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The Forgotten Journalists (Part 2): The Quartering of Jamal Khashoggi
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
The Silence of the Nations: The Quartering of Jamal Khashoggi on 2 Oct 2018–May His Soul Rests in Peace – The Middle Eastern Hit Squads are a Commonly Used Mechanism to Terminate Dissidents
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How Western Sanctions Blow Back, Hurting Europe, Deepening Asian Integration
Renate Bridenthal | Geopolitical Economy Report - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – Western sanctions led Russia to greatly increase trade with Asia, while devastating Europe’s economy. The US tech war against China is damaging its own industry.
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Biden Tramples on Japan’s Post-WWII Pacifist Constitution by Pushing Country’s Rearmament
Sara Flounders | CovertAction Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – Main target is China in dangerously provocative policy that faces no visible domestic opposition in the U.S.
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Grandson of Charles de Gaulle, an Old CIA Nemesis, Condemns West’s Policy in Ukraine
Jeremy Kuzmarov | CovertAction Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – Pierre de Gaulle, grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle, has said the U.S. and NATO triggered the Ukraine conflict and are making Europeans suffer by fueling and waging a pre-planned economic war against Russia.
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How the Workers’ Parliaments Saved the Cuban Revolution
Pedro Ross Leal | Monthly Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
13 Jan 2023 – A Rare Look from Inside Cuba: In highlighting the little-known role of the Cuban working class during the Special Period, the author has produced a book essential to understanding the survival of revolutionary Cuba.
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Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
Crisis, indeed. The way out is a new discourse, less material, more spiritual; something to live for, not only from. Right now Wallerstein sees capitalism in crisis with no remedy–of which I am not so sure–and the US hegemony also in a crisis with no remedy–a view I share–, as the fall of an empire for which local elites used to kill and rule; now having to do most killings itself.
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Biden’s War (Part 2)
Stephanie Hiller – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
14 Jan 2023 – We tend to view our political leaders as actors in an ideological drama: beautifully attired, faces polished by make-up to look real. But we forget that they are human. Is it not possible for grown men to talk to each other from their hearts?
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Top 20 Most Cringeworthy Zelensky PR Moments
Caitlin Johnstone - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
14 Jan 2023 – One of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the globe-spanning narrative control campaign surrounding the US empire’s proxy war in Ukraine has been the way the nation’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has been turned into an ever-present corporate mascot for the most aggressive ad campaign ever devised.
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Seeing Is Believing: What the Data Reveal about Deaths Following COVID Vaccine Rollouts around the World
Gavin de Becker | The Defender – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – Why would so many countries big and small, rich and poor, in different parts of the world, some with congested cities, some sparsely populated, cold weather or hot weather, tropical or desert, high altitude or low altitude, small islands or landlocked — why would they all see increases in COVID-19 deaths after mass vaccination?
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‘The Government Killed Him’: A Tribute to Activist and Programmer Aaron Swartz 10 Years after His Death
Maximillian Alvarez | The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
13 Jan 2023 – As a computer programmer, Swartz changed the internet forever and fiercely fought against the privatization of knowledge. The federal government persecuted him for it until his death by suicide in 2013.
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African Solutions to African Problems: Let the African Union Resolve the GERD Dispute!
Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – Following the US-Africa Summit last month, the million dollar question is whether Ethiopia and the US have kissed and made up. Is the Biden administration a “friend” of Ethiopia?
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After 50 Years of Failed Environmental Diplomacy, We Need to Ask the Obvious Question: “Who Owns the World?”
Ole von Uexkull | Right Livelihood – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
31 Dec 2022 – Half a century ago, 122 countries met in Stockholm for the first UN Conference on the Environment. Last June, the Swedish government hosted an anniversary summit with no political clout or ambition. This was emblematic of the failure of 50 years of environmental diplomacy due to the fact that our leaders have consistently avoided the central question – that of justice.
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Genetic Engineering Gives Scientists ‘God-like Power’–but Is It Ethical?
Dan Falk | Undark - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
10 Jan 2023 – In his new book, “As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age,” Matthew Cobb, a biologist and historian at the University of Manchester, takes an in-depth look at the turbulent history of genetic engineering.
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How Safe Can We Really Be?
Robert C. Koehler | Common Wonders – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – What is freedom–the freedom to be armed and able to defend yourself? Does one man’s freedom force the rest of us to watch their country turn into a John Wayne movie?… And the strongman may kill his enemies, but he can’t kill the paradox.
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Venezuela: Guaidó Is Gone, but Media Dishonesty Is Here to Stay
Ricardo Vaz | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – The latest iteration of Washington’s regime-change efforts against the democratically elected Venezuelan government came to an end. On 30 Dec an opposition-controlled parliament voted to end the US-backed “interim government” headed by Juan Guaidó.
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The Psychology of Veridos™ (Seekers of Truth and Justice)
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | CoronaWise - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – A Study of Moral Heroism of the 5% or less – A courageous vocal minority has arisen in the face of relentless opposition, demonization, censorship and punishment to challenge the official Covid narrative, to speak out and work for truth, justice, health and freedom.
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MLK: Beyond Vietnam… to Ukraine
Rick Sterling – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
16 Apr 2023 – In April 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an eloquent and stirring denunciation of the Vietnam War and US militarism in his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which is relevant to today’s war in Ukraine. Exactly one year after delivering the speech at Riverside Church, Luther King was assassinated.
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Why China’s Belt and Road Initiative-BRI Is Back with a Bang in 2023
Pepe Escobar | The Cradle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
6 Jan 2023 – As Beijing’s BRI enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South.
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Net Zero Will Lead to the End of Modern Civilization, Says Top Scientist
Chris Morrison | Daily Sceptic - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
10 Jan 2023 – A damning indictment of the Net Zero political project has been made by one of the world’s leading nuclear physicists. In a recently published science paper, Dr. Wallace Manheimer said it would be the end of modern civilisation.
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Hypocritical or Psychopathic?
Carlos Latuff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
… or Both?
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Yemen War Continues Beyond Media Spotlight
Felix Abt | CovertAction Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – The Washington Post even gives positive spin by suggesting that the war has improved gender equality in devastated country.
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Bloom
Emily Dickinson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
Without flowers, there would be no us.
No poetry.
No science.
No music.
Farruca: Flamenco Dance (Music Video of the Week)
Melina Najjar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
Dancer: Melina Najjar
Guitarist: Yazan Ibrahim
T-shirts
Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
These days, most young people wear interesting t-shirts that have sometimes photos of Spiderman or some other popular character that children like.
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Europe and the Legitimization of Deception
Patrick Lawrence | ScheerPost - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
8 Jan 2023 – The U.S. has long practiced the diplomacy of no diplomacy. You can’t expect much from bimbos such as Antony Blinken or Wendy Sherman, his No. 2 at the State Department. All they can do is roar, even if they are mice next to any serious diplomat.
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Meditation: A Lifeline to Sanity in a World Gone Crazy
William T. Hathaway – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
We need to stay grounded in ourselves so we can act effectively amid all the seismic shocks that keep rolling through us. Meditation helps us develop an inner unshakability, a great asset in times like these.
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World Peace and Conflict Resolution: Ukraine, Russia, and We the People
Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
Voices of the Oppressed
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US Threatens African Countries, Demanding to End Relations with Russia
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | InfoBrics - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – On 9 Jan, the Wall Street Journal reported that relations USA – South Africa are tense: Last month a South African naval base received a Russian cargo ship sanctioned by Washington, with no public information about the contents on the vessel.
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Itamar Ben Gvir Just Banned the Palestinian Flag
Mariam Barghouti | Mondoweiss - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – Today the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, banned the display of the Palestinian flag in all public spaces. This order is one in a recent string of escalating attacks on Palestinians by the newly formed ultra-rightwing Israeli government.
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Glenn Greenwald: US Government Doesn’t Care about Spreading Democracy
Tucker Carlson interviews Glenn Greenwald | FOX News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Dec 2022 – The USA is spreading democracy on the other side of the world by sending billions of taxpayers’ dollars in weapons to Ukraine, whose war is being orchestrated and fueled by US and NATO. If you want to believe the fairy tale that the US government goes to war to spread democracy, then Ukraine is not the place for you.
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Beyond Geopolitics: Re-Examining Russia’s BRICS Relationship
Lucas Dias Rodrigues dos Santos | E-IR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
20 Dec 2022 – The BRICS have come a long way (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Despite the differences, they have deepened their relationship with regular meetings (from leaders’ summits to scientific cooperation), and jointly-run institutions (New Development Bank-NDB). Argentina and Iran have applied to join.
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At School
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
Teacher: “What a pair of strange socks you are wearing, one is green the other is blue with red spots!”
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Consciousness: Viññana Sutta
Buddha Sutra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
“Monks, eye-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, alterable. Ear-consciousness… Nose-consciousness… Tongue-consciousness… Body-consciousness… Intellect-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, alterable.”
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Hope . . . An Implacable Cosmos-Endowed Vitalism
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
A 2023 national Gallup Poll in the USA revealed that North Americans are very pessimistic regarding 2023. Across all demographic markers, a majority “predict negative conditions in 12 of 13 economic, political, societal and international arenas.” ‘Hope’ appears to be absent or insufficient for mediating or mollifying pessimism.
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Russia-Ukraine War: How the US Paved the Way to Moscow’s Invasion
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
10 Jan 2023 – Nearly a year after Russia’s invasion, the western narrative of an ‘unprovoked’ attack has become impossible to sustain.
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Brazil’s Lula: “Join Us in a Great Collective Effort against Inequality”
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil | Jacobin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
6 Jan 2023 – In a landmark inauguration speech, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lays out his agenda for a more just Brazil and a new internationalism.
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With Echoes of Jan. 6, Thousands of Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Presidential Offices
Julia Conley | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – “The insurrection in Brazil can be directly tied to Trump and the Republicans’ emboldening of fascism and violent extremism,” said one progressive U.S. lawmaker. Lula was in São Paulo at the time of the attack and Congress was not in session.
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George Harrison’s Search for a Higher Truth
George Harrison | T&H Inspiration - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
An eye-opening and moving talk from Beatle George Harrison (1943-2001) on truth, life, change and consciousness. Let’s remember the messages he had to share with the world: “It’s all in the mind.”
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The UN General Assembly Drags Israel to the World Court
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
4 Jan 2023 – The UNGA voted last week to refer Israel to the ICC (World Court) for its ongoing violation of the right of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Before we analyse the significance of the vote, let us probe the actual voting pattern.
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(Norsk-Norwegian) Fredspioneren Johan Galtung 92 år!
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Redaktør – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
‘Fader of Peace Studies’ feirer sin 92-årsdag. Som 24-åring ble han fengslet i 6 måneder som militærnekter i Norge. I fengsel skrev han, sammen med Arne Næss, sin første bok: Gandhi’s Political Ethics. I dag har han bidratt med mer enn 170 bøker; over 1500 artikler, artikler og bokkapitler; og over 500 redaksjoner for TRANSCEND Media Service om freds- og konfliktstudier, mekling og relaterte spørsmål. GRATULERER med dagen, JOHAN!
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Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp from the Ukraine War?
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
3 Jan 2023 – The precarious fine line the US and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war. The dichotomy between the sober assessments of senior military officials and the policy choices of their political bosses.
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Harvard University Succumbs
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
7 Jan 2023 – Harvard University Withdraws a Fellowship from Kenneth Roth & Human Rights Watch
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Looking Forward to 2023
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
1 Jan 2023 – Before looking forward to 2023, let’s look back at 2022 from the perspective of the culture of peace.
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‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s Messiah (Music Video of the Week)
Royal Choral Society – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
The Royal Choral Society has performed Handel’s Messiah on Good Friday at the Royal Albert Hall every year since 1876. This clip features the glorious Hallelujah Chorus with the choir. Students from the City of London School for Girls joined the choir for this performance.
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Trying to Predict the Future
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
3 Jan 2023 – I announce the publication of a new eBook entitled “Trying to Predict the Future”. It may be downloaded and circulated free of charge.
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If You Wouldn’t Ask Hannibal Lecter to Stop Mass Atrocities, Don’t Ask “The International Community”
Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
4 Jan 2023 – The hope that the U.S. will intervene anywhere in the world for humanitarian reasons is misguided in the extreme. Claims of concern are always a ruse hiding ulterior motives. Imperialist actions are antithetical to human needs.
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The Old Use the Young to Wage War: “Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?”
Vern Loomis - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” Oscar Wilde’s wry observation highlights an obvious truth: age alone does not confer wisdom or any other desirable trait. The powerful and elderly decision-makers of the world demonstrate the disconnect between age and wisdom with every war.
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Spiritual Evolution
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
Indeed
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The Sino-Russian Summit You Didn’t Read About
Patrick Lawrence | ScheerPost - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
4 Jan 2023 – The New York Times coverage of the recent summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping misses some of its most important details.
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Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
Most countries have many festivals–some peculiar to the country others related to prominent religions. We celebrated the Sikh festival Gurupurab recently on November 8.
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Brazil Has a New President, and a Renewed Chance to Save the Amazon
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
5 Jan 2023 – The victory in Brazil’s presidential race by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be one of the most momentous events in modern world history. Lula returned for a third term and has pledged to protect the Amazon and the indigenous communities that have long stewarded the forest.
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Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
2 Jan 2023 – Are You Kidding?
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U.S. Spreads Misery across the Globe Imposing Sanctions on a Third of Humanity
Jeremy Kuzmarov | CovertAction Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
The U.S. may try piously to defend sanctions as a ‘response to foreign tyranny,’ but they are really a pretext to steal foreign bank accounts and cripple commercial rivals of U.S. corporations–a true fascist tyranny.
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(Français) Dans l’Attente de 2023
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
1er janvier 2023 – Avant d’envisager 2023, regardons 2022 du point de vue de la culture de la paix.
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Peace Disruption: Incursion, Insurrection, Intifada
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
“The 131/2-minute incursion that will change the Middle East forever.”
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Stephanie Hiller – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
Biden doesn’t want to end the war and we are supporting him. When Zelenski spoke before Congress in his green sweatshirt, he received a standing ovation three times. We are risking nuclear war while thousands of Ukrainians and Russians are dying! For what? How long is this infamy going to go on?
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US, Israel Vote No as UN Approves World Court Resolution on Illegal Occupation
Jon Queally | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
2 Jan 2023 – The UNGA on 30 Dec 2022 approved a resolution that asks the ICJ to issue an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. It passed with 87 in favor, 26 opposed and 53 abstaining. Among those opposed were USA, Israel, UK and Germany.
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Allen Ginsberg’s Self-Recording Sessions
Kathryn Winner | The New Yorker – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
6 Jan 2023 – In the late sixties, Ginsberg began taping many of his public appearances, as well as his casual and private conversations. He used the recordings to compose his greatest work.
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Brazil Protests: Lula Vows to Punish ‘Neo-Fascists’ after Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Congress
Tom Phillips and Andrew Downie | The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – President tours scene of riot and orders federal government to take control of policing in capital Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency.
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Russia Offering ‘Korea-style‘ Peace Deal – Kiev
RT - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
8 Jan 2023 – Moscow wants to formalize the status quo on the ground, Ukraine’s top security official said.
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In a Violent Economy, People of Faith Try Cooperatives
Renée Darline Roden | Sojourners - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
3 Jan 2023 – Cooperatives are businesses democratically run by the owners–one person, one vote: no majority owners, no outside shareholders, no hostile takeovers. Many people are turning to cooperatives as an alternative to the dehumanizing economics of capitalism.
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Brazil’s Ex-President Bolsonaro Fled to Florida
Ben Norton | Multipolarista – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
3 Jan 2023 – Lula da Silva returned as Brazil’s president, calling for fighting poverty and hunger, re-industrializing, strengthening the BRICS, and deepening Latin American integration. Far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro fled to Florida, fearing legal consequences for his corruption.
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John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
After his invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert. The threat brought back memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We are once again reminded of the urgent need for the world to rid itself of nuclear weapons.
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The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
But after repeating her experiment for five years and obtaining the same result over and over, Jeanne Villepreux-Power demonstrated that the octopus is indeed this planet’s patron saint of the possible.
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Guiding Hands…
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
Tragicomedy?
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Anecdotals (COVID Vaccination)
Anecdotals | Sharp Films – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
11 Dec 2022 – While the ‘COVID Vaccine’ debate grows more divided, those with adverse reactions get stuck in the middle: a compassionate exploration of the nuanced vaccine debate.
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Memorable Packing of Global Strategies in a Polyhedral Rosetta Stone
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
1 Jan 2023 – Correspondence of Cognitive Internalization with Collective Strategic Articulation – In a period of multiple global crises there is an extraordinary disconnect between strategic articulations and the remarkable media preoccupation with competitive ball games.
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Ransacking the World Economy until ‘You’ll Own Nothing’ (Part 1): 5,000 Years Setting the Stage
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Dec 2022 – According to the World Economic Forum, by 2030 ‘You’ll Own Nothing. And You’ll Be Happy.’ If this prediction is to come true many things must happen. Let me identify why the WEF believes it will happen and then investigate these claims.
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Ransacking the World Economy until ‘You’ll Own Nothing’ (Part 2): The Coup de Grâce–>The Great Reset
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Dec 2022 – Building on millennia of learning how to structure and manage an economy to accumulate and consolidate control and wealth in particular hands (Part 1), the Global Elite launched its final coup in January 2020 under cover of the fake Covid-19 ‘pandemic’.
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US Senate Passes Massive $858 Billion for Pentagon’s Wars
Dave DeCamp | Antiwar - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
15 Dec 2022 – The record breaking spending bill now heads to President Biden’s desk.
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Washington Is Waking Up on Weapons for Taiwan
Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery and Bradley Bowman | C4ISRNET – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
19 Dec 2022 – The legislation includes guidance to the U.S. Defense and State Departments to prioritize the delivery of arms to Taiwan. The aim is to deter China by building U.S.-Taiwan interoperability.
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Toward Justice for Kashmir
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
18 Dec 2022 – Among the self-determination struggles of our time, Kashmir is at risk of being forgotten by most of the world (except for Pakistan), while its people continue to endure the harsh crimes of India’s intensifying military occupation that has already lasted 75 years.
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The Peace at Saturnalia (Part 1)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
A Bioscopic Foundation of Festivities, Religion, Syncretism, Shamanism, Immorality, Materialism, Gifting and Humanity
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Covid Vaccines Profits: A Reality Check
Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
December 2022 – Cutting through the COVID Vaccine Hysteria
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Militarism of the United States
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
The U.S. Government Aims at Global Hegemony through Military Force – The military-industrial complex, against which President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned, has bipartisan support in the United States Congress and Senate. The amount of money involved is enormous.
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(Português) Pelé Morreu (23 out 1940 – 29 dez 2022)
A Bola - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
29 Dec 2022 – O futebol está de luto: morreu hoje Edson Arantes Nascimento, o Rei Pelé, aos 82 anos. Pelé, uma lenda que por muitos é considerado o melhor jogador de todos os tempos, é o único na história do futebol que conseguiu ser três vezes campeão do mundo: 1958, 1962 e 1970. Foi Ministro do Desporto do Brasil entre 1995 e 1998. RIP
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State Department Approves $180 Million Arms Sale for Taiwan
Dave DeCamp | Antiwar - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
29 Dec 2022 – The Deal Is for Volcano Anti-Tank Mine-Laying Systems – China is opposed to any new US arms sales to Taiwan and much more strongly opposed to the new military aid.
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Pelé (23 Oct 1940 – 29 Dec 2022), Brazil’s Mighty King of ‘Beautiful Game,’ Has Died
Tales Azzoni and Mauricio Savarese | AP News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
29 Dec 2022 – Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died today. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. RIP
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NATO’s Peace Delivery–For Whom the Bell Tolls
John Donne – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
“Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
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Barbara Walters (25 Sep 1929 – 30 Dec 2022), TV’s Tireless Pursuer of the Newsmaker ‘Get,’ Dies at 93
Laurence I. Barrett | The Washington Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
30 Dec 2022 – Wielding a bemused and intimate style, she became one of television’s premier interrogators of the newsworthy.
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‘Nearly Every War Has Been the Result of Media Lies’: Julian Assange, State-Corporate Media and Ukraine
Media Lens - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
14 Dec 2022 – Julian Assange once observed that, ‘Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.’ For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from miniscule to zero.
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Despite US Opposition, UN Passes Resolution Condemning Death Penalty
Julia Conley | Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
16 Dec 2022 – Biden’s stated opposition to the death penalty did not stop the US from joining Saudi Arabia, Iran and North Korea today in voting against a UN resolution supporting a worldwide moratorium on the practice.
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Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
The world has always faced wars, killings, cruelty and injustice, but the Twentieth Century has displayed new forms of wars, murders and displacement.
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BlackRock Logo to Be Added to Ukrainian Flag
Caitlin Johnstone - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
29 Dec 2022 – Kyiv has announced the addition of a fifth corporate logo to the Ukrainian flag—BlackRock, world’s largest investment management firm–which will be playing a crucial role in the reconstruction of the nation. BlackRock will join Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and McDonald’s upon the blue and yellow flag.
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The Meat Industry Has Created a False Dichotomy That Pits People against Animals
Vicky Bond | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
16 Dec 2022 – Factory farms are harmful to animals, the environment, local communities, and public health. We need a more logical and just food system that puts pigs and people back where they belong—on the same side.
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If the US Told Rwanda and Uganda to Get Out of Congo, the War Would End
Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
14 Dec 2022 – Rwanda and Uganda continue their plunder and destabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as proxies of the United States.
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Looking Back on 2022: Ukraine and the Rest of the Story
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
26 Dec 2022 – As 2022 draws to a close, the world bears the tragic burden of the war in Ukraine and there is nothing to indicate that it will end any time soon. Thousands have perished. A huge number of people have been injured and maimed. Both Russian and Ukrainian prisoners have been subjected to torture.
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Russia Dropping US Dollar for Chinese Yuan – And Fast
Ben Norton | Multipolarista – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
26 Dec 2022 – In response to Western sanctions, Russia’s central bank is dropping the US dollar for Chinese yuan. The yuan’s share of Moscow’s currency trading increased from 1% to 40-45% in 2022, while dollar trade halved from 80% to 40%.
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The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) endures as one of humanity’s most lucid and luminous minds — an oracle of timeless wisdom on everything.
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Pandemics and Propaganda
Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
December 2022 – How SPR covered the pandemic and defused the propaganda.
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Music Video of the Week)
Tears For Fears – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
This is one of those songs that you have heard all your life until one day you wake up and REALLY HEAR IT. Click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy the experience. Lyrics provided.
→ read full articleReimagining Global Peace and One Humanity beyond the Lens of Human Consciousness
Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Towards Critical Thinking of Time for Change, Peace and Future-Making
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On the Influence of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine
Joe Lauria | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
29 Dec 2022 – A short history of neo-Nazism in Ukraine in response to NewsGuard’s charge that Consortium News published false content about its extent.
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They Write Themselves (Part 1)
Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
No Kidding…
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ICC Wanted to Investigate Israeli War Crimes–Now It’s Caving to US Pressure
Marjorie Cohn | ScheerPost - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
17 Dec 2022 – Two years after launching an investigation of war crimes in Palestine, the International Criminal Court is still dragging its feet.
→ read full articleThe Failure of Development
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Although “peace” and “security” were ideals that led to the founding of the United Nations, “development” was not. However, conceived as the solution, not as the problem, “development” named an ideal that could keep the UN united. It solved the problem of keeping the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe on board.
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Kahlil Gibran (6 Jan 1883 – 10 Apr 1931): Spirits Rebellious
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Gibran’s bitter denunciation of both religious and political injustice brought his anticipated exile from Lebanon. He was also excommunicated from the Church in a country where much civil identity and justice was based on religious membership — not to mention the popular idea that God did not allow excommunicated souls into his Heaven.
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(Italiano) Caduta fatalistica dell’eroe occidentale e coscienza storica delle religioni
Antonino Drago | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Quale è la risposta delle religioni davanti al mondo dei nostri tempi che, oltre ad essersi secolarizzato sembra aver dimostrato la inutilità del Messia, perché l’avrebbe superato di gran lunga nella vita pratica?
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Looking Back…
Marcandangel - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
Happy New Year!
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(Português) Brasil: Da calamidade das calaminades de Bolsonaro à esperança esperante de Lula
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
29 Dez 2022 – Durante os quatro anos da administração do presidente Bolsonaro, o país viveu afetado por todas as pragas do Egito. Das muitas opções possíveis para algum problema, o presidente geralmente escolhia a pior. Psicótico, era apático face às desgraças infligidas ao´povo, particularmente aos mais vulneráveis.
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