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Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar’s Great Hope Fails to Live Up to Expectations
Poppy McPherson – The Guardian,
3 Apr 2017
31 Mar 2017 – It was never meant to be this way. A year after her party swept to power, the Nobel laureate faces questions over her leadership and silence on persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
→ read full articleU.S. Military Personnel Deployments by Country
Jeff Desjardins | Visual Capitalist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Apr 2017
18 Mar 2017 – The U.S. spends more on defense than the next 7 countries combined. Part of that money goes to supporting 200,000 troops abroad in 177 countries. Look at the charts.
→ read full articleThe Inside Story on Our UN Report Calling Israel an Apartheid State
Richard Falk – The Nation,
3 Apr 2017
A people cannot be permanently repressed in all these ways without viewing the structure that has emerged as an apartheid regime.
→ read full articleWikiLeaks Reveals “Marble”: Proof CIA Disguises Their Hacks as Russian, Chinese, Arabic…
Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Apr 2017
31 Mar 2017 – WikiLeaks’ latest Vault 7 release contains a batch of documents, named ‘Marble’, which detail CIA hacking tactics and how they can misdirect forensic investigators from attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks to their agency by inserted code fragments in foreign languages. The biggest malicious hacker on Earth was, and still is, the CIA.
→ read full articleIs Israel an Apartheid State?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
This post was originally published on March 22, 2017 by The Nation under the title “The Inside Story of Our UN Report Calling Israel an Apartheid State.” What is below is somewhat modified.
→ read full articleThe Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Spy Agency You Haven’t Heard of
James Bamford - Foreign Policy Magazine,
27 Mar 2017
On a heavily protected military base some 15 miles south of Washington, D.C., sits the massive headquarters of a spy agency few know exists. Even Barack Obama, five months into his presidency, seemed not to have recognized its name.
→ read full article(Castellano) Una ética para la Madre Tierra
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
14 mar 2017 – Hoy es un hecho científicamente reconocido que los cambios climáticos, cuya expresión mayor es el calentamiento global son de naturaleza antropogénica, con un grado de seguridad del 95%. Es decir, tienen su génesis en un tipo de comportamiento humano violento con la naturaleza.
→ read full articleSnow, Death, and the Bewildered Herd
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
Wherever you go these days, you sense a generalized panic and an inability to slow down and focus. Depression, anxiety, hopelessness fill the air. Most people sense that something is seriously wrong, but don’t know exactly what. So they rage and rant and scurry along in a frenzy. It seems so huge, so everything, so indescribable. Minds like pointilliste canvases with thousands of data dots and no connections.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Human Rights Spies: Manipulating the Discourse
Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini – Al Jazeera,
27 Mar 2017
22 Mar 2017 – A fascinating expose in Haaretz reveals how, in the mid-1970s – not long after the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, and Golan Heights – Israel used university faculty members to infiltrate Amnesty International. Revelations shocked many but human rights ‘spies’ are still out there.
→ read full articleUN Sponsored Report on Israel’s Responsibility for Apartheid in Relation to the Palestinian People
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2017
19 Mar 2017 – Below is the text of a report co-authored by Virginia Tilley and myself, commissioned by the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) that examines the argument for regarding Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ with respect to the whole of the Palestinian people, that is, not only those Palestinians living under occupation, but also those living as residents of Jerusalem, those living as a minority in Israel, and those enduring refugee camps and involuntary exile.
→ read full article(Castellano) Estado y Ciudadanía: el rol de la educación en DDHH para su construcción cultural y política
Howard Richards y Alicia Cabezudo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2017
Adelantamos la tesis de que hay una oportunidad prometedora y desafiante que tenemos los profesores para cambiar en sentido positivo el rumbo de la historia. Es una oportunidad también peligrosa. Cuando usamos la frase “rumbo de la historia” tenemos en mente la diferencia entre, por una parte, los innumerables sucesos que pasan; y, por otra, aquellos sucesos, o constelaciones de sucesos, que cambian de una manera fundamental la forma de vida de un pueblo, o de unos pueblos.
→ read full article(Italiano) Un’ Etica Per la Madre Terra, Nuestra Casa Comune
Leonardo Boff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2017
Abbiamo bisogno urgente di un’etica rigeneratrice della Terra. Questa deve restituirle la vitalità ferita, affinché possa continuare a regalarci tutto come aveva sempre fatto. Sarà un’etica della cura, del rispetto dei suoi ritmi e della responsabilità collettiva.
→ read full articleNorth Korea Tensions Pose Early, and Perilous, Test for Trump
David E. Sanger, Choe Sang-Hun, Chris Buckley and Michael R. Gordon – The New York Times,
20 Mar 2017
7 Mar 2017 – The United States began deploying a missile defense system in South Korea this week. China condemned the new antimissile system as a dangerous opening move in what it called America’s grand strategy to set up similar defenses across Asia, threatening to tilt the balance of power there against Beijing.
→ read full articleThe East India Company: The Original Corporate Raiders
William Dalrymple – The Guardian,
20 Mar 2017
For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant. It was not the British government that seized India, but a private company, run by an unstable sociopath.
→ read full articleThe Radical Jesus: How Would the Baby in a Manger Fare in the American Police State?
John W. Whitehead | The Rutherford Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2017
Jesus was good. He was caring. He had powerful, profound things to say—things that would change how we view people, alter government policies and change the world. He went around helping the poor. And when confronted by those in authority, he did not shy away from speaking truth to power. Jesus was born into a police state not unlike the growing menace of the American police state.
→ read full articleAsking Foolish Questions about Serious Issues
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Mar 2017
Serious and worrisome parallel issues are raised by recent disclosures of serious cyber attacks by the US Government on the North Korean nuclear program. The American media and government officialdom treat the conduct of cyber warfare against North Korea’s nuclear program as something to be judged exclusively by its success or failure, not whether it’s right or wrong, prudent or reckless.
→ read full article(Português) Uma ética da Mãe Terra, nossa Casa Comum
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Mar 2017
12 março 2017 – É um fato cientificamente reconhecido hoje que as mudanças climáticas, cuja expressão maior se dá pelo aquecimento global é, num grau de certeza de 95%, de natureza antropogênica, Quer dizer, possui sua gênese num tipo de comportamento humano violento face à natureza… Uma ética da Terra não se sustenta sozinha por muito tempo sem esse supplément d’ame que é a vida do espírito. Ele nos faz sentir parte da Mãe Terra a quem devemos amar e cuidar.
→ read full articlePaying for Imperialism? Fury in Cambodia as US Asks to Be Paid Back Hundreds of Millions in War Debts
Lindsay Murdoch – The Age,
13 Mar 2017
11 Mar 2017 – Half a century after United States B-52 bombers dropped more than 500,000 tonnes of explosives on Cambodia’s countryside Washington wants the country to repay a $US 500 million war debt. The demand has prompted expressions of indignation and outrage from Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh.
→ read full articlePeeping Pigs and Propaganda by Omission
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Mar 2017
5 Mar 2017 – While there is much talk these days about “fake news,” omitting important news is perhaps as widespread and egregiously harmful to an informed public. The following report tries to remedy the way the mainstream media have for years ignored one of the oddest but more important news stories of the last sixty years.
→ read full articleUN Experts Denounce ‘Myth’ Pesticides Are Necessary to Feed the World
Damian Carrington – The Guardian,
13 Mar 2017
Report warns of catastrophic consequences and blames manufacturers for ‘systematic denial of harms’ and ‘unethical marketing tactics.’
→ read full articleReading Elisabeth Weber’s KILL BOXES
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Mar 2017
Kill Boxes: Facing the Legacy of US-Sponsored Torture, Indefinite Detention, and Drone Warfare, by Elisabeth Weber – The purpose of this post is to recommend highly the above book addressing the interrelated issues of torture, indefinite detention, and drone warfare from a perspective that is both humanistic and deeply steeped in European philosophical thought.
→ read full articleOur Sons-of-Bitches: Western Media and the Syrian “Rebels”
Ricardo Vaz | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Mar 2017
“He may be a son-of-a-bitch, but he’s our son-of-a-bitch,” U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt once said about Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza. We examine how the western media, always so full of editorials and columns praising western values (whatever those may be), have covered the Syrian opposition, focusing on three groups in particular.
→ read full articleA Nuclear Weapons Ban Should First Do No Harm to the NPT
Adam Mount and Richard Nephew | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Mar 2017
Simple additions to the text of a new ban treaty would keep it from being used as a cover for non-compliance with the existing non-proliferation regime.
→ read full article‘Worst View in the World’: Banksy Opens Hotel Overlooking Bethlehem Wall
Emma Graham-Harrison – The Guardian,
6 Mar 2017
British artist launches Walled Off hotel in hope of bringing Israeli tourists–and dialogue–to West Bank city. The Walled Off hotel may sound utilitarian, even bleak. Its owner says it has “the worst view of any hotel in the world”, while its 10 rooms get just 25 minutes of direct sunlight a day.
→ read full articleDalai Lama Adds Voice to Pope’s in Calling for the Persecution of Rohingya to End
Lindsay Murdoch | People’s Tribunal on Myanmar – The Sydney Morning Herald,
6 Mar 2017
3 Mar 2017 – The Dalai Lama has joined Pope Francis in calling for Myanmar Buddhists to end violence against Rohingya Muslims in what the United Nations says amounts to ethnic cleansing and possibly crimes against humanity.
→ read full articleWill Trump’s America Make the World Safer or More Dangerous?
Robin Edward Poulton, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2017
Donald Trump’s speech to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday February 28th certainly had a different tone from his usual, irascible midnight tweets. Some of the speech sounded quite similar to speeches given by previous presidents. Some of it was even boring (which is rare for Trump: he may be a horrible misogynist, but he is seldom boring).
→ read full articleThe Role of Biodiversity Scientists in a Troubled World
Arturo Gómez-Pompa | American Institute of Biological Sciences, Oxford University Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2017
As a society, we are torn apart by conflicting views on issues of enormous importance. In the debate on many of these issues, both sides have persuasive arguments for their position. I hear convincing views from opposite extremes: pro-war or antiwar, pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian, pro-GMO or anti-GMO, pro-life or pro-choice, pro-bioprospecting or anti-bioprospecting. I feel the anguish of having to take sides on issues I do not know well and whose reconciliation seems impossible.
→ read full articleThe Art of the Trumpaclysm: How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself
Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch,
6 Mar 2017
We’re now living in Donald Trump’s America (which I certainly didn’t either predict or imagine in March 2015); we’re living, that is, in an ever more chaotic and aberrant land run (to the extent it’s run at all) by billionaires and retired generals, and overseen by a distinctly aberrant president at war with aberrant parts of the national security state.
→ read full articleMem Fox on Being Detained by US Immigration: ‘In That Moment I Loathed America’
Mem Fox – The Guardian,
6 Mar 2017
The celebrated Australian children’s author tells how on her 117th visit to the US she was suddenly at the mercy of Donald Trump’s visa regime. I kept thinking that if this were happening to me, a person who is white, articulate, educated and fluent in English, what on earth is happening to people who don’t have my power? That’s the heartbreak of it. Remember, I wasn’t pulled out because I’m some kind of revolutionary activist, but my God, I am now. I am on the frontline.
→ read full articleErasing the UN
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2017
We have reached a stage of human development where future prospects are tied to finding institutional mechanisms that can serve human and global interests in addition to national interests, whether pursued singly or in aggregate. In this central respect, Trump’s ardent embrace of American nationalism is an anachronistic dead end. We need a greatly empowered UN, not an erased UN.
→ read full articleShould the Palestinians Seek Justice NOW at the International Criminal Court?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Feb 2017
23 Feb 2017 – This post calls particular attention to the punitive treatment of recourse to international law tribunals to address perceived grievances that is meant to discourage Palestinians from seeking relief at the International Criminal Court. It seems almost certain that the Palestinian Authority will not act to take advantage of the ICC option any time soon. The PA is likely to adopt a posture of neither/nor, that is, neither explicitly ruling out recourse to the ICC, nor activating the option.
→ read full articleStanding Rock Is Burning – But Our Resistance Isn’t Over
Julian Brave NoiseCat – The Guardian,
27 Feb 2017
Water protectors near Standing Rock have set their camp on fire. It’s an act of defiance against a system of oppression that can only be described as colonial.
→ read full articleThe Migrant Slave Trade Is Booming in Libya. Why Is the World Ignoring It?
Ross Kemp – The Guardian,
27 Feb 2017
I’ve seen the dangerous route to Europe through Libya, with thousands of people at the mercy of cruelty for profit. But our leaders prefer to keep them there.
→ read full articleChelsea Manning: To Those Who Kept Me Alive All These Years, Thank You
Chelsea E Manning – The Guardian,
20 Feb 2017
13 Feb 2017 – When I was afraid, you taught me how to keep going. When I was lost, you showed me the way. To those who have kept me alive for the past six years: minutes after President Obama announced the commutation of my sentence, the prison quickly moved me out of general population and into the restrictive housing unit where I am now held.
→ read full articleIsrael Legalizes Settlement Options as a Prelude to the Netanyahu Visit to Trumpland
Richard Falk | Social Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2017
13 Feb 2017 – Responses to four questions posed by Rodrigo Craveiro, a journalist from the Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense.
→ read full articleHow to Save the World from Fascism and Meet Human Needs in Harmony with Nature
Prof. Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2017
President Franklin Roosevelt had declared that America was fighting for the Four Freedoms: speech, worship, from want, and from fear. Jack wrote home that the U.S. troops in Europe were called “The Four Freedoms Boys.” First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt would soon play a leading role in drafting a Universal Declaration of Human Rights that would establish social rights to education, health care, employment, and social security in old age.
→ read full articleFukushima: Still Getting Worse After Six Years of Meltdowns
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
20 Feb 2017
After a week of limited coverage of “unimaginable levels” of radiation inside the remains of collapsed Unit 2 at Fukushima, Nuclear-News.net reported Feb 11, 2017 that radiation levels are actually significantly higher than “unimaginable.”
→ read full articleOperation Milagro III Update: Day of the Dead Dolphins
Sea Shepherd – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2017
18 Feb 2017 – February 11th, three days before the international World Love for Dolphin’s Day, Sea Shepherd discovered 14 dolphin corpses floating in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. At least two of them showed signs of a violent death, with net marks on their bodies, stab wounds or fins crudely cut off in order for the fisherman to remove them quickly from their nets.
→ read full articleIt’s Too Late to Stop the Senseless Capture of Palestinian Land
Sarah Helm – The Guardian,
20 Feb 2017
Spineless world leaders have failed to implement international law, stopping the expansion of Israeli settlements.
→ read full articleWays of Living with ‘Alternative Facts’: An Anecdote
Richard Falk | Social Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2017
This brings me inevitably to Kellyann Conway’s reliance on ‘alternative facts’ to validate the claim that Donald Trump’s inaugural crowd was bigger than that of Barack Obama. She was contesting contrasting pictures shown by CNN and other media outlets in which even the most casual observer could tell that Trumps crowd was by far smaller.
→ read full articleArmy Veterans Return to Standing Rock to Form a Human Shield against Police
Sam Levin – The Guardian,
13 Feb 2017
A growing group of military veterans are willing to put their bodies between Native American activists and the police trying to remove them.
→ read full articleYemen Wants US to Reassess Counter-Terrorism Strategy after Botched Raid
Julian Borger and Ben Jacobs – The Guardian,
13 Feb 2017
The Yemeni government said on Wednesday [8 Feb] it wants a rethink of US counter-terrorist operations on its territory after a botched commando raid on 29 January that left 25 civilians dead. Sidelining of Trump’s national security council worries experts, who liken decision-making process that led to civilian deaths to ‘shooting from the hip’.
→ read full articleEcuador Presidential Hopeful Promises to Evict Julian Assange from Embassy
Jonathan Watts – The Guardian,
13 Feb 2017
• Presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso says costly asylum no longer justified
• WikiLeaks founder has been living at London embassy for four and a half years
(Português) Trump viola a primeira virtude da sociedade mundial
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2017
Para o filósofo Imanuel Kant, a hospitalidade (usa a expressão latina “die Hospitalität) é a primeira virtude desta república mundial, porque, “todos os humanos estão sobre a Terra e todos, sem exceção, têm o direito de estar nela e visitar seus lugares e povos; a Terra pertence comunitariamente a todos”. A hospitalidade é um direito e um dever de todos.
→ read full article(Português) Ovos livres de gaiolas são uma falácia, não existem ovos éticos
Chas Newkey-Burden -- Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais-ANDA,
13 Feb 2017
Enquanto se matam 22 milhões de animais diariamente apenas no Reino Unido, há pessoas que usam palavras inventivas para esconder a verdade do consumidor. Entre todas as enganações, o ovo “livres de gaiolas” é talvez a mais audaciosa. Você precisa ter uma imaginação no nível da Disney para acreditar que o RU pode produzir mais de 10 bilhões de ovos por ano sem explorar galinhas.
→ read full articleWorld Love for Dolphins Day 2017
Sea Shepherd – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2017
Join Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Supporters Worldwide for World Love for Dolphins Day on February 14, 2017
→ read full articleIs America’s Most Common Pesticide Responsible for Killing Our Bees?
Alison Moodie – The Guardian,
13 Feb 2017
A growing body of evidence suggests neonics threaten the health of honey bees. But some argue there’s not enough evidence to justify an outright ban.
→ read full articleRuling by Chaos
Jill Richardson | OtherWords – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2017
Trump’s made so many orders — on the environment and everything else — that it’s hard to keep track, much less resist. That’s the point.
→ read full articleSymbolic Seduction: Women’s Rights, Partisan Politics, Ethnocentrism and “American Narcissism”
Edward Curtin | Global Research – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2017
3 Feb 2017 – In 1929, Edward Bernays, Sigmund Freud’s nephew, U.S./CIA war and coup propagandist, and the founder of public relations, conducted a successful mind-manipulation experiment for the tobacco industry. In those days there was a taboo against women smoking in public, and Bernays was hired to change that.
→ read full articleThe Efficient Absorption of Nutrients: What Is Bioavailability?
Dr. Edward Group | Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2017
Bioavailability is the proportion of a nutrient the human body is able to absorb and use. You might think that when you eat an apple every iota of vitamin A, every antioxidant, and every mineral it contains is used by your body with total efficiency, but that’s not exactly the case.
→ read full articleThe Global War on Cash
Jeff Desjardins | The Money Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jan 2017
18 Jan 2017 – There is a global push by lawmakers to eliminate the use of physical cash around the world. This movement is often referred to as “The War on Cash”, and there are three major players involved.
→ read full articleTrump’s Pre-Fascism and Progressive Populist Opportunities
Richard Falk | Social Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jan 2017
The Dismal Cartography of the Pre-Fascist State – Listening to Donald Trump’s inaugural speech on January 20th led me to muse about what it might mean to live in a pre-fascist state.
→ read full articleA Valiant Verbal Warrior Demythologizes the CIA
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jan 2017
Like Odysseus, Douglas Valentine is a wily warrior who managed to enter the enemy’s stronghold disguised as a gift. Not Troy, and not within a wooden horse, but in the guise of a nice young “Nobody,” he was able, thirty or so years ago, to breach the walls of the CIA through William Colby, a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
→ read full articleIowa Oil Spill Underscores Pipeline Risks Day after Trump Revives Major Projects
Julia Carrie Wong – The Guardian,
30 Jan 2017
Rupture of 138,600 gallons is ‘not a major disaster’ but environmental advocates say it highlights their fears about the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects.
→ read full articleNAPF: To Rid the World of Nuclear Weapons
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jan 2017
The statement below was drafted and endorsed by participants in a symposium held in Santa Barbara, CA in October 2016 under the auspices of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
→ read full article(Português) O colossal saque dos europeus aos bens da América indígena: A base do capitalismo
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jan 2017
17 Jan 2017 – A 26 de julho de 2013 Evo Morales Ayma, presidente do estado plurinacional da Bolívia pronunciou um discurso estarrecedor diante dos poderosos europeus, chefes de Estado e dignatários da Comunidade Européia e outros sobre a dívida que eles, os europeus, contrairam sem nunca terem pago um centavo sequer com a América indígena mediante um espantoso saque de sua riqueza:185 mil quilos de ouro e 16 milhões de quilos de prata entre os anos 1503-1600.
→ read full articleAid in Reverse: How Poor Countries Develop Rich Countries
Jason Hickel – The Guardian,
23 Jan 2017
New research shows that developing countries send trillions of dollars more to the west than the other way around. Why?
→ read full article2017: Palestine’s Three Dark Commemorations
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jan 2017
Israeli expansionism, United States unconditional support, and UN impotence. These factors are combining to create dismal prospects for Palestinian self-determination and for a negotiated peace that is sensitive to the rights and grievances of both Palestinians and Jews.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Nuclear Weapons
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2017
8 Jan 2017 – The text below is an Open Letter to the next American president urging complete nuclear disarmament as an urgent priority. The letter was prepared under the auspices of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and its current list of signatories is listed below.
→ read full articleMário Soares (7 Dec 1924 – 7 Jan 2017)
John Hooper – The Guardian,
9 Jan 2017
Towering figure in Portuguese politics who was regarded as the father of his country’s modern democracy.
→ read full articleAnti-Surveillance Clothing Aims to Hide Wearers from Facial Recognition
Alex Hern – The Guardian,
9 Jan 2017
Hyperface project involves printing patterns on to clothing or textiles that computers interpret as a face, in fightback against intrusive technology.
→ read full articleGut Health 101: What Is the Microbiome?
Dr. Edward Group | Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2017
The human body is a complex, interconnected ecosystem and the gut is at the center of it all. The gut is where the body converts food to energy and a major, frontline component of the immune system. It is connected to the central nervous system, brain, and can influence mood. You can’t talk about the gut or its importance without talking about the organisms that live there.
→ read full articleA Poetic Illumination at the Start of a New Year
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2017
I came across a few lines of the Zen poetry of the late eighteen century Zen poet, Ryōkan. A verse from The Long Winter Night: Three Poems.
→ read full articleFBI Report on Russia Hacking US Election: What You Need to Know
Mark Maunder | WordFence/WordPress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2017
On Friday [30 Dec] we published an analysis of the FBI and DHS Grizzly Steppe report. The report was widely seen as proof that Russian intelligence operatives hacked the US 2016 election. We showed that the PHP malware in the report is old, freely available from a Ukrainian hacker group and is an administrative tool for hackers.
→ read full articleCondemning Israeli Settlement Expansion: UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and Secretary Kerry’s Speech
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2017
To bring together China, Russia, France, and the UK on an initiative tabled by Senegal, Malaysia, and Venezuela, is sending Israel and Washington a clear message that despite the adverse developments of recent years in the Middle East the world will not forget the Palestinians, or their struggle.
→ read full articleIn the Blood
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2017
Born in a normal time,
The periodic slaughter of millions
By the civilized nations of the earth
I grew to adulthood half-crazed
With fear and numbed wonder.
The Cruel Experiments of Israel’s Arms Industry
Matt Kennard |The Electronic Intifada – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2017
The occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli weapons manufacturers’ laboratories, and Palestinians their subjects.
→ read full articleThe Future of the United States of America
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2017
31 Dec 2016 – What I most want to say is that social chaos and ecological disaster cannot be avoided without transforming basic cultural and social structures. Otherwise no economic policy will work. For structural reasons, all economic policies lead to unacceptable results.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to Myself on New Year’s Day 2017
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2017
‘Clarity,’ not ‘hope,’ is the opposite of ‘despair.’ To be awake to unpleasant, even dire, realities and resist the temptations of denial demands increasing resolve in the face of the mounting evidence that the human species is facing a biopolitical moment threatening civilizational collapse and species decline and fall as never before.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to the Japanese Prime Minister on Eve of Visit to Pearl Harbor
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2017
25 Dec 2016 – The press release and open letter to the Japanese Prime Minister concern the complex issues surrounding the ethos and politics of apology. I would have liked the statement to include an acknowledgement of accountability by the U.S. Government.
→ read full articleMexico: Neither Pax Mafiosa, Nor Rule of Law
Edgardo Buscaglia – Al Jazeera,
26 Dec 2016
The post-authoritarian political system in Mexico has become a violent symbiosis of organised crime and politics.
→ read full articleThis Swedish Billionaire Has Issued a $5 Million Award for Anyone Who Invents a UN 2.0
Tom Turula – Business Insider Nordic,
26 Dec 2016
Laszlo Szombatfalvy, one of Sweden’s most successful investors of all time, is urging on the younger generation to rethink global governance. Now he has issued a large award for the best idea to replace the current global governance system, through a competition called ‘A New Shape’.
→ read full articleUS Criminal Hypocrisy at Work in Syria and Yemen
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
26 Dec 2016
On December 13, US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power offered up yet another stark exercise in imperial deceit, shedding crocodile tears for those suffering in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, while continuing her strategically amoral silence about much greater suffering in the country of Yemen. The basis for this unconscionable choice is simple. Russia, Syria, and Iran are attacking Aleppo.
→ read full articleRemembering Zsa Zsa Gabor
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Dec 2016
20 Dec 2016 – As an early teenager I came to know Zsa-Zsa Gabor and her family rather well. Indeed, her sister, Eva, lived in our New York apartment for several months. Zsa Zsa became my father’s client, and later close friend, during her high profile divorce from the pre-Trump hotel magnate, Conrad Hilton.
→ read full article(Castellano) Economía Solidaria: Clave de la Justicia, la Paz, y la Sustentabilidad
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Dec 2016
Voy a adelantar tres tesis. Por supuesto la veracidad o falsedad de ellas no se puede evaluar sin conocer los significados de las palabras que las componen. Me voy a dedicar principalmente a explicar de qué se trata, vale decir a explicar el significado de los conceptos que componen las tesis. Después, voy a pedir a los lectores evaluar según sus luces si las tesis sean ciertas o sean falsas.
→ read full articleThe Confused Russian Hacking Debate, Trump Victory, and U.S. Global State
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century,
26 Dec 2016
I have long opposed American interferences in the political life of foreign countries, believe in accepting the outcome of the dynamics of self-determination, and have long thought the United States and the rest of the world would be better off if the government accepted the discipline of international law as setting limits on foreign policy options.
→ read full articleA Socialist Economy for the 21st Century
Richard Rosen | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 – Richard A. Rosen explores the changes necessary for a modern definition of “socialism” and describes key concepts and issues that arise when aiming to restructure the American economy to include social and environmental sustainability in the Twenty-First Century.
→ read full articleOn the Death of Fidel Castro
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Dec 2016
I have been bemused by the captious tone and condescending assessments of mainstream media in the West reacting to Fidel Castro’s death. The lead editorial in The Economist went on even to mock the reverence ordinary Cubans felt for Castro: “Cubans say Mr. Castro was ‘like a father” to them. They are right: he infantilized a nation. Anyone with initiative found ways to leave for exile abroad.”
→ read full articleRethinking the Arab Spring: Uprisings, Counterrevolution, Chaos, and Global Reverberations
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Dec 2016
At this point, following the election of Donald Trump as the next American president, there are likely to be significant geopolitical adjustments with related regional impacts. It is possible that cooperation between Russia and the United States will be forthcoming for the purpose of ending civil strife in Syria and Yemen, defeating religious extremism in the region, and maintaining the Iran nuclear agreement.
→ read full articleUS Power Will Decline under Trump Says Johan Galtung, Futurist Who Predicted Soviet Collapse
Nafeez Ahmed | Vice Motherboard – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Dec 2016
The Norwegian professor at the University of Hawaii and Transcend Peace University is recognized as the ‘founding father’ of peace and conflict studies as a scientific discipline. He has made numerous accurate predictions of major world events, most notably the collapse of the Soviet Empire.
→ read full articleHonoring Henry Kissinger at Oslo
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Dec 2016
What is equally distressing is the Orwellian insensitivity of the Nobel authorities to the inappropriateness of treating Kissinger as though he is a highly trusted source of guidance and wisdom with respect to world peace. Kissinger has applauded the worst excesses of dictators, especially in Latin America, and backed the most immoral geopolitical policies throughout his long career.
→ read full articleLittle Known Facets of Fidel Castro
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Dec 2016
The first is the negation of TINA (There is No Alternative ). The prevailing capitalist system maintains that “there is no alternative to capitalism.” A second point worth noting was Fidel Castro’s interest in the Theology of Liberation. Another was his invitation, during the time of “polite silence” that was imposed on me in 1984 by the former Holy Office (the Inquisition). Fidel invited me to spend 15 days with him on the Island to explore questions of religion.
→ read full articleThe Victory at Standing Rock Could Mark a Turning Point
Bill McKibben – The Guardian,
12 Dec 2016
4 Dec 2016 – The news that the US federal government has refused to issue the permit needed for an energy company to run a pipeline under the Missouri river means many things – including that indigenous activists have won a smashing victory, one that shows what nonviolent unity can accomplish. There are lessons here as we enter a challenging new age.
→ read full articleFive Years after the Arab Spring: A Critical Evaluation
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Dec 2016
A new political geography has emerged in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) after the Arab Spring. The transformative impact of the popular upheavals appeared to put an end to long-term authoritarian regimes. Today, the region is far from stable since authoritarian resilience violently pushed back popular demands for good governance and is pushing to restore former state structures.
→ read full articleTurkish Realignment: Prospects amid Uncertainty
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2016
3 Dec 2016 – In recent months the Turkish President, Recep Teyipp Erdoğan, and his principal advisors have not made it a secret that they are reconsidering Turkey’s relations with neighbors, with the countries of the region, and with leading geopolitical actors.
→ read full articleKeynes’ Limitations and Trump’s Disasters
Prof. Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2016
My recommended way forward will be to deepen Keynes’ macroeconomic analysis to make it an historical analysis of social structure leading to a communitarian reformulation of social and economic democracy. This theoretical move supports a flexible approach to practice called “unbounded organization.”
→ read full articleHarmony with Nature: Toward an Earth Jurisprudence
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2016
30 Nov 2016 – This post consists of my responses to four questions asked of 189 ‘experts’ around the world by a project of the UN Harmony with Nature Network. My own approach is based on the biopolitical imperative in this historical period of developing an ecological consciousness for the sake of human wellbeing, and possibly species survival.
→ read full article[Nobel Peace Laureate] Aung San Suu Kyi Accuses International Community of Stoking Unrest in Myanmar
Reuters – The Guardian,
5 Dec 2016
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi accused the international community on Friday [2 Dec] of stoking resentment between Buddhists and Muslims in the country’s northwest, where an army crackdown has killed at least 86 people and sent 10,000 fleeing to Bangladesh. Leader says outsiders are ‘concentrating on the negative side’ of what the UN and Malaysia claim is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority.
→ read full articleHow Israel Privatized Its Occupation of Palestine
Antony Loewenstein and Matt Kennard – The Nation,
5 Dec 2016
It has enriched the security industry and allowed the country to evade accountability for human-rights violations.
→ read full article(Castellano) Una Propuesta Muy Importante de José Luis Corragio
Prof. Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Nov 2016
Aunque parezca una exageración, creo que señala una pista a seguir para salvar a la humanidad del caos social y para salvar la biosfera de la extinción. Es muy importante.
→ read full articleEscaping ‘Fortress Earth’
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Nov 2016
Reading Journey to Earthland is an extraordinary experience. Paul Raskin is not only a master navigator of the complexities of our world but someone who conveys a vision of the future that manages to surmount the unprecedented challenges facing humanity at several levels of social, cultural, and ecological being.
→ read full articleFidel Castro: Revolutionary Icon Finally Defeated by Infirmity of Old Age
Richard Gott – The Guardian,
28 Nov 2016
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, revolutionary leader, born 13 Aug 1926; died 25 Nov 2016. Charismatic leader of the revolution and president of Cuba who bestrode the world stage for half a century.
→ read full articleGoodbye, American Neoliberalism. A New Era Is Here
Prof. Cornel West – The Guardian,
21 Nov 2016
Trump’s election was enabled by the policies that overlooked the plight of our most vulnerable citizens. We gird ourselves for a frightening future.
→ read full articleWhy Fighting Donald Trump on Climate Change Is a Waste of Time
Captain Paul Watson | Sea Shepherd – The Huffington Post,
21 Nov 2016
Donald Trump’s denial of Climate Change is irrelevant. It is a scientific reality and its denial as a problem does not make the threat go away. The reality cannot be changed by the personal beliefs of the president of the United States. This is akin to King Canute demanding that the tide cease to rise. When he failed to force the ocean to his will, he proclaimed, “let all men know how empty and worthless the power of kings is.” Presidents, like kings, have no authority over Nature.
→ read full articleMoralizing Military Intervention
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union there has been an upsurge of international undertakings that have claimed humanitarian justifications for military interventions in foreign societies. A second kind of justification for such interventions all of which are launched by Western countries (especially the United States) was associated with the global “war on terror.”
→ read full articleWe’ve Seen Donald Trump before – His Name Was Silvio Berlusconi
John Foot – The Guardian,
14 Nov 2016
Be warned: Italy’s former prime minster promised the world and disdained the truth – and became his country’s third longest-serving leader. The lesson for America is that for far too long Berlusconi was treated as a joke and a clown. By the end, nobody was laughing.
→ read full articleClimate Change Is Intergenerational Theft. That’s Why My Son Is Part of This Story
Naomi Klein – The Guardian,
14 Nov 2016
We still have both the time and power to force our politicians to change course. It’s too late for most of the world’s coral reefs but it’s not too late for all of them. And it’s not too late to keep temperatures below levels that would save millions of lives and livelihoods. For that kind of rapid change to happen, however, we are all going to have to stop being so impeccably calm and reasonable. We’re going to have to find that part of ourselves that feels this threat in our hearts, as well as our heads.
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Everybody Knows (Music Video of the Week)
Leonard Cohen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
Leonard Cohen, a Canadian poet and novelist, abandoned a promising literary career to become one of the foremost songwriters of the contemporary era. He passed away on 10 Nov 2016.
→ read full articleNow What Should We Do?
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
An Agenda for Berniecrats after the United States Election
→ read full articleSix Theses on Saving the Planet
Richard Smith | The Next System Project – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2016
From the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution, workers, trade unionists, radicals, and socialists have fought against the worst depredations of capitalist development: intensifying exploitation, increasing social polarization, persistent racism and sexism, deteriorating workplace health and safety conditions, environmental ravages, and relentless efforts to suppress democratic political gains under the iron heel of capital.
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