Articles by TRANSCEND Media Service
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Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Toward a Participatory Approach to Human Security
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
Lisa Schirch sets out clearly the aim of this handbook: “Strategic peacebuilding requires long-term actions at all levels, from local to global, by multiple actors coordinating an approach that is led locally and based on explicit decision making informed by a systems approach.
→ read full articleMinnesotans vs. McDonald’s Toxic Taters
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
McDonald’s french fries are suspected of killing farm animals and poisoning wildlife and Minnesotans, including students and farmers.
→ read full article(Castellano) El terrorismo en el mundo, según el Departamento de Estado
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
El gobierno estadounidense desprecio por la opinión pública doméstica e internacional es tan grande como su adicción al “doble standard moral”: junto con la condena de Cuba y a los otros países el Informe erige a la teocracia gobernante en Arabia Saudita como un ejemplar bastión de la lucha contra el terrorismo y exalta su colaboración con Washington en este terreno.
→ read full articleWhy You Should Eat More Cucumber
Monica Bologna, Eco News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
The cucumber is a fruit that often gets overlooked. Like its friend the tomato, it isn’t sweet, it isn’t fancy, but it can do amazing things for your body. Cucumbers contain an incredible amount of vitamins and minerals that are essential for optimal health.
→ read full articleFollow the Honey: 7 Ways Pesticide Companies Are Spinning the Bee Crisis
Michele Simon, Friends of the Earth - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
As my new report with Friends of the Earth details, three of the leading pesticide corporations — Bayer, Syngenta, and Monsanto — are engaged in a massive public relations disinformation campaign to distract the public and policymakers from thinking that pesticides might have something to do with bee death and destruction.
→ read full article2014 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling — Edward Snowden & Laura Poitras
The Nation Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras receive the ‘Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling,’ with introduction by James Bamford – April 30, 2014.
→ read full articleGangster State America – Where Is America’s Democracy?
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
Government is used to impose agendas that result from the symbiotic relationship between the neoconservative ideology of US world hegemony and the economic interests of powerful private interest groups, such as Wall Street, the military/security complex, the Israel Lobby, agribusiness, and extractive industries (energy, mining, and timber).
→ read full articleSyria: “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently”
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
Since 2013 the area has been under the control of “the Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant,” also referred to as “ISIL.”Public crucifixions are warnings to anyone who challenges Islamic rule because they are the enemies of Allah.
→ read full articleBattleground Ukraine
Andrei Fursov, WikiSpooks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
A wide ranging analysis of the 2013-2014 happenings in Ukraine, its antecedents and consequences from the perspective of a senior Russian academic. A must-read for westerners seeking to understand what is really happening in both the Ukraine and the wider Anglo-US-NATO globalisation drive which it brings into sharp focus.
→ read full articleDoing Math
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
A little boy was doing his math homework. He said to himself, “Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven.
→ read full articleObama in Talks with “Rebel” Leader on Escalating Syrian War
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
9 May 2014 – The Obama administration has entered into direct talks with the leader of the political front for Syria’s Western-backed “rebels” on arming them with US surface-to-air missiles, amid fresh confirmation that these forces are dominated by Al Qaeda-linked militias.
→ read full articleBRICS – Quiet Revolution of the Emerging Countries
Deutsche Welle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
As the Ukraine crisis heightens, the so-called BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – are becoming less willing to accept US world supremacy.
→ read full articleVeterans Oppose US Troop Deployments near Ukraine
Veterans for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
The veterans are reacting to a decision by the Obama administration to send US troops to Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as the crisis in Ukraine heats up and Russia conducts military exercises on its border with Ukraine.
→ read full articleArmenian Grievances, Turkey, United States and 1915 (I)
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
The Turkish government has reiterated its offer to establish a joint commission composed of Armenian, Turkish and international historians to establish an authoritative narrative. The idea that core concern is ‘historical’ misses a main point that such a traumatic series of events need to be interpreted from multiple perspectives, including that of international criminal law.
→ read full article‘Genocide’ in 1915: Law, Language, and Politics (II)
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
I am arguing that the historical argument should be put to rest, and that the issues that need to be resolved relate to the legal questions surrounding the applicability of genocide, as well as the related semiotic and political questions associated what be called ‘the politics of genocide.’
→ read full articleInternational Peace Research Association at 50
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder. IPRA rotates every two years from one peace research center to the other, and is now in very competent Turkish hands. And what is more natural than having the 50th anniversary for the hub of peace studies in that hub of the world, Istanbul, 10-14 August this year!! Hurry up, register!!!
→ read full articleUS Troops Land in Lithuania amid Ukraine Crisis
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
US troops arrived Saturday [26 Apr 2014] in Lithuania, part of a US contingent of 600 sent to the region to reassure NATO allies amid the escalating Ukraine crisis. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite hailed the arrival of American forces as a “deterrence measure” in the region.
→ read full article15 Weird and Wonderful Facts about Whales
Cherise Udell, Care2 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Whales are so obviously different from us, yet surprisingly similar in so many ways. They are extremely intelligent and social beings that share our lifespan and often our close-knit family structures. They sing, they play, they nurture, they bond and they cooperate.
→ read full articleReferendums in Ukraine
Peter Emerson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Democratic rights: the right of self-determination and the right of majority rule. Crimea, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Odessa…
→ read full articleFirst Troops Land in Poland as US Beefs Up Baltic Presence
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
The first American troops arrived in Poland on Wednesday [23 Apr 2014], after Washington said it was sending a force of 600 there and to the Baltic states amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
→ read full articleGeorge Hewitt – Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South-Ossetian Conflicts
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Hewitt’s book is a solid, detailed analysis of the events and will be essential reading for those who follow the Caucasus and federal structures.
→ read full articleUS Troops Land in Latvia
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Latvia on Friday [25 Apr 2014] welcomed American troops on its soil, part of a US force of 600 sent to the region to reassure the Baltic states amid concern over Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
→ read full articleUS Troops Land in Estonia
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
American troops landed in Estonia on Monday [28 Apr 2014] , rounding out the 600-man force sent by Washington to Poland and the Baltic states to allay concerns over the escalating Ukraine crisis.
→ read full articleHomage to International NYT
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Why homage? Not for the news coverage; usually the news “fit to print” that do not contradict US and Israeli foreign policies. Nor for the editorials, usually on the same line and also, frankly, often boring. The homage is for the articles, essays even, at a very high level, often carrying discourses that are wide ranging, way back into the past, far into the future. We are not talking about agree-disagree but about broadness, openness, even globally.
→ read full articleSchool Compositions
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Children at school must write a composition about the topic, “When visitors come.”
→ read full articleGeological Extinction Events and Runaway Climate Change
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
The worst consequences of runaway climate change will not occur within our own lifetimes. However, we have a duty to all future human generations, and to the plants and animals with which we share our existence, to give them a future world in which they can survive.
→ read full articleIsrael Approved Record 14,000 Settlements during Peace Talks with Palestine – Report
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Israeli settlement watchdog, Peace Now, which issued its report on Tuesday [29 Apr 2014], said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “broke all construction records in the settlements” in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. “This is an unprecedented number representing an average of 50 housing units per day or 1,540 per month,” the left-wing NGO said.
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Romance Anonyme (Music Video of the Week)
Andre Rieu – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Andre Rieu, his orchestra choir, and the soprano Carla Maffioletti (Brazil) playing Romance Anonyme in the City of Cortona (Tuscany) Italy.
→ read full articleFree the NATO 3!
Socialist Equality Party – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
1 May 2014 – Jail terms imposed on three young men arrested at an anti-NATO protest in 2012. Last week, a Chicago judge sentenced Brian Church, 22, to five years in prison, Brent Betterly, 26, to six years, and Jared Chase, 28, to eight years. The vindictive prosecution of the three individuals with anarchist views exposes the repression and intimidation of all political opposition to the policies of the ruling class.
→ read full articleLatin America: Class Struggle from Above and Below
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
To approach the role of class struggle in a dynamic mitreux we will focus exclusively on Latin America over the past two and a half decades 1990 – 2014, a period of significant changes in economic models, political regimes and class structure.
→ read full articleIsrael: Anti-Palestinian Arson Attacks on the Rise
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
A wave of violence over the past fortnight, including attacks on two mosques and a church, has shocked Israel’s large Palestinian minority. Growing ever bolder, it seems, Israeli right-wing extremists are shifting attention to Palestinian areas inside Israel. Palestinian leaders, meanwhile, have accused Israeli authorities of repeatedly turning a blind eye to the attacks.
→ read full articleAbe Taking Pacifist Constitution Away from the People
The Asahi Shimbun, Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
May 3, 2014 – Japan’s Constitution cannot be revised with a simple majority vote in the Diet. Any constitutional amendment must first be initiated through a vote of two-thirds or more of all members of each house in the Diet and then approved by the public with a majority vote in a special referendum.
→ read full articleBritain, France Deploy Jets to Boost Baltic Patrols
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Britain and France deployed eight fighter jets on Monday [28 Apr 2014] to reinforce NATO air patrols over the Baltics as tensions rise with Russia over Ukraine.
→ read full article(Français) Enfin des bonnes nouvelles d’Haïti ?
Frédéric Thomas, CETRI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
La méconnaissance et le mépris que Martelly et l’UE affichent de concert envers les analyses et les revendications des mouvements sociaux et d’organisations haïtiens représentent l’envers d’une confiance sans borne au marché.
→ read full article(Français) La Chine soutient un traité de libre-échange en Asie-Pacifique, concurrent du TPP
Les Echos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Pékin souhaite un vaste accord de libre-échange dans l’Asie-Pacifique, a indiqué un haut responsable mercredi [30 Avr 2014], alors que les négociations s’éternisent sur le projet concurrent de Partenariat trans-Pacifique (TPP), mené par les Etats-Unis et qui exclut la Chine.
→ read full articleNew York Times Covers Up Fascist Atrocity in Odessa
Barry Grey, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
The criminal character of the US-European Union intervention in Ukraine was tragically exposed Friday [2 May 2014] when supporters of the US-installed regime in Kiev, led by neo-Nazi Right Sector thugs, set fire to the Trade Unions House in Odessa, killing 38 demonstrators. The cover-up by the New York Times, along with the rest of the “mainstream” media, makes them accomplices.
→ read full articleLibya: Ex-US Base Now Headquarters of Al Qaeda-linked Forces
Gabriel Black, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Al Qaeda fighters are now operating out of a base set up by US Special Forces near the Libyan capital of Tripoli, in the aftermath of the 2011 NATO war in Libya. This fact underscores the reactionary character of the Libyan war and Washington’s continued reliance on far-right Islamist forces in its Middle East wars.
→ read full article(Português) Brasil: Em guerra contra a Nestlé
Marina Almeida, Carta Maior – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Grupo de moradores e Ministério Público querem proteger o Parque das Águas de São Lourenço, em Minas Gerais, da exploração da multinacional.
→ read full articleIdentification of Bullets: Human Right and Human Responsibility?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Much is made of the implications of the arms trade and the spread of weapons, notably manufactured by the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Curiously it is less evident whose weapons are used in the final killing of individuals in combat — especially the weapons used “illegally” by insurgents. The following is a brief exploration of the possibility of identifying who supplied the bullet which finally entered the body of the person maimed or killed.
→ read full articleA Shameful Chapter
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
For anyone interested in Israeli-Palestinian peace, the prospect of domestic Palestinian reconciliation is good news.
→ read full articleUnited Nations Expert Says There Are “Elements of Genocide” against Myanmar’s Rohingya
London Conference on Decades of State-Sponsored Destruction of Myanmar’s Ethnic Rohingya - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
“The United Nations has taken 20 years to apologise for its failure to recognise and prevent the Rwandan genocide; the international community should not repeat the same mistake in Myanmar.”
→ read full articlePalestine: Why the Peace Talks Collapsed—And Should Not Be Resumed
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
It is important that world public opinion reject as meaningless the diplomatic charade of peace talks while the fate of a people continues to be daily sacrificed on the altar of geopolitics.
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Rohingya Persecution – Frequently Asked Questions
London Conference on Decades of State-Sponsored Destruction of Myanmar’s Ethnic Rohingya – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Q: What is really happening to Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya? Why is it significant?
A: A slow burning genocide of 36-years with periodic spikes of violence and killings followed by waves of exoduses of fleeing Refugees to nearby Bangladesh, as well as Thailand, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Australia and other Western countries.
Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Report on Surveillance 2014
World Health Organization – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Antimicrobial resistance threatens the prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi. Governments around the world are devoting efforts to a problem so serious that it threatens the achievements of modern medicine.
→ read full articleLove Undetectable: Andrew Sullivan on Why Friendship Is a Greater Gift Than Romantic Love
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
“A principal fruit of friendship,” Francis Bacon observed, “is the ease and discharge of the fullness and swellings of the heart, which passions of all kinds do cause and induce.” Thoreau would “sometimes awake in the night and think of friendship and its possibilities.” St. Augustine described friendship as “sweet beyond the sweetness of life.”
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Genocide of Rohingya Must End
London Conference on Decades of State-Sponsored Destruction of Myanmar’s Ethnic Rohingya – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Unspeakable crimes are being carried out against innocent humans: children, women and men by the country’s government and racist extremists. Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya (of whom there are more than 1 million inside the country and another million around the world) have been singled out for systematic destruction.
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Israel – Stone Cold Justice Four Corners
Australian Broadcasting Corporation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The Israeli army is both respected and feared as a fighting force. But now the country’s military is facing a backlash at home and abroad for its treatment of children in the West Bank, occupied territory.
→ read full articleThe New Interventionists: Civil Society Activists
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Debates about intervention are inevitable in an interdependent world order in which ideals of territorial sovereignty clash with the interests and values of hegemonic political actors. There are no either/or solution for the dilemmas posed. What seems preferable is a contextual assessment tempered by humility arising from the experience of past interventions.
→ read full articleInternational Peace Research Association at 50
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder. IPRA rotates every two years from one peace research center to the other, and is now in very competent Turkish hands. And what is more natural than having the 50th anniversary for the hub of peace studies in that hub of the world, Istanbul, 10-14 August this year!! Hurry up, register!!!
→ read full articleRachel Brett – Snakes and Ladders: A Personal Exploration of Quaker Work on Human Rights at the United Nations
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Hodgkin started organizing British Quakers for peace and reconciliation work and in 1915 went to the US to start the Fellowship of Reconciliation, drawing especially on his Quaker contacts. While Quakers have always been active in FOR, they have also created specifically Quaker institutions working for peace such as the two Quaker UN Offices.
→ read full articleInternational Peace Pilgrimage to Syria via Iran
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Ann Patterson and I were honoured to participate in the International Peace Pilgrimage to Syria via Iran, 5-14 April, 2014. During an international delegation to Syria last year, we had both promised to return to Syria, and we also fulfilled a long-held intention to visit Iran.
→ read full articleThe Long-Term Future
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Genetically we are very similar to our hunter-gatherer ancestors, but their world has been replaced by a world of quantum theory, space travel, gene splicing, and information technology. Thus human emotions, which have remained relatively unchanged, are often inappropriate for our present way of life. In the future, the problem of anachronistic emotions is certain to become even more acute.
→ read full article(Português) Reflexões sobre a morte induzida a animais
Juan Agustín Gómez, Ánima – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Depois de alguns anos de prática na clínica de pequenos animais, foi-se desenvolvendo em mim uma crescente inquietude acerca deste tema. Sempre achei necessário ter uma posição, uma atitude coerente e sobretudo honesta frente a esta situação onde tantas vezes me vi envolvido.
→ read full article(Italiano) Mari cinesi e isole: soluzioni?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Conferenza all’Università di Nanchino – Proverbio cinese: meglio che dare a un affamato grave del pesce è insegnargli a pescare. Cioè, non solo soluzioni ma anche come risolvere i conflitti.
→ read full articleThe Ukraine Crisis and the Political Lies of the Media
Alex Lantier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Not a single critical voice can be found within the so-called mainstream media. The newspapers and television news programs are filled with lies, anti-Russian propaganda, and—preparing for the possibility that the crisis escalates out of control—apologetics for war.
→ read full articleWall Street Greed: Not Too Big for a California Jury
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates. Why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel?
→ read full articleUS Drone Pilots Are ‘Stressed’ and ‘Demoralized’ – Official Report
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
19 Apr 2014 – The US Government Accountability Office has produced a scathing report detailing the Air Force’s mismanagement of its active-duty drone pilots, who are responsible for the most demanding and deadly missions in the entire US military.
→ read full articleNew York Times Tries to Whitewash Publication of Faked Ukraine Photos
Alex Lantier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The New York Times responded yesterday [23 Apr 2014] to the exposure of its fabricated report alleging that Russian Special Forces are stirring up protests in east Ukraine against the pro-Western regime in Kiev. An article Tuesday [22 Apr 2014], titled “Scrutiny over Photos Said to Tie Russia Units to Ukraine,” is a clumsy attempt at damage control.
→ read full articleCriminal Investigation of Nobel Peace Prize
Fredrik S. Heffermehl – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The management of the Nobel Peace Prize has become a case for the Norwegian police, following a request for criminal investigation from 16 prominent Scandinavians, parliamentarians, lawyers, authors and peace activists to the authority on economic crime, the ØKOKRIM.
→ read full article(Français) Créer un Fonds Monétaire EuroBRICS (EuroBRICS monetary fund ou EBMF)
Agoravox – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Les pays du BRICS ont annoncé récemment qu’ils entendaient mettre en place dans les prochains mois l’équivalent du FMI et de la Banque mondiale dans le cadre de l’association qu’ils ont décidé de créer entre eux il y a environ un an.
→ read full articleIf Not Now, When? Unite Against Imperialism!
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
There are plenty of discouraged, scared voices of people who have already given up and come to the conclusion that the Empire is too powerful, too determined, and unstoppable. Hopelessness, fear and defeatism – this is how the Empire wants you to feel. Do not! Defeat is only purposefully encoded in the propaganda that is being spread by the West. In reality, nothing is lost.
→ read full articleBrazilian President Champions Internet Privacy
Xinhua – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Speaking at the opening of the NETMundial (WorldNET) conference she convened following revelations last year that U.S. security agencies used the Internet to spy on heads of state, ordinary citizens and corporations around the globe, Rousseff said such misuse of the web was “unacceptable.”
→ read full articleBristol Museum: Remembering the British Empire in India
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Exhibiting this painting in the present-day goes against the art for a culture of peace, and glorifies a ‘culture of occupation’. For this reason alone, I would urge the Bristol Museum to decommission this painting. The British Empire was culturally, morally and economically deteriorative to India than being a ‘force for good’.
→ read full articleWhoopi Goldberg Debuts as Marijuana Columnist
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Goldberg opted to focus on how pot has helped her cope with massive headaches induced by glaucoma, an eye disorder that can lead to blindness. “It helps my head stop hurting, and with glaucoma your eyes ache, and she takes the ache out. It’s wonderful,” she said. “The high is different, too. It feels like a gentle, warm breeze at the beach.
→ read full articleWords, Words, Words
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
In Israeli politics, the word “peace” has become poison. “Political settlement” is the vogue term. It is meant to say the same but of course, it doesn’t. “Peace” means much more than the formal end of warfare. It contains elements of reconciliation, of something spiritual. “Political settlement” means nothing but a document formulated by lawyers and signed by politicians.
→ read full articleHow a Smile Saved Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Life: A Soul-Lifting Meditation on Our Shared Humanity
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Care granted to the sick, welcome offered to the banished, forgiveness itself are worth nothing without a smile enlightening the deed. We communicate in a smile beyond languages, classes, and parties.
→ read full articleCollateral Damage
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
No one has asked me, but if they did
like Pilate I’d wash my hands of it.
University Cooperation for Equity and Empathy
Johan Galtung, 28 Apr 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The joint search for common ground is fascinating. And that leads us to a deeper field for university cooperation: joint exploration of epistemology, the criteria for valid knowledge. Imagine a four-week cooperative seminar with many universities about how to think (re-search), speak (also teach) and act (praxis) in the fields of international relations and epistemology; great NEWS!
→ read full articleIndia: Stakes for Elections 2014 – Secularism or Democracy
Mazher Hussain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Finally we seem to have succeeded in dividing India, a country of a billion plus, into just two groups. Both groups claim to be secular… It is time people of India realize that in their mad scramble to vote for or against secularism, they should not end up sacrificing the very core essence of our nation: Democracy.
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Happy (Music Video of the Week)
Pharrell Williams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Modeling
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
On a cold winter day, a model arrived at the painter’s apartment blue, almost freezing.
→ read full articlePersecution of Uganda’s Gays Intensifies as Rights Groups Go Underground
Amy Fallon, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
In the current climate of homophobia, which activists stress has been “imported” to Uganda via western evangelists, virtually everyone is aware they can use another person’s sexuality to exact revenge.
→ read full article(Français) Entre gouvernance et surveillance, le coeur de NetMundial balance
Antoine Duvauchelle, ZDNet – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Les Etats regroupés à São Paulo, Brasil devaient se mettre d’accord sur des principes liés à la gouvernance, mais n’avaient visiblement pas prévus l’irruption – pourtant attendue – de la question de la Internet surveillance.
→ read full article‘Extreme Levels’ of Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Found in Soy Plants
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The study, coming out in June’s [2014] issue of Food Chemistry and available online, looked at 31 different soybean plants on Iowa farms and compared the accumulation of pesticides and herbicides on plants in three categories.
→ read full articleSecret Plan to Advance Global Internet Censorship – ISPs to Act as “Internet Police”
Roots Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
This is a decisive moment: we need to act right now. Join with hundreds of thousands of people all over the world to shine a light on the TPP’s job-killing Internet censorship plan. Let’s send decision-makers and the lobbyists pulling the strings a message they can’t ignore: “Stop the secrecy now.”
→ read full articleThe Grand American Tradition of Violent White Supremacy
Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
16 Apr 2014 – Another U.S. shooting spree has left bullet-riddled bodies in its wake, and refocused attention on violent, right-wing extremists. A former leader of the Ku Klux Klan is accused of killing three people outside two Jewish community centers in Kansas City. As he was hauled away in a police car, he shouted “Heil Hitler!”
→ read full article25th IPRA General Conference LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
Nesrin Kenar, IPRA Secretary General – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
On the occasion of IPRA’S 50th anniversary – Istanbul, Turkey, August 10-14, 2014 – Uniting for Peace: Building Sustainable Peace through Universal Values – Deadline for Proposals: APRIL 30, 2014.
→ read full articleThe New York Times Wrestles with Israel’s Gag Orders
Haaretz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
20 Apr 2014 – The New York Times newspaper acknowledged late last week that it complies with court-ordered gag orders when reporting from Israel. Two senior editors at the newspaper say they were unaware of The Times ever agreeing to abide by gag orders in Israel.
→ read full articleFrom the Editor’s Desk
Antonio C. S. Rosa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
TMS is not yet at full force because I am still adjusting to a new laptop with Windows 8 after the other with Windows XP decided to quit on me. A new Portuguese keyboard does not help either. But next week all should be well–hopefully. Thanks for all the supportive messages received during the ‘crisis.’
→ read full articleFoundations of Mathematics and Set Theory As Viewed From a Historical Viewpoint
Prof. Antonino Drago – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Only by exiting out this metaphysics, mathematics will no more obstruct the conflict resolution; otherwise Leibniz’ dream of “Calculemus!” or other appeal to scientific techniques will exclude the personal engagement for achieving a supportive peace. Only by assuming a pluralist attitude mathematics will contribute to peace.
→ read full articleHappy Easter? – Christianity, Guilty as Charged!
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Motto: verse from Colossians 3:22: “Slaves, obey your masters.” How primitive and brutal, and how immoral! Almost the entire North and South America, in the era of the arrival of the priests, shuttled to the “New World” by that arch criminal Christopher Columbus (Colon) and his fleet, got ruined, massacred, cheated and contaminated by all sorts of diseases. The Cross – the symbol of Christianity – was always at the front and above all that carnage.
→ read full articlePeace Education for Genuine Democracy, Good Governance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Prof. Prasad has developed his own concept of peace education, which is based on universally inherent five elements, viz. body, vitality, mind, intellect and spirit, in every man and woman without any discrimination.
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Peace Studies Philosopher Johan Galtung Advises Tamils to Tell the Story with a Vision
Tamilnet – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Apr 6, 2014 – Professor Johan Galtung, principal founder of peace and conflict studies: “Tamils should come out with a campaign of vision that doesn’t threaten anyone, especially the Sinhala Buddhists.”
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Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and an activist especially on nuclear arms issues, has set out a clear and up-to-date history of the ideas and movements that make up the colors on the peace pallet. While the book has been out for some time, I review it now as a first rate overview of peace efforts and ideologies.
→ read full articlePeace Journalism from the Holy Land Points the Way to BDS
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
It calls for journalism to offer backgrounds and contexts of conflict, not just the familiar series of big bangs; a wide range of voices rather than merely a leader on each ‘side’; supply readers and audiences with the means to challenge dominant accounts, and therefore resist propaganda; highlight peace initiatives, however small, which are always underway in any conflict, perhaps in out-of-the-way places; and show images of peace as well as those of war.
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Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Svegliati, Giappone. Non c’è bisogno di scegliere fra USA e Cina; sii neutrale, in termini amichevoli con entrambi. Immaginiamo un Giappone trilingue con l’inglese e il cinese, che abbondanza! Accetta l’invito dell’Asia dell’Est e del Nord Est di congiungere le loro famiglie, come la Germania e il Sud Africa hanno congiunte le loro. Diventa Giappone, potenza di pace.
→ read full articleMultiethnic and Pluralistic States Have to Stay
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Development in Ukraine is a matter of concern as it has implications not only for Ukraine but also for other multiethnic and pluralistic states in the world. I am strongly in favor of multiethnic and pluralistic states.
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Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Certain religious traditions, including Christianity, emphasise the importance of forgiveness. I want to explain why forgiveness is misconceived and, therefore, a bad idea. And why there are important psychological reasons for this.
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Johan Galtung, 21 Apr 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
A Chinese proverb: better than giving a starving person a fish is teaching her to fish. So, not only solutions but how to solve conflicts.
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Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Trigger a Cold War to Make It Easier To Annex Europe – The Ukrainian crisis was probably triggered for no other reason than to force the EU to buy US shale gas, to sign the TTIP (without which the former can’t be sold in Europe) and to justify a renewed increase of American-NATO military budgets thanks to the restarting of a Cold War between the West and emerging nations.
→ read full articleInternational Peace Research Association at 50
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder. IPRA rotates every two years from one peace research center to the other, and is now in very competent Turkish hands. And what is more natural than having the 50th anniversary for the hub of peace studies in that hub of the world, Istanbul, 10-14 August this year!! Hurry up, register!!!
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Ave Maria (Music Video of the Week)
Andrea Bocelli – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Composer: Gounod
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Albert Einstein compared the disarmament negotiations sponsored by the UN with…
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Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
A Continuing Invitation “Down the Rabbit Hole”? Entering a “rabbit hole” has been understood as framing a period of chaos or confusion — appropriate to the current condition of global civilization and the challenge of individual response to it.
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Ann Elias – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
For those of us who live in the Antipodes, the Anzac poppy is an emotive symbol and it is the catalyst for this study which looks at the significance and symbolism of floral imagery to the war imagination, and at the incongruity of flowers—which popularly signify innocence and beauty—within military contexts.
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Nesrin Kenar, IPRA Secretary General – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
On the occasion of IPRA’S 50th anniversary – Istanbul, Turkey, August 10-14, 2014 – Uniting for Peace: Building Sustainable Peace through Universal Values – Deadline for Proposals: APRIL 30, 2014.
→ read full articleVoices of Ukraine: ‘Kiev, People Are Not Cattle!’
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
The majority of people in this country of around 44 million are concentrated around the enormous industrial and mining centers of Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk and Krivoi Rog. There is Odessa in the south, and Kharkov, “the second capital,” in the east. People in all those parts of the country mainly speak Russian and they see what has happened in Kiev as an unceremonious coup, orchestrated and supported by the West.
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John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Legacies from the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War
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John H. McFadden – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
For both sides of the Hawaiian sovereignty issue, the idea of reconciliation with their opponents seems ridiculous and even insulting. After all, both sides are thoroughly convinced they are right and that the other side is, well, poorly motivated, to say the least.
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Chopin Fantasie Impromptu
Serena Wang – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Apr 2014
“Dances of the Dolls” -Serena Wang (born Oct 2004), the most conspicuous music prodigy under the direct tutorship of well-known and highly respected piano teacher Professor Dan Zhao Yi.
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