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(Português) Quando Tolstói condenou a caça e a exploração de mão de obra animal
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
“O primeiro passo para reduzir essa dependência é não comer animais e não viajar sobre eles, mas sim a pé”.
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UN Chief Proposes Armed Peacekeeping Force to Protect Palestinians
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
18 Aug 2018 – Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, proposed Friday [17 Aug] a United Nations-led armed international mission to defend Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza from the Israeli army.
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Kerala Flood Is Thousands of Times the Magnitude of Thai Cave Rescue!
Binu Mathew | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
18 Aug 2018 – The international community that stood as one to save the Thai kids should wake up to the disaster in Kerala. Tens of thousands of people are stranded in remote areas, in the upper floors of the houses, on trees and even on roof tops. Dead bodies are floating around in flood waters. And nobody moves. The support of UN disaster management team should be sought.
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UN Report Finds ISIS Given “Breathing Space” in US-Occupied Areas of Syria
Whitney Webb – MintPress News,
20 Aug 2018
By maintaining an ISIS pocket in the territory it occupies, the U.S. can continue to justify its illegal presence in the country for the long-term, ultimately substituting Iran for ISIS as its new regional boogeyman.
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Inside Facebook’s Myanmar Operation: Hatebook
Steve Stecklow | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
15 Aug 2018 – A Reuters Special Report – Why Facebook Is Losing the War on Hate Speech in Myanmar: Reuters found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and pornographic images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims on Facebook. A secretive operation set up by the social media giant to combat the hate speech is failing to end the problem.
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Seoul Wants US, China to Declare End to Korean War
Kim Yoo-chul – Korea Times,
20 Aug 2018
South Korea wants a formal and official declaration to end the 1950-1953 Korean War with the United States, China and North Korea at the upcoming UNGA next month. Seoul communicated this ambitious plan to Washington via diplomatic channels, a senior government official said Tuesday [14 Aug].
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How Has the Declaration of Human Rights Changed the World?
Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
13 Aug 2018 – This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. How has it changed the world as we know it? In 1948 the Declaration was signed to prevent the horrors of WWII from re-occurring. It set up human rights standards for all and is the world’s most translated document, in over 500 languages.
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The ‘Gig Economy’ Is the New Term for Serfdom
Chris Hedges | Truthdig – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
The corporate capitalist elites, which have seized control of ruling institutions including the government and destroyed labor unions, are re-establishing the inhumane labor conditions that characterized the 19th and early 20th centuries. They want everyone to be temp workers trapped in demeaning, low-paying, part-time, service-sector jobs without job security or benefits.
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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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(Português) Vídeo revela momento em que ursa explorada em circo por 19 anos é resgatada
Bárbara Alcântara | ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
13 Aug 2018
11 agosto 2018 – Depois de quase duas décadas sendo explorada em apresentações de um circo na Ucrânia, a ursa Masha finalmente pode conhecer a liberdade. Um vídeo foi gravado no momento em que ela deixa sua gaiola e percebe que agora está livre para vaguear em uma nova casa de 350 m² construída especialmente para ela – isso depois de ter passado quase toda a sua vida na traseira de uma van.
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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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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.
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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.
→ 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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What Everyone Should Know about Israel’s Siege of the Gaza Strip
Rebecca Stead – Middle East Monitor,
13 Aug 2018
10 Aug 2018 – For 11 years, Israel has imposed an unforgiving siege on the Gaza Strip. With severely restricted access in and out of the enclave — via land, air and, notoriously, sea — Gaza has effectively been sealed off from the world. The Strip is only 360 square kilometres in size, about the same as Las Vegas in the US or one-quarter the size of London. It is now home to almost two million Palestinians, making it one of the most densely populated areas in the world and leading some to dub Gaza “the world’s largest open-air prison.”
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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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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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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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Pence Details Plan for Creation of Space Force in What Would Be the Sixth Branch of the Military
Christian Davenport and Dan Lamothe - The Washington Post,
13 Aug 2018
9 Aug 2018 – Vice President Pence laid out an ambitious plan today to create a military command dedicated to space and establish a “Space Force” as the sixth branch of the U.S. military as soon as 2020. Pence warned of the advancements that potential adversaries are making and issued what amounted to a call to arms to preserve the military’s dominance in space.
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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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How Peace Journalism Can Help the Media Cover Elections in Africa
Ylva Rodny-Gumede – The Convesation,
13 Aug 2018
The news media are predisposed to using frames and a language that conform to what peace scholar Johan Galtung has labelled “war journalism”. This is reporting that emphasises conflict over peaceful resolutions, differing viewpoints over common ground, and sensationalism over depth and context. The result is that audiences are given the impression that conflict is inevitable, and that peace or conflict resolution is beyond reach.
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Is India Creating Its Own Rohingya?
Hartosh Singh Bal – The New York Times,
13 Aug 2018
10 Aug 2018 — Echoes of the majoritarian rhetoric preceding the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya can be heard in India as four million, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, have been effectively turned stateless.
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Free!
LATUFF – MintPress News,
13 Aug 2018
Ahmed Tamimi’s Cry of Victory
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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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Who Are the Sikhs and What Are Their Beliefs?
Simran Jeet Singh – The Conversation,
13 Aug 2018
9 Aug 2018 – New Jersey’s first Sikh attorney general, Gurbir Singh Grewal, was a target of disparaging remarks recently. The bottom line is there is little understanding of who exactly the Sikhs are and what they believe. So here’s a primer.
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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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It’s Time We Listened to the Plight of Assam’s ‘Foreigners’
Harsh Mander – Al Jazeera,
13 Aug 2018
After being excluded from a controversial citizen register, millions of Muslims in India’s Assam state are in legal limbo.
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‘I Still Have Flashbacks’: The ‘Global Epidemic’ of LGBT Conversion Therapy
Chitra Ramaswamy – The Guardian,
13 Aug 2018
8 Aug 2018 – Mathew Shurka was 16 when he sat down with his father and told him he was gay. He ended up in conversion therapy for five years and saw four therapists in four states at a cost of $35,000. He was instructed to use Viagra when having sex with women. He was told he was a “classic case” of someone with too many female role models and was instructed to avoid his mother and sisters. “As part of my treatment, I didn’t talk to them for three years,” despite living under the same roof.
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Peace Journalism: A Needed, Desirable and Practicable Reform
Vanessa Bassil | University for Peace – Peace and Conflict Monitor,
13 Aug 2018
The idea of peace journalism has attracted its share of critiques and controversies, but as Vanessa Bassil argues, it still offers a much needed and practical, peace-oriented perspective from which media can be analysed and produced.
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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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Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature”
Naomi Klein – The Intercept,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – Nathaniel Rich, in his massive New York Times Magazine article [Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change], argues “human nature” kept “us” from fixing climate change in the 1980s. He’s dead wrong.
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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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Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
Nathaniel Rich – The New York Times,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – This narrative by Nathaniel Rich is a work of history, addressing the period from 1979 to 1989: the decisive decade when humankind first came to a broad understanding of the causes and dangers of climate change. Complementing the text is a series of aerial photographs and videos, all shot over the past year; with support from the Pulitzer Center.
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BRICS Summit Held in South Africa while U.S. Trade War Escalates
Abayomi Azikiwe – Global Research,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Participants Make Declaration against Unilateralism Coming from Washington
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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.
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Take Today’s Enveloping Fascism Seriously
Maung Zarni – Prothom Alo [Bangladesh],
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – The signs of the contagion of cultivated fascist mindset, its institutionalisation and popular mobilisation by those in power–abstract ideas are nothing without institutional backing or concrete structures–are everywhere, for those with trained eyes to detect fascism. We either wake up and fight back, or find ourselves on the receiving end of the impacts, sooner rather than later. Yes, things are that bad. Look closer. And think harder.
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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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Jews Only
Latuff – MintPress News,
6 Aug 2018
Apartheid Jewish Style
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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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(Português) Alterações Climáticas: Ninguém Repara nas Vacas a Pastar
Nuno Alvim – Público [Portugal],
6 Aug 2018
31 de Julho de 2018 – Estima-se que a produção de animais seja responsável pela emissão global de cerca de 14,5% dos gases poluentes de estufa, ao passo que todos os transportes no mundo são responsáveis por 13% dessa emissão global, comparativamente. Em Portugal, a Quercus, reconhecida entidade ambientalista, constatou que a agricultura, inclusive a agropecuária, utiliza 80% dos recursos hídricos. E, no entanto, o nosso foco tem recaído essencialmente sobre os restantes 20%, uma percentagem marginal, em boa parte correspondendo ao uso doméstico.
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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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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”.
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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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Outgoing UN Rights Chief: No Regrets for Speaking Up
Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press – Fox News,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – The U.N. human rights chief defended his outspoken criticism of abuses in dozens of countries from Myanmar and Hungary to the United States, insisting that his office doesn’t “bring shame on governments, they shame themselves.”
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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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Look Closely and You’ll See Jared Kushner’s Cynical ‘Deal of the Century’ for Palestinians in Action
Robert Fisk – Information Clearing House,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – Their hearts may be empty but their stomachs shall be filled. Their hopes may be dead but their bank accounts will be in the black. Hindsight is unfair – but it might tell the truth.
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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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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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‘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.
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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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