Articles by TRANSCEND Media Service
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(Português) A Tourada Vista por um Médico Veterinário com Experiência em Espectáculos Tauromáquicos
Dr. Vasco Reis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Os animais humanos e não humanos são seres dotados de sistema nervoso que lhes permitem sentir e tomar consciência do que se passa em seu redor e do que é agradável, perigoso, agressivo e doloroso. Estes seres experimentam sensações, emoções e sentimentos muito semelhantes. Este facto leva-os a utilizar mecanismos de defesa e de fuga, sem as quais, não poderiam sobreviver. Imaginem o sofrimento horrível que uma pessoa teria se fosse posta no lugar de um touro capturado e conduzido ao “calvário” de uma tourada.
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Movement for Sustainable Development: Model for Culture of Peace?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Already we see that the paradigm of a culture of peace, as opposed to a culture of war, is becoming internalized in the consciousness of a large proportion of humanity. Can we not expect that the closer we come to a collapse of the present system, the more it will become evident that wise financial investment should seek out productive sectors instead of militarized sectors of the economy? If and when this occurs, then the time will be ripe for a social revolution from the culture of war to a culture of peace.
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New Book: Population and the Environment – Free Download
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – One hopes that human wisdom and ethics will continue to grow, but unlimited growth of population and industry on a finite earth is a logical impossibility. I would like to announce the publication of a book addressing these problems, entitled “Population and the Environment”. The book may be freely downloaded and circulated.
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Israel’s Criminal Behaviour
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – The violent assault upon a number of unarmed passengers on board Al Awda, a ship bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has exposed yet again the hideous face of Israeli occupation. 20 out of the 22 passengers were initially detained in the Givon prison in Israel.
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Flash Mob “Symphony No. 9” (Music Video of the Week)
Ludwig van Beethoven – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Performed at Tokushima Prefecture, Tokyo, where Symphony # 9 was performed for the first time in Asia—to celebrate the 100th anniversary of that performance.
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Freeze Fuel-Economy Goals to Save Lives? A Closer Look at Feds’ Claim
Greg Rasa | Autoblog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Trump Administration Says 12,700 Deaths Will Be Prevented – A key point in the Trump administration’s argument for rolling back Obama-era fuel economy standards is that those standards will increase the number of traffic fatalities. “The administration’s effort to roll back these standards is a denial of basic science and a denial of American automakers’ engineering capabilities and ingenuity.” –Prof. John DeCicco, University of Michigan Energy Institute
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Account from a Doctor on Board the Freedom Flotilla Boat Al-Awda Hijacked by the Israeli Navy
Dr Swee Ang | 21st Century Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – The last leg of the journey of al-Awda (the boat of return) was scheduled to reach Gaza on 29 July 2018. Prior to the beginning of this last leg, we had spent 2 days learning non-violent actions and had prepared ourselves in anticipation of Israeli invasion of our boat. Vulnerable individuals especially those with medical conditions were to sit at the rear of the top deck with their hands on the deck table. The leader of this group was Gerd, a 75 year old elite Norwegian athlete and she had the help of Lucia a Spanish nurse in her group.
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Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
The state of the world is right now going from bad to worse, with more violence or threats thereof; an epidemic, even pandemic, of violence. And more inequality within and between countries and money buying votes in fake elections and politicians in fake democracies turning plutocracies run by money. And nature insulted; less diversity and less symbiosis with CFCs in the ozone layer.
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Who the Hell Are We?
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – The new Nation Law, by its clearly semi-fascist nature, shows us how urgent this debate is. We must decide who we are, what we want, where we belong. Otherwise we will be condemned to a permanent state of impermanence.
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Rwandan Dictator Paul Kagame’s Paranoia Strikes Deep
Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – “Dissidents say Kagame shuttered houses of worship because they were the last spaces in Rwanda where people felt safe from his totalitarian grip.”
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London September Peace Conference & March
Alberto Portugheis | HUFUD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Humanity United For Universal Demilitarisation-HUFUD ~ Conference scheduled to take place on 15th September at Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London.
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(Français) L’évacuation des Casques blancs en Syrie est-elle le prélude de l’ultime bataille ?
Robert Fisk | Arrêt sur info – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Juil 2018 – Grâce à Donald Trump, c’en est fini pour les « rebelles » en Syrie qui ont été trahis par les Américains – sûrement en fin de compte par Trump lui-même au cours des discussions secrètes qu’il a eues avec Vladimir Poutine à Helsinki.
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Jewish Nation-State Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
25 Jul 2018 – Israel has made its choice and it is, unmistakably, the wrong one. The rest of the world must now make its choice as well, hopefully, the right one: standing on the right side of history – against Israeli Jewish Apartheid and for Palestinian rights.
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Enhancing Human Rights Globally: The Role of NGOs in the UN
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – Governments, that alone have the ability to vote UN resolutions, happily take credit for advances. Yet, progress was made by ideas coming from NGO representatives, helped by UN Secretariat civil servants who must keep a “low profile”, and the representatives of some governments where an issue touched them personally. I list 10 victories which seem to me to be real advances.
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US Military Ordered to Host Massive Immigrant Concentration Camps
Courage to Resist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
23 Jul 2018 – Actual concentration camps are in the process of development at military bases across the Southern United States. Potential locations have been identified by military or Pentagon personnel. The White House has requested that the first of these large scale camps be ready by mid-August. We are in the midst of a pivotal moment in history, one way or another.
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This Is Neoliberalism: Introducing the Invisible Ideology (Part 1)
BarakalypseNow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
If you’ve ever wanted to understand what neoliberalism is, this is the video for you. Neoliberalism is an economic ideology that exists within the framework of capitalism.
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In a Counter World – Hug a Fascist
Binu Mathew | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – Modi by his political ideology and his governance track record is a personification of a true-blue fascist. Rahul Gandhi’s hug has a magnanimous meaning for the world. Hate mongers should be countered by love. Only people who love or hate touch each other. A loving touch or a violent slap! In a Counter World, the violent hate mongers should be physically hugged lovingly by peace mongers.
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India Must Stand by the Rohingya in Their Hour of Need
Tapan Bose | Countercurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – On Tuesday (July 30) Mr. Rijiju, the Minister of State for Home said some of the Rohingya living in India do not have the status of “refugee” but are “illegal migrants” who would be deported once their details have been prepared. Rohingyas are the most persecuted people in the world. Let us not add to their misfortune. It is possible that a few individual Rohingya refugees might have committed some crime. But that should not be the reason to classify the entire community as “criminals”.
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Do Not Deprive Me
Laila Yaghi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Poems about Palestine
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In Conclusion…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
A biology teacher wanted to warn his students about the harmful effects of alcohol.
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Buddhist Councils: Means and Ends for Clarity and Revitalization
Tanka Prasad Pokharel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Buddhism is continuously refined and evolved through practices, conventions and councils. Buddhist councils are very less often talked topic about Buddhism. This article examines the history of Buddhist councils and synods from the early gatherings after the demise of the Buddha to the 4th Buddhist Council in the 1st century.
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Palestine, Israel, and the UN: A PassBlue Interview
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – The interview was initially published on July 17, 2018, and Dulcie managed to get me to talk more about my personal background than I intended, although most of the private disclosures were not in the published text. Part of the motivation for the interview stems, I suppose, from the bewilderment of how a Jewish boy from Manhattan’s West Side should become so committed to the Palestinian national struggle.
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Harmony in Medical Systems
Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Among the medical systems prevalent today, the western Allopathy is the most widespread. Other systems are Ayurveda and Homeopathy, which are in use especially in Asia… Ayurveda and Allopathy are examples of the sharing and harmony between two systems of medicine and surgery.
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‘Economy Is Society’s Servant, Not Its Master,’ Say UN Rights Experts, Urging Brazil to Put Human Rights before Austerity
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – Marginalized groups suffer unduly harsh consequences due to Brazil’s economic policies of austerity, prompting United Nations rights experts to urge the Government to instead prioritize human rights.
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Hanging by a Thread
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
India has been home to a variety of arts and crafts which have won it a coveted place in the cultural heritage of the world. Handloom is one of the most exquisite textile traditions of India, and Hand-spun and woven fabrics were for centuries an integral part of India’s rich textile tradition.
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Rohingya Abuses Probe Aims to ‘Obstruct International Justice’ and Protect Military
Asian Correspondent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Burma’s (Myanmar) new four-member independent commission set up to investigate abuses against the Rohingya Muslim community is nothing more than a cover-up aimed at obstructing justice rather than holding perpetrators to account, rights groups say. “The process is discreet and lacks transparency, so we have no confidence in that. It’s neither independent nor impartial.”
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Process Documentation of Interfaith Peacebuilding Cycle: A Case Study from Nepal
Prof. Bishnu Pathak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
4 Aug 2018 – Abstract: The concept of this study was to explicitly define the characteristics of Process Documentation (PD), a unique type of record keeping system. The PD is a process of lessons learned-centric piloting approach which is a neologism in Social Science research. The PD moves forward “anti-clock-wise” direction and generally applies to humanitarian agencies in support, care and emergency relief programs to deliver basic services to needy people.
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Ethiopia: Women Run Co-Ops, UN Collaboration Yields Good Harvest, Rural Savings
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
3 Aug 2018 – The UN Women Representative for Ethiopia, Letty Chiwara, said women-run agricultural co-ops are vital to sustainable farming practices.
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: The Diagnosis for the Future Inhabitants of our Dying Planet
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – 30 years ago Neil Postman wrote the best-selling book “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”. The book exposed, among other things, the subtle but profound dangers to the developing mind from the mesmerizing (and addictive) commercial television industry.
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The United States Is the Only Remaining Colonial Power
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – The US government has never allowed independent governments in Latin America. Every time people elect a government that represents them instead of US economic interests, Washington overthrows it. Currently, Washington is trying to overthrow the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua and has bought off the Ecuadorian government with oil purchases and the usual personal bribes.
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A Threat, Self Destruction and Peace
Leonardo Boff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
30 Jul 2018 – There is a general perception that humanity is not well situated, because an absurd accumulation of wealth in few hands exists in the midst of a sea of misery and hunger. The tragedies that touch us in the depth of our soul invite us to rethink the fundamentals of human coexistence in this new planetary phase and to care for our Common Home, the Earth.
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A Butcher Knife
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
In modern warfare, those who issue orders to kill seldom see their victims face to face.
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‘Freedom’ under Attack by Israel as It Carries Medical Supplies to Gaza
Freedom Flotilla Coalition – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
Statement 4 Aug 2018 – At 20:06 (CEST) we lost contact with the yacht Freedom, sailing under a Swedish flag. We have reason to presume that the Israeli Occupation Forces has now begun to attack it and that it has been surrounded in International Waters. The latest reported position was approximately 40 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza.
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Oppositional Logic as Comprehensible Key to Sustainable Democracy
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
31 Jul 2018 – Democracy is readily to be recognized as a configuration of opposing strategies, with the challenge being the coherence of that configuration. The tendency is to seek to reduce the multiplicity to a univocal perspective as exemplifying the singular “will of the people” — variously marginalizing, out-maneuvering or eradicating any opposing voice.
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Int’l Community Eyes Outcomes of BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
Xinhua News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
28 Jul 2018 – The 10th summit of the BRICS countries was held in Johannesburg from Wed to Fri [25-27 Jul], with the Johannesburg Declaration issued, mapping out a blueprint for the emerging-market bloc’s second “Golden Decade.” It has shown the world that the BRICS countries unanimously oppose trade protectionism and remain a powerful force for maintaining the multilateral trade system.
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Strategy and Conscience: Subverting Elite Power So We End Human Violence
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
The military forces of the United States are not intended to defend it against military attack. The military forces of the countries in NATO are not intended to defend them against military attack. The military forces of the USA and NATO are controlled by the global elite and used by them to aggressively attack, in violation of all relevant national and international laws, any country that seeks independent control and development of its resources, particularly fossil fuels, strategic minerals and water. The global elite, which is in total control of the global economy and world affairs generally, does this in order to expand its own power, profit and privilege. It does this no matter what the cost to any individual (outside the elite), people, country and the biosphere. Why does the global elite do all of this? Because it is completely insane. So what do we do?
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The Crying Rohingya
Amit Rahman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
We had no hand in determining the place and the caste we were born, yet they determine so much of our life, almost to the extent of defining it…
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Dr Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
We are inundated with news of accidents, floods, bombings, killings, terrorist activities, sexual assaults and other such painful and tragic events.
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My Unadulterated Thoughts on Ahmed Tamimi: “During My Lifetime I Have Never Seen Peace”
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
30 Jul 2018 – Israel is no exception: the persecuted and the oppressed have more often than not morphed into monstrous executioners and oppressors themselves. The United States, Canada, Australia–all settler colonies (genocidal colonies, that is)–spring to mind. My own birthplace, Burma/Myanmar, is another despicable human community–once colonized, exploited and abused; now it is the colonizer, exploiter, and a bloody mass murderer as a nation.
→ read full articleWithout Saying a Word This 6-Minute Clip from Samsara Will Make You Speechless
Samsara – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
This clip represents only 6 minutes from a 100-minute film, which was photographed in 25 countries and explores many other diverse aspects of the human experience. Contains images of animal (lack of) welfare that some may find upsetting.
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Another Crossroads for the American Psychological Association
Roy Eidelson | Psychology Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
23 Jul 2018 – The President is a big fan of waterboarding, and worse. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called torturers “patriots.” New CIA Director Gina Haspel oversaw torture at the agency’s infamous black sites. Chief of Staff John Kelly subjected Guantanamo detainees to brutal treatment. National Security Adviser John Bolton is notorious for dismissing international law. The list is incomplete, but it’s sufficient to make one thing clear: for the Trump White House, inhumanity awaits as soon as the right opportunity arises.
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Four Freedoms
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Freedom from Fear: Still an Unmet Goal
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(Français) Le traité de paix entre l’Erythrée et l’Ethiopie met fin à des décennies de conflit frontalier
Arun Kumar | The Down News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
17 Juil 2018 – Les habitants ont célébré dans les rues d’Asmara, la capitale de l’Erythrée, la normalisation des relations diplomatiques et le rétablissement des voies de communication.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
General Smith died and the local newspaper printed a eulogy.
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The NSU Trial in Germany: Was Justice Really Served after 18 Years?
Zeliha Eliaçık | The New Turkey – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
German authorities did not adopt a constructive stance that would help uncover aspects of the trial, which went insufficiently investigated. The process that started in Germany with the NSU trial is unlikely to be truly finished until institutional racism in the country is faced and addressed accordingly.
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Brazil: Pesticide Poisonings in Rural Areas
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
20 Jul 2018 –The Failing Response to Pesticide Drift in Brazil’s Rural Communities – Ordinary Brazilians Suffer Health Effects, Retaliation for Speaking Out
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Prof. Paulo Freire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Written by educator Paulo Freire, proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society. The book is considered one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy. Dedicated to the oppressed and based on his own experience helping Brazilian adults to read and write, Freire includes a detailed Marxist class analysis in his exploration of the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. In the book Freire calls traditional pedagogy the “banking model of education” because it treats the student as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. However, he argues for pedagogy to treat the learner as a co-creator of knowledge.
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Identity in a Global Era: Individual, Collective, National, “Existential” Considerations
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
30 Jul 2018 – This paper is an overview of a complex topic, “Identity,” an essential concern in a number disciplines (e.g., anthropology, child development, medicine, politics, psychology, sociology). There is considerable debate within and across the disciplines regarding the nature of identity and its dynamics. This paper summarizes some of the major dimensions.
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Israel: An American-Russian Protectorate?
Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Some sections of the Zionist-linked media in particular are suggesting that as a result of the Helsinki Summit, Israel has now become “a joint American-Russian protectorate”. The media conference that Trump and Putin addressed, according to these sources, underscored this. There is absolutely no truth to this claim.
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Numbness
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
If a frog is put into hot water, it jumps out. If it is put into tepid water, and the water is gradually heated, he remains in the water until he is boiled.
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We Are the Same
Hüsamettin Olgun – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Turkish Peace Poem Translated by Talat Halman
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(Italiano) Il giornalismo non sia al servizio dell’odio e della propaganda
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
29 Lug 2018 – Per un Giornalismo Indipendente e Nonviolento -Propaganda, odio e costruzionismi connotano parte dell’informazione italiana verso la quale i giornalisti hanno precise responsabilità. Se nella propaganda invece che ai fatti e ai dati si dà spazio alle percezioni nell’informazione “nonviolenta” la/il giornalista tenta di ristabilire la verità degli accadimenti attraverso contestualizzazioni e interpretazioni intellettualmente oneste.
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A Short List of the Most Lethal CIA Interventions in Latin America
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
In its 200 year history, the USA has intervened in, invaded or militarily occupied the following Western Hemisphere nations: Canada, Confederate States of America, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Grenada. The article below enlarges upon the 10 most lethal coups.
→ read full articleMadmen and Economists
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Economists (with a few notable exceptions) have long behaved as though growth were synonymous with economic health. If the gross national product of a country increases steadily by 4 percent per year, most economists express approval and say that the economy is healthy. If the economy could be made to grow still faster (they maintain), it would be still healthier.
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World’s Transitional Justice Ironically Ensures Freedom to the Perpetrators Further Limiting Justice to the Victims
Prof. Bishnu Pathak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
30 Jul 2018 – The objective of this writing is to dig out the abstract meanings from a Nepali language paper on Transitional Justice Practices in the World: Truth, Justice and Prosecution Being Shadowed. Transition is a gap period between the two-Government systems: old (past) and new (present and future). This is the situation when neither the old system (government) is completely collapsed nor a new one is fully established.
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The Pinnacle of Evolution Is Life, Not the Human Being
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
22 Jul 2018 – In the understanding of the great cosmologists who study cosmo-genetics and bio-genetics, the culmination of this process is not the human being. The great event is life, in its immense diversity, and that which is essential to it: caring. The culmination of the cosmo-genetic process is not found through anthropocentrism, as if human beings were the center of everything, and other beings are only significant to the extent they are valuable to human beings.
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World Citizens or World Subjects?
John O. Sutter, PhD | DWF – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
27 Jul 2018 – Many of us concerned with the future viability of the Earth and its population and environment like to think of ourselves as World Citizens. But are we really “World Citizens” or “World Subjects”? Should one differentiate between aspirations and reality, especially when it comes to citizenship?
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(Português) Éguas prenhas são torturadas para extração de hormônio aplicado em outros animais
ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
24 jul 2018 – A exploração das éguas ocorre para a extração do hormônio eCG (hormônio gonadotrófico equino), que é exportado da América do Sul e aplicado em animais como porcas e cabras, na Europa. As éguas são torturadas e mortas, segundo denúncia de ONGs. Alternativa ética:
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A Planned War Crime
Amos Gvirtz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
25 Jul 2018 – The Israeli government is planning to demolish the village of Khan El Akhmar, next to the settlement of Kfar Adumim. This is a unilateral act of war by an army against a defenseless civilian population, contrary to international law. The security activities of the Israeli army in the occupied territories stem from the need to suppress Palestinian resistance to their ouster from their land, and to protect Israeli citizens from Palestinian revenge over their abuse by the army and the settlers.
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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi. The text’s authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates back to the late 4th century BC, but modern scholarship dates other parts of the text as having been written—or at least compiled—later than the earliest portions of the Zhuangzi.
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European Parliament Calls for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly and a UN Reform Summit in 2020
UNPA Campaign | DWF – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
27 Jul 2018 – In a resolution adopted today, the European Parliament called on the EU’s governments to advocate “the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly” and to support a “UN 2020 summit” that will consider “comprehensive reform measures for a renewal and strengthening of the United Nations.”
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Diabolical Plot to Extradite Assange to US
Stephen Lendman | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
24 Jul 2018 – Ecuador granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum at its London embassy in August 2012. According to an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling, it’s irrevocable under international law. Nations are obliged to uphold asylum rights, including the right of safe passage to the country granting it… He’ll likely lose asylum protection, be extradited to Washington to be prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned for the “crime” of truth-telling.
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Johan Galtung: The World beyond Global Disorder
Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Talk given on 18 Dec 2015–more relevant than ever.
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[Breaking] Freedom Boats to Gaza Intercepted, Sized, Attacked by Israeli Navy
Freedom Flotilla Coalition – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
29 July, 2018 – The motor vessel Al Awda (The Return) is sailing under a Norwegian flag carrying 22 passengers and crew from 16 nations including human rights supporters and journalists along with €13,000 worth of urgently needed medical supplies. The boat itself is a gift to Palestinian fishers in Gaza. Al Awda is being followed by the Swedish-flagged yacht Freedom, which is also carrying medical supplies and people from a number of nations. Please read on for last weekend’s developments.
→ read full articleAdolf and Amin
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
28 Jul 2018 – Binyamin Netanyahu is a perfect diplomat, a clever politician, a talented leader of the army. Lately, another jewel has been added to his crown: he is also a gifted story-teller. He has provided an answer to a question that has perplexed historians for a long time: When and how did Adolf Hitler decide to exterminate the Jews? There was no agreed-upon answer.
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For Refugees in Sudan, Fears Surround Probe into UN Resettlement Fraud
Sally Hayden | IRIN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
23 Jul 2018 – Potential witnesses worry about retaliation and complain about the lack of protection. They worry about retribution from those they’re making allegations against because of what they say is a lack of protection for witnesses and close links between some local UNHCR staff and Sudanese security officials.
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A History of Alcoholics Anonymous 1932-1971
Oliver Clark – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
In January 1935, Bill W went on a business trip to Akron, Ohio. During this trip, he was tempted to drink alcohol in the hotel’s bar. To prevent this from happening he telephoned a local minister asking if he knew of any alcoholic he could talk to. Bill W learned from Thacher that cravings could be controlled by conversing with somebody who also experienced cravings.
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With Anti-Muslim Laws, Europe Enters New Dark Age
Pinchas Goldschmidt | Politico – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
28 Jul 2018 — What has become of Europe? New laws targeting Muslims are reminiscent of a time when innocent Jewish children were abducted by masked monks and imprisoned in monasteries to “save” them from the eternal fire of hell. Leading rabbi condemns discrimination in the name of security.
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God Only Knows
Kathy Kelly – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
In July of 2018, an Amnesty International report entitled “God Knows If He’s Alive,” documented the plight of dozens of families in southern Yemen whose loved ones have been tortured, killed, or forcibly disappeared by Yemeni security forces reporting to the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is part of the Saudi-led coalition that, with vital US support, has been bombarding and blockading famine and disease-ravaged Yemen for three brutal years.
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Stop the Plastic Ocean
Sea Shepherd – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
9 Jul 2018 – Marine debris is any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment, including consumer items such as glass or plastic bottles, cans, bags, balloons, rubber, metal, fibreglass, cigarettes and other manufactured materials. It also includes fishing gear such as line, ropes, hooks, buoys and other materials lost or intentionally discarded at sea.
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The Middle East’s Cold War, Explained
Vox – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
How two feuding countries are tearing apart the Middle East. The Saudis and Iranians have never actually declared war on each other.
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Clandestino (Music Video of the Week)
Manu Chao – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2018
Official Video of the Celebrated Argentinean Singer/Composer/Satirist Manu Chao
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The World is Silent as Israel Bombs Palestine
Friends of Syria | CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
15 Jul 2018 – Israeli terror in Gaza and Palestine is barbaric; women and children are murdered for the entire world to see. Bombs are raining on Gaza and Israel blocked all entrances. People are caged to be killed. A few days before the bombing started, Netanyahu closed more border crossings into Gaza.
→ read full articleDucking Hell: The Shocking Video Revealing How We Farm Ducks in Australia
Aussie Farms – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
An Animal Liberation Exposé ~ Shocking footage of duck farming in Australia has emerged showing day-old ducklings being dropped into an industrial shredder, adult ducks being kicked and thrown around a barn by workers, and ducks which should have been stunned before slaughter hanging by their feet on a conveyor belt while they bleed to death after having their throats slit.
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Myanmar: International Accountability Needed for Military-Planned Genocide against Rohingya–Report
Fortify Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
19 Jul 2018 – The Myanmar authorities made “extensive and systematic preparations” for attacks against Rohingya civilians during the weeks and months before militants attacked police on August 25, 2017, Fortify Rights said in a new report released today. The report finds “reasonable grounds” that crimes against Rohingya constitute genocide and crimes against humanity, and it identifies 22 Myanmar Army and Police officials who should be criminally investigated for their roles in atrocities.
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Support Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Swee Ang and Mazin Qumsiyeh
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
14 Jul 2018 – The two statements below about the al-Awda Freedom Flotilla en route to Gaza are contributions from two heroic figures in the long Palestinian struggle, hopefully known to many TMS readers. This flotilla is on a humanitarian mission, carrying much needed medical supplies and is again dramatizing the plight of the population of Gaza, unendurable victim of vindictive Israeli measures
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The Sexual Passion of Winston Smith
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
It may sound silly to say, but language, as its etymology tells us, begins with the tongue (Latin, lingua). And the tongue is a bell, tolling out its meaning. Indeed, all language springs from the body – is body language. And when language becomes abstract and devoid of blood, it becomes etiolated and unable to convey the truth that is the mystical body of the world. It becomes a viper’s tongue, dividing the “good” people from the “bad” so the good can eliminate the bad who have become abstractions.
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Russiagate
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
17 Jul 2018 – Reality Check for Americans Obsessed with Russia – It’s meant to pump up militarism and weapons sales to benefit arms profiteers. It is ridiculous and very dangerous. I think the growing danger of American fascism and global nuclear confrontation comes as much from anti-Trump folks as pro-Trump folks.
→ read full articleThe March of Folly
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
21 Jul 2018 – It has been said that a clever person is able to extricate himself from a trap into which a wise person would not have fallen in the first place. Stupid people do not extricate themselves. They are not even aware of the trap.
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Physicians for Human Rights Call for Crimes against Humanity Investigation in Myanmar
VOA News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
21 Jul 2018 – A physicians group working with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh says medical and scientific evidence indicates the extent of the violence they suffered at the hands of the Myanmar military and civilians.
→ read full articleThe Harmony of Languages and Scripts
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
The world is divided into blocs and groupings — the UNO, EU, NATO, SAARC, the Communist bloc, the Mid-East Muslim bloc, trade blocs and others such as the Nuclear group of nations. Each has their specific agendas, their special economies, cultures, strengths, liabilities, etc. But religious leanings and languages also play a dominant role in interaction within the groupings.
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What a Green and Peaceful Future Could Look Like
Paula Tejón Carbajal | Greenpeace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
19 Jul 2018 – We’re experiencing a deep systemic disconnection: an ecological, social and spiritual cultural divide. There’s a discernible disconnect between the infinite growth imperative and the finite resources of planet Earth; between private ownership and the best societal use of property; between GDP and well-being. “We cannot solve problems with the same kind of thinking that created them.” — Albert Einstein
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Your Thoughts Create Your Future
Stephen Knapp – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
One thing I want to do right now before we go any farther is to explain some information that many people can use. This will show how your thinking creates your consciousness and how to help control it. It provides evidence so that you can see how your life unfolds according to what you draw to it, as dictated by your consciousness and thoughts. By taking the responsibility for yourself and your thinking process, you can make your life more positive and uplifting, and reduce or negate the influence of any hurt or negative energies you encounter.
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USA’s Military Drops a Bomb Every 12 Minutes and No One Is Talking about It
Lee Camp | DWF News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
20 Jul 2018 – And that’s odd, because we’re technically at war with—let me think—zero countries. So that should mean zero bombs are being dropped, right? Hell no! You’ve made the common mistake of confusing our world with some sort of rational, cogent world in which our military-industrial complex is under control.
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A Reflection on the June 24th Turkish Elections (modified and corrected)
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 – This is slightly modified text of an earlier post that seeks to take account of responses from friends, and gave me the opportunity to express these somewhat contrarian views in a clearer way, as well as correct some mistakes. This version will also be published by Sharq Forum in Turkey.
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The Massacre of Inn Din: How Rohingya Are Lynched and Held Responsible
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 – “In my four years as High Commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Have you no shame, sir, have you no shame? We are not fools.” — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein to a Burmese official’s claim that his country is not targeting Rohingya in a genocidal campaign but is defending the rights of all its citizen.
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(Castellano) Una Lectura Económica de Los Hechos de los Apóstoles: Taller de Relectura de Pablo de Tarso
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Es necesario construir formas de vida muy distintas de la forma actualmente dominante. Entre las estructuras sociales dominantes que hay que desechar está la que subordina los procesos vitales de la vida a la existencia de ingresos, cuyos montos son fijados por un contrato de trabajo. En el plano científico, el equilibrio general, que nunca ha sido pensado como una realidad, tiene que dejar de ser pensado como un ideal en el cual el producto del trabajador corresponde al sueldo fijado en un contrato libremente negociado a la luz de las fuerzas del mercado.
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(Português) A crise brasileira, parte da crise global
Leonardo Boff | Opinion Sur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
12 julho 2018 – Não se pode analisar o Brasil só a partir do Brasil. Nenhum país está fora das conexões internacionais, nem a fechada Coréia Norte, que a planetização inevitavelmente criou. Ademais nosso país é a sexta economia do mundo, coisa que desperta a cobiça das grande corporações que querem vir para cá, não para ajudar no nosso desenvolvimento com inclusão, mas para poder acumular mais e mais, dada a extensão de nosso mercado interno e da superabundância de commodities e de bens e serviços naturais, cada vez mais necessários para sustentar o consumismo dos países opulentos.
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Violent Coup Fails in Nicaragua, US Continues Regime Change Efforts
Kevin Zeese | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
21 Jul 2018 – The violent coup in Nicaragua has failed. This does not mean the United States and oligarchs are giving up, but this phase of their effort to remove the government did not succeed. The coup exposed the alliances who are working with the United States to put in place a neoliberal government that is controlled by the United States and serves the interests of the wealthy. People celebrated the failure of the coup but realize work needs to be done to protect the gains of the Sandinista revolution.
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Dag Hammarskjöld (29 Jul 1905 – 18 Sep 1961): Second UN Secretary-General
The United Nations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961 when he died in a plane crash while on a peace mission in the Congo.
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New Import Restrictions Risk Triggering ‘Dramatic Deterioration’ in Gaza, Says UN Humanitarian Coordinator
UN News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
17 Jul 2018 – Following further restrictions on goods and supplies that can be moved across the border of the Gaza Strip, the top United Nations humanitarian official there has called for urgent measures to prevent an already critical humanitarian situation from getting worse.
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The State of Our Oceans in 2018 (It’s Not Looking Good!)
FishLab – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
12 Jul 2018 – Recent studies have made startling discoveries. For example, by 2050 there will be more plastics than fish in our oceans by weight. Facts like this have helped to make the public more aware of the harm that our everyday materials can cause. But among all the bad news, there are some success stories. With sensible management, we can undo some of the damage that has already been done.
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Hawaiian Kingdom Files Lawsuit against President Trump in Washington, D.C.
Hawaiian Kingdom Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Petition for an Emergency Writ of Mandamus filed with U.S. Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., against President Trump regarding the prolonged American occupation of the Hawaiian Islands. [David Keanu Sai vs. Donald John Trump et. al, Case: 1:18-cv-01500]
→ read full articleA Short History of the Costs of Military Air Shows
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Squandering the Planet’s Increasingly Scarce Fossil Fuels for Our Amusement
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Neocolonialism
Andy Singer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Monroe Doctrine Redux: Equity Balance Fairness… Right?
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Eva Bartlett on Spring/2018 Visit to Syria, Israeli Violence in Gaza
GlobalResearchTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
9 Jul 2018 – GRTV interviews Canadian award-winning journalist Eva Bartlett about her most recent trip to Syria. Eva also recounts her experiences in Gaza and Israel’s most recent attacks on protesters at the Israel-Gaza border wall.
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Peace May Be with You (Music Video of the Week)
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter [The Horsemen of the Apocalypse] – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Politically Correct Heavy Metal from Germany
Submitted by TMS Webmaster Dr. Malvin Gattinger
What Should We Do Now?
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
There is another reason why having to live in one regime of accumulation or another is unsustainable. It is because although the physicists, chemists, and biologists have explained to us very clearly what we must do to save the biosphere, we can’t do it. The causal powers that determine our behaviour are mainly in the social structures. What happens is not what humans want to happen, but what the structures compel. Nobody wants the destruction of the biosphere, but nevertheless we are compelled to destroy the biosphere. It is a systemic imperative to obey the necessity of capital accumulation and to disobey hard science.
→ read full articleCutting Greens
Lucille Clifton – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Curling them around
I hold their bodies in obscene embrace
thinking of everything but kinship.
The Child and Her Diary
Laila Yaghi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
Poems about Palestine
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