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NO to Mandates! YES to Wise Power!

TheNewView – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jun 2022

Featuring Diane Perlman and Marilyn Langlois, TMS editorialists.
(Beginning at 13m:50s in the video) Perlman’s slide presentation proposes a model akin to the Transcend Method of conflict transformation, representing solutions-oriented thinking to create a new reality. They considered how this can be applied to the Ukraine situation and other conflicts.

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Tar Sand Song

TMS Editor, 14 Nov 2011

Words by Diane Perlman, PhD (TRANSCEND member)*
Music by Woody Guthrie
Performed by Ya’akov-Yisrael “Jimmy” Costello

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Reflections on Evil

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Nov 2023

8 Nov 2023 – In light of current events, I am posting my exploration of evil, written 15 years ago.

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(Italiano) L’uomo allo specchio: Uno sguardo al cuore e alla mente dietro TRANSCEND Media Service

Marilyn Langlois | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Nov 2023

Rincantucciati in un appartamentino all’ottavo piano di un caseggiato non lontano dal fiume Douro a Porto, in Portogallo, ci sono uno scrittoio, due computer laptop e una poltrona ortopedica. “Questo è il TMS!” proclama Antonio, l’uomo allo specchio, con ostentazione.

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The Man in the Mirror: A Glimpse at the Heart and Mind behind TRANSCEND Media Service

Marilyn Langlois – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Oct 2023

After spending a year of military service guarding the Brazilian President in Brasilia, he was arrested and tortured by agents of the 1964 coup d’état regime who suspected him of being a Communist based on a membership card to the Brazil-Russia Cultural Union. The 20-year-old had joined to learn how to play chess… Antonio told me he felt rage, powerlessness and the urge for revenge… But he found another way.

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The Future of TRANSCEND

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Oct 2023

30 Oct 2023 – It is high time to plan for the future of TRANSCEND. Johan just turned 93. A few weeks ago, Antonio C. S. Rosa, Marilyn Langlois and I spent precious time together in Portugal where Antonio lives. There is minimal awareness and understanding of the field of “conflict resolution.” Here are some ideas.

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Confessions of a Think Tank Junkie

Diane Perlman, Ph.D.  | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Oct 2023

25 Oct 2023 – Expanding on Caitlin Johnstone’s Brilliant Analysis

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Kuznick’s Essential Companion to the Oppenheimer Movie

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Aug 2023

4 Aug 2023 – In this interview, Peter, who also teaches a film course on “Oliver Stone’s America,” gives an essential analysis of Chris Nolan’s Oppenheimer. He commends the film in many respects, and then criticizes the exclusion of important historical facts, which he proceeds to supplement in great depth and detail.

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Send Julian Home: A More Constructive Message

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Aug 2023

I was curious about the urge to extradite him to the US, where he is not a citizen, for more harsh punishment. Anticipating extradition, activists are discussing plans for massive protests.

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Save the Dates for Whistleblowers Summit & Film Festival and Legacy Tribute to Dan Ellsberg

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Jul 2023

Dan Ellsberg will be honored at the Whistleblower Summit where he gave the keynote address and received the Pillar Award in 2021. Dan is considered the father of whistleblowers and has also acted as a father to whistleblowers as he nurtured those going through the trauma of retaliation.

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The Psychology of Truth-Tellers: Inspired by Dan Ellsberg

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Jul 2023

This is a revision of an earlier piece on “The Psychology of Veridos™ (Seekers of Truth and Justice) being repurposed as a tribute to Dan Ellsberg.

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A Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 May 2023

1 May 2023 – The Inspiration for My Psychological Study of Moral Heroism and the Courageous Personality

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Food Inglorious Food: Children’s Health Defense Attack on Food Summit

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Mar 2023

5 Mar 2023 – Yesterday Dr. Meryl Nass–with assistance, comments and summaries by Alexis Baden-Mayer–convened a magnificent, important 7-hour Attack on Food Symposium + Solutions to Fight Back

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Can Public Comments Penetrate FDA’s Illusory Parallel Universe?

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Feb 2023

On 26 Jan 2023, the 178th Meeting of Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee met to pretend to have a process before unanimously “voting” to authorize a simplified annual Covid shot in order to not confuse the public.

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As Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Announce Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight, They Unknowingly Push the Dial Even Closer

Diane Perlman, Ph.D.  | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Jan 2023

28 Jan 2023 – On January 24, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, founded by Einstein, Oppenheimer and scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, unveiled the 2023 Doomsday Clock, now at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been. This year, they cite new nuclear threats from the Ukraine war, the climate crisis and pandemics.

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The Psychology of Veridos™ (Seekers of Truth and Justice)

Diane Perlman, Ph.D.  | CoronaWise - TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Jan 2023

9 Jan 2023 – A Study of Moral Heroism of the 5% or less – A courageous vocal minority has arisen in the face of relentless opposition, demonization, censorship and punishment to challenge the official Covid narrative, to speak out and work for truth, justice, health and freedom.

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2022 Supporters

, 11 Jan 2023

Alphabetical list of TMS supporters who donated at least once in 2022. Aklea Althoff Alberto Portugheis Anthony Judge Anthony Marsella Anthony Mendola Antonino Drago Billie Knighton Branislav Gosovic Candice Carter Caroline Hurley Dennis Wong Dewakar Bhatia Diane Perlman Discover Rubin Elizabeth Cullen Frederic Herter Fredrik S. Heffermehl Geir Bye George Kent George Paxton Hayden F […]

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Betrayal All the Way Down (Part 1)

Diane Perlman | TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Nov 2022

Whether we deal with our experience of betrayal consciously or unconsciously will make all of the difference. It is critical that we take an enlightened approach to get it right. Here I attempt a comprehensive, coherent and constructive analysis towards intentional, wisely designed strategies and processes, informed by social science, conflict analysis, psychology and history.

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NPT’s Second Failure to Reach Consensus

Diane Perlman, Ph.D.  - TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Sep 2022

3 Sep 2022 – The 4-week UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon), rescheduled from May 2020 due to Covid, ended around 11:30 PM on August 26, 2022 in its second failure to reach consensus. This highlights the need for input from our field of conflict transformation.

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For Those Who Still Trust the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 29 Aug 2022

Radioactive Cesium – 137 Limits in Food by Country

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Neutralizing Dirty Tricksters

Diane Perlman, Ph.D.  | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Jul 2022

MYSTIFICATION is a plausible misrepresentation of reality, presenting forms of exploitation as forms of benevolence. FABRICATION weaves together fragments of truths, half-truths, facts out of context, images, and distortions to create a coherent, internally consistent, compelling, convincing worldview. Dirty tricks abound. Beware. Don’t be a sucker. Think for yourself.

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Best Case Scenario: Cheaper, Deeper, Faster, Better Solutions

Diane Perlman, Ph.D.  | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jun 2022

31 May 2022 – A Court-Free Alternative for Reparative and Transformational Justice 

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(Italiano) Maturità politica ed empatia razionale per il nemico

Diane Perlman | Centro Studi Sereno Regis - TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 May 2022

20 Maggio 2022 – Dopo lo sfascio dell’URSS, seppure Putin lo considerasse “la maggiore catastrofe geopolitica del secolo”, richiese l’adesione della Russia alla NATO e all’Unione Europea, a seguito di proposte fatte da Gorbachev e Yeltsin.

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Political Maturity and Rational Empathy for the Enemy

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 May 2022

After the breakup of the USSR, even though Putin felt it “was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” he requested that Russia join NATO and the European Union, following proposals made by Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

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Towards a Model of Wise Power™: Quantum Politics and Second Order Change

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Apr 2022

Once again, much of the world is gripped by a compelling narrative portraying a simplistic, archetypal drama, a simple Hollywood script: Ukraine is the angel, Russia is the devil, Zelensky is the hero and all good people will wear blue and yellow ribbons.”

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Negotiate Peace in Ukraine Now!

Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Mar 2022

Interestingly, most news sources in the U.S. and Europe continue to attribute Russia’s military difficulties in Ukraine to their own incompetence or Ukrainian heroism, but seldom to the $3.2 billion worth of high-tech weapons that the U.S. has shipped to Kyiv since 2014. Joe Biden, of course, is an architect of this de facto Western alliance with Ukraine. What his end game is nobody can say.

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Ukraine Déjà Vu 1984: Political Egocentrism, Nuclear Narcissism and Political Maturity

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Mar 2022

25 Mar 2022 – In 1984 I went to the USSR with the Association of Humanistic Psychology as a citizen diplomat during the height of the Soviet-American nuclear arms race. That was the good old days when Reagan called the USSR “the Evil Empire.” I put aside my shyness to become a speaker for Physicians for Social Responsibility on the psychology of the arms race.

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Introducing TRANSCEND and TMS

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Jan 2022

10 Jan 2022 – Can We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology – I would like to introduce you to TRANSCEND, A Network for Peace Development Environment, near to my heart. I encourage you to subscribe to TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS)

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Can We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Jan 2022

Mass psychology theories that shed new light are becoming popular. I will make an imperfect attempt to apply the TRANSCEND Method of Analysis, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapy.

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Natural Immunity Denial Disorder: Diagnosing a Dangerous Condition

Diane Perlman | TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Jan 2022

31 Dec 2021 – Natural immunity has been known for centuries. It has not been questioned until now.

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2021 Supporters

, 2 Jan 2022

Alphabetical list of TMS supporters who donated at least once in 2021. Abigail Abysalh Alberto Portugheis Ali Durmaz Amedeo Cottino Anthony Judge Anthony Marsella Antonino Drago Barry Deutsch Billie Knighton Branislav Gosovic Candice Carter Dennis Almeida Dewakar Bhatia Diane Perlman Emanuel Garcia Frederic Herter Gary Steven Corseri Gaye Bennett Geir Bye George Kent Howard Richards […]

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Dear School Nurse, Covid Shots for Tots Are Erring on the Side of Danger

Diane Perlman | Substack, TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Nov 2021

17 Nov 2021 – A Letter You Can Send with a Fully Informed Consent Checklist

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Informed Consent on Behalf of Children

Diane Perlman | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Nov 2021

14 Nov 2021 – Children are not capable of informed consent. A Checklist for Pfizer BioNTech Injections for Ages 5 – 11

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Open Letter and Challenge for Rachel Maddow (Full text previously censored by Medium)

Diane Perlman - TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Sep 2021

Ivermectin: Truth or Consequences

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Open Letter and Challenge for Rachel Maddow (Incomplete text deleted by Medium)

Diane Perlman | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Aug 2021

Ivermectin: Truth or Consequences

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The Vaccine Passport and the Dynamics of Domination

Diane Perlman – TRANSCEND Media Service, 12 Apr 2021

These lucrative, patented, experimental synthetic gene injectables are not technically vaccines. I call them VINOs – “Vaccines in Name Only.” Those who opt out of this unapproved experiment are demonized and pathologized as threats to humanity. Coercive VPP’s are promoted by Big Tech and Big Pharma, not health providers.

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My Win-Win Solution for Prince Harry and the Royal Family

Diane Perlman | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Mar 2021

11 Mar 2021 – Being born into or marrying into a Royal Family thrusts one into a double bind. Double bind theory regards the dilemma of being confronted with conflicting, irreconcilable demands — one negating the other. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. One can neither resolve the dilemma nor opt out of the situation.

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A Deeper Look At CPAC: Disdain Will Get Us Nowhere

Diane Perlman, PhD | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Mar 2021

Analysis and Photo Essay – Moral outrage and mutual disparagement have devolved into a national sport. Tweets and opinion pieces make valid points criticizing the Conservative Political Action Conference for remaining a party of Trump, being a dangerous, fascistic, racist, white supremacist, golden calf-worshipping cult, using Nazi symbolism on their Odal Rune shaped stage, etc. I don’t entirely disagree.

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President Biden, Our Commander in Grief

Diane Perlman, PhD | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Mar 2021

24  Feb 2021 – I may not love everything Joe Biden does, but I love that he held two public ceremonies to remember and mourn US Covid deaths on January 19 and February 22, marking 500,000 deaths. I doubt whether Biden was adequately appreciated for the emotional brilliance, depth of meaning and healing power of these rituals.

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Is Transcendence Emerging from Trump’s Impeachment?

Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Feb 2021

The storming of the US Capitol on Jan 6 was a wake-up call. Several Republicans changed their votes and certified Biden. This bubble-bursting moment separated “the men from the boys.” Johan Galtung always said he hates the US empire but loves the US republic. May we in the US emerge from this averted coup as the republic that he envisioned.

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Abracadabraism™: Not Exactly Lying

Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Feb 2021

“Abracadabra,” the magicians’ incantation, is derived from Aramaic and/or Hebrew. “Abra” means “I will create.” “C’dabra” means “as I speak,” as in “God said, ‘Let there be light! And there was light.’” (Genesis 1:3). I think Trump is trying to create reality with his words.

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(Italiano) Psico-Covidologia: Indurre all’impotenza e allo sfruttamento della paura

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Centro Studi Sereno Regis - TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Feb 2021

La paura è nell’aria. Legittimare preoccupazioni sulla morte e sulla malattia può faciltare gli interessi politici e finanziari con la disinformazione, ma anche con censura, capri espiatori, supervisione, manipolando paura e abuso di potere. Le paure possono essere ben fondate o esagerate, minimizzate o negate. Inoltre, noi giudichiamo il livello di paura di chiunque altro come troppo, non abbastanza, o assurdo rispetto al nostro.

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Amidst Opposition, the Nuclear Ban Treaty Becomes International Law

Diane Perlman, PhD | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Jan 2021

Today, January 22, 2021, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) finally enters into force. The “Nuclear Ban Treaty” prohibits states parties from developing, testing, stockpiling, manufacturing, possessing, transferring, or threatening to use nuclear weapons. The full text of the Treaty IS HERE.

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DC Police Arrest 147 White Protesters on Capitol Steps

Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Jan 2021

13 Jan 2021 – It was January 10, 2020. We weren’t protesting a stolen election, but a stolen future. I was among those arrested on the last day of Jane Fonda’s four-month DC stint of Fire Drill Fridays, along with Martin Sheen and Joaquin Phoenix.

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The Nuremberg Code

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Jan 2021

The Nuremberg Code was created in 1947 after the WWII and the Nuremberg Trials. It is a set of ethical principles for research and experiments in humans. The ten points of the code were in the section“Permissible Medical Experiments” of the Nuremberg Trials verdict.

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Psycho-Covidology: Induced Helplessness and the Exploitation of Fear

Diane Perlman, PhD - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Jan 2021

We don’t know the actual death rate because the CDC combines death rates from pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 (PIC). Doctors report that they are instructed to list people dying from other causes, some with Covid-19 as dying from Covid-19. “Probably never before in history has anything or any event mixed fact, fiction, fear, and confusion like the COVID-19 pandemic.” – Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD

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2020 Supporters

, 2 Jan 2021

Alphabetical list of supporters who donated at least once in 2020: Alberto Portugheis Alejandro Bendana Anne Dietrich Anthony Judge Anthony Marsella Antonino Drago Bertil Sandén Billie Knighton Björn Lindgren Caroline Knepper Charles Webel Dennis Almeida Dennis Wong Dewakar Bhatia Diane Perlman Elizabeth Sarfaty Ellen Turgasen Emanuel Garcia Erin Watters Eva Marianne Tennfjord Frederic Herter Fredrik […]

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Washington-DC Mayor, Please Veto the Psychologically Harmful ‘Minor Vaccine Consent Bill’

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Dec 2020

18 Dec 2020 – Open Letter to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. I have grave concerns about the physical and psychological dangers of Bill B23–0171.3, the Minor Vaccine Consent Bill, which permits children 11 and older to consent to vaccines without their parents’ knowledge or consent. I hope the information below inspires you to veto this bill with a clear conscience.

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Living Rights: Making Human Rights Come Alive

Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Dec 2020

I am pleased to announce the publication of Living Rights: Making Human Rights Come Alive–Activity Book and Journal on Amazon as an Ebook and Print on Demand, just in time for Human Rights Day, December 10. 

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Updated and Amended Version)

Diane Perlman Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Dec 2020

14 Dec 2020 – December 10 is Human Rights Day, the 72nd Anniversary of the UDHR. The world has changed in ways not imagined in 1948. Language is inserted in bold to reflect these times, plus ten new rights are added. This version derives from the original, with language synthesized from four versions of the UDHR.

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(Italiano) Possiamo “TRASCENDERE” la guerra civile americana?

Diane Pearlman | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Nov 2020

28 Novembre 2020 – Una guerra civile sta crescendo negli Stati Uniti dati gli attacchi alla democrazia senza precedenti del presidente Trump, che sta piantando bombe pronte ad esplodere. Come abbiamo raggiunto il livello patologico della separazione degli opposti? Cosa ha da offrirci adesso il Metodo Transcend?

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Can We TRANSCEND the Brewing US Civil War?

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Nov 2020

A civil war is brewing in the US as Trump’s unprecedented assaults on democracy set landmines yet to explode. How did we get to this point of the pathological splitting of the opposites? What does the Transcend Method offer us now?

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Can Dems Be Part of the Solution at AIPAC?

Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Feb 2020

23 Feb 2020 – A coalition of progressive organizations is pressuring Democratic candidates to boycott the AIPAC-American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference in Washington, March 1–3, 2020. Skipping AIPAC would be a huge mistake and a loss for the candidates, the party, our democracy, and AIPAC.

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Grace under Fire: Getting Arrested with Jane Fonda

Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Jan 2020

8 Jan 2020 – Following Jane Fonda’s 11th weekly Fire Drill Friday rally on the Capitol, we marched over the Hart Senate Office Building where 138 of us risked arrest and spent the rest of December 20 celebrating Jane Fonda’s 82nd birthday in a very cold warehouse, hosted by friendly DC police officers.

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Iran/USA: Assassination Aftermath–Is There a Win-Win Way Out?

Diane Perlman – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Jan 2020

Is there a way to create a new reality that addresses the interests of major parties? The TRANSCEND Method is based on the central thesis that to prevent violence and develop the creative potential of a conflict, there has to be transformation. Normal conflicts are complex and involve many actors, goals and issues.

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Photo Essay: 2009 UN Climate Conference through the Lens of Mediators Beyond Borders

Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Dec 2019

15 Dec 2019 – The 25th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP 25, has just ended in Madrid. Ten years ago, I had the privilege of attending COP 15 in Copenhagen with Mediators Beyond Borders. 45,000 people registered. Delegates, negotiators, NGOs, press, and over 1000 youth participated in more than 2000 events over two weeks. Images below

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A Call to Apply the TRANSCEND Method to the Middle East Conflict

Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Jul 2019

Before the UN Conference on a Nuclear Weapons [WMD] Free Zone in the Middle East

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The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Primary Conflicts and Second Order Change

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 May 2019

After almost 50 years, the NPT boasts partial success with horizontal proliferation as we only have four new Nuclear Weapons States: India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea–not parties to the NPT. However, all NWS are engaged in vertical proliferation with nuclear modernization programs triggering a new nuclear arms race without the benefit of arms control arrangements.

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The Psychology of Splitting, Traumatizing, and Abusing Families

Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Jul 2018

Mental health professionals are gravely concerned about the known effects of the cruel and inhumane policy of tearing children away from their parents who have made extraordinary sacrifices to protect them. We are horrified as we helplessly witness our government inflicting psychological damage upon vulnerable people.

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In Pursuit of Peace and Justice: 100 Peace & Justice Leaders and Models (List #2)

Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D., & Kathie Malley-Morrison, Ed.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 Feb 2018

14 Feb 2018 – The individuals included on our current list are from all genders, ages, roles. They are from many nations, ethnocultural groups, and “races.” There is a rising tide of commitment to peace and justice; there is an intolerance of the corruption, cronyism, and asymmetric power, sustaining current abuses. There is a new spirit of resistance to the old-world moral order, dominated too long by a limited number of oligarchs and martial nations.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution or Legalism? Conflict Transformation!

Theresa Sing | Galtung Institut — Transcend Media Service, 1 Jan 2018

Under the umbrella term Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), discourses around mediation and other non-judicial approaches to conflict resolution have been constrained by a predominantly legal narrative ultimately founded on an ‘either-or’ dichotomy between status quos instead of allowing a third way resting on a ‘both-and’ approach.

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(Italiano) Lo stato dell’Impero nell’era del trumpismo

Diane Perlman | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Dec 2017

“Odio l’Impero USA, ma amo la Repubblica USA”. Sento da anni questo mantra da Johan Galtung, mio caro amico, mentore e collega. Con lo svolgersi degli avvenimenti, acquisisce nuovo significato.

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The State of the Empire in the Age of Trumpism

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Dec 2017

“I hate the US Empire, but I love the US Republic.” For years I have been hearing this mantra from Johan Galtung my dear friend, mentor and colleague. As events unfold, it takes on new meaning.

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Prof. Johan Galtung (Born 24 Oct 1930)

Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Oct 2017

Galtung was jailed in Norway for six months at age 24 as a Conscientious Objector to serving in the military, after having done 12 months of civilian service, the same time as those doing military service. He agreed to serve an extra 6 months if he could work for peace, but that was refused. In jail he wrote his first book, Gandhi’s Political Ethics, together with his mentor, Arne Næss. This event would trigger a world-changing lifetime work for peace: 170 books, plus.

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(Italiano) Trascendere le bombe atomiche

Diane Perlman | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Oct 2017

9 ottobre 2017 – Sorprendentemente pochi sanno dello storico evento all’ONU – New York del 7 luglio 2017. È stato approvato da 122 stati un Trattato di Proibizione delle Armi Nucleari. Tutti gli stati con capacità nucleare militare, i loro alleati e gran parte dei membri NATO hanno boicottato i negoziati per la bozza del Trattato di Esclusione.

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North Korea: Quantum Politics, the TRANSCEND Method and Second Order Change

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Oct 2017

Dominant thought forms shape thinking and feeling in ways that limit ideas about what is possible. We need words, frames, concepts and categories that allow us to imagine transformative solutions. The most experienced, mature, and wise people recommend beginning with a policy of “Freeze for freeze” whereby the US and South Korea stop joint military exercises in exchange of NK’s halting testing. This reduces tension, fear and humiliation, a face-saving way out and creates a field for dialogue and to apply the TRANSCEND method.

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Transcending Nukes

Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Oct 2017

Surprisingly few people know about the historic event at the UN on 7 July 2017. A Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was approved by 122 member states. On 20 September the treaty opened for signatures and so far 53 countries have signed and three have ratified it – the Holy See, Guyana and Thailand. The treaty becomes international law 90 days after 50 states ratify it. The hard work begins now, and the TRANSCEND community has a specific and necessary contribution to make.

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Open Letter to Trump – Blueprint for Greatness

Diane Perlman, PhD - TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Dec 2016

I am post-partisan and outside the boxes. Your outside-the-box tendencies and pragmatic business skills can enable you to transcend incompatible contrived categories which impede deep understanding, enlightened policies and capacity for progress. As a political psychologist interested in reversing cycles of violence and retaliation, I can envision this possibility.

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Prof. Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930)

Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Oct 2016

Johan Vincent Galtung was born in Oslo, Norway on the same day that the UN would come to existence 15 years later. He was jailed for six months at age 24 as a Conscientious Objector to military service. In jail he wrote his first book, Gandhi’s Political Ethics, together with his mentor, Arne Næss. This event would trigger a world-changing lifetime work for peace: 167 books, plus.

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(Italiano) TRANSCEND a 20 anni: e poi?

Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Sep 2013

TRANSCEND: una Rete per Pace *Sviluppo* Ambiente fondata nel marzo 1993. Transcend, andare oltre, oltre le contraddizioni, le incompatibilità. Tirare fuori proposte creative, concrete, costruttive – possono funzionare. Si associarono [allora] Fumiko Nishimura e Dietrich Fischer; oggi ci sono 522 membri di 80 paesi; il 40% donne.

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TRANSCEND At 20: And Then What?

Johan Galtung, 19 Aug 2013

TRANSCEND: A Peace*Development*Environment Network was founded on March 1993. Transcend, go beyond, beyond contradictions, incompatibilities. Come up with constructive, concrete, creative proposals–they may work. Fumiko Nishimura and Dietrich Fischer joined; today there are 522 members invited from 80 countries; 40 percent are women. From the beginning four tasks were defined for the network.

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Memories Conscious and Subconscious

Johan Galtung, 30 Apr 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Apr 2012

Two kinds of memories serve politics: glories and traumas. The glories–victory, liberation, constitution–are celebrated as the birth of a nation. The traumas–defeat, invasion-occupation, decline and fall–are surrounded with the oath NEVER AGAIN! We are guided not only by future goals, but also by past memories. They set the discourse, the frame for what happens. Anybody attacking the USA on US territory invokes Pearl Harbor; 9/11 is then sedimented on top of that, tripling the response should there ever be one more. Better know the wounds imprinted on the collective soul

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Abdul Ghaffar Khan International Peace-Builder Award to Prof. Johan Galtung

TMS Editor, 21 Nov 2011

The American Muslim Alliance Foundation-AMA on 14 Nov 2011 honored Prof. Johan Galtung, the founder of the academic discipline of peace studies, with the Abdul Ghaffar Khan International Peace-Builder Award.

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The NPT and the Nuclear Power TRAP

Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 May 2010

For 40 years, there is virtual, unquestioned acceptance of nuclear energy, with frequent and automatic repetition of the mantras –the “inalienable right” to “peaceful uses” of nuclear energy, the “the third pillar” throughout the speeches. The belief in nuclear power is so deeply and widely held that it may seem outrageous to even question it.

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About Us

, 3 Apr 2010

TRANSCEND – A Network for Peace Development Environment (If you are here for the first time, please read Johan Galtung’s Welcome Note) VERY IMPORTANT: TMS does not accept sponsored or payed posts from advertising or other businesses not in line with Peace Journalism and/or our editorial policies. Only pieces that abide to THESE GUIDELINES will […]

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WHATEVER IT TAKES

Diane Pearlman, 25 Jan 2009

Open Letter to President Obama from Conflict Analysis Professionals for Enduring SecurityDear President Obama, Congratulations on your election. We look forward to working with you to heal our country in every way we can. We are interdisciplinary conflict analysis professionals including psychologists and other social scientists devoted to the study and practice of violence prevention, […]

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The Research Is Clear: Ivermectin Is a Safe, Effective Treatment for COVID. So Why Isn’t It Being Used?

Dr. Elizabeth Mumper | The Defender - TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Oct 2021

4 Oct 2021 – Despite efforts to denigrate Ivermectin as “horse paste” and prevent doctors from prescribing it and patients from using it, the latest research shows this safe, inexpensive drug is effective at keeping COVID patients out of the hospital.

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18 Years Ago: Emergency Warning against the US Invasion of Iraq

Diane Perlman | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Mar 2021

19 Mar 2021 – The March 19, 2003 US led invasion of Iraq was cataclysmic. I cried. In the months before I had done everything in my power to try to prevent it, but it was a done deal. I felt like I was watching Romeo and Juliet and trying to warn them not to take the poison.

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