Archive for 2014 – Week 36


The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google
Ryan Gallagher – The Intercept
September 1st, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google)
Israel Plans Largest West-Bank Settlement Expansion in ’30 Years’
Jeffrey Heller, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Israel Plans Largest West-Bank Settlement Expansion in ’30 Years’)
The War for Nothing
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The War for Nothing)
President Mukherjee Rejects 97% of Mercy Pleas as India Gives Two Death Sentences Each Day
Asian Centre for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on President Mukherjee Rejects 97% of Mercy Pleas as India Gives Two Death Sentences Each Day)
U.S. Identifies Citizens Joining [Mercenary] Rebels in Syria, Including ISIS
Michael S. Schmidt and Eric Schmitt – The New York Times
September 1st, 2014 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on U.S. Identifies Citizens Joining [Mercenary] Rebels in Syria, Including ISIS)
At Least 81 Nationalities [of Terrorists] Are Fighting in [against] Syria
Ishaan Tharoor – The Washington Post
September 1st, 2014 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on At Least 81 Nationalities [of Terrorists] Are Fighting in [against] Syria)
300 Americans [Terrorists] Fighting Alongside IS
The Nation, Pakistan – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on 300 Americans [Terrorists] Fighting Alongside IS)
Nation Debates Extremely Complex Issue of Children Firing Military Weapons
Andy Borowitz – The New Yorker
September 1st, 2014 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Comments Off on Nation Debates Extremely Complex Issue of Children Firing Military Weapons)
Monty Python State Department
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Comments Off on Monty Python State Department)
Don’t Read This Book: A History of Literary Censorship
Leo Robson – New Statesman
September 1st, 2014 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on Don’t Read This Book: A History of Literary Censorship)
The First Taiwan International Queer Film Festival Comes Out
Victor Stevenson – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (SEXUALITIES | Comments Off on The First Taiwan International Queer Film Festival Comes Out)
A Perfect Example of a Capitalist Abuser: Coca-Cola and Its Egregious History
Heather Gray - CounterPunch
September 1st, 2014 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on A Perfect Example of a Capitalist Abuser: Coca-Cola and Its Egregious History)
Colonization by Bankruptcy: The High-stakes Chess Match for Argentina
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Colonization by Bankruptcy: The High-stakes Chess Match for Argentina)
Stop Playing the Anti-Semitism Card & Get Real about the Rise of Fascism in Israel
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Stop Playing the Anti-Semitism Card & Get Real about the Rise of Fascism in Israel)
(Italiano) Praticare la nonviolenza come strumento di lotta e difesa del territorio
Elena Camino – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Praticare la nonviolenza come strumento di lotta e difesa del territorio)
There Can’t Be Peace until Israelis and Palestinians Start Seeing Each Other as Humans
Lucas Bento – Huffington Post
September 1st, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on There Can’t Be Peace until Israelis and Palestinians Start Seeing Each Other as Humans)
(Português) A OTAN Desenterra o Machado de Guerra
Flávio Aguiar – Carta Maior
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) A OTAN Desenterra o Machado de Guerra)
(Italiano) Per una difesa nonviolenta
Augusto Cavadi – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Per una difesa nonviolenta)
America Frightens Us
Roman Baudzus – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (EUROPE | Comments Off on America Frightens Us)
The Fall of the US Empire-And Then What?
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (EDITORIAL | 8 Comments »)
Russia Demands Publication of Recordings from Downed Flight MH17
Reuters – The Telegraph
September 1st, 2014 (CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Russia Demands Publication of Recordings from Downed Flight MH17)
On Course for Holocaust II…?
Alan Hart – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on On Course for Holocaust II…?)
That’s What Friends Are for – Diane Warwick & Friends (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
With Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on That’s What Friends Are for – Diane Warwick & Friends (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK))
Eradication as the Strategic Final Solution of the 21st Century?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Eradication as the Strategic Final Solution of the 21st Century?)
The U.S. Jewish Community, Amoral Familism and the Crisis of Palestine
Steve Koppman – Huffington Post
September 1st, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The U.S. Jewish Community, Amoral Familism and the Crisis of Palestine)
(Português) De que solidariedade nos fala a União Europeia?
Emir Sader – Carta Maior
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) De que solidariedade nos fala a União Europeia?)
Killing Civilians
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Killing Civilians)
How Can US Go on Leading the World?
Andrew Sheng - China Daily
September 1st, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on How Can US Go on Leading the World?)
Civil Resistance and Conflict Transformation: Transition from armed to nonviolent struggle
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on Civil Resistance and Conflict Transformation: Transition from armed to nonviolent struggle)
Sanctions & the Dollar: A Fall from Grace?
Conn Hallinan – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Sanctions & the Dollar: A Fall from Grace?)
(Castellano) Islamistas toman embajada de EE.UU. en Trípoli [Libia]
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Islamistas toman embajada de EE.UU. en Trípoli [Libia])
(Italiano) USA-Israele vs. mondi arabo-musulmano: che succede?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) USA-Israele vs. mondi arabo-musulmano: che succede?)
American History
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on American History)
Washington’s “Pivot” Hits a Brick Wall: Obama’s “Catastrophic Defeat” in Ukraine
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch
September 1st, 2014 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on Washington’s “Pivot” Hits a Brick Wall: Obama’s “Catastrophic Defeat” in Ukraine)
Dethrone ‘King Dollar’
Jared Bernsteinaug – The New York Times
September 1st, 2014 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Dethrone ‘King Dollar’)
Revolutionary Rats
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Revolutionary Rats)
The Changing Face of Europe’s Mafia
Benjamin Fox – EUObserver
September 1st, 2014 (EUROPE | Comments Off on The Changing Face of Europe’s Mafia)
Cause of New Mexico Nuclear Waste Accident Remains a Mystery
Ralph Vartabedian – Los Angeles Times
September 1st, 2014 (ENVIRONMENT | 1 Comment »)
Let’s Wave the Nonkilling Flag: A Global Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Let’s Wave the Nonkilling Flag: A Global Plea)
Fearing Political Islam: Why Arabs Betrayed Gaza
Ramzy Baroud – Toward Freedom
September 1st, 2014 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Fearing Political Islam: Why Arabs Betrayed Gaza)
The Meltdown
Bret Stephens – Commentary Magazine
September 1st, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | 2 Comments »)
The Difference between Children
Gideon Levy – Information Clearing House
September 1st, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on The Difference between Children)
(Italiano) Unirsi per la pace, costruire una pace sostenibile con valori universali nel centenario della I guerra mondiale – criminalizzando la guerra
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Unirsi per la pace, costruire una pace sostenibile con valori universali nel centenario della I guerra mondiale – criminalizzando la guerra)
Geneva Accords?
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Geneva Accords?)
The US Government Can Brand You a Terrorist Based on a Facebook Post. We Can’t Let Them Make Up the Rules
Arjun Sethi – The Guardian
September 1st, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The US Government Can Brand You a Terrorist Based on a Facebook Post. We Can’t Let Them Make Up the Rules)
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident as Told by Plant Manager Masao Yoshida
The Asahi Shimbun – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (SPECIAL FEATURE | 1 Comment »)
The Death Grip of Neoliberalism – Keynes Is Dead; Long Live Marx!
Ismael Hossein-Zadeh - CounterPunch
September 1st, 2014 (SOCIALISM - MARXISM | Comments Off on The Death Grip of Neoliberalism – Keynes Is Dead; Long Live Marx!)
The Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza: How the US Enables Israel
Ron Forthofer - CounterPunch
September 1st, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on The Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza: How the US Enables Israel)
(Italiano) Galtung: Erdogan dovrebbe concentrarsi sulla politica estera
Yonca Poyraz Dogan intervista Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Galtung: Erdogan dovrebbe concentrarsi sulla politica estera)
(Français) Appliquer le modèle de l’État islamique au Yémen ?
Laurent Bonnefoy – Centre Tricontinental-CETRI
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Français) Appliquer le modèle de l’État islamique au Yémen ?)
Nisteling: The Art of Deep Listening
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Nisteling: The Art of Deep Listening)
90% of TEPCO Workers Defied Orders, Fled Fukushima Plant in 2011
Hideaki Kimura – The Asahi Shimbun
September 1st, 2014 (SPECIAL FEATURE | 1 Comment »)
Dutch Intellectuals Apologize to Putin for Lies on MH17, Syria, Ukraine…
Macedonian International News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (EUROPE | 1 Comment »)
Obese Intelligence – The NSA Search Engine
Binoy Kampmark - CounterPunch
September 1st, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Obese Intelligence – The NSA Search Engine)
Continuing Media Silence on the Fate of Flight MH17
Stefan Steinberg, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Continuing Media Silence on the Fate of Flight MH17)
(Français) Tisa, ces négociations commerciales secrètes qui visent à accélérer privatisations et deregulation
Agnès Rousseaux – Centre Tricontinental-CETRI
September 1st, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Français) Tisa, ces négociations commerciales secrètes qui visent à accélérer privatisations et deregulation)
The Fall of France
Paul Krugman, Nobel Economics Laureate – The New York Times
September 1st, 2014 (NOBEL LAUREATES | Comments Off on The Fall of France)
The Truth about the IS
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 4 Comments »)