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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2024
Up to 14 Apr 2024:
33,686 + killed* and at least 76,309 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
462+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
*Some rights groups estimate the death toll to be much, much higher when accounting for those presumed dead under the over 23 million tonnes of rubble and debris. Ralph Nader: Over 200.000 Palestinians killed to date.
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
GAZA 8 Apr 2024
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2024
Up to 29 Mar 2024:
32,623 + killed* and at least 75,092 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
450+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
*Some rights groups put the death toll number much, much higher when accounting for those presumed dead under the 23 million tonnes of rubble and debris. Ralph Nader: around 200.000 Palestinians killed to date.
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2024
Up to 24 Mar 2024:
32,223+ killed* and at least 74,518 wounded in the Gaza Strip
435+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
* Some rights groups estimate the death toll to be much, much higher when accounting for those presumed dead under the 23 million tonnes of rubble and debris.
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Mar 2024
• 31,645+ killed and at least 73,676 wounded in the Gaza Strip.*
• 435+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
* Some rights groups put the death toll number closer to 40,000 when accounting for those presumed dead under the 23 million tonnes of rubble and debris.
World Politics 2024
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Mar 2024
World Leaders ‘Solutions’
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(Norsk-Norwegian) Professor Johan Galtung in Memoriam 24.10.1930-17.2.2024
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2024
Johan døde i Bærum lørdag 17. februar 2024. Han var 93. RIP kjære venn og mentor. Vi snakket sist sammen på telefon i oktober 2023 da han var i Alicante i Spania.
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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2024
31,045+ killed* and at least 72,645 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
423+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
*Some rights groups put the death toll number closer to 40,000 when accounting for those presumed dead under the extensive rubble.
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Mar 2024
Up to 3 Mar 2024 Casualties:
20,410+ killed* and at least 71,700 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
* Some rights groups put the death toll number closer to 35,000 when accounting for those presumed dead under extensive rubble.
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
26 Feb 2024 – Casualties:
29,606+ killed* and at least 69,737 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
*The death toll number is over 38,000 accounting for those dead under the rubble.
Memorial Prof. Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930 – 17 Feb 2024) RIP
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
19 Feb 2024 – Johan wrote the inaugural TMS editorial on 3 Mar 2008, when our pioneer Solutions-Oriented Peace Journalism website was launched. Thus, TMS’ 16th anniversary will be celebrated exactly two weeks from today. Johan passed away in Oslo, Norway on Sat 17 Feb 2024 at 8 a.m. He was 93. RIP dear friend and mentor.
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Johan Galtung “Le Déserteur” (Music Video of the Week)
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung (24 Oct 1930 – 17 Feb 2024) performing the famous anti-militaristic ode: Le Déserteur composed by Boris Vian in 1954. Galtung was jailed for six months at age 24 for refusing military service as a conscientious objector, unlawful at the time in Norway. This single event would set in motion a lifetime of groundbreaking peace work (over 170 books written in 60 years, +++). RIP
→ read full articleGenocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
GAZA and WEST BANK, 19 Feb 2024
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Feb 2024
Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
GAZA and WEST BANK, 12 Feb 2024
At least 28,064 people have been killed and 67,611 wounded in the Gaza Strip*
More than 380 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
Imagine a Falling Empire…
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Feb 2024
“A falling tree makes more noise than a whole forest growing.”
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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence –
5 Feb 2024, GAZA and WEST BANK: 27,365+ killed and at least 66,630 wounded in the Gaza Strip. Some rights groups put the death toll at more than 35,000.
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jan 2024
Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
GAZA and WEST BANK, 29 Jan 2024
From the TMS Editor
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jan 2024
Dear friends, it is the first time since 2008 that I miss two weeks in a roll. So, at the very least you deserve a truthful explanation. No drama intended.
→ read full articleGenocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jan 2024
Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
GAZA and WEST BANK, 8 Jan 2024
Successful!
Posted by Antonio C.S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jan 2024
Which is the best? Why?
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Let’s Hope for a Happier New Year!
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jan 2024
1 Jan 2024 – Dear friends, I hope that you, your family and friends have a Happy New Year of 2024. But to be candidly honest, I have my doubts.
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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jan 2024
Parental Guidance: [Sanitized] Pornographic Violence – Palestine, 1 Jan 2024 – (Un)Happy New Year!
→ read full articleGenocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
Parental Guidance: [Sanitized] Pornographic Violence
GAZA and WEST BANK, 25 Dec 2023
Fredrik S. Heffermehl (11 Nov 1938 – 23 Dec 2023)
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
Fredrik S. Heffermehl was a member of the TRANSCEND Network, ex-Vice President of the International Peace Bureau, and founder of Nobel Peace Prize Watch. He died on 23 Dec 2023 at the age of 85. The world lost an exemplary human being and a courageous activist for disarmament and the abolition of war. RIP
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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
GAZA and WEST BANK, 18 Dec 2023
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
GAZA and WEST BANK, 11 Dec 2023
→ read full articleGenocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
GAZA 4 Dec 2023 – Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
→ read full articleGenocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2023
GAZA 27 Nov 2023 – Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
GAZA 20 Nov 2023 – Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
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Media Coverage of Israel and Gaza Is Rife with Deadly Double Standards
Editorial | The New Humanitarian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
‘Terrorism’ vs. ‘self-defense’ – Journalism that presents Palestinians as less than human makes their killing more acceptable: Palestinians “die” while Israelis are “killed”.
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Debate Palestine-Israel: Noam Chomsky & Rudy Rochman (must watch)
Posted by Antonio C.S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
Noam Chomsky Destroys Israel
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Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
GAZA 6 Nov 2023 – Parental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence
→ read full articleJohan Galtung Sings “Le Déserteur” (Music Video of the Week)
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung performing the famous anti-militaristic ode: Le Déserteur composed by Boris Vian in 1954. Galtung was jailed for six months at age 24 for refusing military service as a conscientious objector, unlawful at the time in Norway. This single event would set in motion a lifetime of groundbreaking peace work (170 books written in 60 years, +++).
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Prof. Johan Galtung (Born 24 Oct 1930)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
The ‘Father of Peace Studies’ celebrates his 93rd birthday. At 24, he was jailed for 6 months as a Conscientious Objector in Norway. In jail he wrote, with Arne Næss, his first book: Gandhi’s Political Ethics. Today he has contributed more than 170 books; over 1500 papers, articles and book chapters; and over 500 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service on peace and conflict studies, mediation, and related issues. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR JOHAN!
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A Photo Is Worth a Million Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
–> What Is Right in This Pic?
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Is There a Difference Between Nigeria and Niger?
TMS Editor,
7 Aug 2023
Niger and Nigeria are two separate countries in the African continent.
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Pertinent Concerns about Artificial Intelligence (AI): Friend or Foe?
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
31 Jul 2023 – Intelligence or… what? What are AI possibilities, vis-a-vis its human counterpart? A new human master? You be the judge.
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Portion Control
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
For the second year in a row, Mr. Fish came on top for Best Editorial Cartoon at the Los Angeles Press Club annual awards gala on 25 Jun 2023.
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The Way
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 May 2023
How ‘The Way’ Continues to Inspire Over a Decade after Its Release – Emilio Estevez co-stars with his father Martin Sheen. It is about a father’s pilgrimage on the Camiño de Santiago following his son’s death.
→ read full articleNOTICE FROM TMS EDITOR
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
Dear friends & readers, this week’s TMS Weekly Digest is incomplete because my computer decided to give up on me. I had to come to Amsterdam to configure a new one with Malvin, our webmaster. Next week I will publish all materials submitted this week.
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Begging?!
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
What is wrong with this scene?
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New World (Dis)Order…
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
Haves vs Have Nots
→ read full articleJohan Galtung Sings “Le Déserteur” (Music Video of the Week)
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2023
Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung performing the famous anti-militaristic ode, Le Déserteur, composed by Boris Vian in 1954. The exquisite artwork is by Xiaonan. Galtung was jailed for six months at age 24 for refusing military service as a conscientious objector, unlawful at the time in Norway.
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TRANSCEND Members February Birthdays
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2023
We at TRANSCEND Media Service wish our distinguished members a HAPPY BIRTHDAY with many returns. We take this opportunity to thank them for all their contributions to the world and to TMS. Bless your lives!
* Richard E. Rubenstein 24 Feb 1938 –> 85 years
* Antonio C. S. Rosa, 8 Feb 1946 –> 77 years
COVID Notice Update
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Dec 2022
19 Dec 2022 – Dear Readers, Friends, Supporters, as you may know, I have contracted COVID, still bedridden. This week I did my best but it wasn’t nearly enough. The materials submitted by writers are being published to the best of my abilities.
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Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Dec 2022
12 Dec 2022 – Dear Readers, Friends, Supporters, this is the first time that TMS fails to be updated since its inception on 3 Mar 2008. The reason: I have been infected with COVID and bedridden still without prognosis; my very first bout with the condition. Read on…
→ read full articleTRANSCEND Members December Birthdays
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2022
We at TRANSCEND Media Service wish our distinguished member JIM ALBERTINI a HAPPY BIRTHDAY with many returns. We take this opportunity to thank him for all his contributions to the world and to TMS. Bless your life!
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A Thanksgiving Reminder
Daniel Medina | TK Editorial Cartoons – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Nov 2022
24 Nov 2022 – Happy Thanksgiving, sucker…
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Qatar: World Champion Human Rights Violators
Daniel Medina | TK Editorial Cartoons – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2022
Bloodied Trophy…
→ read full articleTRANSCEND Members November Birthdays
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2022
We at TRANSCEND Media Service wish our distinguished members VANDANA SHIVA and RICHARD FALK a HAPPY BIRTHDAY with many returns. We take this opportunity to thank them for all their contributions to the world–and to TMS. Bless your lives!
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Act!
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2022
If not HERE, WHERE?
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Howard Zinn (24 Aug 1922 – 14 May 2008)
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Aug 2022
Zinn’s influence lives on in millions of people who have read his work and have been inspired by his actions. He ended his autobiography with these encouraging words: ‘We don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an endless succession of presents, and to live now as we think humans should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.’
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Gaza Death Toll Climbs to 43 amid Ceasefire Reports
Mondoweiss Editors - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Aug 2022
7 Aug 2022 – An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire went into effect today at 11:30 pm local time in Gaza. The Health Ministry reports that 43 Palestinians, including 15 children, have been killed since Israel began airstrikes on 5 Aug.
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Angry? Careful!
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2022
Irrationality of Anger
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Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa - TMS Editor,
10 Jan 2022
Be patient.
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Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2021
Feeding your thought…
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Picture of Inequality: Worldwide CO2 Emissions by Region
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
Clear, Revealing and Useful for Constructive Chats with Your Government
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Prof. Johan Galtung (Born 24 Oct 1930)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Oct 2021
The ‘Father of Peace Studies’ celebrates his 91st birthday. At 24, he was jailed for 6 months as a Conscientious Objector in Norway. In jail he wrote, with Arne Næss, his first book: Gandhi’s Political Ethics. Today he has contributed more than 170 books; over 1500 papers, articles and book chapters; and over 500 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service on peace and conflict studies, mediation, and related issues. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHAN!
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Return to the Source: The US Military Swarms over Africa
Editorial | Black Agenda Report - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Sep 2021
Military exercises carried out by AFRICOM on the African continent in recent years have occurred across the continent–east, west, north, and south–as well as on the surrounding seas and oceans. They have included participation from Europe and from almost every African country.
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Howard Zinn (24 Aug 1922 – 14 May 2008)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Aug 2021
Zinn’s influence lives on in millions of people who have read his work and have been inspired by his actions. He ended his autobiography with these encouraging words: ‘We don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an endless succession of presents, and to live now as we think humans should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.’
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Induced Divisionism
Opinion Sur | Editorial - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Aug 2021
20 Jul 2021 – Since remote times and even today, those who seize power defending minority interests need to coopt followers from other spaces to secure sustainability. They achieve that manipulating public opinion, colonizing minds, buying wills, also with repression.
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Space Stooges
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Aug 2021
Progress… (?)
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“Governments are vassals of Bankism and Military Capitalism, the Mafia that controls human affairs through Cyber-information manipulation.”
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2021
Antonio C.S. Rosa, born 1946, is founder-editor of the pioneering Peace Journalism website, TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS (from 2008), an assistant to Prof. Johan Galtung at the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment, and recipient of the Psychologists for Social Responsibility’s 2017 Anthony J. Marsella Prize for the Psychology of Peace and Social Justice. He is on the Global Advisory Board of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies and completed his B.A., M.A., and graduate Ph.D. work in the fields of Communication-Journalism and Political Science-Peace Studies/International Relations at the University of Hawai’i. Originally from Brazil, he lives presently in Porto, Portugal. Antonio was educated in the USA where he lived for 20 years; in Europe-India since 1994.
→ read full articleJohan Galtung Sings “Le Déserteur” (Music Video of the Week)
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2021
Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung performing the famous anti-militaristic ode, Le Déserteur, composed by Boris Vian in 1954. The exquisite artwork is by Xiaonan. Galtung was jailed for six months at age 24 for refusing military service as a conscientious objector, unlawful at the time in Norway. This event would set in motion a lifetime of groundbreaking peace work (over 170 books in his 90 years, +++).
→ read full articlePerception of What Happens in Complex Realities
Editorial | Opinion Sur - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2021
Societies frequently accept what is harmful, fearful or hindered to address the necessary changes. Concentrated Power manipulates opinions and colonizes minds, formatting subjectivities. Fear of changing, legitimate or induced, facilitates Concentrated Power domination. Lifting the veils and uncovering the deceits create conditions to choose different courses and ways of functioning.
→ read full articleFairness, Justice, Solidarity, Not Even Mercy or Compassion?
Editorial | Opinion Sur - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2021
18 May 2021 – No person, no economic group, no country could have accumulate so excessively wealth and decisional power just with their own effort. Always, openly or concealed, they have done it taking advantage of other persons, other economic groups, other countries. It is impossible to explain not moderate but enormous inequalities without considering some degree, some modality of appropriating what others had generated.
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(Português) Poder Político versus Poder Financeiro
Editorial | Opinion Sur - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 May 2021
16 maio 2021 – O poder financeiro apoderou-se do leme da marcha da humanidade. Ele tem acumulado tanta riqueza e o consequente poder de decisão que somente Black Rock -o maior fundo global de investimentos- qualifica, por tamanho, como terceiro “país” do mundo, apenas atrás dos Estados Unidos e da China. Isto é inaudito e, a na nossa opinião, inaceitável.
→ read full articleIn the Eyes of the Beholder
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Mar 2021
“What are you looking at?”
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Richard Falk’s Autobiography, Memoirs
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Feb 2021
“Public Intellectual is officially published on February 15th. The book (Clarity Press) is 465 pages in length, available in either paperback or Kindle formats, and can be obtained from leading booksellers, including Amazon. It attempts to blend my personal and political engagements in an overall search for why I departed from the worldview and commitments of those with whom I shared a class, ethnic, and educational background in urban USA.” — Prof. Richard Falk
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2021 Doomsday Clock Statement: It Is 100 Seconds to Midnight
John Mecklin | Editor - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
1 Feb 2021
27 Jan 2021 – The Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies in other domains.
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The Energy Bulletin
Tom Whipple and Steve Andrews | Editors – Post Carbon Institute,
25 Jan 2021
“It may be counterintuitive to say that the oil demand crash and the resulting glut in 2020 could lead to an oil supply crunch in just a few years. Yet, a growing number of experts and international agencies warn that the world could be headed for an oil shortage when oil demand finally recovers from the COVID-inflicted crisis in late 2022 or 2023.”
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Contesting Aspects of COVID-19
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2020
To Inform, Educate, Create Dialogue: The Flip Side of the Discourse/Narrative–not on the streets but confined to human dwellings.
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Christmas Truce of 1914, World War I – For Sharing, For Peace
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2020
Peace at the war front on Christmas day during World War I. A real story. An inspiration. Made in partnership with The Royal British Legion, it commemorates the extraordinary events of Christmas Day, 1914, when the guns fell silent and two armies met in no-man’s land, sharing gifts – and even playing football together.
→ read full articleMy Way… OUT(ch)!
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Dec 2020
Parody: When Trump Does Sinatra…
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Prof. Johan Galtung (Born 24 Oct 1930)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2020
The ‘Father of Peace Studies’ completes 90 years of age. At 24, he was jailed for 6 months as a Conscientious Objector in Norway. In jail he wrote, with Arne Næss, his first book: Gandhi’s Political Ethics. Today he has contributed more than 170 books; over 1500 papers, articles and book chapters; and over 500 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service on peace and conflict studies, mediation, and related issues.
→ read full articleDiscrimination
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2020
Injustice!
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Desiderata
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Sep 2020
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
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Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Sep 2020
Siga tranquilamente por entre a agitação e a pressa e lembre-se da Paz que pode haver no silêncio. Procure, o mais que possa, viver em harmonia com as pessoas ao seu redor, sem abrir mão das suas próprias convicções.
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Press in His Pocket: Bill Gates Buys Media to Control the Messaging
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr | Children’s Health Defense Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Sep 2020
3 Sep 2020 – A Columbia Journalism Review expose reveals that, to control global journalism, Bill Gates has steered over $250 million to the BBC, NPR, NBC, Al Jazeera, ProPublica, National Journal, The Guardian, the New York Times, Univision, Medium, the Financial Times, The Atlantic, the Texas Tribune, Gannett, Washington Monthly, Le Monde, Center for Investigative Reporting, Pulitzer Center, National Press Foundation, International Center for Journalists, and a host of other groups. His press bribes have paid off.
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Three Years since Their Genocide Began, the Rohingya Remain Desperate for Help
Editorial Board | The Washington Post - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Sep 2020
13 Aug 2020 – The Rohingya Muslims three years after 750,000 of them were terrorized and torched out of their homes by Myanmar’s security forces and forced into miserable camps in Bangladesh. Using the word ‘genocide’ won’t bring the Rohingya home. But it will serve as a reminder to [Nobel Peace laureate] Aung San Suu Kyi – and to the world – of what happened.
→ read full articleWrite Your Own Caption
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Aug 2020
Hear any bells ringing? Or the sand prevents it?
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Howard Zinn (24 Aug 1922 – 14 May 2008)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Aug 2020
Zinn’s influence lives on in millions of people who have read his work and have been inspired by his actions. He ended his autobiography with these encouraging words: ‘We don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an endless succession of presents, and to live now as we think humans should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.’
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Science Approved, Safe: Buy, Use, Consume It!
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
You probably don’t remember such Marvels of Science…
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COVID-19 and China: Lessons and the Way Forward
Editorial | The Lancet - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jul 2020
25 Jul 2020 – China has largely controlled COVID-19. A country of 1.4 billion people now reports only clusters of cases rather than widespread community transmission. The rest of the world can still learn from China’s successes in bringing its outbreak under control. Tackling a global health emergency like a pandemic requires open collaboration. The lack of global solidarity to address COVID-19 amid geopolitical instability is a threat to us all.
→ read full articleSmall Talk…
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jul 2020
… Not So Small
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Right, Moral, Ethical… vs Legal
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2020
Rule of law? What law?
→ read full articleLooting all the Way to Freedom… (Really?)
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2020
You the judge…
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Charlie Chaplin’s Famous ‘The Great Dictator’ Speech
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jun 2020
Inspirational speech given by silent-movies comedian Charlie Chaplin in his celebrated film, The Great Dictator.
→ read full articleAre We Having Fun Yet?
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 May 2020
Click on the link below and join/enjoy the Heavy Duty party…
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Unity in Diversity
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 May 2020
A Picture Is Worth 8 Billion Words–Or as many God Manifestations
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Remembering Carl Sagan on Earth Day
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Apr 2020
22 Apr 2020 – The excerpt below is from Carl Sagan’s book, Pale Blue Dot, and it was inspired by an image recorded by Voyager-1 on 14 Feb 1990. As the spacecraft was leaving the solar system for its no-return outer-space exploration trip, NASA technicians redirected the camera for a last photo of Planet Earth behind. Voyager was about 6.4 billion kilometers (4 billion miles) away when it captured this unique, historical, unflattering portrait of the world. Among light rays from the Sun, our Earth appears as a tiny, almost invisible point of light 0.12 pixel in size in the beam to the right of the frame. The landmark photo was by Sagan’s request.
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(Castellano) La Granja del Dr Frankenstein
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20 Apr 2020
Documentary on the Use of Genetic Engineering in Animals
Documental sobre el Uso de la Ingeniería Genética en Animales
One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Apr 2020
One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution, by Mahboob A. Khawaja, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 12/2019, 537 Pages – While science and technology have advanced immensely human thoughts, pleasure-seeking sports and entertainment, comforts and lifestyles, mankind remains disconnected to the imperatives of its own origins, purpose of life and relationships to the Nature of Things within a splendid Universe.
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13 Apr 2020
There!
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6 Apr 2020
Nothing will be the same again…
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A New Book on Iran
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Apr 2020
A new book entitled Politics of Oil and Nuclear Technology in Iran has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan. In it, Johan Galtung’s version of the Center Periphery model, described in his article entitled “A Structural Theory of Imperialism,” has been used as an analytical framework.
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Civilized, Barbarians, Savages
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2020
23 Mar 2020 – A civilization or culture is defined as a set of customs, traditions, ethics, values, language, music, dance, gastronomy, clothing, religion, and social and political organization of a people, ethnic group, tribe, or nation.
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Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Mar 2020
23 Mar 2020 – A civilization or culture is defined as a set of customs, traditions, ethics, values, language, music, dance, gastronomy, clothing, religion, and social and political organization of a people, ethnic group, tribe, or nation.
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(Português) Civilizados, Bárbaros e Selvagens
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Mar 2020
23 Mar 2020 – Uma civilização ou cultura é definida como o conjunto de costumes, tradições, éticas, valores, língua, música, dança, cozinha, vestuário, religião, e organização social e política de um povo, grupo étnico, tribo, ou nação.
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Journalists Speak Up for Julian Assange
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Feb 2020
20 Feb 2020 – Julian Assange, founder and publisher of WikiLeaks, is currently detained in Belmarsh high-security prison in the United Kingdom and faces extradition to the United States and criminal prosecution under the Espionage Act. He risks up to 175 years imprisonment for his part in making public the leak of US military documents from Afghanistan and Iraq, and a trove of US State Department cables.
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