Peace Journalism Perspective
EDITORIAL
No, “Monsieur Constitution” Will Not Save the Congo
#964 | Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media ServiceFrom Washington's Mineral Peace to a Genuine Great Lakes Settlement - The Constitution may indeed need revision one day. But today, the most urgent amendment is not to the document. It is to the behaviour of those holding the pen.
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TRANSCEND VIDEOS
Bombing Hiroshima: The Myth of Saving Lives with Howard Zinn
Massachusetts School of Law at Andover – TRANSCEND Media Service11 May 2010 - Did the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki save millions of lives on both sides or is that a total myth? Howard Zinn, who himself participated in World War II as a bomber, insists we killed several 100 thousand people unnecessarily.
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PAPER OF THE WEEK
How Chinese Politics Works: By Deng’s Former Translator
Zhang Weiwei and Gita Wirjawan | Global Thinkers - TRANSCEND Media Service24 Jun 2026 - A heavy-hitting interview seldom seen in the Western world. Professor Zhang Weiwei opens up about Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and the granular details of how Chinese politics actually works.
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Other Commentaries
TRANSCEND News
Explanation and Apologies to Our Readers and Contributors
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media ServiceDear friends, it is with a heavy heart that I must, once again, apologize for an incomplete TMS Weekly Digest, the culprit being the same as before: the scoliosis installed on my spinal cord manifested into a deep, painful crisis--again.
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TRANSCEND MEMBERS
The Three Forms of Violence and Their Responses
Prof. Antonino Drago – TRANSCEND Media Service15 Aug 2026 - Johan Galtung gave his final definition of the three forms of violence (direct, structural and cultural) in 1990 with the publication of his essay "Cultural Violence" in the Journal of Peace Research.
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The Mask Comes Off: The Psychologists Protecting Israel, Not Jews
Roy Eidelson – TRANSCEND Media Service12 Aug 2026 - Sometimes the mask comes off. That seems to be what happened last week, just before the American Psychological Association held its annual convention in Washington, DC.
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The Ceuta Earthquake: Migration, Sovereignty, and the Return of the Green March
Raïs Neza Boneza – TRANSCEND Media Service— Ceuta was not the main battleground; Western Sahara was.
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Courage for Peace, Not for War
Kathy Kelly – TRANSCEND Media ServiceWe should acknowledge that NATO has done nothing to stop the U.S. provisioned Israeli genocide or to restrain Israel. On the contrary, NATO seeks fuller integration of Israel’s “security” into NATO strategies. What’s more, trade between Israel and European countries continues.
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The Speech US President Harry S. Truman Might Have Given as a Hibakusha
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media ServiceHad US President Truman witnessed the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and become a hibakusha, what words might he have uttered?
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ANGLO AMERICA
Gaza’s Board of Pieces
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service10 Aug 2026 - Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza is a mirage, a conjuring trick in which peace is unilaterally declared as Israel seizes more Palestinian land and brings the genocide to its grim conclusion.
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ASIA--PACIFIC
The Pentagon’s Obsession with China Puts Hawai’i at Risk
William D. Hartung | TomDispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service10 Aug 2026 - To prepare for a possible war with China, the U.S. military has put Hawai’i on the front lines of a potential nuclear conflict. Exaggerating the threat posed by China is a foolproof marketing scheme for those who profit handsomely from preparations for war with Beijing.
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
‘To Play God’: How US Pressure Has Shattered Cuba’s Healthcare
Dariel Pradas | Defend Democracy Press - TRANSCEND Media Service10 Aug 2026 - At the William Soler Pediatric Hospital in Havana, more than 90 percent of the newborns who needed neonatal surgery survived. “Now, in the first half of this year, we have seen more than half of the cases resulting in death.”
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CAPITALISM
Capitalism as Transnational Organized Crime: An Examination Through the UN Definition
Koenraad Priels – TRANSCEND Media ServiceSuppose we take the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime seriously—not for prosecuting drug cartels or human traffickers, but for examining the global economic system itself: Does capitalism, as currently constituted, meet the UN’s definition of transnational organized crime? The answer, forensically, is yes.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
More Food for More North American Thought…
Irfan Ali | Instagram - TRANSCEND Media ServiceKnock, knock. Anybody home?
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