Peace Journalism Perspective
EDITORIAL
Whatever Happened to the “Family of Man”?
#931 | Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe Near Death and Possible Rebirth of Human Solidarity - In place of the human family conceived of as our primary identity group we have come to sanctify the ethnic nation. How did this happen? What (if anything) can be done about it? It may help to put the hope for human solidarity in historical context.
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TRANSCEND VIDEOS
A US War Hero Humiliated Muhammad Ali on Live TV–His Response Made History
Muhammad Ali Stories – TRANSCEND Media ServiceA decorated Medal of Honor winner publicly calls Muhammad Ali a coward on The Tonight Show in front of 30 million viewers. What Ali does next in those tense 12 minutes creates the most powerful moment in television history.
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The Power of Quantum Thinking
Dr. Vandana Shiva | Wonderstruck – TRANSCEND Media ServiceCan quantum physics help us rethink the nature of consciousness? In this inspiring keynote from 'A Symposium on Consciousness,' Vandana Shiva—a renowned physicist, author, and environmental activist—explores the profound connections between quantum mechanics, consciousness, and ecological democracy. MUST WATCH
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PAPER OF THE WEEK
Neurotechnology in the Military Domain: A Primer
UNIDIR - TRANSCEND Media ServiceRecent advances have rendered the integration of neurotechnology into military contexts increasingly likely. In contrast to civilian neurotechnology, this trend has received comparatively less attention, while carrying with it significant potential risks for international peace and security.
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TMS PEACE JOURNALISM
The Right to Life: Legal Protections and Limits
LegalClarity - TRANSCEND Media Service14 Dec 2025 - The Right to Life is a fundamental concept, representing an individual’s inherent entitlement to protection against arbitrary deprivation of existence. How the law defines and limits it between state authority, justified force, and individual autonomy.
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What Are the Minimum Standards for a Wholesome Cultural Life?
Hitomi Miki – TRANSCEND Media Service22 Dec 2025 - Some Case Studies on the Right to Life for Achieving Positive Peace
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Other Commentaries
TRANSCEND News
In Praise of TRANSCEND Media Service
Prof. Bishnu Pathak - TRANSCEND Media Service29 Dec 2025 - TRANSCEND Media Service has truly emerged as one of the largest academic networks connecting scholars across more than 100 countries. This remarkable initiative is led by Dr. Antonio C. S. Rosa, whose vision, dedication, and tireless efforts have created a vibrant global community of scholars committed to advancing peace and justice.
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TRANSCEND MEMBERS
Enabling Collective Lunacy by Remaking the Universe in One’s Image
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media ServiceAnticipating Controversial Renaming in the Course of the US Moon Mission
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Shaming the UN by Ratifying Genocide
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service24 Dec 2025 - The 15-member UNSC disgracefully voted unanimously to endorse the Trump Plan aiming to reward the perpetrators of prolonged genocide preceded by apartheid and resulting in making a wasteland of Gaza. The dynamics of power politics in the UN is still making history despite the disastrous consequences.
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Call Me “an Antisemite”
Maung Zarni | Zarni tells it like it is - TRANSCEND Media Service23 Dec 2025 - Zionist Jews now openly brag “we are the Masters of Universe”. Recognize a Palestinian State? Then your country is led by anti-Semites.
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Jacques Baud and the EU/NATO Censorship Architecture ⛔
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | Transnational Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service27 Dec 2025 - The West, once proud of its values, now erodes them and thrives on security political disinformative narratives hoping you shall not know... If Baud, then we are all potential targets now!
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Calendars from Antiquity, Welcoming Peace and Harmony: 2026
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media ServiceMarking Time, Making Peace: The Calendar as a Human Endeavour, From Stone Circles to Silicon Chips
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MILITARISM
Hawai’i Has a Rare Opportunity to Reclaim Land from the US Military
Christine Ahn and Davis Price | ScheerPost - TRANSCEND Media Service23 Dec 2025 - Since 1964, the U.S. military has leased roughly 47,000 acres of land from the State of Hawai‘i — for a token $1. The leases are set to expire in 2029, offering Hawai‘i a rare opportunity to reclaim land from the war machine.
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How Nvidia’s Supercomputers Are Advancing AI in Advanced Military Technologies
Bernardo Palos | Palos Publishing Company - TRANSCEND Media ServiceNVIDIA, through strategic collaborations, cutting-edge hardware and substantial investments, is enhancing worldwide military capabilities including autonomous systems (killer robots), battlefield intelligence, and secure communications.
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The Law of Piracy
Manlio Dinucci | Global Research – TRANSCEND Media Service22 Dec 2025 - Attacks on Russian oil tankers, carried out with Ukrainian naval drones that are actually NATO property, are becoming increasingly frequent in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. This is because military satellite networks are needed to guide the drones to their targets, and only NATO possesses these networks.
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ANGLO AMERICA
Who’s the Real Outlaw at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab or the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade?
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies – TRANSCEND Media Service22 Dec 2025 - The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela, while also destroying dozens of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific under the banner of “drug enforcement,” killing over 100 people whose identities the U.S. has obscured.
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MEDIA
CBS 60 Minutes Censorship Rings Another Alarm, Warning of Corporate Media’s Threat to Democracy
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service24 Dec 2025 - The Trump administration agreed to pay El Salvador close to $5 million to imprison people deported from the US. As early as March, prisoners were secretly flown to CECOT-Terrorism Confinement Center by the Department of Homeland Security, in violation of a federal court order. We need, and the public must demand, a truly independent media.
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EUROPE
European Russophobia and Europe’s Rejection of Peace: A Two-Century Failure
Jeffrey D. Sachs – TRANSCEND Media Service22 Dec 2025 - Europe has repeatedly rejected peace with Russia at moments when a negotiated settlement was available, and those rejections have proven profoundly self-defeating.
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Mexican President Defends Oil Shipment to Cuba as Sovereign, Humanitarian Decision
Xinhua | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service23 Dec 2025 - Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum yesterday said that shipping Mexican oil to Cuba was within the principles of sovereignty and humanitarianism, despite criticism from the U.S. asking Mexico to reconsider its relationship with Cuba.
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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Arab-Muslim Leaders: Episode of Sham and Drudgery
Mahboob A. Khawaja – TRANSCEND Media ServiceFoes Not Friends
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PALESTINE ISRAEL GAZA GENOCIDE
Israeli Cabinet Approves 19 New Apartheid Colonies in Occupied West Bank: Genocide by Other Means
Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service21 Dec 2025 - “The ONLY reason Israel gets away with this naked thievery is US military and political support,” said one observer--a rogue states alliance.
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Altering Demography’: Israel Bars Displaced Palestinians from Returning to Their West Bank Homes
Jews for Justice for Palestinians - TRANSCEND Media Service18 Dec 2025 - Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from West Bank over the past year. The IDF continues to raze buildings, saying it does so for 'operational reasons'; residents say, 'There's no explanation for the destruction of buildings and homes, except that it is collective punishment.'
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IDF Actively Supports Construction of Settler Outposts and Farms in West Bank
Jews for Justice for Palestinians - TRANSCEND Media ServiceAn IDF officer highlighted the army's shift from a policy of 'turning a blind eye' to illegal settlers' outposts in the West Bank, to fully coordinating and ordering settler farms to be established near Palestinian villages.
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Israel Is Erecting Another Expulsion and Annexation Fence in the West Bank
Editorial | Jews for Justice for Palestinians - TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe Haaretz lead editorial on 4 Dec 2025: Almost in secret and certainly with no official announcement, the army has begun erecting a separation barrier in the heart of the Jordan Valley. So far, work has commenced only on Section C of the project, known as the “second wire.”
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How Israel’s Hilltop Settlers Coordinate Attacks to Expel Palestinians from West Bank
Pesha Magid | Reuters - TRANSCEND Media Service25 Dec 2025 - This year was one of the most violent on record for Israeli civilian attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, according to U.N. data.
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CAPITALISM
A Warning from History
Ethan Faulkner | Common Sense Rebel - TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe system of power we face today—a fusion of unaccountable corporate might and compromised state authority—is the modern incarnation of the very enemy our ancestors fought to create the USA: The British East India Company.
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EDUCATION
Education as the Way to Achieve World Peace and Unity
Surya Nath Prasad - TRANSCEND Media ServiceToday we are living in a war weary world. We, really, have been drifting from one war to another.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
Sparky Gets ICED
Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media Service22 Dec 2025 - No Joke - To be continued...
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ORIGINAL LANGUAGES
(Français) Albert Einstein avait prévu “la catastrophe”, à savoir Israël, & avait refusé d’être président des sionistes
Maung Zarni | Zanzibar Freedom of Speech - TRANSCEND Media ServiceQui, doté d’un esprit aussi vif & éthique, aurait voulu être le premier président d’une colonie européenne vouée au fiasco, malgré près de 80 ans de de protection & de mécénat impérialiste ?
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IN-DEPTH VIDEOS
Hamas Negotiator Talks to Aaron Maté about New Barriers to Palestinian Freedom
Aaron Maté | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service25 Dec 2025 - As Israel violates the ceasefire with relentless attacks on Gaza, The Grayzone sits down with senior Hamas negotiator Basem Naim in Doha, Qatar.
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Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Yashar Ali | The Reset - TRANSCEND Media Service23 Dec 2025 - Inside CECOT-Center for the Confinement of Terrorism - Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled this segment. The report examined the Trump administration’s controversial deportation of more than 250 people — most of them Venezuelan nationals — to CECOT in El Salvador.
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SHORT VIDEO CLIPS
What “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum is Really About
Lyristoric - TRANSCEND Media ServiceReleased on 12 May 1967, 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' is a legendary song by the British rock band Procol Harum. One of the anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of the most successful singles of all time. The lyrics were written by Keith Reid whose verses are illustrative and ambiguous. Today, we crack that code!
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A White Shade of Pale (Music Video of the Week)
Procol Harum – TRANSCEND Media ServiceProcol Harum at Gala du Midem, 27 Jan 1968, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Transmitted by Eurovision, this show has not been included on any officially released video or DVD.
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