Peace Journalism Perspective
EDITORIAL
Elon Musk, SpaceX, and the Dogma of Ownership Rights
#956 | Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe initial public offering (IPO) raised an estimated $87.5 billion and the total value of SpaceX is now more than $2 trillion. Since Musk owns 85% of the stock, he is the world’s first trillionaire. Public reactions to these events have been vociferous.
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TRANSCEND VIDEOS
Abby Martin Went to Israel–It’s WORSE Than You Think
Double Down News and Empire Files – TRANSCEND Media Service7 Apr 2026 - You DEFINITELY won't see this on BBC or CNN.
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PAPER OF THE WEEK
Record Conflicts Drive Peace to Historic Low as AI Warfare Surges
Institute for Economics & Peace | PR Newswire – TRANSCEND Media Service9 Jun 2026 - For the first time in history, machines are making life-and-death combat decisions faster than any human can review them, and the international frameworks meant to govern them barely exist.
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Other Commentaries
TRANSCEND News
To Readers Who Never Donated: Do It Now or TMS Will Go Under–Seriously!
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media ServiceIn a capitalist world money is essential for living and functioning and WE ARE OUT OF FUNDS!! If you never contributed financially to TMS, do it now with a recurring monthly donation. PLEASE! We MUST PAY OUR BILLS!!
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TRANSCEND MEMBERS
Wisdom Dynamics and Second-Order Wisdom?
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media ServiceSpeculations relevant to peace and sustainability from an artificial intelligence perspective. Many are preoccupied with where coherent insight might now be obtained with the erosion of trust in institutions, authorities, political parties, religions, and experts.
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The Abundance Paradigm: Government Money without Strings Attached (Part 3)
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service14 Jun 2026 - Project Hamilton, ECASH, and the Quest for a Privacy-Protected Digital Dollar
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The End of Hegemony or the End of the World?
Glen T. Martin, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service18 Jun 2026 - Has the new MOU (memorandum of understanding) between the US and Iran avoided World War Three? Only by truly uniting under a World Parliament will we be able to end the absurdity of militarism and readiness for suicidal wars.
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Research Quality and Quantity: Some Aspects of Doing Social Science Today
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | The Transnational – TRANSCEND Media Service21 Jun 2026 - An interview on the topic of “research productivity” from Chinese Social Sciences Today, published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing.
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The Trust Beyond Death: Qur’ānic Inheritance and Moral Order
Moin Qazi - TRANSCEND Media ServiceIslamic inheritance law endures as a disciplined synthesis of law and morality—balancing generosity with restraint, autonomy with obligation, and individual intention with the enduring claims of justice.
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ANGLO AMERICA
The U.S. Labor Movement as a Force for Peace and International Cooperation
Lawrence S. Wittner - TRANSCEND Media Service16 Jun 2026 - Although the U.S. labor movement is sometimes depicted as hawkish and xenophobic, this characterization ignores its repeated attempts to grapple with the global problem of war.
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The Joke Is on Us
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service19 Jun 2026 - The retreat into satirical attacks on Trump and his supporters fuels the solidification of fascism.
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John F. Kennedy: A Profile in Courage (in the Nuclear Age)
Leonard Eiger – TRANSCEND Media Service13 Jun 2026 - Presidents throughout history have made countless speeches, and if we measure them against their actions in office, the vast majority have been of little substance. Yet, there are exceptions, and in the case of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the word exceptional comes to mind.
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SPORTS
Processed, Stamped and Denied Entry: The World Cup Meets the US Border
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media ServiceFigures are now circulating about 180,000 unsold tickets on resale markets. Hotels in some host cities are reportedly facing mass cancellations. Transport to stadiums has become less of a public service than a hostage negotiation with wheels.
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ASIA--PACIFIC
Building the New Asia of Our Dreams
Vijay Prashad | Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research – TRANSCEND Media Service4 Jun 2026 - Economic growth alone cannot secure genuine sovereignty in Asia; a regional platform for coordination remains a vital material necessity to safeguard the region against imperialism and neocolonialism.
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MILITARISM
De-militarize Hawaii—Anti-RIMPAC War Exercise
Jim Albertini | Malu 'Aina - TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe biennial Rim of the Pacific war games, the largest military naval exercise in the world, is scheduled to take place in the waters around, the air above, and on the land of Hawaii from 24 Jun to 31 Jul 2026. 31 countries, 40 surface ships, 5 submarines, 140 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will pollute the islands.
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ASIA-UPDATES ON MYANMAR ROHINGYA GENOCIDE
The False Hope of US Support for Myanmar Democracy vs. Political Realism of Asian Giants
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service18 Jun 2026 - Based on his decades of pro-sanctions activism internationally, Dr Maung Zarni offers a brutally honest reflection on the futile Western dependency of anti-junta movements in his native country.
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BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE
The Balkan Policy of China after the Cold War 1.0
Vladislav B. Sotirovic – TRANSCEND Media ServiceIt is important to note that China has generally avoided significant internal political changes after the first Cold War and the collapse of socialism in the global context. China still has a one-party system without parliamentary democracy, just like neighboring North Korea, which relies on China for most of its existence.
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EUROPE
The UK Joins the Pirates
Craig Murray - TRANSCEND Media Service15 Jun 2026 - This attempt to enforce Western sanctions in areas where Western powers have no jurisdiction is a classic example of the current aggressive resurgence of imperialism replacing international law.
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Real Estate Event in London ‘Advertised Sale of Land in Illegal Israeli Settlements’
Geneva Abdul and Aamna Mohdin | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service17 Jun 2026 - Pamphlets from event featured projects in West Bank and East Jerusalem despite previous denials by organisers.
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Democratic Party’s Corollary to Trump’s Foreign Policy: Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
Roger D. Harris and John Perry | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service19 Jun 2026 - When it comes to Washington’s efforts to dominate Latin America and the Caribbean, the substantive dispute – if there is any substance remaining, once stripped of partisan bickering – is less about ends than means.
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PALESTINE ISRAEL GAZA GENOCIDE
Genocide Sunday Recap–Selected Articles
+972 Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service21 Jun 2026 - In Gaza, ‘Slaughter Continues Unabated’ while the World Turns Away (and more...)
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Israel’s Designs Are Clear–Why the World Must Not Look Away from Gaza
Ramzy Baroud | Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service12 Jun 2026 - The Israeli prime minister has made it explicitly clear that he has no intention of following any peace road map, planning instead for the permanent incremental takeover of Gaza.
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UNITED NATIONS
Sexual Violence against Children in Warzones: UN Secretary-General’s Urgent Warning Shakes Global Conscience
G M Forhadul Mozumder | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service19 Jun 2026 - Innocent children are becoming the most brutal and silent victims of warfare. In a powerful message marking the UN International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UNSG António Guterres fiercely jarred the conscience of world leaders.
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MEDIA
How to Create a Custom News Feed Free from Algorithm Manipulation
Caitlin Johnstone - TRANSCEND Media Service9 Jun 2026 - As Silicon Valley algorithm manipulation gets more and more aggressive in force-feeding us the official narrative of the day, we have to get a bit clever in making sure we see the information our rulers don’t want us to see.
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ENVIRONMENT
Ecocide!
Robert Hunziker | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service“The human footprint is one of the most destructive forces in Earth’s history, fundamentally altering the planet at an unprecedented scale. Humanity consumes resources far faster than they can regenerate, driving rapid environmental degradation, mass biodiversity loss, and climate shifts that many scientists classify as a new geological epoch.”
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HISTORY
Marco Polo Drive of Peace, Culture and Sustainable Development
Jeffrey D. Sachs – TRANSCEND Media Service19 Jun 2026 - One Horsepower Then--1,582 Now - Seven hundred fifty years ago, a 17-year-old Venetian set off east and didn’t come home for a quarter of a century.
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ORIGINAL LANGUAGES
(Français) Le Crépuscule d’un Jupiter Économique: Le Bilan d’Emmanuel Macron
Diran Noubar – TRANSCEND Media ServiceComment Transformer la France en Colosse aux Pieds d’Argile
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IN-DEPTH VIDEOS
Harrowing Experience in Israeli Torture Dungeon Revealed
The Chris Hedges Report w/ Thiago Ávila – TRANSCEND Media Service16 Jun 2026 - Kidnapped at Sea: Thiago Ávila Reveals Brutal Torture by Zionists in Israel’s Detention System
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SHORT VIDEO CLIPS
Bombs for Peace – Remembering Minab
Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service10 Jun 2026 - The 'Bombs for Peace' exhibition, organized by the Benevolent Iranian Women Association of Sydney in collaboration with the Iranian Friends of Palestine and Families for Palestine, took place from June 5 to 7 in Sydney, Australia. The guest speakers were Dr. Tim Anderson, John Shipton and Joe Lauria.
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Will Israel Blow Up Trump’s Deal?
Amy Goodman/Jeremy Scahill | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service15 Jun 2026 - Jeremy Scahill on Iran Talks, Strait of Hormuz, Nukes & More
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Israel CONTINUES the Genocide in Gaza
Ana Kasparian and Trita Parsi | The Young Turks – TRANSCEND Media Service14 Jun 2026 - The IDF Is still killing civilians in Gaza, despite the ceasefire--and in Lebanon.
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The White Rose of Athens (Music Video of the Week)
Nana Mouskouri | neveratime– TRANSCEND Media ServiceKick back and enjoy the ride…
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