articlePowerful Resignation Letter by UN’s Rima Khalaf about Removal of Israel Apartheid Report
If Americans Knew – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
The following is the resignation letter by ESWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf in response to the formal request by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that ESCWA withdraw the publication of a scholarly report (below) that found Israel guilty of apartheid.
→ read full articleThe Role of Biodiversity Scientists in a Troubled World
Arturo Gómez-Pompa | American Institute of Biological Sciences, Oxford University Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2017
As a society, we are torn apart by conflicting views on issues of enormous importance. In the debate on many of these issues, both sides have persuasive arguments for their position. I hear convincing views from opposite extremes: pro-war or antiwar, pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian, pro-GMO or anti-GMO, pro-life or pro-choice, pro-bioprospecting or anti-bioprospecting. I feel the anguish of having to take sides on issues I do not know well and whose reconciliation seems impossible.
→ read full articleDetrimental Effects of New Executive Order on Syrian-American Physicians
Syrian American Medical Society – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2017
31 Jan 2017 – The Syrian American Medical Society-SAMS is deeply concerned that the Executive Order signed last week might compromise the ability to provide critical humanitarian and medical relief overseas, and could limit the education and professional careers of many aspiring Syrian students and physicians. There are currently more than 5,000 Syrian-American physicians working across the U.S., including about 1,000 SAMS members.
→ read full articleUnited Nations Meet to Turn Climate Pledges into Action
Annie Sneed | Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Systems to track and review each country’s progress will be put into place. The Conference of the Parties (COP 22) and the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12) will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from 7-18 November 2016.
→ read full article(Castellano) Haití, herida abierta de América Latina
Gisela Brito | CELAG-Centro Estratégico Latinoamericano de Geopolítica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
Luego del terremoto de 2010, la Minustah, las ONG’S y una minúscula pero poderosa élite local gobiernan el país. Las consecuencias no pueden ser peores para la mayoría de la población. La debilidad institucional y los intereses predatorios se conjugan para dar lugar a un millonario negocio que florece día a día desviando fondos destinados a ayuda humanitaria y reconstrucción ante el encubridor mutismo de la «comunidad internacional»
→ read full articleThe Surveillance State Descends on the Dakota Access Pipeline Spirit Camp
Sabrina King and Will Munger | American Civil Liberties Union-ACLU – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
10 Oct 2016 – For the past six weeks, the Morton County Sheriff’s Office has dramatically increased its surveillance of the gathering, militarized the county, and taken action to suppress the religious expression of the indigenous people gathered at Sacred Stone.
→ read full articleToward a Global Realignment
Zbigniew Brzezinski | The American Interest – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Aug 2016
As its era of global dominance ends, the United States needs to take the lead in realigning the global power architecture.
→ read full articleGreenland Ice Melt Could Expose Hazardous Cold War Waste
Andrea Thompson | Climate Central, Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Aug 2016
The military abandoned the ice-tunnel complex with tons of chemicals and radioactive materials.
→ read full articleHenry David Thoreau (12 July 1817 – 6 May 1862)
Ann Woodlief | American Transcendentalism Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2016
Born in 1817, one of his first memories was of staying awake at night “looking through the stars to see if I could see God behind them.” One might say he never stopped looking into nature for ultimate Truth.
→ read full articleHelen Keller (27 Jun 1880 – 1 Jun 1968)
American Foundation for the Blind – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2016
American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU.
→ read full articleWhat Race Were the Greeks and Romans? The Evidence Is Clear — but Often Ignored
John Harrison Sims | American Renaissance – Unz Review,
23 May 2016
The Encyclopædia Britannica published in 1911, “Survival of fair hair and complexion and light eyes among the upper classes in Thebes and some other localities shows that the blond type of mankind which is characteristic of north-western Europe had already penetrated into Greek lands before classical times.” It added that the early Greeks, or Hellenes, were Nordic, one of “the fair-haired tribes of upper Europe known to the ancients as Keltoi.” Sixty years ago even Bertrand Russell, the British philosopher and socialist, believed that the Hellenes “were fair-haired invaders from the North, who brought the Greek language with them.”
→ read full articleKen Livingstone Isn’t On Trial, Zionism Is
American Herald Tribune – Mint Press News,
9 May 2016
In subjecting Ken Livingstone to trial-by-media over his comments on Zionism, his detractors have also unwittingly placed Zionism itself on trial.
→ read full articleOcean’s Oxygen Starts Running Low
Niina Heikkinen | ClimateWire – Scientific American,
9 May 2016
Rising levels of CO2 are making it hard for fish to breathe in addition to exacerbating global warming and ocean acidification.
→ read full articlePeople Still Don’t Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change
Annick de Witt – Scientific American,
25 Apr 2016
A new kind of messaging could make it easier to appreciate the enormous benefits of moving away from a meat-heavy diet. Considering that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, wouldn’t we want people to know the power of a simple solution that is in their own hands?
→ read full articleThirty States Ratify Establishment of African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Union – Human Wrongs Watch,
15 Feb 2016
Chad becomes 30th AU Member State to ratify the Protocol on the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
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