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Václav Havel (5 Oct 1936 – 18 Dec 2011)
Encyclopædia Britannica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
Václav Havel, Czech playwright, poet, and political dissident, who, after the fall of communism, was president of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). Havel was the son of a wealthy restaurateur whose property was confiscated by the communist government of Czechoslovakia in 1948.
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Why Are Myanmar’s Neighbors Ignoring the Rohingya Crisis?
Angshuman Choudhury – The Diplomat,
1 Oct 2018
The silence of Myanmar’s neighbors over the UN’s genocide allegations is deeply unsettling.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Paints Dismal World Picture, Underscores Need for UN Reform
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
In the 15 years since he last addressed the General Assembly, little has changed in the world and it is in far worse shape now than it was then, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad lamented in his speech to world leaders gathered at the United Nations.
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Campaign to Get ‘Peacebuilding’ in Dictionaries Gains Traction
Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
29 Sep 2018 – ‘Peacebuilding’ was coined in the 1970’s by Norwegian scholar Johan Galtung, who defines it as projects that involve “concrete action” towards peace. The word gets 7 million hits on Google, but is not in most dictionaries. Now a campaign has started to get ‘peacebuilding’ included.
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(Português) O Sofrimento Animal na Indústria do Café de Civeta
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
25 set 2018 – Kopi luwak ou café de civeta é o café mais caro do mundo, mas o que chama a atenção sobre esse produto é que a sua fabricação está associada à morte e captura de milhares de civetas, mamíferos noturnos que são nativos da Ásia e da África. Os grãos de café de civeta são comercializados livremente na internet, inclusive em sites como Amazon, Ali Baba e Mercado Livre.
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The Child Abuse Contrarian
David Armstrong | ProPublica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
Michael Holick, a renowned scientist turned expert witness, relies on his own controversial theory to help alleged abusers avoid prison and regain custody of the babies they were accused of harming.
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He Got Schizophrenia. He Got Cancer. And Then He Got Cured.
Moises Velasquez-Manoff – The New York Times,
1 Oct 2018
A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his delusions, too. Some doctors think they know why.
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America First and Alone
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
In his 25 Sep address to the UNGA, U.S. President Trump set out clearly, if not eloquently, the narrow nationalist framework for political policymaking: “We reject the ideology of globalism and accept the doctrine of patriotism.”
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Are Sanctions against Myanmar’s Military Enough?
Azaera Amza | TRT World – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
In one year, over 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, but the weight of the international response to their persecution has been dubious.
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Bolton’s Red Sky Worldview: ICC, International Law, and Iran
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
Bolton’s Game: Not Sovereignty, Not International Law—Clearing the Path for U.S., Geopolitical Primacy
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Meanwhile, in Yemen…
Latuff – MintPress News,
1 Oct 2018
Business as Usual…
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An Antidote to White Male Capitalist Culture: Adrienne Rich on the Liberating Power of Storytelling and How Reading Emancipates
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
“The decline in adult literacy means not merely a decline in the capacity to read and write, but a decline in the impulse to puzzle out, brood upon… argue about, turn inside-out in verbal euphoria, the ‘incomparable medium’ of language…”
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Gandhi’s Despair and the Struggle for Truth and Love
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it – always.”
— M.K. Gandhi
Spanish Romance – The Romanza (Music Video of the Week)
Miloš Karadaglić – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
The stunning Miloš Karadaglić performing the Spanish Romance during a trip to Australia.
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Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
A Photo Gallery of What Happens When State Governing Bodies Allow Foreign or Out-of-State Corporations to Build Dangerous, Environment- and Water-(polluting) Businesses in Water-rich Environments
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Promising News on Environment Front — From Europe and Elsewhere
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
It is now encouraging to read the various efforts made by the several countries to maintain a clean and green environment. Perhaps Germany is at the forefront. The country has installed solar panels for producing clean energy on many official buildings as well as in individual homes. They have also decided to stop nuclear energy production because of risks involved.
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Yemen: Tackling The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
24 Sep 2018 – The figures of the crisis are staggering and near-impossible to grasp: 22.2 million in need of assistance, 8.4 million people severely food insecure, and a further 10 million that could fall under the same category by the end of the year. In addition, more than 1.1 million cases of acute watery diarrhoea or cholera have been reported since April 2017.
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Poor Little al-Qaeda
Latuff – MintPress News,
1 Oct 2018
Come to Daddy…
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Do We Simply No Longer Care about Genocide?
Matthew Gindin – The Times of Israel,
1 Oct 2018
26 Sep 2018 – When hundreds of thousands of women and girls fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh last year over field, marsh and river, many of them had difficulty walking due to torn, bleeding genitals, wounded in brutal gang rapes carried out by the infamous 33rd and 99th divisions of the Burmese Tatmadaw. WARNING: Graphic content.
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India’s Native Grassroots Health Revolution
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
25 Sep 2018 – Inclusive growth is now perhaps the strongest buzzword in development discourse. We have all been talking about growth without understanding that development interventions will not be effectual if they don’t benefit all sections of society. The illusion of trickle-down and ripple-effects of growth had kept us on the wrong track for quite long.
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(Português) Chicago Está a Um Passo de Proibir Carruagens Puxadas por Cavalos
Julia Cortezia - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
1 Oct 2018
Um decreto foi proposto pela Chicago Alliance for Animals que, se aprovado, irá acabar com o transporte de carruagens que utilizam cavalos.
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There Can Be No Peace for Myanmar without Justice
Yanghee Lee and Georgia Drake – TIME,
1 Oct 2018
26 Sep 2018 – Justice has many meanings; it is a concept that is far broader than mere naming and shaming, or barefaced retribution. At its most base level, justice involves acknowledgment of responsibility. Justice processes can be holistic and encompass restoration of damaged relationships, recognition of suffering and forgiveness by sufferers, and rehabilitation and reintegration of both victims and perpetrators.
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From Hero to Pariah, [Nobel Peace Laureate] Aung San Suu Kyi Dashes Hopes about Myanmar
Richard C. Paddock – The New York Times,
1 Oct 2018
29 Sep 2018 — “Rarely has the reputation of a leader fallen so far, so fast,” the International Crisis Group said of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar’s civilian leader, once a democracy icon, has become known as an enabler for the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims and a foe of the free press.
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No More Concentration of Wealth and Decisional Power
Opinion Sur | Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
Some argue that this process is here to stay, as it was believed by those minorities that imposed empires and dictatorships. They forget that history shows the fall and disappearance of practically every system that believed to be permanent. Such could be the destiny of this destructive phase of ruthless financial capitalism.
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Revealed: Documents Show BP Quietly Paid Just $25 Million to Mexico after the Worst Oil Spill of the Century
Nathaniel Janowitz | BuzzFeed – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
28 Sep 2018 — After the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in 2010, BP paid out more than $60 billion in the US. More than eight years later, Mexico quietly settled with the oil giant for $25 million.
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World’s Top 5 ‘Most Evil’ Corporations
RT – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
Most companies become successful thanks to their stellar reputations. But not always. The most hated companies trending on the internet.
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Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
The pandemic of violence continues. In addition, there seems to be something new and very serious coming up: a general devaluation of human life–making killing, even genocide, easier, more like disposal of garbage. Of the Right to Life, Art 3 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one hears nothing, let alone of the sacredness of human life as a divine gift.
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Comparing Cryptocurrency against the Entire World’s Wealth in One Graph
Raul Amoros | Howmuch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
What if you tried to imagine the vale of the entire world’s gold ($7.8T)? It’s also hard to imagine all the world’s physical money ($34.4T), defined as anything that can be used as a medium of exchange in the world. That’s separate and distinct from all the stock markets’ value ($67.5T), much less the theoretical value of money in the world ($86.5T), which include the funds people keep in their bank accounts.
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Activists: US Stance on Rohingya Not Strong Enough
William Gallo | VOA News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2018
The State Department report makes no determination that any of the violence amounts to genocide or crimes against humanity, and it recommends no specific action. “This is extremely disappointing for those of us who have no other country to look to do something humane and compassionate and principled,” said Maung Zarni.
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Imminent Collective Communication “Info-death”?
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Much is currently made of an impending collapse, whether the focus is on that of the economic system (as some kind of replica of 1929 or 2008), of the ecosystem (notably as a consequence of climate change), or of overpopulation and other post-peak implications (notably the exhaustion of non-renewable energy resources), as can be variously recognized.
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In Search of Meaning: Thoughts on Belief, Doubt and Wellbeing
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D.,
24 Sep 2018
A Twenty-Year Anniversary Reflection: 20 Sep 1999 – 20 Sep 2018 – This paper discusses the spiritual consequences for health and wellbeing associated with a dialogical tension between meaning-making and doubt. Meaning-making is pursued via various complex belief systems: worldviews, philosophies, religions, ideologies, mythologies, and “spiritual paths.
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
William A. Schabas | UN Library of International Law – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
The text of the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. After obtaining the requisite twenty ratifications required by article XIII, the Convention entered into force on 12 January 1951.
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Global Nonkilling Index Launched
Bill Bhaneja | Center for Global Nonkilling – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
‘This index reflects an advanced method of indexing peace by looking at “killing” beyond traditional murder rates, to includes suicide, capital punishment, and battlefield death rates… Because a nonkilling index provides a better correlation to peace in a broader context than simple murder rates, the adoption of a nonkilling index, such as proposed in this article, will hopefully encourage the collection of more data on killing in any form every year by the World Health Organization and others’.
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One Crazy World
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
As someone who has worked in psychoanalysis and psychiatry for the past three decades, I suppose I may be considered to possess some expertise in ‘madness’. This is not to say that I have devoted my life to determining who or who is not ‘crazy’ – the true work of a mental health clinician is not to impose totalitarian judgments but rather to accept the diverse variety of humanity in all of its manifestations and to alleviate mental and emotional suffering.
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What Does a Nuclear Bomb Explosion Feel Like?
Motherboard | Vice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
29 Aug 2018 – On the International Day against Nuclear Tests, August 29, we met up British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like to experience a nuclear bomb explosion up close.
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Is Genocide a Controversial International Crime?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Why ‘Genocide’ is still a Controversial Crime? In this strikingly original, strange, and brilliant book, Philippe Sands raises a haunting question among a tangle of other intriguing issues discussed throughout East-West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.
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A Madrasa That Promises both Heaven and Earth
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
The South Indian city of Bidar–the northernmost part of Karnataka, 145 km from Hyderabad–is a placid habitation where Hindus and Muslims peaceably coexist to the eternal rhythms of sowing and harvest. It is barely known beyond the subcontinent. However, in recent years, it has built a great reputation in the field of education.
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Specially Organised Retreat for TRANSCEND and Galtung-Institut Members in Nilgiris Hills, South India
Prof. Vithal Rajan – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
If you are going to the IPRA Conference in India in November 2018, here is an opportunity to include a stay at a Bed&Breakfast Retreat in the green and peaceful Nilgiris Hills of South India. Vithal Rajan, a TRANSCEND and Galtung-Institut member and an old friend of Johan Galtung, will help organise your stay on concessional terms, and guide your visits to nearby historic and cultural places, and wildlife reserves in Tamilnadu, Kerala, Pondicherry and Karnataka states of India.
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A Well-Founded Fear of Environment: International Resistance to Climate Refugees
Nicole Spadotto | E-International Relations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
5 Aug 2018 – Ultimately, the climate refugee norm is stalled due to competing discourses surrounding environmental and migration remedies.
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Can Russia’s IL-20 Be the Beginning of the End for Israeli Hubris?
Askiah Adam – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
22 Sep 2018 – None of us would be cheering on a war that could easily be the absolutely final one if President Putin had not defused the situation while clearly signalling that he holds Israel accountable for downing the Russian IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft even though it was shot down by a Syrian missile.
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The River of Blood: Water Turns Bright Red as White Sided Dolphins Are Slaughtered by Laughing Fishermen in the Faroe Islands
Sara Malm – Mail Online,
24 Sep 2018
11 Sep 2018 – Shocking video footage shows dozens of dolphins and whales being slaughtered by hand in the Faroe Islands earlier today. The brutal killing of the marine animals, who are traditionally hunted in the Danish Atlantic Ocean archipelago, was broadcast live on Facebook by marine wildlife charity Sea Shepherd.
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“The Present Crisis of Western Democracy Is a Crisis of Journalism”
Eduardo Suárez | Nieman Foundation at Harvard – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
What Walter Lippmann’s early writings say about some of journalism’s most urgent contemporary challenges
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Hold the Front Page – The Reporters Are Missing
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2018 – Hersh revealed the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the secret bombing of Cambodia, Parry exposed Iran-Contra, a drugs and gun-running conspiracy that led to the White House. In 2016, they separately produced compelling evidence that the Assad government in Syria had not used chemical weapons. They were not forgiven.
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Energy Transition: Portugal Breaks 100% Renewables Mark
Insights – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
19 Sep 2018 – Last month, Portugal’s renewable electricity output exceeded its monthly total grid demand, according to REN, the operator of the national transmission system. Green MEP Claude Turmes praised Portugal’s “impressive” progress, saying it was evidence that the EU should support a renewable energy target of more than 27% for 2030.
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The Nightmare Awaiting Rohingya Returnees
Mark Inkey – The Diplomat,
24 Sep 2018
19 Sep 2018 – Rohingya refugees caught returning to Myanmar from Bangladesh were forced to tell the press they returned voluntarily and were well treated, when in reality they were so terrorized they later fled back to Bangladesh. They were tortured and then made to lie to the press.
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When Pharmaceutical, Vaccine and Medical Device Corporations Rule the World’s Healthcare Industries
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
“Corporations should not be involved in any aspect of the democratic process. They should not be involved in education at any level. They should not be involved in health care. They should not be involved in the administration of social services. They should not be involved in the administration of justice. WHY? Because they are incapable of understanding and conforming to higher human aspirations and needs. Better to leave these areas to government, and to non-profit organizations, both of which are administered by humans in the human interest.”
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(Français) L’ONU s’attaque à l’armée birmane et à Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel de la paix Laureae)
Dorian Malovic | La Croix – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Dans son rapport final publié mardi 18 septembre, l’ONU exhorte au retrait de l’armée de la vie politique, et cite six hauts responsables de l’armée, demandant qu’ils soient poursuivis pour « génocide », « crimes contre l’humanité » et « crimes de guerre » envers les Rohingyas.
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Korea’s Historic Peace Move Puts Onus on Washington to End Conflict
Finian Cunningham – RT,
24 Sep 2018
21 Sep 2018 – It can’t get more symbolic than that. The leaders of the two Koreas this week clasped hands atop the highest mountain on the peninsula, vowing to unite in peace. The ball is now in Washington’s court to help deliver that peace.
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Intriguing Facts about Democracy in Ancient Greece
Historyplex – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Democracy is seemingly the result of the innovative thinking of the ancient Greeks. Principles of modern democracies rest on some of the basics of the ancient Athenian ‘demokratia’. But what was the ancient Greek democratic setup like, and how was it different from the other systems of governance which were followed in those days? Here are some intriguing facts on ancient Greek administration.
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The Neoliberal Order Is Dying -Time to Wake Up
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2018 – In my last blog post I argued that power in our societies resides in structure, ideology and narratives – supporting what we might loosely term our current “neoliberal order” – rather than in individuals. Significantly, our political and media classes, who are of course deeply embedded in this neoliberal structure, are key promoters of the very opposite idea: that individuals or like-minded groups of people hold power; that they should, at least in theory, be held accountable for the use and misuse of that power; and that meaningful change involves replacing these individuals rather than fundamentally altering the power-structure they operate within.
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Human Rights, State Sovereignty, and International Law: An Interview
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2018 – The interview below conducted by my friend, journalist and author C.J. Polychroniou was initially published in the Global Policy Journal, on 11 Sep 2018, the 17thanniversary of the World Trade Center attacks and the 45thanniversary of the Pinochet coup in Chile that assassinated the elected president of the country Salvador Allende.
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(Português) Fazenda de café certificada pela Starbucks é flagrada com trabalho escravo
Daniela Penha | Repórter Brasil – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Ação resgatou 18 trabalhadores de propriedade mineira que tinha dois dos mais importantes selos de boas práticas do mundo. Embora sua certificadora tenha aprovado a fazenda, a Starbucks nega ter comprado o produto.
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CIA, KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation Manual
Whale | Internet Archive – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
This 127-page report, classified Secret, was drafted in July 1963 as a comprehensive guide for training interrogators in the art of obtaining intelligence from “resistant sources.” KUBARK–a CIA codename for itself–describes the qualifications of a successful interrogator, and reviews the theory of non-coercive and coercive techniques for breaking a prisoner. Some recommendations are very specific.
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Human Rights & Humanitarian Law: Genocide
Jean Paul Sartre | Tamil Nation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Jean Paul Sartre’s Statement at the Second Session of the Bertrand Russell International War Crimes Tribunal on Vietnam held in Denmark in November 1967 remains, almost 40 years later, an inspiring appeal to the conscience of humanity – inspiring not only because of the force of its reason but also because it reveals Sartre’s passionate commitment to justice.
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Slave Labor Found at Starbucks-Certified Brazil Coffee Plantation
Daniela Penha | Repórter Brasil, Mongabay – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
18 Sep 2018 – Brazil Labor Ministry investigators have raided the Córrego das Almas farm in Piumhi, in rural Minas Gerais state, and rescued 18 workers who were laboring on coffee plantations in conditions analogous to slavery.
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Myanmar: UN Fact-Finding Mission Releases Its Full Account of Massive Violations by Military in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States
United Nations Human Rights Council – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
18 Sep 2018 – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar released today the full 440-page account of the findings of its 15-month examination. The report reiterates the call for the investigation and prosecution of Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and his top military leaders for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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Artist Louise Bourgeois on How Solitude Enriches Creative Work
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love. That is why geometrically speaking the circle is a one. Everything comes to you from the other. You have to be able to reach the other. If not you are alone…
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Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Trump, Putin, and the Anti-Russian Coalition in the U.S. – Looking a bit more closely at what holds the anti-Trump foreign policy coalition together, one discovers a missing reality that virtually no one will acknowledge directly: the existence of a beleaguered but still potent American Empire whose junior partner is Europe. What motivates a broad range of the President’s opponents is not so much the fear that he is anti-American as the suspicion that he is anti-Empire. Of course, neither liberals nor conservatives dare to utter the “E-word.”
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Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Most countries have national anthems or songs that are sung on official functions of the country — Independence Day, Republic Day, at international sports events, etc.
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Wave – Tom Jobim (Music Video of the Week)
José André Jazz Trío – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
He is just nine years old… and blind. Jazz prodigy José André Montano Baina takes Bolivia and the world music scene by storm.
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Free Rohingya Coalition Statement on Canada’s Unprecedented Official Declaration of Myanmar’s Crimes against Rohingyas as Genocide
Free Rohingya Coalition – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2018 – The Free Rohingya Coalition wholeheartedly welcome the motion in the Canadian House of Commons that with a rare unanimity declared Myanmar’s crimes against Rohingya people a genocide.
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US Expels Palestinian Ambassador, Freezes Family Bank Account
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
17 Sep 2018 – The United States, in yet another attempt to force the hand of Palestinians, expelled the Palestinian Ambassador to the U.S. Husam Zomlot. The family’s bank account has also been frozen. This came few days after the U.S. State Department ordered the closure of Palestine Liberation Organization’s embassy in Washington.
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(Português) Jumentos, uma vida de exploração que agora termina no matadouro
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
21 set 2018 – Hoje, caminha-se para um novo nível de objetificação desnecessária de mais uma espécie animal. O jumento já não é apenas um animal explorado como meio de mão de obra, mas também reduzido a fonte de alimento.
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(Português) Na ONU, entidade denuncia Brasil por ‘risco de genocídio’ de povos indígenas
Jamil Chade - O Estado de S.Paulo [Brasil],
24 Sep 2018
Ameaças e mortes nos últimos anos foram os alvos da denúncia; grupo alerta que, até agora, os povos indígenas não obtiveram justiça por graves violações passadas e recorrentes.
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Johan Galtung: US Empire Will Collapse and Become a Dictatorship
Geopolitics & Empire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
The founder of peace and conflict studies, Dr. Johan Galtung, discusses his predictions of the US Empire collapsing and becoming a dictatorship, before eventually rebuilding the republic’s democracy.
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Idlib Deal Could Save Three Million ‘from Catastrophe’ Says UN Chief, as Militants Are Urged to Lay Down Arms
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2018 – A deal reached between Russia and Turkey to create a demilitarized buffer zone protecting citizens “from catastrophe” in Syria’s Idlib region is a welcome development, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said today, before urging all parties to make a “strong commitment” to it.
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U.N. Investigators Renew Call for Myanmar Military Officials to Face Genocide Charges
Eli Meixler - TIME,
24 Sep 2018
18 Sep 2018 – U.N. investigators renewed their call today for the investigation and prosecution of Myanmar’s top military officials for genocide and war crimes, publishing an exhaustive account of atrocities. The mission also faulted Myanmar’s civilian authorities, led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, saying the government “contributed” to atrocities by blocking independent investigations and defending the military’s conduct.
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Wake Up!
David Krieger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
The alarm is sounding.
Can you hear it?
Can you hear the bells
of Nagasaki
ringing out for peace?
Why Israel Demolishes: Khan Al-Ahmar as Representation of Greater Genocide
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
19 Sep 2018 – Like vultures, Israeli soldiers descended on Khan Al-Ahmar, on Sep. 14, recreating a menacing scene with which the residents of this small Palestinian village, located East of Jerusalem, are all-too-familiar. The strategic location of Khan Al-Ahmar makes the story behind the imminent Israeli demolition of the peaceful village unique amid the ongoing destruction of Palestinian homes and lives throughout besieged Gaza and Occupied West Bank.
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Northern Ireland: Squandering a Future
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate | The Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
I want to challenge everyone to look at their children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews and question: how big is their division? Gone are the days of fear and threat. So where does the problem lie? I believe the problem lies in the older generations who have suffered terribly on all sides through violence and fear. My generation has a responsibility not to restrain the youth by our bigotry and division.
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(Castellano) Educación Moral para el Cambio Estructural
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
Se proponen tres principios educativos respaldados por hallazgos científicos para orientar la educación moral: la comprensión, la participación, y la empatía. Tomando como ejemplo la ‘trampa estructural’ por la cual la buena intención de cumplir con los DDHH sociales, como la salud, termina desincentivando la inversión económica, se sugiere que la buena y masiva educación moral es capaz de facilitar la resolución de obstáculos estructurales que traban las soluciones a los problemas sociales y ecológicos
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Imprisonment, Torture and Rape: Why Myanmar Must Be Referred to the ICC
Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman | Both Nobel Peace Laureates – CNN,
24 Sep 2018
18 Sep 2018 – Today, the investigation led by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar presented its findings to the Human Rights Council. The mission’s exhaustive report defines human rights violations and abuses as “shocking for their horrifying nature and ubiquity.”
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(Português) Um problema nunca resolvido: o sofrimento dos inocentes
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
14 Set 2018 – Sejamos sinceros: até hoje não identificamos nenhuma resposta satisfatória por mais que grandes nomes, desde Agostinho, Tomás de Aquino, Leibnitz até Gustavo Gutiérrez entre nós, tentassem elaborar uma teodicéia, quer dizer, um esforço de não ligar Deus ao sofrimento humano. A culpa estaria apenas do nosso lado. Mas em vão, pois o sofrimento continua e a pergunta permanece irrespondível.
→ read full articleWhy We Are Blind to the System Destroying Us
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
15 Sep 2018 – I rarely use this blog to tell readers what they should believe. Rather I try to indicate why it might be wise to distrust, at least without very good evidence, what those in power tell us we should believe.
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(Português) Câmeras escondidas expõem macacos sendo torturados em experimentos na Holanda
Julia Cortezia - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
24 Sep 2018
19 set 2018 – A Animal Defenders International (ADI) gravaram vídeos para mostrar condições horríveis sofridas por macacos no maior centro de pesquisa de primatas da Europa. Centro de pesquisa triplicou o número de primatas utilizados em experimentações, indo de 95 indivíduos em 2016 para 317 em 2017.
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Assam: Preventive Diplomacy Needed to Protect Bengali-speaking Muslims
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
22 Sep 2018 – Potentially, the people of northeast India are sitting atop of a smoldering volcano to erupt into catastrophic suffering. The violence would target Bengali-speaking Muslims on the pattern of the Rohingya of Myanmar (Burma). Preventive diplomacy is not restricted to the UN or national government officials. Non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and the media can all play a role.
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Mr. Online – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
An Exercise in Backfiring…
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(မြန်မာ Burmese) ကုလသမဂၢ လြတ္လပ္ေသာ ႏိုင္ငံတကာ အခ်က္အလက္ရွာေဖြေရးမစ္ရွင္ ၏သတင္းထုတ္ျပန္ခ်က္။
UN Information Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
10 Sep 2018 – Today, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar have released in Burmese their report on human rights violations and abuses committed in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States.
→ read full articleThe U.S. Goes to War against the ICC to Cover Up Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan
Murtaza Hussain – The Intercept,
17 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018 – John Bolton is on a jihad against the ICC, seeking to ensure that the U.S. is free of international norms on human rights.
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21 September – International Day of Peace
United Nations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
2018 Theme: “The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70”
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(Português) “Ilegítimo” e “perigoso”: EUA ameaçam juízes do Tribunal Penal Internacional
Jornal Económico | Lusa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
11 set 2’018 – “Se o Tribunal for contra nós, Israel ou outros aliados, não ficaremos calados”, afirmou John Bolton, conselheiro de segurança nacional dos EUA, no seu primeiro discurso formal desde que chegou ao cargo, em abril passado. Os Estados Unidos, acrescentou, “proibirão a entrada de juízes e procuradores” no território nacional.
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(Français) Education aux médias et théories du complot: des capsules difficiles à avaler
Michèle Janss | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
10 Sep 2018 – Le centre de ressources en communication et éducation aux médias en Communauté Française de Belgique a créé 14 capsules vidéo destinées à aider les enseignants dans l’éducation aux médias et aux théories du complot. Pensant y trouver une abondante documentation, j’ai très vite abandonné l’idée d’utiliser cet outil.
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(Português) O Golpe de Pinochet Contra Allende no Chile: Uma Virada Internacional
Osvaldo A. Coggiola | Jornal da USP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
10 set 2018 – A 11 de setembro de 1973, as Forças Armadas chilenas, encabeçadas pelo general Augusto Pinochet, derrubaram mediante a força o governo socialista no Chile. A queda e morte de Salvador Allende foi a ‘dobradiça’ entre duas etapas da história da esquerda internacional. A última delas já entrou, como se sabe, em forte crise, que ainda não desfraldou todas as suas contradições e potencialidades, dramáticas no caso brasileiro.
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(Français) Le renversement d’Allende au Chili, raconté par Washington
Hernando Calvo Ospina | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
Le 11 septembre 1973, Salvador Allende, président démocratiquement élu du Chili, mourait pendant un coup d’État militaire ourdi et financé depuis les États-Unis. La répression fit 3 800 morts ou disparus (évaluation minimale) et plus de 37 000 torturés. Des centaines de milliers de Chiliens furent contraints à l’exil. Une aube noire se leva sur le Chili de Pinochet…
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Blockades ‘Expose’ the Innocent to the ‘Ravages of Economic War’ – UN Sanctions Expert Warns
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
13 Sep 2018 – Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy pointed out today that civilians affected by blockades do not benefit from the protection of the Geneva Convention, which is aimed at safeguarding civilians during wartime. Economic sanctions must not be allowed to degenerate into blockades that “expose people to the ravages of economic war in peacetime.”
→ read full articleEconomy and Living Standards of Gaza ‘Eviscerated’ by Crippling Blockade – UN Trade and Development Report
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018 – The Occupied Palestinian Territory now suffers the highest unemployment rate in the world, with incomes and agricultural production going down, the United Nations trade and development agency said today, noting that women and young people were worst affected, as the Israeli occupation continues.
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Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All at Risk
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
14 Sep 2018 – Central bankers are now aggressively playing the stock market. To say they are buying up the planet may be an exaggeration, but they could. They can create money at will, and they have declared their “independence” from government. They have become rogue players in a game of their own.
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Decoding the Pipes/Trump/Kushner ‘Deal of the Century’
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
True, Oslo diplomacy was a failure that worked to the political benefit of Israel, and was rightly abandoned. But the Trump response to this failure amount to the criminalization of diplomacy that violates the most basic precepts of international law, as spelled out in the UN Charter. It amounts to waging an aggressive war against a vulnerable and helpless people. If the UN and the leading governments watch this dismal spectacle in stony silence it can only be fervently hoped that the peoples of the world will recognize the need for radical reform to avoid a catastrophic future, not just for the Palestinians, but for all of humanity.
→ read full articleTrump Administration Threatens Sanctions against International Criminal Court
Patrick Martin | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
The Trump administration announced Monday [10 Sep] that it would retaliate against the International Criminal Court, a judicial panel established under the auspices of the UN, if the ICC took any action against US military or civilian officials over charges of war crimes in Afghanistan. The announcement was made by National Security Advisor John Bolton.
→ read full articleIn Praise of Serena Williams
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Seervice,
17 Sep 2018
13 Sep 2018 – In this time of Trump and Trumpism, we should seize the opportunity to celebrate the luminous presence of Serena Williams in our midst: a champion, a warrior for women and against racism, a woman of great charm and warmth, and a beacon of decency.
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Honourable Theft
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
17 Sep 2018 – Never underestimate the power of one determined person. What Carole Cadwalladr has done to Facebook and Big Data and Edward Snowden has done to the state security complex, the young Kazakhstani scientist Alexandra Elbakyan has done to the multi-billion dollar industry that traps knowledge behind paywalls. Her pirate webscraper service, Sci-hub, has done more than any government to tackle one of the biggest rip-offs of the modern era: the capture of research that should belong to us all.
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Things to Remember about Chile’s Sept. 11, 1973 Coup
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
Thousands of Chileans were subsequently tortured, disappeared, jailed and killed by the military dictatorship.
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Sabra and Shatila: New Revelations
Seth Anziska | New York Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
17 Sep 2018 – Sifting through Foreign Ministry files, I stumbled upon the minutes of a September 17 [1982] meeting between Israeli and American officials that took place in the midst of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. The startling verbatim exchange between Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and US diplomat Morris Draper clearly demonstrated how the slaughter of civilians in the Palestinian refugee camps of south Beirut was prolonged by Draper’s acquiescence in the face of Sharon’s deceptive claim of “terrorists” remaining behind.
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Myanmar, the Country Where Facebook Posts Whipped Up Hate
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
Decades of ethnic and religious tensions, a sudden explosion of internet access, and a company that had trouble identifying and removing the most hateful posts.
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Good Question, Son
TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
Good Answer, Mom
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Are You Political?
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
“I’m Not Political” – From 1942 to 1944, transport trains delivered Jews and others to Auschwitz gas chambers from all over German-occupied Europe, where they were killed en masse. In Hawaii, Camp H.M. Smith is headquarters of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command covering more than 50% of the earth. U.S. nuclear submarines and strategic nuclear bombers are based on Oahu. The Pohakuloa Training Area is a training ground for nuclear war and military human experimentation. Are You Political?
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Annual Democracy Report 2018
V-Dem Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
In the 2018 Democracy Report we find that global levels of democracy are still close to an all-time high. However, even though the electoral aspects of democracy have improved in many countries in recent years, freedom of expression, media, and civil society are under threat in other parts of the world. The report identifies disquieting trends in several key countries, such as Brazil, India, Poland, Russia, Turkey, and the United States.
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The Veiled Danger of the ‘Dead’ Oslo Accords
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018 – Yossi Beilin is back. This unrepentant Israeli ‘peacemaker’ is like the mythical phoenix, continually resurrecting from its ashes. In a recent article in Al-Monitor, Beilin wrote in support of the idea of a confederation between Israel and Palestine. Bizarrely, Beilin is promoting a version of an idea that was pushed by Israel’s extremist Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman.
→ read full article(Português) Respeito, Tolerância, Diálogo
David Arioch | Jornalismo Cultural – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
2 set 2018 – Há pessoas que estão sempre buscando salvadores, heróis, gurus ou pessoas que, numa idealização romanesca, concordem com elas em tudo, ou as representem em tudo.
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Life without Principle
Henry David Thoreau – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
Thoreau offers a program for a righteous livelihood focusing on his penetrating questions about HOW TO LIVE ETHICALLY AND RESPONSIBLY as part of nature and part of society–questions that transcend regional and national boundaries leading us to confront the way we live our lives. Published 1863.
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