Archive for 2021 – Week 21


Encoding Coherent Topic Transformation in Global Dialogue
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Did Time Start at the Big Bang? What Happened before the Big Bang?
Matt O’Dowd | PBS Space Time - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on Did Time Start at the Big Bang? What Happened before the Big Bang?)
COVID World Data: 167,5M Total; 148,6M Recovered; 3,4M Deceased; 763,2M Vaccinated
Worldometer and Avi Schiffmann - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (COVID19 - CORONAVIRUS | Comments Off on COVID World Data: 167,5M Total; 148,6M Recovered; 3,4M Deceased; 763,2M Vaccinated)
Palestine Is Winning the Legitimacy War
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Palestine Is Winning the Legitimacy War)
Covid: The Big Picture (May 2021)
Swiss Policy Research - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (COVID19 - CORONAVIRUS | Comments Off on Covid: The Big Picture (May 2021))
Unity at Last: The Palestinian People Have Risen
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Unity at Last: The Palestinian People Have Risen)
People of Conscience: Palestinians Ask You to Boycott Israel
Omar Barghouti | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on People of Conscience: Palestinians Ask You to Boycott Israel)
China’s Humanitarian Intervention in Gaza May Be Motivated by Its PR War with the US–But That Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t Welcome
Tom Fowdy | RT - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on China’s Humanitarian Intervention in Gaza May Be Motivated by Its PR War with the US–But That Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t Welcome)
Tokyo Doctors Call for Olympics to Be Cancelled over COVID Surge
Al Jazeera News - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (SPORTS | Comments Off on Tokyo Doctors Call for Olympics to Be Cancelled over COVID Surge)
Banana
Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on Banana)
PI
Wisława Szymborska – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (POETRY FORMAT | Comments Off on PI)
What Went Right This Week: Redefining the ‘Big Five’, Plus More Positive News
Gavin Haines | Positive News - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TMS PEACE JOURNALISM | Comments Off on What Went Right This Week: Redefining the ‘Big Five’, Plus More Positive News)
Fame or Shame? Norway and the Nobel Peace Prize
Fredrik S. Heffermehl – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | 1 Comment »)
Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing with Gaza Strip to Receive Palestinians Injured in Israeli Aggression
Ahmed Morsy | Ahram online - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing with Gaza Strip to Receive Palestinians Injured in Israeli Aggression)
The Aryan Invasion of India: History or Politics?
Prof. N.S. Rajaram - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (HISTORY | Comments Off on The Aryan Invasion of India: History or Politics?)
Seaspiracy’s Nightmarish Odyssey
Robert Hunziker | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ENVIRONMENT | Comments Off on Seaspiracy’s Nightmarish Odyssey)
Israeli Defense Farce
Mr. Fish | ScheerPost - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Comments Off on Israeli Defense Farce)
World Coronavirus Map
World Life Expectancy – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (COVID19 - CORONAVIRUS | Comments Off on World Coronavirus Map)
Israel Destroyed Offices of More Than 20 Palestinian Media Outlets in Gaza
Shrouq Aila and Anna Therese Day | The Intercept - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Israel Destroyed Offices of More Than 20 Palestinian Media Outlets in Gaza)
The Accelerating Destruction of Earth’s Biodiversity: When Will We Act?
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (EDITORIAL | 1 Comment »)
Covid 19 Pandemic: Body Disposal Crisis–What to Do with Dead People in a Living World? (Part 1)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (COVID19 - CORONAVIRUS | Comments Off on Covid 19 Pandemic: Body Disposal Crisis–What to Do with Dead People in a Living World? (Part 1))
The Xinjiang Genocide Determination as Agenda
Gordon Dumoulin, Jan Oberg and Thore Vestby | The Transnational - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER | 1 Comment »)
Why Big Pharma’s Arguments against Patent Waivers Don’t Add Up
Sonali Kolhatkar | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (DEBATES ON COVID - VACCINES | Comments Off on Why Big Pharma’s Arguments against Patent Waivers Don’t Add Up)
The Fascinating Memoir of a “Citizen Pilgrim”: Q&A with Richard Falk
Busra Cicek and Daniel Falcone | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (REVIEWS | Comments Off on The Fascinating Memoir of a “Citizen Pilgrim”: Q&A with Richard Falk)
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Militants: Six Reasons They Have Not Been Defeated
Ishaq Khalid | BBC News, Abuja - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (AFRICA | Comments Off on Nigeria’s Boko Haram Militants: Six Reasons They Have Not Been Defeated)
Why Biden Is Right to Leave Afghanistan
Jeremy Scahill | The New York Times - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Why Biden Is Right to Leave Afghanistan)
‘Criminal Complicity’: Outrage as Biden Pushes $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel amid Gaza Slaughter
Jake Johnson | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on ‘Criminal Complicity’: Outrage as Biden Pushes $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel amid Gaza Slaughter)
Aldous Huxley on the Transcendent Power of Music and Why It Sings to Our Souls
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on Aldous Huxley on the Transcendent Power of Music and Why It Sings to Our Souls)
The Infinite Hotel Paradox
Jeff Dekofsky | TED – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (SHORT VIDEO CLIPS | Comments Off on The Infinite Hotel Paradox)
The Colombian Protests Reflect a Deep Legitimacy Crisis

May 24th, 2021 (LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | Comments Off on The Colombian Protests Reflect a Deep Legitimacy Crisis)
How America Went from Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on How America Went from Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism)
Conversation at the Crossroads
Joseph Camilleri talks with Richard Falk and Stuart Rees – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ANNOUNCEMENTS | Comments Off on Conversation at the Crossroads)
Price of Gold: DRC’s Rich Soil Bears Few Riches for Its Miners – Photo Essay
Moses Sawasawa | The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (EXPOSURES - EXPOSÉS | Comments Off on Price of Gold: DRC’s Rich Soil Bears Few Riches for Its Miners – Photo Essay)
‘Almost Divine Power’: The Lawyers Who Sign off Who Lives and Who Dies in Modern War Zones
Craig Jones | The Conversation - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (MILITARISM | Comments Off on ‘Almost Divine Power’: The Lawyers Who Sign off Who Lives and Who Dies in Modern War Zones)
How Billionaire Foundations Fund NGOs to Advance US Foreign Policy Goals
Rick Sterling – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on How Billionaire Foundations Fund NGOs to Advance US Foreign Policy Goals)
How the United States Helps to Kill Palestinians
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on How the United States Helps to Kill Palestinians)
(Português) Enlatados/Embutidos: Cruéis e Nocivas Misturas de Animais Mortos
David Arioch | Vegazeta – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Enlatados/Embutidos: Cruéis e Nocivas Misturas de Animais Mortos)
Palestine/Israel Coverage Presents False Equivalency Between Occupied and Occupier
Gregory Shupak | FAIR-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Palestine/Israel Coverage Presents False Equivalency Between Occupied and Occupier)
Talking Points
Mazin Qumsiyeh | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | Comments Off on Talking Points)
‘Choke off Dollars to Myanmar Military to Make a Change’
Mehmet Ozturk, Iftikhar Gilani and Sorwar Alam | Anadolu Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ASIA-UPDATES ON MYANMAR ROHINGYA GENOCIDE | Comments Off on ‘Choke off Dollars to Myanmar Military to Make a Change’)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 Apr 1882)
American Transcendentalism Web – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (BIOGRAPHIES | Comments Off on Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 Apr 1882))
Hamas’s Negotiating Demands Seem Reasonable
Marc Ash | Reader Supported News - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (PALESTINE - ISRAEL | Comments Off on Hamas’s Negotiating Demands Seem Reasonable)
“Take These Masks off of My Child”
Michael J. Talmo - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (DEBATES ON COVID - VACCINES | Comments Off on “Take These Masks off of My Child”)
Stairway to Heaven (Music Video of the Week)
Led Zeppelin – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (Music Video of the Week | Comments Off on Stairway to Heaven (Music Video of the Week))
(Castellano) Marbella, sede global del crimen organizado
Nacho Carretero y Arturo Lezcano | El País – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Castellano) Marbella, sede global del crimen organizado)
As Covid Ravages Poor Nations, Pharma Vaccine Profiteering Has Created 9 New Billionaires
Jake Johnson | Common Deams - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (CAPITALISM | Comments Off on As Covid Ravages Poor Nations, Pharma Vaccine Profiteering Has Created 9 New Billionaires)
“Tell me how you behave in conflict. I will tell you how much peace culture you have.”
Prof. Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Tell me how you behave in conflict. I will tell you how much peace culture you have.”)
The “Other Side” of the Story: Combatants for Peace in Palestine/Israel
j.jill | Combatants For Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (TRANSCEND VIDEOS | Comments Off on The “Other Side” of the Story: Combatants for Peace in Palestine/Israel)
(Português) Grave Risco para a Terra e a Vida: “A Grande Retomada do Capitalismo” (Great Reset)
Leonardo Boff | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES | Comments Off on (Português) Grave Risco para a Terra e a Vida: “A Grande Retomada do Capitalismo” (Great Reset))
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin (30 May 1814 – 1 Jul 1876)
Alan Ryan | Encyclopædia Britannica – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (BIOGRAPHIES | Comments Off on Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin (30 May 1814 – 1 Jul 1876))
‘A United Nations of Crime in Spain’: How Marbella Became a Magnet for Gangsters
Nacho Carretero and Arturo Lezcano | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (EUROPE | Comments Off on ‘A United Nations of Crime in Spain’: How Marbella Became a Magnet for Gangsters)
Canadian Journalists Fear Retaliation for Criticizing Coverage of Israeli Attacks on Gaza
Akela Lacy | The Intercept - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (MEDIA | Comments Off on Canadian Journalists Fear Retaliation for Criticizing Coverage of Israeli Attacks on Gaza)
Turn It Off and On Again
William Petersen | Readers’ Digest – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (JOKE OF THE WEEK | Comments Off on Turn It Off and On Again)
To Build the Post-Pandemic Future, We Must Imagine Radical Alternatives
Stellan Vinthagen | Waging Nonviolence - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ACTIVISM | Comments Off on To Build the Post-Pandemic Future, We Must Imagine Radical Alternatives)
And the Brand Played on: Bob Dylan at 80
Neil Spencer | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (BIOGRAPHIES | Comments Off on And the Brand Played on: Bob Dylan at 80)
U.S. and Its Allies Try to Split the World in Two
Eric Zuesse - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on U.S. and Its Allies Try to Split the World in Two)
Death Row Inmates Sue after They’re Asked to Pick Firing Squad or Electric Chair
Victoria Hansen | All Things Considered, NPR - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (ANGLO AMERICA | Comments Off on Death Row Inmates Sue after They’re Asked to Pick Firing Squad or Electric Chair)