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Volkswagen Charged with Aiding Brazilian Dictatorship in Torturing Workers
Armando Cruz | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
In 1980, when Lula led a 41-day strike for a 15 percent wage rise, the political police unit DOPS received a list of 436 workers from plants that belonged to VW, Mercedes-Benz and the steelmaker Villares. While there are also reports that these latter two companies (and others) collaborated with the regime, VW is the first one to be charged, to officially accept the charges and to negotiate for judicial reparations.
→ read full articleIndia: Terrorism, Elections, Corruption
Vithal Rajan – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
When the British left India in 1947 the country was clean of any corruption. The bitter truth is that it was allowed to infect the system starting to rot from the top, first under Nehru, who was too romantic to notice the machinations of his satraps. His daughter made corruption a part of political policy. All political parties and leaders have happily followed suit since buying the votes of poor people is far easier than delivering development.
→ read full articleMyanmar: UN Expert Warns of Worsening Rights Situation after “Lockdown” in Rakhine State
United Nations Information Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
18 Nov 2016 – The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, criticized the authorities for placing the region on “lockdown” for six weeks. She said a Government-led two-day visit to the area in early November by a UN official and nine ambassadors had produced only limited results in terms of addressing the humanitarian crisis.
→ read full articleHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec (24 Nov 1864 – 9 Sep 1901)
Toulouse-Lautrec Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
His legs ceased to grow, so that as an adult he was only 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) tall, having developed an adult-sized torso, while retaining his child-sized legs, which were 0.70 m (27.5 in) long. He is also reported to have had hypertrophied genitals. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gaugin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period.
→ read full articleVisualization in 3D of Dynamics of Toroidal Helical Coils
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
… in Quest of Optimum Designs for a Concordian Mandala
→ read full articleExamining Global Peacemaking in the Digital Age
Bruce L. Cook, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
I am in the process of editing a forthcoming publication entitled Examining Global Peacemaking in the Digital Age, to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit your work for consideration in this publication.
→ read full articleEarly Education
TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
Caste Education
→ read full article(Português) Sobre textos que tentam desqualificar o veganismo
David Arioch | Jornalismo Cultural – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
Meu raciocínio vai ao encontro do que preconizava Donald Watson: “Minha prioridade é proporcionar o menor impacto possível aos seres vivos enquanto eu viver, e vou me adaptando às novidades sem problema algum.”
→ read full articleBruce Lee (27 Nov 1940 – 20 Jul 1973)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
Bruce Lee was a revered martial artist, actor and filmmaker known for movies like ‘Fists of Fury’ and ‘Enter the Dragon,’ and the technique Jeet Kune Do.
→ read full articleTowards a New, Green Economy
Peter A. Victor and Tim Jackson | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
This paper explores what we will call the green economy as a potential solution to the multiple challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity to social injustice, and financial instability.
→ read full articleWhat Standing Rock Tells Us about Civil Disobedience
Melissa Hellmann - YES! Magazine,
21 Nov 2016
The militarized response to communities of color signals a possible double standard in law enforcement’s acceptance of civil disobedience.
→ read full articleNever Give Up! Let Your Little Light Shine!
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
15 Nov 2016 – This week saw solidarity actions around the world, including actions on several Hawaiian Islands, where people stood with Native Americans to protect sacred land and water at Standing Rock. In such dark times, we must rededicate ourselves in the spirit of nonviolence – kapua aloha, toward all people and redouble our efforts for justice, peace and the earth.
→ read full article(Français) Les accords commerciaux et la mondialisation du fascisme
Franklin Frederik | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
« Au cours des dernières années, il y a eu une tendance vers la démocratie et l’économie de marché. Cela a diminué le rôle du gouvernement, ce à quoi les milieux d’affaires sont tendanciellement favorables. Mais le revers de la médaille c’est que quelqu’un doit prendre la place des gouvernements, et les entreprises me semble être une entité logique pour le faire ». (David Rockefeller)
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Forbidden Archaeology: A Hidden History of the Human Race?
43 Focus – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
Researchers Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson have uncovered an incredible, irrefutable amount of archaeological evidence calling into question Darwin’s theory of evolution. Michael Cremo discusses this evidence over the last 150 years and gives several examples of archaeological evidence that has been systematically suppressed by the Western scientific establishment.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
Nov 21-27 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “There’s no substitute for a great love who says, ‘No matter what’s wrong with you, you’re welcome at this table.’” – Tom Hanks
→ read full articleFiltering the Election
Media Lens | Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
When the likes of Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Bashar Assad, and now Donald Trump, are declared the latest ‘New Hitler’, we learn little except that they are enemies of the establishment. It means the ‘On’ button has been pressed on a propaganda machine designed for maximal demonisation, leaving no room for public doubt.
→ read full articleThe Tyranny of Democracy
Paul Larudee – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
In fact, compliance with US economic and strategic interests is a far greater factor in US intervention than promotion of democracy, which gets mere lip service. Most of Europe is part of NATO and accepts US “leadership”, which is a bit like the mafia leadership of Sicily. Costa Rica is considered one of the most democratic Latin American countries, but it finds itself in a similar situation, as do most Latin American countries, whether democratic or not.
→ read full articleProject for the New American Century
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
The Project for the New American Century was a neoconservative think-tank that focused on US foreign policy founded by William Kristol and Robert Kagan. Its stated goal was “to promote American global leadership.” The PNAC ceased to function in 2006 and was replaced by a new think-tank named the Foreign Policy Initiative, co-founded by Kristol and Kagan in 2009.
→ read full articleTowards a Rational Legal Philosophy of Individual Rights
Denis Rancourt | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
I briefly describe the anthropological origin and recent statutory embodiments of human rights of individuals. I show that the modern “democratic” state moderates the rights of individuals by both: (1) violating the said rights in order to maintain and enforce the societal dominance hierarchy, and (2) preventing disproportionate violations, to avoid inciting rebellion.
→ read full articleLet It Cool Down
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
A folktale from Uganda told by TRANSCEND member Stella Sabiiti. A king had a beautiful daughter. Many men asked to marry her, but the king gave them a difficult test.
→ read full articleWhat If Nuclear Weapons Are Used?
Victor Gilinsky – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
21 Nov 2016
In the 1959 movie, On the Beach, a survivor of nuclear war asks, “If everyone was so smart, why didn’t they see this coming?” Exactly. Stop and think about what may be coming if we don’t act. Above all, when it comes to nuclear weapons, we should not allow ourselves to just drift into the future. We need to look ahead as best we can and steer in a safer direction.
→ read full articleTroubling Study Says Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Who Will Be Criminals Based on Facial Features
Sam Biddle – The Intercept,
21 Nov 2016
18 Nov 2016 – The fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning are moving so quickly that any notion of ethics is lagging decades behind, or left to works of science fiction. This might explain a new study out of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which says computers can tell whether you will be a criminal based on nothing more than your facial features.
→ read full articleA Pic Is Worth a Thousand Words
TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
21st Century Journalism
→ read full articleMyanmar Urged by U.N. Expert to Let Aid Flow to Mainly Muslim State
Nick Cumming-Bruce – The New York Times,
21 Nov 2016
18 Nov 2016 — Amid mounting reports of violent unrest and brutal reprisals by Myanmar’s army in the mainly Muslim state of Rakhine, a United Nations expert said on Friday that the country’s government should let aid agencies into the area and investigate allegations of abuse instead of brushing them aside with blanket denials.
→ read full articleGive Praise Whenever You Can
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2016
Give praise whenever you can. Praise:
Sunrise on snow-capped mountains;
Sunsets on marigold fields. Praise:
Every act of kindness and solicitude;
Children smiling in beneficence. Praise:
The Trump Presidency (1)
Johan Galtung - from Washington DC, 9 Nov 2016 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
And vast categories had suffered what the Greeks call a-timia, the loss of status, white-male-workers-Americans. 5-2 in favor of Trump. And the rust belt, the big mid-Western de-industrializing states, Ohio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump catered to their interests in revival, indeed also in hitting their negations in very unacceptable ways: women, colored, elites, immigrants.
→ read full articleThe Trump Presidency (2)
Johan Galtung - from Washington DC, 10 Nov 2016 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The focus turns to foreign policy, particularly China and Russia. Allies, but very different. China is bilateral, negotiating deals for mutual and equal benefit and good at it (Vietnam); Trump should go for the same. Russia is multilateral, they want a European House from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with US understanding of Crimea and Ukraine, cooperating with everybody for mutual benefit, but not meddling.
→ read full article(Italiano) Dalla regionalizzazione alla globalizzazione: problematic
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Da trattare ci sono i loro rapporti e la globalizzazione politica, culturale, militare, economica. Politicamente dovrebbe funzionare per consenso, che vuol dire uguaglianza fra le regioni e veto per tutti. Culturalmente mediante il dialogo delle civiltà, non un monologo. Militarmente l’uguaglianza potrebbe far sì che l’ORU riesca là dove non è riuscita l’ONU con un Comando Militare. Economicamente: mediante condivisione – non monopoli – su base regionale.
→ read full articleThe Trump Presidency (3)
Johan Galtung - from Washington DC, 11 Nov 2016 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Trump and his inner circle of executives now work hard on a presidency “for all Americans”, after having insulted most of them. His business model calls for a President Trump different from the Candidate Trump.
→ read full article(Italiano) Due Indie: Gandhi e l’India Moderna
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Gandhi era per i bisogni, la modernità per l’avidità; Gandhi per l’autosostentamento locale, la modernità per il commercio illimitato; Gandhi per costruirsi la propria identità, la modernità per l’americanizzazione come neo-nirvana; Gandhi per la risoluzione nonviolenta dei conflitti, la modernità per polizia, militari, guerra.
→ read full article(Português) Carta Aberta aos Ativistas Brasileiros
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
A julgar pelos protestos que têm sido noticiados, bem como pelas mobilizações por influentes líderes comunitários em defesa da democracia, nutro grandes esperanças pelo Brasil. Tendo sido um ativista da não-violência por muitos anos, gostaria de oferecer o meu apoio para que os ativistas brasileiros possam desenvolver uma estratégia não-violenta que irá aumentar suas chances de sucesso.
→ read full articleThe Very Positive Sides to Trump’s Victory: A Baker’s Dozen
Rachel Olivia O'Connor | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
I’m one of the most radical souls on earth, with many decades of having my head bashed in at the barricades (in the name of leftist causes) under my belt. I belt out what’s below now because of the highly unproductive commentary coming out of alternative media outlets and from mainstream sources freaking out about Trump’s downsides. I’m fully aware of his horrid downsides.
→ read full article(Italiano) La guerra che distrugge
Elena Camino – Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
14 Nov 2016
• 60 milioni di persone dislocate
• 125 milioni in situazioni di crisi
• Gli attuali costi per aiuti umanitari: 25 miliardi di $ annui
• Fondi mancanti 15 miliardi di $
In una comunicazione il SIPRI informa che “la spesa militare nel 2015 è stata di 1,7 migliaia di miliardi di $, con un aumento dell’1% rispetto al 2014”.
The Trump Presidency (4)
Johan Galtung - from Washington DC, 12 Nov 2016 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The Washington Post listed on 11 Nov “Donald Trump’s Campaign Promises”; and on 12 Nov, “Trump advisors play down some of his campaign promises”. Trump’s new focus: health care, jobs, borders, tax reform. The 12:
→ read full article(Português) Acordámos num mundo que não conhecemos
José Manuel Fernandes | Observador – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Trump assusta, mas mais assustados devíamos estar por não termos ouvido os eleitores que mobilizou. E não, não: Trump não é um fascista nem os EUA são Itália. Por isso não venham prever o apocalipse.
→ read full articleMoralizing Military Intervention
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union there has been an upsurge of international undertakings that have claimed humanitarian justifications for military interventions in foreign societies. A second kind of justification for such interventions all of which are launched by Western countries (especially the United States) was associated with the global “war on terror.”
→ read full articleInternational Conference on Gandhian Perspectives on Contemporary Conflicts and Peace
Dr. Aurobinda Mahapatra | Gandhi Center for Non-Violence, Human Rights and World Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The Mahatma Gandhi Center for Non-Violence, Human Rights and World Peace at the Hindu University of America organized an international conference on Nov 3-4 2016, on the theme Gandhian perspectives on contemporary conflicts and peace. Speakers from Europe, Canada and India, besides the US, participated in the conference and focused on various aspects of Gandhian philosophy and its relevance for conflict resolution.
→ read full article(Français) La politique est la solution
Megan Erickson, Katherine Hill, Matt Karp, Connor Kilpatrick, & Bhaskar Sunkara | Investig’Action – Jacobin Magazine,
14 Nov 2016
Nous ne pouvons pas nous déplacer au Canada ou nous cacher sous le lit. C’est le moment d’embrasser la politique démocratique, et non de la rejeter.
→ read full articleClimate Change Is Intergenerational Theft. That’s Why My Son Is Part of This Story
Naomi Klein – The Guardian,
14 Nov 2016
We still have both the time and power to force our politicians to change course. It’s too late for most of the world’s coral reefs but it’s not too late for all of them. And it’s not too late to keep temperatures below levels that would save millions of lives and livelihoods. For that kind of rapid change to happen, however, we are all going to have to stop being so impeccably calm and reasonable. We’re going to have to find that part of ourselves that feels this threat in our hearts, as well as our heads.
→ read full articleCaught in the Act: NGOs Deal in Migrant Smuggling
Gefira – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
10 Nov 2016 – Ship-tracking software and reports from journalists prove that NGOs, the Italian Coast Guard and smugglers coordinate their actions. The Automatic Identification System exposes NGOs operating in Libyan territorial waters.
→ read full articleThoughts on US Presidential Election Result
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The important question before and after any election is how do we, the people, hold officials accountable? The stakes couldn’t be higher. How do we get officials to serve the interests of justice, peace, and saving civilization from total destruction from nuclear war and/or climate disaster?
→ read full articlePolice Departments Refuse Participation in Dakota Access Pipeline Crackdown
Isiah Holmes – MintPress News,
14 Nov 2016
8 Nov 2016 — In addition to the general retreat of departments, two officers have already turned in their badges in support of the protesters. As if that wasn’t enough, an army of sympathizers is re-purposing social media to combat police efforts in Standing Rock.
→ read full articleTrump Threatens Us with Climate Disaster
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The participants in the current UN climate talks in Marrakech are extremely worried about the effect that his election will have on the viability of the Paris climate agreement. Trump has stated in his campaign speeches that, if elected, he would pull the United States out of the Paris agreement.
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Parents of the Peace/Conflict Research Field: Johan Galtung
George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Starting with founding the Peace Research Institute Oslo in Norway when he was only 29 years old, Johan Galtung became the ‘founding father’ of peace research in Europe and ultimately had a worldwide impact on our modern understanding of peace and the structure of conflict.
→ read full articleTrump – The Symptom
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Nov 2016
11 Nov 2016 – The electoral victory of U.S. Republican Donald Trump — many have said — is an alarming signal that heralds new, difficult times. Maybe. Anyway, this victory could –and should-be seen as a symptom not as a disease. Such disease consists of a widespread malaise, the feeling of frustration and even oppression that the majority of citizens shelter in their hearts and minds worldwide.
→ read full article(Português) Abelhas entram para a lista de espécies em extinção
Helô D'Angelo | Exame – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Eventual fim das abelhas não nos deixaria só sem mel: dois terços do que comemos dependem do trabalho delas como polinizadoras.
→ read full articleUnderstanding Trump
George Lakoff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
As a longtime researcher in cognitive science and linguistics, I bring a perspective from these sciences to an understanding of the Trump phenomenon. Similar to Wilhelm Reich’s analysis of Hitler’s resonance with Germans holding the Authoritarian Father archetype (in “Mass Psychology of Fascism”). Important for an understanding of where the American right is coming from.
→ read full articleAfrica’s Challenge to the ICC
Solomon Dersso – Al Jazeera,
14 Nov 2016
On November 16, the signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court will come together and for the first time they’ll have to face defections. In a matter of weeks three states withdrew from the ICC. The scrutiny of the three African withdrawals from the ICC should not be reduced to accusations of seeking impunity.
→ read full articleRupture, Loss and Living: Minority Women Speak About Post-Conflict Life
Vithal Rajan – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
This reviewer discovered another message as he closed the book. Though he had shared the same time-space as the authors, he had not been aware of the delicacy with which women could unravel the tragic aspects of the human condition through the living narratives of other women, which could only be read through eyes blurred with tears.
→ read full article(Italiano) Il “Mio” Segni, I “Miei ” Segni
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Il Festival di teatro, arte e spettacolo, giunto alla sua XI edizione, rinominato nel 2016 con New generations Festival, che si è svolto a Mantova dal 26 ottobre al 2 novembre scorsi.
→ read full articleUnited Nations Meet to Turn Climate Pledges into Action
Annie Sneed | Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Systems to track and review each country’s progress will be put into place. The Conference of the Parties (COP 22) and the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12) will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from 7-18 November 2016.
→ read full articleNo Trumps to Diplomacy
Vithal Rajan – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
After the death of Julius Caesar, the conqueror, Augustus, the first Emperor, concentrated all power in his hands ending Rome’s democratic traditions. Tiberius corrupted the system further. Caligula took Rome deeper into cruelty and destruction. Nero’s buffoonery signaled the long cynical decline of all social values till Rome ceased to be the centre of the Western world. A curious parallel exists today in the history of the American empire.
→ read full articleThere Is a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets In: Leonard Cohen on Democracy and Its Redemptions
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Trained as a poet and ordained as a Buddhist monk, Leonard Cohen (21 Sep 1934–10 Nov 2016) is our patron saint of sorrow and redemption. He wrote songs partway between philosophy and prayer — songs radiating the kind of prayerfulness which Simone Weil celebrated as “the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
→ read full articleLeonard Cohen, Epic and Enigmatic Songwriter, Is Dead at 82
Larry Rohter – The New York Times,
14 Nov 2016
10 Nov 2016 – Over a musical career that spanned nearly five decades, Mr. Cohen wrote songs that addressed — in spare language that could be both oblique and telling — themes of love and faith, despair and exaltation, solitude and connection, war and politics. More than 2,000 recordings of his songs have been made by Judy Collins, Tim Hardin, U2, Aretha Franklin, R.E.M., Jeff Buckley, Trisha Yearwood, Justin Timberlake, Elton John, among others.
→ read full articleTaking a Stand at Standing Rock
Rev. John Dear | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
If the Standing Rock campaign is able to stop or reroute the pipeline, it will do so because of their steadfast nonviolence and the strong movement that has grown up around them. But like every grassroots movement of nonviolence, they need help and are asking for it. Everyone can get involved to help build this movement, support their nonviolence, and reach that good outcome and transformation.
→ read full articleToxic Air – The ‘Invisible Killer’ That Stifles 300 Million Children
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Nov 2016
Children Breathe Faster, Take in More Air than Adults – UNICEF further stressed that children are more susceptible than adults to both indoor and outdoor air pollution as their lungs, brains and immune systems are still developing and their respiratory tracks are more permeable.
→ read full articleBillionaire’s Elephant-Hunting Safaris Implicated in “Pygmy” Abuses
Survival International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The operation is based in two “protected areas” in Cameroon, leased by Benjamin de Rothschild. It offers tourists the chance to pay €55,000 to shoot a forest elephant. Baka were evicted from their ancestral land to create the trophy hunting operation, contrary to international law. It is patrolled by soldiers, police and armed guards, and Baka have now been told they will be shot on sight if they cross it to hunt to feed their families, gather plants, or visit religious sites.
→ read full articleThe Salary Theory…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Dilbert’s “Salary Theorem” states that “Engineers and scientists can never earn as much as business executives and sales people.”
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Everybody Knows (Music Video of the Week)
Leonard Cohen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Leonard Cohen, a Canadian poet and novelist, abandoned a promising literary career to become one of the foremost songwriters of the contemporary era. He passed away on 10 Nov 2016.
→ read full articleThe ‘Victorious’ Legacy of the Vietnam War
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The irony of the Vietnam War Memorial is no match for the irony inherent in the fact that the man who has won a Nobel Prize for Peace is the very same individual who has presided over drone-assassination, a programme whose distinction is as a kind of apex of dehumanised murder.
→ read full articleThe Public Loves Myanmar’s New War on Muslims
Poppy McPherson | Foreign Policy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
One year after a historic election put a civilian government in charge, the country’s army is using brutal methods to regain its popularity.
→ read full articleOh My God, Trump!
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Let us be fair. Miracles do happen. President Trump may turn out quite a different person than the nasty candidate. He may be pragmatic in the good sense of the word, learn quickly, govern sensibly. As our Muslim friends say: Inshallah, if Allah wills it.
→ read full articlePresident Trump: Big Liar Going to Washington or Tribune of the People?
Prof. John McMurtry - Global Research,
14 Nov 2016
Trump is no working-class hero. He has long been a predatory capitalist with all the furies of greed, egoism and self-promotion that the ruling system selects for. But he is not rich from foreign wars of aggression, or from exporting the costs of labor to foreign jurisdictions with subhuman standards. He has initiated a long overdue recognition of parasite capitalism eating out and wasting the life capacities of the US itself as well as the larger world.
→ read full articleRadical Disaffection Engendered by Elitist Groupthink?
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Democratic Rehearsal of the Final Battle between the Forces of Light and the Dark Force – Inspired by Election of Donald Trump (9 November 2016)
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Nov 14-20 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” –Cadet Maxim
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Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen (Music Video of the Week)
Andre Rieu Orchestra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Cohen’s Masterpiece Composition – Maastricht Concert 2013
→ read full articleDonald Trump and the Media’s ‘Epic Fail’
Rachel Oldroyd – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism,
14 Nov 2016
One of the most egregious failings of the media in the US election was their chase of audience share at the expense of substantial reporting. As happened in the UK in the run up to Brexit, lots of American media outlets treated Trump as entertainment – his soundbites, as shocking as they were, provided fantastic content on social media – and elevated his untruths to their front pages.
→ read full articleThe Bear Clan Patrol and Community Protection
Timothy Braatz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The Bear Clan Patrol is, in a word, Gandhian. Mohandas Gandhi is probably best known for leading political campaigns of mass civil disobedience and noncooperation intended to end British colonial rule over India. However, he placed greater value on his “Constructive Programme”: cultivating nonviolent, self-sufficient, inclusive, non-exploitative communities, or ashrams, as an alternative to colonial dependency. He hoped the British colonists would see the superiority of what he considered “Indian civilization” and join it.
→ read full articleNow What Should We Do?
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
An Agenda for Berniecrats after the United States Election
→ read full articleFathers and Sons – A Perspective of Life, Love and Harmony
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
History is a strange amalgam of events and lives of people – important or ordinary. Among these lives the relationships of fathers and their sons form vibrant and humane accounts. The personalities may differ from generation to generation. But their stories recount interesting and unforgettable episodes of life, love, harmony and occasionally animosity.
→ read full articleSix Theses on Saving the Planet
Richard Smith | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
From the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution, workers, trade unionists, radicals, and socialists have fought against the worst depredations of capitalist development: intensifying exploitation, increasing social polarization, persistent racism and sexism, deteriorating workplace health and safety conditions, environmental ravages, and relentless efforts to suppress democratic political gains under the iron heel of capital.
→ read full articleAnticipating the Trump Presidency
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
It is wildly premature to think that this election signals that the American people have descended into the swamps of racism and nativism, but it will still take a vigilant opposition movement to prevent Trump’s government from imposing its horrendous agenda on our collective future.
→ read full articleUS Elections: Western Media Stopped Reporting and Began Shaping Opinion
Gefira – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The powers that be so desperately wanted to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the 45th president that they chose to treat people like, excuse using the word, sheeple, telling them in no uncertain terms how a “decent” citizen was supposed to vote and how he was to assess the candidates.
→ read full articleDying to Get to Europe
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Nov 2016
They are not just data or numbers for statistical calculations. They are desperate human beings fleeing wars, violence, abuse, slavery and death. They hear and believe the bombastic speeches about democracy and human rights and watch the many images of welfare and good life in Europe.
→ read full articlePalestinian Social Fabric Frays in Lebanon’s Camps as Drug Dealers Target Children (Part1)
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
The past few years have witnessed an alarming increase in drug distribution in Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian camps, as dealers target children and teenagers. This conclusion is based on research and surveys by camp officials, residents and activists, as well as in-depth interviews with mothers of targeted Palestinian children between the ages of 11-15.
→ read full article‘Epidemic of Birth Defects and Cancer in Iraq after US-Led War’
Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Samples taken from Iraqi children living in Iraqi cities bombed during the US-led campaign show lead poisoning, which is a result of pollution caused by American military bases and the war, says Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, an environmental toxicologist.
→ read full articleThe Trump Presidency (5)
Johan Galtung - from Washington DC, 13 Nov 2016 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Donald Trump passed the CBS 60 Minutes TV test on 13 Nov. What came through was a relaxed Trump, in command not only of voice and body language and short crisp answers, almost always straight to the points, but also of an amazing array of facts. A quick learner; but also considerably better educated (Wharton) than his competitors.
→ read full articlePresident Trump’s Briefing Session
Dr. Leo Rebello – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Trump’s first day at the Oval Office after being elected President. First briefings by the CIA, Pentagon, FBI:
→ read full articleWorld to Cut Gas Emissions by 25 Percent More than Paris Agreement
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
7 Nov 2016
4 Nov 2016 – On the eve of the entry into force of the Paris Agreement today, the United Nations sounded new climate alarm, urging the world to ‘dramatically’ step up its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by some 25 per cent more.
→ read full articleObama Is Pathetic on Human Rights in North Dakota
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
7 Nov 2016
For someone supposedly monitoring this closely, the President might be expected to know that people have already been hurt and most if not all of those hurt were nonviolent, peaceful protestors set upon by dogs and assaulted by rubber bullets, sound cannons, and chemical weapons. What fundamental, callous irrationality prompts this president to bring in Black Lives Matter? That is strange beyond comprehension.
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Tango – Por Una Cabeza (Music Video of the Week)
Nicola Benedetti – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
Simply Delightful:
Nicola Benedetti, Violin. Dancers: Ksenija Sidorova, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Leonard Elschenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk.
Massive North Dakota Oil Leak Proves Native American Protesters Right for Fighting Illegal DAPL Pipeline
Jeremiah Jones – Counter Current News,
7 Nov 2016
Are you still wondering why So many people support the #NoDAPL protectors? This spill is part of the reason. A North Dakota oil well owned by Oasis Petroleum Inc blew out over the [30 Oct] weekend and has yet to be capped, leaking more than 67,000 gallons of crude so far and endangering a tributary of the Missouri River. The well is about 15 miles south of White Earth, North Dakota, in Mountrail County.
→ read full articleInvitation to Webinar: Experiential Approaches to Peacebuilding – 15 Nov 2016
Tatsushi Arai – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
12:30-1:30pm, EST (GMT -5) – Free and Open to the Public
→ read full articleSaudi Ambassador to the U.S. Vows to Keep Hitting Yemen, “No Matter What”
Zaid Jilani and Alex Emmons – The Intercept,
7 Nov 2016
1 Nov 2016 – At last week’s Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference — bankrolled by oil companies — the Saudi ambassador was the keynote speaker.
→ read full articleThe Song of the Hoop
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
To the Original Peoples of North America, the hoop was a sacred symbol. They believed that order and civilization were within the great hoop of the world, and all chaos was without. Their tribal councils were held in circles; their tipis were round; their mandalas, winding images of dreams. This poem tells the story of Tashtunka Witco, whom the Americans called “Crazy Horse,” and how the West was lost in the last decades of the 19th Century….
→ read full articleThe Next Health System
Jamie Harvie | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
Western medicine uses the term inflammation to describe symptoms of heat, swelling, pain and loss of function. These are warning signs of an alarmed immune system, red flashing lights that our condition needs attention. One need not be a nurse or doctor to perceive from the daily news headlines or our daily interactions that modern life is grossly out of balance and discordant with how we are designed to exist. The health and well-being of individuals is inseparable from nature and inseparable from the health of community.
→ read full articleNorth Dakota Had 292 Oil Spills in 2 Years–Officials Disclosed 1 to the Public
Nathan Wellman | US Uncut – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
27 Oct 2016 – From Jan 2012–Sep 2013, these pipeline spills were just a part of approximately 750 “oil field incidents” that took place in the state without the public’s knowledge, according to a report by AP. In a tense standoff with heavily armed police forces, dozens of protesters – referring to themselves as peaceful water protectors – were arrested today for demonstrating against the construction of the pipeline on what police say is private property.
→ read full articlePrivatization Cure Often Worse Than Malady
Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury – Inter Press Service-IPS,
7 Nov 2016
Privatization of SOEs has been a cornerstone of the neo-liberal counterrevolution that swept the world from the 1980s following the economic crisis. Developing countries, seeking aid from the IMF and the World Bank, often had to commit to privatization as a condition for credit support.
→ read full articleBurmese Soldiers Accused of Raping and Killing Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Esther Htusan, Martha Mendoza – The Independent,
7 Nov 2016
31 Oct 2016 – Just five months after her party took power, Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing international pressure over recent reports that soldiers have been killing, raping and burning homes of the country’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims. ‘The big picture is that the government does not seem to have any influence over the military’.
→ read full articleWall Street and the Pentagon: Pre-mature Political and Military Ejaculations
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
2 Nov 2016 – Wall Street and the Pentagon greeted the onset of 2016 as a ‘banner year’, a glorious turning point in the quest for malleable regimes willing to sell-off the most lucrative economic resources, to sign off on onerous new debt to Wall Street and to grant use of their strategic military bases to the Pentagon.
→ read full article[Nobel Peace Laureate] Suu Kyi Says ‘Delicate’ Myanmar Conflict Handled by Rule of Law
Minami Funakoshi | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
The Myanmar government is responding to conflict in the troubled north of Rakhine state based on rule of law, Nobel Peace Prize leader Aung San Suu Kyi was quoted as saying on Thursday [3 Nov]. She faced mounting criticism abroad for her government’s handling of a crisis in the Muslim-majority region, where soldiers have blocked access for aid workers and are accused of raping and killing civilians.
→ read full articleSewage System
TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
Rings a lot of bells…
→ read full articlePrivate Prisons’ New Plan to Cover Losses Involves More Immigrants in Detention Centers
Casey Tolan | Fusion – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
Executives from the two biggest private prisons in the USA told investors Thursday [3 Nov] they saw a major growth opportunity in detaining those immigrants. The GEO Group and CoreCivic both reported higher-than-expected profits due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining more people. “There has been an overreaction in the market to the long-term viability of our business,” CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger said.
→ read full articleThe Zeus Complex: A Manifesto against Aerial Bombardment of Civilians
Peter Nias – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
The aerial bombardment of children, women and men, whether deliberate or as ‘collateral damage’, continues to be one of many stains on the world’s ambiguous and uncertain paths towards civilisation. This article, based on a book published in November 2016, endeavours to give inspiration to readers, both popular and academic who, when hearing of civilian aerial bombardment and its grim consequences, sigh wearily and think ‘what can anyone do about it?’
→ read full articleJerusalem and Its Walls: UNESCO Refuses to Bow to Israeli Pressure
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
1 Nov 2016 – Despite all the threats and political grandstanding, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has approved, on October 26, a new resolution that reaffirms the status of occupied Jerusalem’s Old City on the list of endangered world heritage sites.
→ read full articleFukushima Cover Up
Robert Hunziker | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
31 Oct 2016 – It is literally impossible for the world community to get a clear understanding of, and truth about, the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This statement is based upon the Feature article in Columbia Journalism Review (“CJR”) dated October 25, 2016 entitled: “Sinking a Bold Foray into Watchdog Journalism in Japan” by Martin Fackler.
→ read full articleRemedies to Heal the World
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
When we fail to change the things
By force, hate, enmity and revenge
And comes nothing to our mind
Except killing fellow humankind
Just How Grey Are the White Helmets and Their Backers? (Part 1)
Jan Oberg | Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
While thousands of humanitarian organisations around the world are struggling fiercely with diminishing support from governments and the public, one has achieved a surprising amount of support from Western governments in a surprisingly short period of time and gained a surprising attention from mainstream media and ditto political elites: The Syrian Civil Defence or White Helmets. Their name of course makes you think of the UN’s Blue Helmet and white is the colour of those who should be protected in harm’s way – and the colour of innocence.
→ read full articleIndia Is Losing the Battle against Female Foeticide
Asian Centre for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
3 Nov 2016 – The 290-page report, “The State of the PC&PNDT Act: India’s losing battle against female foeticide”, is the first ever comprehensive study on the status of implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques.
→ read full articleBalfour’s Perfidy: A Story of Betrayal
Stuart Littlewood | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2016
31 Oct 2016 – November 2 marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which began the still-ongoing colonisation of Palestine and sowed the seeds of an endless nightmare for the Palestinian people, both those who were forced to flee at gunpoint and those who have managed to remain in the shredded remains of their homeland under Israel’s brutal military occupation.
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