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EDITORIAL

Islam and the West

We have been there before, many times. For the West, encroaching on Islamic lands was part of the massive exercise known as colonialism.

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Divide & Rule: The Plan of the 1% to Make You Disposable

TRANSCEND Member Prof. Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmentalist, physicist, ecofeminist, philosopher, activist, food sovereignty advocate, and an anti-globalization author of more than 20 books and 500 papers.

FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER

A Holistic Approach Integrating Galtung’s Theories and Linguistics

With this paper, we attempt an explicit rapprochement between the disciplinary fields by uniting Johan Galtung’s work on peace and violence with linguistics. We begin by defining key concepts related to applied linguistics and peace studies and contributing a holistic model of peace.

TMS PEACE JOURNALISM

The Fragments of the World Seek Each Other

2 Oct 2024 - “Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come into being.” These words of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, from his book The Phenomenon of Man, may well be worth meditating on every day. The forces of . . . love?

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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words

Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence LEBANON, GAZA and WEST BANK, 7 Oct 2024

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Orphanage City’ Helps Children in Gaza as the Genocide Grinds On

4 Oct 2024 - Some Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered by the grinding nearly year-long Israeli assault continue to deplete the Strip.

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Israel’s Bloody Endgame

4 Oct 2024 - The assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, a widening onslaught against Hezbollah as tensions mount with Iran. Such developments have affected the US relation to the conflict.

Reframing Challenges of Governance of SDGs through Music

Rendering Comprehensible the 16 Logical Connectives of Discourse with AI Assistance - Despite the insights offered and suggested by logic and rationality, it is evident that these are called into question by emotions and spirituality.

Happy 75th Birthday, Dear China!

1 Oct 2024 - Today marks the 75th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s proclamation of the People’s Republic of China. There are many reasons to congratulate China.

Need for Action

30 Sep 2024 - Zionism forcefully transformed a multi-ethnic/cultural/religious/lingual country called Palestine into a “Jewish state of Israel.” There are 15 million Palestinians, 8 million refugees, and millions living in reservations/ghettos/bantustans/concentration camps being subjected to brutal daily attacks and torture for 76 years.

We Have a Moral Obligation to Speak Out against Genocide

30 Sep 2024 - Dialogue with Prof. Alex Hinton, a leading anthropologist of genocides at Rutgers Univ.

October’s Surprise Party

28 Sep 2024 - As another October approaches, the beautiful season of colors begins. Yet as November nears, I think we might expect what for many will be the unexpected. A Black Swan event or the expected?

Remarks for the International Day of Peace

2 Oct 2024 - Text of my remarks at UNESCO during a meeting organised by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee with the support of the Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members and the French Commission for UNESCO.

Divorce

2 Oct 2024 - India is a land of many religions— Hindu, Christianity, Islam and some smaller religions and faiths — Buddhism, Sikhism,   etc. All these religions and sects have distinguished leaders and believers.

How the US Destabilized the Horn of Africa

2 Oct 2024 - The Horn of Africa's is the geostrategic interface between Europe, Africa, and Asia. In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a cooperation agreement, but now, six years later, it lies in tatters by destructive foreign intervention and global power competition.

Pact for the Future: A Partly Open Door for NGO-U.N. Cooperation

3 Oct 2024 - The Pact for the Future was accepted by the U.N. General Assembly in a three-stage process. It should be seen as a springboard for action rather than as an end point. We will have to see what as NGO representatives we can make of the partly open door.

ANGLO AMERICA

We’re the Fucking Terrorists

5 Oct 2024 - Hezbollah is killing Israeli soldiers invading Lebanon while Israeli soldiers are killing women, children, medical staff and journalists. Guess which side the west calls terrorists. “Terrorist organization” is an arbitrary designation by western narrative to justify war and militarism.

Inside the US State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel

4 Oct 2024 - *Ambassador Jack Lew urged Washington to give thousands more bombs to the Israelis because they have a “decades-long proven track record” of avoiding killing civilians. *After State Department officials spent months working through weekends and after hours on arms sales, the Israelis sent cases of wine to them just before Christmas.

Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

2 Oct 2024 - Iran has been trying to avoid such a war and signed the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement with the US, U.K., France, Germany, Russia, China and the EU. Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the U.S. out of the JCPOA in 2018. Now, Benjamin Netanyahu sees his long-awaited chance to draw the US into war with Iran.

War on Humanity: How Israel and the US Forged Deception of Collaborative Collision

Wicked Leaders Pretend to Be Peacemakers

BRICS

BRICS and the IMF Debt Traps

2 Oct 2024 - What the Contingent Reserve Arrangement Can Do for the Global South - In the last two years, BRICS have experienced a popularity hitherto unseen in their existence.

EUROPE

Macron Calls for Arms Embargo against Israel

6 Oct 2024 - France Asserts Itself against Netanyahu over Lebanon

Assange: ‘My Naivete Was Believing in the Law, I’m Free Because I Pled Guilty to Journalism’

1 Oct 2024 - Full text of Julian Assange’s remarks to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today on the plea deal, WikiLeaks, the Espionage Act, C.I.A.’s retribution, repression of journalism, and his responses during Q&A.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

“Escalate to De-escalate”: What Led Iran to Attack Israel

2 Oct 2024 - Yesterday evening, Iran launched a wave of ballistic missile attacks striking sites throughout Israel, in retaliation for its recent assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards officer Abbas Nilforoushan.

The Chaos Israel Is Sowing Across the Middle East Will Come Back to Haunt It

1 Oct 2024 - A ritual is performed every time Israel starts another war and the white phosphorus rains down. It’s called the ceasefire ritual - an abject public display of hand-washing, most of it choreographed.

Israel Confirms Its Ground Invasion of Lebanon Has Begun

1 Oct 2024 - The Israeli military announced early today that its ground invasion of Lebanon has started, confirming earlier reports. The US says it was informed of the Israeli plans ahead of the invasion.

Lebanese and Syrians Suffer Loss and Displacement amid Surging Attacks

2 Oct 2024 - Since a deadly escalation of the conflict in Lebanon began just over a week ago, the Government estimates that more than 1 million people have already been forced to flee their homes.

Provocations and Escalation

1 Oct 2024 - Iran faces Israel in 2024 exactly as Russia faced the US in 2021. Provocations make Iranian intervention inevitable, which will justify retaliation from Israel, escalation being exactly what Israel seeks.

The Loss of Hezbollah and Iran (Part 1)

2 Oct 2024 - After Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah on 27 Sep, Iran retaliated by firing 180 missiles over Israel on 1 Oct. However, Iran announced that it would not send troops to Lebanon to prop up Hezbollah because it wanted stability in the Middle East, not a war with Israel.

The Failure of Iran (Part 2)

4 Oct. 2024 - In my previous article, “The Loss of Hezbollah and Iran”, I wrote that Iran had no intention of starting a full-scale war with Israel, so that the war in the Middle East would not expand. However, I have changed my view.

PALESTINE - ISRAEL

Reflections on October 7

For the several months after 7 Oct 2023, Israel’s public discourse allowed it to carry out the genocidal assault on Gaza with little diplomatic friction in the West but growing discontent among progressive sectors of civil society.

One Year of Unspeakable Loss

7 Oct 2024 - After a year of genocide against Palestinians, Israel is waging a campaign of terror that has brought the entire region closer to all-out war. A year of impunity for Israeli genocide has landed us here.

Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped

30 Sep 2024 - Israel’s violent extremists now in control of its government believe that Israel has the Biblical license, indeed a religious mandate, to destroy the Palestinian people.

UNITED NATIONS

“Bloodied, Bruised and Broken” – More Than 690 Children Injured in Lebanon in Last Six Weeks

4 Oct 2024 - UNICEF calls for a ceasefire to protect children as physical injuries and psychological suffering rise dramatically.

Israel Declares UN Secretary General António Guterres Persona Non Grata

The reason is simply because Mr. Guterres did not condemn the years-long Israeli-provoked attack by Iran on Israeli cities and her most important military airbase, Nevatim. Instead, he called for a ceasefire.

MEDIA

Pavel Durov, the Superfluous Man–“He Will Share Data about His Telegram Users”

29 Sep 2024 - Contrary to Durov’s initial assurances that he would never betray the trust of his users or renege on his commitment to freedom of expression, he has in fact conceded to the authorities’ key demand and will share data about his users with one or more of the interested governments.

Meta Is Aggressively Censoring Criticism of US-Israeli Warmongering

7 Oct 2024 - I am at risk of getting banned from both Instagram and Facebook as both Meta-owned platforms keep censoring my criticisms of Israel’s US-backed atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon.

ENVIRONMENT

Burn the Planet and Lock Up the Dissidents

6 Oct 2024 - The fossil fuel industry, and the politician class they own, have no intention of halting the ecocide. As the climate crisis worsens, so do the laws and security measures to keep us in bondage.

New BioDB Global Tool Highlights Conservation Efforts Across 180 Countries

27 Sep 2024 - The Nature Conservation Index: Findings Underscore the Need for Strategic Biodiversity Protection Worldwide

SCIENCE

Do Other Animals Have Consciousness? Science Could Force Us to Rethink Our Relationships with Them

The broad consensus is that many species are sentient.

HISTORY

Kievan Russia (882−1242): The Original National State of Russians

2 Oct 2024 - In the years from 882 to 1242 the first and original national state organization of the Russians – the Kievan Russia (not Kyivan Rusia or Kyiv Rus’!) became directly and indirectly subject to external political influences.

POETRY FORMAT

Looking Up

I realized recently That If you look up at a pine tree From a certain angle

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES

(Italiano) La Guerra Fredda come metafora

24 Settembre 2024 - La Guerra Fredda vale la pena rammentarla. C’è molto da imparare sul conflitto e il meta-conflitto. Per l’Occidente vs. l’Islam.

(Italiano) Più creatività, per favore!

Le istituzioni latin-americane domani possono diventare quelle dell’Asia Orientale, entrambe ispirate da e ispirazione per l’Unione Africana e soprattutto dalla madre delle Unioni, quella Europea, persa nel divario fra il desiderio di essere emulata e la paura d’irritare i nordamericani.

(Italiano) Intelligenza Artificiale: una rete impalpabile o una insostenibile ragnatela?

30 settembre 2024 - Si moltiplicano le ricerche e le applicazioni pratiche dell'IA. Un aspetto sorprendente è la vastità di temi e problemi che vedono sempre più l'IA protagonista di cambiamenti radicali nei nostri modi di vivere, di muoverci, di interagire, di interpretare il mondo.

(Français) Remarques pour la Journée Internationale de la Paix

2 octobre 2024 - Ce text est le contenu de mon discours à l’Unesco lors de la réunion organisée par le collectif des ONG partenaires officielles de l’UNESCO en coproduction avec l’Association des Anciens Fonctionnaires de l’UNESCO et le soutien de la Commission nationale française pour l’UNESCO.

(Português) Um Mundo que Perdeu o Coração

6 out 2024 - Acompanhando o curso do mundo, notamos um verdadeiro tsunami de ódio, mentiras, exclusões, verdadeiros genocídios e extermínios em massa como na Faixa de Gaza, que nos deixa perplexos. Até onde pode chegar a maldade humana?

INSPIRATIONAL

Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau and the Little Owl

True curiosity is an open wonderment at what something is and how it works without emotional attachment to the outcome. “Life! who knows what it is, what it does?” Thoreau exclaimed on the pages of his journal.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Eliminating Terrorism with Terrorism

25 Sep 2024 - Makes sense...

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Circumstantial Evidence

A husband and wife spent their vacation at a lake where he enjoyed fishing. One day, while he was taking a nap on shore, the wife took their fishing boat to explore the lake.

IN-DEPTH VIDEOS

Iran’s Missile Attack on Israel: Explained

2 Oct 2024 - Glenn Greenwald uses the mainstream media coverage of the recent Iranian aerial attack on Israel to highlight the contradictions in their reporting.

The 2012 Assange Interview with Nasrallah

2012 Interview - A freedom fighter to some, a terrorist to others, this is Hezbollah Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated by Israeli military in Beirut on 27 Sep 2024. From a secret location in Lebanon, he gave Assange a rare and frank insight into his vision for the future of the Middle East.

SHORT VIDEO CLIPS

The Military-Industrial Complex Explained

The Real Reason That the United States Is Permanently at War - Here is everything you need to know about the Military Industrial Complex.

Die with a Smile (Music Video of the Week)

Aug 2024 - Simply Delicious!…