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9 Reasons Why Nobel to Santos Was a Wrong Decision
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 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 articleConcordian Mandala as a Symbolic Nexus
Anthony Judge | Laetus in praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Insights from Dynamics of a Pentagonal Configuration of Nonagons in 3D – The case for a “concordian mandala” was made previously. This was inspired by the social chaos purportedly addressed by the so-called Discordian Mandala. The mandala is described in the controversial Principia Discordia, elaborated by Greg Hill with Kerry Wendell, as the provocative doctrinal manifesto of Discordianism.
→ read full articleWorld Food Day: A Focus on Food Security in Yemen
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
16 October is World Food Day, so designated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization – a yearly reminder that there are people who are constantly hungry due to inadequate agricultural methods, poor distribution, poor food storage, and armed conflict.
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(Castellano) Me llaman calle (Music Video of the Week)
Manu Chao – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
The legendary Argentinean pop group notorious for the sarcastic yet truthful socially conscious messages their music carry. This one is about prostitutes on the streets of the world.
→ read full article(Castellano) Colombia: Las víctimas votaron por el Sí
Semana – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Un vistazo a las regiones más afectadas por el conflicto permite ver una de las grandes paradojas de Colombia: quienes más muertos pusieron en la guerra apoyaron más el Acuerdo.
→ read full articleThe Geopolitics of Shimon Peres’ Legacy
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Basically, the question posed is whether to celebrate Peres’ death as that of a man dedicated to peace and reconciliation or to portray him as a wily opportunist, a skillful image-maker, and in the end, a harsh Zionist and ambitious Israeli leader.
→ read full articleWikiLeaks: 10 Years of Pushing the Boundaries of Free Speech
Nozomi Hayase | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
We are now entering WikiLeaks 10 year anniversary. The organization registered their domain on October 4, 2006 and blazed into the public limelight in the spring of 2010 with the publication of Collateral Murder. This video footage depicted the cruel scenery of modern war seen from an Apache helicopter gun-sight. It became an international sensation, with the website temporarily crashing with the massive influx of visitors.
→ read full articleStories from Returning #WomenToGaza – Struggle to End Illegal Israeli Blockade Continues
Women’s Boat to Gaza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
8 Oct 2016 – When Zaytouna-Oliva was surrounded by Israeli war ships, Mairead Maguire stated: “This is Israeli state piracy” and she continued as the yacht was illegally boarded and commandeered. The women were detained for two days–a relatively short time compared with previous flotillas–perhaps due to the enormous support from individuals, organisations, MEPs, and high profile personalities such as Pink Floyd. After being taken to Israel against their will, some of them report they were prevented from sleeping during their detention.
→ read full articleThe Secret Life of Trees: The Astonishing Science of What Trees Feel and How They Communicate
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
“A tree can be only as strong as the forest that surrounds it.” Trees dominate the world, the oldest living organisms. Hermann Hesse called them “the most penetrating of preachers.”
→ read full articleWill Politicians and the Corporate Media Say the Truth One Day?
Alberto Portugheis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
In fact the truth is very simple: Eastern Aleppo will be destroyed because of the “success” of the latest attempts to broker an increase of fighters, fighting vehicles, weapons, ammunition, missiles and explosives. I shall continue my campaign for the abolition of militarism.
→ read full articleThe NYT’s Neocon ‘Downward Spiral’
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
10 Oct 2016
Every day, The New York Times – America’s “paper of record” – sinks deeper into the swamp of propaganda, now reliably touting predictable neocon notions about the Middle East and Russia.
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The National Theatre of Norway’s Official Apology for the Cooperation with Habima of Israel
nationaltheatret beklager – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Sep 22, 2016 – “In 2014 the National Theater of Norway collaborated with Habima, the National Theater of Israel, on the project TERRORISM organized by the European Theater Union, UTE. Habima breaks international law when they perform in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
→ read full articleApple, Brussels, and Ireland’s Bruised Sovereignty
Yanis Varoufakis | Project Syndicate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Is the Commission’s latest intervention another example of EU bullying, in violation of Ireland’s sovereignty? Comparing Trichet’s 2009 intervention and the current standoff over Apple holds important lessons beyond Ireland and, indeed, Europe. With the EU still refusing meaningful reduction of a debt burden unfairly borne by the younger generation, the Irish remain convinced, correctly, that the EU violated their sovereignty on behalf of foreign bankers.
→ read full article(Français) Che Guevara, Inti Paredo… Pour la vengeance, la route n’est jamais trop longue
Hernando Calvo Ospina | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
8 Oct 2016 – Alors qu’Ernesto « Che » Guevara venait d’être assassiné, le colonel bolivien, Roberto Quintanilla, lui fit amputer les mains. Ce fut un outrage terrible qu’il commit le 9 octobre 1967. Il devint l’homme le plus haï de la gauche mondiale qui était à l’époque nombreuse et radicale.
→ read full articleAfter the Coup: Nonviolent Strategic Actions for Brazilians
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
As I see and read about the ongoing massive protests, as well as calls by prominent community leaders to mobilize in defense of your country’s democracy, I feel great hope for Brazil. Having been a nonviolent activist for many years, I would like to support Brazilian activists to develop a nonviolent strategy that will increase your chances of success. Please read on.
→ read full articleInside the Shadowy PR Firm That’s Lobbying for Regime Change in Syria
Max Blumenthal - AlterNet,
10 Oct 2016
Posing as a non-political solidarity organization, the Syria Campaign leverages local partners and media contacts to push the U.S. into toppling another Middle Eastern government.
→ read full articleThe Horrors of a Hurricane, Doubled by Statelessness
Skye Wheeler | Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
3 Oct 2016 – My thoughts tonight are with Haitians, but also with the perhaps thousands of stateless people—including children—along Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic. They live in make-shift camps constructed from sticks, cardboard and clothes tied or sewn together into tent-like structures. I can’t imagine many worse places to be when a hurricane dumps 40 inches of rain.
→ read full articleWhy Aleppo Is the Symptom of What Is Wrong with How We Deal with Atrocities
Patrick T. Hiller | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
It is time to follow a new path. A path that is not informed by some sort of perceived naïve pacifism, but by rigorous analysis of nonviolent alternatives without a so-called military option as part of the picture. The military option needs to be taken off the table, otherwise all the other approaches are facing a counterforce and are directly undermined.
→ read full articleGuccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation
guccifer2 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016 – Many of you have been waiting for this, some even asked me to do it. So, this is the moment. I hacked the Clinton Foundation server and downloaded hundreds of thousands of docs and donors’ databases.
→ read full article(Português) Árvore mais antiga de Portugal tem 2850 anos
Sofia Marques Correia | Noctula Channel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
A árvore mais antiga que se conhece em Portugal é uma oliveira com 2850 anos. Tem 10 metros e 15 centímetros de diâmetro e, apesar da idade, ainda dá azeitonas!
→ read full articleDoes Syria Have the Right to Defend Itself?
Rick Sterling | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016 – There is a hypocritical disconnect in Western and especially U.S. foreign policy. When it comes to Israel, the US is quick to claim “Israel has a right to defend itself”. For Syria, that same right does not seem to exist. Two things are clear:
• The public should be wary of media stories based on the claims of biased actors and not supported by solid evidence; and,
• The Syrian government has the right to defend itself against foreign-funded violent extremists seeking to destroy it.
Ring Any Bells?
TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
No Comment
→ read full articleNo Looking Back
Emanuel E. Garcia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Behind me the woods
We had traversed so long
Ringing with the din of pursuit,
I Am a Muslim, and I Love My India
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
I am a Muslim, and I love my India
Yes, unconditionally I love my India
[Despite any religious affiliation
Despite a number of allegations ,,,
Take a Deep Breath? But 9 in 10 People Worldwide Live with Excessive Air Pollution!
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
10 Oct 2016
29 Sep 2016 – The warning is sharp and the facts, alarming: 92 per cent of the world’s population lives in places where levels exceed recommended limits. And 6.5 million people die annually from air pollution: UN WHO.
→ read full articleThe Joke Is on… Who?
TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
The Club
→ read full articleTo Sell Weapons, Defense Contractors Make War Seem Fun
Naomi LaChance – The Intercept,
10 Oct 2016
6 Oct 2016 – A visit to the Association of the United States Army’s annual exposition. AUSA features a who’s who of the military-industrial complex, and the extreme excess of money in the industry is evident everywhere.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Oct 10-16 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Faith allows things to happen. It is the power that comes from a fearless heart. And when a fearless heart believes, miracles happen.” – Unknown
→ read full articleDakota Access Pipeline ‘Water Protectors’ Block Construction despite National Guard Blockade, Police Harassment & Arrests
Kit O'Connell – MintPress News,
10 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016 — Amid near continuous harassment and frequent arrests by police, members of over 300 Native American tribes gathered on native land in North Dakota continue to block construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. ‘Our intentions are to protect water for the 18 million people downstream. And we’re not protesters, we’re protectors,’ a member of the Navajo Nation living at the encampment told us.
→ read full articleFriedrich Nietzsche (15 Oct 1844 – 25 Aug 1900)
Bernd Magnus - Encyclopædia Britannica,
10 Oct 2016
Friedrich Nietzsche’s attempts to unmask the motives that underlie traditional Western religion, morality, and philosophy deeply affected generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights. He thought through the consequences of the triumph of the Enlightenment’s secularism, expressed in his observation that “God is dead.”
→ read full article‘The Earth Is Not Flat; It Is Urban’
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
10 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016 – When the United Nations elaborated its latest report on the impact of what it calls “the dramatic shift towards urban life,” it tried to draw a balanced portrait of both the opportunities and the challenges of the fact that 1 in 2 world inhabitant already lives in urban areas and what this implies.
→ read full articleDuty to Warn | The Drugs May Be the Problem
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Inconvenient Truths about Big Pharma and the Psychiatric Industry: A Tribute to Whistle-Blowing Psychiatrists Peter Breggin and Loren Mosher
→ read full articleRethinking Killing Civilians
Tom H. Hastings | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
We not only create more terrorists when we accidentally or mistakenly take out a hospital, almost more importantly, we create a widening, deepening pool of sympathy for any sort of insurgency against the US. Why on Earth would we continue to essentially guarantee that this global war on terror is permanent?
→ read full articleAdvancing the Next System with Advanced Manufacturing
Max Ogden, Nina Gregg, Doug Gamble, Andrew Dettmer and David Schweickart | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
27 Sep 2016 – This essay is a polemic. As such, we argue with broad strokes. We welcome debate on the broad strokes as well as the details, knowing that such an exchange will refine and improve the discussion. The foundation for a society that is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.
→ read full articleThe Eurasian Century Is Now Unstoppable
F. William Engdahl | New Eastern Outlook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
What I’ve seen in my many visits to China, and have studied about the entirety of this enormously impressive international infrastructure project convinces me that a Eurasian Century at this point is unstoppable.
→ read full articleScience and Society
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
I would like to announce that an updated and very much enlarged edition of my book “Science and Society” will very soon be published by World Scientific (in November, 2016). Locally printed editions of it were used in courses taught not only in Denmark, but also in Sweden, Switzerland, England and Myanmar. It would be very good if the book could be used at the high-school or gymnasium level, as well as in colleges and universities.
→ read full articleThe Day After the Fall of Aleppo Will International Humanitarian Law Still Be Relevant?
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
This observer rejects the arguments being heard these days that the world is not ready, legally or politically, for broader and stricter international humanitarian law accountability. On the contrary, the international judicial community has had ample experience in achieving justice for many civilian victims of war crimes by applying international humanitarian law. And over the past twenty years it has increased dramatically.
→ read full articleHurricane Matthew in Haiti: Looking Beyond the Disaster Narrative
Mark Schuller – CounterPunch,
10 Oct 2016
I hesitate to write this given how Haiti has been politicized in the most cynical way by a candidate who has expressed his hostility to immigrants and black people generally, but frankly, Haiti was not “built back better” by the $16 billion relief effort to the 2010 earthquake, as UN Special Envoy Bill Clinton cheerfully promised.
→ read full articleBarbarism in Words and Deeds
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Barbarism: the Deed – Over the past decade and a half, the US and its allies have invaded, occupied, killed, wounded and dispossessed over ten million people, in countries from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. Military and civilian officials have systematically destroyed entire economies, fostered ethno-religious wars, undermined ancient community and family ties and placed corrupt political puppets in power.
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Michel Temer Confession on Dilma’s Impeachment
The Intercept Brasil – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Sep 22, 2016 – Speaking to a group of U.S. business and foreign policy elites, the country’s installed president, Michel Temer, admitted that what triggered the impeachment process was not any supposed “budgetary crimes,” but rather Dilma’s opposition to the neoliberal platform of social program cuts and privatization demanded by Temer’s party and the big-business interests that fund it.
→ read full articleBeyond the T-Shirt: What Che Guevara Actually Stood For
Urooba Jamal – teleSUR,
10 Oct 2016
The famous portrait of Che Guevara graces T-shirts and posters the world over, but what did the revolutionary leader actually stand for?
→ read full articlePropaganda Techniques of Empire
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Washington’s quest for perpetual world power is underwritten by systematic and perpetual propaganda wars. Every major and minor war has been preceded, accompanied and followed by unremitting government propaganda designed to secure public approval, exploit victims, slander critics, dehumanize targeted adversaries and justify its allies’ collaboration.
→ read full articleLegitimacy at Sea: Is Sea Shepherd a Navy or Piracy?
Joshua Tallis |Center for International Maritime Security – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
28 Sep 2016 – A recent pair of dueling articles on CIMSEC sparked a firestorm of debate. The point of contention: does the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s fleet of whaler-chasing ships constituted a navy?
→ read full article(Português) Planta Amazônica Pode Ajudar Doentes de Alzheimer a Criar Novos Neurônios
Alzheimer360 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
O caminho para um tratamento eficaz de doenças neurodegenerativas, como o Alzheimer, pode estar bem mais perto do que você pensava. Uma substância encontrada no caule de uma planta amazônica poderá ser usada em medicamentos fitoterápicos para o combate ao Alzheimer.
→ read full articleExclusive: Yahoo Secretly Scanned Customer Emails for U.S. Intelligence – Sources
Joseph Menn | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016 – The company complied with a classified U.S. government demand, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of the National Security Agency or FBI, said three former employees and a fourth person apprised of the events.
→ read full articleWhy Colombians Opposed the Peace Deal with FARC
Hisham Aidi – Al Jazeera,
10 Oct 2016
The outcome of the referendum on the peace accord may be shocking but it is largely a result of domestic politics. Critics of the accord have argued that, by granting amnesty to FARC, the agreement secured peace at the expense of justice.
→ read full articleOde to Turmeric!
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
Turmeric, turmeric–
coppery-golden spice!
Rubbed on fish,
rubbed on chicken–
it’s finger-lickin’
good!
(Castellano) ¿Hay una Crisis Chilena?
Prof. Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2016
6 Oct 2016 – “Chile vive una muy profunda crisis de confianza de todas las instituciones.” La opinión arriba citada no es la opinión de cualquiera. Es la opinión de quien fue el Ministro de Economía en la transición del gobierno militar al gobierno civil de 1990.
→ read full articleA Look Back at What Snowden Told the World about the U.S.-Israel Relationship
Alex Kane | Mondoweiss – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Snowden revealed a great deal about the U.S.-Israeli relationship. His leaks provide an unprecedented look at how the U.S. and Israel share intelligence, and also reveal the tensions in the relationship. What he told the world about the U.S.-Israel relationship.
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Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (Music Video of the Week)
Nina Simone – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Nina Simone Playing Live in London, 1968 – A Classic!
→ read full articleTransforming Broken Relationships: Making Peace with The Past
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Mark Salter and Zahbia Yousuf (Eds) Transforming broken relationships: Making Peace with the Past (London: Conciliation Resources, 2016) – The term “reconciliation” is used in different ways when dealing with conflicts between individuals, groups, or States.
→ read full article(Italiano) 21 settembre 2016: 10 indicazioni
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
I media sono stati aggiornati a riguardo della sanità, ma non sulla pace. Immaginiamo dei media gestiti dall’industria farmaceutica. Non sospetteremmo che un’informazione governata dai propri princìpi possa essere soppressa a favore di malattie che procedono per conto proprio fino a che sia arrivato il momento per le pillole? Le notizie sanitarie sarebbero brutte notizie; i media traboccherebbero di trattazione di malattie e minacce di malattie. Che sono appunto i media che abbiamo, sostituendo l’industria delle armi a quella farmaceutica. Le notizie sulla pace sono brutte notizie per alcuni; e i media sono zeppi di notizie di guerra e minacce di guerra. Non sanno neppure come identificare e scrivere di pace, dovesse mai succedere. D’altronde i soldi in questione sono quadrilioni.
→ read full article(Italiano) Lo stato del Mondo – secondo il giornalismo
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Quello che vogliamo dai giornalisti: che ci diano la situazione del mondo, da un “luogo di guai” – teatro di violenza passata-presente-futura – a un altro. Non lo specchio del mondo, ma renderlo più trasparente. Quali domande sarebbero da porre per fare un buon lavoro, sotto la superficie?
→ read full articleGandhi: ‘My Life Is My Message’
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Gandhi’s life was dotted with many memorable quotes but one that is less well known is this: ‘You may never know what results come of your actions but if you do nothing there will be no results’. Fortunately, there are many committed people who have identified the importance of taking action to end the violence in our world – whether it occurs in the home or on the street, in wars, as a result of economic exploitation or ecological destruction – and this includes the courageous people below.
→ read full articleEngaging Proactively with the Risk of World Misleadership
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Trump vs Clinton and the potential of carpe diem in the democratic process? The future will no doubt be appalled by the current presidential campaign in the USA through which the leader of the world’s superpower will emerge. But by what exactly might the future be appalled?
→ read full articleEvery Move You Make
James Bamford – Foreign Policy,
3 Oct 2016
Over eight years, President Barack Obama has created the most intrusive surveillance apparatus in the world. To what end?
→ read full articleShimon Peres from the Perspective of His Victims
Ilan Pappe |The Electronic Intifada – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
28 Sep 2016 – The obituaries for Shimon Peres have already appeared, no doubt prepared in advance as the news of his hospitalization reached the media. My guess is that very few of the obituaries will examine Peres’ life and activities from the perspective of the victims of Zionism and Israel.
→ read full articleOctober: This Month in Nuclear Threat History
Jeffrey W. Mason | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
October 30, 1961 – The Soviet Union’s “Tsar Bomba,” the most powerful nuclear weapon ever constructed was detonated after being dropped from a TU-95 bomber at approximately four kilometers altitude over Novaya Zemlya Island in the Russian Arctic Sea. This hydrogen bomb formally designated RDS-220, which weighed about 27 tons and was eight meters long, had an estimated yield of 50 megatons or the equivalent of 3,800 Hiroshima bombs. The tremendous blast triggered a seismic shock wave, equivalent to an earthquake registered at 5.0 on the Richter Scale, that travelled around the world.
→ read full articleUS Court Protects ‘School of the Assassins’ Graduates
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Since the Cold War the infamous military school formerly known as the School of the Americas has been a training ground for dictators, death squad members, and torturers, fueling human rights abuses and coups across Latin America, earning it the moniker “the School of the Assassins.”
→ read full articleThe Long, Long Journey to Female Equality
James A. Haught | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
For millennia, female inferiority was presumed, and mandated, in virtually every human culture. Through most of history, the brawn of heavier males gave them dominance, leaving women in lesser status — often mere possessions of men, confined to the home, rarely educated, with few rights.
→ read full article(Castellano) Bolivia celebrará jornada de poesía a favor de la paz en el mundo
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
El Movimiento Poético Mundial espera organizar actividades similares en 24 países de América latina.
→ read full article(Français) Shimon Peres du point de vue de ses victimes
Ilan Pappé | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Les nécrologies de Shimon Peres ont déjà été publiées, préparées sans aucun doute à l’avance, dès que la nouvelle de son hospitalisation est parue dans les médias. Le verdict sur sa vie est très clair et a déjà été prononcé par le président américain Barack Obama : Peres était un homme qui a changé le cours de l’histoire humaine dans sa recherche incessante pour la paix au Moyen-Orient. Mon intuition est que très peu des nécrologies examineront la vie et les activités de Peres du point de vue des victimes du sionisme et d’Israël.
→ read full articleDiscovering Antonioni’s Neglected Masterpiece, Zabriskie Point
Emanuel E. Garcia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Zabriskie Point is well worth seeing, revisiting, absorbing: it’s a subversive and startling work of art that is fresher and more relevant than ever.
→ read full articleThree Minutes to Midnight!
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
New “Dial a Nuke” weapons have various explosive power options, including smaller, more useable weapons, thus making nuclear war more thinkable in battlefield situations. The theory goes that nuclear war can now be “limited” and not necessarily “all out.” But who is going to be the referee once the nukes start flying? And won’t the losing side resort to bigger, more destructive weapons?
→ read full article(Italiano) 2 ottobre. Giornata internazionale della Nonviolenza
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Oggi le amiche e gli amici, persuasi della Nonviolenza, sono particolarmente coinvolti. Agire la nonviolenza a partire dall’affrontare, per risolvere, la propria violenza interiore. A partire da sè.
→ read full articleNGOs: Grassroots Empowerment or Tool of Information Warfare?
Daniel Deiss, J.Hawk and Edwin Watson | South Front – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Fake NGOs as Bellingcat, White Helmets, Syria Observatory for Human Rights and other self-styled “open-source information analysts” have become the tip of the spear in the ongoing information war. These fake NGOs play a leading role in what US military refers to as “shaping the information battlefield.” Their second function is allowing interested governments to refrain from directly lying to the media and the public themselves.
→ read full articleVáclav Havel (5 Oct 1936 – 18 Dec 2011)
Encyclopædia Britannica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Havel was the son of a wealthy restaurateur whose property was confiscated by the communist government of Czechoslovakia in 1948. As the son of bourgeois parents, Havel was denied easy access to education but managed to finish high school and study on the university level. He found work as a stagehand in a Prague theatrical company in 1959 and soon began writing plays with Ivan Vyskočil.
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Watch the Trailer for Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Documentary ‘Before the Flood’
National Geographic – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Sep 27, 2016 – A riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change. BEFORE THE FLOOD will be in theaters in NYC and LA starting October 21, and air globally on the National Geographic Channel starting Oct 30.
→ read full articleFeedback
TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Don’t complain…
→ read full articleThe Economist Magazine Warns of Revolutionary Consequences of Unprecedented Corporate Power
Gabriel Black | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
On Sep 17 The Economist published a special report titled “The Superstar Company: A Giant Problem” where it details the sharp growth in the economic and political power of the world’s top corporations. The editorial warns that today’s economic climate contains “worrying similarities to a much earlier era,” the period leading up to the Russian Revolution.
→ read full articleBan Ki-moon’s Legacy in Palestine: Failure in Words and Deeds
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
When the UN chief is gone, he will be missed – but certainly not by Palestinians in Gaza or refugees in Syria, or war victims in Afghanistan. In his last visit to Palestine in June, Ban Ki-Moon told distraught Gazans that the “UN will always be with you.” As tens of thousands there still stand on the rubble of their own homes, denied freedom to move or rebuild, his statement is as forgettable as the man’s legacy at the UN.
→ read full article(Português) Sobre o fim dos testes em animais e o envolvimento das empresas nas mudanças necessárias
Amelia Gonzalez - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
3 Oct 2016
“Um dos maiores problemas do mundo dos negócios é que a ganância tornou-se culturalmente aceita. Existe uma conexão direta entre essa ganância, no momento em que ela se torna difundida na sociedade em geral, e alguns dos piores problemas sociais do cotidiano – por exemplo, quando crianças matam outras para roubar um par de tênis de marca”, escreveu ela.
→ read full articlePalestinian Youth Art Festival in India Spotlights Hardships
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Gaza51 showcases the artwork of young Palestinians from Gaza produced after the 2014 Israeli invasion.
→ read full articleCommand & Control
TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
No Comment
→ read full articleContrasting the Foiled American Fascist Coup Plot of 1934 with the Successful Brazilian Fascist Coup Plot of 2016
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
As always, US financial elites from 80 years ago (as is true of the today’s financial elites from Brazil), met the definition of both sociopathic personality disorder AND neo-fascist. Now it is the Market that matters. Someone who wants medical treatment must go to the Market; and pay. Whoever wants to go to a University must first go to the Market and pay. Everything will be turned into merchandise to be bought and sold. Can dignity be bought? Can solidarity be bought? Must love be purchased?
→ read full articleThe Real Scandal behind the Panama Papers
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Economics Laureate, and Mark Pieth – Vanity Fair,
3 Oct 2016
After the leak of more than 11 million documents detailing sensitive, and often terrifying, information about offshore financial and legal activities, the Nobel-laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz was enlisted to help Panama reform its practices. But nothing could have prepared him for what came next.
→ read full articleOctober 2: Nonviolence Day, Gandhi’s Birthday
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
It doesn’t matter the amount or prevalence of violence employed or practiced anywhere anytime. It was from within a violent environment, which oppressed him both in South Africa and in India, that the Mahatma, born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, gave birth to his philosophy of nonviolence. Yin-Yang. The world is readier than ever for it. Nevertheless, besides a philosophy NV can be many things for many people depending on contexts.
→ read full articleAbu-Mazen’s Balance Sheet
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
In a nonviolent struggle of civil disobedience, many Palestinians will get killed; the general suffering will increase a lot. But such a struggle will win. It always did when applied anywhere. The world, which is expressing deep sympathy with the Palestinian people while cooperating with the occupation regime, will be compelled to intervene. The Israeli public, which is now looking at what is happening a few dozen miles from their homes as if it was happening in Honolulu, will wake up. The best of our people will join the political struggle. The weak peace camp will become strong again.
→ read full articleHow Do We ‘Package’ Peace? Can We Make It Palatable?
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
A review of Peace Plays by Johan Galtung, Vitahl Rajan, and S. P. Udayakumar; Kolofon Press, 2010. 95 pages. It is a splendid book: a lens with which to contemplate our modern world of foibles, follies, self-and-mass destruction. It’s a book to read, and re-read, and savor. It is whimsical and sobering; grating in a positive way; uplifting and transformative.
→ read full articleBees Added to US Endangered Species List for the First Time
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Seven types of the yellow-faced or masked bees once found in great numbers in Hawaii are under threat, federal officials say.
→ read full articleThe Politics of Bombing: Wholesale, Retail and Improvised
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Bombs, domestic and foreign, are defining the nature of politics in the United States, the European Union and among radical Islamist groups and individuals. The scale and scope of bomb-politics varies with the practitioner.
→ read full articleThe Enigma That Was Shimon Peres
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
My own experience of the man was direct, although rather superficial, but it did give me greater confidence to trust my reservations about his impact and influence, which collides with the adulation that he has inspired among American liberals, in particular.
→ read full article(Português) Animicídio
José Santa Rita Xisto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
As garras aceradas da desgraça
Meu corpo invisível dilaceram;
E agora que as esp’ranças já morreram,
Maior é esta dor que me trespassa!
John Lennon (9 Oct 1940 – 8 Dec 1980)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
“If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliché that should have been left behind in the ’60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.”
—John Lennon
Fake News and False Flags
Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith – The Bureau of Investigative Journalists,
3 Oct 2016
How the Pentagon paid a British PR firm $500 million for top secret Iraq propaganda.
→ read full articleDeath of a Toddler
Barbara Millar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
O, Syrian child, armies of refugees, huddled together
on rotting boats, on a fickle sea, washed ashore
like detritus of a shipwrecked land:
death by hunger
death by mortar …
Military-Style Raid Ends Native Prayer Against Dakota Pipeline
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Up to 21 people were arrested during a peaceful prayer service.
→ read full articleThe White Man in That Photo
Riccardo Gazzaniga - GRIOT Magazine,
3 Oct 2016
3 Oct 2016 – Today marks the 10th anniversary of Peter Norman’s passing. We want to commemorate him by publishing the story of the Australian sprinter. It’s a historic photo of two men of color rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. For this reason I never really paid attention to the other man, white, motionless on the second step of the medal podium.
→ read full articleThe Wall
TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Some Celebration!
→ read full articleHow the US Armed-up Syrian Jihadists
Alastair Crooke – Consortium News,
3 Oct 2016
29 Sep 2016 – The West blames Russia for the bloody mess in Syria, but U.S. Special Forces saw close up how the chaotic U.S. policy of aiding Syrian jihadists enabled Al Qaeda and ISIS to rip Syria apart, explains ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke.
→ read full articleOrwell 2016: Censorship in the Age of Social Media
Catherine Shakdam – Russia Today,
3 Oct 2016
30 Sep 2016 – If George Orwell is watching from above, he must be impressed. In his novel 1984, what was meant as a cautionary tale against government control and intellectual obscurantism, seems to have come to pass without our full knowledge.
→ read full articleThe “Major and Deadly” Wars to Come
Andre Damon | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
3 Oct 2016 – A report by a leading geopolitical strategy think tank makes clear that the US military is engaged in intensive planning for wars involving massive casualties.
→ read full articleThe World Passes 400 PPM Threshold. Permanently
Brian Kahn | Climate Central – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
2016 is the year that carbon dioxide officially passed the symbolic 400 ppm mark, never to return below it in our lifetimes, according to scientists. Because carbon pollution has been increasing since the start of the Industrial Revolution and has shown no signs of abating, it was more a question of “when” rather than “if” we would cross this threshold. The inevitability doesn’t make it any less significant, though.
→ read full articleBoycott Launched After Nestlé Outbids Drought-Stricken Town to Buy Well for Bottled Water
Lorraine Chow | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
26 Sep 2016 – Nestlé’s grab of a Canadian community’s water supply has sparked international outrage and calls to boycott the company and bottled water. The multinational food and drink giant outbid the Township of Central Wellington in Ontario for water rights to a local well to ensure “future business growth.”
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Oct 3-9 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” – Christopher McCandless
→ read full articleCould Turmeric Really Boost Your Health?
Michael Mosley – BBC Magazine,
3 Oct 2016
20 Sep 2016 – Bold health claims have been made for the power of turmeric. Is there anything in them? There are at least 200 different compounds in turmeric, but there’s one that scientists are particularly interested in. It gives this spice its colour. It’s called curcumin.
→ read full articleTeachers’ Day: 5 October
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Being a teacher calls for multiple abilities.
→ read full articleTrue Realism: From ‘I’ to ‘We’
Libby & Len Traubman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
“In the end, it cannot be doubted that each of us can see only a part of the picture. The doctor sees one, the patient another, the engineer a third, the economist a fourth, the pearl diver a fifth, the alcoholic a sixth, the cable guy a seventh, the sheep farmer an eighth, the Indian beggar a ninth, the pastor a tenth. Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete.”
→ read full articleSecond October –A Day of Peace and Harmony
Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Most people know that Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. Few people outside India would know that this day is also the day when another simple and self effacing man Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in 1904. From his simple beginnings Shastri rose to become the second Prime Minister of India when Jawaharlal Nehru died in 1964.
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These 13 Corporations Are “Big Pharma”: Their History, Crimes, and Products
Era of Wisdom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Sep 26, 2016 – This video provides insight into what exactly “big pharma” is. It is a preview to the documentary “Toddlers on Adderall: History of Big Pharma and the Major Players,” to be released December 28, 2016.
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