Archive for 2012 – Week 0


A Momentum of Cynicism
Robert C. Koehler – Common Wonders
January 16th, 2012 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on A Momentum of Cynicism)
Is Israel Suicidal?
MJ Rosenberg – Political Correction
January 16th, 2012 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | 2 Comments »)
Palestine 1896
TMS Editor
January 16th, 2012 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | 1 Comment »)
How to Start a War: The American Use of War Pretext Incidents
Richard Sanders – Global Research
January 16th, 2012 (IN FOCUS | 1 Comment »)
(Castellano) Galicia Prohibirá la Entrada de Menores de 12 Años en las Corridas de Toros
TRANSCEND Media Service
January 16th, 2012 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Galicia Prohibirá la Entrada de Menores de 12 Años en las Corridas de Toros)
(Castellano) Peru: Prohibirían Ingreso de Menores a Espectáculos Taurinos
Congreso de Peru – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 16th, 2012 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Peru: Prohibirían Ingreso de Menores a Espectáculos Taurinos)
Learning from the Northern Ireland and South Africa’s Conflicts (Cont’d)
Pierre Celestin Bakunda – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 16th, 2012 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION | Comments Off on Learning from the Northern Ireland and South Africa’s Conflicts (Cont’d))
What Solidarity Meant To Marx
Aaron Petkov - Socialist Worker
January 16th, 2012 (SOCIALISM - MARXISM | Comments Off on What Solidarity Meant To Marx)
(Italian) Chi Era Gesù?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
(Italian) Galtung e Gesù: Un Comment
Enrico Peyretti – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
Political Transition in Nepal and the Role of the International Community
Yadab Bastola – Peace & Collaborative Development Network
January 9th, 2012 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Political Transition in Nepal and the Role of the International Community)
The Delusional Assumptions of Capitalism
Doug Harvey – Common Dreams
January 9th, 2012 (ECONOMICS | 1 Comment »)
Preparing Peace Teachers and Peace Workers in the Community
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Haiti: Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go
Bill Quigley and Amber Ramanauskas - Truthout
January 9th, 2012 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Haiti: Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go)
No Therapy in Retail
Prof. Vandana Shiva – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on No Therapy in Retail)
The End of the Keynesian Era
Nathan Lewis – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on The End of the Keynesian Era)
Rethinking the Growth Imperative
Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate
January 9th, 2012 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Rethinking the Growth Imperative)
Haiti: From Displacement Camps to Community
Alexis Erkert and Beverly Bell – Toward Freedom
January 9th, 2012 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Haiti: From Displacement Camps to Community)
FBI Tracking Videotapers as Terrorists?
Dean Kuipers – Los Angeles Times
January 9th, 2012 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on FBI Tracking Videotapers as Terrorists?)
Private Security and ‘the Israelites of Latin America’
Belen Fernandez – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Private Security and ‘the Israelites of Latin America’)
“Zombie” Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees
Katherine Harmon – Scientific American
January 9th, 2012 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on “Zombie” Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees)
Total Ignorance: Where’s Libya, Iraq or Iran? NYC doesn’t care!
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | 1 Comment »)
Good Times down Latin America’s Way
Jorge G. Castañeda – Project Syndicate
January 9th, 2012 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Good Times down Latin America’s Way)
McDonald’s Goes Belly Up in Bolivia
Pravda – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on McDonald’s Goes Belly Up in Bolivia)
‘Destroying Democracy’: Hungarians Protest Controversial New Constitution
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (EUROPE | 1 Comment »)
(Castellano) Maquiavelo ¿Maquiavélico?
Fernando Montiel T. – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Maquiavelo ¿Maquiavélico?)
Australia: Economic Forecasters Lose Their Way in Extreme Weather
Peter Martin – BusinessDay
January 9th, 2012 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Australia: Economic Forecasters Lose Their Way in Extreme Weather)
In West Bank, Israel’s Rule is that of the Jungle
Haaretz, Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (PALESTINE ISRAEL GAZA GENOCIDE | Comments Off on In West Bank, Israel’s Rule is that of the Jungle)
Afghanistan: Catch ’em Young, for Prostitution
Rebecca Murray – Inter Press Service-IPS
January 9th, 2012 (CENTRAL ASIA | Comments Off on Afghanistan: Catch ’em Young, for Prostitution)
Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry after Chernobyl and Fukushima
Gayle Greene – The Asia-Pacific Journal
January 9th, 2012 (ENERGY, KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA | Comments Off on Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry after Chernobyl and Fukushima)
Israel’s Radical Settlers: A Fifth Column?
Roxanne Horesh – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (PALESTINE ISRAEL GAZA GENOCIDE | Comments Off on Israel’s Radical Settlers: A Fifth Column?)
Pushing Iran towards a Nuclear Bomb
Patrick Disney – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Pushing Iran towards a Nuclear Bomb)
Cuba Launches World’s First Vaccine against Lung Cancer
ZeitNews – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (HEALTH | Comments Off on Cuba Launches World’s First Vaccine against Lung Cancer)
UK’s Student Body Endorses Divestment
Ben White – The Electronic Intifada
January 9th, 2012 (PALESTINE ISRAEL GAZA GENOCIDE | Comments Off on UK’s Student Body Endorses Divestment)
Where Are We Heading?
Johan Galtung, 9 Jan 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (EDITORIAL | 3 Comments »)
(Spanish, English, Portuguese) Eduardo Galeano – El Derecho al Delirio (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
TMS Editor
January 9th, 2012 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on (Spanish, English, Portuguese) Eduardo Galeano – El Derecho al Delirio (VIDEO OF THE WEEK))
Doctors Sued For Creating ‘Valium Addicts’
Nina Lakhani – The Independent
January 9th, 2012 (HEALTH | Comments Off on Doctors Sued For Creating ‘Valium Addicts’)
Coca-Cola Accused of Propping Up Notorious Swaziland Dictator
David Smith in Johannesburg – The Guardian
January 9th, 2012 (AFRICA | Comments Off on Coca-Cola Accused of Propping Up Notorious Swaziland Dictator)
Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production
Jeff Nall – Toward Freedom
January 9th, 2012 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production)
Who Produces the Wealth in Society?
Duncan Hallas – Socialist Worker
January 9th, 2012 (SOCIALISM - MARXISM | Comments Off on Who Produces the Wealth in Society?)
Why Latin America Calls On Philosophers
Santiago Zabala – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Why Latin America Calls On Philosophers)
Fallujah Babies: Under A New Kind of Siege
Dahr Jamail – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Fallujah Babies: Under A New Kind of Siege)
How Congress Has Signed Its Own Arrest Warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Act
Naomi Wolf – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on How Congress Has Signed Its Own Arrest Warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Act)
Thousands of US Troops Deploying To Israel
Reuters, Nir Elias – Russia Today
January 9th, 2012 (NEWS | Comments Off on Thousands of US Troops Deploying To Israel)
Western Oil Firms Remain As US Exits Iraq
Dahr Jamail – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (IN FOCUS | 2 Comments »)
Wanna buy a frog?
TMS Editor
January 9th, 2012 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Wanna buy a frog?)
Remembering the Best and Worst of 2011
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Remembering the Best and Worst of 2011)
Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on World Affairs
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2012 (IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | Comments Off on Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on World Affairs)
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Plans To Put Treaty with Israel to a Referendum
Jack Khoury – Haaretz
January 9th, 2012 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Plans To Put Treaty with Israel to a Referendum)
In Nigeria, Boko Haram Is Not the Problem
Jean Herskovits – The New York Times
January 9th, 2012 (AFRICA | 1 Comment »)
Exxon ‘Loses’ Venezuela Nationalisation Case
Chris Arsenault – Al Jazeera
January 9th, 2012 (ENERGY | Comments Off on Exxon ‘Loses’ Venezuela Nationalisation Case)
(Castellano) Israel, ¿El País Que Tiene un Ejército o el Ejército Que Tiene un País?
Carmen Rengel – Periodismo Humano
January 9th, 2012 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Israel, ¿El País Que Tiene un Ejército o el Ejército Que Tiene un País?)
End of the Pro-democracy Pretense
Peter Martin – BusinessDay
January 9th, 2012 (IN FOCUS | 2 Comments »)
(Spanish/Portuguese) A Ordem Criminosa do Mundo / El Orden Criminal del Mundo
TVE2 – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | Comments Off on (Spanish/Portuguese) A Ordem Criminosa do Mundo / El Orden Criminal del Mundo)
Green Cities on the Cheap: Low-Cost Solutions for a Sustainable World
Jared Green – Grist
January 2nd, 2012 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Green Cities on the Cheap: Low-Cost Solutions for a Sustainable World)
Why Is Nepal Cracking Down on Tibetan Refugees?
Jon Krakauer – The New Yorker
January 2nd, 2012 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Why Is Nepal Cracking Down on Tibetan Refugees?)
2012: The Davids and the Goliaths
Johan Galtung, 2 Jan 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (EDITORIAL | 4 Comments »)
2012: The Year of Nonviolence?
Jake Olzen – Waging Nonviolence
January 2nd, 2012 (NONVIOLENCE | Comments Off on 2012: The Year of Nonviolence?)
Global Brane Comprehension Enabling a Higher Dimensional Big Tent?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Global Brane Comprehension Enabling a Higher Dimensional Big Tent?)
My Dreams for 2012
Dr Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on My Dreams for 2012)
Brazil Overtakes UK as Sixth-Largest Economy
Phillip Inman – The Guardian
January 2nd, 2012 (BRICS | Comments Off on Brazil Overtakes UK as Sixth-Largest Economy)
America’s Killer Med Crisis
Kevin Gray – The Fix
January 2nd, 2012 (HEALTH | Comments Off on America’s Killer Med Crisis)
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in the US for the First Time
Mike Barrett – Natural Society
January 2nd, 2012 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in the US for the First Time)
European Shame over the Roma Question
Julian Popov – Al Jazeera
January 2nd, 2012 (EUROPE | Comments Off on European Shame over the Roma Question)
How Did Our Friend Iran Become Our Enemy?
Jim Powell - Forbes
January 2nd, 2012 (IN FOCUS | 1 Comment »)
North Korea’s Samurai Rules
Yuriko Koike – Project Syndicate
January 2nd, 2012 (ASIA--PACIFIC | 1 Comment »)
Stand By Me – Songs aroung the World: Peace through Music (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Playing for Change – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on Stand By Me – Songs aroung the World: Peace through Music (VIDEO OF THE WEEK))
From the East, Long Ago…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on From the East, Long Ago…)
Unemployed Portuguese Told To ‘Just Emigrate’
Mario Queiroz – TerrraViva Europe
January 2nd, 2012 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Unemployed Portuguese Told To ‘Just Emigrate’)
Ten Social Justice Trends Changing the World
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (ANALYSIS, COOPS-COOPERATION-SHARING | 1 Comment »)
Two Thirds of U.S. Foreign Aid is Really Military Aid
David Wallechinsky & Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (IN FOCUS | 2 Comments »)
Violence and Conflict Theories & Obstacles to Peace in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Dr. Pierre Celestin Bakunda – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (AFRICA | 1 Comment »)
What is Shame?
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
(Portuguese) Filhotes Deixados na Neve Ilustram Campanha Contra Abandono de Cães Após Natal
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2012 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Portuguese) Filhotes Deixados na Neve Ilustram Campanha Contra Abandono de Cães Após Natal)