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(Portuguese) Mente Animal e Tolerância
Marcela Godoy – ANDA-Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
21 Nov 2011
Descartes [em 1630] defendia a tese de que os animais eram meros autômatos, tal como os relógios, “desprovidos da mente e alma” e “incapazes de ter sensações” (Thomas, 2010 p. 43).
→ read full article(Portuguese) Os Gatos: Mitos e Fatos
Marcela Godoy, bióloga - Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
7 Nov 2011
Eles gostam de dormir empoleirados – às vezes nos incomodamos com esse hábito quando eles resolvem nos incluir nessa maneira peculiar de dormir. Quando em bandos, ou mesmo em dois, os gatos dormem empoleirados. Ficam uns sobre os outros. Se ele quiser dormir na sua cabeça, nas suas pernas ou na sua barriga, é porque ele o considera um igual. Sinta-se honrado.
→ read full articleCreate an Anonymous Website
Bill Rounds – How to Vanish,
24 Oct 2011
Anonymous speech is important, even for more mundane reasons than scathing political criticism. Advocates of medical marijuana, proponents of evolution, gay rights activists, critics of local police, and many others may need the protection of anonymous speech to protect themselves while they voice their opinion. Efforts to censor online speech are doomed to fail because people will find ways to publish unflattering material online without leaving any trace of identity behind.
→ read full article(French) Action et Réaction: Créer des Passerelles Avec Soi-Même
Heshmi Ferjani – UNSpecial,
24 Oct 2011
Chacun réagit à ce qui lui semble ne pas convenir à son mode de pensée, à ses habitudes, parfois à ce qui peut l’interpeler au plus profond de lui-même. La réaction exige de nous une énergie formidable : La force que je mets pour libérer une personne bloquée derrière une porte est incommensurable.
→ read full article(Italian) Libia Scontata
Johan Galtung – Il Manifesto,
3 Oct 2011
La rivolta scatenata dai ribelli di Bengasi contro Gheddafi è parte di un disegno neo-imperiale condotto in prima fila dalla Nato e dall’Europa per assumere il controllo delle risorse del Nordafrica.
→ read full articleThe Palestinians Go For Statehood
Daniel Horgan – TRANSCEND Media Service(1),
3 Oct 2011
Both Palestine and Israel claim that the other is denying their right to security. However, the Palestinians have also been denied in some shape or form every other internationally recognized human right, and that is so because the US has monopolized the mediator role, producing no tangible results according to the 1967 guidelines set forth by the UN.
→ read full articleUgandan Bishop Calls on Christian America to “Stop Exporting Hate”
Melanie Nathan – Gay USA,
26 Sep 2011
The work of Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, a retired Anglican Bishop from the Diocese of Western Uganda, has become increasingly vital over time, heightened by the intensifying persecution of homosexuals in his country. Taking the courageous step of ministering to LGBT people in his country, the Bishop is calling on America to “stop exporting hatred” as he continues to advocate for the global decriminalization of homosexuality.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to Commonwealth Foreign Ministers
Varios Organizations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Sep 2011
At the 2009 CHOGM, Sri Lanka’s candidature for hosting the meeting was deferred from 2011 to 2013 because of concerns about human rights abuses by the Sri Lankan government. While war-time abuses have ended, the situation in Sri Lanka continues to be characterised by serious human rights violations, including assault on democratic institutions, such as the media and trade unions.
→ read full articleFood Emergency: How the World Bank and IMF Have Made African Famine Inevitable
Rania Khalek - Alternet,
12 Sep 2011
Lending policies pushed by the World Bank and IMF transformed a self-sufficient, food-producing Africa into a continent vulnerable to food emergencies and famine. “Why, in a world that produces more than enough food to feed everybody, do so many – one in seven of us – go hungry?” — Oxfam
→ read full articleQuestions the Media Are Not Asking about Norway
Michael N. Nagler and Stephanie N. Van Hook – Metta Center for Nonviolence,
1 Aug 2011
The law enforcement entities dealing with the appalling massacre in and around Oslo last Friday have been understandably preoccupied with the question, did the perpetrator, Anders Behring Breivik, act alone. That is an important question for them, but it does nothing to help the rest of us understand and respond to this tragedy.
→ read full article(Portuguese) WSPA Faz Apelo Mundial Pela Proibição de Animais em Circos
Sociedade Mundial de Proteção Animal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jul 2011
Animais não são adequados para espetáculos circenses – é o que afirma a WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) ao debater sobre as medidas políticas que estão sendo tomadas no Brasil e no Reino Unido.
→ read full articleWhy the Pentagon Papers Matter Now
Daniel Ellsberg - Reader Supported News,
20 Jun 2011
“While we go on waging unwinnable wars on false premises, the Pentagon papers tell us we must not wait 40 years for the truth. Don’t wait until thousands more have died, before you go to the press and to Congress to tell the truth with documents that reveal lies or crimes or internal projections of costs and dangers. Don’t wait 40 years for it to be declassified, or seven years as I did for you or someone else to leak it.”
→ read full articleRay of Hope in Nepal’s Peace Process
Binaya Devkota - Rajdhani National Daily,
13 Jun 2011
Five years after the beginning of Nepal’s peace process, there’s a new turn. The main task of the peace process, integration of Maoist combatants, has been fixed to start. A meeting of the Special Committee headed by the prime minister on Monday approved a time-framed plan of action that promises to complete the groundwork by June 24 this year.
→ read full article5 WikiLeaks Hits of 2011 That Are Turning the World on Its Head — And That the Media Are Ignoring
Rania Khalek - AlterNet,
13 Jun 2011
Between Collateral Murder, the Iraq War Logs, the Afghan War Diary, and Cablegate, it appeared as though 2010 would go down in history as the most shocking year in WikiLeaks revelations. Is 2011 capable of exceeding 2010’s revelations? And what discoveries in 2011 has WikiLeaks unearthed thus far?
→ read full article(Italian) La Fame nel Mondo: Un Problema Locale e Globale
Giorgio Cingolani – Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
23 May 2011
Non possiamo continuare a ignorare che le crisi alimentari, delle risorse energetiche ed economico-finanziarie sono collegate e strettamente in relazione con una crisi ecologica del pianeta senza precedenti.
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May 15, 2011: 63 Years of Nakba (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Palestinian Youth Manifesto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 May 2011
That the 15th of May 1948 never be forgot. And that Palestinians may have their freedoms and rights back; especially the right of return to the land of their ancestors, where they were born.
→ read full articleA Fair Wind for Clean Energy in Central America
Danilo Valladares – Inter Press Service-IPS,
25 Apr 2011
Soaring international prices for oil and gas are driving the expansion of renewable energies in Central America, a region that has plenty of untapped potential for producing hydroelectricity, wind power and geothermal energy.
→ read full articleTackling Fake Drugs Needs Technology and Collaboration
David Dickson and Anita Makri – Science & Development Network,
18 Apr 2011
Developing countries must be given all the scientific, technical and legal help they need to counter the growing trade in fake medicines.
→ read full articleThe Internet in Society: Empowering or Censoring Citizens?
RSA Animate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2011
Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? In this new RSA Animate, Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on ‘cyber-utopianism’ – the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely empancipatory role in global politics.
→ read full articleThis Shameful Abuse of Bradley Manning
Daniel Ellsberg – The Guardian,
14 Mar 2011
The WikiLeaks suspect’s mistreatment amounts to torture. Either President Obama knows this or he should make it his business.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Cercado por Protestos de Todos os Lados, o Japão Desiste da Caça às Baleias, em Plena Meia-Estação
Sociedade Mundial de Proteção Animal – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Feb 2011
Após intensas manifestações de repúdio por parte de ativistas, o Japão abriu mão das suas atividades baleeiras no Santuário de Proteção do Oceano Antártico Sul, em plena meia-estação, no momento em que os países latino-americanos exigiram que aquela nação pusesse um fim à matança de baleias.
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Changing Education Paradigms
Sir Ken Robinson – RSA Animate,
21 Feb 2011
This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award.
→ read full articleAlcohol Kills More Than AIDS, TB or Violence: WHO
Stephanie Nebehay – Reuters,
21 Feb 2011
Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organization warned on Friday [11 Feb 2011]. Rising incomes have triggered more drinking in heavily populated countries in Africa and Asia, including India and South Africa, and binge drinking is a problem in many developed countries, the United Nations agency said.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Brasil: Estudo Mostra Informações Sobre o Trabalho Escravo no Maranhão
Danilo Augusto, Radioagência NP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2011
Segundo dados da Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT), somente no Brasil existem aproximadamente 25 mil trabalhadores que vivem em condições semelhantes à de escravos. De acordo com informações do Atlas, o Maranhão é o que mais fornece força de trabalho escravo. A região do município de Açailândia, fronteira com o Pará, é apontada como de maior ocorrência. As atividades que mais utilizam a prática escrava são a pecuária e a indústria carvoeira.
→ read full article(Italian) Lumumba, l’africano che guardava a Rousseau
Daniele Barbieri – LiberAzione,
24 Jan 2011
Ci sono voluti 42 anni perchè il Belgio riconoscesse che dietro l’assassinio di Patrice Lumumba c’erano «alcuni membri del governo di allora». Il 17 gennaio sono 50 anni esatti dalla sua morte. Sarà ricordato in molte città (una porta oggi il suo nome: Lumumbashi) del Congo come in altre parti dell’Africa. La sua storia ha molto da dirci anche oggi perchè il colonialismo e il saccheggio del Terzo Mondo non sono mai cessati, hanno solo mutato volto e metodi…. Frantz Fanon, un grande intellettuale caraibico di nascita e algerino di elezione, aveva scritto: «se l’Africa fosse raffigurata come una pistola, il grilletto si troverebbe in Congo». Una profezia che si è avverata per Lumumba e continua a pesare anche dopo 50 anni.
→ read full articleCuban Medics in Haiti Put the World to Shame
Nina Lakhani, Ezili Dantò – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jan 2011
Castro’s doctors and nurses are the backbone of the fight against cholera. They are the real heroes of the Haitian earthquake disaster, the human catastrophe on America’s doorstep which Barack Obama pledged a monumental US humanitarian mission to alleviate. Except these heroes are from America’s arch-enemy Cuba, whose doctors and nurses have put US efforts to shame.
→ read full article(Italian) Il Tramonto della Democrazia nell’era della Globalizzazione
Danilo Zolo, Jura Gentium – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jan 2011
Il declino dei modelli classici e post-classici della democrazia
→ read full articleHow to Help the Two Koreas Become One
Michael N. Nagler & Stephanie N. Van Hook - Truthout,
27 Dec 2010
Anyone who studies conflict knows that there are two ways to go about resolving one. There is, of course, a violent path, which ultimately leads to war, but there is also a nonviolent route that leads to reconciliation and the resumption of normal ties…. As in any conflict large or small, one has to start with the assumption, so far conspicuously absent here, that the people of North Korea – yes, including their leadership – are rational.
→ read full articleCell Phone Security: Mobile Phone Taps
Bill Rounds J.D., HowToVanish – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2010
There has been considerable discussion lately about the ease of eavesdropping on cell phone conversations through mobile phone taps and the lack of cell phone security. There are many products and hacks available which allow for monitoring of cell phone activity. Is your phone bugged and what can you do to keep your private information from being intercepted?
→ read full article(Castellano) Honduras: Campesinos Bajo Ataque de Terratenientes y el Ejército
Red Morazánica de Información – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Dec 2010
Helicópteros, vehículos armados con ametralladoras y tanquetas antidisturbios, han sido parte del gran despliegue militar policial a la zona donde campesinos exigen se desmilitarice el departamento y les sean devueltas la tierras que les pertenecen.
→ read full articleHo’oponopono
Puanani Burgess – Yes! Magazine,
20 Dec 2010
How Hawaiian Tradition Sorts Out Family Disputes. Ho‘oponopono is a traditional Hawaiian way to make peace in families when there’s the kind of conflict that starts with something small and just gets bigger and bigger.
→ read full articleHow Journalists Help to Promote War – And What Can Be Done To Stop It
Daniel Trilling interviewing John Pilger – New Statesman,
13 Dec 2010
The War You Don’t See is about the media’s role in promoting and sanitising contemporary wars. Why make this film at this particular moment?
→ read full articleDaniel Ellsberg Says Boycott Amazon
Daniel Ellsberg - Antiwar.com,
6 Dec 2010
Open letter to Amazon.com Customer Service: December 2, 2010 – I’m disgusted by Amazon’s cowardice and servility in abruptly terminating today its hosting of the Wikileaks website, in the face of threats from Senator Joe Lieberman and other Congressional right-wingers. I want no further association with any company that encourages legislative and executive officials to aspire to China’s control of information and deterrence of whistle-blowing.
→ read full article(Italian) Il Rifiuto Della Carne Contro la Sofferenza Degli Animali
Marinella Correggia – Il Manifesto,
29 Nov 2010
«Da un punto di vista etico, metafisico e religioso, o tutta la vita souffrante viene salvata, o tutto è privo di senso; come la pietà è indivisibile, così la salvezza a cui dà diritto la sofferenza. È questa la difficoltà più grande del pensiero teologico».
→ read full articleWashington Post: War with Iran Would Rescue US Economy
Daniel Tencer – The Raw Story,
15 Nov 2010
Washington Post political correspondent David Broder has kind words for President Barack Obama in in his opinion column Sunday [7 Nov 2010], arguing that it isn’t the president’s fault the economy is stuck in reverse…. The president, who is “much smarter” and “more inspirational” than any of his opponents, could benefit from a confrontation with Iran because it would strike up a war machine that would pull the US out of economic stagnation, Broder argues.
→ read full article(Castellano) 12 de Octubre: ¿Cuándo Pedirá España Perdón?
Anibal Garzón – TeleSur,
18 Oct 2010
Alemania, Australia, Japón, Italia, El vaticano,… han pedido perdón por sus genocidios históricos. Mientras el estado español sigue celebrando el 12 de octubre, dia de invasión, como día nacional.
→ read full articleIndia: Buoyed by Growing Market, More Farmers Go Organic
Manipadma Jena – InterPress Service-IPS,
13 Sep 2010
“Certainly easier to pop open a can of chemical pesticide, mix water in proportion, spray, and be done,” admits Narayana. But since the 42-year-old farmer went organic, he has cheerfully gotten rid of shortcuts like using store-bought pesticides and now spends hours mixing anti-pest brews with ingredients that can be found at home or even in the fields. That means Narayana’s land and produce will no longer have the kind of toxins they were subjected to when he was still using chemicals to grow crops. Narayana himself will also escape being exposed to toxins that are commonly found in manufactured pesticides.
→ read full articleWhat’s Melting Greenland’s Glaciers?
Nazanine Moshiri – Al Jazeera,
13 Sep 2010
Well, climate change is one of the issues I am looking at while I am here. Just last month a giant iceberg four times the size of Manhattan snapped away from the Petermann ice shelf in the North West of Greenland. It was the largest Arctic break off in half a century and has got scientist around the world worried about what is going to happen next.
→ read full articleCatalonia Votes to Ban All Forms of Bullfighting in Nationalist Move
Anita Brooks – The Independent,
2 Aug 2010
Animal rights groups are celebrating, but fans say the ruling is nothing but a desire to be un-Spanish. In a tense, historic vote, Catalonia’s regional parliament yesterday banned Spain’s “national fiesta” – bullfighting, handing a victory to animal rights activists, who predicted the start of a bloodless era across the country.
→ read full articleOliver Stone Tells the Real Story of the Leftist Latin American Leaders Transforming the Continent
Daniela Perdomo - ICH,
19 Jul 2010
Stone’s new film traces the rise of Chávez, Lula, Evo, and others who see participatory democracy and cooperation between Latin American countries as the future.
→ read full article(French) Quel Retour à Marx Pour Penser Notre Temps?
Laurent Etre – l’Humanité,
31 May 2010
FACE-À-FACE AVEC : EDGAR MORIN, philosophe et sociologue, directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS et docteur honoris causa de nombreuses universités dans le monde ; ANDRÉ TOSEL, philosophe, spécialiste de Marx et des marxismes, professeur à l’université de Nice.
→ read full articleBack to Marx: How Can His Work Help Us to Understand Modern Times?
Laurent Etre – l’Humanité,
31 May 2010
The world economic crisis has ended the taboo on referring to Marx. More and more works are being published on the author of Das Kapital, and the press is publishing special sections on him.
→ read full articleThe Role of Natural Resources in Civil Wars
Phumlani Majavu – Toward Freedom,
10 May 2010
On the surface, it might look like the Congolese have no one to blame but themselves, since they are the ones doing the killing, and to an extent, this argument seems sensible. However, when we go beyond the facade, the facts tell us that foreign governments and multinational companies, greedy for the natural resources found in the DRC, are in cahoots with the militias and they too, are responsible for the plunder and the killings.
→ read full articleVisible from Space, Deadly on Earth: The Gas Flares of Nigeria
Daniel Howden in Yenagoa – The Independent,
3 May 2010
Shell’s activities in the West African country are under scrutiny.
→ read full articleLatin America Feels the “Garzón Effect”
Daniela Estrada – IPS,
26 Apr 2010
Latin America owes Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is facing prosecution in his country for trying to investigate Franco-era abuses, for the groundbreaking invocation of legal principles that have led to trials for crimes against humanity in Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay, human rights lawyers say.
→ read full articleAlmodovar Leads Celebrity Protest in Support of Civil War Case Judge
Anita Brooks in Madrid – The Independent,
19 Apr 2010
Spain’s crusading magistrate Baltasar Garzon already enjoys the support of many international human rights advocates as he faces trial for daring to investigate Franco-era crimes. Now he also packs star power.
→ read full articleJOURNALISM’S SERVILITY TO POWER
Tapani Lausti - ZNet,
5 Apr 2010
As the latest NATO "surge" in Afghanistan progresses with the inevitable "regrettable" civilian casualties, the BBC is there following uncritically the military operation. No one critical of the NATO occupation and surge is allowed to appear in front of the cameras. BBC correspondents take everything at face value. They talk earnestly about "winning hearts and […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) EN DEFENSA DE CUBA
Red En defensa de la Humanidad*,
18 Mar 2010
El acoso económico y mediático al que está siendo sometida Cuba, aun antes del deceso del preso común Orlando Zapata, constituye un atentado contra los derechos humanos y políticos de un pueblo que decidió hacer un camino diferente. Exigimos respeto a los procesos internos del pueblo cubano para definir y ejercer su democracia.A propósito de […]
→ read full articlePENTAGON SEES A THREAT FROM ONLINE MUCKRAKERS
Stephanie Strom – The New York Times,
18 Mar 2010
To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret. The Pentagon assessed the danger WikiLeaks.org posed to the Army in a report marked “unauthorized disclosure subject […]
→ read full articleSRI LANKA’S FORGOTTEN TAMILS
Melanie Gouby – Open Democracy,
17 Mar 2010
Rejected by the rest of the Tamil population and ignored by the Sinhalese authorities, tea workers who migrated from Tamil Nadu centuries ago are exploited in the plantations of the Sri Lankan highlands Her hands are cut and swollen from years of hard labour on the steep slopes of the tea plantation. She smiles, but […]
→ read full articleMALAYSIA & THAILAND: CIVIL SOCIETY AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
Daniel Semcesen , Pierre Nikolov – Centre Tricontinental,
5 Feb 2010
The importance of civil society for advancing peace efforts and outcomes generated increased and wide interest after the Cold war. During this era the number of armed intra-state and violent ethnic conflicts also increased dramatically. In Southeast Asia only Malaysia has avoided intra-state conflict and recurring ethnic violence. Thailand constitutes a typical regional case with […]
→ read full articleMOSSADEGH AND AHMADINEJAD: IRAN FACES ALMOST THE SAME DILEMMA AS 1953
Ardeshir Ommani - Iranian,
3 Feb 2010
There is a stark similarity between some aspects of the political atmosphere dominant over Iran today and those under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh right before the U.S.-led coup of 1953 that resulted in the overthrow of the legitimate government of Iran and the establishment of a U.S.-puppet government of the Shah. In the period between […]
→ read full articleA MEMORY OF HOWARD
Daniel Ellsberg – Truthdig,
28 Jan 2010
I just learned that my friend Howard Zinn died today. Earlier this morning, I was being interviewed by the Boston Phoenix, in connection with the February release of a documentary in which he is featured prominently. The interviewer asked me who my own heroes were, and I had no hesitation in answering, first, “Howard Zinn.” […]
→ read full articleTHE LOVE THAT STILL DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME
Daniel Howden – The Independent,
11 Jan 2010
In the week that two Malawians go on trial for violating anti-gay laws, Daniel Howden finds that their experience is all too common in a continent of legalised homophobia. A whispering campaign is under way in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, accusing Paul Semugoma, a doctor, of being a predatory homosexual, actively recruiting younger men into his […]
→ read full articleNUCLEAR HERO’S ‘CRIME’ WAS MAKING US SAFER
Daniel Ellsberg,
3 Jan 2010
Mordechai Vanunu — my friend, my hero, my brother — has again been arrested in Israel on "suspicion" of the "crime" of "meeting with foreigners." I myself have been complicit in this offense, traveling twice to Israel for the express purpose of meeting with him, openly, and expressing support for the actions for which he […]
→ read full articleEGYPTIAN SECURITY FORCES ATTACK GAZA PROTESTERS
Max Ajl - Gaza Freedom March organizer,
1 Jan 2010
Cairo, Egypt, 31 Dec 2009 – Egyptian security forces were attacking protesters in Tahrir Square, at the core of downtown Cairo, after they sat down in the middle of a busy Cairo street, protesting the imprisonment of the people of Gaza. Others were literally barricaded inside their hotel, the entrance surrounded by steel riot barriers. […]
→ read full articleA MESSAGE FROM THE TALIBAN: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANARCHY IN AFGHANISTAN?
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,
7 Dec 2009
Obama’s new strategy which is the result of the same mentality that wants to continue the occupation of Afghanistan by military means, will add to the anarchy prevailing in the country. In fact, Americans are responsible for the chaotic situation. They handed over power to notorious warlords, venal officials and mafia-linked governors; But still, they […]
→ read full articleFROM SEATTLE TO DETROIT
Stephanie Guilloud - Project South Fall Newsletter,
28 Nov 2009
10 Lessons for Movement Building on the 10th Anniversary of the WTO ShutdownFor five days in 1999, 80,000 people from Seattle and from all over the country stopped the World Trade Organization from meeting. Despite extreme police and state violence, students, organizers, workers, and community members participated in a public uprising using direct actions, marches, […]
→ read full articleTHE CHILDREN OF FALLUJA
Martin Chulov and Shehani Fernando – The Guardian,
26 Nov 2009
Doctors are dealing with an increase in chronic deformities in infants in Falluja, where heavy munitions were used in 2004. A Video from The Guardian 4:29-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW – GUARDIAN.CO.UK
→ read full article“PIG HELL” AT WAL-MART AND COSTCO SUPPLIER CAPTURED ON VIDEO
Martha Rosenberg - Mercy for Animals (MFA),
18 Nov 2009
“When he bolted her the first time, she didn’t die. She just stood there looking stunned as blood trickled from her forehead. She then got her bearings and tried to turn and run.” “The gas cart was filled to the brim with pigs today, a total of 39, including 9 large pigs that were at […]
→ read full articleNOSTALGIA FOR THE OTTOMANS: DISILLUSIONED WITH EUROPE, TURKEY LOOKS EAST
Daniel Steinvorth in Istanbul - SPIEGEL,
12 Nov 2009
As European opposition to EU membership for Turkey grows, Ankara is looking to forge closer ties to its neighbors. Turkey wants to once again become a leading power in the Middle East — but its relationship with Israel may suffer as a result.He was the last heir to the throne of the Ottoman Empire, a […]
→ read full articleCOULD REGULATION EASE FEARS OVER LAND GRABS?
Busani Bafana - IPS,
28 Oct 2009
The ‘land rush’ across Africa by international investors should be regulated to protect smallholder farmers from deals that could leave them landless and hungry.Farmer organisations, civil society representatives and researchers at a debate at the European Development Days expressed concern about the impact of selling or leasing large tracts of land to foreign governments and […]
→ read full articleCUBA FACES OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONTRADICTONS
Salim Lamrani,
28 Oct 2009
On September 23, 2009, President Barack Obama addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations for the first time in a speech hailed by the entire international community. Obama acknowledged that the hyper-interventionism of the U.S. in the internal affairs of other countries was a serious mistake. "No nation should be forced to accept the […]
→ read full article“PEACEMAKERS” PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING TO VOLUNTEERS AND PROFESSIONALS
Daniela Silva,
23 Oct 2009
The project is the result of a partnership among several internationally known organizations working in Brazil, including institutions such as the International University for Peace (UNIPAZ), Afro Reggae, and UNESCO, among others. The program aims to train people who are engaged in areas such as education for peace, citizenship campaigns, conflict mediation, and human rights.The […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) ‘LE MONDE’: LULA INVENTA UNIVERSIDADE DO SÉCULO 21
Daniela Fernandes,
15 Oct 2009
Na edição desta quarta-feira, o jornal francês Le Monde publica uma elogiosa reportagem sobre educação no Brasil, na qual afirma que, com sua política para a área, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva "inventa a universidade brasileira do século 21". Em um caderno especial sobre educação, o correspondente do jornal em São Paulo, Philippe […]
→ read full articleMILITARY COUP IN HONDURAS: IS IT AGAINST OBAMA TOO?
Antonio Jarquin (TRANSCEND Member), Wim Dierckxsens, Paulo Nakatani, Paulo Campanario, Reinaldo Carcanholo & Remy Herrera,
22 Jul 2009
Two Events, Three Contexts, the Answer, Two Premises, Two Questions, Two Consequences, and Five Conclusions and Actions Events (1): Honduras (Central America): It is inhabited by 7.5 million people. It is one of the smallest and poorest countries in Latin America (poverty rate is 60 percent). It was called "Banana Republic" because it was absolutely […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) GOLPE MILITAR EN HONDURAS: ¿ES TAMBIÉN CONTRA OBAMA?
Dr. Wim Dierckxsens (Holanda), Dr. Antonio Jarquin T (Nicaragua), Dr. Reinaldo Carcanholo (Brasil), Dr. Paulo Campanario (Brasil), Dr. Paulo Nakatani (Brasil),
22 Jul 2009
Dos Hechos, Tres Escenarios, la Respuesta, Dos Premisas, Dos Preguntas, Dos Consecuencias y Cinco ConclusionesHechos: Honduras, 7.5 millones de habitantes, uno de los países más pequeños y pobres de A. Latina (60 % de pobreza), llamada “Banana Republic” por el control absoluto que ejerció la “United Fruit Company” de USA. Base de lanzamiento de operaciones […]
→ read full articleTHE G20 OUGHT TO BE INCREASED TO 6 BILLION
Daniele Archibugi,
8 Jul 2009
The G20 is important in the eyes of the world. Its pronouncements could decide whether you can get a job, refinance a mortgage, get a loan if you are a small company and, in the poorer parts of the world, even put your kids to bed with a full stomach. Is the G20 really the […]
→ read full articleEXPOSÉ – ANIMALS SKINNED ALIVE: A SHOCKING LOOK INSIDE CHINESE FUR FARMS
PETA-People for Ethical Treatment of Animals,
3 Jul 2009
Undercover investigators from Swiss Animal Protection/EAST International recently toured fur farms in China’s Hebei Province, and it quickly became clear why outsiders are banned from visiting. They found that many animals are still alive and struggling desperately when workers flip them onto their backs or hang them up by their legs or tails to skin […]
→ read full articleEXCLUSIVE: THE RETURN OF BLOOD DIAMONDS
Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent,
26 Jun 2009
Six years ago, the world came together to stop a trade in gems that was fuelling civil war in Africa. Now the architect of the deal has quit, warning that jewels ‘have blood all over them’ again. The leading architect of the international system to stop the trade in blood diamonds has warned that the […]
→ read full articleTHE BIG QUESTION: HAS POWER-SHARING DONE ANYTHING TO END THE CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE?
Daniel Howden,
10 Jun 2009
Why are we asking this now? Morgan Tsvangirai arrives in London today on the UK leg of a tour of Europe and the US in an effort to convince Western leaders that Zimbabwe has turned the corner. The former opposition leader and now prime minister has insisted that he’s not trawling the rich world with […]
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Daniel Moss,
10 Jun 2009
With climate change deepening the water crisis, wonky discussions of how to manage our water systems are suddenly attracting increased public attention. "Unlike oil, there’s no substitute for fresh water," says Maude Barlow, senior advisor on water to the president of the United Nations General Assembly. "We all need it." This recognition of the indispensability […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) “DISOBBEDISCO”
Carlo Olivieri - umanista,
14 May 2009
Appello Alla Disobbedienza Civile La Camera dei Deputati ha approvato il primo dei tre maxiemendamenti al disegno di legge in materia di sicurezza, quello che riguarda l’immigrazione. La maggioranza dei Deputati ha approvato norme che introducono il reato di clandestinità per chi entra o soggiorna illegalmente in Italia, che rendono legali le ronde, che vietano […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) ADDIO AL BRASILIANO AUGUSTO BOAL, IN IL “TEATRO DEGLI OPPRESSI”
Daniele Barbieri,
12 May 2009
E’ morto sabato scorso a 78 anni il drammaturgo contro le dittature. «Tutto il teatro è necessariamente politico; chi cerca di separare teatro e politica vuole indurci in errore… per ragioni politiche»: è la teoria e soprattutto la prassi del brasiliano Augusto Boal, una vita contro le dittature e perché sulla scena teatrale cadano le […]
→ read full articleRED CROSS SAYS THOUSANDS OF SRI LANKANS FACE ‘CATASTROPHIC’ HARDSHIP
Stephanie Nebehay – REUTERS April 21, 2009,
22 Apr 2009
Geneva – Up to 50,000 civilians trapped on a tiny strip in northern Sri Lanka are enduring dire hardship, suffering from a lack of food, water and medical care, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday. Hundreds of civilians have been killed or injured in the past 48 hours and more […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) “GOVERNO FEDERAL DEU MUITO PODER PARA O CTNBIO”, AFIRMA ESPECIALISTA BRASILEIRO
Danilo Augusto,
2 Apr 2009
Mesmo não havendo estudos e resultados concretos sobre os efeitos que os produtos geneticamente modificados – conhecidos como transgênicos – podem causar para a saúde humana, o Brasil continua autorizando o plantio e comercialização desses produtos para o mercado interno. Para se ter uma idéia, em uma pesquisa realizada a pedido da Organização Não-Governamental Greenpeace, […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) SOBERANIA ENERGÉTICA E REFORMA AGRÁRIA UNIFICAM MOVIMENTOS DE BRASIL E PARAGUAI
Daniel Cassol - Correspondente em Asunción, Paraguai,
25 Mar 2009
Um ato simbólico nesta quinta-feira (26/Mar) reunirá organizações sociais do Paraguai e do Brasil na Ponte da Amizade, entre Ciudad del Este e Foz do Iguaçu. A iniciativa simboliza o começo de um processo de articulação entre movimentos sociais dos países vizinhos, em defesa de soberania energética e reforma agrária. O Congresso Unitário Político e […]
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Mohammad Hassan Khani,
15 Mar 2009
Better Relations Are Within Reach — If Both Sides Make the Effort The state of relations between the United States and Iran is based on a long history of hostility and lack of trust. For Iranians, this tension dates to the early 1950s, when a coup engineered by the United States and Britain brought down […]
→ read full articleBLACKWATER’S NEW FRONTIER: THEIR OWN PRIVATE AFRICA
Bruce Falconer and Daniel Schulman,
12 Mar 2009
Will military contractors blur the line between aid workers and hired guns? You give me money, I don’t care who you are." It was late October, and Zimbabwe’s defense attaché, a soft-spoken, thick-shouldered lieutenant colonel, was explaining his country’s freewheeling approach to business in the banquet room of the Liaison hotel on Capitol Hill. Mingling […]
→ read full articleWITCH HUNT: AFRICA’S HIDDEN WAR ON WOMEN
Johann Hari, in Kenya and Tanzania,
12 Mar 2009
In villages across Africa, old women suspected of witchcraft are hacked to death, while young girls are mutilated to preserve their virginity. But attitudes are changing – and thousands of lives are being saved. Across Africa, a war is being waged on women – but we are refusing to hear the screams. Over the past […]
→ read full articleDEMOCRACY FOR EXPORT: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, LESSONS
Daniele Archibugi,
4 Mar 2009
Can democracy be introduced from outside, and what conditions make the effort legitimate? Answers to these crucial questions can be found by considering the global experience of democratisation in the post-1945 decades – and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq – in light of the cosmopolitan project, says Daniele Archibugi. The image of the past […]
→ read full articleOPEN LETTER (AND HEART) FROM AN ISRAELI JEW ABOUT THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Daniel Bar-Tal,
17 Feb 2009
This is probably one of the most difficult periods in my political life as a Jew living in the State of Israel. The events of the war in Gaza hit hard my foundations of hope that a peaceful conflict resolution between Israelis and Palestinians can be achieved in the near future. Moreover, my […]
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Daniel Levy – Haaretz.com,
23 Dec 2008
As the defined period for the Gaza cease-fire comes to an end today [19 Dec, 08], preceded by a new cycle of violence, Israelis are being treated to a predictable dose of political posturing and chest-thumping. "We must do something, exact a price," we hear. Yes, the rocket fire needs to stop, but there is […]
→ read full articleGREECE’S MAELSTROM OF VIOLENCE
Manfred Ertel and Daniel Steinvorth,
17 Dec 2008
The Revolt of a Disappointed Generation The violent unrest that followed the shooting of a 15-year-old boy has driven Greece to the brink of a political crisis. The rioting marks an explosion of rage by the country’s young people who have few prospects of carving out a place in a society where all initiative is […]
→ read full articleTHE HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION AT 60
Daniele Archibugi,
13 Dec 2008
An agenda to return the Universal Declaration to relevance: define "state aggression", bring the US back into the fold, move beyond narrow inter-nationalism and empower citizens. The Declaration’s compromised moral authority needs at least this. As the time comes to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the West has lost […]
→ read full articleMAKING THE WORLD’S POOR PAY: THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Adam Hanieh,
24 Nov 2008
The IMF Returns to Center Stage The current global economic crisis has all the earmarks of an epoch-defining event. Mainstream economists — not usually known for their exaggerated language — now openly employ phrases like ‘systemic meltdown’ and ‘peering into the abyss.’ On October 29, for example, Martin Wolf, one of the top financial commentators […]
→ read full articleBREAKING INVESTIGATION REVEALS HOLIDAY HORRORS FOR TURKEYS
PETA-People for Ethical Treatment of Animals,
19 Nov 2008
Violence, Torture and Cruelty Against Animals Killed for “Food”The solution? Don’t eat the cadavers they produce. The holiday season is upon us, but for turkeys on factory farms, there is nothing to be thankful for. We have just released footage from an undercover investigation that reveals a rarely seen side of the turkey industry. I […]
→ read full articleOFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA: ‘WE’RE NOT PIRATES. THESE ARE OUR WATERS, NOT THEIRS’
Daniel Howden and Abdinasir Mohamed Guled,
14 Nov 2008
When Bile Wadani is not counting his money, he counts his wives. So far he has three – but he promises there will be more to come. "I didn’t ever dream I would marry three wives but I have that dream now because I can get as much money as I want." As he speaks, […]
→ read full articleAMERICA?S MILITARY ATTACK IN SYRIA-POSSIBLE REASONS AND LIKELY COSTS
Daniel Levy,
30 Oct 2008
Prospects for Peace Details are finally emerging of the American military operation inside Syria in Abu Kamal on Sunday afternoon. While there still has been no official on-record briefing from the Pentagon, unnamed DoD sources have filled in some of the gaps and reports on the operation appear in today’s press. The target was apparently […]
→ read full articleWOMEN RUN THE SHOW IN A RECOVERING RWANDA
Stephanie McCrummen,
29 Oct 2008
On a continent that has been dominated by the rule of men, this tiny East African nation is trying something new. Here, women are not only driving the economy — working on construction sites, in factories and as truck and taxi drivers — they are also filling the ranks of government. Women hold a third […]
→ read full articleVegetarianism against Global Hunger
EVANA-Swiss Union for Vegetarianism - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2008
On 7-8 October 2008, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the United Nations marked the anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights which assures everyone’s entitlement ‘to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food’. Sixty years after signing that declaration of good will, […]
→ read full articleTHERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS
Daniel Levy, Haaretz,
16 Sep 2008
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→ read full articleSHATTERING A ‘NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY’
Ofri Ilani, Haaretz,
16 Sep 2008
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→ read full articleLANGUAGE, THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR
Daniel Larison,
14 Sep 2008
Missing from most of the commentary on the brief war in Georgia was anymention of the contorted use language in Western news coverage andopinion writing. While there have been some reasonable observers discussing the conflict in Georgia, most mainstream reporting and commentary have persistently described the conflict as the “rape" of Georgia in which its […]
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