Archive for 2019 – Week 46


Bolivia’s Evo Morales Steps Down: Reaction from Latin America and Beyond
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (NEWS, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 1 Comment »)
Are the UN and the International Community Both Brain Dead?
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
“Peoples’ BRICS” to Be Held Concurrently with BRICS Summit in November
Brasil de Fato – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (BRICS | Comments Off on “Peoples’ BRICS” to Be Held Concurrently with BRICS Summit in November)
What’s Joker’s Joke?
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on What’s Joker’s Joke?)
Warning of ‘Untold Human Suffering,’ Over 11,000 Scientists from Around the World Declare Climate Emergency
Julia Conley | Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (ENVIRONMENT | 1 Comment »)
Did the West Win the Cold War?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Inside a Foie Gras Farm
Animal Equality – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | 1 Comment »)
Deforestation in Brazil Jumped by 80% in One Year: Study
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (BRICS, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Deforestation in Brazil Jumped by 80% in One Year: Study)
(Português) Em paralelo à Cúpula dos BRICS, Brasil receberá o “BRICS dos Povos” em novembro
Brasil de Fato – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Em paralelo à Cúpula dos BRICS, Brasil receberá o “BRICS dos Povos” em novembro)
Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality
Roger D. Harris – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality)
We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis
Prof. Vandana Shiva | Navdanya International – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Is the Run on the Dollar Due to Panic or Greed?
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Is the Run on the Dollar Due to Panic or Greed?)
UN Member States Overwhelmingly Support End of US Embargo against Cuba
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on UN Member States Overwhelmingly Support End of US Embargo against Cuba)
Gandhi after His Anniversary
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Gandhi after His Anniversary)
Brazil: Lula Is Free!
Ana Paula Vargas and Vijay Prashad | Brasil de Fato – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (NEWS, BRICS, JUSTICE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Brazil: Lula Is Free!)
NATO Is Suffering ‘Brain Death’, Argues French President Macron
AFP | France 24 – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (EUROPE | 1 Comment »)
Trump’s Worst Impeachable Offense Hurts the Whole World–Climate
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!
November 11th, 2019 (ANGLO AMERICA, ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Trump’s Worst Impeachable Offense Hurts the Whole World–Climate)
A Tight Grip on Our Nuclear Toys
Robert C. Koehler | Common Wonders – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TMS PEACE JOURNALISM, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, MILITARISM | 1 Comment »)
US Seizure of Oil Fields Escalates Tensions in Syria
Bill Van Auken | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (ANGLO AMERICA, ENERGY, MILITARISM, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SYRIA IN CONTEXT | Comments Off on US Seizure of Oil Fields Escalates Tensions in Syria)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (11 Nov 1821 – 9 Feb 1881)
Gary Saul Morson | Encyclopædia Britannica – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (BIOGRAPHIES | Comments Off on Fyodor Dostoyevsky (11 Nov 1821 – 9 Feb 1881))
Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Endures Relentless Interrogation
Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Endures Relentless Interrogation)
On Moving to Palestine
Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on On Moving to Palestine)
The RCEP Train Left the ASEAN Station Leaving India Behind
Pepe Escobar – Asia Times
November 11th, 2019 (ASIA--PACIFIC | Comments Off on The RCEP Train Left the ASEAN Station Leaving India Behind)
Casteism: Is It the Scourge of Hinduism, or the Perversion of a Legitimate Vedic System?
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (RELIGION | Comments Off on Casteism: Is It the Scourge of Hinduism, or the Perversion of a Legitimate Vedic System?)
‘Our only Aim Is to Go Home’: Rohingya Refugees Face Stark Choice
Sarah Marsh and Redwan Ahmed – The Guardian
November 11th, 2019 (ASIA-UPDATES ON MYANMAR ROHINGYA GENOCIDE | Comments Off on ‘Our only Aim Is to Go Home’: Rohingya Refugees Face Stark Choice)
Choose Your Constitution!
Joe Kandra (cartoonist) and Kathie MM - Engaging Peace
November 11th, 2019 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | 1 Comment »)
WikiLeaks Reveals OPCW Falsified Reports to Blame Syrian Government Instead of Western Backed-Jihadis!
Federico Pieraccini | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, SYRIA IN CONTEXT, WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on WikiLeaks Reveals OPCW Falsified Reports to Blame Syrian Government Instead of Western Backed-Jihadis!)
Protests in Haiti Signal Change Needed in US Foreign Policy
Jonathan Molina | The Daily Californian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Protests in Haiti Signal Change Needed in US Foreign Policy)
Wall Street at Record Highs as Global Growth Slows
Nick Beams | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (ECONOMICS | Comments Off on Wall Street at Record Highs as Global Growth Slows)
U.S. Global Pirate!
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on U.S. Global Pirate!)
The Weighing
Jane Hirshfield – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on The Weighing)
Ah … The Best People: Ignoring the Need for Environmental Deliverance for Over 50 Years
Marc A. Cirigliano| The Eastern Woodlands Fusion – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Ah … The Best People: Ignoring the Need for Environmental Deliverance for Over 50 Years)
Teach Your Children (Music Video of the Week)
Crosby, Stills & Nash – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on Teach Your Children (Music Video of the Week))
US and Israel Were Lone Votes against UN Resolutions Opposing Space Arms Race and Nuclear Middle East
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ANGLO AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on US and Israel Were Lone Votes against UN Resolutions Opposing Space Arms Race and Nuclear Middle East)
Babri Masjid Verdict: My House Demolished, I Go to Court, It Awards the Land to the Demolisher. Is This Justice?
Binu Mathew | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (BRICS | Comments Off on Babri Masjid Verdict: My House Demolished, I Go to Court, It Awards the Land to the Demolisher. Is This Justice?)
(Português) Leonardo DiCaprio elogia documentário vegano que aborda o impacto do consumo de carne no planeta
Eliane Arakaki - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais
November 11th, 2019 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Leonardo DiCaprio elogia documentário vegano que aborda o impacto do consumo de carne no planeta)
Israel Is Silencing the Last Voices Trying to Prevent Abuse of Palestinians
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Israel Is Silencing the Last Voices Trying to Prevent Abuse of Palestinians)
Heart-Stopping
Aaron Webster – Reader’s Digest
November 11th, 2019 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Heart-Stopping)
Bolsonaro Puts Up Brazilian Richest Oil Wells for Sale to Foreign Companies
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (ENERGY, BRICS, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, TRADE | Comments Off on Bolsonaro Puts Up Brazilian Richest Oil Wells for Sale to Foreign Companies)
E.F. Schumacher’s “A Guide for the Perplexed”: Mapping the Meaning of Life and the Four Levels of Being
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on E.F. Schumacher’s “A Guide for the Perplexed”: Mapping the Meaning of Life and the Four Levels of Being)
(Português) Rainha Elizabeth II Abandona Uso de Casacos de Pele
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Rainha Elizabeth II Abandona Uso de Casacos de Pele)
Chile: Bachelet Upholds Pinochet’s Call for Oblivion
Ramona Wadi | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on Chile: Bachelet Upholds Pinochet’s Call for Oblivion)
How to Crush a Bankers’ Dictatorship: A Lesson from 1933
Matthew Ehret | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (SPECIAL FEATURE, ANGLO AMERICA, ECONOMICS, CAPITALISM, HISTORY | 1 Comment »)
Is There a Place for Ethics in Smart Cities?
Dr Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (DEVELOPMENT | Comments Off on Is There a Place for Ethics in Smart Cities?)
Popular Resistance in Palestine
Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS, PALESTINE - ISRAEL, LITERATURE, HISTORY, REVIEWS | Comments Off on Popular Resistance in Palestine)
Ending Violence, Exploitation, Ecological Destruction and War: Creating a Culture of Peace
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (EDITORIAL | 6 Comments »)
UN Rapporteur Nils Melzer Warns: Julian Assange May Die in British Prison
Oscar Grenfell | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 (EUROPE, JUSTICE, UNITED NATIONS, MEDIA, WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE | Comments Off on UN Rapporteur Nils Melzer Warns: Julian Assange May Die in British Prison)
The School of the Americas
Larry Romanoff - Global Research
November 11th, 2019 (ANGLO AMERICA, MILITARISM, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on The School of the Americas)