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Venezuela Blitz (Part 1): Tyrants Don’t Have Free Elections
Editorial | Media Lens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
5 Feb 2019 – A ‘Propaganda Blitz’ is a fast-moving campaign to persuade the public of the need for ‘action’ or ‘intervention’ furthering elite interests. Affecting great moral outrage, corporate media line up to insist that a watershed moment has arrived – something must be done! A classic propaganda blitz was triggered on January 23, when Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself ‘interim President’.
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Denouncing Socialism, Practicing Fascism
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
8 Feb 2019 – With Trump the silences are usually as expressive of his intentions as the incoherent dogmas. Indeed, his Second State of the Union Address (delivered in Congress on February 5, 2019) gives a clear insight into the political mentality of tormentor in chief when it comes to the human condition.
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Europe is in Danger! But Why?
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
8 Feb 2019 – Now a hue and cry has gone up that Europe is in danger. The continued existence of Europe’s core ideals –of its very essence– is said to be threatened. The occasion of today’s hue and cry is the possibility that the populist far right might sweep the elections of May 2019. I take this opportunity to question what I take to be the conventional wisdom of the official story.
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The Venezuela Myth Keeping Us from Transforming Our Economy
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
9 Feb 2019 – Venezuela’s problems are not the result of the government issuing money and using it to hire people to build infrastructure, provide essential services and expand economic development. If it were, unemployment would not be at 33 percent and climbing. Venezuela has a problem the U.S. does not, and will never have: It owes massive debts in a currency it cannot print itself, namely, U.S. dollars. When oil (its principal resource) was booming, Venezuela was able to meet its repayment schedule.
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India’s Civil Service Needs to Reinvent Itself
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
The New Public Management (NPM) is a paradigm of hybrid administration that calls for the integration of diverse actors in governance. These actors include the state, market, and civil society where the government is strengthening the political line of command through the privatisation of bureaucracy. The LE decision is being presented as a mini-reform considering the government’s disenchantment with the old public administration.
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Warsaw Process toward a Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
On 13-14 February 2019, there is planned The Ministerial Conference to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East called jointly by the U.S.A. and Poland. Not all “players” of the Middle East drama are invited to Warsaw. Iran and Russia as governments were not invited. Non-State actors such as the Palestinians, the Kurds, the Islamic State and a host of armed militias – all of whom play a current role – will be officially absent.
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Thoughts on Changing Times, Changing Values
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
When a person has crossed seven decades of his life, he often feels he can be a little indiscreet and talk of situations or events in his life which he has not done so before — at least publicly. There are many regrets in one’s life and a few occasions of feeling a sense of satisfaction. In addition there is a sense of unease at the way the world has shaped politically, economically, socially.
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(Français) Où est la démocratie?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
1er février 2019 – Au cours des derniers mois, deux élections ont eu lieu: en République Démocratique du Congo et au Venezuela.
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(Português) Dez Mentiras Sobre a Venezuela que pela Repetição se Tornaram Verdade
Katu Arkonada | La Jornada – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
5 fev 2019 – A guerra híbrida que vive a Venezuela tem a desinformação e manipulação midiática como uma de suas principais armas de combate. Lemos e escutamos mentiras de analistas que nunca estiveram na Venezuela e as repetem tantas vezes que se convertem em realidade para a opinião pública.
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(Português) “Verdades” que São Imposições: O Caso dos Juros das Grandes Corporações
Roberto Sansón Mizrahi | Opininon Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
29 jan 2019 – Em economia há questões apresentadas como “verdades” indisputáveis que, na realidade, servem para impor interesses e privilégios não defensáveis a céu aberto. Um exemplo é como se veem e se apresentam os juros de grandes corporações, como se obtêm e se distribuem. É crítico explicitar o que estiver encoberto para poder considerar novas opções.
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(Castellano) Aprendiendo de Gandhi
Robert Burrowes, Ph.D. | Pressenza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Aunque creía que la acción personal era muy importante, Gandhi también era un extraordinario estratega político y sabía que tenemos que hacer algo más que transformar nuestras vidas personales. Tenemos que ofrecer oportunidades que obliguen a otros a considerar hacer lo mismo. Gandhi fue asesinado el 30 de enero de 1948. Pero su legado perdura. Usted también puede aprender de él, si lo desea.
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Disaster Capitalism in Brazil: Mining Greed Produces a Horrific Death Toll
Vijay Prashad | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
7 Feb 2019 – On January 25, 2019, a dam burst in the town of Brumadinho, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The dam was built by the iron-ore company Vale to store residue after the iron ore had been extracted. Once the dam began to crumble, it did not take long for its 13 million cubic meters of iron waste to sweep down onto the workers and into their town.
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Norway Killing Whales to Feed Animals on Fur Farms
EcoHustler – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Animal welfare nightmare – with no demand for the meat, the Norwegian government has a horrific and perverse way of maintaining its cruel and unnecessary hunts
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Julian Assange Is Dying in Darkness while the Washington Post Pats Itself on the Back
Adam Garrie | Eurasia Future – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
5 Feb 2019 – During Sunday’s Super Bowl, viewers witnessed the debut of an advertisement for the Washington Post. The Tom Hanks narrated advertisement paid tribute to Saudi born journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But when it comes to journalists being harmed inside the consulates or embassies of foreign nations, there is one incredibly brave journalist, publisher and peace activist who continues to rot inside the tiny chambers of Ecuador’s Embassy in London: Julian Assange.
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Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
President Trump’s adversaries do not understand that in making attacks on his character their primary strategy, they are playing his game, in his stadium, according to his rules. By doing so, they reinforce the stereotypes that Trump has successfully marketed to his base. This sort of personalism excludes a discourse that is essential to solving the problems that gave Trump the presidency: the discourse of systems and system-change.
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US ‘Regime Changes’–The Historical Record: Latin America, Caribbean
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
4 Feb 2019 – As the US strives to overthrow the democratic and independent Venezuelan government, the historical record regarding the short, middle and long-term consequences are mixed. We will proceed to examine the consequences and impact of US intervention in Venezuela over the past half century. We will then turn to examine the success and failure of US ‘regime changes’ throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Rohingya Meeting to Push for ‘Boycott Myanmar’ Movement
Sorwar Alam and Riyaz ul Khaliq | Anadolu Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
7 Feb 2019 – An international conference on Rohingya in New York on 8 Feb will serve as a “unifier” for academics, activists, the UN and law practitioners, its organizers said today. The conference, hosted by the Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC), will seek a boycott movement against Myanmar, said Maung Zarni, coordinator of strategic affairs for the group.
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Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich Discuss the Proposal for a Department of Peace
Paul Jay | The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich interviewed by Paul Jay
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Subtraction
TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Right?
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World Premiere London, UK
Alberto Portugheis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Screening of the documentary ‘Peace is Possible’, about the work of HUFUD-Humanity United for Universal Demilitarisation. London Thursday 7 March, 7 pm. Event organised by Our Future Now, the Youth Network of Global Justice Now.
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Are We Afraid of Thinking?
Bertrand Russell | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Away with thought! Back into the shades of prejudice, lest property, morals, and war should be endangered! Better men should be stupid, slothful, and oppressive than that their thoughts should be free. For if their thoughts were free they might not think as We do. And at all costs this disaster must be averted.” So the opponents of thought argue in the unconscious depths of their souls. And so they act in their churches, their schools, and their universities.
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Eric Zuesse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
8 Feb 2019 – This news-report is being submitted to inform you of crucial facts that dishonest media are hiding about Venezuela. The Covered-Up Document: On 3 Aug 2018, the UN General Assembly received the report from the U.N.s Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, concerning his mission to Venezuela and Ecuador. His recent travel though both countries focused on “how best to enhance the enjoyment of all human rights by the populations of both countries.”
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The Mysterious Destiny of Each One
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
3 Feb 2019 – Each of us is as old as the universe, 13.7 billion years. We were all there in that tiny point, smaller than the head of a pin, but full of energy and matter. The big bang created the enormous red stars, containing all the physical-chemical elements that comprise the universe and all beings that were created from them. We are the sons and daughters of the stars and cosmic dust.
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International Conference for Peace and “World Balance” Supports Venezuela
Roger Harris - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
3 Feb 2019 – Close to 700 conferees from 65 countries convened in Havana, Cuba from January 28-31, for peace and “world balance.” This, the fourth such conference, was dedicated to honoring the ideals of Cuban national hero José Martí who died in 1895 at the age of 42 fighting for independence from colonial Spain. The event was organized by the José Martí Project of International Solidarity, which is sponsored by UNESCO.
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(Français) Le Brésil est dans la boue
Paulo Correia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
La tragédie boueuse de Brumadinho et l’action des vautours-vampires de l’industrie extractive. 134 morts et 199 disparus, c’est le dernier bilan de la catastrophe du 25 janvier dans la municipalité brésilienne de Brumadinho (lire « Broumadjignou »), à 65 Km de Belo Horizonte.
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The Magic of Bankers
Rudo de Ruijter | Court Fool – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
If you don’t know how banks work, you will never be able to understand the world.
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Canon in D (Music Video of the Week)
Pachelbel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Nippon New Philharmonic Orchestra | Conductor: Takashi Ueno
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An Open Letter to the People of the United States from President Nicolás Maduro
Nicolás Maduro | Bolivarian Government of Venezuela – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
7 Feb 2019 – I address these words to the people of the United States of America to warn of the gravity and danger that intend some sectors in the White House to invade Venezuela with unpredictable consequences for my country and for the entire American region. We appeal to the good soul of American society, victim of its own leaders, to join our call for peace, let us be all one people against warmongering and war. Long live the peoples of America!
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The Making of Juan Guaidó: How the US Regime Change Laboratory Created Venezuela’s Coup Leader
Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
Before the fateful day of January 22, fewer than one in five Venezuelans had heard of Juan Guaidó. Only a few months ago, the 35-year-old was an obscure character in a politically marginal far-right group closely associated with gruesome acts of street violence. He is the product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington’s elite regime change trainers. While posing as a champion of democracy, he has spent years at the forefront of a violent campaign of destabilization.
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US Media Ignore—and Applaud—Economic War on Venezuela
Gregory Shupak | Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
6 Feb 2019 – The US media chorus supporting a US overthrow of the Venezuelan government has for years pointed to the country’s economic crisis as a justification for regime change, while whitewashing the ways in which the US has strangled the Venezuelan economy.
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Rohingya Activists Share Stories of Community’s Plight
Umar Farooq | Anadolu Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
9 Feb 2019 – Fear, intimidation, repression and genocide. These are the words used by members of the Rohingya community to describe what is happening to them at the hands of Myanmar’s military forces. New York conference highlights Muslim minority’s predicament and calls on world to pressure Myanmar to stop attacks.
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Juan Eugenio Corradi | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
22 Jan 2019 – The following opinions are their own summary. Their combined lesson is: the old order is crumbling and there is no new order –only a series of paradoxical and self-defeating reactions without clear strategies. It is time to think out of the box.
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Million across Yemen ‘just a Step Away from Famine’, with Food Available but Inaccessible
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
7 Feb 2019 – While nearly 10 million people across Yemen remain “just a step away from famine”, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator has spoken of his deep concern that a large food storage depot on the outskirts of the crucial port city of Hudaydah, has been out of bounds since last September.
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There’s Something Rotten with the Meat Industry
Nora Holzman and Katarzyna Jagiełło | Greenpeace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
It was an unimaginable scene: diseased cows dragged to slaughter in excruciating pain, then sold without veterinary control around Europe and landing on the plates of many consumers.
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Recrafting International Relations through Relationality
Tamara Trownsell, Amaya Querejazu Escobari, et al. | E-IR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
How we relate to others should be a central concern of the field of International Relations. However, independent political communities—states—and their interrelations have historically been the ‘focus’ of the discipline of IR, thus limiting the forms of interaction that potentially constitute the ‘field.’ We would like to extend an invitation to bring relations back into IR. That is, besides knowing how to study and apply predetermined notions of what constitutes the “international”, it is also critical to know how to start from/with “relations.”
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(Português) Filme Expõe a Realidade da Caça de Rinocerontes
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
4 fev 2019 – Recentemente o diretor Toby Wosskow lançou o filme de curta-metragem “Sides of a Horn”, que expõe a realidade dos rinocerontes, animais que têm sido perseguidos e mortos na África porque seus chifres são muito valorizados no mercado asiático.
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300 Miners Feared Drowned after a PolyMet-style Tailings Dam Ruptures in Brazil
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
27 Jan 2019 – The two most recent Brazilian open-pit mine “accidents” that will be discussed in this extended-length Duty to Warn column, will probably require close to a trillion dollar death and disability benefits for just the following two categories: 1) the hundreds of dead and wounded miners (and their grieving families); and 2) the massive amounts of property damaged that was owned by the thousands of government and private owners whose roads, bridges, homes, land, lives and health that were destroyed or damaged after the deluge – all the way to the coast.
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A Nonviolent Strategy to Defeat the US Coup Attempt in Venezuela
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
To the People of Venezuela – Yet again, the United States elite has decided to attempt to impose its will on the people of another nation, in this case, and not for the first time either, your country Venezuela. Your ongoing resistance to the coup is essential if you are to defeat the coupmakers and defend your elected government. But the chances of success are vastly enhanced if your struggle, and that of your solidarity allies around the world, is focused for maximum strategic impact and designed to spread the cost of doing so. Of course, whether or not you decide to consider and/or adopt my proposed strategy, you have my solidarity.
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(Português) Catástrofe de Brumadinho: O que sobra depois de não sobrar nada?
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
29 Jan 2019 – Muitos no Brasil vivemos uma situação de luto. O luto se impõe quando sofremos perdas: os muitos mortos e centenas de desaparecidos do rompimento da barragem da Vale que destruiu criminosamente a cidade de Brumadinho. A perda da pessoa amada, do emprego que garantia a família, a emigração forçada por causa de ameaças de morte. Maior é o luto quando atinge bens fundamentais de um país: a perda da democracia, dos direitos trabalhistas…
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Trump Withdraws U.S. from INF Treaty
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
1 Feb 2019 – The Trump administration announced the USA will suspend the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty effective 2 Feb. This crucial treaty requires the USA and Russia to eliminate all nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. Where does this leave us?
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Defying War and Defining Peace in Afghanistan
Kathy Kelly | Voices for Creative Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
29 Jan 2019 – On January 27th, 2019, the Taliban and the U.S. government each publicly stated acceptance, in principle, of a draft framework for ongoing negotiations that could culminate in a peace deal to end a two-decade war in Afghanistan. As we learn more about the negotiations, it’s important to remember others working toward dialogue and negotiation in Afghanistan.
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Juan Eugenio Corradi | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
31 jan 2019 – As seguintes opiniões constituem seu próprio resumo. Sua lição combinada é: a velha ordem se está desmoronando e não há uma nova ordem – só uma série de reações paradoxais e contraproducentes sem estratégias claras. É hora de se pôr criativo.
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Response to the Bank Chairman
Dr. Naresh Jotwani – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
The Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International was interviewed on Sophie & Co about the state of the world economy. So-called ‘Masters of the Universe’ regularly come up with self-serving arguments. But any right-thinking ‘amateur’ who is not in their pockets can easily demolish their arguments!
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Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
4 Feb 2019 – The building blocks of a nation are the citizens of its tomorrow. The way these seeds will sprout will always depend on the way you choose to water them. India’s education sector is one of the largest sunrise sectors in the economic and social development of the country.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
1 Feb 2019 – In the past few months we have a tale of two elections: In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Venezuela.
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(Português) É a lama, é a lama: Águas de Janeiro, num Brasil enlameado
Paulo Correia | Ideia Perigosa - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Brumadinho : A Tragédia de Um País Enlameado Pelos Abutres-Vampiros da Mineração
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The Future of Statehood: Israel & Palestine
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
3 Feb 2019 – Fatah, Hamas, the Future of Statehood and Peace Prospects – Interview from Brazilian journalist Rodrigo Craveiro for Correio Braziliense on current prospects of Palestinian national movement.
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Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Vegans point out that milk is produced from cows and buffaloes that are cramped together in crowded sheds, are cruelly treated and are not allowed even to adequately feed their calves. This is being done for economic reasons to maximise profits. Vegans further justify their prohibition of dairy products by stating that the cruelty suffered by cows is transmitted to the milk they produce.
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 Shows Anti-Corruption Efforts Stalled in Most Countries
Transparency International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
29 Jan 2019 – The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index released today by Transparency International reveals that the continued failure of most countries to significantly control corruption is contributing to a crisis of democracy around the world.
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René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Many human rights defenders are people working in isolated, remote areas far from the international networks of protection. These unsung defenders become a vulnerable target in areas where impunity prevails, and assailants operate with virtual no fear of having to account for their crimes. Nevertheless, international appeals with accuracy of information and speed of reaction can be helpful which the Association of World Citizens knows from direct experience.
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Roberto Sansón Mizrahi | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
23 Jan 2019 – In economics, there are issues presented as undisputable “truths” which in reality are used to impose interests and privileges that cannot be defended in open air. An example is how large corporations’ profits are seen and presented, how they are obtained and distributed. It is critical to make explicit what might be concealed to consider new options.
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UN Rapporteur: US Sanctions against Venezuela Causing Economic and Humanitarian Crisis
Irish Examiner – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
28 Jan 2019 – A former United Nations rapporteur has criticised the US for engaging in “economic warfare” against Venezuela which he claimed was the real reason for the economic and humanitarian crisis facing the country. Alfred de Zayas, who last year became the first UN rapporteur to visit Venezuela for 21 years, also suggested in his recently published UN report, that US sanctions on the country are illegal and could amount to “crimes against humanity” under international law.
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Israel Building New Overground Fence around Gaza Strip
Middle East Monitor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
3 Feb 2019 – The Israeli Defence Ministry announced today it has begun building the overground part of barrier around the blockaded Gaza Strip. “The barrier will be 65 kilometers long and will be six-meter-high, and will be connected to the new sea barrier Israel is building,” it added. The impact of the siege has been severe. Gaza’s industrial and commercial sectors have been damaged, with Israel’s ban on imports of fuel and gas leading to shortages and high unemployment.
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Anonymous – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
… What?
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Hawaiian Annexation
U.S. History | The Independence Hall Association – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
By the time the United States got serious about looking beyond its own borders to conquer new lands much of the world had already been claimed. Only a few distant territories in Africa and Asia and remote islands in the Pacific remained free from imperial grasp. Hawaii was one such plum.
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Peace Journalism in Africa—A Profile
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Like many journalists from Northern Uganda, Gloria Lakers peace reporting approach is believed to have partly contributed to the current peace in the region. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Ndejje University in Uganda.
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“Let Them Eat Cake”
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
When informed that her subjects–“the people”–were starving, that they had “no bread,” Queen Marie Antoinette is reputed to have answered blithely, “Let them eat cake!” [“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche!”]
The people of Somalia are not like us.
Their skin is black and gray and parched by sun.
CNN Goes ‘Undercover’ to Manufacture Consent for Coup Attempt in Venezuela
Kevin Gosztola | Shadowproof – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
29 Jan 2019 – A CNN “exclusive” report from inside Venezuela aired multiple times on the network on January 28. It is a prime example of how influential media outlets in the U.S. effectively create propaganda for the opposition, which now is receiving funds from President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Choueology as Peace Education
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Peace Education Journal, Vol. 18, Feb. 2019 is dedicated to An Apostle of Peace Dr. Young Seek Choue in his perpetual memory. Choueology as Peace Education is based on the editorial written by the author of these lines for this Special issue of Peace Education Journal. Considering the vast contributions of Dr. Choue in the areas of peace ideas, peace studies and peace activities, I would like to term them as Choueology that is synonym of Peace Education.
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The Maduro Government Is Not Illegitimate
Pasqualina Curcio | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
28 Jan 2019 – Why illegitimate? Have those who claim that Nicolas Maduro is a dictator, a usurper and that the 2019-2025 presidential period lacks legitimacy asked themselves this question? The strategy is clear: to repeat the lie a thousand times in order to turn it into truth. Let us dismantle the lie:
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A Dead Man’s Dream
Carl Wendell Hines Jr. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Short but poignant poem written by black poet/musician Carl Wendell Hines soon after Malcolm X’s assassination in 1965. The poem has also been appropriately associated with the death of Dr Martin Luther King and his legacy of nonviolent struggle for black liberation, freedom, equality, economic justice and the pursuit of happiness for all.
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In a World of Corporate-Backed Politicians, Beware the Sounds of Sirens
Roy Eidelson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
The favorite mantras of today’s corporate-backed politicians are much like a virus that infects the public with false and harmful beliefs about what’s happening, what’s right, and what’s possible.
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A Liberal Elite Still Luring Us towards the Abyss
Jonathan Cook - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
27 Jan 2019 – A group of 30 respected intellectuals, writers and historians has published a manifesto bewailing the imminent collapse of Europe and its supposed Enlightenment values of liberalism and rationalism… There are small voices struggling to be heard above the roar of the dying liberal elites and the trumpeting of the new authoritarians. They need to be listened to, to be helped to share and collaborate, to offer us their visions of a different world.
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Peculiarities of US Imperialism in Latin America
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
28 Jan 2019 – Understanding imperialism as a general phenomenon loses sight of its modus operandi in any specific and meaningful context. While the exercise of imperialist power is a common strategy, its motives, instruments, objectives and engagement vary, depending on the nature of the imperial ruler and targeted country.
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Disarmament, Not Low-Yield Nukes
Robert C. Koehler | Common Wonders – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
30 Jan 2019 – Seven-plus decades ago, as humanity was ensnarled in a monstrous world war, its instinct to win — to dominate others above all else — achieved ultimate manifestation: the capacity to annihilate all life on Planet Earth. Nuclear weapons are, you might say, the logical outcome of the 10,000-year journey of civilization.
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Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony
Michael Hudson | Unz Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
1 Feb 2019 – A must read on US foreign policy: “The end of America’s unchallenged global economic dominance has arrived sooner than expected, thanks to the very same Neocons who gave the world the Iraq, Syria and the dirty wars in Latin America. Where is the left in all this?”
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It’s Time to Trust the Taliban
Anatol Lieven | Foreign Policy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
31 Jan 2019 – Afghanistan’s jihadi insurgents are ready to give America what it wants: defeat without humiliation.
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Against the Illusion of Separateness: Pablo Neruda’s Beautiful and Humanistic Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. But there is no such thing as a lone struggle, no such thing as a lone hope. In every human being are combined the most distant epochs, passivity, mistakes, sufferings, the pressing urgencies of our own time, the pace of history.
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The CIA Then and Now: Old Wine in New Bottles
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
When the CIA’s dirty tricks were made public in the 1970s, it is not hard to imagine that the intellectual pimps who do their long-range thinking were asked to go back to the drawing board and paint a picture of the coming decades and how business as usual could be conducted without further embarrassment. By that time it had become clear that intellectual or high culture was being swallowed by mass culture and the future belonged to electronic screen culture and images, not words.
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International Appeal: Stop 5G on Earth and in Space
Arthur Firstenberg | Stop 5G – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
We the undersigned scientists, doctors, environmental organizations and citizens urgently call for a halt to the deployment of the 5G (fifth generation) wireless network, including 5G from space satellites. 5G will massively increase exposure to radio frequency radiation on top of the 2G, 3G and 4G networks for telecommunications already in place. RF radiation has been proven harmful for humans and the environment. The deployment of 5G constitutes an experiment on humanity and the environment that is defined as a crime under international law.
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Hermann Hesse on Solitude, the Value of Hardship, the Courage to Be Yourself, and How to Find Your Destiny
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Most men, the herd, have never tasted solitude. They leave father and mother, but only to crawl to a wife and quietly succumb to new warmth and new ties. They are never alone, they never commune with themselves. And when a solitary man crosses their path, they fear him and hate him like the plague; they fling stones at him and find no peace until they are far away from him. The air around him smells of stars, of cold stellar spaces; he lacks the soft warm fragrance of the home and hatchery.
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The ‘Venezuelan People’ Are Whoever Agrees with Donald Trump
Alan MacLeod | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
31 Jan 2019 – The latest bizarre episode in the Trump presidency is currently playing out in Venezuela. Just weeks after President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration, Trump officially recognized Juan Guaidó, the 35-year-old head of the National Assembly—a man who has never even run for president—as the rightful head of state.
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(Português) Brasil: A luta dos animais pela sobrevivência na catástrofe de Brumadinho
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
27 jan 2019 – Eles também partilham da senciência, da capacidade de sentir dor, e de um nível de consciência.
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How Today’s Crisis in the Congo Began
Vijay Prashad and Kambale Musavuli | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
30 Jan 2019 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is both one of the richest countries in the world, and one of the poorest. It is one of the richest countries in terms of raw materials—essential goods such as cobalt and coltan, which make electric cars and smartphones work. The current estimate of the DRC’s raw materials is $24 trillion. This is a mind-blowing number. It is probable that the DRC is the richest country in the world in terms of its natural wealth.
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Johan Galtung Sings “Le Déserteur” (Music Video of the Week)
TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung performing the famous anti-militaristic ode: Le Déserteur composed by Boris Vian in 1954. The exquisite artwork is by Xiaonan.
Galtung was jailed for six months at age 24 for refusing military service as a conscientious objector, unlawful at the time in Norway. This event would set in motion a lifetime of groundbreaking peace work (over 170 books in 60 years, +++).
Meanwhile, around the World
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
My Syria is profoundly Muslim, run by the imams. And my Syria is profoundly Ottoman; 400 years with tolerance for the other religions of the kitab, and for non-Arabic minorities. Wanting to learn “what Syria is about today” I want them to tell me directly; not indirectly, in writing or orally, via “experts”. So, going to Syria, what touched my senses?
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Eric Zuesse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2019
29 Jan 2019 – The annual Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report is the gold-standard for estimates of private wealth around the world. The latest is Global Wealth Report 2018. Some aspects of this report raise more questions than answers, but any informed estimations of where things stand economically within the world’s nations and even globally, has to take seriously what it reports. Following are key excerpts from — and my thoughts about these excerpts of — the current report.
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Venezuela – Trump’s New Escape
Marc Pilisuk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019 – Several Latin American countries are now named by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and National Security Advisor John Bolton as targets for regime change. The most immediate target, Venezuela, is facing a coup and a likely civil war as President Maduro, two months after his re-election, is being replaced by an arbitrarily selected opponent now being recognized by the US.
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“Now That He Is Safely Dead” – Paying Attention to the Real Voice of Martin Luther King
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
21 Jan 2019 – “Now That He Is Safely Dead” is the short but poignant poem that was written by black poet/musician Carl Wendell Hines soon after Malcolm X’s assassination in 1965. The poem has also been appropriately associated with the death of Dr Martin Luther King and his legacy of nonviolent struggle for black liberation, freedom, equality, economic justice and the pursuit of happiness for all.
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A Talel of Two Speeches: Marc Lamont Hill on Palestine, Martin Luther King, Jr., on Vietnam
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
21 Jan 2019 – In my last post I criticized the news approach of CNN, and by indirection, that of the MSM. I complained that by being Trump-obsessed CNN ever since 2016 helps pacify the American political scene, making us view demagogic politics as nothing more serious than ‘a reality show.’ Beyond the obsession itself, is the inexplicable redundancy in which successive news programs cover the latest episode from virtually identical viewpoints, while ignoring the whole panorama of major developments elsewhere in the world.
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A Morally Right Decision
Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2019 – The decision of the Malaysian government not to allow Israelis to enter the country to participate in the World Para Swimming Championships is both politically correct and morally right. That Malaysia has no diplomatic relations with Israel provides the political rationale for our stand. It is within the context of the BDS movement that we should view our own boycott of Israeli swimmers.
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Why Germany Leads in Renewables: It Has Its Own Green Bank
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
26 Jan 2019 – The leader in renewable energy is Germany, called “the world’s first major renewable energy economy.” Germany has a public sector development bank called KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau or “Reconstruction Credit Institute”), which is even larger than the World Bank. Unlike private commercial banks, KfW does not have to focus on maximizing short-term profits for its shareholders while turning a blind eye to external costs, including those imposed on the environment.
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From Kabila to Tshisekedi and Peacefully! The Congo Holds Its Breath
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019 – Today at 2 p.m. the members of the Constitutional Court sworn in the fifth President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi. It is a new era for some or continuity for others, but for sure it is a new chapter in Congo’s history. Between the euphoria of joy and consternations, the DRC holds its breath.
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Libya: Nightmarish Detention for Migrants, Asylum Seekers
Human Rights Watch | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019 – European Union policies contribute to a cycle of extreme abuse against migrants in Libya, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today [21 January 2019]. The EU and Italy’s support for the Libyan Coast Guard contributes significantly to the interception of migrants and asylum seekers and their subsequent detention in arbitrary, abusive detention in Libya.
→ read full articleSaving the Tiller, Securing the Farmer
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
Though agriculture employs 64 percent of the total rural workforce, it produces only 39 percent of the total monetary rural output. Price realisation is poor, and farmers are unable to negotiate fair, self-sustaining prices—largely due to India’s antiquated agricultural market system, which is juxtaposed with high input costs (seeds, labour, equipment, transportation, and so on).
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How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt
Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019 – Venezuela remains in a state of crisis as opposition forces—with the backing of the United States—attempt to unseat the government of Nicolás Maduro. Yesterday Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said the military continues to stand by Maduro. His remarks came one day after President Trump announced that the U.S. would recognize opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s new leader. Guaidó, the new head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself president on Wednesday [23 Jan] during a large opposition protest. [Read on…]
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State-of-the-art Climate Model Shows How We Can Solve Crisis
University of Technology, Sydney – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
21 Jan 2019 – After two years of research and modelling, scientists have come up with a groundbreaking new framework for achieving – and even beating – the target of limiting warming to 1.5°C. The research has been funded by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation as part of its new One Earth initiative.
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(Português) Quem está por trás da chegada da CNN ao Brasil?
Rute Pina | Brasil de Fato – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
16 jan 2019 – Sobrinho do bispo evangélico Edir Macedo, dono da TV Record e da IURD-Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, e empresário mineiro lideram projeto para licenciar marca de TV.
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Open Letter by Over 70 Scholars and Experts Condemns US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela
Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
“For the sake of the Venezuelan people, the region, and for the principle of national sovereignty, these international actors should instead support negotiations between the Venezuelan government and its opponents.”
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Washington Has Appointed a President for Venezuela
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2018 – After listening since 2016 to the American presstitutes complain, without providing a mere scrap of evidence, of Russia meddling in US elections, a person would think that the last thing Washington would do would be to meddle in other countries’ elections. Washington now has gone far beyond mere meddling. It has declared that the elected president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, is no longer the Venezuelan president. President Trump elected by diktat the Venezuelan president: “Today, I am officially recognizing the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela.
→ read full article(Castellano) Los seres humanos estamos destruyendo la vida en la Tierra, pero nos engañamos a nosotros mismos de que no es así
Robert Burrowes, Ph.D. | Pressenza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
A pesar del hecho obvio de que son los seres humanos los que están infligiendo toda esta violencia, es virtualmente imposible hacer que la gente preste atención a este hecho simple e incontrovertible y preguntarse por qué, precisamente, los seres humanos se están comportando de manera tan violenta y destructiva. ¿Y podemos abordar eficazmente esta causa?
→ read full articleOld Is Not Old — Inspiring Stories of Some Elderly Persons
Dr Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
There are many people who are old in years but not really old in the sense that they lie listlessly in their beds and are unable to do anything independently. In this short essay I shall try to relate the names of a few persons who are ninety years or older. One person that I refer to is past his century and is still active.
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Democracy or Extinction
Media Lens | Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
22 Jan 2019 – What will it take for governments to take real action on climate? When will they declare an emergency and do what needs to be done? How much concerted, peaceful public action will be required to disrupt the current economic and political system that is driving humanity to the brink of extinction? Meanwhile, climate records continue to tumble. 2018 was the hottest for the world’s oceans since records began in the 1950s, continuing a deeply worrying trend. Moreover, the last five years were the five hottest.
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Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
For Gandhi, conflict was a perennial condition. He also viewed it positively and considered it desirable. For him, it is an important means to greater human unity precisely because their shared conflict could remind antagonists of the deeper, perhaps transcendental, unity of life. He viewed violence differently, however: violence was built into social structures and not into people. Gandhi was assassinated on 30 Jan 1948. But his legacy lives on.
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‘Resistance’ Media Side with Trump to Promote Coup in Venezuela
Alan MacLeod | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019 – After winning re-election in 2018, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela was recently sworn in for a second term. However, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of declaring the elections void. He also arranged to have National Assembly head Juan Guaidó name himself the country’s new leader. This has spurred the Venezuelan right wing onto the streets to try to force Maduro out of office, leading to the deaths of 14 people. On Trump’s support for regime change in Venezuela, the “resistance” media are lining up shoulder to shoulder with the president.
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At the Funeral
Phoebe Anne Thomas Sorgen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
Viewing his serene face prior to his open casket funeral, three TRANSCEND members chatted softly, sharing fond memories of their beloved Dietrich Fischer.
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(Português) Como os frangos sofrem com o rápido ganho de peso
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
22 jan 2019 – Com o rápido ganho de peso, os animais tendem a sofrer porque seus músculos, ossos e órgãos se desenvolvem muito rápido. Mais de 131 mil toneladas de antibióticos são utilizadas todos os anos na pecuária mundial, o que gera um lucro de cinco bilhões de dólares para a indústria farmacêutica por ano.
→ read full articleRomain Rolland (29 Jan 1866 – 30 Dec 1944): The Cosmopolitan Spirit
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
It is as the popularizer and exponent of Gandhi’s thought that Rolland played a crucial role for nonviolent action. Gandhi was the embodiment of many of Rolland’s positions: a non-Leninist opposition to imperialism and a concern for movements of national independence. For Rolland, Gandhian nonviolence symbolized a universal hope and a political alternative to the pervasiveness of force in the West
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Age? . . . Really? Distinctions, Degrees, Nuances
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
28 Jan 2018 – We are more and less than our chronological age! We are, simultaneously, many different ages! Regardless of our chronological age, “distinctions” can be made that position us at younger, older, or “consonant” with our chronological ages as a function of different dimensions of our behavior and existence.
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James W. Douglass Talks about Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His Final Experiment with Truth
Introduction by Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948 but the spirit of his nonviolent experiments with truth live throughout the world in individuals and groups. The writer and peace-activist James Douglass, a guide to such experiments with truth and author of many books on nonviolence and the meaning of political assassinations, recently travelled to Gandhi’s home district in India and delivered the following talk. It begins at 26:58 minutes into the video.
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