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Looking Back and ‘Looking Forward’ with John F. Kennedy
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
22 Nov 2021 – “The President’s been shot!” he shouted, clamoring his way down the stairs in the dorm. The upper-classman! I was making my way to the third floor, and he was rushing down, letting our small world know—startled, young faces peeping from behind closed doors, aghast and in wonder.
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Specificity of the Nuclear Weaponry: Déjà Dit!
Biljana Vankovska – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
18 Nov 2021 – No matter how important is to frame the nuclear weapons debate on a global scale, let’s be honest: nuclear weapons exist and are produced, legitimized and used within national frameworks. Global civil society and international deals and treaties sound great but they all remain empty rhetoric and lip-service unless the internal democratic forces start fighting against current security and defence policies.
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Climate Challenge Cannot Be Overcome in an Unjust World
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
16 Nov 2021 – Climate Change, Survival, and Justice in Relation to Agricultural and Food Security – The UN COP-26 delivered mixed messages that disappointed a worried world public. Only the future will tell us whether Glasgow was a welcome new beginning or, in Greta Thunberg’s rhetoric, “more blah, blah, blah.”
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Ringling’s Animal-Free Comeback Sends a Powerful Industry Message: Cruelty Has No Place in Circuses
Katherine Sullivan | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
25 Oct 2021 – Nearly five years after PETA’s triumph over Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, they are planning their return without elephants, tigers, or any other nonconsenting animals! This sends a powerful message to the entire industry: Cruelty doesn’t belong in the circus or in any other form of entertainment.
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(Italiano) Cambiamento Climatico, Sopravvivenza e Giustizia
Richard Falk | Centro Studi Sereno Regis - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
18 Nov 2021 – Il Raduno sul Cambiamento Climatico ONU COP-26 recentemente concluso a Glasgow ha rilasciato messaggi misti a un pubblico mondiale preoccupato.
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Dear School Nurse, Covid Shots for Tots Are Erring on the Side of Danger
Diane Perlman | Substack, TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – A Letter You Can Send with a Fully Informed Consent Checklist
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COVID World Data -Total: 257,9M -Dead: 5,1M -Survival Rate: 98%
Worldometer and Avi Schiffmann - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
On 22 Nov 2021 (10am GMT):
Total Cases: 257,956,787
Deaths: 5,170,610
Active: 21,607,657
Recovered: 232,856,322
Cases Closed: 238,026,932
Total Vaccinated: 4,196,950,004
Percentage Dead: 2% (approximately)
As the World Burns, Glasgow’s COP26 Called a Failure
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
18 Nov 2021 – “We should call it the ‘Glasgow suicide pact’ for the poorest in the world,” Asad Rehman of the COP26 Coalition said. “It does not keep us below the 1.5 degree Celsius guard rail. In fact, it heads us closer to 3 degrees [C, or 5.4 degrees F]…They’re ramming through so many loopholes that it makes a mockery of these climate negotiations.”
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Why Are Moderna’s Billionaires Airbrushing Scientists Out of the Vaccine Patent Picture?
Sam Pizzigati | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
5 Nov 2021 – Moderna now has four of its top players on the Forbes list of America’s 400 richest. In early 2020, it had none. The quartet owes its current good fortune completely to the company’s Covid-19 vaccine. And who made that vaccine possible?
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Friedrich Engels (28 Nov 1820 – 5 Aug 1895)
The European Graduate School – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
Friedrich Engels was a German author, political theorist and philosopher, most well known for his monumental work with Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital.
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Approved in Brazil, Argentinean GM Wheat Advances: Warnings and Rejections of an Unprecedented Experiment in the World
Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
16 Nov 2021 – The decision unleashes effects that are yet to be seen: not only socio-environmental movements and more than 1,400 scientists denounce that this variety is resistant to a herbicide 15 times more toxic than glyphosate. “It is inevitable that this wheat generates a process of contamination of non-genetically modified wheat”.
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What Makes You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of Consciousness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
“This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of the entire existence, but is in a certain sense the whole.”
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Nonviolent Struggle Wins: Three Anti-Farmer Indian Laws to Be Repealed
Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
19 Nov 2021 – The Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi announced the Government of India’s decision to repeal all three anti-farmer, pro-corporate black laws first brought in as Ordinances in June 2020.
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World Development under Monopoly Capitalism
Benjamin Selwyn and Dara Leyden | Monthly Review - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
1 Nov 2021 – Benjamin Selwyn and Dara Leyden explain how, as the internationalization of monopoly capital grows, particularly through the domination of global value chains, so do the worldwide rate of exploitation and degree of monopoly.
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How News about Climate and Environment Can Prompt and Enable Audience Action
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
One could add a roll-call of similar offenders, including Donald Trump (elected 2016), who infamously claimed climate change was a hoax; Jair Bolsonaro, who green-lit the destruction of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest; and India’s Narendra Modi, prime mover in a last-minute démarche to weaken the COP26 agreement on phasing out coal.
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Instant Karma
Susanta Nanda IFS | Twitter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
Hero Cow Flattens Dog Abuser to the Ground in Viral Video – Just as you would surely defend one of your loved ones from harm, a courageous cow gave a man abusing a dog in the street a taste of his own medicine.
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“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.”
Alexander Graham Bell – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (24 Nov 1864 – 9 Sep 1901)
Toulouse-Lautrec Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
At the age of 13 Henri fractured his left thigh bone, and at 14, the right. His legs ceased to grow, so that as an adult he was only 1.54m. tall, having developed an adult-sized torso, while retaining his child-sized legs. He is also reported to have had hypertrophied genitals. Physically unable to participate in most of the activities typically enjoyed by men of his age, Toulouse-Lautrec immersed himself in his art. An alcoholic for most of his adult life, he was placed in a sanatorium shortly before his death.
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AMLO Proposes to Create a Kind of EU in Latin America
teleSUR - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
12 Nov 2021 – The Mexican president considered that as the European community was created and later the European Union, “so we need a kind of union and integration with respect to the sovereignty of all countries to strengthen us as a commercial economic region in the world.”
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Peace Rattler Humanoids’ Search for the Elusive, Eternal Life and Longevity (Part 2)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – In this second part, the author highlights the modern attempts in the quest for longevity, in the 21st century, using the novel technological advances made in the past few decades. These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest people sorted in descending order by age in years and days.
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Multiple Articles Questioning Aspects of COVID19 or Vaccines
The Defender and Global Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
* To Inform, Educate, Create Dialogue
* The Flip Side of the Official Discourse/Narrative
Dr. Young Seek Choue: An Apostle of Peace
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
22 Nov 2021 is the 100th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Young Seek Choue, initiator of UN International Year and Day of Peace, who died on 18 Feb 2012. A world renowned peace thinker and practitioner, Dr Choue of South Korea dreamed thought and developed a very novel idea and realizable concept that is ‘Oughtopia.’
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California Dreamin’ (Music Video of the Week)
The Mamas & The Papas – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
…The 1965 Classic… Please Click on Watch on YouTube
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Languages and Their Evolution
Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
Some languages such as Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit and Tamil (of South India) are termed as classical since they existed hundreds of years ago and gave rise to other languages in different parts of the world. In that sense, we could term them as mother languages.
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The Two Greatest Video News-Reports of the Past Decade
Eric Zuesse - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
21 Nov 2021 – They were not telecast on CBS “60 Minutes” or BBC or any other network, but on YouTube, posted by the creators, astoundingly gifted independent video-journalists, who got everything exactly right, when the mainstream ‘news’-media were getting it wrong, about what had happened and why. Here are the two videos.
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What Went Right This Week: Ideas to Change the World, Plus…
Gavin Haines | Positive News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
18 Nov 2021 – A raft of problem-solving inventions were unveiled, the EU drafted a law to curb deforestation, and the UK’s largest urban rewilding project was approved, plus more positive news.
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India: Let Us Learn from Our Farmers!!
Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ | Countercurrents - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
20 Nov 2021 – The journey of the farmers is still not over! But they definitely know the way, show the way and go the way for the future of India! Let us have the openness, the humility and the courage to learn from them! Thanks to their relentless struggle and their great sacrifices, for all of us – the three anti-farmer laws have finally been repealed. For more than a year now – with blood, sweat, toil and tears, their protest has continued unceasingly. BRAVO!!
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(Italiano) Emissioni di Carbonio: I Militari a Glasgow?
Elena Camino | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – Molti gruppi di attivisti e associazioni impegnate nella difesa dell’ambiente, della pace e dei diritti umani avevano alimentato le aspettative del pubblico su un tema centrale della ‘lotta’ al cambiamento climatico. E cioè il tema complesso del ruolo e delle responsabilità degli apparati militari nelle trasformazioni in atto sul nostro pianeta.
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UN-Backed Banker Alliance Announces “Green” Plan to Transform the Global Financial System
Whitney Webb | Unlimited Hangout - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
5 Nov 2021 – The most powerful private financial interests in the world, under the cover of COP26, have developed a plan to transform the global financial system by fusing with institutions like the World Bank and using them to further erode national sovereignty in the developing world.
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After Daniel Ortega’s Victory in Nicaragua, Biden Signs RENACER Act and OAS Votes to Condemn
Julie Varughese | Toward Freedom - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
14 Nov 2021 – The “RENACER ACT-Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021” slaps sanctions on Ortega government officials, attempts to restrict multilateral financing to Nicaragua, monitors Nicaragua’s relationship with Russia, punishes the country for alleged human-rights violations and targets reported corruption inside Nicaragua.
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Moving Animals
We Animals Media – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
21 Jan 2021 – “This is my world. Join me as I climb transport trucks, and stay quietly and diligently with animals as they go to slaughter. Join me in the dusty roads and at my little hotel room editing desk, as Miguel and I discuss animals, animal photojournalism and, ultimately, kindness.”
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World Coronavirus Map
World Life Expectancy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
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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Bruce Lee (27 Nov 1940 – 20 Jul 1973)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
Bruce Lee was a revered martial artist, actor and filmmaker known for movies like ‘Fists of Fury’ and ‘Enter the Dragon,’ and the technique Jeet Kune Do.
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Revealed, the Shocking Conditions at Belmarsh Prison That Julian Assange Is Exposed to
Kit Klarenberg | RT - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – A new report has painted a bleak picture of the London prison where Julian Assange is being held. On 12 Nov, the HM Inspectorate of Prisons published an investigation on conditions in London’s Belmarsh Prison – dubbed ‘Britain’s Gitmo’ – which spells out the nightmarish environment.
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Tasks for the Future
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
A New Freely Downloadable Book – Today the world is facing several threats, and to avoid them we need to act. The greatest threats are catastrophic climate change and thermonuclear war, but a large-scale global famine also has to be considered.
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Organized Crime Is a Top Driver of Global Deforestation–along with Beef, Soy, Palm Oil and Wood Products
Jennifer Devine | The Conversation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
15 Nov 2021 – Every year the world loses an estimated 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of forest, an area larger than the state of Indiana. Tropical forests store enormous quantities of carbon and are home to at least two-thirds of the world’s living species, so deforestation has disastrous consequences for climate change and conservation.
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Who Can Calm the Mind?
Dr Usha Roopnarain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
I tried to tell my mind to let it go.
Instead, it controlled me some more!
Like a load it grew.
1 in 2 Humans Cannot Celebrate World Toilet Day – This Is Why
Baher Kamal | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
18 Nov 2021 – Did you know that half of the world’s population do not have toilets? And that, globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with feces? And that every day, over 700 children under five die from diarrhea linked to unsafe water, sanitation and poor hygiene?
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Interpol: Torture Accusations against UAE Candidate
Kersten Knipp | Deutsche Welle - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – The new head of Interpol will be elected next week. However, one of the candidates has been accused of torture. “Given the devastating human rights record of the United Arab Emirates, the appointment of Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi as president would be in blatant contradiction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the organization’s mission.”
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Venezuela: Chavismo Wins Governorships in 20 of 23 States
teleSUR - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
21 Nov 2021 – “It is a victory for the humble people, the noble people of Venezuela, who have endured a brutal war.” –President Nicolas Maduro. Having counted 90.21 percent of the ballots, the Electoral Council President reaffirmed that the elections took place in a peaceful environment. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates hold leads in 20 out of 23 governor’s race.
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The Counter-Intuitivist
Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
This Modern World
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(Castellano) 5º Tribunal Internacional de Derechos de la Naturaleza–Veredicto Oficial sobre el Amazonas
Leonardo Boff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
12 nov. 2021 – Derechos de la Naturaleza y el Amazonas, Una Entidad Viva Amenazada – Aquí publicamos los veredictos de la Quinta Corte Internacional de Derechos de la Naturaleza, que tuve el honor de presidir. Tuvo lugar de forma híbrida en Glasgow en la COP26.
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The Pentagon as Pentagod
William Astore | TomDispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
16 Nov 2021 – America’s Abyss of Weapons and Warmaking – In the Pledge of Allegiance, we speak proudly of One Nation under God, but this country doesn’t serve or worship Jesus Christ, or Allah, or any other god of justice and mercy. The deity America believes in is the five-sided one headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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Socio-Political Philosophy of M. K. Gandhi: An Analysis
Dr. Tarun Gogoi | Academia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
M. K. Gandhi was a prominent figure in the realm of peace and humanism. He played a noteworthy role in the movement of peace and freedom. He bestowed a lot of ideas relating to socio-political dimension. Gandhi ” s ideas are basically philosophical in nature as he was inspired by various great philosophers of the world.
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The Autocrats Are Winning
Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
15 Nov 2021 – If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse.
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‘I Just Can’t Believe It Exists’: Peter Jackson Takes Us into the Beatles Vault Locked Up for 52 Years
Andy Welch | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
20 Nov 2021 – Ahead of his epic series Get Back, the director reveals the secrets of 60 hours of intimate, unseen footage of the Fab Four – and why it turns everything we know about their final days upside down.
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On the Sidelines of COP-26, People’s Summit for Climate Justice Takes Place in Glasgow
Redacción Argentina | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
From 7-10 November 2021, as world leaders gathered to debate our future, the COP26 Coalition hosted the People’s Summit for Climate Justice.
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The People’s COP26 Decision for Climate Justice
COP26 Coalition – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
15 Nov 2021 – It is those that have done the least to cause climate change that are most impacted. People are tired of waiting for governments to prioritize people and the planet over profits while so many lives are being impacted and lost. We are out of time and out of patience. We therefore demand:
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Climate Change Is Ecological Destruction: Greenwashing and False Solutions at COP 26
Navdanya International (Vandana Shiva) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
9 Nov 2021 – The same line of thinking and actions that are driving climate change is leading to biodiversity loss, extinction of species, and the hunger, malnutrition, and health emergencies. The climate crisis is a symptom of the broader ecological crisis being perpetuated by an extractivist and profit-driven system.
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Cultural Revolutions
Edward Snowden | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
10 Nov 2021 – Freedom Is Not a Goal, but a Direction
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Military Pollution Is the Skeleton in the West’s Climate Closet
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
8 Nov 2021 – The US, Israel and the UK are the triumvirate of villains of the climate talks. Their armed forces are the most polluting on the planet – and the goal at COP26 is to keep that fact a closely guarded secret.
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Antibiotics? Handle with Care
Baher Kamal | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
11 Nov 2021 – Antibiotics, like other antimicrobials, have become a threat to health rather than healing it. Why? Because their misuse and overuse have created such a strong resistance that they no longer respond to medicines…
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US Cover-up of Syria Massacre Shows the Danger of the Assange Precedent
Caitlin Johnstone - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
15 Nov 2021 – The New York Times has published a solid investigative report on a US military coverup of a massacre in Syria which killed scores of civilians. The second investigative report on civilian-slaughtering US airstrikes by the NYT in a matter of weeks, and if I were a more conspiracy-minded person I’d say the paper of record appears to have been infiltrated by journalists.
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“Nonviolent Journalism” Book Presented at the Open World Meeting of New Humanism 2021
Javier Tolcachier | Pressenza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
10 Nov 2021 – “And, by the way, Press people in contact with daily tragedy are today in a position to act in a humanist direction.” With this significant phrase Nelsy Lizarazo began the presentation of the book “Nonviolent Journalism”, the brand-new production of the Pressenza News Agency with a focus on Peace and Nonviolence at the Open World Meeting of New Humanism 2021.
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Wealth Curse
George Monbiot - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
12 Nov 2021 – Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich.
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Confucius (c. 551 BC – 21 Nov 479 BC)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction. Confucianism is not an organized religion, but it does provide rules for thinking and living that focus on love for humanity, worship of ancestors, respect for elders, self-discipline and conformity to rituals. Confucius lived during a time of ideological crisis in China.
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Healing Power of Poetry
Dr Usha Roopnarain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
Write your thoughts.
When you feel you tied up in manic knots.
Expose your delicate and dark spots.
Meta Isn’t Just about Rebranding Facebook—Could It Bring a Dystopian Future?
Prabir Purkayastha | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
On 28 Oct, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a new company brand, Meta. The announcement has implications about digital life and work—provided it can overcome the hate speech and disinformation problems that could still plague Zuckerberg’s vision.
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“Activism” and the Demonization of Political Action
Rim Trad | Kohl Journal– TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
The pinnacle of “activism” – white activism in particular – is exported to the ends of the earth. It is embodied in conferences and workshops that lull the youth into believing that their voices are heard and that their opinions are effective when it comes to “peacebuilding,” to the extent that most of the participants go out of these workshops with a sense of self-fulfillment, thinking: We did what we have to do to make the world a better place.
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Pandora Papers: Secret Real Estate Purchases Are a Driving Force behind the Offshore Economy
Margot Gibbs and Agustin Armendariz | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
3 Nov 2021 – No longer content with Miami condos and London townhouses, investors are pouring money into properties in all corners of the world, fueling inequality and driving up prices, Pandora Papers investigation reveals.
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Climate Change COP 26: ‘Planet SOS’ and Leaders Who Betrayed People’s Hopes for Sustainable Future
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
“Climate change” describes a change in the average conditions in a region over a long period of time. Earth’s climate is always changing and has been hotter and cooler than it is now, but the pace of change has sped up significantly. Scientists are concerned about the changes since the Industrial Revolution.
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Mind &/or Brain
Michael Brenner - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
8 Nov 2021 – The question of what constitutes ‘thinking’ overlaps the issues of MIND/BRAIN. Defining, delineating and explicating self-awareness, rationality, and logic has been a perplexing challenge since time immemorial. ‘’Discovery’ of the subconscious has enormously complicated these tasks. Advances in neurology add a new dimension to the discourse.
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Why Israel Calls Human Rights ‘Terrorism’
Raja Shehadeh | The New York Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
27 Oct 2021 – In a widely condemned move, the Israeli government has banned the group I founded. This is how it enforces impunity for its illegal policies of occupation.
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Who Has the Most Delegates at the COP26 Summit? The Fossil Fuel Industry
Karla Adam and Harry Stevens | The Washington Post - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
8 Nov 2021 – But while top oil executives are feeling unwelcome, many in the industry are in Glasgow to talk about carbon trading.
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A Dog’s Life
Gene Weingarten | The Washington Post Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
8 Nov 2021 – Why are so many people so cruel to their dogs? My search to understand a hidden scourge.
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‘A Crime against Humanity’: The ‘Greenwash Festival’ of COP26
Media Lens - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
‘There’s a huge gap between our promises and where we need to be. We don’t talk about that gap coz that would entail a complex process called “Being Honest”. Being Honest would mean admitting that we’re failing. And we can’t do that coz then we’d have to stop failing. That would mean ending fossil-fuel subsidies and banning all new gas, coal and oil projects.’ — Juice Media
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What I Saw on Election Day in Nicaragua
Rick Sterling – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
10 Nov 2021 – US media and politicians have condemned the 7 Nov Nicaragua election as a “fraud” and “sham”. However, the high turnout and vote for the FSLN shows that the Nicaraguan people are not intimidated by Washington’s bullying and threats.
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Informed Consent on Behalf of Children
Diane Perlman | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
14 Nov 2021 – Children are not capable of informed consent. A Checklist for Pfizer BioNTech Injections for Ages 5 – 11
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Mother Nature, Inc.
Robert Hunziker | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
9 Nov 2021 – Wall Street investors have hit the jackpot. Soon they’ll be able to buy, own, and dictate The Commons, public lands, the world of Mother Nature. In fact, a pilot project is already in the works with ecosystems up for sale…
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Peace Rattler Humanoids’ Search for the Elusive, Eternal Life and Longevity (Part 1)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
“A Cocktail of God given Genes, Nurturing, Environment, Diet, Medicines, Technology, AI and Serendipity, stirred and shaken”
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No Flag No Frontier
Amelia Burke | Fabricants de Futur - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
Ink drawing by activist-artist Amelia Burke depicts a person under siege lifted from a hostile violent crowd.
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(Italiano) Antisemitismo arma politica controproducente
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
Non solo questo, sta producendo altri sentimenti anti-ebraici e antisraeliani, andando in cerca di antisemitismo [altrui] come [propria] legittimazione anche dove non ce n’è. Io, per esempio, sono un ricercatore di pace profondamente interessato a evitare genocidi come la shoah, a realizzare i sogni sionisti di un Israele con un carattere ebraico, e a lottare contro l’antisemitismo.
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$63 Billion Drop in Investments: Impact of Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty on Nuclear Weapons Business
ICAN, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
14 Nov 2021 – A new report released today by ICAN and PAX has found that the number of banks, pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies investing in the production of nuclear weapons has gone down in 2021, and shows significant drops in the shareholder values of investments in the 25 companies involved in nuclear weapon production around the world.
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Science Fiction Has Become Fact: The Metaverse Is “Big Brother in Disguise”
John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead | The Rutherford Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
9 Nov 2021 – Freedom Meted Out by Technological Tyrants – Welcome to the Matrix (i.e. the metaverse), where reality is virtual, freedom is only as free as one’s technological overlords allow, and artificial intelligence is slowly rendering humanity unnecessary, inferior and obsolete.
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US Government Boldly Scrutinized: Oliver Stone’s New JFK Documentary Is a Must-Watch
Michael McCaffrey | RT - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
12 Nov 2021 – Stone’s new documentary, ‘JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass’, isn’t perfect, but it’s vitally important.
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“Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.”
Deepak Chopra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
Deepak Chopra is an Indian-American author and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine.
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HSBC Led Big Banks’ Charge against Climate Change Action
Josephine Moulds | The Bureau of Investigative Journalists - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
8 Nov 2021 – HSBC coordinated efforts to try and water down action on climate change in the banking sector by seeking to delay a key deadline and scrap mandatory science-based targets for a major net-zero alliance, the Bureau can reveal.
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World Life Expectancy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
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
→ read full articleLike Locusts, Lobbyists Swarm COP26 in Glasgow
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
11 Nov 2021 – The UK’s strict visa requirements and its failure on promised pre-COP vaccination for attendees from nations with low vaccine availability have made this summit the whitest, most privileged COP in its 30-year history. Meanwhile, over 500 oil, gas and coal lobbyists have been given the red carpet treatment. If they were a nation, they would be the largest delegation at COP26.
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The New Financial Weapons of the West
Manlio Dinucci | Il Manifesto/Global Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
9 Nov 2021 – In order to understand, it is necessary to start from those used: sanctions, including embargo, implemented against entire states, companies and individuals. The U.S. and EU decide at their sole discretion that an entity has committed a violation, establish the sanction or total embargo, and demand that third countries comply under penalty of retaliation.
→ read full articleCOVID World Data -Total: 254M -Dead: 5,1M -Survival Rate: 98%
Worldometer and Avi Schiffmann - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
On 15 Nov 2021 (6am GMT):
Total Cases: 254,039,770
Deaths: 5,115,362
Active: 19,211,901
Recovered: 229,712,507
Cases Closed: 234,827,869
Total Vaccinated: 4,068,260,714
Percentage Dead: 2% (approximately)
Anubuddha Sutta – Understanding
Buddha Sutra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Vajjians at Bhanda Village. There he addressed the monks, “Monks!”
→ read full articleClimate Change, Survival, and Justice
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
The recently concluded UN COP-26 Climate Change Gathering in Glasgow delivered mixed messages to a concerned world public. Only the future will tell whether Glasgow was a welcome new beginning or, in Greta Thunberg’s well-chosen rhetoric, “more blah, blah, blah.”
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Israel Slapped ‘Terrorist’ Label on Palestinian Human Rights Groups after They Uncovered Pegasus Spyware
Kevin Gosztola | The Dissenter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
8 Nov 2021 – After the Israeli government designated six Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist,” Jonathan Kuttab, the co-founder of one of them, said that “Israel realizes it has lost the public relations-war. The world now knows and acknowledges the reality that it is an apartheid state and a systematic violator of human rights and international law.”
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Over My Shoulder (Music Video of the Week)
Mike + The Mechanics – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
Official Video (2014 Remastered) – One of the band’s best known tracks reached #12 in the UK and #9 in France.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
A teacher asks his class,
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Looting by Other Means
George Monbiot - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
10 Nov 2021 – The history of the past 500 years: A handful of European nations, which had mastered both the art of violence and advanced seafaring technology, used these faculties to invade other territories and seize their land, labour and resources. What the rich nations owe the poor is not climate aid or climate loans. It’s climate reparations.
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Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
As I woke up I saw a lady and a man sitting nearby
The lady lovingly said, I am your Mother
Pointing towards the man, He is your Father.
Lives in the Ancient World
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
13 Nov 2021 – I would like to announce the publication of a book that presents many aspects of science and culture in the ancient world. The book may be downloaded and circulated free of charge.
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“Limited Hangouts:” Western Intellectuals Whitewash Horrific Crimes of Rwandan CIA Asset Paul Kagame
Justin Podur | CovertAction Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
11 Nov 2021 – In the intelligence community, a “Limited Hangout” occurs when the conspirators put out part of the truth in order to hide the whole truth. They only do it when desperate, since doing so will reveal that they were previously either lying or covering up bigger truths.
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A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path of Life
Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
7 Nov 2021 – A Review of David Lorimer’s Book – This is a fascinating and beautiful book, one of those gems you serendipitously discover and shake your head at your good fortune.
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Conservation or Land Grab? The Financialization of Nature
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
5 Nov 2021 – Just in time for the UN’s policy push for “30 x 30” – 30% of the earth to be “conserved” by 2030 – a new Wall Street asset class puts up for sale the processes underpinning all life.
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Has The World Become Nazi Germany?
Michael J. Talmo - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
3 Nov 2021 – When it comes to resisting any form of tyranny, a common assertion is that if you make any comparisons to Nazi Germany you lose the argument. Really? Consider this:
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Vaccinated or Not, We Are ALL Controlled and Manipulated
Slavoj Žižek | RT - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
2 Nov 2021 – Those who accept Covid vaccines and those who reject them think of each other as lambs willingly going to the slaughter. Perhaps both are right. But those who buy fake jab certificates are paying the butcher.
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Speech to Mayors for Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
Text I provided to the first national forum of the AFCDRP (Association of Mayors for Peace, France) that took place October 13 in Montpelier.
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(Italiano) Occidente, immagine del nemico e psichiatria
Jan Oberg, Ph.D.| Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
Evidentemente l’Occidente non sa vivere senza immagini di nemici – si faccia visitare da uno strizzacervelli, così vivremo tutti in pace: Occidente, immagine del nemico e psichiatria.
→ read full article“Anti-Semitism” as Political Weapon Is Now Backfiring
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
Not only that, it is producing more anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiment; in search of anti-Semitism as legitimation also where there is none. I, for instance, am a peace researcher deeply concerned with avoiding genocides like the shoa, realizing Zionist dreams of Israel with a Jewish character, and fighting anti-Semitism.
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The Rich Are Different from You and Me–Their Money Is Everywhere
Charles P. Pierce | Esquire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
5 Nov 2021 – A new report from the Pandora Papers examines how the ultrawealthy use real estate for any number of ends.
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(Italiano) COP26: tagli delle emissioni inquinanti militari
Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
3 Nov 2021 -Iniziativa della società civile internazionale (con l’adesione di Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo): ci sono segnali che alcuni Paesi avrebbero l’intenzione di impegnarsi a ridurre le emissioni militari di gas serra durante la COP26 che inizia il 1 novembre. Questo appello definisce la portata di ciò che tali impegni dovrebbero includere ed è aperto alla firma delle organizzazioni prima e durante la COP.
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(Italiano) Bugie che hanno condotto a guerre
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
3 Nov 2021 – Avviene molto spesso che capi politici dicano bugie per ottenere sostegno pubblico prima di dare inizio a guerre. Per esempio, Adolf Hitler mentì sulla persecuzione di minoranze tedesche per giustificare le sue invasioni di Polonia e Cecoslovacchia. Ecco le bugie che hanno condotto a guerre.
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