Archive for 2014 – Week 29


Buddhist Economics: How to Stop Prioritizing Goods Over People and Consumption Over Creative Activity
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Buddhist Economics: How to Stop Prioritizing Goods Over People and Consumption Over Creative Activity)
Positive Thoughts on Dark Times
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Positive Thoughts on Dark Times)
VICTORY! Anti-BDS Case against Jake Lynch Falls Apart
Max Chalmers – New Matilda
July 14th, 2014 (TRANSCEND News | Comments Off on VICTORY! Anti-BDS Case against Jake Lynch Falls Apart)
Pope Francis: ‘About 2%’ of Catholic Clergy Paedophiles
BBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (RELIGION | Comments Off on Pope Francis: ‘About 2%’ of Catholic Clergy Paedophiles)
Human Rights Watch – Murder’s Apologists
Norman G. Finkelstein – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Human Rights Watch – Murder’s Apologists)
US-German Relations Reach Breaking Point
John Batchelor – Al Jazeera America
July 14th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on US-German Relations Reach Breaking Point)
The Return of George Orwell and Big Brother’s War on Palestine, Ukraine and the Truth
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on The Return of George Orwell and Big Brother’s War on Palestine, Ukraine and the Truth)
Inside Yingli, the Giant Chinese Solar Company Sponsoring the World Cup
James West and Jaeah Lee – Mother Jones
July 14th, 2014 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Inside Yingli, the Giant Chinese Solar Company Sponsoring the World Cup)
Save Gaza Today – Tomorrow May Be Too Late!
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Save Gaza Today – Tomorrow May Be Too Late!)
Risky Business – Mexico’s Oil Privatization Scheme
Laura Carlsen - CounterPunch
July 14th, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Risky Business – Mexico’s Oil Privatization Scheme)
(Italiano) Sette vie alla felicità
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Sette vie alla felicità)
Whistleblower: NSA Stores 80% of All Phone Calls, Not Just Metadata – Full Audio
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Whistleblower: NSA Stores 80% of All Phone Calls, Not Just Metadata – Full Audio)
(Português) E Assim Está Sendo a Copa…
Tereza Halliday – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) E Assim Está Sendo a Copa…)
Before the Next ISIS, We Need Nonviolent Counterterrorism Strategies
Erin Niemela, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (NONVIOLENCE | 1 Comment »)
A Tale of Two Cities: Istanbul and Rome
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on A Tale of Two Cities: Istanbul and Rome)
(Castellano) Lo que la independencia de Cataluña representa y lo que debemos aprender de ella
Daniel Marty, TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Lo que la independencia de Cataluña representa y lo que debemos aprender de ella)
Nomads of the Digital Age
Amy Goodman - Truthdig
July 14th, 2014 (MEDIA, WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Nomads of the Digital Age)
Blood Test Breakthrough in Search for Alzheimer’s Cure
Sarah Boseley – The Guardian
July 14th, 2014 (SCIENCE | Comments Off on Blood Test Breakthrough in Search for Alzheimer’s Cure)
Paris’s Return to Public Water Supplies Makes Waves beyond France
Geert De Clercq, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Paris’s Return to Public Water Supplies Makes Waves beyond France)
In Kyrgyzstan Ethnic Hostility Shows Few Signs of Abating
Sufyan bin Uzayr – Foreign Policy In Focus
July 14th, 2014 (CENTRAL ASIA | Comments Off on In Kyrgyzstan Ethnic Hostility Shows Few Signs of Abating)
Psychologists Have Uncovered a Troubling Feature of People Who Seem Nice All the Time
Eileen Shim – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (SCIENCE | Comments Off on Psychologists Have Uncovered a Troubling Feature of People Who Seem Nice All the Time)
Blackwater’s Death Machine – The Privatization of Repression
Norman Pollack - CounterPunch
July 14th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Blackwater’s Death Machine – The Privatization of Repression)
(Português) Quando Jerusalém-2014 Faz Lembrar Berlim-1933
Chemi Shalev – Outras Palavras
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Quando Jerusalém-2014 Faz Lembrar Berlim-1933)
Violence against Children Has Become an Epidemic
Jonathan Power – Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research
July 14th, 2014 (SPECIAL FEATURE | Comments Off on Violence against Children Has Become an Epidemic)
How to Distinguish a Genuinely Practising Buddhist Monk from a Nazi with a Shaven Head in Saffron Robe
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on How to Distinguish a Genuinely Practising Buddhist Monk from a Nazi with a Shaven Head in Saffron Robe)
(Italiano) Israele non vuole la pace
Gideon Levy – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Israele non vuole la pace)
Galtung’s ‘Structural Violence’ and the Sierra Leone Civil War c.1985-1992
Philip Leech, Globalization Café – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ANALYSIS | 1 Comment »)
(Français) A la Coupe des BRICS, la Chine part favorite
Sylvie Kauffmann – Le Monde
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Français) A la Coupe des BRICS, la Chine part favorite)
(Português) Documentos secretos dos EUA revelam técnicas de tortura durante ditadura militar no Brasil
National Security Archive – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Documentos secretos dos EUA revelam técnicas de tortura durante ditadura militar no Brasil)
Child and Forced Marriage – Manifestation of Gender Discrimination
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (AFRICA, ASIA--PACIFIC, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, UNITED NATIONS, EXPOSURES - EXPOSÉS | Comments Off on Child and Forced Marriage – Manifestation of Gender Discrimination)
Infographic: Who Is Who in the 2014-2019 European Parliament?
EurActiv – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (EUROPE | Comments Off on Infographic: Who Is Who in the 2014-2019 European Parliament?)
Embodying a Hypercomplex of Unhygienic Nescience
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Embodying a Hypercomplex of Unhygienic Nescience)
NO to Currency Slavery
Michael Hudson – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on NO to Currency Slavery)
UN Reports 77% of Gaza Dead Are Civilians
Elias Isquith – Salon
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on UN Reports 77% of Gaza Dead Are Civilians)
Russia Proposes Energy Association within BRICS
Xinhua – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on Russia Proposes Energy Association within BRICS)
BRICS to Open Alternatives to World Bank, IMF
Valentina Pop, EU Observer – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on BRICS to Open Alternatives to World Bank, IMF)
The Marching Season: A Call for a New Vision in Northern Ireland
Mairead Maguire – Open Democracy
July 14th, 2014 (NOBEL LAUREATES | Comments Off on The Marching Season: A Call for a New Vision in Northern Ireland)
BRICS Bank, Ukraine Likely to Dominate 2014 BRICS Summit
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on BRICS Bank, Ukraine Likely to Dominate 2014 BRICS Summit)
Jihadists in Lebanon: Can Hezbollah Prevent DAASH (IS) from Pulling Lebanon into Its Caliphate?
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Jihadists in Lebanon: Can Hezbollah Prevent DAASH (IS) from Pulling Lebanon into Its Caliphate?)
What Was History About-Look at the Histomap
Johan Galtung, 14 Jul 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (EDITORIAL | 2 Comments »)
Kashmir Back in New Delhi’s Radar
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 3 Comments »)
Depends
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Depends)
Nation Editor Stuns ‘Architect of Catastrophe’ Bill Kristol: “Join Iraqi Army if You Want War “
ABC News – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Nation Editor Stuns ‘Architect of Catastrophe’ Bill Kristol: “Join Iraqi Army if You Want War “)
The Long, Winding History of Prison Camps – Where Does Gitmo Fit In? Infographic
Infographic World – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on The Long, Winding History of Prison Camps – Where Does Gitmo Fit In? Infographic)
Why Are Most Human Beings So Powerless?
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Why Are Most Human Beings So Powerless?)
We Do Not Believe in Violence… We Are the Real Patriots: SP Udayakumar
Jiby J. Kattakayam, DNA – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA | Comments Off on We Do Not Believe in Violence… We Are the Real Patriots: SP Udayakumar)
Alan Watts on the Difference between Belief and Faith
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (INSPIRATIONAL, SPIRITUALITY | Comments Off on Alan Watts on the Difference between Belief and Faith)
Remember Haiti?
Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Remember Haiti?)
NSA-Intercepted Data of Innocent Bystanders Far Outnumber Targeted Names
Barton Gellman, Julie Tate and Ashkan Soltani – The Washington Post
July 14th, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on NSA-Intercepted Data of Innocent Bystanders Far Outnumber Targeted Names)
America’s Creative Extortion
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – TRANSCEND Media Servicde
July 14th, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on America’s Creative Extortion)
Facts All US Citizens Need to Know About Israel and Palestine
Robert Barsocchini – Washington’s Blog
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Facts All US Citizens Need to Know About Israel and Palestine)
CNN: Palestinians Want to Die
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on CNN: Palestinians Want to Die)
Jewish Hate of Arabs Proves: Israel Must Undergo Cultural Revolution
Haaretz, Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Jewish Hate of Arabs Proves: Israel Must Undergo Cultural Revolution)
The True Gaza Back-Story That the Israelis Aren’t Telling This Week
Robert Fisk – The Independent
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on The True Gaza Back-Story That the Israelis Aren’t Telling This Week)
The Spoils of Aid in Burma: Transition a Boon for Former Dictators
Jonathan Hulland – The Irrawaddy
July 14th, 2014 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on The Spoils of Aid in Burma: Transition a Boon for Former Dictators)
Remembering Fouad Ajami
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | 1 Comment »)
The 35 Most Powerful Militaries in the World
Amanda Macias, Jeremy Bender and Skye Gould – Business Insider
July 14th, 2014 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on The 35 Most Powerful Militaries in the World)
Our Wretched Jewish State
Gideon Levy – Information Clearing House
July 14th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Our Wretched Jewish State)
(Português) Por Uma Pedagogia dos Humilhados
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on (Português) Por Uma Pedagogia dos Humilhados)
Countries Spending the Most on the Military
Thomas C. Frohlich and Alexander Kent – USA Today
July 14th, 2014 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Countries Spending the Most on the Military)
(Français) Dédollarisation: approche technique ou approche géostratégique
Jean-Paul Baquiast – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Français) Dédollarisation: approche technique ou approche géostratégique)
This Land Is Mine
Nina Paley – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on This Land Is Mine)
Fake Identity
Mahdi Jalili – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Fake Identity)
Record Levels of Solar Ultraviolet on Earth’s Surface Hit South America
Countercurrents - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 14th, 2014 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Record Levels of Solar Ultraviolet on Earth’s Surface Hit South America)
A Social Justice Issue We Can Sink Our Teeth into: Factory Farming
Josh Balk – Common Dreams
July 14th, 2014 (ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM | Comments Off on A Social Justice Issue We Can Sink Our Teeth into: Factory Farming)