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Encyclical Letter ‘Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father Francis on Care for Our Common Home
The Vatican – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
It is my hope that this Encyclical Letter, which is now added to the body of the Church’s social teaching, can help us to acknowledge the appeal, immensity and urgency of the challenge we face. Given in Rome at Saint Peter’s on 24 May, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in the year 2015, the third of my Pontificate. — Franciscus
→ read full articleWorldwide Nuclear Modernization Programs
Federation of American Scientists,
11 May 2015
Hans Kristensen, director of the Federation of American Scientists’ Nuclear Information Project, at the United Nations on April 28 [2015] examined in depth the “modernization” programs of Russia and the United States, and provided overviews of the nuclear weapon activities of the other seven nuclear-armed nations (United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea).
→ read full articleSouth African Airways Bans the Transport of Hunting Trophies on All Their Carriers
Gerhard Jacobs – The South African,
4 May 2015
No more lion heads and leopard-skins for those who seek to plunder Africa’s eco resources as SAA takes a hard line against hunters. It’s a leap in the right direction and conservationists have hailed SAA as a beacon of action among major corporations.
→ read full articleNon-Proliferation Treaty: US Attempts to Bully Allies into Inaction
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Mar 2015
Mar 18, 2015 – The Norwegian Under Secretary of State admitted that Norway has been ‘demarched’ by the USA to not sign the pledge to fill the legal gap on nuclear weapons. This revelation follows a recent story exposing similar pressures directed towards Japan to prevent them from supporting the pledge.
→ read full articleWikimedia vs. NSA: Challenge to Mass Surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are: Wikimedia Foundation, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA, PEN American Center, Global Fund for Women, The Nation Magazine, The Rutherford Institute, and The Washington Office on Latin America.
→ read full articleMerry Christmas: UN Declares Arms Trade Treaty to Go Into Effect Dec. 24 [2014]
Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. – The New American,
29 Dec 2014
On its official website, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (yes, that’s really a thing and yes, it is housed right here in the United States) announced that the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) “will enter into force on 24 December 2014.” Merry Christmas!
→ read full articlePeaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention
Christoph Vogel, African Arguments – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Nov 2014
Peaceland helps us understand the culture(s) of expatriates and the respectively uneasy relationship between the foreign interveners and the local population. While it does not bring up a new grand theory to analyse external intervention in a larger sense, it is certainly by far the best ‘thick description’ of the expatriate world.
→ read full articleSecrecy News – Identity Intelligence and Special Operations
Steven Aftergood - Federation of American Scientists,
4 Aug 2014
“Identity intelligence” is a relatively new intelligence construct that refers to the analysis and use of personal information, including biometric and forensic data among others, to identify intelligence targets of interest and to deny them anonymity.
→ read full articleStudy: Diet, Exercise May Prevent Dementia
Gary Stix – Scientific American,
28 Jul 2014
New research suggests a multi-pronged approach may be most effective in preserving brain health long-term.
→ read full articleAbsolutely Nothing: A Veteran’s Savage Indictment of the Iraq War
Jim Wright, Americans Against the Tea Party – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jul 2014
The same old motley cast of characters, the warhawks and the chickenhawks and the billionaires and the simple-minded saber-rattlers and the same old hate-filled pundits, they just can’t wait to jump back into Iraq…. Why? Is it to end terrorism? Is it to enforce peace at the muzzle of a gun? Is it it to make defense contractors rich? Is it for jobs? Or is it for magic flying bunnies who shoot rainbows and cheap gasoline out of their … to the sound of Yankee Doodle Dandy?
→ read full articleThey Knew Our Secrets. One Year Later, We Know Theirs.
American Civil Liberties Union – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jun 2014
One year ago, the world had never heard of Edward Snowden, and we knew very little about the breathtaking scope of U.S. government surveillance. One year later, we know more than ever before about our government’s mass surveillance apparatus. We now have the power to rein it in.
→ read full articleA Message From Edward Snowden, One Year Later
Edward Snowden – American Civil Liberties Union,
9 Jun 2014
4 Jun 2014 – Below is an email ACLU supporters received from Edward Snowden this morning, one year to the day since The Guardian broke the first in a series of revelations exposing the breathtaking scope of U.S. government surveillance.
→ read full articleWhales: Their Emerging Right to Life
Anthony D'Amato (with Sudhir K. Chopra) - American Journal of International Law,
19 May 2014
Writers of science fiction have often speculated about what it would be like to discover, on a planet in outer space, a much higher form of intelligence. How would we react to those creatures? Would we be so fearful of them that we would try to kill them? Or would we welcome the opportunity to attempt to understand their language and culture?
→ read full articleAmerica’s Torture Doctors
Philip Giraldi – The American Conservative,
24 Mar 2014
For me one of the most horrifying revelations about the torture carried out by the CIA at its black sites, and the military at its prisons, was that medical doctors not only stood by to monitor the process but were also involved in providing advice to make the torture both mentally and physically more effective.
→ read full articleWorld’s Largest Grid Operator Reveals Why Increased Wind Energy Means Increased Savings
Michael Goggin, American Wind Energy Association – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Mar 2014
The largest grid operator in the world, serving 60 million customers, issued the final results of a major wind integration study on Monday [3 Mar 2014] and they are even better than the preliminary results.
→ read full articleOld Testament Armed Forces
Philip Giraldi – The American Conservative,
24 Feb 2014
Religious zealotry runs rampant in the U.S. military, and among those wishing to deploy it. The connection between America’s wars with the more fundamentalist forms of Christianity in the US is striking. Opinion polls suggest that the more religiously conservative one is, the more one will support overseas wars or even war crimes.
→ read full articleUN Claims Uruguay Not Allowed to End Marijuana Prohibition
Alex Newman, New American – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2013
UN narcotics bureaucrats, whose generous tax-funded salaries depend on the perpetuation of the war on various plants and substances, have responded with outrage and concern. The controversial global body is now under fire after claiming that Uruguay’s recent decision to end marijuana prohibition violates “international law.”
→ read full articleResolution on Academic Boycott of Israel
American Studies Association – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
It is resolved that the American Studies Association endorses and will honor the call of Palestinian civil society for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. It is also resolved that the ASA supports the protected rights of students and scholars everywhere to engage in research and public speaking about Israel-Palestine and in support of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement.
→ read full articleStatement from Edward Snowden
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2013
The German magazine Der Spiegel published a statement Sunday [3 Nov 2013] from Edward Snowden that it translated from English to German. Snowden has provided the ACLU with the original English text.
→ read full articleWhat Is the Obama-Backed Free Syrian Army?
Alex Newman – New American,
23 Sep 2013
The outfit’s main selling point appears to be that, as opposed to the more effective fighting forces in Syria, the Free Syrian Army is not technically al-Qaeda. But what is the Free Syrian Army, really? Virtually everyone agrees that it is dominated by Islamists, including the Muslim Brotherhood and various other hardline Salafist groups known for violently seeking sharia law and strict enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic doctrine.
→ read full articleThe Left vs. the Liberal Media
Neil Clark – The American Conservative,
20 May 2013
Media Lens Debunks the BBC’s Humanitarian Interventionists
→ read full articleEvidence Shows [NATO Supported] Syrian Rebels Behind Chemical Attack
Raven Clabough – The New American,
1 Apr 2013
27 Mar 2013 – Reports of a chemical weapon attack in Syria’s Aleppo Province last week provoked leaders and politicians, particularly in the West, to advocate more fiercely for the overthrow of the Assad regime, despite the vague details surrounding the attack. Current data seem to suggest, however, that it was not government forces behind the attack, but rebel forces.
→ read full articleHow the Media Sanitize Honduras’s Brutal Regime
Keane Bhatt – North American Congress on Latin America-NACLA,
11 Mar 2013
On the evening of Saturday, September 22 [2012], human rights lawyer Antonio Trejo stepped outside a wedding ceremony to take a phone call. Standing in the church parking lot he was shot six times by unknown assailants. In this insulated world, Honduran victims of economic hardship and state terror remain invisible. Pinochet, the original administrator of shock therapy, distilled the insouciance of today’s intellectual and media culture when, in 1979, he remarked, “I trust the people all right; but they’re not yet ready.”
→ read full articleWhat’s at Stake in the Central African Republic?
Abayomi Azikiwe, editor - Pan-African News Wire,
7 Jan 2013
Neo-Colonial Intrigue, Minerals, Militarism and the Struggle for Sovereignty and Unity
→ read full articleShould Scientists and Engineers Resist Taking Military Money?
John Horgan – Scientific American,
19 Nov 2012
In recent years several professional societies, notably the American Psychological Association and the American Anthropological Association, have been wracked by debates over whether members should consult for the armed forces or other defense agencies. My guess is that such disputes will become more common, as ethical ideals collide with economic realities.
→ read full articleIceland’s Economy Now Growing Faster Than the U.S. And EU after Arresting Corrupt Bankers
American Live Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2012
Iceland didn’t follow the rest of the world by bailing out bankers. Surprisingly, they arrested them instead. Now their economy is recovering faster than the EU and the United States.
→ read full articleMEK Delisting is a Gift to the Regime, a Disaster for the Iranian People and the U.S.
National Iranian American Council – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2012
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) deplores the decision to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations. The decision opens the door to Congressional funding of the MEK to conduct terrorist attacks in Iran, makes war with Iran far more likely, and will seriously damage Iran’s peaceful pro-democracy movement as well as America’s standing among ordinary Iranians.
→ read full articleThe Democrats’ Jerusalem Arithmetic: When Israel Is Concerned, Half = Two-Thirds
Alison Weir, IfAmericansKnew – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
We’re Tired of Pretend Democracy – Not often is a political fix so public. The Democratic committee that develops the party’s campaign platform recently failed to include the apparently obligatory “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel” pronouncement. In fact, I believe an uprising in the United States may be coming. People are tired of wars and killing, and of being sold a pack of goods by both parties using lies, deception, and manipulation.
→ read full articleEngineering Consent for an Attack on Syria: Another Syrian “Civilian Massacre” Story Falls Apart
Alex Newman – The New American,
16 Jul 2012
Yet another alleged “massacre” of “civilians” by the Syrian regime was in the establishment-press headlines this week, supposedly a brutal killing spree by dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces. Despite hysterical reporting and wild statements by political leaders, however, even “opposition activists” were conceding early on that most of the dead were actually armed [by the West] combatants who had staged attacks on the regime’s military forces.
→ read full articleRachel Corrie, 9 Years On
Arab American Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Mar 2012
Far more important than remembering Rachel’s tragic death is remembering her inspiring life. Seldom in life do we come across someone with the extraordinary commitment to justice that Rachel possessed. If only she could see how she has inspired so many in the USA to demand justice for Palestinians, including her parents who have become outspoken critics of the occupation their daughter protested years before.
→ read full articleRothschilds Want Iran’s Banks
Pete Papaherakles – American Free Press,
20 Feb 2012
The Rothschilds exert powerful influence over the world’s major news agencies. By repetition, the masses are duped into believing horror stories about evil villains. The Rothschilds control the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the IMF, the World Bank and the Bank of International Settlements. Also they own most of the gold in the world as well as the London Gold Exchange, which sets the price of gold every day. It is said the family owns over half the wealth of the planet—estimated by Credit Suisse to be $231 trillion—and is controlled by Evelyn Rothschild, the current head of the family.
→ read full articleChristian Jihad
Patrick Allitt – The American Conservative,
13 Feb 2012
Is it true that the Bible teaches peace and the Koran war? Only if you approach the books selectively, taking the gentlest of Jesus’ teachings and setting them against the harshest of Muhammad’s. Philip Jenkins’s challenging new book Laying Down the Sword shows that the Bible contains incitements not just to violence but also to genocide. He argues that Christians and Jews should struggle to make sense of these violent texts as a central element of their tradition, rather than hurry past them or ignore them altogether.
→ read full article“Zombie” Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees
Katherine Harmon – Scientific American,
9 Jan 2012
John Hafernik, a biology professor at San Francisco State University, collected some belly-up bees from the ground around the University’s biology building. “But I left them in a vial on my desk and forgot about them. The next time I looked at the vial, there were all these fly pupae surrounding the bees,” he said. A fly (Apocephalus borealis) had inserted its eggs into the bees, using their bodies as a home for its developing larvae. And the invaders had somehow led the bees from their hives to their deaths.
→ read full article‘Most’ Biomedical Chimp Research Declared ‘Unnecessary’ by Federal Agency
Meredith Wadman of Nature magazine – Scientific American,
26 Dec 2011
In a watershed moment for chimpanzee research, the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report on December 15 [2011] declaring that “most current use of chimpanzees for biomedical research is unnecessary” and recommending the sharp curtailing of government-funded research on humankind’s closest genetic relative. Within an hour, Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which funds research on chimpanzees, announced that he accepted the recommendations and would move to implement them as swiftly as possible.
→ read full articleBilderberg Leader Mario Monti Takes Over Italy in “Coup”
Alex Newman – The New American,
21 Nov 2011
Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Monti, who rose to power in what critics called a “coup d’etat,” is a prominent member of the world elite in the truest sense of the term. In fact, he is a leader in at least two of the most influential cabals in existence today: the secretive Bilderberg Group and David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission.
→ read full articleAfrican Charter Belongs To All Regardless of Sexual Orientation
Coalition of African Lesbians – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2011
As we observe the 30th anniversary of the African Charter, there are reports of continuous harassment, arbitrary arrests, rapes and murders of Africans on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Such is the case in Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, among others. In many other African states the criminal laws against same sex sexual conduct continues to expose an already marginalized population of people to abuse and violation.
→ read full articleGreater Israel—or Peace?
The American Conservative – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2011
Pathbreaking scholars Norman Finkelstein and John Mearsheimer speak out about the precarious future of the Jewish state.
→ read full articleCIA Has Become ‘One Hell of a Killing Machine,’ Official Says
Alex Newman – The New American,
12 Sep 2011
The dramatic evolution of the agency’s priorities and operations has become so extreme that a former senior intelligence official told the Washington Post the CIA had been turned into “one hell of a killing machine.” The official said the paramilitary transformation was “nothing short of a wonderment.” But the dramatic metamorphosis, detailed in a recent exposé by the Post, entitled “CIA shifts focus to killing targets,” is hardly without critics. Some experts have even warned Congress that the illegal killings may constitute war crimes.
→ read full articleThe Last Nail by Ron Paul — With Documented Hyperlinks
Thomas R. Eddlem - New American,
6 Jun 2011
Congressman Ron Paul delivered a five-minute speech on the floor of the House of Representatives May 25, a short speech that may sound to the uninformed like one wild statement after another. In his speech, Dr. Paul (he’s an obstetrician) made a number of charges that the executive branch of government has established a virtual dictatorship with the willing assistance of Congress and many Americans who fear for their “security.”
→ read full articleGreenpeace Slams Japan Response to Nuclear Crisis, Cites Sea Radiation
Reuters – Scientific American,
30 May 2011
Environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday [26 May 2011] slammed Japan’s “continued inadequate response” to the nuclear disaster at a power plant after new data showed seaweed radiation levels 50 times higher than official limits. “In contrast, Japanese authorities claim that radioactivity is being dispersed or diluted and are undertaking only limited marine radiation monitoring,” it said.
→ read full articleWho’s Killing the Journalists of Honduras?
Andrew O'Reilly - Latin American News Dispatch,
23 May 2011
While many blame drug-trafficking organizations that use Honduras as a stopover point between South America and Mexico for the spike in violence against media workers, others point a finger at the Honduran government and their crackdown on opposition journalists after the June 2009 coup.
→ read full articleHackers Shutdown Egyptian Regime’s Websites
Alex Newman - The New American,
7 Feb 2011
A loosely affiliated network of hackers around the world known as “Anonymous” took credit for shutting down the Egyptian regime’s websites in support of anti-government protestors. The group is also targeting other tyrants in the region.
→ read full articleWhile Israel Kills and Maims …
Alison Weir – If Americans Knew,
14 Jun 2010
The Outrage at Helen Thomas. Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene.
→ read full articleREBUTTAL TO THE ARTICLE, ‘OBAMA PRESSES REVIEW OF NUCLEAR STRATEGY’
Joseph Gerson – American Friends Service Committee,
9 Jan 2010
The Boston Globe ran a major article in yesterday’s [3 Jan 2009] Sunday paper under the title "Obama presses review of nuclear strategy." It focuses more on the possible removal of the bomber leg of the nuclear "triad" and possible reductions in land based ICBMs. As the following letter to the editor indicates, I thought […]
→ read full articleEAST AFRICA: GOVERNMENTS MUST WORK WITH CIVIL SOCIETY TO STOP ALBINO KILLINGS
The East African (Kenya),
9 Jun 2009
Bujumbura (Burundi) – A lobby for albinos is petitioning East African governments to work closely with civil society to stem the rising killings of albinos in the region. Meeting members of the East African Legislative Assembly in Bujumbura recently, representatives of the Burundi Albino Association told them harrowing tales of the challenges they face as […]
→ read full articleCREDIT CARD INDUSTRY LOSES ONE – DEFEATED FOR NOW
ANP-American News Project,
10 Apr 2009
Credit card lobbyists glum as Senate passes 2 separate bills to protect consumers. 5:39-Min Video The Real News Network CLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleCONGO-KINSHASA: ARE RWANDA AND DRC SETTING THE STAGE FOR WAR?
The East African (Nairobi, Kenya),
15 Oct 2008
Is Rwanda about to invade the Democratic Republic of Congo? That was the big question last week as tension and military activity continued to build up rapidly in eastern Congo. It is clear that relations between Kigali and Kinshasa are worsening by the day, with the two parties trading accusations and the rhetoric between leaders […]
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