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Will Saudi Arabia Survive Unchanged after Jamal Khashoggi?
Askiah Adam – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
3 Nov 2018 – Puzzling is the furore caused in Washington and many European capitals kept on the boil by mainstream media suggesting that this incident will not go away without costing Saudi Arabia dear. So, what could be the aftermath of the Khashoggi murder on Saudi Arabia? Top of the list of possibilities is regime change.
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Earth’s Wilderness Is Vanishing, and Just a Handful of Nations Can Save It
James Allan, James Watson, Jasmine Lee and Kendall Jones – The Conversation,
5 Nov 2018
1 Nov 2018 – Just 20 countries are home to 94% of the world’s remaining wilderness, excluding the high seas and Antarctica, according to our new global wilderness map, published today in Nature. Our planet faces not just a species extinction crisis, but also a wilderness extinction crisis. Once lost, our wild places are gone forever. This may be our last opportunity to save the last of the wild, we cannot afford to miss it.
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Do the Math
Submitted by Robin Poulton – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
A father left 17 camels as inheritance for his three sons. When he passed away, his sons read the will.
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Peace Education: Pedagogy of the Middle Class
Prof. George Kent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
When I visited Paulo Freire at his Geneva office in 1975, I asked whether someone like me, concerned about justice issues, ought to leave my comfortable setting with the middle class in Hawai‘i and instead pick up a rifle and join the rebels in Latin America. (It was a hypothetical question.) Without hesitation, he said there are justice issues around you. Do the work where you are. Bloom where you are planted.
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‘101 Years since Balfour, Palestinians Have Not Let Go of Their Rights’
Middle East Monitor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
2 Nov 2018 – “Although it has been 101 years since the promise was made, the will of the Palestinians has not died down and generation after generation, they have not forgotten their rights and will not let go of their right to their lands,” the forum said in a statement.
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The Roma Community in Romania
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
A CNN team documented the situation of Roma communities in Romania. Depicting tragic life stories, it highlights the public authorities’ failure in tackling Roma marginalization.
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Second Wave of US Sanctions on Iran Starts Today
Middle East Monitor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
5 Nov 2018 – The US will reimpose today more sanctions lifted under a 2015 nuclear pact world powers struck with Iran. The new wave of sanctions, the second since August, will target Iran’s energy, shipbuilding, shipping, and financial sectors. In all, eight countries will receive temporary waivers to allow them to continue importing Iranian oil after the penalties take effect. The European Union is not one of the recipients, according to Pompeo.
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The Thin Line between Liberalism and Totalitarianism
Helena Rosenblatt | Literary Hub, Princeton University Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
29 Oct 2018 – That liberalism owes something to totalitarianism would strike most people today as counter-intuitive, if not preposterous. How could a political belief system so dedicated to the protection of individual rights be indebted to its very opposite? – The 20th-Century Reinvention of a Political Idea
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The Biofuels Deception: Going Hungry on the Green Carbon Diet
Okbazghi Yohannes | Monthly Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
There is by now no question among informed people that the Earth is undergoing severe climate change—soon to become catastrophic, if humans don’t take drastic measures to stop it. Heroically into the fray steps the biofuel industry, announcing to millions of anxious consumers that this eco-crisis can be averted if only they turn away from fossil fuels, to the saving power of synthetic bioproducts. But, although eliminating fossil fuels is essential, the manufacture of biofuels has far more to do with sating profit-hungry corporations than with saving the Earth.
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Rohingyas to Be Repatriated Despite UN Genocide Warning
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shaikh Azizur Rahman – The Guardian,
5 Nov 2018
30 Oct 2018 – Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to start the repatriation of Rohingya refugees next month, less than a week after UN investigators warned that a genocide against the Muslim minority was continuing.
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Free Rohingya Coalition Condemns Premature Repatriation of Rohingyas
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
1 Nov 2018 – The Free Rohingya Coalition is deeply troubled by yesterday’s announcement by Bangladesh and Myanmar that both countries will begin repatriating Rohingyas in mid-November. We are extremely disturbed that the Government of Bangladesh might be prepared to resort to the unconscionable and internationally illegal practices that characterized previous waves of repatriation.
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Girls in West Africa Offered into Sexual Slavery as ‘Wives of Gods’
Wisdom Mensah – The Conversation,
5 Nov 2018
29 Oct 2018 – Trokosi is an ancient practice in West Africa where virgin girls, some as young as six are sent as slaves to make amends for wrongs committed by their families.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro: A Monster Engineered by Our Media
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
30 Oct 2018 – Social media and fake news are apparently the reasons Bolsonaro won at the ballot box. Without the gatekeepers in place to limit access to the “free press” the rabble has supposedly been freed to give expression to their innate bigotry. This is now the default consensus of the corporate media, whether in its rightwing incarnations or of the variety posing on the liberal-left end of the spectrum like the Guardian. The people are stupid, and we need to be protected from their base instincts. Social media, it is claimed, has unleashed humanity’s id.
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Grandchildren
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like:
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UN Rights Chief Warns of Potential ‘Witch-Hunt’ as Tanzanian Official Plans to Track and Arrest LGBT People
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
2 Nov 2018 – Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed apprehension today over a statement earlier this week that a committee would soon be put in place to track and arrest gays, and to encourage member of the public to report people suspected of being gay.
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How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map
Asa Winstanley – Middle East Monitor,
5 Nov 2018
30 Oct 2018 – Google’s dedication to Israel’s occupation can be seen in its maps and its refusal to recognise the reality of Israel’s apartheid system for Palestinians. Google should be compelled to end its complicity with Israeli racism and apartheid.
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The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change
Caroline Haskins | Motherboard – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
1 Nov 2018 – According to a new study, ocean acidification is setting off a dangerous feedback loop that’s dissolving the very bottom of the ocean. Carbon emissions are acidifying the ocean so quickly that the seafloor is disintegrating.
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Deported Rohingya Men Didn’t Get Myanmar Citizenship as India Claimed and the Supreme Court Believed
Abhishek Dey | Scroll.in – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
Myanmar has issued national verification cards to the seven men deported by India on October 4, which can only get them citizenship if a 1982 law is amended.
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Genetically Engineered Viruses May Become the Next Generation of Warfare
Tomasz Pierscionek – RT,
5 Nov 2018
1 Nov 2018 – Many technologies have dual use potential and can be applied to either civilian or defense projects, depending on the intent of those in charge. The urge to use a biogenetic weapon to incapacitate a rising competitor may one day prove too much of a temptation to ignore.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky (11 Nov 1821 – 9 Feb 1881)
Gary Saul Morson | Encyclopædia Britannica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
Dostoyevsky is usually regarded as one of the finest novelists who ever lived. Literary modernism, existentialism, and various schools of psychology, theology, and literary criticism have been profoundly shaped by his ideas. His works are often called prophetic because he so accurately predicted how Russia’s revolutionaries would behave if they came to power. In his time, he was also renowned for his activity as a journalist.
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Capitalism and the Wage System
Bertrand Russell – The Sun Magazine,
5 Nov 2018
The modern growth of monopolies in the shape of trusts, cartels, federations of employers and so on has greatly increased the power of the capitalist to levy toll on the community. This tendency will not cease of itself, but only through definite action on the part of those who do not profit by the capitalist regime.
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(Português) Sofrimento performático: Lutadores de artes marciais derrubam touros em espetáculo para entreter turistas
Julia Cortezia - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
5 Nov 2018
1 nov 2018 – Uma prática que envolve lutadores de artes marciais combatendo touros tem ganhado destaque entre os mestres de Kung Fu e muitos turistas na China. Para marcar pontos, lutam até derrubarem touros no chão.
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Eugene Victor Debs (5 Nov 1855 – 20 Oct 1926): An Early U.S. Socialist Voice
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
With the increasingly high profile of Senator Bernie Sanders in U.S. politics, the term “Democratic Socialist” has become increasingly used. Thus, it is useful to look at the first person on the U.S. political scene to represent the term.
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Psyops: Images from Bolsonaro’s Illegal WhatsApp Campaign
Brian Mier , October 21, 2018,
5 Nov 2018
Bolsonaro’s illegal slush-fund financed social media campaign appears too sophisticated for his tiny political party to be doing on its own.
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More Than 90% of the World’s Children Breathe Toxic Air Every Day
World Health Organization – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
29 Oct 2018 – Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children), breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.
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U.S. Militia Groups Head to Border, Stirred by Trump’s Call to Arms
Mary Lee Grant and Nick Miroff - The Washington Post,
5 Nov 2018
3 Nov 2018 — Gun-carrying civilian groups and border vigilantes have heard a call to arms in President Trump’s warnings about threats to American security posed by caravans of Central American migrants moving through Mexico. They’re packing coolers and tents, oiling rifles and tuning up aerial drones, with plans to form caravans of their own and trail American troops to the border.
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Why Vote on Tuesday: The Menacing Challenges of Trump and Trumpism
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
4 Nov 2018 – World Order in the Age of Trump and Trumpism – This piece is based on a lecture given at West Chester University in Pennsylvania on 24 Oct. I have no great expectations about improvements in American foreign policy of Congress if it is fully or partially controlled by Democratic majorities after the November 6thmidterm elections. Nevertheless, I share the widely held anti-fascist view that any show of opposition to Trump and Trumpism at this time deserves priority on an urgent basis.
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Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations since 1970, Report Finds
Damian Carrington – The Guardian,
5 Nov 2018
30 Oct 2018 – Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilisation.
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Refugee Child Prodigy from Damascus Plays the Piano for Peace (Music Video of the Week)
Tambi Assad Cimuk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
When 15-year-old Tambi Asaad Cimuk walked into a music store last year he had never played the piano before. The teenager, who left everything behind in Syria when his family fled to Turkey two years ago, says he hopes his music will somehow help foster peace. He will perform at Carnegie Hall in January 2015.
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Open Cruelty
Editorial |The News [Pakistan] – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
4 Nov 2018 – With the Rohingya set to be sent back to the killing fields of Myanmar, it is stunning how little difference a UN declaration that a genocide was committed against them has made. Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to start repatriating Rohingya refugees next month. A list of 8,000 Rohingya refugees has been processed by the Myanmar government and their return has been ‘approved’.
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Trump Mocks Rule of Law by Saying Active-Duty Troops Might Open Fire on Migrants
Dan Froomkin | White House Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
1 Nov 2018 – Donald Trump said today that he is ordering the active-duty U.S. troops he is sending to the southern border to open fire on migrants if they throw rocks. Trump is using the last days before the midterms to conjure up an “invasion” scenario to rile up his political base.
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(Français) Comprendre sur quoi est basé le capitalisme
Michel Collon | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
31 Oct 2018 – (…) Toutefois, dira-t-on, les élites occidentales se réunissent quand même de temps en temps dans des clubs de discussion ? Certains sont devenus d’autant plus célèbres qu’ils s’efforçaient de rester discrets : Bilderberg et Trilatérale particulièrement. Oui, elles se réunissent, échangent leurs points de vue et analysent les problèmes économiques ou politiques pouvant nuire à leur domination. Oui, ces rencontres sont aussi l’occasion de rapprocher leurs visions ou de parvenir à des compromis sur certains sujets qui les divisent. Oui, cela permet parfois d’ébaucher des stratégies sur certaines questions. Et donc ce n’est pas négligeable. Mais cela n’en fait pas un gouvernement mondial efficace.
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The Apocalypse Not Now
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
“When they will sell you even your rain,” he said sadly. “They sold me a bill of goods. The American dream! What a bad joke, here I am, a college graduate, not a drunk or drug addict, and I’m living in a tent in the woods in a ravine by a golf course. Some nights I think they make it rain on me for fun, as if to say: here’s your free water, you loser.”
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Western Media Attacks on Critics of the White Helmets
Rick Sterling – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
29 Oct 2018 – The October 16 issue of NY Review of Books has an article by Janine di Giovani titled “Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets”. The article exemplifies how western media promotes the White Helmets uncritically and attacks those who challenge the myth. It is an example of western disinformation using subjective attacks on critics and evidence-free assertions aligned with the regime change goals of the West.
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A New Imperial Power?
Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
23 Oct 2018 – Is China a new imperial power threatening some of the developing economies in Asia and Africa? This is a perception that is being promoted through the media by certain China watchers in universities and think tanks mainly in the West, various politicians and by a segment of the global NGO community.
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The Psychology of Fascism
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
29 Oct 2018 – The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected it. Some recent studies have reminded us of the characteristics of fascist movements and individuals, particularly as they manifest among politically active fascists.
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Billionaires Made More Money in 2017 than Any Year in Recorded History
Sophie Weiner | Splinter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
26 Oct 2018 – As most of the world spirals into apocalypse, billionaires are doing much, much better than fine. According to a new report by Swiss bank UBS, 2017 was the best year in recorded history for billionaires, who gained 20 percent more wealth. The amount that the world’s 2,158 billionaires gained last year alone—$1.4 trillion—is greater than the GDP of Spain, Australia, and many other countries.
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(Português) Brasil: democracia ou ditadura de novo tipo? Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Bárbara Schijman | Página/12 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
22 out 2018 – Boaventura de Sousa Santos (Coimbra, Portugal) é uma das vozes mais autorizadas dentro da sociologia jurídica e uma referência indiscutível no pensamento político e social contemporâneo. O pesquisador sustenta que o segundo turno representa no Brasil “um autêntico plebiscito sobre se (esse país) deve continuar sendo uma democracia ou passar a ser uma ditadura de novo tipo”. Abaixo, explica por que trabalhadores, jovens, setores médios, afro-americanos, marginalizados, homens e mulheres do povo deram seu voto a um candidato que grita aos quatro ventos e com orgulho que, caso seja presidente, suas políticas não serão justamente a favor deles.
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No More Violence!
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
27 Oct 2018 – In recent days, we have learned about the terrorist murders at a Jewish Synagogue, the mailing of package bombs to critics of President Trump, etc. What we haven’t heard as much are the ongoing US wars (is it currently six or seven?) in the Middle East that have resulted in millions killed, wounded or made refugees; covert US “Special Ops” taking place all over the world; and the past US wars and regime changes in Latin America that have created chaos, violence, poverty and a vast number of fleeing refugees and asylum seekers.
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The Diplomacy of Women: Norms into Practice Needed
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
On 31 October 2002, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously a Resolution urging “Member States to ensure increased representation of women at all decision-making levels in national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts.”
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Giants: The Global Power Elite
Marc Pilisuk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Giants – The Global Power Elite by Peter Phillips, New York: Seven Stories Press, 2018 – Phillips notes an under-reported study by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology with a database listing 37 million companies and investors worldwide. They culled 43,060 Transnational Companies, the share ownerships interlocking them, and constructed a model showing which companies controlled others. This subset of 1,318 companies collectively own the majority of shares of the world’s large blue chip and manufacturing firms – the “real” economy – representing 60 per cent of global revenues.
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Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
23 Oct 2018 – President Donald Trump is lashing out at the Central American migrant caravan of some 7,000 people making their way through Mexico and toward the U.S. border. On Monday [22 Oct], he claimed without evidence that terrorists and members of the MS-13 gang had infiltrated the group. Trump has doubled down on his threat to cut aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and called out Democrats over U.S. border policy.
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(Français) Brésil : Le grand capital fait élire un grand cheval…Atroce
Paulo Correia | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Jair Bolsonaro s’est fait élire hier avec 55% des votes exprimés, au second tour de l’élection présidentielle brésilienne. A l’heure où le Brésil représente une des sociétés les plus violentes et inégalitaires au monde, fruit de 518 ans de colonialisme, esclavagisme et fascisme, un militaire insubordonné surnommé « cavalão » – grand cheval, va sublimer le Brésil dans une parfaite dystopie, où les élites nationales vont pouvoir se maintenir et continuer à se gaver à titre personnel, en échange des gigantesques ressources minérales, pétrolières et forestières – Amazonie – qui s’y trouvent et qui alimentent les monopoles transnationaux.
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The Comprehensive Guide to Sleep Deprivation: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Nathan Sims | YooHealth – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Sleep deprivation can cause a whole range of negative things, from accidents at work to health conditions that can permanently affect you. It is important that you learn how to improve your nighttime schedule if your pattern is way off base. We know it isn’t an easy thing to try and overcome, but with this handy guide, we are here to help you out.
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Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Without even attempting to offer reassurances, Trump champions a law-free sovereignty that is unapologetically dedicated to maximizing its national wealth and influence, backed up by escalating government investments avowedly designed to producing an all-powerful, globally capable military dominance that will last forever.
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What the Closure of the US Consulate in East Jerusalem Means
James J. Zogby – The Jordan Times,
29 Oct 2018
22 Oct 2018 – This month’s prize for dangerous moves and disingenuous announcements goes to the US State Department. The statement by Michael Pompeo that the US consulate in East Jerusalem was being closed was the dangerous part. The disingenuous part was the secretary’s claim that this move had no political meaning since it was merely a cost-saving measure.
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Big Business Strikes Back: The Class Struggle from Above
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
26 Oct 2018 – Bankers, agro-business elites, commercial mega owners, manufacturing, real estate and insurance bosses and their financial advisers, elite members of the ‘ruling class’, have launched a full-scale attack on private and public wage and salary workers, and small and medium size entrepreneurs (the members of the ‘popular classes’).
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(Português) Não Ignore as Mudanças do Brasil de Bolsonaro
Leandro Demori – The Intercept Brasil,
29 Oct 2018
29 Out 2018 – Estamos todos em um mundo novo. O brasileiro votou em Jânio Quadros porque estava cansado da corrupção, votou em Fernando Collor porque estava cansado da corrupção, votou em Jair Bolsonaro porque estava cansado da corrupção. A corrupção que nos acompanha desde sempre é o maior cabo eleitoral de candidatos que se apresentam como antissistema e antipolítica, mesmo que sejam, eles mesmos, parte da mesma geléia moral que dizem combater.
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To J. at the Museum
Emanuel E. Garcia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
The crowds, their heretic sweat,
The still heat of the cloistered dusk,
Wall after wall –
Believe me, I was less than whole –
A Short History of U.S. Meddling in Foreign Elections
Mehdi Hasan – The Intercept,
29 Oct 2018
1 Oct 2018 – Almost everyone — bar Donald Trump — seems to believe that the Russian government meddled in the 2016 election. So that should be condemned. In this video, I examine the ways in which the United States has, in fact, spent the past 70-odd years meddling in elections across the world.
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There’s a Growing International Alliance of Right-Wing Demagogues
Vijay Prashad | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
From Brazil’s Bolsonaro to the Philippines’ Duterte to the leader of them all, Trump.
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Single-Use Plastics Ban Approved by European Parliament
Lucy Purdy | Positive News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
25 Oct 2018 – The European parliament has voted for a sweeping ban on a wide range of single-use plastics in a bid to tackle pollution of oceans and waterways.
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Despite Diverted Attention, ‘Ongoing Genocide’ of Rohingya Happening in Myanmar
D. Parvaz | ThinkProgress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
25 Oct 2018 – Over a year after the government of Myanmar started its brutal crackdown against the Muslim minority Rohingya, the killings are continuing. China and Russia are sure to prevent any sanctions or arms embargoes against Myanmar.
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The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s Slaughter of Yemenis
Declan Walsh – The New York Times,
29 Oct 2018
26 Oct 2018 – The harshest criticism of the Saudi-led war has focused on the airstrikes that have killed thousands of civilians at weddings, funerals and on school buses, aided by American-supplied bombs and intelligence. But aid experts and UN officials say a more insidious form of warfare is also being waged in Yemen, an economic war that is exacting a far greater toll on civilians and now risks tipping the country into a famine of catastrophic proportions.
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Jair Bolsonaro Is Elected President of Brazil. Read His Extremist, Far-Right Positions in His Own Words.
Andrew Fishman – The Intercept,
29 Oct 2018
28 Oct 2018 – Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil today. The far-right candidate received more than 55 percent of valid votes. After taking aim at the media throughout his campaign, he chose to make his first statement after the election via Facebook Live, rather than a press conference. “We could not continue to flirt with socialism, communism, populism, and the extremism of the left,” he said. The broadcast was picked up by major TV networks, but repeatedly froze due to connection issues. “All of the promises made to political groups and the people will be kept,” he added.
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Facebook’s Role in the Genocide in Myanmar: New Reporting Complicates the Narrative
Evelyn Douek | Lawfare – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
22 Oct 2018 – The Fact Finding Mission has called for more work to be done to understand the effects of Facebook on the spread of violence in Myanmar. Reporting shows that Facebook was an “absentee landlord” in Myanmar. It ignored warnings about the abuse of its platform in the country for years and generally has been far too slow to act in the context of horrific crimes.
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(Français) Brésil: l’élection d’un chef de gang d’extrême droite, ouvre la voie à «un nettoyage jamais vu dans l’histoire du Brésil»
Smail Hadj Ali | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Bolsonaro a été élu ce dimanche avec 56% de voix environ, contre 44% de voix pour Fernando Haddad, à l’heure où ces lignes sont rédigées. Son programme se résume, pour reprendre ses propos, à : « un nettoyage jamais vu dans l’histoire du Brésil ».
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Presidential Nuclear Nonsense
John LaForge | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
24 Oct 2018 – These questions could all be settled with negotiations, but President !#&$! wants to get contracts for new missiles signed the and the gusher of military spending pumping, so that electoral votes are bought and paid for this year, and in 2020. Last Feb. 12, the Prez boasted, “We’re increasing arsenals of virtually every weapon. If they’re not going to stop, we’re going to be so far ahead of anybody else in nuclear like you’ve never seen before.”
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Why You Might Consider the Buddha’s Proposal
Jack Balkwill | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
We live in a world where there are thousands of heroes who go unrecognized, driven by a need to make this world a better place. They are in the shadows, away from the spotlight of mainstream media. Much of what they do is anathema to the teachings of the establishment. War, for example, is glorified by the establishment’s mainstream media, because the powers behind mainstream media make a lot of money from war (through their expanded financial portfolios).
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Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
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Congo in the Abyss
Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
17 Oct 2018 – A very important critical overview of the mostly ignored atrocities perpetrated by western imperialism in this region. “In Congo, globalized capitalism creates permanent chaos.”
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American “Zersetzung”
Karen Melton Stewart | Activist Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
15 Oct 2018 – So, suddenly someone you are related to, someone you know pretty well, or your spouse, begins to have some bad luck, then massive bad luck, then never-ending bad luck… What can you do now that you at least suspect another narrative is possible to explain the torment he/she is going through? Support the person as credible. Finding quality and trustworthy doctors and a lawyer of integrity is essential. The Homeland Security apparatus may try to interfere.
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(Português) Pesquisa Rebate Crença de que É Caro Ser Vegetariano
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Segundo o estudo, é mais fácil encontrar vegetarianos nas classes médias e baixas do que nas classes mais altas.
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Activist for Rohingya Muslims, Zarni Calls on Tokyo to Speak Out over Refugee Crisis
Chisato Tanaka – The Japan Times,
29 Oct 2018
25 Oct 2018 – Maung Zarni, leader of a global network of activists for Rohingya Muslims, today called on Japan to actively speak out against the alleged abuse and genocide against Myanmar’s ethnic minority by the country’s military and strongly criticized Tokyo for its relative silence on a crisis that has become a major international concern.
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‘Primitive People’: The Untold Story of UNHCR’s Historical Engagement with Rohingya Refugees
Jeff Crisp | Humanitarian Practice Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
‘These are primitive people. At the end of the day they will go where they are told to go.’ These were the words of a senior UN High Commissioner for Refugees staff in 1993… In that respect, not to mention the incredible resilience that they have demonstrated since arriving in Bangladesh’s overcrowded refugee settlements, the Rohingya are anything but ‘primitive people’.
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30th Straight Bloody Friday in Gaza
Stephen Lendman | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Gazans show no signs of ending their liberating struggle against Israel’s illegal blockade and overall occupation harshness. On Friday [19 Oct], another 275 Palestinians were wounded, including 49 children, three women, three journalists and four paramedics, at least 10 seriously. Since March 30, at least 204 Gazans were killed, well over 22,000 others injured, thousands from live fire at peaceful unarmed demonstrations.
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Fact from Fiction: What You Should Know about the Migrant Caravan Making Its Way to the U.S. Border
Luke Barnes and Rebekah Entralgo | ThinkProgress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
23 Oct 2018 – As many as 7,000 Central Americans are making their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, and along with them are a wealth of misinformation and conspiracy theories regarding their motives and character. “There are only two forces driving them: hunger and death.”
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‘A Cruel Choice’: Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Nablus in the West Bank on October 15. “Popular terror,” is an Israeli army code for protests. The students, of course, have every right to protest, not just the Israeli military Occupation but also the encroaching colonization of the settlements.
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The Act of Killing: Authorship as Performance and the Mythology of National Identity
Aruna Ekanayake | UCLA Cinema and Media Studies – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
The performance of mythology within a culture or nation aims to maintain a collective identity, and often the topics of these performances or reenactments refer to acts of cruelty, destruction, murder and war. The Ancient Greeks wrote and performed theater about their spiteful murderous Gods. European songs, novels, theatre and cinema produce iconography that glorifies wars responsible for the death and displacement of hundreds of millions.
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Library Evolution
Pawel Kuczynski – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
From Gross to Subtle… and beyond
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Joys of Living and Learning in Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Many pilgrims from England seeking religious freedom had come to settle in 1620 in the Bay area near the modern city of Boston adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. It was then called Bay State or sometimes as Pilgrim State. Subsequently, it acquired the modern name after the indigenous tribe named MASSACHUSETT that used to live in this region.
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Japan Continues to Rely on Coal-fired Plants despite Global Criticism
Chisato Tanaka – The Japan Times,
29 Oct 2018
Japan may be feeling the effects of global warming more than ever with the series of natural disasters that hit the archipelago this summer, but this resource-poor country is sticking with coal-fired energy production that emits more than double the carbon dioxide generated by liquid natural gas-fueled plants.
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Raag Khamaj [Sitar] (Music Video of the Week)
Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
As part of India & Pakistan’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, Pandit Ravi Shankar, accompanied by his daughter Anoushka Shankar, perform live at The Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK, 1997
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Requisite 20-fold Articulation of Operative Insights?
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
22 Oct 2018 – Produced on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Club of Rome – Checklist of Web Resources on 20 Strategies, Rules, Methods and Insights
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The International Court of Justice Reaffirms the Protection of Humanitarian Goods in Times of Sanctions and Boycotts
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
17 Oct 2018 – The 15-member Court published its unanimous decision on 3 Oct 2018 stating that the U.S. “must remove” sanctions that could stop food, medical supplies, humanitarian products and products needed for civil aviation.
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Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab World Needs Most Is Free Expression
Jamal Khashoggi – The Washington Post,
22 Oct 2018
17 Oct 2018 – A note from Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor: I received this column the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul. The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together. Now I have to accept: That is not going to happen. This is the last piece of his I will edit for The Post. This column perfectly captures his commitment and passion for freedom in the Arab world. A freedom he apparently gave his life for.
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Trump Says US Will Withdraw from Nuclear Arms Treaty with Russia
Julian Borger and Martin Pengelly – The Guardian,
22 Oct 2018
21 Oct 2018 – Experts warn of ‘most severe crisis in nuclear arms control since the 1980s’ as Trump confirms US will leave INF agreement. “We’ll have to develop those weapons,” the president told reporters in Nevada after a rally. “We’re going to terminate the agreement and we’re going to pull out.”
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Israeli Bulldozers Enter Palestinian Village Khan Al-Ahmar Ahead of Demolition
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
16 Oct 2018 – Israeli forces have entered Khan al-Ahmar today, a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, with heavy equipment and at least three bulldozers. The village with a mere population of 180 people is situated a few kilometers from Jerusalem between two major illegal Israeli settlements, Maale Adumim and Kfar Adumim. At least seven people were injured and four others were detained after resisting Israeli forces arriving in Khan al-Ahmar.
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UN Security Council to Hear on Oct. 24 from UN Fact-Finding Mission on Rohingya
Coconuts Yangon | AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
19 Oct 2018 – The UN Security Council is scheduled to hear a briefing next week from the head of a UN fact-finding mission that has accused Myanmar’s military of atrocities against Muslim Rohingya, diplomats said yesterday. Nine countries including the United States, Britain and France requested the briefing that is likely to be opposed by China, which has friendly ties with Myanmar’s military.
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The Loss of Two Unsung Heroes of International Relations: A Tale of Two ‘Bobs’
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
21 Oct 2018 – Two giants of International Relations scholarship died, leaving behind a corpus of work and a legacy of influence. I was fortunate to have enjoyed the friendship of both Robert Gilpin and Robert W. Cox, learning from both of these masters of the field despite their seemingly divergent worldviews.
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Yale Prof Sees Fascism Creeping In U.S.
Thomas Breen – New Haven Independent,
22 Oct 2018
The genocide of racial, sexual and religious minorities may not currently be underway in this country, but the fascist politics and rhetoric that always precede such atrocities have already taken root. So argues Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley in a study of the historic signs of fascist politics and their current manifestations in contemporary political movements in Hungary, Poland, Myanmar, and the United States.
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Transition from a Unipolar to a Multipolar Octagonal World
Johan Galtung | Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
Johan Galtung, a professor of peace studies, was awarded among others the 1987 High Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize. Galtung has mediated in over 150 conflicts in more than 150 countries, and written more than 170 books on peace and related issues, 96 as the only author. More than 40 have been translated to other languages. He has published more than 1500 articles and book chapters and over 500 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service.
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The Analects of Confucius
Robert Eno | Indiana University Bloomington – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
The Analects of Confucius is an anthology of brief passages that present the words of Confucius and his disciples, describe Confucius as a man, and recount some of the events of his life. The book may have begun as a collection by Confucius’s immediate disciples soon after their Master’s death in 479 BCE.
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A Genocide Incited on Facebook, with Posts from Myanmar’s Military
Paul Mozur – The New York Times,
22 Oct 2018
15 Oct 2018 — They posed as fans of pop stars and national heroes as they flooded Facebook with their hatred. One said Islam was a global threat to Buddhism. Another shared a false story about the rape of a Buddhist woman by a Muslim man. The Facebook posts were not from everyday internet users. Instead, they were from Myanmar military personnel who turned the social network into a tool for ethnic cleansing, according to former military officials, researchers and civilian officials in the country.
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St Stephen’s College — A Distinguished Academic Institution of Delhi University with a Glorious Past
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
Like some other prestigious academic institutions of the World — Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Princeton, Sorbonne and others, St Stephen’s College in India enjoys a well-deserved reputation. Nobel Literature laureate Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi are associated with the College as are the former President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and the former President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.
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Slavery Was Never Abolished – It Affects Millions, and You May Be Funding It
Catherine Armstrong – The Conversation,
22 Oct 2018
17 Oct 2018 – Slavery still exists and it happens in plain sight. The modern day estimate for the number of men, women and children forced into labour worldwide exceeds 40m. Today’s global slave trade is so lucrative that it nets traffickers more than US$150 billion each year.
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This Is Neoliberalism: Introducing the Invisible Ideology (Part 2)
BarakalypseNow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
Neoliberalism is an economic ideology that exists within the framework of capitalism. Over four decades ago, neoliberalism becomes the dominant economic paradigm of global society. In this video, we’ll trace the history of neoliberalism, starting with a survey of neoliberal philosophy and research.
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Brazil: Even These Rough Winds Will Lead Us to a Safe Harbor
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
15 Oct 2018 – The Brazilian people are still being birthed. We inherited Brazil the Enterprise, with an enslaving elite and destitute masses. But from the core of the masses, leaders and social movements with consciousness and organization were born. Their dream? To reinvent Brazil. The process began from below and no longer can be stopped, either by the successive coups, such as the civic-military one of 1964, and the parliamentary-juridical-mass communications-media coup of 2016.
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Prof. Johan Galtung (Born 24 Oct 1930)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
Galtung was jailed in Norway for six months at age 24 as a Conscientious Objector to serving in the military, after having done 12 months of civilian service, the same time as those doing military service. He agreed to serve an extra 6 months if he could work for peace, but that was refused. In jail he wrote his first book, Gandhi’s Political Ethics, together with his mentor, Arne Næss. This event would trigger a world-changing lifetime work for peace: 170 books, plus.
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Yemen on Brink of ‘World’s Worst Famine in 100 Years’ if War Continues
Hannah Summers – The Guardian,
22 Oct 2018
15 Oct 2018 – Yemen could be facing the worst famine in 100 years if airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition are not halted, the UN has warned. Famine could overwhelm country in next three months, with 13 million people at risk of starvation.
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Leaked: Here Are the Demands Ecuador Has Given Julian Assange in Order to End His Isolation
Cassandra Fairbanks | The Gateway Pundit – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
15 Oct 2018 – Despite numerous reports claiming that the communications of Julian Assange have been restored, they are not yet — and there will be a severe regime of penalties and sanctions on his speech and writing when they are.
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Belt and Road Counterpart of Sustainable Development Goal 2030
Anup Paudel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
18 Out 2018 – Two grand agenda developed since 2013 in the world. The agenda is globally known as, “United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal” and” Belt and Road” Initiative. The United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is a plan for people and globe.
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Johan Galtung, a Pioneer: Conceptualizing Peace Journalism
Antonio C. S. Rosa, M.A. | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
Before the 19th century, we had “disease journalists” who reported in detail how epidemics were spreading and how people suffered. Today we have “health journalists” who write about current research on new cures and therapies, and inform about healthy lifestyles promoting health as a value. Similarly, the time has come for “peace journalists” to write not only about war, but also about its causes, prevention, and ways to restore peace by nonviolent means and promoting peace as a value. They need not invent themselves solutions to conflicts–in the same way that health journalists need not invent cures for diseases themselves; they ask specialists.
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Saudi Arabia Falls Apart
Vijay Prashad | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
Could Khashoggi’s disappearance bring attention back to the devastating Saudi war on Yemen?
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Rebelling Against Extinction
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
19 Oct 2018 – The foremost ambition among graduates in the 1950s and 1960s was, through government or the liberal professions, to serve their country. Today, the notion of public service seems as quaint as a local post office. We expect those who govern us to grab what they can, permitting predatory banks and corporations to fleece the public realm, then collecting their reward in the form of lucrative directorships.
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UN Postal Agency ‘Regrets’ US Withdrawal
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
The United Nations specialized agency which coordinates the global postal system, has expressed “regret” over the withdrawal by the United States from the world body’s membership.
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This Is Not Law Enforcement – It Is a War Crime
Amos Gvirtz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
17 Oct 2018 – This one-sided war that the Israeli army is waging against the Khan Al-Akhmar civilian population includes: widespread land robbery; relentless destruction of houses; establishing settlements on stolen land, then expanding them; deportations; stealing water and quarry sources; preventing the return of Palestinians; preventing unification of families; preventing entry of visitors. These are not connected in any way to national security but with Israel’s project of territorial expansion.
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“Genocide Cards”: Rohingya Refugees on Why They Risked Their Lives to Refuse ID Cards
Natalie Brinham | Open Democracy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
21 Oct 2018 – Wary of the past, Rohingya have frustrated the UN’s attempts to provide them with documentation. “These cards make us into foreigners… We are already citizens of this country.”
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Overthrowing Other People’s Governments: The Master List
William Blum | The Anti-Empire Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government)
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The United States Did It Again: Its Warplanes Use White Phosphorous Munitions in Syria
Peter Korzun | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
14 Oct 2018 – The US-led coalition used white phosphorus munitions against the Syrian province of Deir Ez-Zor on Oct. 13 resulting in civilian casualties. Last month, WP munitions were also used by two US Air Force F-15s in an attack on the town of Hajin in Deir-ez-Zor. Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons “prohibits the use of said incendiary weapons against civilians (already forbidden by the Geneva Conventions) or in civilian areas.”
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