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Please Sign the Petition to Release Mordechai Vanunu
TMS Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Aug 2010
Please express your support for this letter by signing this petition.
http://humanrights.change.org/petitions/view/release_mordechai_vanunu
The following letter has been sent by Mairead Maguire-Nobel Peace Laureate and Gerry Grehan-Chair of the Peace People, Northern Ireland, to President Barak Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, other world leaders and prominent personalities, to ask for their help in obtaining the lifting of all restrictions on Mordechai Vanunu and for him to be granted freedom to leave Israel.
→ read full articleDeep-Sea Mining Adds to Fears of Marine Pollution
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor – The Independent,
5 Jul 2010
Concerns about large-scale marine pollution, fuelled by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, are set to be heightened by a new development in exploitation of the oceans: deep-sea mining. The Chinese government has just lodged the first application to mine for minerals under the seabed in international waters, in this case on a ridge in the Indian Ocean 1,700 metres (more than 5,000ft) below the surface.
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Cheat Neutral
TMS Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
The idea is a spoof on the current policy of carbon offsetting. In the same way that we shouldn’t be able to pay money to neutralize the damage done to our relationships, the site’s creators argue, we should not be able to pay money to offset our carbon polluting. The website’s satirical purpose is to “make it seem acceptable to cheat on your partner. In the same way, carbon offsetting tries to make it acceptable to carry on emitting excess carbon.”
→ read full articleVictory for Anti-Whaling Campaigners
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor – The Independent,
28 Jun 2010
The controversial attempt to scrap the 24-year-old international moratorium on commercial whaling collapsed yesterday, to the delight of anti-whaling campaigners and the frustration of Japan, Norway and Iceland, the three countries which continue to hunt whales in defiance of world opinion.
→ read full articleNew Jake Lynch and Johan Galtung book launched at IPRA Sydney, July 8 2010
TMS Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Jake Lynch and Johan Galtung will launch their new book, Reporting Conflict: New Directions in Peace Journalism, in Sydney, on July 8th at Gleebooks. The launch is part of the Fringe programme of the International Peace Research Association biennial conference, taking place at the University of Sydney from July 6-10.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Palestina, um Povo em Marcha pela Libertação
Editorial, Brasil de Fato – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
Não se derrota 62 anos de colonialismo israelense com duas semanas de mobilizações, mas as lutas de agora vão se transformando numa onda.
→ read full articleThe Arms Circus, Israel Keeping the World in Turmoil
Gordon Duff, senior editor – Veterans Today,
7 Jun 2010
This week, newspapers around the world received reports and signed documents from South Africa. The reports said that, in 1975, Israel agreed to sell South Africa nuclear weapons. South Africa then released an arms agreement signed by current Israeli President Shimon Peres. This is the document “heard round the world.”
→ read full articleEnd of Moratorium on Whaling Threatens More Blood in the Seas
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor – The Independent,
7 Jun 2010
The moratorium on commercial whaling, one of the world’s major environmental achievements, is in danger of being abandoned after 24 years at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which begins this week in Morocco.
→ read full articleAn appeal to Peace Nobelist President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu to free Mordechai Vanunu
TMS Editor,
31 May 2010
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire has written to President Barack Obama, USA, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, asking them to ‘do all they can’ to obtain the release of Mordechai Vanunu and for him to be allowed to leave Israel.
→ read full articleSri Lanka War Crimes
TMS Editor,
31 May 2010
Louise Arbour, President and CEO of Crisis Group, on the report “War Crimes in Sri Lanka” and the Sri Lankan government’s response to the report thus far.
→ read full articleTranscend Themes around the World (using Prof. Galtung at 80 as pretext)
TMS Editor,
31 May 2010
The TRANSCEND Network has been around since 1993 and has tried to develop a number of themes related to conflict, development, civilization and peace. Time has come to take stock, where are we, where would we like to be in, say, 2020, what can we learn from failures and, possibly, successes? What are the criteria?
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One Love – Playing for Change: Peace through Music
Bob Marley - TMS Editor,
24 May 2010
From the award-winning documentary, “Playing for Change: Peace through Music”, comes an incredible rendition of the legendary Bob Marley song “One Love” with Keb’ Mo’ and Manu Chao. Released in celebration of Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6th, this tribute to the legend is performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.
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The Fight against Israeli “Impunity”
TMS Editor,
3 May 2010
How universal jurisdiction is used as a tool to bring to court Israeli leaders accused of war crimes.
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“PAX AMERICANA and the Weaponization of Space”
TMS Editor,
19 Apr 2010
Award winner documentary about the US ambition to monopolize space for [more] wars and dominance.
→ read full articleKeeping a Finger on the Nuclear Trigger
Editorial, Socialist Worker – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
The U.S. has repackaged its strategy–but the terrible threat of nuclear war remains.
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UN Helps Free Gaza of Israeli Bombs
TMS Editor,
19 Apr 2010
Over a year since Israel’s military offensive, Gazan Palestinians are still being killed/injured by unexploded bombs.
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GOOD JEWS WHO REFUSE TO KILL PALESTINIANS
TMS Editor,
12 Apr 2010
Young Israeli conscientious objectors state their convictions courageously, compassionately: role models for the rest of us. Indeed.
→ read full articlePLEASE SUPPORT THE GANDHIAN-INSPIRED KARAMA PROJECT IN PALESTINE
TMS Editor,
5 Apr 2010
Al-Karameh Pledge (Pledge of Dignity) We, the people of Palestine, of all religions, affiliations, professions, and ages, have all come together to affirm our desire and determination to rise up, and shiver off the effects of settlement contamination in our Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps, first and foremost, via replacing settlement products in our […]
→ read full articleFEARS GONORRHOEA BECOMING UNTREATABLE
Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor – The Independent,
5 Apr 2010
World Health Organisation Concerned About Disease’s Resistance to AntibioticsThe World Health Organisation is to meet next week to consider the growing threat from a sexually transmitted infection which has developed resistance to most known antibiotics. Gonorrhoea is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the UK after chlamydia with 16,629 cases recorded in 2008. […]
→ read full articleA GENETIC ENGENEERING-FREE FUTURE
TMS Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Apr 2010
A new initiative allows 1 million EU citizens a unique chance to make official requests of the European Commission. The European Commission has just allowed genetically engineered crops into Europe, ignoring safety concerns of the public interest. Let’s make it official! Add your voice now or pass this along to friends you have in the […]
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Johan Galtung Conscientious Objector at 21
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Mar 2010
JOHAN GALTUNG, leading figure in international peace, born in Oslo-Norway in 1930, refused the military service, jailed as a conscientious objector at 21. At age twelve witnesses the Nazis take his father to a concentration camp. More… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJf0m-Nz35E
→ read full articleWHALING: THE GREAT BETRAYAL
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor – The Independent,
23 Mar 2010
Outrage as Secret Deal Set to Sweep Away International MoratoriumThe moratorium on commercial whaling, one of the environmental movement’s greatest achievements, looks likely to be swept away this summer by a new international deal being negotiated behind closed doors. The new arrangement would legitimise the whaling activities of the three countries which have continued to […]
→ read full articleTHE BLACK MARKET ANIMAL BUSINESS – US customs agents say smuggling of protected wildlife is becoming a multi-billion dollar business, generated by a huge demand. Mike Kirsch – Aljazeera
TMS Editor,
21 Mar 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yb0Qo7Jg10E%26quot%3B
→ read full articleVANITY OF VANITIES: THE IRAQ WAR SEVEN YEARS LATER
Truthout Staff Editorial,
20 Mar 2010
We are still shocked. We were never awed. We have not adjusted. The senseless waste of our blood and treasure, our honor and our reputation continue. Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom – the latter unleashed seven years ago today – have morphed into a single Operation Enduring Occupation, set to bankrupt this country […]
→ read full articleA SKEPTICAL VIEW OF ‘NET NEUTRALITY’
Scott Sanders and James Owens – Editor & Publisher,
17 Mar 2010
Net Neutrality won’t do anything to democratize the media if corporate media and traditional professional journalists just use it to rebuild the Old Media in new technolgy, media activists Scott Sanders and James Owens argue. Media justice organizers at the Center for Media Justice and MAG-Net have recently produced a brilliant campaign plan (‘The Campaign […]
→ read full articleISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK TORONTO – Highlights from the opening day of the sixth annual Israeli Apartheid Week in Toronto, filmed on 1 March 2010. Speakers include Na’eem Jeena and Jon Elmer.
TMS Editor,
6 Mar 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_SVNJ6A-mH4%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleSHOULD WILD ANIMALS BE USED AS ENTERTAINMENT? – CNN / MOXNEWS VIDEO
TMS Editor,
27 Feb 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMs09xPVW_Y%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleCOMMON ACTIVIST ERRORS AND SOME PROPOSALS TO RECTIFY THEM
Yousef Abudayyeh, Mohamed Khodr, Mary Rizzo, Haitham Sabbah and Saja – Palestine Think Tank editorial,
20 Feb 2010
Activism and activists for Palestine have been getting some media attention recently. This is absolutely great news. It is an opportunity that we need to take advantage of, especially since Palestinians themselves are denied space in almost all mainstream mass media. Reflecting on this fact, we at PTT have decided to express some of our […]
→ read full articleCOMMON ACTIVIST ERRORS AND SOME PROPOSALS TO RECTIFY THEM
Yousef Abudayyeh, Mohamed Khodr, Mary Rizzo, Haitham Sabbah and Saja – Palestine Think Tank editorial,
20 Feb 2010
Activism and activists for Palestine have been getting some media attention recently. This is absolutely great news. It is an opportunity that we need to take advantage of, especially since Palestinians themselves are denied space in almost all mainstream mass media. Reflecting on this fact, we at PTT have decided to express some of our […]
→ read full articleGREEK PEOPLE RESIST PAYING FOR CRISIS – Goldman Sachs helped create Greek financial crisis and now EU and IMF want people to pay. Real News Network video
TMS Editor,
16 Feb 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ofpUHP82sjk%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articlehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=G4q1FlFe2yU%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleRAINFOREST RESCUE
TMS Editor,
5 Feb 2010
Dear friends, A leaked draft EU document shows that the Commission would like to rename palm oil plantations as “forest” in order that biodiesel from palm oil plantations can still meet EU biofuels sustainability criteria. Palm oil expansion is a major cause of tropical rainforest destruction and biodiesel from palm oil can easily cause more […]
→ read full articleYOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BIPOLAR TO BE A GENIUS – BUT IT HELPS
Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor – The Independent,
3 Feb 2010
Study reveals that high-achievers are far more likely to be manic depressives. Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness. Speculation that the two may be related dates back millennia, and can be found in the writings of Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Aristotle once claimed that "there […]
→ read full articleMIXED FORTUNES FOR SRI LANKA TAMILS – Despite the end of the war, the lives of Tamils in Sri Lanka’s north remain difficult. Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay takes a look at the challenges they still face.
TMS Editor,
1 Feb 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=__qHjjw5EoM%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleA PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF AMERICAN EMPIRE, BY HOWARD ZINN – Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me about the American Empire. Narrated by Viggo Mortensen, art by Mike Konopacki, video editing by Eric Wold
TMS Editor,
28 Jan 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleSAVE THE ELEPHANT: IVORY TRADING IS SET TO RESUME
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor – The Independent,
26 Jan 2010
Britain urged to oppose demands from Tanzania and Zambia to lift ban on tusk sales / Conservationists fear the move would intensify slaughter of elephantsTwo African countries are trying to open a new breach in the worldwide ivory trade ban, which conservationists fear could lead to more African elephants being slaughtered by poachers. Environmental campaigners […]
→ read full articleONE QUARTER OF US GRAIN CROPS FED TO CARS – NOT PEOPLE, NEW FIGURES SHOW
John Vidal, environment editor – The Guardian,
22 Jan 2010
New analysis of 2009 US Department of Agriculture figures suggests biofuel revolution is impacting on world food supplies.One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched […]
→ read full articleDO THE TALIBAN REPRESENT THE PASHTUNS? Muhammad Junaid: Pashtun traditional code conflicts with Taliban law, but the US attacks create support. Real News video.
TMS Editor,
22 Jan 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uLCf-A9IvB4%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full article(ITALIAN) HAITI VA AIUTATA O ANNESSA?
Gianni Minà – LatinoAmerica, Editoriale,
21 Jan 2010
A meno di 24 ore dalla catastrofe che ha disintegrato la già poverissima isola caraibica di colonizzazione francese, i 344 medici e specialisti della salute cubani che, in 227 dei 337 comuni del paese aiutano e curano da tempo, quotidianamente, quella martoriata umanità, erano già intervenuti in più di mille emergenze. Solo tre di loro […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) I CONTRACTORS SONO MERCENARI?
Gianni Minà – LatinoAmerica, Editoriale,
21 Jan 2010
Un giudice federale di Washington, Ricardo Urbina, ha rifiutato l’incriminazione per strage di alcuni mercenari nordamericani, dipendenti della famigerata Blackwater, accusati di aver ucciso, senza motivo, 17 civili iracheni a Baghdad nel 2007. Le ragioni con cui Urbina ha motivato la sua decisione sono una vera e propria caricatura del garantismo più estremo e capzioso: […]
→ read full articleSTATEMENT BY DR JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE, FORMER PRESIDENT OF HAITI
TMS Editor,
17 Jan 2010
15 January 2010 We thank all the true friends of Haiti, in particular the Government and the people of South Africa for their solidarity with the victims of Haiti. The concrete action undertaken by Rescue South Africa and Gift of the Givers is a clear expression of ubuntu. Ubuntu ngumuntu ngabantu. As we all know, […]
→ read full articleDR. MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI NOMINATED FOR THE 2010 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
TMS Editor (Press Release, Jan 15 2010),
17 Jan 2010
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate and co-founder of Peace People (Northern Ireland) today announced her nomination of Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.In her letter to Nobel Committee, Maguire states: “I have pleasure in nominating Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. I am inspired by the life and work […]
→ read full articleCAN YOU STOMACH THIS?: “IF SLAUGHTERHOUSES HAD GLASS WALLS EVEYONE WOULD BE VEGETARIAN” – Narrated by Sir Paul McCartney. PETA Video
TMS Editor,
9 Jan 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ebTQXkMUqt0%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26border%3D1
→ read full articleVIVA PALESTINA CONVOY ON DEMOCRACY NOW! – 7 Jan 2010: Report on the Convoy and Interview With George Galloway. (More videos in the Video Section of TMS).
TMS Editor,
9 Jan 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=84erWtKA74w%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26border%3D1
→ read full articleLOCKED IN: LIFE IN GAZA (PART 2) – An insight into an ordinary Gazan man struggling to make a living and to find a solution for his family in the difficulties of the Gaza Strip.
TMS Editor,
3 Jan 2010
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AUM9PlXzqC4%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articlePeace Education Video by European Peace University Grad Students
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2009
An experimental peace education video created by EPU (European Peace University) Grad Students of Fall Term 2008. Based on the World Cafè methodology. httpv://www.youtube.com/v/u5pU5DNjoXY&hl=en_US&fs=1
→ read full articleSOCRATES
TMS Editor,
20 Dec 2009
Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear, or are about to repeat a rumor. In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance that ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just […]
→ read full articleFAILURE IN COPENHAGEN: GUNNING FULL THROTTLE INTO THE GREENHOUSE
Markus Becker in Copenhagen – SPIEGEL Editorial,
20 Dec 2009
What a disaster. The climate summit in Copenhagen has failed because of the hardball politicking of the United States, China and several other countries — and because people just can’t seem to fathom how catastrophic climate change will be. They probably won’t have long to wait before things become a bit clearer.The global climate summit […]
→ read full articleLEARN ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS
TMS Editor,
11 Dec 2009
What does your future look like?In 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were ruined by nuclear weapons. The world said “never again”. More than 60 years later there are still more than 20 000 nuclear weapons in the world. Several thousands are on high alert status, which means that they can be launched within a couple of […]
→ read full articleDOES PRESIDENT OBAMA DESERVE TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE? BBC NEWS INTERVIEWS PROF. JOHAN GALTUNG
TMS Editor,
11 Dec 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BSgpDNHjW-g%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleShoukichi Kina Speaks About the US Military Occupation of Okinawa in ANPO, Linda Hoaglund’s Upcoming Film.
TMS Editor,
11 Dec 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=D3wRDcDfMCA%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleBOLIVIA: REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
The Guardian – Editorial, Dec 8 2009,
10 Dec 2009
President Evo Morales won a stunning victory in Bolivia yesterday, taking 63% of the popular vote and guiding his party to win control of congress. Bolivia’s first indigenous president has won the biggest popular mandate in recent memory, destroying three political parties that rotated the presidency between them for the last two decades. In doing […]
→ read full articleCHILD SOLDIERS TELL THEIR STORIES – NepalDocumentary.com Preview.
TMS Editor,
6 Dec 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jjN5e3U_Ci0%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full article(ITALIAN) TO GAZA, WITH LOVE
TMS Editor,
27 Nov 2009
Partecipa da lontano alla Gaza Freedom March: invia una tua foto, un messaggio o un disegno con la delegazione ECCP Italia (Coordinamento europeo per la Palestina). A fine anno, centinaia e centinaia di attivisti provenienti da tutto il mondo, insieme a decine di migliaia di palestinesi, parteciperanno alla Gaza Freedom March: Tutte e tutti insieme […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) HONDURAS, UM ALERTA PARA TODA A ESQUERDA!
Brasil de Fato – Editorial,
27 Nov 2009
O resultado das ilegais e ilegítimas eleições de 29 de novembro poderá alterar de maneira significativa o quadro das lutas sociais e políticas naquele país.Diante da possibilidade de legitimação do golpe civil-militar, através de uma iniciativa comandada pelo governo dos EUA, com apoio dos governos da Colômbia, Perú e México, se aproxima a resolução da […]
→ read full articleWaging Peace: Interview with Prof. Johan Galtung (Part 1)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2009
Riz Khan interviews Prof. Johan Galtung and Amb. Alvaro de Soto. Washington-DC, Nov 16 2009. httpv://www.youtube.com/v/uVRSvJZLTYQ&hl=en_US&fs=1
→ read full articleA FIASCO
Le Monde – Editorial, 12 Nov 2009,
15 Nov 2009
It’s time to stop the verbal pretense. In the Near East, there is no negotiation "process" underway. Furthermore, there is also no prospect for peace. The situation is nonetheless not in a state of status quo: it is regressing. Dangerously. The United States bears the primary responsibility. Several months ago, Barack Obama had placed the […]
→ read full articleThe 2009 Brazilian Music Institute in Gainesville, Florida featuring CECILIA SIQUEIRA (Uruguay) and FERNANDO LIMA (Brasil) – Duo Siqueira Lima – performing Tico Tico no Fubá, (Zéquinha de Abreu).
TMS Editor,
15 Nov 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CcsSPzr7ays%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articlehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=yUYA78E-WtY%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleGERMANS PRESS FOR REMOVAL OF US NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN EUROPE
Julian Borger, diplomatic editor – The Guardian,
9 Nov 2009
Pressure is growing within Nato for the removal of the remaining US nuclear weapons on European soil, and for a new doctrine for the alliance that would depend less on nuclear deterrence.The initiative is being driven by the new German government coalition, which has called for the removal of American nuclear weapons on its territory […]
→ read full articleSUPPORT THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
TMS Editor,
4 Nov 2009
The UN Goldstone report is a well-researched, fair-minded report. Israel and Hamas must conduct credible, independent investigations on war crimes and possible crimes against humanity or face the International Criminal Court. We demand accountability for all victims, respect for the rule of law, international law and human rights.CLICK TO VIEW 2m29s BILL MOYERS INTERVIEW WITH […]
→ read full articleRAINFOREST TREATY ‘FATALLY FLAWED’
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor,
28 Oct 2009
Climate Summit Loophole Lets Palm Oil Producers Cull Vital Wilderness A vital safeguard to protect the world’s rainforests from being cut down has been dropped from a global deforestation treaty due to be signed at the climate summit in Copenhagen in December. Under proposals due to be ratified at the summit, countries which cut down […]
→ read full articleLOCKED IN: LIFE IN GAZA – An insight into an ordinary Gazan man struggling to make a living and to find a solution for his family in the difficulties of the Gaza Strip. Aljazeera video
TMS Editor,
28 Oct 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dNPgo1z1VGc%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
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WILL THE REAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEASE STAND UP?
TMS Editor,
28 Oct 2009
Yes Men Spoof that Fooled the Media Eric Wohlschlegel confronts Hingo Sembra. Which one legitimately represents the right way for American business? Oct. 19, 11:15am, Washington, D.C. Press Club.CLICK TO VIEW YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIP – FLUXDEPOT CNBC AND FOX ON CHAMBER CLIMATE HOAX A montage of CNBC and Fox Business Network reporting, then retracting the […]
→ read full articleAGAINST GM TOXIC SOY
TMS Editor,
23 Oct 2009
The Dutch government is playing an active role to have GMO crops accepted and introduced to Europe. Part of this is the financial and political support for the Round Table on Resposible Soy (RTRS). This platform of mostly industry and big producers has set up a very weak standard that gives GM Roundup Ready soy […]
→ read full articlehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=Hzqw7oBZT8k%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleWAR/NO MORE TROUBLE – Playing for Change | Songs Around The World – This unforgetable track was performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.
TMS Editor,
10 Oct 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fgWFxFg7-GU%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleCLEAN COAL IS FICTIONAL – Energy Action Coalition Executive Director Jessy Tolkan: Washington saying coal industry can be “clean” is pure fiction. A Real News Video
TMS Editor,
3 Oct 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HMgQKzZE-R0%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleKEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK – EVENTS PLANNED WORLDWIDE
TMS Editor,
28 Sep 2009
On October 3-10 a week of local protest events to Keep Space for Peace will be held worldwide. Each fall the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space organizes Keep Space for Peace Week: International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. These events are intended to help educate the public […]
→ read full articleCOUP INCITING REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS? – Oscar Estrada: Oligarchy’s attempt to save their neo-liberal project may initiate fall of entire regime. A Real News Network Video.
TMS Editor,
19 Sep 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yMOsYXgFT-Q%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleMR. ZELAYA GOES TO WASHINGTON – Ousted Honduran President takes his story to DC, gets a deceptive response from US State Dept. – The Real News Network Video
TMS Editor,
7 Sep 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qyv32F4ZZ_0%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleA TMS Interview with Prof. Johan Galtung – The Millennium Development Goals
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Aug 2009
httpv://www.youtube.com/v/6Mifwbe3P_E&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleProf. Johan Galtung on the Relationship between Peace & Business
TMS Editor,
10 Aug 2009
httpv://www.youtube.com/v/elHHJbADd9M&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleProf. Johan Galtung’s Insights on Somalia & Piracy
TMS Editor,
7 Aug 2009
httpv://www.youtube.com/v/TTWSx3xjYcw&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleUS-COLOMBIA MILITARY TIES FACE RESISTANCE – Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo Reports From The Capital, Bogota
TMS Editor,
2 Aug 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0yiU5h4SYkI%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleJake Lynch: Talisman Sabre Peace Convergence
TMS Editor,
25 Jul 2009
Video by TMS Peace Journalist Jake Lynch, Dir. of Univ. of Sydney Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, With Peace Journalist/Author Annabel McGoldrick. Yeppoon and Rockhampton, Central Queensland-Australia, Jul 11-12, 09 httpv://www.youtube.com/v/5sMsniEwA3o&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleMINUTEMAN III POISED FOR LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
TMS Editor,
18 Jul 2009
Call for Local Protests on Weekend of August 22-23, 2009 The US arsenal of hypocrisy is poised for another launch from Vandenberg AFB in Southern California in the early morning hours of August 23. Our government lectures and threatens Iran and North Korea about the evils of nuclear weapons and then arrogantly continues to fire nuclear […]
→ read full articleEARTH CONDOMINIUM – THE GLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD
TMS Editor,
17 Jul 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qvgMgCcRrqU%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleTAMIL CAMPS
NY Times Editorial Jul 15 09,
17 Jul 2009
More than two months after declaring victory over Tamil Tiger guerillas, Sri Lanka’s government is continuing to hold hundreds of thousands of displaced Tamil civilians in what it calls “welfare villages,” but what increasingly look like military internment camps. The civilians, many of whom were held hostage by the guerrillas in the bloody last stage […]
→ read full articleTRANSCEND UNIVERSITY PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
TMS Editor,
12 Jul 2009
Dear friends, I have the pleasure to inform you that books #5 and #6 from TRANSCEND University Press are already available at www.transcend.org/tup. They are: 5 – The Fall of the U.S. Empire–And Then What?: Successors, Regionalization or Globalization? U.S. Fascism or U.S. Blossoming? By Johan Galtung. 6 – Peace Business: Humans and Nature Above […]
→ read full articleIT’S NOT JUST OUR 21 KIDNAPPED PASSENGERS: It’s an outrage, but it is hardly an isolated one. Free Gaza Video
TMS Editor,
11 Jul 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Ri8jWj_KbY%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 2) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of people on both sides.
TMS Editor,
4 Jul 2009
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TMS Editor,
26 Jun 2009
Sign a letter asking the president to veto the law that threatens life!Despite being a relatively small country, Paraguay has turned into the 4th world soy exporting country. GM soy monocultures, Monsanto‘s RoundupReady soy, are destined for the agro industry in Europe and China and currently take up over 2 million hectares in Paraguay. Industrial […]
→ read full articleFOURTH SUMMIT, GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR MINISTRIES & DEPARTMENTS OF PEACE: BUILDING BRIDGES OF PEACE
TMS Editor,
22 Jun 2009
San José, Costa Rica – 13-21 September 2009 Dear Global Alliance Supporter, On behalf of the Costa Rican government, the Academy for Peace of Costa Rica and the Global Alliance, we are pleased to announce that Costa Rica will host the 2009 Summit of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace. Founded in […]
→ read full articleMADAGASCAR: DAEWOO’S RAINFOREST LAND GRAB IN NATURE’S PARADISE
TMS Editor,
20 Jun 2009
The island of Madagascar is a veritable Noah’s Ark of biodiversity, and this natural wealth is the country’s primary treasure and opportunity for future ecologically sustainable development. The Korean company Daewoo Logistics continues to pursue plans to lease half the agricultural land in Madagascar for 99 years, industrially producing maize and palm oil on 1.3 […]
→ read full articleProf. Abbas Aroua Interviews Prof. Johan Galtung
TMS Editor,
15 Jun 2009
An Analysis of Current World Issues & Concerns Geneva, 30 May 2009 (in French) httpv://www.youtube.com/v/BHVFsommeBM&hl=en&fs=1 Abbas Aroua is a medical physicist and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Lausanne University, Switzerland. He is director of the Cordoba Foundation of Geneva for Peace Studies and Convener for the Arab world for TRANSCEND Network […]
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→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 2) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of people on both sides.
TMS Editor,
5 Jun 2009
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Le Monde – Editorial 1/Jun/09,
2 Jun 2009
The Sri Lankan regime is exultant. It’s about to get away scot-free with the massacre of thousands of civilians on its country’s northeastern beaches. According to a UN estimate, close to 20,000 people could have perished in the Sri Lankan army’s end of January to end of May offensive against the ultra-violent Liberation Tigers […]
→ read full articleCUT EMISSIONS OR ACIDITY WILL KILL CORAL REEFS, SCIENTISTS SAY
Steve Connor, Science Editor,
1 Jun 2009
‘Underwater Catastrophe’ is Imminent Without Action Rising acidity in oceans is leading to a global catastrophe that would be unparalleled in tens of millions of years, according to the national science academies of 69 countries which want governments to take the issue more seriously in the run-up to the December climate change conference in Copenhagen. […]
→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 1) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis
TMS Editor,
31 May 2009
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→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE DETAINED BY U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY
TMS Editor,
31 May 2009
On Thursday, 14th May 2009, Homeland Security Immigration personnel detained Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, on her entry into Houston Airport in Texas, USA. Maguire was on her way home to Northern Ireland after attending a 3-day conference in Guatemala hosted by herself and three Sister Nobel Peace Laureates, Rigoberta Menchu, Jody Williams and […]
→ read full articleFrom the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, a track written by Pierre Minetti, performed by musicians around the world: “Don’t Worry”
TMS Editor,
19 May 2009
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→ read full articleMY ENEMY – Mohammad and Tom, two teenagers respectively from Palestine and Israel, discuss the difficult issues between them. 10:50-Min Video by PeaceItTogether
TMS Editor,
14 May 2009
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→ read full articleTHE FIERCE URGENCY OF DISARMAMENT
Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor of The Nation,
13 May 2009
"After a long winter of discontent we have the audacity to hope for springtime…. But there are miles to go before we sleep." –Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapalawe, President of Pugwash For more than five years, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) and its Chairman, Dr. Hans Blix, have worked to generate proposals for reducing the […]
→ read full articleDR. FARHANG JAHANPOUR TALKS ABOUT PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT UNDER NEW US LEADERSHIP
Antonio C. S. Rosa, Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2009
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→ read full articleCAN CHINA’S WIND POWER SAVE THE PLANET? China pledges to have 15 percent of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. VideoNation
TMS Editor,
26 Apr 2009
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→ read full articleWho are the real pirates? The Somalis or the Western nuclear waste dumpers? Somali-Canadian Musician-Poet K’Naan Presents the Somali Side of the ‘Pirates’ Issue.
TMS Editor,
14 Apr 2009
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STAN MEYER’S WATER DRIVEN CAR
TMS Editor,
10 Apr 2009
He was poisoned in mysterious circumstances in March 1998. Question: Where is the technology? Ideas cannot be killed. 1:45-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
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