Archive for 2011 – Week 20


From Nobel to Nobel – Open Letter to Barack Obama
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (NOBEL LAUREATES | 1 Comment »)
May 15, 2011: 63 Years of Nakba (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Palestinian Youth Manifesto – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on May 15, 2011: 63 Years of Nakba (VIDEO OF THE WEEK))
Julian Assange: The Man Who Leaked the World
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE, IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | 1 Comment »)
Wanted Dead or Alive
Robert Koehler – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (TMS PEACE JOURNALISM | 1 Comment »)
Vanunu Demands Revoking of His Israeli Citizenship
Mark Weiss in Jerusalem – Irish Times
May 16th, 2011 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Vanunu Demands Revoking of His Israeli Citizenship)
Tragedy Is Ignored Because the Victims Are Not White
Jerome Taylor – The Independent
May 16th, 2011 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Tragedy Is Ignored Because the Victims Are Not White)
Samoa Skips From Last to First Country to See the Sun
Kathy Marks, Asia-Pacific Correspondent – The Independent
May 16th, 2011 (INSPIRATIONAL | 4 Comments »)
Is Pakistan Being Cast as the Next Plausible Evil Doer?
Jeff Gates – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Is Pakistan Being Cast as the Next Plausible Evil Doer?)
The Brutal Face of Bahrain’s Monarchy
Tithi Bhattacharya and Bill Mullen – Socialist Worker
May 16th, 2011 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | 1 Comment »)
(Castellano) Osama y Obama
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Osama y Obama)
Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder
Mark MazzettI and Emily B. Hager – The New York Times
May 16th, 2011 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder)
Observing the 63rd Nakba
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Observing the 63rd Nakba)
Manifesto
Palestinian Youth – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (IN FOCUS | 2 Comments »)
Press Release-UN High Commission for Human Rights: Palestinian Nakba
Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on Press Release-UN High Commission for Human Rights: Palestinian Nakba)
A Moment of Silence, Before I Start This Poem
Emmanuel Ortiz – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on A Moment of Silence, Before I Start This Poem)
Glencore: Profiteering From Hunger and Chaos
Chris Arsenault – Al Jazeera
May 16th, 2011 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Glencore: Profiteering From Hunger and Chaos)
What Happened to the Western Left?
Johan Galtung, 16 May 2011 - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (EDITORIAL, ECONOMICS, COOPS-COOPERATION-SHARING | 3 Comments »)
Deadly Silence on Fukushima
Vivian Norris – Huffington Post
May 16th, 2011 (ENERGY | Comments Off on Deadly Silence on Fukushima)
Blood Bonanza: UK Private Security Firms Eye Libya as New Cash Cow
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Blood Bonanza: UK Private Security Firms Eye Libya as New Cash Cow)
Rejoice Not…
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Rejoice Not…)
(French) «En Afrique, les Homosexuels Sont des Boucs Emissaires»
Quentin Girard – Libération
May 16th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (French) «En Afrique, les Homosexuels Sont des Boucs Emissaires»)
After Osama: China?
John Feffer – Foreign Policy in Focus
May 16th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS | Comments Off on After Osama: China?)
How A Big US Bank Laundered Billions from Mexico’s Murderous Drug Gangs
Ed Vulliamy – The Observer
May 16th, 2011 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on How A Big US Bank Laundered Billions from Mexico’s Murderous Drug Gangs)
New Egyptian Stance towards Israel, Hamas and Iran
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on New Egyptian Stance towards Israel, Hamas and Iran)
On the Elimination of Osama bin Laden
Ron Paul – LewRockwell
May 16th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on On the Elimination of Osama bin Laden)
Ignorance Is Strength: Americans Are Living In 1984
Paul Craig Roberts - LewRockwell
May 16th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Ignorance Is Strength: Americans Are Living In 1984)
Sunni Monarchies Close Ranks
Barbara Slavin – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 16th, 2011 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Sunni Monarchies Close Ranks)
Keepers of the Seeds
Winona LaDuke – Yes! Magazine
May 16th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Keepers of the Seeds)
Report 2011: Amnesty International at 50 says Historic Change on Knife-Edge
Amnesty International – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (ANALYSIS | Comments Off on Report 2011: Amnesty International at 50 says Historic Change on Knife-Edge)
Forty-Eight Women Raped Every Hour in Congo, Study Finds
Jo Adetunji – The Guardian
May 16th, 2011 (AFRICA | Comments Off on Forty-Eight Women Raped Every Hour in Congo, Study Finds)
Tony Kushner and the Angels of Dissent
Amy Goodman - Truthdig
May 16th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Tony Kushner and the Angels of Dissent)
How Safe Is Your Food? GMO, Food Borne Illnesses and Biotechnology
Rady Ananda – Global Research
May 16th, 2011 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on How Safe Is Your Food? GMO, Food Borne Illnesses and Biotechnology)
The War Lovers: Why It Feels So Good to Be Embedded with the U.S. Military
Peter Van Buren - TomDispatch
May 16th, 2011 (MEDIA | Comments Off on The War Lovers: Why It Feels So Good to Be Embedded with the U.S. Military)
Israel Stripped 140,000 Palestinians of Residency Rights, Document Reveals
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem – The Guardian
May 16th, 2011 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Israel Stripped 140,000 Palestinians of Residency Rights, Document Reveals)
Red Rosa
Christopher Hitchens – Atlantic Monthly
May 16th, 2011 (HISTORY | Comments Off on Red Rosa)
Stingy
TMS Editor
May 16th, 2011 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Stingy)
How the Murdoch Press Keeps Australia’s Dirty Secret
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on How the Murdoch Press Keeps Australia’s Dirty Secret)
Insecurity in Security
Bishnu Pathak, PhD, Peace and Conflict Studies Center – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 2 Comments »)
Nuclear Meltdown at Fukushima Plant
Julian Ryall in Tokyo – The Telegraph
May 16th, 2011 (ENERGY | Comments Off on Nuclear Meltdown at Fukushima Plant)
Bin Laden Out, Gaddafi Next
Pepe Escobar – Asia Times
May 16th, 2011 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Bin Laden Out, Gaddafi Next)
(Castellano) De Nobel a Nobel: Carta Abierta a Barack Obama
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) De Nobel a Nobel: Carta Abierta a Barack Obama)
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective
Dr. Helen Caldicott – Global Research
May 16th, 2011 (ENERGY | Comments Off on The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective)
The Audacity of Genetically Modified Foods
Bruce Robinson – Boulder Daily Camera
May 16th, 2011 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on The Audacity of Genetically Modified Foods)
Global Capitalism and 21st Century Fascism
William I. Robinson – Al Jazeera
May 16th, 2011 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Global Capitalism and 21st Century Fascism)
Schengen Zone Dispute: EU Slams Denmark over Plans to Reintroduce Border Checks
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Schengen Zone Dispute: EU Slams Denmark over Plans to Reintroduce Border Checks)
Julian Assange Awarded Australian Peace Prize
Reuters – The Guardian
May 16th, 2011 (NEWS | Comments Off on Julian Assange Awarded Australian Peace Prize)
A Fatal Addiction to Plastic – Trashing the Oceans and Our Own Health
Stephen Leahy – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on A Fatal Addiction to Plastic – Trashing the Oceans and Our Own Health)