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Idea Porfolios (Intro) How Governments and Citizens Can Stop the Trump Regime’s World-Threatening Designs
Jan Oberg, Biljana Vankovska, Pascal Lottaz, Annette Schiffmann and Christina Spannar | Transnational Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Introduction to TFF’s Forthcoming Five Idea Portfolios of Diplomatic and Nonviolent Resistance
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Complementarity of 64-fold Sets as an Elusive Rosetta Stone?
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Circumventing irresponsible authoritarian imposition of incoherent patterns of connectedness.
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Is a Non-UN Conflict Resolution Framework Feasible, Desirable?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
29 Jan 2026 – Trump’s Board of Peace Is an Obstacle and Warning – It deserves to fail. It insults the Palestinian people, is blind to violations of the Genocide Convention, and undermines international law and UN authority with respect to global security.
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Despite Ceasefire, Israel’s Siege Allowing Only a Trickle of Aid into Gaza
Ahmed Ahmed | Defend Democracy Press - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
26 Jan 2026 – Palestinians report a dire lack of healthy food, medicine, and winter shelter, while a new ban on humanitarian groups will push the enclave to the brink.
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Exclusive: Leaked “Board of Peace” Resolution Outlines U.S.-Led Plan to Rule Over Gaza
Jonathan Whittall | Drop Site - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
26 Jan 2026 – The draft framework, obtained by Drop Site, would bestow sweeping authority on Trump to determine all aspects of Gaza’s governance and future.
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Idea Portfolios (1) Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now: Part 1/5
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | Transnational Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
20 Jan 2026 – Media, Culture and Information Sovereignty – This is the first of five idea portfolios designed to curb the global reach of the US and help catalyse a worldwide nonviolent resistance to the Trump administration’s confrontational, destructive and world-threatening policies.
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(Castellano) Espectáculo trumpista de la violencia en las pantallas para la nueva fabricación del consentimiento
Joan Pedro-Carañana y Toby Miller – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
24 enero 2026 – ¡Es la economía, estúpido! Pero también ¡es la cultura, estúpido! Es la producción de beneficios económicos y la reproducción de la cultura gánster. Es el espectáculo de la mentira para justificar la verdad sanguinaria del imperialismo y es el espectáculo de la verdad de la violencia para ocultar la verdad del imperio que se desangra.
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Why Nonviolent Resistance Doesn’t Require Your Opponent to Have a Conscience
Tim Hjersted - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
27 Jan 2026 – If nonviolence required tyrants to grow a heart, we’d be finished—violence is what they’re begging for. History shows we beat them by withdrawing pillars of support until they’re forced to concede.
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Self-determination of Peoples: A Possibility through Democratic Set-up
Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Self-determination is concerned with real freedom. There is no real freedom, since men are determined by circumstances. The freedom means simply the absence of determination by anything outside, the presence of determination by oneself inside.
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(Italiano) N… come Non violenza
Antonino Drago | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
22 Gennaio 2026 – L’insegnamento della non violenza, parola a doppia negazione, sintetizza tutta la seconda tavola ricevuta da Mosé, cioè i sei comandamenti sociali, anche essi a doppia negazione (ad es. “Non uccidere”).
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Portugal Will only Join Trump’s ‘Peace Council’ under Certain Conditions, Says Foreign Minister
Algarve Daily News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
27 Jan 2026 – Portugal will only join the Peace Council created by the US president if the organisation’s remit is strictly limited to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said today.
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(Français) La Montée en Puissance de Tigrane Yégavian : L’Émergence d’un Porte-Voix Incontournable de la Communauté Arménienne en France
Diran Noubar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Dans le paysage intellectuel français, où les voix sur les questions géopolitiques et diasporiques se multiplient, un nom s’impose avec une autorité croissante : Tigrane Yégavian. Journaliste, essayiste, chercheur et professeur…
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Map Shows What Would Happen to Gaza Under the US ‘Master Plan’
Mohammed Haddad and Mohammad Mansour | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
27 Jan 2026 – The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, a real state, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.
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The Search for Common Interests in World Politics
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
In his reflections on the nature of political ethics in the middle of the Second World War, the U.S. theologian Reinhold Niebuhr stressed the need for a universalist ethic and the difficulty of achieving it.
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Iran’s Velvet Revolution: Where Mullahs Preach Love, the People Cheer, and the West Weeps in Confusion
Diran Noubar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Iran – that enigmatic pearl of the Middle East, where the air is thick with the scent of saffron, revolution, and just a hint of Western bewilderment. In these trying times, as headlines scream of impending doom and “regime change” fantasies dance in the eyes of distant pundits, …
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Lula Sets Conditions for Brazil to Join Trump’s Board of Peace
Renan Truffi and Sofia Aguiar | Valor International - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
27 Jan 2026 – Brazilian president says group must focus on Gaza and include Palestine.
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What Is the Most Basic, Most Severe Violation of Freedom?
Alejandro A. Tagliavini - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Violence is equivalent to taking away freedom, diverting the intrinsic development—against one’s will— of a being. Therefore, violence and freedom are logical opposites. Logic is a science, not my opinion.
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UN Resolution 2803, the Board of Peace, and the Limits of Transition in Gaza
Safia Southey | American Society of International Law - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
The Security Council as Architect? On 17 Nov 2025, the UNSC adopted Resolution 2803, endorsing what Trump has termed his “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.” It authorizes two novel institutional mechanisms: a Board of Peace…
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Collective Rationality and Human Self-Realization
Glen T. Martin, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
27 Jan 2026 – Envisioning Our Common Human Future
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WE, The Peoples, Time and Earth are Victims of Wars
Mahboob A. Khawaja – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Global Leadership Failure to Understand the Logic of Time, Peace and War
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Replicating the Behavior of One’s Persecutor
Lawrence Davidson | To The Point Analysis - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
13 Jan 2026 – Israeli culture mimics the genocidal mindset of Nazi-era Germans who once targeted them.
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Doomsday Clock: 85 Sec–Scientists Say the Danger Is Increasing
Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
29 Jan 2026 – With today’s update, the Doomsday Clock stands at 85 seconds to midnight, 4 seconds closer than last year, when it was set at 89 seconds to midnight. It is now: 23.58.35
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Harn Yawnghwe, an Extraordinary Life in Public Service & a Barricade against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memory (Part 2)
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
30 Jan 2026 – For half-a-century, Harn Yawnghwe has been pushing for federalism based on ‘ethnic group equality and inclusive society’ as the only twofold viable solution for peace and reconciliation in his native Myanmar.
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Myanmar Genocide Emergency 2026
Jeanne Macé | Genocide Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
In 2026, Rohingya civilians in Rakhine State are still being systematically attacked, displaced, and killed by both the Arakan Army and the Tatmadaw, which have been fighting each other since 2018 for control of Rakhine. The Arakan Army terrorizes the Rohingya population.
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The Wealth Concentration Engine: Rethinking US’ Financial Plumbing
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
We subsidize the banks’ safety, underwrite their liquidity, and reward them for sitting on assets, without requiring them to invest in communities, build public wealth, or serve any public purpose. It all seems pretty outrageous; but as it turns out, the banks are doing what U.S. corporate law requires them to do.
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Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Visa bans, Sanctions, escalation, and the quiet reordering of a world no longer waiting for Western permission.
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“Join ICE” (Music Video of the Week)
Jesse Welles | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Viral musical sensation Jesse Welles brings his GRAMMY-nominated tune from his latest EP, ‘No Kings.’ LIVE on The Late Show
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The Spirit of the Mahatma in 2026 – An Introspection
Vivek Umrao Glendenning | Ground Report India - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
30 Jan 2026 – The observance on 30 Jan 2026, is far more than a scheduled national event in India; it is a date charged with profound moral, historical, and existential gravity, marking the seventy-eighth year since the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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Trump’s Board of Peace: Not an Anti-UN
Pascal Lottaz - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
20 Jan 2026 – Never have I seen the blueprints of an International Organisation so reminiscent of a feudal kingdom. If it weren’t so tragically linked to one of the worst genocides in my lifetime, it would almost be funny what Trump is doing with his “Board of Peace.”
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Viewpoints
Posted by Antonio C.S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
What is your angle?
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Understanding Fair Start Movement
Bishnu Pathak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
The FSM advocates for justice by focusing on children’s rights, birth equity, and ecological sustainability as the basis for legitimate governance. Its main principle is that every child deserves a fair start in life, rejecting inequalities based on caste, class, race, religion, gender, and wealth.
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Patrice Lumumba: How to Kill a Man, Dissolve His Body, and Still Fail to Erase His Ideas
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Lumumba was not assassinated because he hated Belgium. He was assassinated because he loved Congo too much—and loved it publicly, eloquently, and without apology. In the political etiquette of empire, that is an unforgivable crime. Let us rewind.
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USA 2026
Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
26 Jan 2026 – How Naive Was George Orwell…
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Trump’s “Board of Peace” Is an Institution for Israeli Hegemony
Sakai Tanaka – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
23 Jan 2026 – US President Trump announced on 16 Jan 2026 the creation of a “Board of Peace” as the second phase of a ceasefire plan for the Gaza genocide. The concept of the BoP began in September of last year.
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N… for Non-Violence
Prof. Antonino Drago – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
The teaching of non-violence, a double-negative word, summarizes the entire second tablet received from Moses, namely the six social commandments, also double-negative (e.g., “Thou shalt not kill”).
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Covenantal Abrahamic Peace and Dharmic Non Violence: Toward a Unified Framework for Global Harmony
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2026
Integrating Abrahamic sacred law and dharmic ethical principles for 21st‑century peace, policy, and planetary care integrating tablets of stone and hearts of compassion:
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‘Economic Statecraft’ Exposed: A Key Pillar of US Hybrid Warfare for All to See
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
24 Jan 2026 – It’s certainly not diplomacy and it’s not coercion. It is war conducted by economic means, all designed to produce an economic crisis and social unrest leading to a fall of the government.
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The Full Text of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Charter
Middle East Eye - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
Board of Peace charter hands US president broad powers, and links countries’ membership to large financial contribution. Middle East Eye obtained a copy of the charter and is publishing it here in full:
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The US Military Operation in Venezuela and the Management of Global Security
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
23 Jan 2026 – The United States attack on Venezuela on January 3 should be understood not simply as an unlawful use of force, but as part of a broader shift towards nihilistic geopolitics in which international law is openly subordinated to the imperial management of global security.
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11 Wounded in IDF Raid on West Bank University–Vice President Detained
Jews for Justice for Palestinians - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
7 Jan 2026 – The raid at Bir Zeit University occurred during a student rally in support of Palestinian prisoners. The IDF fired live ammunition and tear gas. ‘Raids of the university have become commonplace, but this time they crossed all the lines,’ the university president said.
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Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
In Quest of Coherent Insights for Peaceful Governance – The point is often made that mathematics has many highly specialized branches and few of the people associated with any particular one have any interest in other branches or in mathematics as a whole.
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Israeli Ban on 37 Aid Organizations Expected to Have Devastating Impacts across Palestine
Qassam Muaddi and Tareq S. Hajjaj | Mondoweiss - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
13 Jan 2026 – Aid organizations say Israel’s recent ban of 37 groups has dealt a severe blow to humanitarian work across Palestine. In Gaza, it means “cutting off a lifeline for over two million people,” says Rahma Worldwide’s Dr. Shadi Zazzah.
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Imperial Boomerang
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
25 Jan 2026 – The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing today of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans in Helmand province. They were terrorized by heavily armed American execution squads for decades.
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What Is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and Who Has Joined So Far?
Menna Alaaeldin and Alexander Cornwell | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 – Trump has invited dozens of world leaders to join his Board of Peace. While some traditional allies responded cautiously, in a few cases rejecting, others such as Belarus have accepted.
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Davos: World Economic Forum – Board of Peace
Mazin Qumsiyeh | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 – Marx once quipped “history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce” and Hegel stated that “what we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” Each reflects on their time.
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Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
20 Jan 2026 – No Joke
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(Norsk-Norwegian) Returner til Avsender (et dikt)
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
Et dikt
Hvis «demokrati» kommer
Dundrende inn over himmelen
Som et F-35 over Ørland,
Pakket i ild,
Merket humanitær med rød tusj—
Returner til avsender.
Gaza Vanishing: Trump’s Board of Peace
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
20 Jan 2026 – Trump’s Board of Peace for the reconstruction of Gaza was always going to raise questions. The US president would be the helmsman of an outfit of selected corporate overseers tilling the soil for The Donald’s posterity fund. But to what end?
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There Is another War Israel Is Waging – One That Is Not Making Headlines
Mariam Barghouti | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
20 Jan 2026 – As the US protracts Israel’s genocide in Gaza through the theatrics of a ceasefire, another war is taking place in the West Bank where Israel has mobilised all military and settler-colonial means to make Palestinian life impossible.
→ read full articleUnderstanding Trump’s Interventions: How Regional Imperialism Generates World War
Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
Trump’s recent attack on Venezuela on the heels of U.S.-financed genocide in Gaza, as well as US air strikes in Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Nigeria, Iran, and the Caribbean/Pacific high seas, represents a major turn toward military intervention in his foreign policy.
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The US-Israel Hybrid War against Iran
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026 – The question is not if the US and Israel will attack Iran, but when. They are waging war against Iran through crushing economic sanctions, targeted military strikes, cyber warfare, stoking unrest, and unrelenting misinformation campaigns. It is called “hybrid warfare.”
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‘The Weak Must Suffer’
Media Lens - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
23 Jan 2026 – The Eternal Fiction of the ‘International Rules-Based Order’ – These are exceptional times. The United States has been threatening to take over Greenland, an aggressive move against Europe.
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Getting Even over a Coveted but Denied Nobel Peace Prize, Plus…
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026 – Infantile Bullying: I’ll Show You! Letter the US president sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre.
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What Is Driving the AI Hype Machine?
Cory Doctorow | The Listening Post/Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026 – Artificial intelligence is routinely framed as unstoppable – a technology the world must adapt to, not question. But as companies invest hundreds of billions and the hype accelerates, scrutiny has fallen away. Who controls the story around AI and why past tech “revolutions” offer a warning.
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Harn Yawnghwe, an Extraordinary Life in Public Service & a Barricade against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memory (Part 1)
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026 – The story of a remarkable Myanmar exile, (born a Shan prince), who sat on Chairman Mao’s laps in the Forbidden City, and proceeded to became one of the predominantly Buddhist country’s most prominent exiles, guided by his Christian faith. It is properly contextualized within both Myanmar’s 50-year exilic politics and the failed democratic transition that the Feb 2021 coup derailed.
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A Red Heifer and Zionists’ Bovine Excrement
Fritz Pointer | – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026 – It is important for us to remember that for the Israelis and the North Americans, the conflict in the Middle East (West Asia) is not just a geopolitical rivalry, it is also an eschatological war. That is a war relating to the end of the world.
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Welcome to Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps
B'Tselem - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
The abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians in Israeli custody since 7 Oct 2023. B’Tselem collected testimonies from 55 Palestinians held and released, almost all with no charges. The transformation of more than a dozen Israeli prisons, military and civilian, into de-facto torture camps where every inmate is subjected to harsh, relentless pain and suffering as a matter of policy.
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Twenty-first Century School for Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
Education is not animal training. The education of man is human awakening.
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Reclaiming Peace against Procedural Capture: A Manifesto for a Civic Board of Peace
Derya Yüksek - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
In the wake of a highly publicized announcement by Trump on what has been called the “Board of Peace”, one is forced to confront and contest not only what is being proposed, but who gets to define peace and on whose terms.
→ read full articleA Planetary Awareness
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
The United Nations Charter begins with the promising words “We the Peoples…” Thereafter the peoples’ voice fades and that of governments takes over.
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Neither NATO Nor Trump’s Are a ‘Board of Peace’
John Mac Ghlionn | The Hill - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
23 Jan 2026 – Trump’s “Board of Peace” might sound ridiculous, and perhaps it is. But it’s no more ridiculous than claiming NATO is a board of peace.
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Boléro (Music Video of the Week)
Hayato Sumino – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
Composed by Maurice Ravel–from Hayato’s Album, Human Universe
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Trump’s “Creative Destruction” of the World Order through an Unusual Hypocritical Strategy
Sakai Tanaka – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
No one can stop the barrage of “evil” deeds from the president of the world’s most powerful hegemonic power.
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Deconstructing Trump’s ‘Peace’ Plan for Gaza (w/ Norman Finkelstein)
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 – The resolution, Finkelstein points out, annuls decades of precedent established under international law on Palestine — erasing its entire legal history.
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“An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s “Board of Peace” & Threat to Democratic World Order
Democracy NOW! - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
“Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law and creating the circumstances for him to create his private company and say, ‘Right, I’m taking over the world,’”
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“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” — Lord Acton (1887)
Online Library of Liberty - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
“Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.”
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Recentering the Debate over ‘Greenland’ Begins with Calling Kalaallit Nunaat by Its Actual Name
Jim Naureckas | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026 – Kalaallit Nunaat is the name of the country that Donald Trump is salivating over, according to the people who live there. The place the media call Greenland is an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark, with the right to secede by holding a referendum.
→ read full articleTrump’s Ideology Trashes Human Dignity
Glen T. Martin, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026 – Within a World System that Crushes Human Dignity – It is important to remind ourselves that the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights was perhaps the greatest accomplishment of the 20th century.
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Jeffrey Sachs Blows Up over Greenland Letter, Gaza Board of Peace
Breaking Points - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026 – Krystal and Saagar are joined by Jeff Sachs to discuss Greenland and Gaza.
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“Ayatollah, Please Send Help!”: Rotten to Its Core, USA Needs “a Regime Change” and a System Revolution
Zarni tells it like it is - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
25 Jan 2025 – Every day I school myself through these voices, thoughtful, non-Pavlovian, humanistic and global: Cornel West, Amin Husain, Chris Hedges, Richard Wolf, John Mearshimer and Jeff Sachs.
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Nobel Laureates Nominate International Peace Research Association and Prof. Matt Meyer for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
Mairead Corrigan Maguire, a Northern Ireland leader of Peace People, was the 1976 awardee; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the Argentinian who was brutalized as a political prisoner by a military junta, won in 1980. Both made the present nomination for the NPP.
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Greenland Is Not a Prize
Vijay Prashad | Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 – Every few years, the centre of the imperialist Global North – the United States – forgets its manners. It has set its sights on Greenland due to its mineral wealth and strategic location. But its people – the Kalaallit – are an afterthought in Washington’s machinations.
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Greenland Isn’t the Scandal–The System Is
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
20 Jan 2026 – Europe woke up in 2026 with a hangover and a revelation: Wait… we’re a colony? Apparently, watching Nicolás Maduro paraded in Nike gear like a petty criminal was funny—until Europeans realized they, too, are potential Maduros. Same script, better tailoring.
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Can Trump Demilitarize Gaza with Night Raids and Death Squads?
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 – Targeted killings by Israeli-backed Palestinian death squads and the appointment of the recent head of Special Operations Command to lead the so-called International Stabilization Force in Gaza. Trump’s plans to demilitarize Gaza are following the catastrophic pattern of past US wars and occupations.
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Forging a Righteous Future: A Five-Year Strategic Plan for Peace, Stability and Integrity in Post Liberation South Africa
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2026
“A Lesson in the Anatomy of Decline: The Interlinked Systems of Crime, Corruption, and Institutional Decay in Contemporary South Africa”
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Comprehension of the Dynamics of Collective Selfing and Othering via AI
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026 – This exploration is the development of an earlier exercise, Paradoxical Geopolitical Implications of Dynamics of Self-Other Overlap (2026), with the aid of AI — of relevance to the empathy-reification challenges of Israeli-Palestinian and Trump-Putin relations.
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The Machinery of Terror
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
11 Jan 2026 – The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late. Repression in Iran is merely a replica of the US version. ICE, our Gestapo, is being birthed.
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The U.S. Has Announced Phase 2 of the “Gaza Ceasefire”
Qassam Muaddi | Mondoweiss - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
TRAGICOMEDY OF THE WEEK: For Palestinians in Gaza, Phase 2 of the ‘ceasefire lie’ offers little hope that it will change the status quo Israel has established on Phase 1 in the past three months: A NEW FORM OF GENOCIDE.
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U.S. Senate Blocks Bid to Limit Trump’s Military Powers against Venezuela
teleSUR - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 – A narrowly divided US Senate rejected a War Powers resolution that would have constrained President Donald Trump’s authority to launch new military actions in Venezuela, with Vice President JD Vance casting a decisive tie-breaking vote.
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Neither the US and Its Allies nor any Other State Has a Right to Intervene in the Domestic Affairs of Other Nations
Jan Oberg, Pascal Lottaz and Annette Schiffman | Transnational Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 – With a focus on possible war on Iran, we argue that the US must – and can – be stopped. It doesn’t have a God-given exceptionalist status. It has become “too arrogant.”
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Swinging on a Double Action Heinous Hinge with Donald Trump
Edward J. Curtin, Jr. | Behind the Curtain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
12 Jan 2026 – Anything anyone can say about the demagogic Trump is true, whether from his critics, supporters, or those who look on in amazed horror that such a gross, vituperative, and openly violent creature is the president of the USA.
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Freezing to Death in Gaza: How Cold Is Killing Displaced Babies
Yasmin Abu Shammala | Quds News Network - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 – At least seven infants have died this winter in Gaza. Displaced babies freeze in soaked tents as Israel’s blockade blocks essential aid. This is how Israel is freezing Gaza’s babies to death.
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Beyond Oil! Trump Models Himself after Adolf Hitler as the “Genius Leader”
Maung Zarni - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
10 Jan 2026 – There exists a chilling parallel between Adolf Hitler and Donald J. Trump, insofar as the two men’s worldviews–of themselves, their countries, and people – “races?”–they identify with, and their respective missions. Read Mein Kampf to understand US fascism and Trump’s Hitlerite leadership.
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From Gaza to Venezuela, the US Has Been Unmasked as the Serial Villain
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
6 Jan 2026 – The path to Caracas – and potentially next to Colombia, Cuba and Greenland, other targets of Donald Trump’s colonial greed – was paved in Gaza.
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UN World Court Begins Landmark Hearings on Rohingya Genocide Case against Myanmar
Vibhu Mishra | UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
12 Jan 2026 – Public hearings opened today at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a landmark case brought by the Gambia against Myanmar, alleging violations of the Genocide Convention over the military’s treatment of the Rohingya minority.
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Emergency Meetings
Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
Meanwhile in the White House…
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Reflections of a Father in an AI World
Felipe Zamana | Creativity & Education – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 – Artificial Intelligence is the hottest topic nowadays. Just as video games, the internet, and smartphones once worried our parents, it is now our turn to decide how much influence new technologies will have on our children.
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(Italiano) Ancora su guerra, pace e cristiani oggi
Enrico Peyretti | Appunti di cultura e politica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
Gen 14, 2026 – Cerco di riflettere sulla pace possibile e la guerra superabile a partire da una nota del teologo Severino Dianich (del 24 dicembre 2025).
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European Parliament Rejects U.S. Imperialist Claims Regarding Greenland
teleSUR - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
14 Jan 2026 – The European Parliament urged the European Commission and the Council of the EU to determine concrete measures to support Greenland and Denmark in the face of US pressure.
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Gaza: Storms Worsen Already Dire Humanitarian Situation–Large Numbers Exposed to the Cold
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
12 Jan 2026 – The humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip remains extremely serious, with harsh winter weather threatening to reverse recent gains in aid delivery, the United Nations said today.
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The War beyond Gaza: Israel’s Silent Shock Campaign in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
14 Jan 2026 – A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately following the events of October 7, 2023, and the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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The Trump Regime’s “Peace Board” Is Another Brick in His Personal Occidental Empire
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | Transnational Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 – His Gaza proposal reveals a far larger and world-threatening project. It’s a bid to replace the UN — and this MAGAlomania must be stopped now. See warning at the end.
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Healthy Food to Feed Your Thoughts…
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
Today, 19 Jan 2026, is Martin Luther King Jr Day
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Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
12 Jan 2026 – A reflection on dignity, betrayal, and the fine art of losing without selling your soul.
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HAWAII: The US Army Is Quietly Walking Away from Oʻahu to Gain Leverage over the Pōhakuloa Training Area
Military Poisons - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
12 Jan 2026 – An analysis of the Hawaii State’s rejection of the US Army’s Final Environmental Impact Statement, focusing on issues related to toxic contamination.
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World Cup Boycott Calls Grow in Response to Trump
Alberto Aceves | Resumen - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
13 Jan 2026 – The drums of protest and calls to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the USA are beating louder. Fans are expressing outrage over the armed attack on Venezuela and the controversial human rights policies of the Donald Trump administration.
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It Could Be a Wonderful World
Lawrence S. Wittner – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
13 Jan 2026 – There is a widening gap today between global possibilities and global realities. The possibilities are enormous, for―thanks to a variety of factors, ranging from increases in knowledge to advances in economic productivity―it’s finally feasible for all of humanity to lead decent and fulfilling lives.
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Muhammad Ali Walked into a “Whites Only” Diner in 1974
Muhammad Ali: The True Story - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
What He Did Next Changed the Owner’s Life Forever
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Hyper-Imperialism on Hyper-Drive
Vijay Prashad | Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 – The US bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president and first lady showcased the current hyper-imperialist stage of the world order. Although a new mood has emerged in the Global South, it is not yet a developed challenge to the collective West.
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René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2026
January 1 is the birth anniversary of Maurice Béjart, an innovative master of modern dance. In a world where there is both appreciation and fear of the mixing of cultural traditions, he was always a champion of blending cultural influences, a World Citizen of culture and an inspiration to all who work for a universal culture.
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