Archive for 2014 – Week 37


UN Human Rights Protection: Small Steps but No Turning Back
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on UN Human Rights Protection: Small Steps but No Turning Back)
The U.S. Government’s Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
September 8th, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on The U.S. Government’s Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations)
Ecolinguistic Communication
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Ecolinguistic Communication)
Agent Orange Lives On in Vietnam, Poisoning Children and Ruining Lives
The Advocacy Project – Peace & Collaborative Development Network
September 8th, 2014 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Agent Orange Lives On in Vietnam, Poisoning Children and Ruining Lives)
US Analysts Conclude MH17 Downed by Aircraft
Haris Hussain – New Straits Times, Malaysia
September 8th, 2014 (CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on US Analysts Conclude MH17 Downed by Aircraft)
Get Ready for the ‘Internet Slowdown’
Amy Goodman - Truthdig
September 8th, 2014 (NEWS | Comments Off on Get Ready for the ‘Internet Slowdown’)
After All This, What? A Couple of Messages to NATO’s Summit
Jan Oberg - Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research-TFF
September 8th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Vanishing Airliners, ISIS, and 9/11: Timing is Crucial in Politics
Jason Kissner - Global Research
September 8th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Vanishing Airliners, ISIS, and 9/11: Timing is Crucial in Politics)
Iraq Has WMDs and Russia Has Invaded!
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Iraq Has WMDs and Russia Has Invaded!)
Military Recruiters
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Military Recruiters)
Nuclear Weapons Do Not Make Us Safer
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | Comments Off on Nuclear Weapons Do Not Make Us Safer)
(Castellano) Fondos Buitre y la ONU
Daniel Kostzer -TeleSur
September 8th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Fondos Buitre y la ONU)
How to Boycott Israel: Updated Guidelines for Academics
Ali Abunimah – Electronic Intifada
September 8th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on How to Boycott Israel: Updated Guidelines for Academics)
Is There Still Hope for Peace in Ukraine?
Patrick Boylan – Pressenza Int’l Press Agency
September 8th, 2014 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | 1 Comment »)
ISIS, Libya, NATO and Preventing the Next 9/11
Dennis Kucinich - Reader Supported News
September 8th, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on ISIS, Libya, NATO and Preventing the Next 9/11)
Seeds of Truth: A Response to Michael Specter’s Article in The New Yorker
Prof. Vandana Shiva – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Seeds of Truth: A Response to Michael Specter’s Article in The New Yorker)
Leaving Democracy to the Experts
Slavoj Žižek – In These Times
September 8th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Leaving Democracy to the Experts)
NATO: The Alliance That Should Have Been Dissolved
Ian Klinke – Al Jazeera
September 8th, 2014 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on NATO: The Alliance That Should Have Been Dissolved)
Is Israel Bad for the Jews?
Lawrence Davidson – Consortium News
September 8th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Is Israel Bad for the Jews?)
(Português) Banco Mundial: Cuba Tem o Melhor Sistema Educativo da América Latina e do Caribe
Salim Lamrani - Opera Mundi
September 8th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Banco Mundial: Cuba Tem o Melhor Sistema Educativo da América Latina e do Caribe)
You Can’t Understand ISIS If You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia
Alastair Crooke – Huffington Post
September 8th, 2014 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on You Can’t Understand ISIS If You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia)
In Azerbaijan, ‘Family Is the First Fear’ of LGBT Community
EurasiaNet Correspondents, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (SEXUALITIES | Comments Off on In Azerbaijan, ‘Family Is the First Fear’ of LGBT Community)
Crushing Debt: Argentina in the Shadow of the Vultures
Emiliano Gullo – CounterPunch
September 8th, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Crushing Debt: Argentina in the Shadow of the Vultures)
God Wills It!
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Kiev’s War against Freedom of Speech – Ukraine: The Ugly Truth
Vladislav Gulevich - CounterPunch
September 8th, 2014 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on Kiev’s War against Freedom of Speech – Ukraine: The Ugly Truth)
Recurring Nightmares: Genocide and the Long Shadow of Colonialism in Burma
Steven Kiersons, MA – The Sentinel Project
September 8th, 2014 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Recurring Nightmares: Genocide and the Long Shadow of Colonialism in Burma)
Mali: The Forgotten War
Pape Samba Kane – Al Jazeera
September 8th, 2014 (AFRICA | Comments Off on Mali: The Forgotten War)
(Português) Jihadistas na Casa Branca e os Gasodutos da Eurásia
Nazanín Armanian – Carta Maior
September 8th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Jihadistas na Casa Branca e os Gasodutos da Eurásia)
Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh – Foreign Policy In Focus
September 8th, 2014 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water)
Learning for Nonviolence and Better Governance versus Teaching for Violence and Worst Governance
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (EDUCATION | Comments Off on Learning for Nonviolence and Better Governance versus Teaching for Violence and Worst Governance)
(Italiano) Ci sono ancora speranze in Ucraina?
Patrick Boylan – Pressenza Int’l Press Agency
September 8th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
Xi, Modi, Jokowi: The Rise of a New Triad
Kishore Mahbubani - The BRICS Post
September 8th, 2014 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Xi, Modi, Jokowi: The Rise of a New Triad)
Should Journalists Trust Themselves to Figure Out Which Sources Are Trustworthy?
Reg Chua - (Re)Structuring Journalism
September 8th, 2014 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Should Journalists Trust Themselves to Figure Out Which Sources Are Trustworthy?)
Penetrating the Darkness Covering Two Malaysian Airplane Disasters
John Chuckman - Pravda
September 8th, 2014 (CURRENT AFFAIRS | Comments Off on Penetrating the Darkness Covering Two Malaysian Airplane Disasters)
Cancer Behind 70% Deaths in India’s Atomic Energy Hubs
V Narayan & Malathy Iyer, TNN – The Times of India
September 8th, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on Cancer Behind 70% Deaths in India’s Atomic Energy Hubs)
UN Secretary General “Alarmed” at Israel’s Announced Seizure of West Bank Land
Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on UN Secretary General “Alarmed” at Israel’s Announced Seizure of West Bank Land)
Can You Smell What the Caliph Is Cooking?
Pepe Escobar – Russia Today
September 8th, 2014 (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Comments Off on Can You Smell What the Caliph Is Cooking?)
As I Age . . . Thoughts on Memory and Cosmos
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Rare Insights from Inside Journalism in China: Dai Qing
Dai Qing – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
September 8th, 2014 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Rare Insights from Inside Journalism in China: Dai Qing)
Iran Didn’t Create ISIS; We Did
Ben Reynolds – The Diplomat
September 8th, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Iran Didn’t Create ISIS; We Did)
Fukushima Crisis Continues, Was Worse Than First Reported
William Boardman - Reader Supported News
September 8th, 2014 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on Fukushima Crisis Continues, Was Worse Than First Reported)
(русский- Russian) Исключение исключительности
Валерий Фадеев - Эксперт
September 8th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
How America Made ISIS – Their Videos and Ours, Their “Caliphate” and Ours
Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch
September 8th, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on How America Made ISIS – Their Videos and Ours, Their “Caliphate” and Ours)
Climate Change Means Lifestyle Change
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Climate Change Means Lifestyle Change)
The Whys behind the Ukraine Crisis
Robert Parry – Consortium News
September 8th, 2014 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on The Whys behind the Ukraine Crisis)
Media Should Be Challenging Arguments for War, Not Baying for Blood
Dan Froomkin – The Intercept
September 8th, 2014 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Media Should Be Challenging Arguments for War, Not Baying for Blood)
Israel to Build 283 Homes on West Bank
Agence France-Presse – The Guardian
September 8th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Israel to Build 283 Homes on West Bank)
Two Types of Anti-Semitism
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 2 Comments »)
UN Human Rights Council – Opening Statement
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (UNITED NATIONS | Comments Off on UN Human Rights Council – Opening Statement)
Mysterious Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Calls All Over the US
Jack Dutton, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on Mysterious Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Calls All Over the US)
Flaws in US Thought–And Some Remedies
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (EDITORIAL | 3 Comments »)
Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine: Now Withdrawal by Russia, the UN In, and NATO Out
Jan Oberg – Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research-TFF
September 8th, 2014 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine: Now Withdrawal by Russia, the UN In, and NATO Out)
The BRICS: Challengers to the Global Status Quo
Walden Bello – Foreing Policy In Focus
September 8th, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on The BRICS: Challengers to the Global Status Quo)
The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories with Agency before Publication
Ken Silverstein – The Intercept
September 8th, 2014 (MEDIA | Comments Off on The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories with Agency before Publication)
The Other 9/11
Mickey Z. - World News Trust
September 8th, 2014 (SPECIAL FEATURE | Comments Off on The Other 9/11)
Russell Tribunal Session on Palestine
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | 1 Comment »)
(Italiano) Da Vicenza e Aviano parà Usa per war games in Ucraina
Antonio Mazzeo – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Da Vicenza e Aviano parà Usa per war games in Ucraina)
Obama Is a Liar. Fake NATO Evidence. OSCE Confirms That No Russian Troops, No Tanks, Have Crossed the Russia-Ukraine Border
Prof Michel Chossudovsky - Global Research
September 8th, 2014 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Obama Is a Liar. Fake NATO Evidence. OSCE Confirms That No Russian Troops, No Tanks, Have Crossed the Russia-Ukraine Border)
Child Trafficking Rampant in Underdeveloped Indian Villages
K. S. Harikrishnan, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (BRICS | Comments Off on Child Trafficking Rampant in Underdeveloped Indian Villages)
Beheading versus Befooting
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Beheading versus Befooting)
The U.S. Owns the Narrative on Ukraine – Return of the Evil Empire
Ason Hirthler - CounterPunch
September 8th, 2014 (MEDIA | Comments Off on The U.S. Owns the Narrative on Ukraine – Return of the Evil Empire)
Growing Pressure on Obama to Do Something Stupid
Andy Borowitz – The New Yorker
September 8th, 2014 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Comments Off on Growing Pressure on Obama to Do Something Stupid)
(Italiano) La caduta dell’Impero USA – e poi che cosa?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) La caduta dell’Impero USA – e poi che cosa?)
Examining
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | 1 Comment »)
NATO Attacks!
Pepe Escobar – Asia Times
September 8th, 2014 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on NATO Attacks!)
Washington Piles Lie Upon Lie
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 8th, 2014 (ANGLO AMERICA | 2 Comments »)