Peace Journalism Perspective

EDITORIAL

Prof. Johan Galtung

Gaza Redux

#841 | Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service

Johan Galtung wrote this seminal Editorial in 2009 and is being republished to offer a context to Gaza 2024. What has changed? What remains the same? What devolved? What if...? Israel, beware the grave you are digging for yourself.

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TRANSCEND VIDEOS

Johan Galtung on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Amy Goodman | EnvisionPeaceMuseum - TRANSCEND Media Service

Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930 - 17 Feb 2024), the "Father of Peace and Conflict Studies," was a Norwegian sociologist and mathematician who taught around the world, helped found many institutions to build peace, and been honored with the Right Livelihood Award among many others. He served on the advisory board of Envision Peace Museum.

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FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER

What Was Palestine Before the Nakba?

Mohammed El-Kurd | The Nation – TRANSCEND Media Service

14 Mar 2024 - A stunning photo archive reveals a time before the walls and checkpoints, when Palestine was not defined by its ailments but by its industries and cultures.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words

Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service

Up to 24 Mar 2024: 32,223+ killed* and at least 74,518 wounded in the Gaza Strip 435+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem * Some rights groups estimate the death toll to be much, much higher when accounting for those presumed dead under the 23 million tonnes of rubble and debris.

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TRANSCEND MEMBERS

Peace Propagation: Human Rights Day, Post Liberation 1994 South Africa (Part 1)

Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service

"The erosion of basic human rights is witnessed in freedom of speech and religious association.  In these unfolding tragedies, South Africa stands proud by innovating the Human Rights Day as a public holiday and sustains it in protecting and ensuring that human rights are always respected."

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How Paul Kagame Deliberately Sacrificed the Tutsi

Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service

20 Mar 2024 -  2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide. Review of “How Paul Kagame Sacrificed the Tutsi,” one of many important books that challenge the prevailing narrative about the events of 1994.

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From Port-aux-Prince to Africa: Unveiling the Haitian Crisis

Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service

The narrative of cannibal gangs ruling Haiti is as shocking as it is misleading, drawing attention away from the complex socio-political dynamics at play. Haiti's turmoil cannot be isolated from the global context; it shares the same root causes with conflicts in the Sahel region, the DRC, and around the Global South.

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The Song of Songs as Indicative of the Pattern That Connects

Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service

Implications for strategic cultivation of global division?

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Zero Food Children

Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service

Many young women keep busy by working in the homes of people in urban centres of India,. Most of these women are in the age group of 20 to 35 years. Despite getting suitable wages, they feel unhappy in their conditions.

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Voices from Gaza

Rick Sterling – TRANSCEND Media Service

22 Mar 2024 - The book 'Gaza Writes Back' is a collection of short stories from twenty young Gazans. The stories reveal how the last five months are the culmination of a process that has been going on for decades.

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JOHAN GALTUNG MEMORIAL

Johan Galtung Obituary

Hugh Miall | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service

The Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, who has died aged 93, was a leading contributor to peace and conflict research. His ideas about positive peace and structural violence have had a global resonance. Now taught in more than 500 universities, the field he helped to establish has become a worldwide endeavour.

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Remembering a Voice for Peace: Johan Galtung (1930-2024)

Kelly Rae Kraemer | Global Campaign for PEACEducation - TRANSCEND Media Service

Our world lost a giant of peace research. Johan Galtung, “the Father of Peace Studies,” author of more than 170 books and 1,500 scholarly articles about world peace, passed away on 17 Feb 2024, at age 93. Galtung taught at 30 universities on five different continents over the course of his seven-decade career...

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WAR RACKET--CATASTROPHE CAPITALISM

The “Kosovo War” 25 Years Ago

Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service

24 Mar 2024 - 25 Years Ago Today, NATO Started the Illegal Kosovo War against Serbia

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Special Journal Issue on Galtung

Charles Webel, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service

I've been asked to be the editor of a special edition of the journal Scienza e Pace/Science and Peace (Univ. of Pisa). Therefore, I'm wondering if one of you, TRANSCEND Members, would consider being the co-editor with me of this special edition of that journal. Also, I'm issuing a Call for Papers.

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ANALYSIS

Gaza and Its Astounding Parallels with 9/11: “A Territory or Country Is Targeted for Previously Established Geostrategic Goals”

Richard Gage | Global Research - TRANSCEND Media Service

17 Mar 2024 - Has the Israeli government betrayed its own people, as well as the Palestinians, with its own “9/11 Moment”?

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The Urgency of Diplomacy

Jeffrey D. Sachs – TRANSCEND Media Service

20 Mar 2024 - There has been a collapse of US diplomacy with Russia and China as Europe follows the Washington line. This creates an escalation that can lead to nuclear war. In the immortal words of JFK, “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”

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The Ukraine War in 2024

Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service

March 2024 - A no-nonsense analysis of new developments and deceptions in the Ukraine War. Dedicated to the people of Ukraine, east and west.

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ANGLO AMERICA

US Rejects Russian Ceasefire Proposal for Ukraine

Kyle Anzalone | Defend Democracy Press - TRANSCEND Media Service

18 Mar 2024 - Russia’s attempt to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, along the current lines of control, was met with a firm rejection in Washington.

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PEN America Self-Destructs

The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service

23 Mar 2024 - PEN America, once an important defender of rights for writers, editors and artists, has, under the direction of former State Department official Suzanne Nossel, abandoned its mission, destroyed its credibility and provoked a revolt among its members. 

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Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza to ‘Finish the Job’

Jake Johnson | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service

19 Mar 2024 - Kushner, who served as a key Middle East adviser to Trump, said that Gaza's "waterfront property could be very valuable" and urged Israel to "clean it up."

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Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention

Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox | TomDispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service

19 Mar 2024 - Stop Treating Gaza like a Natural Disaster

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EUROPE

With Its Role in the Ukraine War the European Union May Risk Its Own Political Future

Michael von der Schulenburg and Hans-Joachim Funke – TRANSCEND Media Service

18 Mar 2024 - The deteriorating military situation in Ukraine and the United States increasing withdrawal from it created a situation in which the EU is now pushed into the forefront in dealing with this problem.

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The Spiraling Absurdity of Germany’s Pro-Israel Fanaticism

Michael Sappir | +972 Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service

21 Mar 2024 - As repression of Palestine solidarity penetrates every sector of life, the state's liberal self-image is fast becoming a tragic story Germans can only tell themselves.

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PALESTINE - ISRAEL

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 170: Israel Assaults al-Shifa, Nasser, and al-Amal Hospitals in One Day

Mustafa Abu Sneineh | Mondoweiss - TRANSCEND Media Service

25 Mar 2024 - Israeli forces ordered Palestinians inside al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis to leave “naked," while survivors of the al-Shifa Hospital raid witnessed numerous atrocities committed by the Israeli army. In Jerusalem, Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa.

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“Man-Made Hell on Earth”: A Canadian Doctor on His Medical Mission to Gaza

Jeremy Scahill | The Intercept - TRANSCEND Media Service

23 Mar 2024 - “I saw scenes that were horrific and I never want to see again,” said Yasser Khan, a surgeon from Toronto. Warning: This article contains graphic images.

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Real Estate Events to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land Met with Protests Internationally

Global News Service | TRANSCEND Media Service

19 Mar 2024 - “The Great Israeli Real Estate Event” toured the United States and Canada, exhibiting property for sale on stolen Palestinian land. Each event has been met with mass protests by Palestine solidarity activists.

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Israel’s Trojan Horse

The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service

18 Mar 2024 - The “temporary pier” being built on the Mediterranean coast of Gaza is not there to alleviate the famine, but to herd Palestinians onto ships and into permanent exile.

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MEDIA

It’s Journalistic Malpractice to Say Gazans Are Starving without Saying Israel Is Starving Them

Caitlin Johnstone - TRANSCEND Media Service

19 Mar 2024 - The editors of The New York Times know exactly what they’re doing packaging a story about Israel’s deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians like it’s a troubling prediction about the weather.

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How the Western Media Helped Build the Case for Genocide in Gaza

Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service

20 Mar 2024 - From obscuring the West’s role in starving Gaza to sensationalised accounts of mass rape by Hamas, journalists are playing the role of propagandists, not reporters.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-AI

Meet the AI-Censored? Naked Capitalism

Matt Taibbi | Racket News - TRANSCEND Media Service

22 Mar 2024 - The future of AI-powered censorship is here, and the early returns are as error-filled and clumsily destructive as Google’s infamous Gemini rollout, which provides an early, scary test case for mechanized suppression and threats of demonetization.

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UNITED NATIONS

Israel Tells UN It Will Reject UNRWA Food Convoys into Northern Gaza

UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service

24 Mar 2024 - Israeli authorities informed the United Nations today that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.

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U.S. Doubles Down on Defunding UNRWA — Despite Flimsy Allegations

Prem Thakker | The Intercept - TRANSCEND Media Service

22 Mar 2024 - Congress passed a one-year ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency funds even as several Western countries have resumed funding for the U.N. agency that aids Palestinians.

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The Earth Constitution Could Transform the UN General Assembly and the UN Itself

Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Democratic World Federalists News – TRANSCEND Media Service

If both Russia and the US had not wielded Security Council vetoes in the last few years, the ugly atrocities in Ukraine and Gaza might never have happened. The UN Charter’s grant of the veto to the P5 powers is a mockery of the rule of law and democratic ideals.

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INSPIRATIONAL

Gardening as Resistance: Notes on Building Paradise

Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service

“The gardener digs in another time, without past or future, beginning or end… Here is the Amen beyond the prayer,” Derek Jarman wrote as he grieved his dying friends, faced his own death, and contemplated art, mortality, and resistance.

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SPIRITUALITY

Buddhism and Its Vedic Connections

Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service

Many people may know about Buddhism, but few seem to understand its connections with Vedic Culture and how many aspects of it have origins in the Vedic philosophy. It was several hundred years before the time of Lord Buddha that his birth was predicted in the  Srimad-Bhagavatam, a major Vedic scripture.

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ORIGINAL LANGUAGES

(Italiano) Globalizzare Dio: Religione e pace nelle scienze sociali

Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis –TRANSCEND Media Service

Le letture arcigne portano all’intolleranza o alla tolleranza malmustosa. Quanto mai necessari: rispetto e curiosità; dialogo e reciproco apprendimento. C’è tanta saggezza! La si selezioni! Si estrapoli conciliando! Si vada oltre i confini territoriali di stato e culturali di nazione, e di trascendano quelli mentali gelosamente protetti, fra le discipline e le religioni.

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(Deutsch) Mit ihrer Rolle im Ukrainekrieg könnte die Europäische Union ihre eigene politische Zukunft riskieren

Michael von der Schulenburg und Hans-Joachim Funke – TRANSCEND Media Service

Die für den Westen sich verschlechternde militärische Lage in der Ukraine und der zunehmende Rückzug der USA aus diesem Krieg haben eine Situation entstehen lassen, in der die EU nun aufgerufen ist, eine Führung bei der Lösung dieses Krieges zu übernehmen.

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(Français) Des élections en mal de démocratie ?

Frédéric Thomas | CETRI – TRANSCEND Media Service

4 mars 2024 - La démocratie est souvent réduite aux élections. Mais la croyance en l’efficacité de celles-ci décroit partout dans le monde, à mesure que croît la défiance envers la politique. Et la soif de démocratie effective.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

An Ugly Comparison

Daniel Medina | Racket Cartoons – TRANSCEND Media Service

14 Mar 2024 - I don't make this comparison lightly. The IDF is conducting a medieval-style siege on Gaza making them go thirsty, starving, and without electricity. The IDF talks about flattening and burning down Gaza - it's not about Hamas. If you still think the Israeli government is just defending itself, I have a bridge to sell to you.

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JOKE OF THE WEEK

Blame Game

Unknown | Global Research - TRANSCEND Media Service

No kidding...

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IN-DEPTH VIDEOS

The Other USA

Matthew Ehret et al. | Canadian Patriot Press - TRANSCEND Media Service

19 Mar 2024 - A New Documentary on the Three Missed Chances for World Peace (1991-2016)

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SHORT VIDEO CLIPS

“Never Again”: Arundhati Roy on Palestine at Delhi Press Club

Arundhati Roy | The Wire - TRANSCEND Media Service

8 Mar 2024 - Public meeting held at the New Delhi Press Club to voice opposition to the genocide in Gaza. Arundhati Roy's statement is titled, "Never Again".

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Moscow Nights [Подмосковные вечера] (Music Video of the Week)

Music Video Vault - TRANSCEND Media Service

Recorded live in 2013 at a Red Square Concert in Moscow

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