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The US and Canada Have Blood on Their Hands in Honduras
Grahame Russell – teleSUR,
31 Oct 2016
The international community needs to be held to account for propping up and subsidizing the murderous regime in Honduras.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to a Son Whose Father Has Parkinson’s Disease
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
I read an online essay by a person whose father has progressive Parkinson’s disease for decades. The tone of the essay was of despair, confusion and frustration. Given the fact that a lot of the medical information on the internet comes from Big Pharma websites, the author understandably repeated many of the myths about Parkinson’s disease, such as the “no known cause” myth or the “it might be genetic” myth.
→ read full articleThe White Helmet Controversy
Rick Sterling | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Unknown to most people, the White Helmets brand was conceived and directed by a marketing company named “The Syria Campaign” based in New York. They have managed to fool millions of people. Walt Disney might have made a great movie about this: unarmed volunteers fearlessly rescuing survivors in the midst of war without regard to religion or politics.
→ read full articleNauru, Refugees, and the Australian Torture Complex
Binoy Kampmark | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
The Four Corners program was informed by a significant Amnesty International report, aptly titled Island of Despair, which was released on Monday [17 Oct] night. That report examined the rather ghoulish extent the Australian government, with its Nauru satraps, has been going about the business of “processing” boat arrivals.
→ read full article(Português) Senciência Animal
Ética Animal - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
31 Oct 2016
A senciência é a capacidade de ser afetado positiva ou negativamente, isto é, a capacidade de receber e reagir a um estímulo de forma consciente, experimentando-o a partir de dentro. É a capacidade de ter experiências. Não é a mera capacidade para perceber um estímulo ou reagir a uma dada ação, como no caso de uma máquina que desempenha certas funções quando pressionamos um botão.
→ read full articleJust 90 Companies Are Accountable for More Than 60 Percent of Greenhouse Gases
Dan Drollette Jr | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
27 Oct 2016 – There’s a tendency to think that when it comes to climate change, we’re all equally at fault—and if everyone is to blame, then no one is to blame. But now it’s possible to identify the contributions of individual companies, thanks to the work of researchers such as Richard Heede. What he found is revealing.
→ read full articleRussian Nuclear Forces, 2016
Hans M. Kristensen & Robert S. Norris | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Published online: 15 April 2016
→ read full articleHow to Talk About #NoDAPL – A Native Perspective: Remember This about Standing Rock
Kelly Hayes | Transformative Spaces – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
27 Oct 2016 – This piece is very personal because, as an Indigenous woman, my analysis is very personal, as is the analysis that my friends on the frontlines have shared with me. Yes, everyone should be talking about climate change. But we deserve to survive because our lives are worth defending in their own right — not simply because “this affects us all.”
→ read full articleThe Struggle Within
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Facing life’s challenges and insecurity
The heart yearns for serenity
How can we ignore the oppressor’s meanness
And simply understand his weakness
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Doc Exposes Destruction of Rainforest for Palm Oil as Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions
Rainforest Action Network | EcoWatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
25 Oct 2016 – A new documentary produced and starring actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio premieres in Los Angeles today and will be broadcast globally in 45 languages in 171 countries on the National Geographic Channel starting Oct. 30, timed to air in advance of the November elections.
→ read full articleColombia: A Bright Light for Peace Is Extinguished
Immanuel Wallerstein | Toward Freedom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Frankly, I do not see any way the peace accord can be saved. Colombia is now like all the other areas of unending conflict. The chaotic world situation continues unabated in what I remind you is the struggle to decide on the successor system to the capitalist system that is now in systemic crisis.
→ read full articleFukushima Radiation in the Pacific (Revisited)
RP Siegel | Triple Pundit – TRANSCEND Media Servic,
31 Oct 2016
Greenpeace’s famed ship, the Rainbow Warrior, went out to sample the waters around Fukushima in February of this year with former Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Naoto Kan onboard. What they found was that radiation in the seabed off Fukushima “is hundreds of times above pre-2011 levels.” They also found levels in nearby rivers that were “up to 200 times higher than ocean sediment.”
→ read full articleArtemis or You
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
I couldn’t blame the moon,
Though tempted, for mistaking you
In Artemis, or Artemis in you,
Who could tell, she was so swift,
UN Unanimously Rejects Cuba Blockade as US Abstains for First Time
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Only two countries, the United States and Israel, abstained from the vote, while 191 of the 193 member states in the assembly voted in favor of the resolution for the 25th consecutive year. Last year, only the USA and Israel voted against it.
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Somewhere in Time (Music Video of the Week)
Maksim Mrvica | Piano – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
John Barry’s Famous Composition – Croatian born pianist Maksim Mrvica started to play piano when he was nine and by the age of 11 he held his first concert as a soloist with an orchestra. It wasnt always easy to harbour his dream of becoming a concert pianist, especially when, at the age of 15, war broke out in Croatia.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Oct 31- Nov 6 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs
→ read full articleA Drinker’s Hamlet
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Ah, to drink, and with our sips
To end the heartaches and the thousand natural shocks Flesh is heir to;
Nay, to refrain, and with the virtue
Therein derived,
Face the onslaught, full strength alone.
Aye, that’s the rub!
Vote All You Want – The Secret Government Won’t Change
Jordan Michael Smith – Boston Globe,
24 Oct 2016
The people we elect aren’t the ones calling the shots, says Tufts University’s Michael Glennon.
→ read full articleInterview on Palestine for Middle East Eye with Hilary Wise
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
I want above all that Palestine will not suffer the fate of other oppressed people, and be written off as ‘a forgotten struggle,’ or worse, ‘a lost cause.’ “Apartheid, annexation, mass displacement and collective punishment have become core policies of the state of Israel.”
→ read full articleGenocide of Rohingya in Myanmar May Be Entering New and Deadly Phase
Queen Mary University of London – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary University of London has warned that reports of attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar may signal a new phase in what ISCI researchers say is genocide.
→ read full articleNonviolence Charter: Progress Report #9 (Oct 2016)
Robert J. Burrowes, Anita McKone & Anahata Giri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
This is the latest six-monthly report on progress in relation to ‘The People’s Charter to Create a Nonviolent World’ together with a sample of news about Charter signatories and organizations. Our collective effort to build a worldwide consensus against the use of violence in all contexts continues to make progress, even against rather overwhelming odds!
→ read full articleAssembly Line
TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Garbage In-Garbage Out
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The Power of Gratitude – Oprah Winfrey
OWN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
If you can’t find what to be thankful for, you should start by just being grateful for your breath. Focus on the good you have, not the lack of it, because whatever gets your attention will increase the energy of gratitude. That’s how joy rises.
→ read full articleLand without Mirrors
Dr. Emanuel E. Garcia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
At some point, hard to remember
Under the sway of the stars,
Along the pathless plains
Brimming towards I knew not what,
Let’s Talk about What UNESCO Resolution Does Say Instead of What It Doesn’t
Tom Pessah - +972 Magazine,
24 Oct 2016
UNESCO passed a resolution regarding holy Muslim sites in Jerusalem on Thursday [13 Oct]. After “affirming the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions,” the resolution calls for the restoration of the previous status quo around “Al-Aqṣa Mosque/Al-Ḥaram Al-Sharif and its surroundings.”
→ read full articleUS-Led Sanctions Targeting Syria Risk Adjudication as War Crimes
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Let there be established without further delay a Special Tribunal for Syria, so that the global community can render its judgment on all claims of War Crimes being committed daily in Syria, by all sides. And surely these claims include the US-led civilian targeting sanctions on the people of Syria.
→ read full articleTravelers
Barbara Millar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Sea gulls squawked and arched their wings
and dove for scraps above the terminal
where long grey busses in their slots
waited for their human cargo,
each with his own destination.
The Terrifying Impunity of Brazil’s Riot Police
Vanessa Barbara – The New York Times,
24 Oct 2016
Protests are back with a vengeance since Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, and the cops are cracking down. Protesters will have to take matters into their own hands. I’ve seen it before: Activists once formed their own volunteer security group to protect people from police abuse. That could get ugly.
→ read full articlePhilippine President Duterte: ‘I Announce My Separation from the United States’
Barbara Demick and Tracy Wilkinson – Los Angeles Times,
24 Oct 2016
20 Oct 2016 – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced today that he was “separating” from the United States and embracing China as the new best friend of the Philippines. Chinese President Xi Jinping called the visit by Duterte a “milestone.’’
→ read full article10 Learnings from 10 Years of Brain Pickings
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Fluid Reflections on Keeping a Solid Center – I left Bulgaria for America lured by the liberal arts education promise of being taught how to live. As the reality fell short of that promise, I began keeping my own record of what I was reading and learning outside the classroom in mapping this academically unaddressed terra incognita of being.
→ read full articleThe Greater Evil of ‘Lesser Evilism’
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
It’s high time we freed ourselves from the politics of cronyism, fear and the greater evil of lesser evilism. If not now—when global stakes are at such a height, given nuclear weaponry, climate change, never-ending war and utter contempt for international law—when?
→ read full articleNatural Rights: A Solution in the 18th Century, a Problem in the 21st
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Individual and Human Rights – Let’s talk about natural rights. What shall we say? Well, let’s begin the way students in law schools begin when they brief a legal opinion to prepare for a class. They read the dissenting opinion before they read the majority opinion. Starting with the dissent is a good way to bring the issues into focus.
→ read full articleReligious Goddesses and Conditions of Women Today in India
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Although I have focused on the situation of women in India today, in many parts of the world women are victims of prejudice, injustice and violence both physical and mental. What can be done to alleviate the situation? There is no easy answer. Let us remember that injustice and violence is taking many forms to which we must be sensitive and act against it sincerely.
→ read full articleThe Perils of Market-Driven Education
Noam Chomsky, CJ Polychroniou and Lily Sage | ZNet – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
What is the actual role of education and its link to democracy, to decent human relations and to a decent society? What defines a cultured and decent society? World-renowned linguist, social critic and activist Noam Chomsky shares his views on education and culture.
→ read full articleWhat U.S. Progressives Should Do on Nov. 8
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The drift towards militarism and fascism which we can observe today, not only in the United States but also in several other countries, is worryingly reminiscent of the 1930’s. We must fervently hope that the disasters which resulted then from the rise of fascism and militarism will not occur again, and we must work with dedication to prevent this from happening.
→ read full articleEnergy Transfer Partner’s “Black Snake” (the Dakota Access Pipeline) is at Risk of Being Beheaded
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Amy Goodman’s Legal Charges Concerning the Standing Rock Water Protests Dismissed – The ALCU is calling on the state of North Dakota to stop its suppression of the right to protest and to demilitarize Morton County. Sign our petition and learn more about Sacred Stone Camp and how you can help at
→ read full articleCapitalism Is Doomed — Without Alternatives, So Are We
Jake Johnson – Common Dreams,
24 Oct 2016
Far from loosening the leash, elites have consolidated power to an unprecedented extent, and they have used their influence to undercut democratic movements and hijack public institutions… One thing is clear: The future of capitalism and the future of the planet are intertwined.
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Algarabías – (Music Video of the Week)
Vasco Hernández | ARC Music – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Algarabías (Spanish): Yelling, boisterous and confusing babble of people shouting/speaking all at the same time.
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Rohingya Continue to Suffer Systematic Extortion, Abuse
Physicians for Human Rights, Nobel Peace Laureates – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Report from Physicians for Human Rights Shows Severe Persecution Contributes to Cycle of Poverty and Despair among Rohingya Minority
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Oct 24-30 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know that we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.” – Mother Teresa
→ read full articleMSF Refused a Million Free Vaccines to Stand up to Big Pharma
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 – Doctors Without Borders said last week it had refused a donation of one million pneumonia vaccinations from the drug manufacturer Pfizer as part of a principled stand against Big Pharma’s monopolistic drug-pricing policies. While Pfizer made $6.245 billion in revenue last year, 1.4 million children die each year from the pneumonia strain.
→ read full articleI Voted
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
I voted today. …
I voted for peace and justice and sanity
In an insane world of violence and injustice.
I voted.
What Is Peace Journalism?
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Profs. Jake Lynch and Dietrich Fischer reply to the question.
→ read full articleAs Honduras Activists Continue to Burn, US Backs Govt
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
21 Oct 2016 – The U.S. will continue giving millions of dollars in military funding to the Honduran government, despite the high-profile targeted assassinations and other human rights abuses documented this year in the Central American nation. The political instability plaguing the country largely followed from the U.S.-backed 2009 coup against President Elect Manuel Zelaya.
→ read full articleOverview of Class Struggle in Latin America
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
17 Oct 2016 – The class struggle from below has taken different forms and directions, with greater or lesser intensity, between countries and within countries in different time periods.
→ read full articlePeacekeeping: Fiction vs. Reality
T.J. Petrowski | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The word peacekeeping is like the word terrorism: it is meaningless on its own and able to be molded to serve the interests of a political clique. Peacekeeping “is usually an instrument for the attempted realization of a political…project that perpetrators lacking mass support are seeking.”
→ read full articleRussia’s First Ever Monument to Tsar Ivan the Terrible Unveiled in Oryol
TASS | RBTH Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
14 Oct 2016 – The first monument to Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Russia was unveiled on Oct. 14 in the city of Oryol, founded by the Tsar. The monument was erected near the Epiphany Cathedral and Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky welcomed the decision.
→ read full articlePlan Colombia, Permanent War, and the NO Vote
Laura Carlsen – Common Dreams,
24 Oct 2016
The NO vote unexpectedly flipped the political situation back in favor of the rightwing hawks. This uprising could not only flip it back in favor of peace, but also create a social movement capable of going beyond the accords in terms of establishing social justice and human rights and addressing the enormous backlog of demands from below.
→ read full articleGood Deaths in Mosul, Bad Deaths in Aleppo
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
24 Oct 2016
Note how differently The New York Times prepares the American public for civilian casualties from the new U.S.-backed Iraqi government assault on the city of Mosul to free it from the Islamic State, compared to the unrelenting condemnation of the Russian-backed Syrian government assault on neighborhoods of east Aleppo held by Al Qaeda.
→ read full articleBattle for Mosul. Can There Be Respect for the Laws of War?
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
In a situation confused by the number and nationalities of the groups in combat and the very ethnically and religiously mixed population of Mosul, what possibilities exist for respect of the laws of war? The laws of war, now often called humanitarian law, have two wings, one dealing with the treatment of medical personnel in armed conflict situations, the treatment of the military wounded and prisoners of war as well as the protection of civilians
→ read full articleFreedom of the Press Faces Judicial Harassment in Brazil
Mario Osava – Inter Press Service-IPS,
24 Oct 2016
The latest high-profile case involves the Gazeta do Povo, the main daily newspaper in Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, which is facing 48 lawsuits from judges and public prosecutors who are suing the paper and several of its employees for reporting their incomes in February.
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Prof. Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Johan Vincent Galtung was born in Oslo, Norway on the same day that the UN would come to existence 15 years later. He was jailed for six months at age 24 as a Conscientious Objector to military service. In jail he wrote his first book, Gandhi’s Political Ethics, together with his mentor, Arne Næss. This event would trigger a world-changing lifetime work for peace: 167 books, plus.
→ read full articleThe Funeral Ruckus
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Shimon Peres would have enjoyed it. A public battle about his funeral. The Arab members of the Knesset did not attend. So what? I did not attend, either. We never liked each other, and my attendance would have been sheer hypocrisy. I don’t like hypocrisy… One thing is quite certain: there will be no change for the better in Israel, no change of government and policy, unless the Arab citizens and their representatives become an integral part of the new peace force without which there is no hope.
→ read full articleThe Middle East and the Next Administration
Chas W. Freeman, Jr. | LobeLog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The U.S. is making enemies all over the Muslim world. And every day here at home, millions pay homage to the memory of Osama as they remove their shoes to pass through metal detectors and are stripped of their dignity by body-imaging devices at airports. Americans are less secure, less prosperous, and less free than we were as this century began. In life, Osama was transformative. In death, he continues to shape the world he left behind.
→ read full articleThe Invitation
Oriah | Mountain Dreamer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing…
→ read full articleOn Strip Searches and Press Freedom in North Dakota
Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!,
24 Oct 2016
Pipeline guards unleashed pepper spray and dogs on the land and water defenders. Democracy Now! video showed one of the attack dogs with blood dripping from its nose and mouth. The video went viral, attracting more than 14 million views on Facebook alone. Five days later, North Dakota issued the arrest warrant.
→ read full articleGoogle Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking
Julia Angwin | ProPublica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Google is the latest tech company to drop the longstanding wall between anonymous online ad tracking and user’s names.
→ read full articleIf the Media Too Will Become a Party
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
If the media too will become a party
Who will then resolve the conflicts?
War or Peace?
Dennis Kucinich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
20 Oct 2016 – The most consequential statement by Secretary Clinton in last night’s debate was her pronouncement that a no-fly zone over Syria could “save lives and hasten the end of the conflict,” that a no-fly zone would provide “safe zones on the ground” was in “the best interests of the people on the ground in Syria” and would “help us with our fight against ISIS.” It would do none of the above.
→ read full articleProspects, Hope and Strategies for the Future in Palestine
Tommaso Segantini and Norman Finkelstein – teleSUR,
24 Oct 2016
Renowned scholar and political activist Norman Finkelstein talks about a range of issues around Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
→ read full articleDrunks
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Recently, a routine police patrol was parked outside a local neighborhood bar in Minnesota. Late in the evening, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk.
→ read full articleThe Uniform Civil Code Debate in India: Unveiling the Myths
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The Indian government has embarked on a marathon exercise of seeking public opinion on having a Uniform Civil Code. A uniform civil code will mean that personal laws will become subservient to constitutional law. The Constitution enjoins all religions and faiths to be respected equally and adherents be free to carry out the articles of their faith.
→ read full articleDrug Resistance: How Dirty Production of UK National Health Service Drugs Helps Create Superbugs
Andrew Wasley and Madlen Davies – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism,
24 Oct 2016
18 Oct 2016 – The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, and there are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening. The growth in superbugs – infections which are resistant to antibiotics – is one of the biggest public health crises facing the world today, and pollution in drug companies’ supply chains is one of its causes.
→ read full articleFree Distribution of Two UN Books
Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
At the Occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the United Nations, 24 October 2016
→ read full articleSpanish Court Overturns Catalonian Bullfighting Ban
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday [20 Oct] overturned a ban on bullfighting imposed in Catalonia, calling it a cultural asset protected under national law in a ruling likely to fuel political tensions between the region and Madrid. Bullfighting, a bloody ritual intended to ennoble both the “torero” and his victim, has been popular in Spain for generations.
→ read full articleWashington’s Global Economic Wars
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
18 Oct 2016 – During most of the past two decades Washington has aggressively launched military and economic wars against at least nine countries, either directly or through its military aid to regional allies and proxies. US air and ground troops have bombed or invaded Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon.
→ read full articleWhy Wall Street’s Scandals Keep Coming
Maureen O'Hara | Market Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
It’s too easy for Wall Street to overlook ethical constraints and only care about the ends, not the means.
→ read full articleMasters of War Have Names!
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Among Bob Dylan’s many songs written over decades was “Masters of War” that included these lyrics:
“Come you masters of war, You that build the big guns, You that build the death planes. You that build all the bombs. You that hide behind walls. You that hide behind desks. I just want you to know I can see through your masks…
The Crackdown on Dakota Access Pipeline Reporters Shows the Vital Role of Independent Media
Sarah Aziza | Waging Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The recent arrests of independent journalists have raised questions about state suppression, free speech and the line between activism and journalism.
→ read full articleWhy Okinawa Should Matter
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
12 Oct 2016 – An earlier version of this post appeared in the Japanese publication, Ryukyu Shimpo. The article is devoted to a critical discussion of Okinawa’s role in serving American and Japanese strategic interests. Since the end of World War II Okinawa has been a mostly unhappy host of American military bases, and the issue has been prominent at times on the agenda of the Japanese peace movement.
→ read full article(Italiano) Paesaggio mediatico: una visita guidata
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
Il punto focale è su quanto i media rendano trasparente il mondo. Parole e immagini facilitano diagnosi, prognosi, terapia, (DPT), altrimenti definibili come analisi, previsione e rimedi? Sì e no.
→ read full articleA Nonviolent Strategy to End the Climate Catastrophe
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
As the evidence mounts that we are fast approaching the final point-of-no-return beyond which it will be impossible to take sufficient effective action to prevent climate catastrophe – the evidence of ineffective official responses climbs too. So what are we to do?
→ read full articleChallenge of Three Paradigm Shifts for the 8th BRICS Summit: To Facilitate an Economy of Entrepreneurs
Mazher Hussain | COVA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
There appears some orientation in BRICS for sustainable development and employment to eradicate poverty unlike most other multilateral formations like G 8, World Bank and IMF that focus on mega projects, trade and investment. Indeed it is significant that the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa Oct 15-16 also undertake finalisation of a framework for cooperation for promoting MSME Sector.
→ read full articlePanama: The Hidden Trillions
Alan Rusbridger | The New York Review of Books - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
In a seminar room in Oxford, one of the reporters who worked on the Panama Papers is describing the main conclusion he drew from his months of delving into millions of leaked documents about tax evasion. “Basically, we’re the dupes in this story,” he says. “Previously, we thought that the offshore world was a shadowy, but minor, part of our economic system. What we learned from the Panama Papers is that IT IS the economic system.”
→ read full articleU.S. Military Operations Are Biggest Motivation for Homegrown Terrorists, FBI Study Finds
Murtaza Hussain and Cora Currier – The Intercept,
17 Oct 2016
11 Oct 2016 – A secret FBI study found that anger over U.S. military operations abroad was the most commonly cited motivation for individuals involved in cases of “homegrown” terrorism. The report also identified no coherent pattern to “radicalization,” concluding that it remained near impossible to predict future violent acts. Government officials rarely acknowledge the role that political grievances play in driving attacks.
→ read full article(Italiano) Nel frattempo – In giro per il mondo
Johan Galtung – Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
11 ottobre 2016 – Il Dibattito: Qualcuno ha detto che il problema è la possibilità di ritrovarsi con Trump e la probabilità di ritrovarsi con la Clinton. Dunque una ben misera alternativa tra una persona autistica che vive nella sua bolla e una criminale di guerra che sta privatizzando persino la sua azione militare? Le notizie sull’evento hanno riguardato “chi ha vinto”, non qualche nuova linea politica.
→ read full article9 Reasons That Nobel Peace Prize to Juan M. Santos Was a Wrong Decision
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
[1] Only the government side got the prize 7 October, not FARC; the same mistake as the 1971 prize only to Willy Brandt, not also Brezhnev and the 2000 prize to Kim Dae-jung, not also to North Korea. It takes (at least) two to make a handshake; one hand is only shaking the air.
→ read full articleWhose Side is “God, god, gods, g _ d,” _ _ _ on? A Reprise and More
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
17 Oct 2016 – This paper is an expanded version of a paper first published in TMS on Jan 7, 2013, under a similar title. The focus of the first paper was the invocation of “God, god, g _ d” as a “moral” rationale for justifying wars, occupation, and invasion by empires, nations, religions, and dictators. Invoking the moral authority of “God, god, gods, g _ d” is a timeless ploy used to assure military invincibility, enlist public support, and comfort public doubts about consequences of violence, destruction, and war.
→ read full articleThe Kissinger Story
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
14 Oct 2016 – I am writing this (may God forgive me) on Yom Kippur. Exactly 43 years ago, at this exact moment, the sirens sounded… The Yom Kippur war cost many thousands of lives, Israeli, Egyptian and Syrian. Kissinger achieved his goal. The Soviets lost the Arab world to the United States. Until Vladimir Putin came along.
→ read full articleFrom War to Peace
Hank Stone – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
The U.S. has the technology to replace the war system with a world peace system, and has the capability to declare peace on the world, and make it stick. But a peace system is very cheap compared to the war system. This means switching to world peace is politically impossible. Beneficiaries of business as usual, including the war system, have the clout to protect themselves from change. The way to make transition to world peace possible – even easy – is to recreate the benefits of war within the peace system.
→ read full article(Castellano) BRICS debaten sobre economía, terrorismo y cambio climático
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
15 octubre 2016 – Diversos temas mundiales, con énfasis en los económicos, serán abordados desde este sábado la VIII Cumbre de los países BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Suráfrica) a desarrollarse en Panaji, capital del estado indio de Goa.
→ read full article(Français) La responsabilité des multinationales dans le conflit armé colombien
Jorge Freytter-Florian et Juan Hernandez Zubizarreta | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
14 Oct 2016 – Dans le conflit colombien, beaucoup d’entreprises nationales et internationales s’en prennent systématiquement aux droits de l’Homme. L’Accord Final définissant les termes de la fin du conflit et la construction d’une paix stable et durable aborde cette question.
→ read full articleWhat Color Is The Wind? A Most Unusual Serenade to the Senses, Inspired by a Blind Child
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
“What is essential is invisible to the eye,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote in The Little Prince. Those bereft of vision, therefore, need not be bereft of the essential — they discern it by means other than sight. An imaginative invitation to empathy and self-expansion.
→ read full articleSouth Asia Regional Cooperation: What Is in It for the Citizens?
Kedar Neupane – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
SAARC has become an outdated and ineffective institution for the purpose it was conceived. It contributes little in creating positive climate for investment, trade, economic development and regional prosperity or in establishing socio-economic and political harmony. It has no road map on political cooperation, economic development and, above all, maintaining regional peace and security.
→ read full articleBrazil: The Billion Dollar Coup
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office through a well-organized, carefully planned operation among the corrupt Brazilian political elite, closely linked to the stock-market, financial institutions and foreign energy companies.
→ read full articleObituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016) RIP
Rowan Jacobsen | Outside Online – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness. It was 25 million years old. Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet. Attempts to call attention to the reef’s plight were thwarted by the government of Australia itself.
→ read full articleUS Congressman to John Kerry: Are We Committing War Crimes in Yemen?
Daniel McAdams | Ron Paul Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
On Tuesday [11 Oct], US Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) wrote a remarkable letter to Secretary of State John Kerry. Citing the “civilian carnage caused by the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition in Yemen,” he expressed concern to Kerry that the US government might be “liable for war crimes in Yemen,” based on continued US material support for the ongoing Saudi attack on its southern neighbor.
→ read full articleOath of Office
Jonik – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
I swear…
→ read full articleNoam Chomsky Unravels the Political Mechanics behind His Gradual Expulsion from Mainstream Media
Alexandra Rosenmann - AlterNet,
17 Oct 2016
Ever wonder why the prolific author and acclaimed MIT professor is never featured on major networks? Just 6 Corporations Own 90% of Media in the US.
→ read full articleJournalist Amy Goodman Shouldn’t Be Arrested for Covering Dakota Pipeline Story
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone,
17 Oct 2016
To the offending prosecutor, Ladd Erickson, who is apparently a fan. I don’t normally like to disagree with anyone possessing the excellent judgment to be a regular reader of mine, but Erickson is dead wrong here. Amy Goodman was clearly acting as a reporter at the protest. Moreover, she’s as close to the ideal of what it means to be a journalist as one can get in this business.
→ read full article(Português) A violência e a tortura de animais revela desvio de personalidade
Elaine Cristine Franco - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
17 Oct 2016
Vários estudos apontam para uma íntima relação entre a criminalidade e os maus-tratos aos animais. De acordo com o artigo de Fátima Borges, há uma conexão entre maus-tratos e a criminalidade. Segundo o FBI, 80% dos assassinos começaram torturando animais.
→ read full articleWhat Is a Coup? Analysing the Brazilian Impeachment Process
Aline Piva and Frederick B. Mills - CounterPunch,
17 Oct 2016
Impeachment or Coup? To understand Rousseff’s impeachment, one must understand Brazil’s history of constitutional rupture. The civil and military coup of 1964 is the most exemplary of such ruptures, but there were similar attempts in 1930, 1937, 1954, and 1961. On all these occasions, sectors from the economic and political elite resorted to unconstitutional or undemocratic means to overthrow democratically elected governments that challenged oligarchic interests.
→ read full articleLow Food Prices: Good for Your Pocket, Bad for Small Farmers
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
17 Oct 2016
10 Oct 2016 – What would be your reaction if you were told that food prices are steadily declining worldwide? Good, very good news, you may say. But do the 600 million small, family farmers, those who produce up to 80 per cent of food in some regions, think the same way? Definitely not at all.
→ read full articleDelete Your Yahoo Account
Sam Biddle – The Intercept,
17 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016 – There’s no good reason to have a Yahoo account these days. Yahoo chose to comply with a classified “directive” to build “a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials” — the NSA in particular.
→ read full articleThe Lost Cultures of Whales
Shane Gero – The New York Times,
17 Oct 2016
I could point to many reasons to protect whales, like the way they mitigate the effects of climate change by cycling nutrients that enable the ocean to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, or how top predators regulate marine food chains. But if we are to preserve life, ours and theirs, we must find ways to succeed together, and value diversity in our societies and in our ecosystems.
→ read full articleThe Network of Global Corporate Control
Stefania Vitali, James B. Glattfelder and Stefano Battiston | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
Abstract: The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market competition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology to assess control globally. We present the first investigation of the architecture of the international ownership network, along with the computation of the control held by each global player. We find that transnational corporations form a giant bow-tie structure and that a large portion of control flows to a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions. This core can be seen as an economic “super-entity” that raises new important issues both for researchers and policy makers.
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Clair de lune (Music Video of the Week)
Jia Wang, Piano – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
By the French composer Claude-Achille Debussy. He and Maurice Ravel were the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though Debussy disliked the term when applied to his compositions. Wikipedia
→ read full articleOona’s Mum
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
– What is that philosophy book you were reading?
Have you written something new? Five days
I didn’t hear a word… what about your local
peace group? Be gentle, do not criticise them,
they will realise one day –
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
Oct 17-23 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – Saint Augustine
→ read full article(Castellano) Haití, herida abierta de América Latina
Gisela Brito | CELAG-Centro Estratégico Latinoamericano de Geopolítica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2016
Luego del terremoto de 2010, la Minustah, las ONG’S y una minúscula pero poderosa élite local gobiernan el país. Las consecuencias no pueden ser peores para la mayoría de la población. La debilidad institucional y los intereses predatorios se conjugan para dar lugar a un millonario negocio que florece día a día desviando fondos destinados a ayuda humanitaria y reconstrucción ante el encubridor mutismo de la «comunidad internacional»
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