Archive for 2013 – Week 21


Dispatch #1 from the Mussalaha Delegation to Syria: “When can we go back?”
Paul Larudee – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | 2 Comments »)
Dispatch #2 from the Mussalaha Delegation to Syria
Paul Larudee – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | 2 Comments »)
Syria Dispatch #3: Prisoner Release; Attack on Mother Agnes; Homs Project
Paul Larudee – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | 1 Comment »)
Dispatch #4: Declarations of the Delegation; Prisoner Release
Paul Larudee – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Dispatch #4: Declarations of the Delegation; Prisoner Release)
Mali under Indefinite Occupation
Roger Annis, The Bullet – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (AFRICA, ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, EUROPE | Comments Off on Mali under Indefinite Occupation)
Toxic Legacy of US Assault on Fallujah ‘Worse Than Hiroshima’
Patrick Cockburn – The Independent
May 20th, 2013 (IN FOCUS, ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, HEALTH, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | 1 Comment »)
La Délégation Internationale de la Paix Participe a Une Prière Pour la Paix en Syrie
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on La Délégation Internationale de la Paix Participe a Une Prière Pour la Paix en Syrie)
Russia’s Plan for the BRICS to Dismantle the Dollar System
Valentin Mândrăşescu – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Russia’s Plan for the BRICS to Dismantle the Dollar System)
Bill Keller Has Completely Misread Syria’s Red Lines
Robin Edward Poulton PhD – The New York Times
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, ANGLO AMERICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Bill Keller Has Completely Misread Syria’s Red Lines)
The Price of Pacifism: Refusing to Go to War Is Finally Being Recognised As a Brave Act
Holly Williams – The Independent
May 20th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, ACTIVISM, MILITARISM, JUSTICE | Comments Off on The Price of Pacifism: Refusing to Go to War Is Finally Being Recognised As a Brave Act)
Sri Lanka: Four Years after the War’s End, Little Reconciliation, Few Creative Changes
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, TRANSCEND MEMBERS, ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Sri Lanka: Four Years after the War’s End, Little Reconciliation, Few Creative Changes)
Declaration of the Mussalaha Delegation to Syria on the Refugee Situation in Lebanon
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Declaration of the Mussalaha Delegation to Syria on the Refugee Situation in Lebanon)
Syrian Democratic Party Declaration to the Peace Delegation
SDP General Assembly – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Syrian Democratic Party Declaration to the Peace Delegation)
Turkish Authorities Involved in Stealing Body Organs of Injured Syrians
SANA – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (MILITARISM, HEALTH, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Turkish Authorities Involved in Stealing Body Organs of Injured Syrians)
(Italiano) Mussalaha per la Pace e l’Autodeterminazione in Siria
Marinella Correggia – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
May 20th, 2013 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Mussalaha per la Pace e l’Autodeterminazione in Siria)
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s 18 May, 2013 Interview
Clarin – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s 18 May, 2013 Interview)
UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion
Franklin Lamb - CounterPunch
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion)
Syrian Refugees
Luke Waters – World News Australia
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Syrian Refugees)
International Peace Activists Report the Real Situation in Syria
TeleSur TV – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | 1 Comment »)
Stephen Hawking’s Boycott Hits Israel Where It Hurts: Science
Hilary Rose and Steven Rose – The Guardian
May 20th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, ACTIVISM, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP, SCIENCE | Comments Off on Stephen Hawking’s Boycott Hits Israel Where It Hurts: Science)
Tyranny of the One Per Cent
Serge Halimi – Le Monde Diplomatique
May 20th, 2013 (IN FOCUS, ANGLO AMERICA, EUROPE, JUSTICE, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM | Comments Off on Tyranny of the One Per Cent)
India’s Child Soldiers: Thousands Recruited, Government Defends Record of Terror Groups before UN Child Rights Committee
Asian Centre for Human Rights - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, UNITED NATIONS | 1 Comment »)
“Cuban Democracy” versus “American Democracy”
Arnold August and Julie Lévesque – Global Research
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, REVIEWS | Comments Off on “Cuban Democracy” versus “American Democracy”)
(Português) Brasil Deveria Seguir Exemplo Chinês, Defende Economista
Marcelo Justo – Carta Maior
May 20th, 2013 (ASIA--PACIFIC, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
Noam Chomsky Helped Lobby Stephen Hawking to Stage Israel Boycott
Robert Booth and Harriet Sherwood – The Guardian
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, EUROPE, JUSTICE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP, SCIENCE | Comments Off on Noam Chomsky Helped Lobby Stephen Hawking to Stage Israel Boycott)
(Português) O Que Fazer com o Seu Dinheiro: O Discurso de Autoajuda em Manchetes de Capa de Jornais
Leusa Santos – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (BRICS, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, ECONOMICS, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
Catastrophe for 65 Years
Patrick O. Strickland – Socialist Worker
May 20th, 2013 (MILITARISM, JUSTICE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, HISTORY | Comments Off on Catastrophe for 65 Years)
Report: Canada Could See Indigenous Uprising
Chris Arsenault – Al Jazeera
May 20th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, ACTIVISM, ANGLO AMERICA, JUSTICE | Comments Off on Report: Canada Could See Indigenous Uprising)
(Italiano) Siria
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Siria)
On Political Preconditions
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on On Political Preconditions)
Internet Advocates Say the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is the Biggest Threat Yet to Open Web
Russell Brandom, The Verge – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, MEDIA, WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on Internet Advocates Say the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is the Biggest Threat Yet to Open Web)
Ten Years after Invasion, Iraq Continues to Import Oil Products
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, ENERGY, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, UNITED NATIONS, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, HISTORY | Comments Off on Ten Years after Invasion, Iraq Continues to Import Oil Products)
General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (APPEALS | Comments Off on General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony)
Meeting the Pope
TMS editor
May 20th, 2013 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Meeting the Pope)
Moaz al-Khatib Exposes Roles of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the Syrian Crisis
Al-Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | Comments Off on Moaz al-Khatib Exposes Roles of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the Syrian Crisis)
Mideast Backlashes Yet to Come
Sharmine Narwani – Al Akhbar
May 20th, 2013 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Mideast Backlashes Yet to Come)
G20 Governments All Agreed to Cyprus-Style Theft of Bank Deposits … In 2010
Colin McKay – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, EUROPE, JUSTICE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, UNITED NATIONS, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on G20 Governments All Agreed to Cyprus-Style Theft of Bank Deposits … In 2010)
Praying for Peace in Damascus while Surrounded by War
Michael Jansen – Irish Times
May 20th, 2013 (NEWS, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Praying for Peace in Damascus while Surrounded by War)
U.N. Assembly Slams Syrian Government’s ‘Escalation’ of War
Al Arabiya with Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on U.N. Assembly Slams Syrian Government’s ‘Escalation’ of War)
Can Richard Falk Achieve Civil Rights for Palestinians in Lebanon?
Franklin Lamb - CounterPunch
May 20th, 2013 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Can Richard Falk Achieve Civil Rights for Palestinians in Lebanon?)
Syrian Forces Inflict Heavy Losses on US Sponsored Terrorists
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (NEWS, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Syrian Forces Inflict Heavy Losses on US Sponsored Terrorists)
Austria Says UK Push to Arm Syrian Rebels Would Violate International Law
Julian Borger – The Guardian
May 20th, 2013 (EUROPE, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Austria Says UK Push to Arm Syrian Rebels Would Violate International Law)
‘Moonlight’ Sonata (Music Video of the Week)
HJ Lim – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on ‘Moonlight’ Sonata (Music Video of the Week))
TRANSCEND General Assembly in Germany, 16-18 Aug, 2013
Erika Degortes – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND News | Comments Off on TRANSCEND General Assembly in Germany, 16-18 Aug, 2013)
U.S. Currently Fighting 74 Different Wars … That It Will Publicly Admit
Washington’s Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM | Comments Off on U.S. Currently Fighting 74 Different Wars … That It Will Publicly Admit)
The Left vs. the Liberal Media
Neil Clark – The American Conservative
May 20th, 2013 (MEDIA | Comments Off on The Left vs. the Liberal Media)
Fake Commissioning Planned at Koodankulam?
People’s Movemenmt Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, ACTIVISM, ENERGY, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT, KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA | Comments Off on Fake Commissioning Planned at Koodankulam?)
Murder Is Our National Sport
Chris Hedges - Truthdig
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, JUSTICE | Comments Off on Murder Is Our National Sport)
Former Guatemala Dictator Rios Montt Convicted of Genocide
Mike McDonald, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (JUSTICE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Former Guatemala Dictator Rios Montt Convicted of Genocide)
Obama: Walk Your Talk on Guantánamo
The Nation, Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, JUSTICE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Obama: Walk Your Talk on Guantánamo)
The Three Heroines of Guatemala: The Judge, the Attorney General and the Nobel Peace Laureate
Amy Goodman - Truthdig
May 20th, 2013 (JUSTICE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on The Three Heroines of Guatemala: The Judge, the Attorney General and the Nobel Peace Laureate)
Time We Civilize Our Foreign Affairs
Mazher Hussain – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Time We Civilize Our Foreign Affairs)
Good-Bye Dubai? Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Leave the Entire Gulf States Region Virtually Uninhabitable
Wade Stone – Global Research
May 20th, 2013 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Good-Bye Dubai? Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Leave the Entire Gulf States Region Virtually Uninhabitable)
The Concluding Declaration of the Mussalaha Peace Delegation to Syria
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | 2 Comments »)
The Basel Committee and the Global Banking Mafia
Valentin Katasonov – Strategic Culture Foundation
May 20th, 2013 (EUROPE, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM | Comments Off on The Basel Committee and the Global Banking Mafia)
Health Insurance for the Planet
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Health Insurance for the Planet)
(Italiano) ABEconomia e lo Stato del Giappone
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (ASIA--PACIFIC, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) ABEconomia e lo Stato del Giappone)
Are Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar Elites Complicit in the Rohingya Ethnocide?
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, RELIGION | 1 Comment »)
Mono- Multi- Inter- Cross- Trans-Disciplinary
Johan Galtung
May 20th, 2013 (EDITORIAL, CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, ANALYSIS, ACADEMIA-KNOWLEDGE-SCHOLARSHIP, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, SCIENCE, EDUCATION | 2 Comments »)
Syria: Ten Points towards Reconciliation and Peace
ISTEAMS-International Support Team for Mussalaha in Syria – Transcend Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Syria: Ten Points towards Reconciliation and Peace)
To the Children of Syria
Nasser Barghouty – Palestine Chronicle
May 20th, 2013 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT, POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on To the Children of Syria)
On the Road to Damascus
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TMS PEACE JOURNALISM, CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, TRANSCEND MEMBERS, MILITARISM, ANALYSIS, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, EXPOSURES - EXPOSÉS, CURRENT AFFAIRS, HISTORY | 24 Comments »)
Marx and Lenin as the New Go-To Economists: In the Time between Crises
Rob Urie - CounterPunch
May 20th, 2013 (ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM - MARXISM, DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on Marx and Lenin as the New Go-To Economists: In the Time between Crises)
83-Year Old Nun Facing 20-Year Sentence for ‘Symbolic’ Nuclear Facility Break-In
Stephen C. Webster –The Raw Story
May 20th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ACTIVISM, ANGLO AMERICA, JUSTICE | Comments Off on 83-Year Old Nun Facing 20-Year Sentence for ‘Symbolic’ Nuclear Facility Break-In)
(Castellano) ONU Califica de Histórica Condena a Dictador Guatemalteco Ríos Montt
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (JUSTICE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, UNITED NATIONS, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) ONU Califica de Histórica Condena a Dictador Guatemalteco Ríos Montt)
Rethinking ‘Red Lines’
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on Rethinking ‘Red Lines’)
Beyond Theory – the Practice of Building Socialism in Latin America
Jorge Capelan and Toni Solo – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, SOCIALISM - MARXISM, COOPS-COOPERATION-SHARING, EDUCATION | Comments Off on Beyond Theory – the Practice of Building Socialism in Latin America)
Mine: Story of a Sacred Mountain
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, DEVELOPMENT, REVIEWS | 2 Comments »)
Force Feeding Continues: 2 More Guantanamo Prisoners Join Hunger Strike, Military Says
Carol Rosenberg - The Miami Herald
May 20th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, ACTIVISM, ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, HEALTH, JUSTICE | Comments Off on Force Feeding Continues: 2 More Guantanamo Prisoners Join Hunger Strike, Military Says)