Archive for 2015 – Week 2


Positive Peace – What Is That?
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (EDITORIAL | 2 Comments »)
When Will Palestinians Learn? Turning to International Law Isn’t the Answer — Just Ask America and Israel
Robert Fisk – The Independent
January 5th, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on When Will Palestinians Learn? Turning to International Law Isn’t the Answer — Just Ask America and Israel)
U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine)
Plagiarism Is the New Pornography
Curtis Brown – Al Jazeera
January 5th, 2015 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Plagiarism Is the New Pornography)
North Korea/Sony Story Shows How Eagerly U.S. Media Still Regurgitate Government Claims
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
January 5th, 2015 (MEDIA | Comments Off on North Korea/Sony Story Shows How Eagerly U.S. Media Still Regurgitate Government Claims)
We Have So Much to Learn From Cuba
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on We Have So Much to Learn From Cuba)
Michael Büker: What Ever Happened to Nuclear Weapons?
media.ccc.de – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (IN-DEPTH VIDEOS | Comments Off on Michael Büker: What Ever Happened to Nuclear Weapons?)
Torture Reports: Brazil and the United States Release Reports Documenting Systematic Human Rights Abuses
Kara Rochelle Martinez, Upside Down World – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (IN FOCUS | Comments Off on Torture Reports: Brazil and the United States Release Reports Documenting Systematic Human Rights Abuses)
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (HISTORY | 1 Comment »)
(Português) De volta para a Igreja: Cuba restitui templos cristãos
O Globo – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) De volta para a Igreja: Cuba restitui templos cristãos)
New Level: Monsanto Tries Patenting Natural Tomatoes
Christina Sarich, Natural Society – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on New Level: Monsanto Tries Patenting Natural Tomatoes)
As Aleppo Goes, So Goes Syria? – A Strategic Area
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on As Aleppo Goes, So Goes Syria? – A Strategic Area)
Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? Leo Tolstoy on Why We Drink
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (SPIRITUALITY | Comments Off on Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? Leo Tolstoy on Why We Drink)
Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons
Amy F. Woolf, Congressional Research Service – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons)
(Italiano) Antica come le colline (VIII)
Nanni Salio – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
January 5th, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) Antica come le colline (VIII))
For the Occupied and Oppressed Palestinians UN Means Useless Nations
Alan Hart – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on For the Occupied and Oppressed Palestinians UN Means Useless Nations)
A Gazan’s Wishes for 2015
Alaa Radwan, Mondoweiss – TRANSCEND Medi a Service
January 5th, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on A Gazan’s Wishes for 2015)
Afghanistan: Skulking Away from a Failed War
Robert C. Koehler – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (TMS PEACE JOURNALISM, CENTRAL ASIA | Comments Off on Afghanistan: Skulking Away from a Failed War)
Richard Jackson: Terrorism, Torture, and the Problem of Evil in Our Time
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on Richard Jackson: Terrorism, Torture, and the Problem of Evil in Our Time)
India’s Mass Conversion Problem
Saurav Datta – Al Jazzera
January 5th, 2015 (BRICS | Comments Off on India’s Mass Conversion Problem)
An Open Letter to Arundhati Roy by an American
P.K. Willey Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (NONVIOLENCE | 8 Comments »)
The Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) Agreement Must Be Defeated
US Sen. Bernie Sanders - Reader Supported News
January 5th, 2015 (TRADE | 2 Comments »)
Can GMOs Save the World?
Anna Lappé – Al Jazeera America
January 5th, 2015 (ORGANIC, GMO, GENETIC ENGINEERING | Comments Off on Can GMOs Save the World?)
(Deutsch) Stellungnahme des friedenspolitischen Sprechers des Komitees für Grundrechte und Demokratie zur Situation der deutschen Friedensbewegung
Prof. Dr. Andreas Buro – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Deutsch) Stellungnahme des friedenspolitischen Sprechers des Komitees für Grundrechte und Demokratie zur Situation der deutschen Friedensbewegung)
Monks & Politicians
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Monks & Politicians)
Deliberation on Post MDG (2015) Development Agenda
Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development-CSEND – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on Deliberation on Post MDG (2015) Development Agenda)
The Limitations of Strategic Nonviolence
Timothy Braatz, Peace Review – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (NONVIOLENCE | 2 Comments »)
(Italiano) 2014 nulla di buono. 2015 meglio?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | 1 Comment »)
UN Security Council Rejects Resolution on Palestinian State
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on UN Security Council Rejects Resolution on Palestinian State)
It Is a Long Fight: Lenin in 2015
Alexander Reid Ross - CounterPunch
January 5th, 2015 (ACTIVISM | Comments Off on It Is a Long Fight: Lenin in 2015)
Climate Deniers, like Big Tobacco, Thrive behind a Smoke Screen of Doubt
Amy Goodman – Democracy NOW!
January 5th, 2015 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Climate Deniers, like Big Tobacco, Thrive behind a Smoke Screen of Doubt)
(Italiano) AOSTA. “ANTEPRIMA ASSOLUTA de IO STO CON LA SPOSA all’ Espace Populaire”
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Italiano) AOSTA. “ANTEPRIMA ASSOLUTA de IO STO CON LA SPOSA all’ Espace Populaire”)
Institutional and Cultural Inertia
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Institutional and Cultural Inertia)
2015: Defending Humanity by Reason or Force
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (IN FOCUS | 1 Comment »)
5,000 Year Old Subterranean City Found in Turkey
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (HISTORY | 1 Comment »)
The Rock of Our Existence
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Rock of Our Existence)
A Greek Island – Yours for the Price of a London Apartment
Kitty Knowles – The Independent
January 5th, 2015 (EUROPE | Comments Off on A Greek Island – Yours for the Price of a London Apartment)
Cuban Province Records World’s Lowest Infant Mortality Rate
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Cuban Province Records World’s Lowest Infant Mortality Rate)
On the New Year
Stephen Gill – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on On the New Year)
Obama’s Lists: A Dubious History of Targeted Killings in Afghanistan
SPIEGEL Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA, CENTRAL ASIA | Comments Off on Obama’s Lists: A Dubious History of Targeted Killings in Afghanistan)
(Português) Ecolinguagem
Francisco Gomes de Matos, Elza Kioko N. N. do Couto, Adilson Marques & Hildo Honório do Couto, A Arvinha – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Ecolinguagem)
Leonardo’s Brain: What a Posthumous Brain Scan Six Centuries Later Reveals about the Source of Da Vinci’s Creativity
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (SCIENCE | 1 Comment »)
When Is Civil Society a Force for Social Transformation?
Michael Edwards – Open Democracy
January 5th, 2015 (CIVIL SOCIETY | Comments Off on When Is Civil Society a Force for Social Transformation?)
The Irrelevance of Liberal Zionism
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on The Irrelevance of Liberal Zionism)
Suicides Spread Through a Brazilian Tribe
Charles Lyons – The New York Times
January 5th, 2015 (BRICS | Comments Off on Suicides Spread Through a Brazilian Tribe)
Who’s The True Enemy of Internet Freedom – China, Russia, or the US?
Evgeny Morozov – The Guardian
January 5th, 2015 (TECHNOLOGY | Comments Off on Who’s The True Enemy of Internet Freedom – China, Russia, or the US?)
2015, Conversion to Hinduism
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Solve the Ukraine Crisis Now
Jonathan Power - Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research
January 5th, 2015 (BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE | Comments Off on Solve the Ukraine Crisis Now)
America Stumbles through another Year, Spreading Chaos and Trivia Everywhere in Its Path
John Chuckman – Pravda
January 5th, 2015 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on America Stumbles through another Year, Spreading Chaos and Trivia Everywhere in Its Path)
Is Cancer Risk Mostly Affected by Genes, Lifestyle, or Just Plain Bad Luck?
Jenna Birch, Yahoo – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (HEALTH | Comments Off on Is Cancer Risk Mostly Affected by Genes, Lifestyle, or Just Plain Bad Luck?)
Wind Supplied 98% of Scotland’s Household Power in 2014 and Other Amazing Green Energy Stories
Juan Cole, Informed Comment – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 (ENERGY | 1 Comment »)