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Polymaths — Then and Now
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
A Polymath is a person who has more than one interest and expertise, which gives such a person a broader perspective of life and society. There have been many individuals in the past who could be categorised by this definition.
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The Uighur Question: A Civil Society Solution
Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
4 Jan 2019 – It is in Beijing’s interest to resolve the Uighur issue in such a manner that the identity and dignity of the Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang are protected and enhanced. If injustices against Uighurs real or perceived are allowed to fester much longer, it may erode China’s standing among Muslim majority countries. This is especially so since the Hui, Muslims among the majority Han people, it is alleged, are also now being targeted by the authorities.
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Dr. Bruce Lipton on Drugs vs Consciousness: Placebo Effect
Be Inspired – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
Make up your own mind and take charge of your body, mind and consciousness.
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Thought on Palestine/Israel: Acquisition and Dispossessions Is Theirs, Return from the Internal and External Transfers Is Ours
Walid Salem – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
3 Jan 2019 – As Zionism blurs the difference between Jerusalem and the rest of the country in terms of colonial settlement practice, we must, on the other hand, re-establish the Palestinian national movement according to its original values and make it a guide for our actions. There is no way to uphold the right and defeat the colonist prospects unless we do so.
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Top 10 Happy Environmental Stories of 2018
Basten Gokkon | Mongabay – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
31 Dec 2018 – “I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle with all the pieces of puzzle scattered all over the place. If you look at the whole picture it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits of it, that’s what will give you hope.”
— Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist and conservationist
Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
Robert D. Kaplan – The New York Times,
7 Jan 2019
The United States is spending beyond its means on a mission that might only be helping its strategic rivals.
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Liberté, Égalité, Impérialisme! Vive la France in Black Africa! (Part 1)
Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
2 Jan 2019 — Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s troops most likely shot down a plane carrying two African presidents, igniting genocides that killed millions. Geopolitics trumped international justice again—just in time for Christmas. On December 21, a French court closed the long-running case against Kagame for assassinating Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira.
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Why Microbeads Are Such a Threat and Why They’re So Hard to Handle
Henk Bouwman – The Conversation,
7 Jan 2019
3 Jan 2019 – A plastic bag has an average usage time of 20 minutes, while it can take up to 1000 years to break down in the environment.
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(Português) Sérvia proíbe a criação de animais para a indústria de peles
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
“A imposição da proibição é o resultado bem-sucedido de uma década de luta decisiva e persistente de cidadãos, especialistas e ativistas dos direitos animais”.
→ read full articleWelcome, 2019! A Year for Health
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
Being 88 and suffering from nothing, what is my health formula? Food low on carbs: low on bread, easy; on sugar-sweets, not easy. Health from food? Yes, but with taste, and with beauty. Health from exercise? Yes, but also with taste, and with beauty. TRANSCEND wishes our 70,000+ contacts around the world and everybody else a 2019 with Health. Have much fun–basic to health.
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Haiti, First Black Republic, Gained Independence 215 Years Ago
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
1 Jan 2019 – Haiti, the first Latin American country to declare independence and the first Black republic, celebrates 215 years since it forced France to surrender its colonial claim over what the slave-driven plantation formerly known as Saint-Domingue.
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The Cuban Revolution, 60 Years On
Vijay Prashad | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
3 Jan 2019 – Early on New Year’s Day 1959—60 years ago—Cuba’s dictator Fulgencio Batista boarded a flight for the Dominican Republic. The previous day, Batista had bragged that his forces had won the decisive Battle of Santa Clara. The morning newspapers printed his side of the story. It was false. Che Guevara’s band of troops in Column 8 had taken the town and derailed a train filled with Batista’s U.S.-backed forces.
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These Are the Animals That Went Extinct in 2018
Mark Kaufman | Mashable – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
30 Dec 2018 – With the end of 2018 comes the reality that some critters, after millions of years of existence on Earth, are gone for good. 2017 saw the extinctions of multiple lizard species and a bat. This year, scientists brought news that three bird species have gone completely extinct.
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Jerusalem and Foreign Embassies: Legal, Political, and Diplomatic Implications
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
6 Jan 2019 | Interview with Rodrigo Craveiro, Correio Braziliense – It seems obvious that Israel is trying to induce enough governments to move their embassy to Jerusalem so as to weaken the legal, political, and diplomatic weight of the UNGA Resolution that declared such an initiative by the USA to be ‘null and void’ by a vote of 128-9, finding the proposed move unlawful and lacking any political effect.
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Resistance Is the Supreme Act of Faith
Chris Hedges | Truthdig – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
31 Dec 2018 – We can resist the radical evil enveloping our lives and our planet only when we acquire the faith that resistance always weakens the oppressor and empowers the oppressed.
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Ten Grim Climate Scenarios if Global Temperatures Rise Above 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Lorraine Chow | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
3 Jan 2019 – Here’s A Peek into Our Climate-Addled Future
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Sea Shepherd Claims Victory as Japan Leaves International Whaling Commission
AP | Stuff [New Zealand] – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
27 Dec 2018 – Marine conservationists Sea Shepherd are claiming Japan’s decision to abandon whaling around Antarctica as a victory, though their battle will go on with the Asian nation moving to resume hunting elsewhere. On Boxing Day, Japan announced it was leaving the International Whaling Commission so it could resume commercial hunting of the marine mammals in their territorial waters.
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Voltaire and Bertrand Russell, a Comparison: The Crusade against Dogma and Fanaticism (Part 1)
David Lorimer | Wall Street International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
The history of the world is the history of fanaticism. (Voltaire)
Mankind is never refrained from committing any folly of which he is capable. (Russell)
Game Theory and Disarmament: Thinking Beyond the Table
Max Willner-Giwerc | E-IR, Northeastern University – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
18 Dec 2018 – Game theory and disarmament have a long and rich history together. Though the logic of game theory has been used for millennia, it was not formalized until the violence of World War II, and the nascent field was popularized extensively during the Cold War. Indeed, it was pursued mainly for military purposes, especially to model the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States. These models were studied “exhaustively” during the Cold War, and they led to a rich body of literature and theory that has become integral to economics, philosophy, mathematics, international relations, business, and evolutionary biology.
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Back in 1960s
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
The United Nations conducted a worldwide survey asking, “Would you please give your honest opinion about the solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?”
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The Sound of Silence (Music Video of the Week)
Simon & Garfunkel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert – Madison Square Garden, NYC
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Catechism for America
Prof. Michael Brenner – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
1 Jan 2019 – Donald Trump experienced an epiphany during his lonesome Christmas at the White House. Riveted by the telecast of the midnight Mass at the Vatican, it came unto him a blinding light that awakened his spirit. The troubled soul of America needed a patriotic version of the Church’s ancient catechism. He set about commissioning a composition modeled on the NICENE CREED and the Roman Catholic Catechism to serve as a devotional paean to America.
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Nominate a True Nobel «Champion of a Global Peace Order and Disarmament»
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
Nobel Peace Prize 2019-Nominations Deadline: 31 January | Dreaming of a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019… for some person, idea, or group dear to you?
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Will 2019 Bring Opportunities to Change the System?
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
1 Jan 2019 – Some of us think 2008 was a lost opportunity. Humanity had a chance to change course to save itself and the biosphere. We blew it. Could 2019 be a second chance? The reason why 2008, instead of some other recent year, stands out as a change opportunity is that toward the end of that year investors were losing money.
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(Português) A Revolução Cubana Completa 60 Anos: Frei Betto
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
4 jan 2019 – Frei Betto é muito conhecido e não preciso apresentá-lo. Publico este seu texto por amor à verdade contra todos os preconceitos imperantes em nosso país, reforçados pelos muitos que elegeram Jair Bolsonaro e pelo governo que montou propondo desmontar o socialismo e a cultura marxista. Seguramente nunca leram nada sério sobre Cuba. Aqui há um relato sumário, poderia ser muito mais detalhado sobre a situação daquele país.
→ read full articleEspecially When It Comes to Unsafe and Essentially Useless Influenza Vaccines, Big Pharma Has Again Bamboozled Us Doctors and Harmed Our Patients
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
4 Jan 2019 – Medical writer and vaccine immunology expert Vinu Arumugham has written one of the best articles concerning the issue of vaccine toxicology that I have ever read. It should help every altruistic person who is as concerned as Vinu is about the pandemic of vaccine injuries to better articulate what are the various mechanisms of action of vaccine poisoning when he or she is trying to talk to dubious – and conflicted – pediatricians that order cocktails of toxic vaccines to be injected into their tiny, immunologically-immature infant patients
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Who Are the White Helmets? Fake News and Staged Rescues
Mark Taliano - Global Research,
7 Jan 2019
26 Dec 2018 – Maxim Grigoriev of the “Foundation for the Study of Democracy”, discussed this and other findings gleaned from interviews with numerous individuals, including former terrorists, in Syria, during a video-taped presentation entitled, “Roundtable Discussion on the Middle East Issues: Activities of the White Helmets Organization in Syria” under UN auspices (watch video below).
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MH17 Turnabout: Ukraine’s Guilt Now Proven
Eric Zuesse | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
31 Dec 2018 – Finally, a clear and convincing — and unrefuted — case can now be presented to the public, as to precisely whom the guilty party was, that downed the MH17 Malaysian airliner over Ukraine on 17 July 2014, and why it was done. The complete case, which will be fully documented here, displays unequivocally who needed the MH17 murders (of 298 persons) to be perpetrated.
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Afghanistan in 2019: Fewer US Troops, More CIA Torture and Killings
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
7 Jan 2019
3 Jan 2019 – Perhaps it’s just another sign of American psychic numbing, but the Times story seems to have provoked little response from other media, from politicians of any stripe, or from the public. More American war crimes in some Muslim country? Well, Happy New Year!
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Mairead Maguire Nominates Julian Assange for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
The Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
7 Jan 2019 – Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire wrote today to the Norwegian Nobel Committee nominating Julian Assange, Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks, for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. Ms. Maguire wrote:
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UNESCO Should Cry No Tears over Israel’s Departure
Dr Daud Abdullah – Middle East Monitor,
7 Jan 2019
2 Jan 2018 – There will be no tears now Israel and the USA have withdrawn from the UNESCO. Both countries have undermined the organisation’s credibility and brought it into disrepute – UNESCO will be better off without them.
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Jake Lynch on Peace Journalism
Leeds Beckett University – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
Dr Jake Lynch, former BBC newsreader, political correspondent for Sky News and Sydney correspondent for the Independent, is the director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney and one of the most published authors in the field of Peace Journalism.
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(Português) Uma Ameaça Crescente à Vida Selvagem: Eletrocussão
ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
5 jan 2019 – A África do Sul é um país de fazendas, reservas e parques nacionais, muitos deles cercados por quilômetros de cercas elétricas. O bloqueio impede a entrada de animais e humanos indesejados e protege o gado e a vida selvagem que ali habita mas também tem um efeito colateral letal: ela mata pequenos animais, particularmente pássaros e répteis, primatas, girafas , elefantes africanos , leopardos , búfalos e rinocerontes brancos.
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Carl Rogers (8 Jan 1902 – 4 Feb 1987): Healing the Person and the State
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
Carl Ransom Rogers was a US psychologist and educator and a leading figure of what is often called “the third wave of psychology.” The first wave was Freud and Jung and their views of psychoanalysis. The second wave was the behaviorists symbolized by B.F. Skinner. The third wave, often called “humanist”, has Abraham Maslow, Rollo May, and Carl Rogers as its best known figures.
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No Food, No Medicine and Little Hope: The Many Challenges Rohingyas Face
Osburn Oracle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
1 Jan 2019 – Significant progress has been made in protecting hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh since they fled violence in Myanmar, but lives “will once again be at risk” if funding is not urgently secured, United Nations officials have said on the eve of the first anniversary of a military crackdown that forced them to flee their country.
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A Global Prayer for PEACE
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
For Peace on Earth
Let’s pray every day
Within Hours of Taking Office, Brazil’s “Trump of the Tropics” Starts Assault on the Amazon
Andy Rowell | Oil Change International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
3 Jan 2019 – Within hours of taking office on 1 Jan, the Trump of the Tropics, aka the new President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, launched an all-out assault against the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous communities yesterday, potentially paving the way for large scale deforestation by agricultural, mining and oil companies.
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Giuliani Says Assange Should Not Be Prosecuted
Joe Lauria – Consortium News,
7 Jan 2019
31 Dec 2018 – Donald Trump’s lawyer said today that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange should not be prosecuted and he compared WikiLeaks publications to the Pentagon Papers.
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Nuclear War and Me: Annihilation Inscribed Across Time and Place
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Time awaits Poet T.S. Elliot’s prophetic words! And who would be left to affirm Elliot’s insights amidst a nuclear “wasteland?” Why T.S. Elliot’s claim of a “whimper?” “Whimper!” “Whimper” murmurs! Whimper is subdued, timorous, surrender, like a final gasp! “Whimper” a sound preceding silence! I imagined myself “whimpering” in a final surge of life. Annihilation!
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A Call for Review of the Historical Facts Surrounding UNGA Resolution That Recognized Self-Government for Hawaii
Pōkā Laenui, Kioni Dudley, Leon Kaulahao Siu and Alfred de Zayas – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
A careful review of the case will reveal that the General Assembly adopted Resolution 1469 under false premises, on the basis of false and incomplete information provided by the United States of America, relying on representations that were tainted by grave material and procedural irregularities surrounding the fraudulent referendum on Hawaii’s entry into the United States as a State, which amounted to an act of annexation. Because the referendum was fundamentally flawed, the resolution based thereon must be deemed null and void.
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Anti-nuclear Message from India
S. P. Udayakumar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
25 Dec 2018 – To put it tersely, nuclear things are getting out of hand. And we need to reinvigorate all the various national, regional and international anti-nuclear groups and movements here and now. We all need to discuss the nuclear issues more earnestly and devise clear strategies to create a nuclear-free world. Looking forward to hearing more from you on these issues, I send you my best personal regards and all peaceful wishes. Happy Holidays!
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In Praise of the Syria Withdrawal
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
29 Dec 2018 – Trump’s withdrawal of American troops from Syria that defied the bipartisan consensus that has shaped U.S. foreign policy since 1945 poses the biggest challenge to the Trump presidency, especially as it shook Israel’s confidence and coincides with woes of Wall Street. In coming weeks it should become clear whether the American version of the deep state remains asleep or perceives this ‘watershed moment’ as the opportunity to restore confidence in the pre-Trump version of world order.
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In Rare Move, Indian State to Return Unused Land to Farmers
Rina Chandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
26 Dec 2018 – Farmers in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh are getting back land that was taken from them more than a decade ago by the government because it was not used, a rare move in a country riven by conflict over land. About 660 disputes over land have stalled hundreds of projects and forced millions of people from their farms across India, say experts.
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Syria: Trump Pulling Out
Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
24 Dec 2018 – Suppressing the independence and sovereignty of the Syrian nation — and not combating terrorism – was the real reason behind the active intervention and involvement of numerous actors from within and without the region in the 7-year Syrian conflict. Simply put, the aim was to oust Bashar, the protector of Syrian sovereignty, to achieve regime change in pursuit of the US-Israeli agenda of perpetuating their hegemony. Trump realised even before he became President that he would not be able to achieve this. Hence, his troop withdrawal.
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2018: A Year of Living Dangerously
Hamid Dabashi – Al Jazeera,
31 Dec 2018
31 Dec 2018 – A multitude of man-made disasters marked 2018 on the Christian calendar. If we cannot change the world we live in, we can at least shift the consciousness of our lives we have forgotten. Imagine a world in which Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Iranian or any other calendar were more meaningful measures of our daily lives in the unique way they arranged the world and our place in the universe.
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(Português) Crueldade animal é denominador comum entre assassinos e estupradores
Yasmin Ribeiro - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
31 Dec 2018
Estatísticas apresentadas pelo governo dos Estados Unidos mostram que centenas de criminosos têm um histórico de crimes de crueldade animal na infância.
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A Major Win for the Whales
Captain Paul Watson | Sea Shepherd – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
27 Dec 2018 – Despite bribing nations and insidious tactics, the proposal by Japan to overturn the 31-year moratorium on commercial whaling has failed by a vote of 41 to 27 with 2 abstentions. Following yesterday’s most welcome Florianopolis Declaration, this defeat of the Japanese Proposal has made the 67th meeting of the International Whaling Commission an awesome historical event for the world’s whales.
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Universal Basic Income Is Easier Than It Looks
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
28 Dec 2018 – The pros and cons of a UBI are hotly debated and have been discussed elsewhere. The point here is to show that it could actually be funded year after year without driving up taxes or prices. New money is continually being added to the money supply, but it is added as debt created privately by banks.
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10 Good Things about 2018
Medea Benjamin – Common Deams,
31 Dec 2018
29 Dec 2018 – Yes, you could say I’m trying to put lipstick on a pig. 2018 was a year of whiplash, a never-ending series of assaults on our environment, immigrants, people of color, Muslims, Jews, the poor, international law. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and here are some rousing points of light from 2018, both domestic and international.
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Merry Palestinian Christmas!
Sabaaneh – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Jesus was born here… like these children
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The Ironies of a Successful U.S./China Policy
Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Remarks to the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations, New York, 18 Dec 2018 – Three days ago, we celebrated the fortieth anniversary of Jimmy Carter’s and Deng Xiaoping’s politically courageous decision to normalize relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. I have been involved in our relations with China in one way or another for fifty years.
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Uyghur Dispersion and Detention in China – Worse Than We Thought
Gu Qi and Li Zaili | Bitter Winter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
18 Dec 2018 – New details about the detention of Uyghurs in China expose a ruthless state using inhuman methods – including torture – to wipe out a culture.
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White Helmets: ‘Organ Traders, Terrorists, Looters’
Miri Wood - Syria News,
31 Dec 2018
23 Dec 2018 – The White Helmets fraud responders should have received massive MSM reporting this week, based on the seminar given by the Permanent Missions of the Russian Federation and Syrian Arab Republic, on Thursday 20 December.
→ read full articleReflections on 2018, Forecasting 2019
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Whether politically, militarily, socially, economically, financially or ecologically, humanity took some giant strides backwards while passing up endless opportunities to make a positive difference in our world. Let me, very briefly, identify some of the more crucial backward steps.
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Concentration of Wealth and Decisional Power
Editorial | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 – Among so many questions and circumstances that are intermingled in the world, one of the most significant processes is the concentration of wealth and decisional power. Elitist forces influence in such a way that almost every national economic system and, of course, the global functioning have adjusted, and to a great extent subordinated, to serve the interests of these elites, the dominators of the world and countries’ course.
→ read full articleClarification
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
President George W. Bush was on a state visit in England. As he stepped off the plane onto the red carpet, he was greeted by the Queen.
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Britain Bans Puppy and Kitten Sales by Pet Shops
France24 | AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
25 Dec 2018 – Britain is forbidding puppies and kittens from being sold by pet shops in a bid to crack down on animal exploitation and abuse.
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The Man Who Lives without Money
Amanda Froelich | True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
“If someone told me seven years ago, in my final year of a business and economics degree, that I’d now be living without money, I’d have probably choked on my microwaved ready meal.”
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Socialism Is for Humanity
Adam J Sacks – Jacobin Magazine,
31 Dec 2018
The ultimate aim of socialism is as simple as it is beautiful: the freeing of all people from domination, replacing stunted dreams and alienation with human flourishing and boundless creativity.
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(Português) A crueldade da “farra do boi”
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Proibida no Brasil há mais de 20 anos, a “farra do boi” ainda continua a ser realizada em Santa Catarina.
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Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans? A Look at the Available Evidence
Adam Frank – The Atlantic,
31 Dec 2018
Given that all direct evidence would be long gone after many millions of years, what kinds of evidence might then still exist? The best way to answer this question is to figure out what evidence we’d leave behind if human civilization collapsed at its current stage of development.
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Why Does the World Store Nuclear Waste and Not Just Shoot It into the Sun or Deep Space?
Alice Gorman – The Conversation,
31 Dec 2018
23 Dec 2018 – It would be nice to blast dangerous nuclear waste far away from Earth, or into the Sun where it won’t cause any harm. However, it’s not as simple as it sounds.
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Kahlil Gibran (6 Jan 1883 – 10 Apr 1931): Ask What You Can Do for Your Country
Stan Shabaz | Zinda Magazine – Assyrian International News Agency,
31 Dec 2018
His most famous work, The Prophet, was first published in 1923. He has been described in many ways: “melancholic romantic”, “existentialist of the right wing”, Nietzschean rebel, revolutionary, renegade, poet-philosopher, “the William Blake of the twentieth century”, the “Lebanese prophet of New York”, a “burning genius”, etc. But who was he really?
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Angkor Wat: City of the God Kings
Timeline - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Timeline-World History Documentaries travels to the 900-year-old remains of Angkor Wat in the Cambodian jungle–the staggering City of the God Kings.
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Russia Won’t Support Any UN Move to Pressure Myanmar
Prothom Alo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
27 Dec 2018 – Russia has reiterated its position to resolve Rohingya crisis through “bilateral negotiations” saying it will not support any resolution in the UNSC to put pressure on Myanmar engaging the UN.
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Israel Arrested 5,700 Palestinians, 980 Children in 2018
Middle East Monitor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
29 Dec 2018 – Israel arrested 5,700 Palestinians in 2018, including 980 children and 175 women, the Palestine Prisoners’ Centre for Studies announced yesterday. The Israeli occupation continued its violations against Palestinian prisoners in clear violation of international law, Quds Net News reported.
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Israel Demolished 538 Homes, Facilities in West Bank in 2018
Middle East Monitor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
29 Dec 2018 – Israel demolished 538 Palestinian homes and facilities across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in 2018, leaving 1,300 Palestinians and 225 children homeless. These demolitions were carried out in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and other international laws.
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What’s Behind U.S. Troop Withdrawals Announced for Syria and Afghanistan?
Sara Flounders | Workers World – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
24 Dec 2018 – The announced withdrawal of the remaining 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria and a partial withdrawal from Afghanistan does not mean an end to the Pentagon’s aggressive militarism and endless U.S. wars. The U.S. military has 170,000 troops stationed outside the U.S. in 150 countries, in more than 800 overseas bases. Nearly 40,000 are assigned to classified missions in locations that Washington refuses to even disclose.
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Nuremberg Principles
Schulberg Productions – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
On November 21, 1947, one year after the end of the first Nuremberg trial (IMT), the United Nations passed General Assembly Resolution 177 in order to codify the so-called “Nuremberg Principles.” The original language reads:
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Dec. 26, 1862: Mass Execution of Dakota Indians
Zinn Education Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
On Dec. 26, 1862, 38 Dakota Indians were executed by the U.S. government during the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 (also known as the Sioux Uprising, Dakota Uprising).
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How It Seems to Me
Ursula K. Le Guin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
In the vast abyss before time, self
is not, and soul commingles
Is Seventy-Five the Beginning of Babyhood?
Dr. Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Victor Hugo the great French novelist of the nineteenth century had once written, “Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.” Why is seventy-five being referred to as becoming a baby again?
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Continued Debate over the Crime of Aggression: A Supreme International Irony
Donald M. Ferencz | Harvard Int’l Law Journal – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Notwithstanding the fact that it took the U.N. only seventy-one days to affirm aggression as a customary law offense, today, almost seventy-one years later, it remains a crime in legal limbo. Though the International Criminal Court (ICC) is technically vested with jurisdiction over the crime of aggression, it is, as yet, powerless to exercise such jurisdiction.
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New Cold War & Looming Threats: Interview with John Pilger
Jipson John and Jitheesh P.M. – Frontline,
31 Dec 2018
John Pilger, investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, talks about the U.S.’ aggression in the Asia-Pacific region and the decline of its global dominance and says that a “new Cold War beckons isolation for the U.S. and danger for the rest of us”.
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A Small Dark Light: The Legacy of the Tao Te Ching and What It Continues to Teach Us about Personal and Political Power 2,500 Years Later
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
“It is the profound modesty of the language that offers what so many people for so many centuries have found in this book: a pure apprehension of the mystery of which we are part.”
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The War in Afghanistan Isn’t a ‘Stalemate.’ The U.S. Has Lost
Andrew J. Bacevich – Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 – With the sole exception of Vietnam, the ongoing Afghanistan war represents the greatest failure in U.S. military history. Today, all but a few diehards understand that Vietnam was a debacle of epic proportions. With Afghanistan, it’s different: In both political and military circles, the urge to dodge the truth remains strong.
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TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
Virtuoso
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U.S. Limits on Coal Plant Mercury Emissions Too Costly: Trump’s EPA
Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
28 Dec 2018 – The Trump administration today said limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants were unnecessary as they were too costly, sparking an outcry from environmentalists who feared the next step would be looser rules favoring the coal industry at the expense of public health.
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Cracks Found in Containment Building of UAE Nuclear Power Plant Built by S. Korean Companies
Choi Ha-yan | The Hankyoreh [South Korea] – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
17 Dec 2018 – There may be cracks in the containment building at the third unit at the Barakah nuclear power plant that South Korean companies are building in the United Arab Emirates. The grease inserted into the concrete walls as a lubricant has seeped into voids on the outside of the wall.
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Engaging with Elusive Connectivity and Coherence
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
Global Comprehension as a Mistaken Quest for Closure
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Hacking Nuclear Weapon Systems: A New Weakness in Nuclear Deterrence Theory
David Krieger | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
There are many ways a nuclear attack could be initiated. These include the four “Ms” of Malice, Madness, Mistake and Miscalculation. Of these ways of initiating a nuclear attack, only malice could possibly be inhibited by nuclear deterrence (fear of nuclear retaliation), and such an inhibition from attack would not be reliable due to psychological and communication issues that are required for nuclear deterrence to be effective.
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A Shift: Repudiating War on Yemen
Kathy Kelly – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
The Horror of the Yemen War Is Changing Minds At Last
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Can Yemen Be Saved?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
23 Dec 2018 – The people of Yemen have been experiencing devastating civil strife for several years. This ordeal was greatly intensive by a massive and sustained Saudi-led air attacks and other belligerent tactics that have targeted civilians, even hospitals. Several recent events hint at the possibility of restoring peace to the country, thereby averting the worst effects of a threatened mass famine, risks starvation for more than 75% of Yemen’s population of over 22 million.
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Computer Love?
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
My computer knows me
better than I know me!
It knows my in’s and it knows my out’s.
Knows my subterfuges, knots and doubts.
Year-End Letter for 2018
S.P. Udayakumar, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
22 Dec 2018 – Our big and beautiful Planet Earth that can be likened to an airplane with limited resources has been literally hijacked by the nuclear state terrorists. I, for one, tend to think and feel that nuclearism is the single largest threat humanity faces today. And hence struggling for a nuclear-free world is a top priority task for us all. Nuclear deals, Uranium mining, nuclear reactors, radioactive waste dumps, atomic bombs and Fascist doomsday arrogance are all sides of the same killer cube.
→ read full articleABC of Human Nature: Angst, Boredom, Creativity
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
Human beings are creative unlike most animals (except a few) that survive on instinct. But what boosts creativity — the urge to do something beyond living, surviving?
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Inside Banksy’s The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
We check in to Banksy’s bizarre Palestinian hotel, where the hospitality is as peculiar as the message is powerful.
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They Rescued Pigs and Turkeys from Factory Farms — and Now Face Decades in Prison
Leighton Akio Woodhouse, Pedro Armando Aparicio and David Zlutnick – The Intercept,
24 Dec 2018
23 Dec 2018 – Direct Action Everywhere engages in a practice called “open rescue.” Open rescue involves entering, without authorization, the facilities of animal-based industries, such as farms, slaughterhouses, and puppy mills, documenting the conditions within them, and removing as many animals as possible, usually from among the sick and injured. The activists don’t wear masks and make no effort to conceal their identities; they post the videos on social media for the world to see. By practically inviting prosecution, the activists aim to make a point: that the laws that regard these animals as mere property are wrong and that violating those laws is a moral imperative.
→ read full articleSpiritual Teachings: Radhanath Swami
TED Talks, London Business School – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
Radhanath Swami has been a Bhakti Yoga practitioner for more than 40 years, and is one of today’s most beloved and respected spiritual teachers. He is a guide, community builder, activist, and acclaimed author. Rooted in his study of ancient India’s mystic devotional, Radhanath’s message is simple: by cultivating a genuine practice of service, we can become instruments of compassion and agents of sustainable change in the world.
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Veterans For Peace Statement on Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Syria
Veterans For Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
24 Dec 2018 – Veterans For Peace is pleased to hear that President Trump has ordered a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, where they had no legal right to be in the first place. Whatever the reasoning, withdrawing U.S. troops is the right thing to do.
→ read full articleTRANSforming Humanity: A Challenge to Peace Linguistics Applicability
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
Continue reading…
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It’s the Brain-altering Drugs, Stupid: Addictive Opioids, SSRIs, Anti-psychotics, Benzodiazepines and Suicidality
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 – The high rates of suicide among patients studied might suggest an “iceberg effect” in the general population. The numbers that come to light under the close scrutiny of the clinical trial situation indicate the extent to which attempted and completed suicides are concealed or mislabeled in the community.
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Syria – Tell Me It Ain’t So
Michael Brenner – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
22 Dec 2018 – It is daunting to find polite words for describing American foreign policy- such is its incoherence. Purpose is obscure, logic is invisible. There is no approximation to orderly process – in thought, in deliberation, in decision. These truths have been highlighted by Trump’s stated intention to withdraw (some) American troops from Syria – and by the reaction to it. The harsh reality that it is not the White House alone that lacks anything resembling a strategy in the Middle East. That holds for their critics, too, both inside and outside the government.
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Socialism or Barbarism in Brazil, According to Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Beverly Goldberg and Francesc Badia i Dalmases | Open Democracy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
17 Dec 2018 – What Francis Fukuyama called the ‘end of history’ after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the fight between the left and the right in the post-Cold War world, and the triumph of liberal democracy, lost its relevance thirty years later. One of the most influential modern thinkers that has positioned himself against this idea of the end of history is Portuguese sociologist, Boaventura de Sousa Santos.
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Xi Jinping’s Speech on 40th Anniversary of China’s Reforms, Opening Up–Full Text
China News Service | Xinhua – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
Analysis/Highlights by Xinhua
16 Charts by the Singapore Strait Times
– 18 Dec 2018 – Comrades, friends:
This Radical Plan to Fund the ‘Green New Deal’ Just Might Work
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
17 Dec 2018 – With what Naomi Klein calls “galloping momentum,” the “Green New Deal” promoted by newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) appears to be forging a political pathway for solving all of the ills of society and the planet in one fell swoop.
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A Spiritual Special Ops Team’s Christmas Gift
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
24 Dec 2018 – “It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning, they shouted even louder. So I think the world will come to an end amid general applause from all the wits, who believe that it is a joke.” — Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or
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In the Shadow of the Bomb: Poems of Survival
Bill Bhaneja – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
This is the third book of poetry by David Krieger I am reviewing. The first, Wake Up, was a warning call; the second, Portraits: Peacemakers, Warmongers and People Between, etched the personalities of doers and their deeds; and in the latest, In the Shadow of the Bomb, Krieger confronts us with the naked reality of The Bomb. The questions he raises are: What is the value of poetry in the face of weapons of mass annihilation? Can poems awaken us to the dangers of the Nuclear Age?
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The Truth about Israel, Boycotts, and BDS
Mehdi Hasan - The Intercept,
24 Dec 2018
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are the first members of US Congress to support the BDS Movement. Mehdi Hasan debunks some of the controversies surrounding BDS.
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Whose Child Is This?
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
Whose Child is This? Whose child is this? Is this child an Iraqi . . . an Israeli . . . a Chechnyan . . . an Afghani . . . a Kurd . . . a Nigerian? Is she or he English, Indonesian, Spanish, Lebanese, Turkish, Congolese, Bosnian, Persian? Does it matter? Is this child not a daughter or son to each of us?
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