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Fake News; Fake History; JFK; and the Paul Kurtz-Vince Salandria Interview
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
7 Dec 2017 – In the intro to this dialogue between Paul Kurtz and Vince Salandria–poignantly intercut with JFK’s own words on his goals and hopes for salvaging the human race from the prospects of nuclear suicide-homicide–, Kurtz refers to Salandria as “razor-sharp.”
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Slave Auctions in Libya Are the Latest Evidence of a Reality for Migrants the EU Prefers to Ignore
Simon McMahon – The Conversation,
11 Dec 2017
5 Dec 2017 – There’s been global outrage at the revelation that migrants from African countries are being auctioned as slaves in Libya. The EU governments’ promises to crack down on the trade will reek of hypocrisy if they don’t also recognise the relationship between migration control policies and the vulnerability of migrants in and through Libya.
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International Olympic Committee Bans Russia from 2018 Olympics in Political Provocation
Josh Varlin | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
The IOC announced on 5 Dec it decided to ban the Russian Olympic team from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The sham decision is a political provocation. It has much less to do with steroid use by Russian athletes than with US imperialism’s aim to humiliate and isolate Russia before the court of world public opinion.
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South-South Cooperation Key to a New Multilateralism
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
11 Dec 2017
4 Dec 2017 – South-South and triangular cooperation can contribute to a new multilateralism and drive the revitalisation of the global partnership for sustainable development… Solutions and strategies created in the South are delivering lasting results around the world.
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This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
Dec 11-17, 2017 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.” ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
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Special Session on the Human Rights of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar
UH Human Rights Council – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
5 Dec 2017 – The Council condemned the alleged systematic and gross violations of human rights and abuses committed against persons belonging to the Rohingya Muslim community and other minorities in Myanmar.
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What Kind of Nuclear Attack Would Be Legal?
John LaForge | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
Any use of nuclear weapons would be indiscriminate and illegal by definition. Only the uninitiated, uninformed or willfully blind can still imagine that today’s nuclear weapons could be used “proportionately” to produce more military good than evil. The uncontrollable, unlimited, and unfathomable magnitude of nuclear weapons effects have been established as unlawful in countless text books, law journals, government studies and independent analyses.
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The EU Support to Jerusalem and Alternatives
Walid Salem – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
8 Nov 2017 – Yesterday, the Jerusalem NGO’s leaders, and all those concerned of the EU Support to Jerusalem gathered in the “African Club” in the Old City. There is a way out for real support to the Palestinian presence, steadfastness, and resilience in East Jerusalem. The question is about the political will to do so.
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The Game of War and a Path to Peace
TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
Portugheis explores how and why language has been used to separate societies, to control and antagonize people, demonstrating, how today, well educated and talented writers with extensive knowledge of the lexicon and assistance of psychologists together with scientists who have great expertise on mind control’, help politicians organise chaos, violence and wars as they use techniques to create fear in the population, so that they can offer us protection.
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Philippines Suspends Dengue Vaccination after Drug Firm’s Warning
Felipe Villamor – The New York Times,
11 Dec 2017
2 Dec 2017 — French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said in the advisory that further clinical studies had revealed that for those who had not had dengue, and were vaccinated and later became infected, “more cases of severe disease could occur.” The Philippines became the first country in Asia to approve the commercial sale of Dengvaxia, in December 2015.
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Issue of Jerusalem Must Be Resolved through Direct Negotiations between Parties, UN Chief Stresses
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
6 Dec 2017 – “In this moment of great anxiety, I want to make it clear: there is no alternative to the two-state solution. There is no Plan B,” said Mr. Guterres. In his remarks, the UN chief noted that it is only by realizing the vision of two states “living side-by-side in peace, security and mutual recognition, with Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and Palestine, and all final status issues resolved permanently through negotiations,” that the legitimate aspirations of both peoples will be achieved.
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How the Radical Right Takeover in Brazil Has Parallels with Trumpism
Anne Vigna | Le Monde diplomatique - AlterNet,
11 Dec 2017
The hard right is running the country without being elected after Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment last year. It has surprising support among the new lower-middle class. There has never been a time when those defending the interests of the big landowners, evangelical Christians and the army have been so strongly represented in the National Congress.
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How Will We Rejoice the Future?
Adolf P. Shvedchikov – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
How will we rejoice the future?
What will remain in the memory of descendants,
Inside a Judge’s Rehab: Unpaid Work at a Local Coca-Cola Plant
Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter | Reveal – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
4 Dec 2017 – Retired Oklahoma Judge Thomas Landrith started nearly a decade ago his own rehab work camp where defendants must work full time for free at a local Coca-Cola bottling plant and other companies, under threat of prison. They are required to say they’re unemployed and turn over their food stamps to the program, which is fraud.
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Lisboa Antiga – Old Lisbon (Music Video of the Week)
Amália Rodrigues – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
FADO: Alma Portuguesa–Portuguese Soul ~ Amália is the greatest Portuguese Interpreter of Fados [Fadista] of all time.
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The Necessity of Imagining an Unimaginable War
Lisa Fuller | Waging Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
5 Dec 2017 – The prospect of nuclear war with North Korea has repeatedly been described as “unimaginable” – and in fact, most of us have literally failed to imagine it. Admittedly, with biological, conventional and nuclear weapons expected to kill millions, the scenario is genuinely difficult to comprehend. We struggle to translate such high numbers into pictures of individual men, women and children suffering.
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US Intelligence Community Claims North Korea Transferred Three Nuclear War Heads to Iran Last Spring–But Where’s the Beef?
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2017
Both Iran and NK feverishly test ICBM’s to neutralize US and Israeli threats. Granted, an interesting assertion.
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Johan Galtung Is Awarded Peace Prize in Nobel’s Spirit
Jan Oberg | Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
On 2 December 2017 Johan Galtung is awarded the alternative peace prize, The People’s Peace Prize In Accordance With Nobel’s Will.
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The FCC’s Order Is Out, We’ve Read It, and Here’s What You Need to Know: It Will End Net Neutrality and Break the Internet
Matt Wood and Gaurav Laroia | Free Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
22 Nov 2017 – Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released his draft order to completely eradicate Net Neutrality. You can read the full text here. The short version is that Pai’s order takes the Net Neutrality rules off the books and abandons the successful 2015 Open Internet Order. Breaking the Rules – Breaking the Law – Breaking from Reality.
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(Français) La R2P comme instrument d’agression
Edward S. Herman | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
27 Nov 2017 – Avec cet article fondamental sur les interventions dites humanitaires, Investig’Action souhaite rendre hommage à Edward S. Herman, décédé le 11 novembre. Avec Chomsky, il avait signé un ouvrage majeur de l’analyse critique des médias, Fabriquer un consentement. Investig’Action va d’ailleurs rééditer ce livre en juin 2018*. Dans cet article, Herman expose avec brio comment les grandes puissances instrumentalisent les concepts de « Responsabilité de protéger » et d’« Intervention humanitaire » pour justifier des guerres totalement illégales au regard du droit international.
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When I Am Mute
Emanuel E. Garcia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
When I am mute,
When even my ordinary words
Have deserted me,
When beauty is beyond my ken
Killing the Biosphere to Fast-track Human Extinction
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Unless and until you make a conscious personal decision to participate strategically in the struggle to save life on Earth, you will be one of those individuals who kills the biosphere as a byproduct of living without awareness and commitment. So next time you ponder the fate of humanity, which is inextricably tied to the fate of the Earth, it might be worth considering the unparalleled beauty of what Earth has generated.
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What is Peace Journalism?
Peace News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Have you noticed that news media always cover war and violence, but rarely peace and reconciliations? Check out a new style of reporting that is emerging, and being used worldwide.
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Moralizing International Politics
Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
This article makes an appeal to bridge the chasm between the practice of international politics and the universal moral principles. Violation of moral principles has emerged a norm than exception in international politics. States and global institutions have proved ineffective to checkmate violent conflicts and wanton killings as in Syria. It is not they are incapable or lack resources. The problem lies elsewhere. Ego is a major cause behind much of the hazards in international politics. The article problematizes ego and calls for a broader thinking in international politics.
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Fact Sheet: Understanding Chairman Pai’s Proposal to Dismantle Net Neutrality
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
22 Nov 2017 – To combat the “mountain of lies” from FCC chair Ajit Pai to justify his newly released plan to kill net neutrality, Democratic FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn prepared a Fact Sheet to help the public realize that Pai’s proposals are “worse than one could imagine.”
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Decoding Donald
David Krieger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
The world’s best hope is that the military men surrounding Trump, particularly Secretary of Defense Mattis, would recognize any order from Trump to launch nuclear weapons as an illegal order and refuse to carry it out. In addition, it should be recognized by Congress that Trump is mentally unstable and unfit for office, and that they must take the necessary steps to remove him from the presidency before it is too late. Impeachment would be the best way to decode Donald.
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Seven Men and an Elephant
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Seven men were in a dark room touching an elephant. One touched his leg and said, “An elephant is like a tree trunk.”
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(Français) La “peur” des Israéliens et l’inversion des rôles dans la propagande de l’occupant
Samah Jabr | CAPJPO/EuroPalestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Ce n’est pas nouveau, mais Samah Jabr, psychiatre et psychothérapeute à Jérusalem, en tournée pour la présentation du film “Derrière les fronts”, ne supporte plus les questions tendant à justifier le comportement des occupants israéliens par la “peur” éprouvée par ces derniers, et par la “haine” que leur voueraient les Palestiniens.
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Solidarity with Palestine People – Promotion of Peace, Harmony and Goodwill
Dr. Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
The world recognizes the suffering of ordinary Palestinians and the United Nations has declared 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”.
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Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
1 Dec 2017 – One lovely bright student who this observer met and spent time with at Beshesti University north of Tehran last year sent me a message from the American civils rights -anti-Vietnam era: “Remember Dr. Lamb: A people united cannot be defeated. Whether in Iran or Lebanon!” We wish our friends in Lebanon Allah’s blessing on their prayers for achievement of Independence.”
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Six ‘Signature Solutions’ – New Development Plan for a New Era
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
4 Dec 2017
30 Nov 2017 – ‘The new challenges that have emerged show the need to adapt the actions necessary to face them’–is the key rationale behind the 21 century development plan, which identifies six “signature solutions”: poverty, governance, energy access, gender equality, resilience and environmental sustainability.
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Fascism in America: A Preventable Danger
Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Over the past few months, the possibility of a fascist America has moved from the realm of academic speculation to that of common concern… If these are some of the causes of potential fascism, what can be done to eliminate or mitigate them before the fascist movement gets stronger? A key concept here is the existence of systemic problems and the need for systemic solutions. Dialogue is a key starting point for this sort of rethinking.
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Let the Record Show: Negotiations with North Korea Work
Catherine Killough | Lobe Log – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
29 Nov 2017 – Given this political environment, correcting the distorted history on US-North Korea negotiations is imperative—especially as the tendency to view talks as appeasement, or deals as concessions, grows stronger.
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A New Hedonism: A Post-Consumerism Vision
Kate Soper | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Consumerism is the major cause of global warming and wrecking the planet for future generations. It is driven by a growth economy that favors the ever-expanding consumption of the already very affluent and has allowed the gap between the richest and poorest to grow to inflammatory proportions, both within the nation-state and globally. Today 16 percent of the global population consumes 80 percent of its resources. Americans alone are responsible for around 25 percent of global carbon emissions, and their ecological footprint is five times the global capacity of 1.8 hectares per capita.
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The Struggle to Eliminate Violence against Women Is Essential to the Culture of Peace
David Adams | Culture of Peace News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
1 Dec 2017 – The advance this year of the struggle to eliminate violence against women is an important step forward for the global movement for a culture of peace. Here’s why.
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Anti-Sufi Wave Hits Sinai
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
30 Nov 2017 – In the case of the anti-Sufi acts, it is more difficult to find the focus since we are not dealing with a government policy or actions. There are always local causes to violence which must be taken into consideration. Often conflicts draw little attention from outside peacemakers until a certain threshold of violence is reached. The attack on the Egyptian mosque may be such a threshold.
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‘History in the Making’: Tesla Switches on World’s Largest Battery
Lorraine Chow | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
1 Dec 2017 – South Australia officially activated the world’s biggest battery today. The feat was achieved much to the credit of Elon Musk, who made a daring bet to “get the system installed and working 100 days from contract signature or it is free.”
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(Português) Investigação revela a tortura sofrida por vacas e búfalos em fazendas/quintas de laticínios da Índia
ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Uma investigação de dois anos feita pelo grupo de proteção animal Pune Animal Equality revela a crueldade que se esconde por trás de um copo de leite de vaca.
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Russia to Create ‘Independent Internet’ for BRICS Countries
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Russia plans to create an independent internet infrastructure to reduce vulnerability to attack.
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King and Emperor
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
2 Dec 2017 – Zionism is an anti-Semitic creed. It was so right from the beginning. Already the founding father, Theodor Herzl, a Viennese writer, penned some pieces with a clear anti-Semitic slant.
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(Português) A realidade do pato antes de chegar ao prato
David Arioch | Jornalismo Cultural – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
28 nov 2017 – Um animal que também entra na lista dos mais procurados para o Natal é o pato. Claro, preferido enquanto comida. Um estudo provou que os patos têm capacidade de abstração cognitiva, tanto que sem qualquer tipo de treinamento, eles conseguiram distinguir pares de objetos iguais e diferentes. Ou seja, como se fosse um quebra-cabeças. A pesquisa deixou claro que subestimamos a inteligência animal e ignoramos o quanto os patos são seres capazes.
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Mercury, Aluminum and Vaccine-induced Encephalopathy
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Including Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Learning Disorders, Epilepsy, Asthma, Diabetes, Autoimmune Disorders, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and many other chronic illnesses that affect fully-vaccinated children.
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The Criminalization of War. Tun Dr. Mahathir’s Open Letter to Muslims in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and Yemen
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad – Global Research,
4 Dec 2017
28 Nov 2017 – This message is also addressed to the U.S. and its indefectible British ally which have relentlessly supported Saudi Arabia’s war against the people of Yemen, a criminal act tantamount to genocide under international law.
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Sweden: Johan Galtung Receives the People’s Nobel Prize
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | The Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
On Sat 2 Dec 2017, Johan Galtung Received the People’s Nobel Prize 2017 – The Norwegian founder of peace research received the prize in conformity with the testament of Alfred Nobel that is awarded annually by the Swedish peace group at Orust.
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Waiting for the American Dream
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Waiting – so what’s new? Some sullen sage once said that life is what we do while we wait for death. It’s not the kind of wise-guy wisdom I would try to refute, since I was one of the precocious kids who saw the skull at his first pabulum banquet.
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Rondo Alla Turca (Music Video of the Week)
The 5 Browns – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
The 5 Browns playing an arrangement and rift of Mozart’s Alla Turca by Greg Anderson. The video was filmed while playing the international street pianos art “Play Me, I’m Yours.”
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Interfacer for Reduction of Discrimination and Harassment
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Recovering Personal Control of Visual Proximity through Virtual Reality – Expressed otherwise, people have to recover the right to reframe those encountered. They may well have to take responsibility for doing so in an environment characterized by increasingly fake imagery complementing fake news.
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Good Deed
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
A reverend walking down the street noticed a little boy trying to reach the doorbell of a house.
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How Peace Journalism Can Deescalate Conflict in the Age of Trump and North Korea
Michael Greenwell – The Conversation,
4 Dec 2017
29 Nov 2017 – Close analysis of events through the lens of Peace Journalism can help theorise when media coverage may have helped escalate or deescalate conflict. PJ aims to improve the conditions for peace through a considered editorial approach and practice. It is a means to peace. Johan Galtung first theorised the notion of Peace Journalism in contrast to the notion of “War Journalism”.
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US Upholds Use of Illegal Cluster Bombs as ‘Legitimate’
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
1 Dec 2017 – In a press statement, the U.S. Department of Defense defended its use of internationally outlawed cluster bombs because of their alleged importance in warfare.
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Fake News on Russia and Other Official Enemies
Edward S. Herman | Monthly Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Aug 2017 – It has been amusing to watch the New York Times and other mainstream media outlets express their dismay over the rise and spread of “fake news.” These publications take it as an obvious truth that what they provide is straightforward, unbiased, fact-based reporting. They do offer such news, but they also provide a steady flow of their own varied forms of fake news, often by disseminating false or misleading information supplied to them by the national security state, other branches of government, and sites of corporate power.
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Adolf P. Shvedchikov – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
A furious wind howls,
Ruining the wonderful flowers,
Black bird flies over beauty.
Sowing Sapient Superlatives: A Peace Linguist’s Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
1. Who are the most peaceful language users in……………..? What is their communicative peace competence like?
2. Who are the most inspiring peacebuilding educators in………..? In what peacebuilding efforts do they excel? How?
Reopening the Doors of Perception
Robert C. Koehler | Common Wonders – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.” These words from a William Blake’s poem gave Aldous Huxley the title of his book The Doors of Perception. Then they gave Jim Morrison the name of his rock band–Doors. And eventually they gave millions of young people a glimpse at a world beyond the cruel and small-minded order that ruled the day.
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Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya
Ben Norton | Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
28 Nov 2017 – The American and British media have awakened to the grim reality in Libya, where African refugees are for sale in open-air slave markets. Yet a crucial detail in this scandal has been downplayed or even ignored in many corporate media reports: the role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in bringing slavery to the North African nation.
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Zarni: ‘The Buddhist Society Has Lost Its Conscience’
Ayesha Kabir - Prothom Alo [Bangladesh],
4 Dec 2017
30 Nov 2017 – During his recent Dhaka trip, Dr. Maung Zarni dropped in at the Prothom Alo office and deliberated on a number of issues pertaining to the Rohingya crisis and the predicament of his homeland. “The Buddhist society has lost its conscience and has turned racist. The army itself has been founded on fascist lines. And a good society has been manipulated to move into this fascist mode.”
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Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Dec 4-10, 2017 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares.” – Henri Nouwen
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The Crumbling Edifice of Hypermilitarised Power
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
Nuclear Weapon States Face Growing Anger at the United Nations – The rhetoric against disarmament—that the time is not ripe, that the security situation is not safe, that the conditions are too unstable—is rhetoric against progress, against security, against unity, against survival. Yet “divisiveness” is the main argument used by those standing against disarmament.
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Helen Caldicott on Our Denial of the Threat of Nuclear Armageddon
Mark Karlin interviews Helen Caldicott | Democratic World Federalists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
29 Nov 2017 – Donald Trump’s vow to increase and “upgrade” the United States nuclear arsenal, tensions between the US and North Korea, and the unsecured stockpiles of aging weapons around the globe make it clear we still need to be concerned about this apocalyptic danger. Since the corporate media give short shrift to the peril of nuclear weapons, most world residents are unaware of how close we are to nuclear annihilation.
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The US Coast Guard Is Operating Floating Prisons in the Pacific Ocean, Outside US Legal Protections
Traci Tong | Public Radio International - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
24 Nov 2017 – If you’ve followed the War on Terror at all, you’re almost certainly familiar with the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — a US prison that exists outside the realm of the US justice system. Now, it turns out, there’s a secret US detention system in the War on Drugs, too — and this one is aboard US Coast Guard cutters sailing in the Pacific Ocean.
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Rohingya Women Sold as Sex Slaves in Bangladesh
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
3 Dec 2017 – Rohingya girls and women in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are being sold as sex slaves, according to a victim and aid agencies.
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Rawda and Combatting Terrorism
Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
27 Nov 2017 – Terrorist attacks have a long history in Egypt. They have become worse since the overthrow of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Dr. Mohammed Morsi, in 2013. Daesh or groups affiliated to it have been targeting local tribes and Christian churches.
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The Rohingya Tragedy Shows Human Solidarity Is a Lie
Tawakkol Karman – Al Jazeera,
4 Dec 2017
1 Dec 2017 – Nobody argues any more about what is happening in Myanmar. The war being waged on the Rohingya Muslims is a clear example of ethnic cleansing and genocide. The crisis continues to get worse fanned by the Myanmar government’s intolerance and by the fact that the world’s interest in what is happening in Myanmar is just not deep enough.
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Living Alone? You Need to Know These Simple Things
John Hawthorne | Bay Alarm Medical – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
While many people enjoy the solitude of living alone, others, who unexpectedly find themselves in an empty home, can face a difficult transition period. Aside from simply missing the company of another human being, living alone means you don’t have another person to help with certain chores.
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Enewetak Atoll, a Tiny Island Used as a Nuclear Dumpsite, Is About to Be Submerged by Water
Joe McCarthy | Global Citizen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
27 Nov 2017 – For more than half a century, the atoll, which is part of the Marshall Islands, has been contaminated by nuclear explosions and waste. The decades ahead could leave it submerged by rising sea levels. In this way, Enewetak “is at the intersection of two of the biggest problems of the last century and this century, nuclear weapons and sea level rise.”
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‘No Such Thing as Rohingya’: Myanmar Erases a History
Hannah Beech – The New York Times,
4 Dec 2017
2 Dec 2017 — He was a member of the Rohingya student union in college, taught at a public high school and even won a parliamentary seat in Myanmar’s thwarted elections in 1990. But according to the government of Myanmar, U Kyaw Min’s fellow Rohingya do not exist.
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NOW IT’S OFFICIAL: FDA Announced That Vaccines Are Causing Autism!
Truth Command – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
18 Nov 2017 – The FDA inadvertently admitted that autism is a potential adverse side-effect of the DTap vaccine in an accompanying online pamphlet. For years, fears over vaccines and the onset of autism have been dispelled by medical professionals, but this has all changed. Could this be one of the biggest u-turns in medical history?
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Carlos Latuff – MintPress News,
4 Dec 2017
No comment
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(Italiano) È ora di sfidare il sistema bellico
Jake Lynch | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Si sono osservate dinamiche che conducessero a una grandiosa cospirazione putativa, che coinvolgesse vari soggetti di vari settori – industria, militare, politica e media – attivi a tramare in segreto per sospingerci alla guerra, a prescindere dalle conseguenze, al fine di far soldi? Qui è dove attingiamo ai concetti forniti dalla sociologia per definire la portata dell’attività politica non nelle parole e negli atti di attori identificabili – l’aspetto ‘comportamentale’ – bensì in quanto forza generativa immagazzinata in e attivata da sistemi e strutture.
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History, Education and Conflict
Alberto Andrés Aguirre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
We must make our actions as teachers in the classroom coherent, addressing the small conflicts of everyday life in the most effective and least violent manner possible , and as teachers of History, selecting the content, emphasizing moments of creation, understanding, social progress more than wars, confrontation and destruction, and on the other hand to work with this content using methodologies that promote essential personal skills for peaceful citizenship through dialogue, critical analysis, the contrasting of views, freedom of expression, creativity, imagination.
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(Français) Aung San Suu Kyi « est complice d’un génocide »
Agnès Gruda | La Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Visite à Montréal du militant Maung Zarni – “L’ancienne opposante birmane et Prix Nobel de la paix Aung San Suu Kyi n’est pas seulement indifférente au sort des Rohingya, minorité musulmane de l’ouest de la Birmanie. Elle est carrément complice des exactions qui leur sont infligées”.
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The Quality of Mercy
Kathy Kelly – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
21 Nov 2017 – The comfortable nations often authorize the worst atrocities overseas through fear for their own safety, imagining themselves the victims to be protected from crime at all costs. Such attitudes entitle people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen to look in our direction when they ask, “Who are the criminals?”
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Stop Eating Junk News (MUST WATCH VIDEO)
Heba Aly | TED Talks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Nov 16, 2017 – Over the last decade, we’ve awoken to the fact that junk food hurts us. It’s time for a similar revolution in our news consumption. Much as a nutritionist gives us tools for healthy eating, Heba gives us tools to stop consuming and supporting Junk News [different from Fake News].
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Taking Stock: One Year after Trump
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
20 Nov 2017 – This post addresses the need for dialogue with the political, economic, and cultural ‘other,’ that is, those multitudes acutely alienated from and angry with secular globalism and the Enlightenment legacy often equated with ‘modernity’ and ‘modernization.’ At the core is a search for closure on the nature of reality as well as feelings about equity (given many dimensions of inequality) and ethical innovation (revisionist approaches to gender, sexuality, marriage). Does reason or faith or tradition provide greater closure?
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World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
Alliance of World Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
13 Nov 2017 – We invite all scientists to endorse this global environmental article and engage with a new alliance concerned about global climate and environmental trends. We submit, that in order to prevent widespread misery caused by catastrophic damage to the biosphere, humanity must practice more environmentally sustainable alternative to business-as-usual.
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More Than 15,000 Scientists from 184 Countries Issue ‘Warning to Humanity’
Nicole Mortillaro - CBC News,
27 Nov 2017
13 Nov 2017 – More than 15,000 scientists around the world have issued a global warning: there needs to be change in order to save Earth. A similar warning was first issued by scientists in 1992.
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The Richest 1% Now Own More than 50% of the World’s Wealth
David Meyer – Fortune,
27 Nov 2017
14 Nov 2017 – The richest 1% now owns more than half of all the world’s household wealth, according to analysts at Credit Suisse. The Swiss bank released its latest Global Wealth Report today, together with a statement that contained the immortal phrase, “The outlook for the millionaire segment is more optimistic than for the bottom of the wealth pyramid.”
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Memorial Prose Poem
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Remembering JFK: Voices from a Smoldering Grave . . .
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Reintegration or Re-recruitment: Preventing Old Wars from Fueling New Wars
Ochan Hannington | Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
When fighters return to civilian life their prospects are limited. Now, experts warn many are being re-recruited into other violent groups. “Whether that is forced recruitment because they live in a really remote location, or incentivized recruitment, that we see so much of in the Central African Republic or the Democratic Republic of the Congo where armed groups become the most viable employment offer in a region.”
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[Nobel Peace Laureate] Suu Kyi Takes a Populist, Paranoid Turn
David Scott Mathieson – Asia Times,
27 Nov 2017
Myanmar de facto leader conflated illegal migration with terrorism in a keynote speech, adding her voice to the Islamophobia that has justified persecution of the Rohingya.
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More Harm than Good with Climate Geo-Engineering
Tim Radford | Climate News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Geo-engineering might be possible – but so far it doesn’t look practical. Yet another study sees dangers in the technofix. It could create more problems than it could solve.
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(Italiano) Tributo ad Anna Cisero Dati. Staffetta Partigiana. Maestra. Amica. Persempre
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
27 Nov 2017 – Se ne è andata venerdi 24 novembre. Donna, staffetta partigiana, femminista d’antan, attivista dell’UDI (Unione donne italiane), Anna si è battuta per i diritti delle donne e dei lavoratori.
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(Português) Dezembro é o mês mais violento para os animais
David Arioch | Jornalismo Cultural – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
24 Nov 2017 – Dezembro é o mês mais violento para os animais. O mês em que é celebrado o Natal, o espírito natalino, um tempo de paz, é marcado por muita violência. Mas como assim? É em dezembro que a demanda por carne chega a ser até dez vezes maior do que em qualquer outro mês. Há muitas encomendas, de animais inteiros, com olhos, com boca, decapitados, eviscerados, fatiados, etc. Vai do gosto e da (in)sensibilidade do freguês.
→ read full articleConfederation, Autonomy, Renewal, and Reform
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Con-federation and autonomy are broad concepts, capable of covering a multitude of visions extending from very limited local initiatives to complete control over everything other than foreign policy. Autonomy can therefore incorporate all situations between nearly total subordination to the center to nearly total independence. The ways in which the elements and patterns of autonomy are put together requires political imagination, far-sighted political leadership, a willingness to compromise, and constant dialogue.
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My Romance with a Village Postman
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
In a village the postman enjoyed a unique status unrivalled by his urban colleagues. His social perimeter straggled the constellation of villages he covered in his official errands which could be anywhere between 4-5 villages depending on the size of each village. No one could dare challenge his credentials about knowing so much of the realities of rural social life.
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Parallel Universes: Vietnam and Palestine
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
26 Nov 2017 – Not surprisingly, my sixth visit to Vietnam stirred many memories, among them, a recognition of the parallels between the Vietnamese and Palestinian experiences. Dreams don’t become the new reality without the dedication of a people brave and creative, and helped by the inspirational effects on friends and supporters. This blessing of empowering and charismatic resilience is the core identity of the Vietnamese and the Palestinian people, their point of most profound convergence.
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Adolf P. Shvedchikov – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
I came to this violent world
To live in the glory of love,
Prisons and Policing: Community Control Over Police – A Proposition for the USA
Max Rameau | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
10 Nov 2017 – While it might be fair to say that the police enjoy support among the majority of the white population, the police enjoy no such support among the majority of Black people, who endure more frequent and harsher interactions with cops than whites. This historic moment calls for something more significant than additional training or even civilian oversight boards.
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From Ayurveda to Biomedicine: Understanding the Human Body
Suzanne Newcombe – The Conversation,
27 Nov 2017
20 Nov 2017 – The Ayurvedic body differs significantly from that of European biomedicine, which is based on dissection. The Ayurvedic body is a body of systems. It is conceptualised as being composed of five constituent parts (mahābūta), seven body substances (dhātu) and three regulating qualities (doṣa). According to Ayurvedic theory, by attending to imbalances between these principles in a body, health might be promoted and illness avoided.
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Starved, ‘Mutilated’ and Blackmailed Migrants Auctioned Off as Slaves by Smugglers in Libya
Lara Rebello – International Business Times,
27 Nov 2017
The migrants are forced to work as slaves after they run out of money to pay the smugglers to find them passage to Europe.
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Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2017 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change and deny our emotions – especially the ones that shake us at our very core, like hurt, jealousy, loneliness, shame, rage and grief.” – Debbie Ford
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Myanmar and Bangladesh Strike a Shameful Deal on Rohingya Refugees
Rosa Freedman – The Conversation,
27 Nov 2017
23 Nov 2017 – Many Rohingya people who have fled the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar are now living as refugees in Bangladesh. And now, the two countries have reportedly struck a deal to return them home. Returning Rohingya people to the hands of their persecutors violates international law. This deal comes just days after Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the Srebrenica massacre.
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(Italiano) Finirla con il monopolio maschile sulla pace: alle donne ci vogliono altri posti al tavolo
Shaheen Chughtai | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
Che siano prese di mira da autori di violenza sessuale, oppresse da estremismi ideologici, o unicamente minacciate dal bombardamento di unità operative nelle maternità ospedaliere, le donne sopportano sovente l’impronta greve dei conflitti. Eppure, quando si tratta poi di negoziati di pace, troppo spesso le donne non hanno un posto al tavolo. La realtà perdurante che gli uomini, in particolare gli uomini in armi, godano di un ruolo pressoché esclusivo nei processi di pace non teme né la logica né l’evidenza.
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What Makes Google’s Eric Schmidt so Afraid? And What Should He Be Afraid of?
Jan Oberg | Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
21 Nov 2017 – This very powerful corporate leader with an open political orientation has decided that the Internet and his hugely dominating search engine,
a) shall cave in to political pressure,
b) de-rank at least these two Russian media organizations because
c) he knows they are “propaganda outlets” (it isn’t discussed at all or compared with US or other countries’ media) and
d) in the name of political correctness it is OK to limit the freedom of opinion-formation.
Myanmar’s Myriad Challenges Don’t Excuse Toxic and Unfounded Racism against Rohingya
Khin Mai Aung | HuffPost – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
20 Nov 2017 – The Rohingya humanitarian crisis has shone a bright and unflattering light on the deep and ugly antipathy within Burma/Myanmar to the Rohingya people. The prevailing perception of the Rohingya as foreign and fundamentally not “Burmese” is misplaced.
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Dr. Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
27 Nov 2017 – Many countries worldwide – Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Chile, Brazil and other parts of Africa and Asia have indigenous peoples living in these countries. They have been living in these regions for centuries in their own simple manner close to the Mother earth without exploiting it by using its resources prudently.
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Everything Must Go
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
24 Nov 2017 – Every Friday is a Black Friday, every Christmas a more garish festival of destruction. It is not attitudes that govern our impacts on the planet, but income. The richer we are, the bigger our footprint, regardless of our good intentions. Rich people who see themselves as green consumers mainly focus on behaviours that have relatively small benefits. We need to build a world in which growth is unnecessary, a world of private sufficiency and public luxury.
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Military Industrial Complex: Shadow World Exposes Greed, Profit and the Business of War
Kevin Gosztola – MintPress News,
27 Nov 2017
A new PBS documentary looks deep into the shadowy world of the global arms trade, profit-making from war, and the politicians who sell the interests of their constituents to the highest bidder.
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The FCC’s Order Is Out: It Will End Net Neutrality and Break the Internet. We’ve Read It, and Here’s What You Need to Know
Matt Wood and Gaurav Laroia | Free Press – Global Research,
27 Nov 2017
On Wednesday [22 Nov], Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released his draft order to completely eradicate Net Neutrality.
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(Português) Concepção do ser humano nos limites de uma ecologia integral
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2017
19 nov 2017 – Em sua encíclica sobre “o Cuidado da Casa Comum” o Papa Francisco submeteu a uma rigorosa crítica o clássico antropocentrismo de nossa cultura a partir de uma visão de uma ecologia integral, cosmocentrada, dentro da qual o ser humano comparece como parte do Todo e da natureza. Isso nos convida a revisarmos nossa compreensão do ser humano nos limites desta ecologia integral.
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