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Nature: A PositiVIEW
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
Let´s refer to Nature positively;
Let´s avoid speaking of “the fury of Nature”
or describing the force of winds as “killing”!
The Future of NATO: An Interview
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
11 Aug 2018 – An interview with Daniel Falcone on the future of NATO that considers Trump’s brazen challenges and the tepid responses of European political leaders, and what this interplay signifies for the future of world order… Alarm bells should be ringing through the night at maximum volume, but so far the silences outweigh the noise as the world slouches toward catastrophe, chaos, and cruelty.
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If You Want Peace, Don’t Focus on the Violence and the Evil Guy
Jan Oberg | The Transnational – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
A Personal Pledge Provoked by the Debates about Syria – Since this author is a peace and future researcher, I shall no longer participate in any discussion or debate about a conflict or war in which the main focus is on the direct violence and one or more participants point out that they know who the bad guy is and seek to frame or place me on this or that or the other side.
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The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Unless we enter into deep contemplation of the evil that was released into the world with those bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are lost in a living hell without escape. And we will pay. Nemesis always demands retribution. We have gradually been accepting rule by those for whom the killing of innocents is child’s play, and we have been masquerading as innocent and good children for whom the truth is too much to bear.
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U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen
Kathy Kelly – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
On August 9, a U.S.-supported Saudi airstrike bombed a bus carrying schoolchildren in Sa’ada, a city in northern Yemen. The United States is deeply implicated in the appalling carnage in Yemen. It is our responsibility as citizens to do what we can to demand an end to this complicity.
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(Italiano) Le tre verità di Hiroshima
Ernesto Balducci – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Testo che Enrico Peyretti ha letto in sintesi nella manifestazione in Piazza Carignano, Torino, la sera del 5 agosto 2018, nell’anniversario del crimine di Hiroshima. Scriveva Ernesto Balducci (in “La pace, realismo di un’utopia”):
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(Português) A história da crueldade contra os animais em Hollywood
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
A crítica de cinema e escritora britânica Anne Billson publicou hoje [24 maio 2018] no jornal britânico The Guardian um artigo intitulado “Chicken decapitation and battered cats: Hollywood’s history of animal cruelty”, em que ela convida o leitor a refletir sobre a história da crueldade contra os animais no cinema, e especialmente em Hollywood.
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14 Lies/Myths That Big Pharma and Their Paid Academic Psychiatrists Teach Medical Students
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Myth # 1: “The FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) tests all new psychiatric drugs” False. Actually, the FDA only reviews studies that were designed, administered, secretly performed and paid for by profit-driven, multinational pharmaceutical companies.
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Impact of Sanctions and Boycotts on Children
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
13 Aug 2018 – On the one hand, economic and trade sanctions is one of the few instruments short of war to enforce world law and to modify in a positive direction the behavior of a State. On the other hand, sanctions also can be a blunt weapon hitting the weak, sick and hungry who usually have had no or little influence on the policy being sanctioned.
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Israel Destroys Cultural Center in Besieged Gaza Strip
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Israeli warplanes targeted and destroyed the Said al-Mishal Cultural Center in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Thursday [9 Aug], in a round of airstrikes that according to occupation forces hit 150 targets throughout the besieged Gaza Strip.
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Village of Widows: The Story of Sahtu Dene and the Atomic Bomb
Lindum Films – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
This documentary tells the story of the Sahtu Dene community on the shore of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada where villagers transported uranium in 100 lb. bags during the 1940s to 1960, most dying of cancer. The uranium was sold to US Manhattan project for the first atomic bombs. A quarter of a million Japanese were killed instantly and hundreds of thousands injured.
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We Can Unilaterally Stop Being Nasty
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
13 Aug 2018 – In general, nations should not act unilaterally in foreign affairs. They should instead support international law and the United Nations. But there is one thing that we can and should do on our own: We can unilaterally stop being nasty! Has anyone thought of treating North Korea with kindness? It might be a useful experiment to try.
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Eric Zuesse | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
7 Aug 2018 – Such important reality as is shown in this picture is virtually unpublishable in mainstream US ‘news’media, because US ‘news’media need to deceive their public about the most important international realities — such as that the US imposed upon Ukraine a nazi regime against Russia, and the US now lies to accuse Russia for doing what Russia must do in order to protect itself from the US nazi regime next-door. This is the nonfictional, historical, version of George Orwell’s fictional novel, 1984. It is happening, right now.
→ read full articleHuman Extinction by 2026? A Last Ditch Strategy to Fight for Human Survival
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
The evidence in relation to destruction of the Earth’s biosphere, leading to ongoing and rapid degradation of all ecosystems and their services, is readily available and overwhelming. The many and varied forms of destruction are having synergistic impact. An insignificant amount of the vast evidence in relation to this destruction is sampled here. It is going to be a tough fight for human survival, particularly this late in the ‘game’.
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India’s Tryst with Independence
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
15 August is the most cherished date in the Indian calendar. It was on this momentous day, more than seven decades back, that we were born an independent and free country. Mahatma Gandhi’s luminous leadership finally made the British quit India in 1947. It is certainly an occasion for celebration.
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Dr Vandana Shiva’s Message on World Environment Day 2018
Navdanya – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
4 Jun 2018 – “We must make peace with our planet.”
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The Broken Century
James Scotmore – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
I created this video to highlight the corruption of modern civilisation. In this society, there are many far reaching ethical implications that come from our actions.
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Present Perverse Priorities Will Undermine the UN Even Further!
Jan Oberg | The Transnational – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
6 Aug 2018 – The news came a few days ago: “UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned member states that the organization is facing “troubling funding issues as a result of delayed dues payments that will force reductions in non-staff costs.” But who really cares? Any Trump tweet or football result is more important to our media and politicians. The members of the UN still give the world’s military about 340 times more than the UN for its core budget.
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Solygamy — Marrying Oneself
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
One has heard of polygamy–a man marrying more than one wife. In the Indian epic Mahabharata a woman named Dropadi has more than one husband. But I read about solygamy in a report about a woman named Linda marrying herself in Australia in front of her three friends. She had had an unhappy marriage and decided to wed herself by reciting a few marriage vows.
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Restructuring Education Based on Spiritual Secularism for Kindness, Tolerance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Education as a discipline is cosmopolitan because there is no Chinese mathematics, Russian physics, American chemistry, and Indian biology; and as self realization is manifestation of perfection already in every man and woman everywhere without any discrimination, and hence education needs to be restructured universally based on spiritual secularism for kindness, tolerance and nonviolence.
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Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Love does not cling to the I in such a way as to have the Thou only for its “content,” its object; but love is between I and Thou. The man who does not know this, with his very being know this, does not know love; even though he ascribes to it the feelings he lives through, experiences, enjoys, and expresses… Love is responsibility of an I for a Thou.
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La Traviata (Music Video of the Week)
Il Volo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
A Tribute to the Three Tenors. Radio City Music Hall, New York – Notte Magica
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‘Pioneering’ Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Officially Appointed New UN Human Rights Chief
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
After a vote on Friday [10 Aug] by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, former two-time President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, hailed a “pioneer” by the UN Secretary-General, has officially been appointed as High Commissioner for Human Rights, effective from 1 September.
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Marxist Economist Samir Amin Dies at 86
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
12 Aug 2018 – Born in Cairo, Egypt, the prominent thinker died today afternoon in France after serious complications following a brain tumor. Amin was hospitalized on 21 Jul and went back home on Saturday [11 Aug].
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Israel Is Arming Neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Asa Winstanley | The Electronic Intifada – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
4 Jul 2018 – Israeli arms are being sent to a heavily armed neo-Nazi militia in Ukraine. Azov Battalion online propaganda shows Israeli-licensed Tavor rifles in the fascist group’s hands. Amid an alarming rise in anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism, Israel now appears to be reprising this role in Eastern Europe.
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Capital Punishment of Canon Fodder
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Death Penalty Contradictions in the Declaration of the Pope
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Brutal WWII History in Japan’s Hashima Island: The Most Haunted on Earth
Andre Vltchek | New Eastern Outlook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
7 Aug 2018 – Do you want to see perhaps the spookiest island on earth, which is located just 30 minutes by speedboat from Nagasaki? The past of Nagasaki has it all: great old Japanese culture, Christians and their prosecution, the Dutch traders and their settlement, a vibrant Chinese minority. Nagasaki was where the military ships were built, where many slave laborers were brought to from the occupied territories, and this is also where the second A-bomb was exploded by the US at the end of WWII.
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‘Guilty on All Counts!’: In Historic Victory, Monsanto Ordered to Pay $289 Million in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit
Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
“This is a company that has always put profits ahead of public safety, and today, Monsanto has finally been held accountable.”
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Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
An imaginary journey, also interplanetary?
How could its goal become extraordinary?
The Useful Idiocy of Donald Trump
Chris Hedges | Truthdig – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
5 Aug 2018 – The problem with Donald Trump is not that he is imbecilic and inept—it is that he has surrendered total power to the oligarchic and military elites. They get what they want. They do what they want. Although the president is a one-man wrecking crew aimed at democratic norms and institutions, although he has turned the United States into a laughingstock around the globe, our national crisis is embodied not in Trump but the corporate state’s now unfettered pillage.
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Search for Meaning…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
An English teacher wrote the words, “a woman without her man is nothing” on the blackboard and told the students to punctuate it correctly.
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Fidel Castro (13 Aug 1926 – 25 Nov 2016)
Encyclopædia Britannica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, political leader of Cuba (1959–2008), transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Castro became a symbol of communist revolution in Latin America.
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Meet the Mystery Fixer Who Negotiated Syria Out of Seven Years of War
Rania Khalek | Gray Zone – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
How a nearly unknown businessman named Khaled al Ahmad became Damascus’ secret liaison to the West and quietly dealt Syria’s grinding war to a close.
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A Distant Flickering Light: The Hibakusha Peace Movement (Part 1)
Robert Kowalczyk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
[The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.] An Interview with Mrs. Koko Kondo, The Tanimoto Peace Foundation – Do you think the Hibakusha are still important? “They are still very important. Those individuals of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only humans who have ever experienced and survived a nuclear bombing. That is a fact. They are the ones who know. Only they.”
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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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Can Afghans Convince Us That the Method of War Isn’t Effective?
Dr Hakim Young – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Can Afghans convince us that the method of war doesn’t work? Consider their thirst to end the war
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10th BRICS Summit 25-27 Jul 2018: Johannesburg Declaration
BRICS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution – We are meeting on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and we recognise his values, principles and dedication to the service of humanity and acknowledge his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally and the promotion of the culture of peace throughout the world.
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‘The Arab International Forum for Justice for Palestine’ – Beirut 29 Jul 2018
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – The time is ripe for civil society to represent the Palestinian people in their struggle against the Israeli apartheid regime. This struggle is just and the means being pursued are legitimate. Resistance and solidarity are the vital instruments by which to challenge apartheid, and its geopolitical support structure. This was the path that led to the collapse of South African apartheid, and a similar path is now available for the Palestinian struggle.
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100 Living Peace and Justice Leaders and Models (List #4)
Anthony J. Marsella and Kathleen Malley-Morrison – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – As in prior published Lists, individuals cited on List #4 represent a variety of demographic markers, including gender, ethnicity, race, age, nation, religion, and life-style persuasion and preference. By accessing the URL accompanying the person’s name, you can read of their peace and justice activism and advocacy. Our choice of the number,100, is arbitrary, for there are thousands of individuals who deserve citation.
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(Português) A Tourada Vista por um Médico Veterinário com Experiência em Espectáculos Tauromáquicos
Dr. Vasco Reis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Os animais humanos e não humanos são seres dotados de sistema nervoso que lhes permitem sentir e tomar consciência do que se passa em seu redor e do que é agradável, perigoso, agressivo e doloroso. Estes seres experimentam sensações, emoções e sentimentos muito semelhantes. Este facto leva-os a utilizar mecanismos de defesa e de fuga, sem as quais, não poderiam sobreviver. Imaginem o sofrimento horrível que uma pessoa teria se fosse posta no lugar de um touro capturado e conduzido ao “calvário” de uma tourada.
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Movement for Sustainable Development: Model for Culture of Peace?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Already we see that the paradigm of a culture of peace, as opposed to a culture of war, is becoming internalized in the consciousness of a large proportion of humanity. Can we not expect that the closer we come to a collapse of the present system, the more it will become evident that wise financial investment should seek out productive sectors instead of militarized sectors of the economy? If and when this occurs, then the time will be ripe for a social revolution from the culture of war to a culture of peace.
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New Book: Population and the Environment – Free Download
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – One hopes that human wisdom and ethics will continue to grow, but unlimited growth of population and industry on a finite earth is a logical impossibility. I would like to announce the publication of a book addressing these problems, entitled “Population and the Environment”. The book may be freely downloaded and circulated.
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Israel’s Criminal Behaviour
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – The violent assault upon a number of unarmed passengers on board Al Awda, a ship bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has exposed yet again the hideous face of Israeli occupation. 20 out of the 22 passengers were initially detained in the Givon prison in Israel.
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Freeze Fuel-Economy Goals to Save Lives? A Closer Look at Feds’ Claim
Greg Rasa | Autoblog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Trump Administration Says 12,700 Deaths Will Be Prevented – A key point in the Trump administration’s argument for rolling back Obama-era fuel economy standards is that those standards will increase the number of traffic fatalities. “The administration’s effort to roll back these standards is a denial of basic science and a denial of American automakers’ engineering capabilities and ingenuity.” –Prof. John DeCicco, University of Michigan Energy Institute
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Flash Mob “Symphony No. 9” (Music Video of the Week)
Ludwig van Beethoven – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Performed at Tokushima Prefecture, Tokyo, where Symphony # 9 was performed for the first time in Asia—to celebrate the 100th anniversary of that performance.
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Account from a Doctor on Board the Freedom Flotilla Boat Al-Awda Hijacked by the Israeli Navy
Dr Swee Ang | 21st Century Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – The last leg of the journey of al-Awda (the boat of return) was scheduled to reach Gaza on 29 July 2018. Prior to the beginning of this last leg, we had spent 2 days learning non-violent actions and had prepared ourselves in anticipation of Israeli invasion of our boat. Vulnerable individuals especially those with medical conditions were to sit at the rear of the top deck with their hands on the deck table. The leader of this group was Gerd, a 75 year old elite Norwegian athlete and she had the help of Lucia a Spanish nurse in her group.
→ read full articleMeanwhile, around the World
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
The state of the world is right now going from bad to worse, with more violence or threats thereof; an epidemic, even pandemic, of violence. And more inequality within and between countries and money buying votes in fake elections and politicians in fake democracies turning plutocracies run by money. And nature insulted; less diversity and less symbiosis with CFCs in the ozone layer.
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Who the Hell Are We?
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – The new Nation Law, by its clearly semi-fascist nature, shows us how urgent this debate is. We must decide who we are, what we want, where we belong. Otherwise we will be condemned to a permanent state of impermanence.
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Rwandan Dictator Paul Kagame’s Paranoia Strikes Deep
Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – “Dissidents say Kagame shuttered houses of worship because they were the last spaces in Rwanda where people felt safe from his totalitarian grip.”
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London September Peace Conference & March
Alberto Portugheis | HUFUD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Humanity United For Universal Demilitarisation-HUFUD ~ Conference scheduled to take place on 15th September at Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London.
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(Français) L’évacuation des Casques blancs en Syrie est-elle le prélude de l’ultime bataille ?
Robert Fisk | Arrêt sur info – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Juil 2018 – Grâce à Donald Trump, c’en est fini pour les « rebelles » en Syrie qui ont été trahis par les Américains – sûrement en fin de compte par Trump lui-même au cours des discussions secrètes qu’il a eues avec Vladimir Poutine à Helsinki.
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Jewish Nation-State Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
25 Jul 2018 – Israel has made its choice and it is, unmistakably, the wrong one. The rest of the world must now make its choice as well, hopefully, the right one: standing on the right side of history – against Israeli Jewish Apartheid and for Palestinian rights.
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Enhancing Human Rights Globally: The Role of NGOs in the UN
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – Governments, that alone have the ability to vote UN resolutions, happily take credit for advances. Yet, progress was made by ideas coming from NGO representatives, helped by UN Secretariat civil servants who must keep a “low profile”, and the representatives of some governments where an issue touched them personally. I list 10 victories which seem to me to be real advances.
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US Military Ordered to Host Massive Immigrant Concentration Camps
Courage to Resist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
23 Jul 2018 – Actual concentration camps are in the process of development at military bases across the Southern United States. Potential locations have been identified by military or Pentagon personnel. The White House has requested that the first of these large scale camps be ready by mid-August. We are in the midst of a pivotal moment in history, one way or another.
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This Is Neoliberalism: Introducing the Invisible Ideology (Part 1)
BarakalypseNow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
If you’ve ever wanted to understand what neoliberalism is, this is the video for you. Neoliberalism is an economic ideology that exists within the framework of capitalism.
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In a Counter World – Hug a Fascist
Binu Mathew | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – Modi by his political ideology and his governance track record is a personification of a true-blue fascist. Rahul Gandhi’s hug has a magnanimous meaning for the world. Hate mongers should be countered by love. Only people who love or hate touch each other. A loving touch or a violent slap! In a Counter World, the violent hate mongers should be physically hugged lovingly by peace mongers.
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Do Not Deprive Me
Laila Yaghi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Poems about Palestine
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India Must Stand by the Rohingya in Their Hour of Need
Tapan Bose | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – On Tuesday (July 30) Mr. Rijiju, the Minister of State for Home said some of the Rohingya living in India do not have the status of “refugee” but are “illegal migrants” who would be deported once their details have been prepared. Rohingyas are the most persecuted people in the world. Let us not add to their misfortune. It is possible that a few individual Rohingya refugees might have committed some crime. But that should not be the reason to classify the entire community as “criminals”.
→ read full articleIn Conclusion…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
A biology teacher wanted to warn his students about the harmful effects of alcohol.
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Buddhist Councils: Means and Ends for Clarity and Revitalization
Tanka Prasad Pokharel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Buddhism is continuously refined and evolved through practices, conventions and councils. Buddhist councils are very less often talked topic about Buddhism. This article examines the history of Buddhist councils and synods from the early gatherings after the demise of the Buddha to the 4th Buddhist Council in the 1st century.
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Palestine, Israel, and the UN: A PassBlue Interview
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – The interview was initially published on July 17, 2018, and Dulcie managed to get me to talk more about my personal background than I intended, although most of the private disclosures were not in the published text. Part of the motivation for the interview stems, I suppose, from the bewilderment of how a Jewish boy from Manhattan’s West Side should become so committed to the Palestinian national struggle.
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Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Among the medical systems prevalent today, the western Allopathy is the most widespread. Other systems are Ayurveda and Homeopathy, which are in use especially in Asia… Ayurveda and Allopathy are examples of the sharing and harmony between two systems of medicine and surgery.
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‘Economy Is Society’s Servant, Not Its Master,’ Say UN Rights Experts, Urging Brazil to Put Human Rights before Austerity
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – Marginalized groups suffer unduly harsh consequences due to Brazil’s economic policies of austerity, prompting United Nations rights experts to urge the Government to instead prioritize human rights.
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Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
India has been home to a variety of arts and crafts which have won it a coveted place in the cultural heritage of the world. Handloom is one of the most exquisite textile traditions of India, and Hand-spun and woven fabrics were for centuries an integral part of India’s rich textile tradition.
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Ethiopia: Women Run Co-Ops, UN Collaboration Yields Good Harvest, Rural Savings
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – The UN Women Representative for Ethiopia, Letty Chiwara, said women-run agricultural co-ops are vital to sustainable farming practices.
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Rohingya Abuses Probe Aims to ‘Obstruct International Justice’ and Protect Military
Asian Correspondent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Burma’s (Myanmar) new four-member independent commission set up to investigate abuses against the Rohingya Muslim community is nothing more than a cover-up aimed at obstructing justice rather than holding perpetrators to account, rights groups say. “The process is discreet and lacks transparency, so we have no confidence in that. It’s neither independent nor impartial.”
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Process Documentation of Interfaith Peacebuilding Cycle: A Case Study from Nepal
Prof. Bishnu Pathak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – Abstract: The concept of this study was to explicitly define the characteristics of Process Documentation (PD), a unique type of record keeping system. The PD is a process of lessons learned-centric piloting approach which is a neologism in Social Science research. The PD moves forward “anti-clock-wise” direction and generally applies to humanitarian agencies in support, care and emergency relief programs to deliver basic services to needy people.
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: The Diagnosis for the Future Inhabitants of our Dying Planet
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – 30 years ago Neil Postman wrote the best-selling book “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”. The book exposed, among other things, the subtle but profound dangers to the developing mind from the mesmerizing (and addictive) commercial television industry.
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The United States Is the Only Remaining Colonial Power
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – The US government has never allowed independent governments in Latin America. Every time people elect a government that represents them instead of US economic interests, Washington overthrows it. Currently, Washington is trying to overthrow the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua and has bought off the Ecuadorian government with oil purchases and the usual personal bribes.
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A Threat, Self Destruction and Peace
Leonardo Boff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – There is a general perception that humanity is not well situated, because an absurd accumulation of wealth in few hands exists in the midst of a sea of misery and hunger. The tragedies that touch us in the depth of our soul invite us to rethink the fundamentals of human coexistence in this new planetary phase and to care for our Common Home, the Earth.
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A Butcher Knife
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
In modern warfare, those who issue orders to kill seldom see their victims face to face.
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‘Freedom’ under Attack by Israel as It Carries Medical Supplies to Gaza
Freedom Flotilla Coalition – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Statement 4 Aug 2018 – At 20:06 (CEST) we lost contact with the yacht Freedom, sailing under a Swedish flag. We have reason to presume that the Israeli Occupation Forces has now begun to attack it and that it has been surrounded in International Waters. The latest reported position was approximately 40 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza.
→ read full articleOppositional Logic as Comprehensible Key to Sustainable Democracy
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
31 Jul 2018 – Democracy is readily to be recognized as a configuration of opposing strategies, with the challenge being the coherence of that configuration. The tendency is to seek to reduce the multiplicity to a univocal perspective as exemplifying the singular “will of the people” — variously marginalizing, out-maneuvering or eradicating any opposing voice.
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Int’l Community Eyes Outcomes of BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
Xinhua News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
28 Jul 2018 – The 10th summit of the BRICS countries was held in Johannesburg from Wed to Fri [25-27 Jul], with the Johannesburg Declaration issued, mapping out a blueprint for the emerging-market bloc’s second “Golden Decade.” It has shown the world that the BRICS countries unanimously oppose trade protectionism and remain a powerful force for maintaining the multilateral trade system.
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Strategy and Conscience: Subverting Elite Power So We End Human Violence
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
The military forces of the United States are not intended to defend it against military attack. The military forces of the countries in NATO are not intended to defend them against military attack. The military forces of the USA and NATO are controlled by the global elite and used by them to aggressively attack, in violation of all relevant national and international laws, any country that seeks independent control and development of its resources, particularly fossil fuels, strategic minerals and water. The global elite, which is in total control of the global economy and world affairs generally, does this in order to expand its own power, profit and privilege. It does this no matter what the cost to any individual (outside the elite), people, country and the biosphere. Why does the global elite do all of this? Because it is completely insane. So what do we do?
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The Crying Rohingya
Amit Rahman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
We had no hand in determining the place and the caste we were born, yet they determine so much of our life, almost to the extent of defining it…
→ read full articleSeeking Peace and Harmony in a Troubled World
Dr Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
We are inundated with news of accidents, floods, bombings, killings, terrorist activities, sexual assaults and other such painful and tragic events.
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My Unadulterated Thoughts on Ahmed Tamimi: “During My Lifetime I Have Never Seen Peace”
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
30 Jul 2018 – Israel is no exception: the persecuted and the oppressed have more often than not morphed into monstrous executioners and oppressors themselves. The United States, Canada, Australia–all settler colonies (genocidal colonies, that is)–spring to mind. My own birthplace, Burma/Myanmar, is another despicable human community–once colonized, exploited and abused; now it is the colonizer, exploiter, and a bloody mass murderer as a nation.
→ read full articleWithout Saying a Word This 6-Minute Clip from Samsara Will Make You Speechless
Samsara – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
This clip represents only 6 minutes from a 100-minute film, which was photographed in 25 countries and explores many other diverse aspects of the human experience. Contains images of animal (lack of) welfare that some may find upsetting.
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Another Crossroads for the American Psychological Association
Roy Eidelson | Psychology Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
23 Jul 2018 – The President is a big fan of waterboarding, and worse. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called torturers “patriots.” New CIA Director Gina Haspel oversaw torture at the agency’s infamous black sites. Chief of Staff John Kelly subjected Guantanamo detainees to brutal treatment. National Security Adviser John Bolton is notorious for dismissing international law. The list is incomplete, but it’s sufficient to make one thing clear: for the Trump White House, inhumanity awaits as soon as the right opportunity arises.
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Four Freedoms
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Freedom from Fear: Still an Unmet Goal
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(Français) Le traité de paix entre l’Erythrée et l’Ethiopie met fin à des décennies de conflit frontalier
Arun Kumar | The Down News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
17 Juil 2018 – Les habitants ont célébré dans les rues d’Asmara, la capitale de l’Erythrée, la normalisation des relations diplomatiques et le rétablissement des voies de communication.
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The NSU Trial in Germany: Was Justice Really Served after 18 Years?
Zeliha Eliaçık | The New Turkey – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
German authorities did not adopt a constructive stance that would help uncover aspects of the trial, which went insufficiently investigated. The process that started in Germany with the NSU trial is unlikely to be truly finished until institutional racism in the country is faced and addressed accordingly.
→ read full articleCorrection
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
General Smith died and the local newspaper printed a eulogy.
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Brazil: Pesticide Poisonings in Rural Areas
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
20 Jul 2018 –The Failing Response to Pesticide Drift in Brazil’s Rural Communities – Ordinary Brazilians Suffer Health Effects, Retaliation for Speaking Out
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Prof. Paulo Freire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Written by educator Paulo Freire, proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society. The book is considered one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy. Dedicated to the oppressed and based on his own experience helping Brazilian adults to read and write, Freire includes a detailed Marxist class analysis in his exploration of the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. In the book Freire calls traditional pedagogy the “banking model of education” because it treats the student as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. However, he argues for pedagogy to treat the learner as a co-creator of knowledge.
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Identity in a Global Era: Individual, Collective, National, “Existential” Considerations
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
30 Jul 2018 – This paper is an overview of a complex topic, “Identity,” an essential concern in a number disciplines (e.g., anthropology, child development, medicine, politics, psychology, sociology). There is considerable debate within and across the disciplines regarding the nature of identity and its dynamics. This paper summarizes some of the major dimensions.
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Numbness
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
If a frog is put into hot water, it jumps out. If it is put into tepid water, and the water is gradually heated, he remains in the water until he is boiled.
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Israel: An American-Russian Protectorate?
Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Some sections of the Zionist-linked media in particular are suggesting that as a result of the Helsinki Summit, Israel has now become “a joint American-Russian protectorate”. The media conference that Trump and Putin addressed, according to these sources, underscored this. There is absolutely no truth to this claim.
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We Are the Same
Hüsamettin Olgun – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Turkish Peace Poem Translated by Talat Halman
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(Italiano) Il giornalismo non sia al servizio dell’odio e della propaganda
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
29 Lug 2018 – Per un Giornalismo Indipendente e Nonviolento -Propaganda, odio e costruzionismi connotano parte dell’informazione italiana verso la quale i giornalisti hanno precise responsabilità. Se nella propaganda invece che ai fatti e ai dati si dà spazio alle percezioni nell’informazione “nonviolenta” la/il giornalista tenta di ristabilire la verità degli accadimenti attraverso contestualizzazioni e interpretazioni intellettualmente oneste.
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A Short List of the Most Lethal CIA Interventions in Latin America
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
In its 200 year history, the USA has intervened in, invaded or militarily occupied the following Western Hemisphere nations: Canada, Confederate States of America, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Grenada. The article below enlarges upon the 10 most lethal coups.
→ read full articleMadmen and Economists
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Economists (with a few notable exceptions) have long behaved as though growth were synonymous with economic health. If the gross national product of a country increases steadily by 4 percent per year, most economists express approval and say that the economy is healthy. If the economy could be made to grow still faster (they maintain), it would be still healthier.
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The Pinnacle of Evolution Is Life, Not the Human Being
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
22 Jul 2018 – In the understanding of the great cosmologists who study cosmo-genetics and bio-genetics, the culmination of this process is not the human being. The great event is life, in its immense diversity, and that which is essential to it: caring. The culmination of the cosmo-genetic process is not found through anthropocentrism, as if human beings were the center of everything, and other beings are only significant to the extent they are valuable to human beings.
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World’s Transitional Justice Ironically Ensures Freedom to the Perpetrators Further Limiting Justice to the Victims
Prof. Bishnu Pathak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
30 Jul 2018 – The objective of this writing is to dig out the abstract meanings from a Nepali language paper on Transitional Justice Practices in the World: Truth, Justice and Prosecution Being Shadowed. Transition is a gap period between the two-Government systems: old (past) and new (present and future). This is the situation when neither the old system (government) is completely collapsed nor a new one is fully established.
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World Citizens or World Subjects?
John O. Sutter, PhD | DWF – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
27 Jul 2018 – Many of us concerned with the future viability of the Earth and its population and environment like to think of ourselves as World Citizens. But are we really “World Citizens” or “World Subjects”? Should one differentiate between aspirations and reality, especially when it comes to citizenship?
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(Português) Éguas prenhas são torturadas para extração de hormônio aplicado em outros animais
ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
24 jul 2018 – A exploração das éguas ocorre para a extração do hormônio eCG (hormônio gonadotrófico equino), que é exportado da América do Sul e aplicado em animais como porcas e cabras, na Europa. As éguas são torturadas e mortas, segundo denúncia de ONGs. Alternativa ética:
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A Planned War Crime
Amos Gvirtz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
25 Jul 2018 – The Israeli government is planning to demolish the village of Khan El Akhmar, next to the settlement of Kfar Adumim. This is a unilateral act of war by an army against a defenseless civilian population, contrary to international law. The security activities of the Israeli army in the occupied territories stem from the need to suppress Palestinian resistance to their ouster from their land, and to protect Israeli citizens from Palestinian revenge over their abuse by the army and the settlers.
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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi. The text’s authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates back to the late 4th century BC, but modern scholarship dates other parts of the text as having been written—or at least compiled—later than the earliest portions of the Zhuangzi.
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European Parliament Calls for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly and a UN Reform Summit in 2020
UNPA Campaign | DWF – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
27 Jul 2018 – In a resolution adopted today, the European Parliament called on the EU’s governments to advocate “the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly” and to support a “UN 2020 summit” that will consider “comprehensive reform measures for a renewal and strengthening of the United Nations.”
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