Archive for 2013 – Week 22


The Americas: Colombia and the USA
Johan Galtung
May 28th, 2013 (EDITORIAL, ANGLO AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 4 Comments »)
Whistleblower: Al-Qaeda Chief Was US Asset – Did State Department Block Sunday Times Exposé of Pentagon Terrorist Ties?
Dr Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – Huffington Post
May 27th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, ANGLO AMERICA, EUROPE, JUSTICE, MEDIA | Comments Off on Whistleblower: Al-Qaeda Chief Was US Asset – Did State Department Block Sunday Times Exposé of Pentagon Terrorist Ties?)
(Italiano) Appello della Premio Nobel Mairead Maguire all’Italia: “Non boicottate la pace”
Marinella Correggia – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
May 27th, 2013 (NOBEL LAUREATES, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Appello della Premio Nobel Mairead Maguire all’Italia: “Non boicottate la pace”)
Syrian Militants Used Chemical Weapons: UN Investigators
PressTV – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, UNITED NATIONS | 1 Comment »)
Towards a ‘Lagom’ Society
Kaj Embren – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, IN FOCUS, EUROPE, CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Towards a ‘Lagom’ Society)
America is Losing its Covert Syria War: US Sponsored Al Nusra Rebels Defeated by Syrian Armed Forces
Prof Michel Chossudovsky – Global Research
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on America is Losing its Covert Syria War: US Sponsored Al Nusra Rebels Defeated by Syrian Armed Forces)
Take It from the Rabbi’s Mouth
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Take It from the Rabbi’s Mouth)
Le Sacre du Printemps — 100th Anniversary: A Quartet of Creators
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (ARTS | Comments Off on Le Sacre du Printemps — 100th Anniversary: A Quartet of Creators)
General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (APPEALS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, UNITED NATIONS, PUBLIC SERVICE | Comments Off on General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony)
Il Volo – Nobel Peace Concert 2012 (Music Video of the Week)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (NOBEL LAUREATES, Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on Il Volo – Nobel Peace Concert 2012 (Music Video of the Week))
India Bans Captive Dolphin Shows as ‘Morally Unacceptable’
News Editor – Environment News Service
May 27th, 2013 (ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, JUSTICE, ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | 1 Comment »)
Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars from Yemen to Pakistan to Laos
Amy Goodman – Democracy NOW!
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | Comments Off on Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars from Yemen to Pakistan to Laos)
800 Tunisian Islamists Fighting in Syria, Minister Says
AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, RELIGION | Comments Off on 800 Tunisian Islamists Fighting in Syria, Minister Says)
(Italiano) Siria. Mussalaha Contro Musallahin (I puntata)
Marinella Correggia – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
May 27th, 2013 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Siria. Mussalaha Contro Musallahin (I puntata))
The Koodankulam Mystery (2): Russian Officials’ Anxiety
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, ACTIVISM, ENERGY, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, ENVIRONMENT, CAPITALISM, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA | Comments Off on The Koodankulam Mystery (2): Russian Officials’ Anxiety)
Blood and Oil
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Blood and Oil)
Monsanto and Other GM Firms Are Winning In the US – And Globally
Wenonah Hauter – The Guardian
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, ENVIRONMENT, CAPITALISM, ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on Monsanto and Other GM Firms Are Winning In the US – And Globally)
(Castellano) La Corporación-Estado
Andrei Fúrsov – Forum Mundial de Alternativas
May 27th, 2013 (ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) La Corporación-Estado)
“The Salvador Option for Syria”: US-NATO Sponsored Death Squads Integrate “Opposition Forces”
Prof Michel Chossudovsky – Global Research
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on “The Salvador Option for Syria”: US-NATO Sponsored Death Squads Integrate “Opposition Forces”)
Terracide and the Terrarists – Destroying the Planet for Record Profits
Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch
May 27th, 2013 (ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on Terracide and the Terrarists – Destroying the Planet for Record Profits)
(Russian – русский) Маркс «воскресший»
Террі Іглтон – ЛІВА
May 27th, 2013 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Russian – русский) Маркс «воскресший»)
Verizon (and Google) Helped U.S. Government to Spy on Reporters
Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MEDIA, WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Verizon (and Google) Helped U.S. Government to Spy on Reporters)
(Italiano) Un Mondo Ottagonale
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, ANGLO AMERICA, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, UNITED NATIONS, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Un Mondo Ottagonale)
Syrians Neither Need Nor Want Western Interference: The First Syrian Casualty
Paul Larudee - ConterPunch
May 27th, 2013 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, EUROPE, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on Syrians Neither Need Nor Want Western Interference: The First Syrian Casualty)
(Italiano) Frattanto, Manchester United
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, MEDIA, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Frattanto, Manchester United)
(Italiano) Siria: La «Riconciliazione» Che Sfida la Guerra
Marinella Correggia – Il Manifesto
May 27th, 2013 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Siria: La «Riconciliazione» Che Sfida la Guerra)
In Vietnam, Rhino Horns Worth Their Weight in Gold
Marwaan Macan-Markar – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 27th, 2013 (ASIA--PACIFIC, ENVIRONMENT, CAPITALISM, ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on In Vietnam, Rhino Horns Worth Their Weight in Gold)
Genesis, by Sebastião Salgado: Exhibition Review
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (BRICS, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, ARTS, REVIEWS | 1 Comment »)
Burning Out another Room in the Arab House
Jeremy Salt, Ankara – The Palestine Chronicle
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Burning Out another Room in the Arab House)
The Capone Moment: Could LIBOR Fracture the International Banking Cartel?
Steve Rushton, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, EUROPE, JUSTICE, UNITED NATIONS, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM | Comments Off on The Capone Moment: Could LIBOR Fracture the International Banking Cartel?)
Number One Sport
TMS editor
May 27th, 2013 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Number One Sport)
Study: Fukushima Radiation Has Already Killed 14,000 Americans
Washington’s Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, ENERGY, ASIA--PACIFIC, HEALTH, CAPITALISM, KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA | Comments Off on Study: Fukushima Radiation Has Already Killed 14,000 Americans)
Why the Claims of Sarin Gas Don’t Add Up: Syria Has No Reason to Use Chemical Weapons
Patrick Cockburn - CounterPunch
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Why the Claims of Sarin Gas Don’t Add Up: Syria Has No Reason to Use Chemical Weapons)
(Russian России) Особенности современного российского правосудия
Алексей Шмагирев - Rabkor
May 27th, 2013 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Russian России) Особенности современного российского правосудия)
Hezbollah and the Syrian Pit
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Hezbollah and the Syrian Pit)
The Pink Tide in Latin America: An Alliance between Local Capital and Socialism?
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya - Global Research
May 27th, 2013 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, BRICS, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM - MARXISM, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on The Pink Tide in Latin America: An Alliance between Local Capital and Socialism?)
(Castellano) Siria Reclama a la ONU Acciones Para Detener Constantes Ataques de Israel
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, UNITED NATIONS, ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Siria Reclama a la ONU Acciones Para Detener Constantes Ataques de Israel)
Hawai’i: Military Radiation from Pohakuloa – Blowing in the Wind?
James Albertini – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, ASIA--PACIFIC, HEALTH, JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENT | 1 Comment »)
Nepal: Regmi Is Becoming an Obstacle – International Community Must Help Organize Free and Fair Elections
Asian Centre for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, ASIA--PACIFIC, UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on Nepal: Regmi Is Becoming an Obstacle – International Community Must Help Organize Free and Fair Elections)
Beaten, Bullied, Badgered: EU Study Finds Widespread Homophobia in Europe
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (EUROPE, JUSTICE, SEXUALITIES | Comments Off on Beaten, Bullied, Badgered: EU Study Finds Widespread Homophobia in Europe)
Appeal for Dialogue and Reconciliation in Syria without Foreign Interference
Mairead Maguire – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (NOBEL LAUREATES, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | 2 Comments »)
A Golden Age?
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, ENERGY, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on A Golden Age?)
Neo-Nazi Denial in Myanmar
Maung Zarni – Asia Times
May 27th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, ASIA--PACIFIC | 3 Comments »)
Chemical Weapons Charade in Syria
Sharmine Narwani – Al Akhbar
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Chemical Weapons Charade in Syria)
The Koodankulam Mystery (1): Indian Officials’ Exodus
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (NONVIOLENCE, ACTIVISM, ENERGY, ASIA--PACIFIC, BRICS, ENVIRONMENT, CAPITALISM, DEVELOPMENT, KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA | Comments Off on The Koodankulam Mystery (1): Indian Officials’ Exodus)
Nuclear Power Falters, Engulfed by ‘Cauldron’ of Bad Luck
Javier E. David - CNBC
May 27th, 2013 (ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, CAPITALISM, DEVELOPMENT, CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Nuclear Power Falters, Engulfed by ‘Cauldron’ of Bad Luck)
Pentagon Contractors Have Trained the Terrorists in the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria
Prof Michel Chossudovsky – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Pentagon Contractors Have Trained the Terrorists in the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria)
Refugee Camps as War Zones – How Lebanon’s Palestinians Are Being Pulled into Syria’s War
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on Refugee Camps as War Zones – How Lebanon’s Palestinians Are Being Pulled into Syria’s War)
BBC Poll: Israel among World’s Least Popular Nations
Haaretz – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on BBC Poll: Israel among World’s Least Popular Nations)
Global Wealth Inequality – What You Never Knew You Never Knew
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (JUSTICE, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, DEVELOPMENT, SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Global Wealth Inequality – What You Never Knew You Never Knew)
Brazil to Write Off $900m of African Debt`
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (AFRICA, BRICS, JUSTICE, ECONOMICS, COOPS-COOPERATION-SHARING, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, HISTORY | Comments Off on Brazil to Write Off $900m of African Debt`)
Potential of Feynman Diagrams for Challenging Psychosocial Relationships?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Potential of Feynman Diagrams for Challenging Psychosocial Relationships?)
The Militant American Empire
William Boardman - Reader Supported News
May 27th, 2013 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM | Comments Off on The Militant American Empire)
Small and Large Steps towards Equality for Gays in Cuba
Ivet González – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 27th, 2013 (CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION, JUSTICE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, SEXUALITIES | Comments Off on Small and Large Steps towards Equality for Gays in Cuba)
Mystery Sponsor of Weapons and Money to Syrian Mercenary “Rebels” Revealed
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Mystery Sponsor of Weapons and Money to Syrian Mercenary “Rebels” Revealed)
Global Capital and the Nation State
Robert Reich – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 (IN FOCUS, UNITED NATIONS, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Global Capital and the Nation State)