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Amnesty Apartheid Report: The Walls Protecting Israel Are Finally Crumbling
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
2 Feb 2022 – The walls protecting Israel are quickly crumbling. A year ago, it was the human rights group B’Tselem. Months later, Human Rights Watch. Now, Amnesty International – an organisation widely viewed as the most authoritative arbiter of what constitutes human rights violations.
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The Blockade against Cuba Turns 60
Rosa Miriam Elizalde | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
3 Feb 2022 – It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last long—a couple of years, maybe.
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Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
What accounts for the indifference to a calamitous loss of life and millions of serious injuries? Johan Galtung points to an answer in his 1969 essay on structural violence, where he notes that, unlike personal violence in which people intentionally and visibly injure each other, the violence generated by a social system can seem so natural and inevitable that it virtually disappears from people’s consciousness.
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The News Is Not That Israel Has Apartheid, but That Amnesty Dares Say So
Ari Paul | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
3 Feb 2022 – Does the state of Israel now endorse cancel culture? AP (1/31/22) disclosed that its government called on Amnesty International not to release a report (2/1/22) that defines that nation’s legal structure as a form of apartheid. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said the report endorses “lies shared by terrorist organizations.”
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Heeding James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
Chris Hedges | ScheerPost – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
31 Jan 2022 – A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.
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One Person Can Change the World (and Prevent a Nuclear War)
Leonard Eiger and Glen Milner – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
31 Jan 2022 – The very real risks created by the relatively new, low-yield nuclear warhead introduced by the Trump administration, and the story of Vasili Arkhipov who prevented WWIII in a tense moment during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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You’re Beautiful (Music Video of the Week)
James Blunt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
(Official 2004 Music Video) Click on Watch on YouTube – Enjoy!
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Whose Body Is It?
Ron Hauge | The Nation OppArt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Feb 2022
Choice on the Line Again
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The USA Is in Danger of Having More Rivals Than It Can Handle
Tom Fowdy | RT - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 – The US wants a world in which everyone – Russia, China and Iran included – bows down to it. But the days of a single superpower are gone. As the Ukraine crisis rolls on, there is a growing fear among Western commentators and foreign policy elites that a “China-Russia” axis is consolidating.
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USA: The Post-Cold War Era, 1989-2001
Brian D’Haeseleer, Jeremy Kuzmarov and Roger Peace | US Foreign Policy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Imperial Self-Deception: There is no shortage of books, articles, and websites addressing the history of US foreign policy. There is nevertheless, within the USA, a dearth of understanding and often knowledge about the subject. This is due in part to popular nationalistic history, which tends to obscure, overwrite, and sometimes whitewash actual history.
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Multiple Articles Questioning Aspects of COVID19 or Vaccines
Global Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
* To Inform, Educate, Create Dialogue
* The Flip Side of the Official Discourse/Narrative
The “Operational Psychology Professional Practice Guidelines” Are Deeply Flawed — the American Psychological Association Needs Your Comments
Roy Eidelson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 – My deep concerns about the ‘Guidelines’ that will soon be considered for adoption by the APA. The period for online comments has begun and extends until 15 Feb. I would like to briefly share some thoughts about why this is important and deserving of readers’ attention.
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Theranos Verdict: In the U.S., It Is Fine to Lie to Consumers but Not to Investors
Prabir Purkayastha | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
28 Jan 2022 – Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The verdict on the Elizabeth Holmes case simply illustrates the growing post-’90s disregard for consumers.
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(Italiano) Ostaggi del militarismo
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
28 Gennaio 2022 – I nostri “Ministeri della Difesa” ci difendono davvero? Assolutamente no! Il lor stesso nome è una bugia. C’è pericolo che il nostro mondo, con tutta la sua bellezza e la preziosità che contiene, venga distrutto da questo cinico gioco per il potere e il denaro in cui i civili sono ostaggi del militarismo. Lasceremo che succeda?
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The Bird Site
Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Let’s Not Have a War
Matt Taibbi | ScheerPost – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
25 Jan 2022 – The U.S. foreign policy establishment, chasing decades of failures, appears to be seriously considering the unthinkable in Ukraine.
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(Italiano) Thich Nhat Hahn [Thay]: La morte per l’impermanenza, la vita per la pace
Cinzia Picchioni | Centro Studi Sereno Regis - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
È talmente famoso che mi «vergogno» un po’ a scrivere qualcosa, qualsiasi cosa, in occasione della morte di Thich Nhat Hahn, Thay come era affettuosamente chiamato. Ma d’altra parte, con qualche notizia in più, potrebbe nascere l’interesse ad approfondire la vicenda umana, l’insegnamento, l’impegno per la pace di questo piccolo-grande uomo che ha smesso di camminare sulla Terra nella notte, alle 00.00, del 22.1.22, al Tempio T? Hi?u a Hu?, Vietnam.
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COVID World Data -Total: 375,2M -Dead: 5,6M -Death Rate: 0.01%
Worldometer and Avi Schiffmann - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
On 31 Jan 2022 (6am GMT):
Total Cases: 375,240,488
Deaths: 5,681,744
Active: 72,013,252
Recovered: 296,534,147
Cases Closed: 302,215,891
Total Vaccinated: 4,802,615,047
Will the Iran Nuclear Agreement Be Restored?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
26 Jan 2022 – An interview with Mojtaba Majidi of the Mehr News Agency (Tehran) on the Vienna Talks that are seeking to restore the Iran Nuclear Agreement of 2015 reached during the Obama presidency.
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The Destruction of Literary Heritage as a Tool in Ethnic Cleansing (Part 3)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Cultural Genocide: The Intentional Burning of Historically Ancient Books of Bosnia
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Warnings from the Poles
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which discusses worrying recent developments in the Antarctic and the Arctic, which warn us of catastrophic consequences if we neglect urgent climate action. The book may be downloaded free of charge from the following link:
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Dreams, Consciousness, and the Nature of the Universe
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
“Perhaps dreams are an arena that can enable supracognitive powers to perform calculations and perceptions of reality that may be incomprehensible in our wake state.”
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The Clash of Two Civilizations over Human Rights
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
27 Jan 2022 – It seems that the conflict between the “U.S.-led Western countries (as well as their followers)” and “China” over human rights may be considered as one of the main clashes between these two main civilization spheres in the contemporary world.
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World Coronavirus Map
World Life Expectancy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Profile: How does Coronavirus/Covid19 rank among other illnesses? Is it the most lethal? Info, insights, numbers, statistics on health and causes of death. Updated Daily
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Honoring Thich Nhat Hanh
Paul R. Dekar | Fellowship of Reconciliation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
22 Jan 2022 – The renowned 95-year-old Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away, leaving behind a legacy of interconnection.
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Us and Them (Music Video of the Week)
℗ Pink Floyd Records – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
From The Dark Side of the Moon – Released March 1973
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The Illegality of NATO
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
28 Jan 2022 – Russia understandably fears the eastward expansion of NATO. Recently NATO countries, led by the United States, have supplied arms to Ukraine. There is a threat that the tensions building up in the region will lead to war. Such a development would be catastrophic for the entire world. Against this backdrop, we examine the question of NATO’s illegality.
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Man-Making Universal Education for Justice and Peace
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Dedicated UNESCO International Day of Education 24 January
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International Neutrality Project
Edward J. Horgan | Veterans Global Peace Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
The UN Charter opted for a more pragmatic system of ‘collective security’, a bit like the Three Musketeers – one for all and all for one. The three musketeers became the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, sometimes known as the five policemen, who were tasked with maintaining or enforcing international peace.
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What You Should Really Know about Ukraine
Bryce Greene | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
28 Jan 2022 – These “explainer” pieces are emblematic of Ukraine coverage in the rest of corporate media, which almost universally gave a pro-Western view of US/Russia relations and the history behind them. Media echoed the point of view of those who believe the US should have an active role in Ukrainian politics and enforce its perspective through military threats.
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(Castellano) Borrador de Propuestas para Construir la Paz en Chile
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
20 enero 2022 – Quisiera decir algo concretando unos sueños de paz que han venido a vivir en mi alma, con la finalidad de hacerlos concretos con acciones que mi mente y otras mentes consideran inteligentes, y también con otra finalidad mayor. La finalidad mayor es contribuir a un sueño colectivo que nace, compartido entre numerosos individuos y numerosas instituciones tanto privadas como públicas.
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Germany Blocks NATO Partners from Supplying Their Weapons to Ukraine
Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
21 Jan 2022 – Despite being a lead NATO country and close US ally, it’s become clear Berlin has sought to avoid unnecessarily provoking Moscow, also as the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is soon to come online. German government spokesman reaffirmed “The principle governing arms exports” which “is always the same—whether they come directly from Germany or from third countries—and no permission has been issued at this stage.”
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Personal Experience
Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
8 Jan 2022 – I myself am a victim of COVID and suffer mentally physically. This may be my last article to my good friend Antonio. May God bless him to become healthy and fit.
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Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
31 Jan 2022 – Governments around the world continue to impose an expanding sequence of measures to curtail rights and freedoms ostensibly to tackle a ‘virus’. In response, public demonstrations against these government measures are also ongoing and expanding with truck convoys the latest manifestation of this form of protest.
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White House Discusses Plans to Send up to 50,000 Troops to Eastern Europe
Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier | WSWS - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
24 Jan 2022 – Yesterday the New York Times reported that the Biden administration is discussing plans to deploy tens of thousands of troops to the borders of Russia and Ukraine. Despite the administration’s threadbare attempt to present this as a defense of Ukrainian sovereignty against Russia, it is apparent that Washington is preparing a military escalation aiming to provoke Russia, a major nuclear power, into a war.
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2021
Transparency International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
25 Jan 2022 – This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index reveals that corruption levels are at a worldwide standstill. The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption.
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Peace Now in Ukraine
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
27 Jan 2022 – Is a Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent? At the heart of this avoidable catastrophe is Moscow’s concern over the ever-increasing U.S. military threat on its doorstep. Since the Soviet Union fell, the U.S, through its NATO allies, has pushed troops and arms closer to Russia. Grassroots movements must demand peace and diplomacy, now, before the outbreak of war.
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Reincarnation: A Simple Explanation
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Reincarnation is called samsara in the classic Vedic texts of India. The word samsara is Sanskrit and means being bound to the cycle of repeated birth and death through numerous lifetimes. How this works…
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Prof. Johan Galtung’s Concepts of Violence
Profesor Espinoza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
The Violence Triangle
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Freedom
Dr Usha Roopnarain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Blood flowed through their veins.
Shackled and jailed for freedom.
Exploited, oppressed, and subjugated.
Indian heroes and heroines made a sacrifice.
Silence in Communication
Thich Nhat Hanh – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Mind you
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Ukraine on Fire
Oliver Stone – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Documentary by Oliver Stone, a guy hated by both left and right, about what happened in Ukraine and Maidan Square in 2014, and the roles played by the Western media and the USA. The origins of the apocalyptic endgame being played over Ukraine now.
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Green Gaslighting: Another Face of Climate Denialism
Vijay Kolinjivadi | Aljazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
25 Jan 2022 – All the talk about ‘net zero’ measures and ‘climate resilience’ investments is just a mass deception. According to the Oxford Dictionaries, the word “gaslighting” means “the action of manipulating someone by psychological means into accepting a false depiction of reality or doubting their own sanity”.
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Iran-Russia Hit Maximum Strategy
Pepe Escobar | The Cradle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
21 Jan 2022 – Three ain’t a crowd: The Iran-Russia summit this week, concurrent with RIC military drills in the Sea of Oman, in advance of a Xi-Putin meeting in two weeks, suggests a rapidly-advancing strategic vision for the three Eurasian powers.
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All the Wars on the Planet
Pressenza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
27 Jan 2022 – There are 34 wars currently declared in the world; dozens of low-intensity conflicts and situations of crisis; there are 13 UN peacekeeping missions, the permanence of which, often lasting several years, signals states of tension only apparently resolved.
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Mr. Xi Plays Davos Man
Pepe Escobar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
19 Jan 2022 – A collective West “led” by unspeakable mediocrities looks at the Russia-China strategic partnership as if it was something like a double-headed Anti-Christ. Xi, for his part, seems not to be impressed.
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Asia-Pacific: Just 5% of the Region’s Population Owns 70% of Its Total Wealth
Baher Kamal | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
18 Jan 2022 – The Asia-Pacific region is experiencing growing inequality even while registering impressive economic growth and poverty reduction. Such sharp inequalities continue to be persistent in the region, with nearly 2 in 4 people still unable to afford a healthy diet.
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JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass by Oliver Stone
Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
16 Jan 2022 – Two of the greatest speeches ever delivered by an American president bookend this extraordinary documentary film. With JFK Revisited, Oliver Stone has truly honored this fallen hero.
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Introduction to Conflict Transformation
Abbas Aroua | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Language: Arabic. Author: Abbas Aroua. Publisher: Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva – The Arab/Muslim world is one of the regions with the highest densities of conflict in the world (intra- and interstate). Yet it is one of the poorest ones in terms of conflict transformation resources, both theoretical and practical.
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How WHO Chief Tedros Violated UN Rules to Advance TPLF Interests in Ethiopia
Ann Garrison | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
18 Jan 2022 – In leaked audio, UN staffers accuse World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of violating UN code to further the objectives of his political allies in Ethiopia’s conflict.
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Ukraine-Donbas-Russian Frontier: Is a Non-governmental Interposition Peace Team a Possibility?
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
20 Jan 2022 – There are discussions at the UNSC on what could be a U.S.- led response if there were a Russian intervention into Ukraine. While such a Russian intervention seems unlikely, the possibility is being seriously discussed in NATO government circles. Thus it is opportune for non-governmental organizations also to discuss possible measures to prevent conflict and reduce tensions.
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At Doom’s Doorstep: It Is 100 Seconds to Midnight
John Mecklin | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
To: Leaders and Citizens of the World
Date: 20 Jan 2022
The Doomsday Clock is set every year by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes 11 Nobel laureates. The Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies in other domains.
(Português) “Eu só sou eu através de você”. Ubuntu: Uma Saída da Barbárie
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
18 Jan 2022 – A pandemia mostrou uma abissal desigualdade mundial e uma falta cruel de solidariedade. Não abandonamos ainda o mundo da barbárie e se já a havíamos deixado, retornamos a ele. O nosso mundo não pode ser chamado de civilizado porque um ser humano não reconhece e acolhe um outro independente do dinheiro que tem no bolso ou no banco, da sua visão do mundo, ou da sua inscrição religiosa.
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A Solitary Bird
St. John of the Cross – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Words of Light and Love
→ read full articleCOVID World Data -Total: 352,1M -Dead: 5,6M -Death Rate: 0.01%
Worldometer and Avi Schiffmann - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
On 24 Jan 2022 (6am GMT):
Total Cases: 352,130,563
Deaths: 5,614,795
Active: 66,054,186
Recovered: 279,853,072
Cases Closed: 285,467,867
Total Vaccinated: 4,763,861,004
ICJ Must Not Allow Myanmar’s Coup Regime to Leverage Genocide Hearings as a Source of Legitimacy
Maung Zarni | Anadolu News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
20 Jan 2022 – Court’s failure to deal head-on with highly contested issue of legitimacy of regime will hamper efforts of other int’l state actors to deny mass-murderous military international acceptance, legitimacy.
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‘The World’s Most Evil Company’ May Lose a Few Court Fights—but Will Keep on Poisoning and Killing Millions of People with Its Carcinogenic Pesticide ‘Roundup’
Mitchel Cohen | Covert Action Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
19 Jan 2022 – Monsanto (now part of Bayer AB) had to pay $78 million in 2018 and $10 billion more in 2020 to settle 100,000 cancer lawsuits. But that won’t stop a company whose 2021 revenues will top $49.991 billion…which is why Roundup is still being profitably sprayed in 160 countries around the world.
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Skin Deep (Music Video of the Week)
Buddy Guy | Playing For Change – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Playing For Change and Buddy Guy united to record and film his anthem, “Skin Deep” across the USA. Originally, this was going to be a song across Chicago to bring light to all the violent shootings across the city but as time marched on, along with various shootings across our country, we realized we needed to expand our vision and use this song as a tool to unite our divided nation.
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Palestine/Israel: The Smearing of Emma Watson
Sut Jhally and Roger Waters | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
19 Jan 2022 – A Classic Blunder and Smear against an Outspoken Activist
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Inequality, Class, and Economics
Eric Schutz | Montly Review - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the economic inequalities pervading every aspect of society—and then multiplied them to a staggering degree. A mere nine months into the lockdown, the net worth of the infamous Forbes 400 increased by one trillion dollars. In a single year the US poverty rate rose by the largest amount ever since record-keeping began sixty years ago.
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The Rhino
Dr Usha Roopnarain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
I watch you on the safari.
There you go…rhinoceros
To think that you are murdered
(Italiano) Capaci di immaginare, incapaci di credere
Elena Camino | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
19 Gennaio 2022 – In questi giorni ho avuto occasione di leggere e vedere alcuni documenti – apparentemente scollegati – che mi hanno portata a riflettere sul fatto che la nostra società è diventata capace di immaginare l’inimmaginabile: soprattutto con l’esplodere della realtà virtuale.
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NATO in Ukraine: Readings
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
20 Jan 2022 – Fake is one thing and people with knowledge and experience will smell when something is wrong. Much worse is omission /cancelling: Deliberately leaving out stories, perspectives, voices, experts and analyses that do not fit the single propaganda narrative. But sadly, the West is now moving towards its Pravda moment: Only one truth and more people by the day finding that they are being deceived.
→ read full articleUnderstanding Hinduism and Bhagwad Gita
Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Hinduism, the dominant religion in India, is one of the oldest world religions and existed in some form or another, perhaps even as early as 8000 years back. It deals with the four aims or purusharthas of life.
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(Italiano) Coronavirus: dove porta la sua Arca papa Francesco-Noé?
Antonino Drago – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Si esaminano le risposte morali e politiche delle Chiese e di papa Francesco alla pandemia e le si valutano deboli. E’ piuttosto l’Islam che oggi realizza il passaggio storico cruciale del tempo attuale: l’introduzione di una forte etica nella politica, il solo atto che possa affrontare adeguatamente i molti problemi del mondo.
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Starving Afghans Use Crypto to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions, Failing Banks, and the Taliban
Lee Fang | The Intercept - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
19 Jan 2022 – NGOs looking to provide emergency aid to Afghanistan are turning to cryptocurrency.
→ read full articleWorld Coronavirus Map
World Life Expectancy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Profile: How does Coronavirus/Covid19 rank among other illnesses? Is it the most lethal? Info, insights, numbers, statistics on health and causes of death. Updated Daily
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The Annual Resurrection of a Fake Dr. King
Black Alliance for Peace | Popular Resistance - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
17 Jan 2022 – It is January, and in the U.S. this means it is time for the annual ritual of revisiting the white-washed, de-radicalized, pro- “American” M.L. King fairy tale as part of the official celebration of King’s birthday.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 Jan 1756 – 5 Dec 1791)
Encyclopædia Britannica– TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. With Haydn and Beethoven he brought to its height the achievement of the Viennese Classical School. Unlike any other composer in musical history, he wrote in all the musical genres of his day and excelled in every one. His taste, his command of form, and his range of expression have made him seem the most universal of all composers.
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For the Attention of Davos’ World Economic Forum Attendees: In Tax We Trust
Abigail Disney, Nick Hanaue, et al. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
19 Jan 2022 – 100+ Ultra-Rich Individuals Warn Fellow Elites: It’s Taxes or Pitchforks – “History paints a pretty bleak picture of what the endgame of extremely unequal societies looks like,” reads an open letter signed by millionaires and billionaires calling for higher taxes on people like themselves.
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This One-Two Punch from China and Russia Marks the End of U.S. Adventurism
Bradley Blankenship | RT - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
15 Jan 2022 – Syria’s inclusion in the Belt and Road Initiative is the final act in a long saga against American imperialism that shows how China and Russia can effectively counter U.S. intervention in the future.
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Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Good Old Capitalism…
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Chemical Pollution Has Passed Safe Limit for Humanity, Say Scientists
Damian Carrington | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
18 Jan 2022 – Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution threatens global ecosystems upon which life depends. Plastics are of particularly high concern along with 350,000 synthetic chemicals including pesticides, industrial compounds and antibiotics.
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Detachment
Sujata - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Today’s Wisdom
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How Nonviolent Action Is Protecting the Earth
Rivera Sun | Waging Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
18 Jan 2022 – Nonviolence toward the Earth is neither a lofty dream nor a utopian vision. It is practical, necessary and our only choice.
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Got MLK?
Mr. Fish | ScheerPost - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
17 Jan 2022 – MLK Day in Anglo America
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Nobel Peace Prize 2022: Shortlist Respecting Nobel’s Antiwar Intention
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
January 2022 – Nobel Peace Prize Watch hereby presents its list of nominations for the 2022 Nobel Prize “for the champions of peace”. The overarching purpose of the prize, specified in the Nobel testament, is to liberate all nations from weapons, warriors and war.
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The Destruction of Literary Heritage as a Tool in Cultural Genocide (Part 2)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
The Intentional Burning of “Un-German Literature” by Nazi Germany
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Nomination of Dr. Edward Horgan for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
12 Jan 2022 – Ms. Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, has today nominated Dr. Edward Horgan for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Six Things the Media Won’t Tell You about Ukraine
Ted Snider | Antiwar - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
6 Jan 2022 – Western media and political analysts have cast Putin’s demands that NATO not expand further east to Ukraine and that NATO not establish military bases in former Soviet states as bold and impossible. Here are six crucial pieces of background that the western media will not tell you.
→ read full articleWe Are Militarism’s Hostages
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
Do our “Defense Departments” really defend us? Absolutely not! Their very title is a lie. There is a danger that our world, with all the beauty and value that it contains, will be destroyed by this cynical game for power and money, in which civilians are militarism’s hostages. Will we let this happen?
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Hawaii’s Red Hill Disaster: The Latest Episode in 200 Years of Colonialism
Lowkey | The Watchdog, MintPress News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
7 Jan 2022 – In November, a huge underground US Navy fuel storage facility at Red Hill near Honolulu burst, leaking 14,000 gallons of jet fuel, contaminating the water supply, poisoning scores of people and driving thousands of Hawaiian families from their homes.
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A Citizen of the World (Still) Speaks
Robert C. Koehler | Common Wonders – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
19 Jan 2022 – I decided to honor Martin Luther King Day this year by reading — and trying to absorb, more fully than ever before — the entirety (nearly 7,000 words) of the iconic speech he gave at Riverside Church a year to the day before his assassination.
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Billionaires ‘Had a Terrific Pandemic’ While Inequality Killed Millions: Oxfam
Jon Queally | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
17 Jan 2022 – A new report explains how inequality contributed to the death of 21,000 people each day of the pandemic while the wealthiest collectively got $1.2 billion richer every 24 hours.
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Prof. Ehud Qimron: “[Israeli] Ministry of Health, It’s Time to Admit Failure”
Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jan 2022
10 Jan 2022 – Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists, has written an open letter sharply criticizing the Israeli – and indeed global – management of the coronavirus pandemic.
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How the CDC Fooled the World
Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
15 Jan 2022 – Throughout the pandemic, the US Center for Disease Control published numerous false and misleading studies that bolstered national and international political goals and guided social media censorship. Three recent examples illustrate the issue.
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Dangerous Gaps: Knowledge, Action, and Justice
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
16 Jan 2022 – This essay was published on 13 Jan 2022 on This View of Life, which brings to bear the views of science and evolutionary biology on a series of global challenges increasingly overwhelming the capabilities of civilizational modernity.
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Brazil: Lula Leads Bolsonaro by 20 Points Newly Released Poll Shows
teleSUR - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
14 Jan 2022 – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) is 20 points ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro in voting intentions for the October elections, according to a survey released today by the Ipespe institute.
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The Rule of Law Must Finally Evolve into the Rule of Justice
Alfred de Zayas | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
14 Jan 2022 – Many politicians, academics, media pundits are wont of invoking the “rule of law”, a “rules-based international order”, “values diplomacy,” etc. But what do all these benevolent-sounding slogans actually mean in practice? Who makes the rules, who interprets them, who enforces them? What transparency and accountability accompany these noble pledges?
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Introducing TRANSCEND and TMS
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
10 Jan 2022 – Can We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology – I would like to introduce you to TRANSCEND, A Network for Peace Development Environment, near to my heart. I encourage you to subscribe to TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS)
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Baher Kamal | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
14 Jan 2022 – While absolutely ready to kill, with the biggest military powers spending in 2020 nearly two trillion US dollars on weapons, the world is shockingly unprepared to save the lives of millions of unarmed, innocent civilian victims of wars… and other man-made catastrophes.
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Glenn D. Paige (28 Jun 1929 – 22 Jan 2017): A Giant for Peace Leaves Behind an Indelible Mark – In Memoriam
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
His transformation from praising a killing society, USA, in the Korean War to invoking a non-killing society did not come easily. To revoke his own book on the Korea War decision, and the prize received for that book, has few equals.
→ read full articleCOVID World Data -Total: 328,8M -Dead: 5,5M -Death Rate: 0.01%
Worldometer and Avi Schiffmann - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
On 17 Jan 2022 (6am GMT):
Total Cases: 328,827,870
Deaths: 5,557,760
Active: 55,554,929
Recovered: 267,715,181
Cases Closed: 273,272,941
Total Vaccinated: 4,712,854,193
I Say a Little Prayer (Music Video of the Week)
Aretha Franklin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
A Classic from 1967 by the “Queen of Soul” – (Official Lyric Video)
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Theory of Everything: The Standard Model
Quanta Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
16 Jul 2021 – The Standard Model of particle physics describes how everything in the universe is made of 12 different types of matter particles, interacting with three forces, all bound together by a rather special particle called the Higgs boson. The Standard Model is the most successful scientific theory ever.
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Structures of Oppression
Kheya Bag & Susan Watkins | New Left Review - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
Querying recent analogies of ‘race’ and ‘caste’, the authors ask what parallels and divergences a more systematic comparison of African-American and Dalit predicaments might reveal.
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Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
There are several religions or faiths in the world. Of these, the principal ones are (In approximate order of establishment) Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Baha’i Faith, Sikhism, Arya Samaj, etc.
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Hey, Hey, USA! How Many Bombs Did You Drop Today?
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
10 Jan 2022 – Airpower Summary and its implications. The U.S. and its allies have dropped 46 bombs and missiles per day on other countries for the past twenty years, promoting the myth that U.S. militarism is a force for good. The country that has been bombing cities to rubble and waging wars that kill millions paints Russia and China as threats to peace.
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Elena Camino | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
14 Gennaio 2022 – Tempi sospesi per l’umanità: problemi planetari, tragedie globali, guerre, cambiamento climatico e pandemia… e il nucleare?
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The Covid Vaccine War (II)
Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
16 Jan 2022 – New developments concerning “vaccine passports”, vaccine mandates, and protests against them – an updated international overview.
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