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(Italiano) Spagna “senza governo” – e poi?
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Ed entro la UE, cooperazione con (gli) altri paesi marginali GIPSI, ossia Grecia-Italia-Portogallo-(Spagna)-Irlanda, per forzare il guanto di ferro tedesco sulla regione [periferica] con la solidarietà e la produzione industriale. La Spagna sta vivendo il proprio dramma. E non c’è mai una parola finale.
→ read full articlePunishment Is Violent and Counterproductive
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Next time you hear a public official, judge, terrorist or police officer promising ‘justice’ (that is, retribution), remember that you are listening to an emotionally damaged individual who suffered enormous violence as a child and internalized the delusional message that ‘punishment works’. You might also ponder how bad it could be if we didn’t require obedience and use punishment to get it, but loved and nurtured children, by listening to them deeply, to become the unique, enormously loving and powerful individuals for which evolution genetically programmed them.
→ read full articleCliton Suggested Rigging Palestine Election
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Unhappy with the election result, Clinton suggested that the U.S. should have used their power to help its preferred party.
→ read full articleThe Gig Economy: More Than 160 Million in US and EU Rely on “Independent Work”
Genevieve Leigh | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Packaged as creating “options” for workers, as the McKinsey report suggests, the reality is that these new forms of employment provide options and increased profits for the ruling class. The push for more part-time and independent work is an attempt to curb the declining rate of profit, inherent in the capitalist system, by finding new ways to squeeze labor at a lower cost.
→ read full articleClean Politicians
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
A cannibal was walking through the jungle and came upon a restaurant operated by a fellow cannibal.
→ read full articleWomen as Peacemakers: A 31 October Anniversary
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
There is growing recognition that it is important to have women in politics, in decision-making processes and in leadership positions. The strategies women have adapted to get to the negotiating table are testimony to their ingenuity, patience and determination. Solidarity and organization are crucial elements. The path may yet be long but the direction is set.
→ read full articleA World Unifying Vision
Dr. Hooshmand Kalayeh – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
We, regardless of race, religion, nationality, and gender, have common basic needs. We need oxygen to breath, food to eat, water to drink, a safe home and community to raise our children, and a moral compass to live in harmony with one another and with the natural world. But the world’s equilibrium has been moving toward a state of instability and humanity is facing many challenging problems.
→ read full articleUSA: What Are We to Think?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 – A cascade of developments should make us afraid of what seems to be emerging politically in the United States at this time. Although politicians keep telling us how great we were or will be or are.
→ read full articleUsing Education to Normalize Horrific Acts of Violence
Gil Gertel - +972 Magazine,
31 Oct 2016
This is how the Israeli education system makes it possible for generation after generation of Israelis to accept the most brutal forms of state violence.
→ read full articleWhy Is Israel Tightening the Gaza Blockade?
Ben White - Middle East Monitor,
31 Oct 2016
21 Oct 2016 – Let us begin with the facts: Israeli authorities have tightened the long-standing blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli blockade – an illegal policy of collective punishment in the words of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – is continuing to severely harm the lives of Gaza’s two million residents, furthering the enclave’s de-development.
→ read full article(Italiano) Donne che fomentano disordini… o forti donne nonviolente?
Elena Camino – Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
31 Oct 2016
Il ridicolo di cui si copre il potere consolidato è dappertutto… e … ci offre una bella opportunità di dimostrare la sua stupidità, e di stabilire – o ri-stabilire, libertà di parola e diritto al dissenso.
→ read full articleInternational Women’s Boat to Gaza
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
I was a participant onboard the Zaytouna-Oliva boat | 29 Sep-5 Oct 2016. To the Palestinian people of Gaza, please keep your hopes high and believe that freedom and peace will come. Thank you for your perseverance and ongoing inspiration to us all.
→ read full articleEnding a Century of Ecocide and Genocide, Seeding Earth Democracy
Prof. Vandana Shiva | Toward Freedom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Hundreds of People’s Assemblies, being organized everywhere, will make commitments to create a healthy future of food and of the planet. From the People’s Assemblies we will launch a boycott campaign, to liberate our seeds and soils, our communities and societies, our planet and ourselves, from poisons and the rule of the poison cartel.
→ read full articlePaypal Brushes-Off Request from Palestinian Tech Firms to Access the Platform
Mike Butcher | TechCrunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
PayPal currently does not work for Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza, but does work for Israelis living in settlements in the West Bank, which are illegal by international law.
→ read full articleThe Israeli Trumpess
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 – Donald Trump has already declared that he will recognize the results – but only if he wins. That is far from being a joke because Trump represents tens of millions of Americans, who belong to the lower strata of the white population, which the white elite used to call “white trash”. In more polite language they are called “blue collar workers”, meaning manual workers, unlike the “white collar workers” who occupy the offices.
→ read full articleRussia Loses UN Human Rights Council Place, Saudi Arabia Re-Elected
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 – Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International produced a joint statement earlier this year condemning Saudi Arabia for “an appalling record of violations” in Yemen. Saudi Arabia carried out 157 executions domestically last year – the highest number in two decades, and is on pace to match the number this year. Critics of the regime have often faced detention, while women do not enjoy autonomy and equal status before the law.
→ read full article(Français) Pourquoi Israël durcit le blocus de Gaza?
Ben White | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Les faits sont là, parlants, et Ben White les relèvent: Israël resserre drastiquement le blocus sur Gaza. Un blocus qui, rappelons-le, viole allègrement le droit international. Mais Israël s’en fout. Reste à savoir pourquoi l’Etat colonial durcit les restrictions maintenant.
→ read full articleClimate Doomsday – Another Step Closer
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS,
31 Oct 2016
Globally averaged concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has surged again to new records in 2016… and will not dip below pre-2015 levels for many generations. The warning comes from the United Nations weather agency–the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and further confirms the alarm of climate experts and world specialised organisations.
→ read full articleUS Uranium Weapons Have Been Used in Syria
John LaForge | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
28 Oct 2016 – This month, the Pentagon admitted it has used uranium weapons in attacks inside Syria — violating its public promise last year that it would not use DU there, and contradicting the claim that US bombing is done in defense of the Syrian people, according to the Int’l Campaign to Ban Uranium Weapons.
→ read full articleSyria: A “Grim” Set of Alternatives
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Saul Isaacson and Dan Falcone | Z Net – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
28 Oct 2016 – New York City teachers Saul Isaacson and Daniel Falcone recently sat down with Professor Noam Chomsky in his MIT office to discuss Syria and US foreign policy.
→ read full articleInside the Invisible Government: War, Propaganda, Clinton & Trump
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Double standard, essence of propaganda: The current siege of the city of Mosul by the government forces of Iraq, who are backed by the United States and Britain vs the siege of Aleppo by the government forces of Syria, backed by Russia. One is good; the other is bad. Both cities would not be occupied by the same fanatics and ravaged by war if Britain and the United States had not invaded Iraq in 2003.
→ read full articleHow Thousands of Palestinian and Israeli Women Are Waging Peace
Riman Barakat - +972 Magazine,
31 Oct 2016
The thousands of Palestinian and Israeli women who marched in Jerusalem and Jericho this month are not only demanding peace from their societies, they are reaching through stereotypes and artificial boundaries to find true partners.
→ read full article(Português) Wind of Change, ou a Europa vista pelo saudosismo dos Scorpions
Paulo Mendes Pinto | Visão – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Com o fim da Guerra Fria, uma das verdades feitas pelo senso comum ia no sentido de um desarmamento global. Os inimigos deixariam de o ser. A corrida ao armamento já não tinha o sentido “patrioteiro” de outros tempos. Mas nada disso aconteceu. Que queremos nós, cada um dos cidadãos europeus, o que quer a Europa? Mais do que perguntar como vamos sair da crise, interessa perguntar para onde vamos sair.
→ read full articleThe Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
Matthew Rosenberg and John Markoff – The New York Times,
31 Oct 2016
The United States has put artificial intelligence at the center of its defense strategy, with weapons that can identify targets and make decisions.
→ read full article(Português) Onde está o poder hoje no mundo?
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Há um fato que deve preocupar todos os cidadãos do mundo: o deslocamento do poder dos Estados-nações para o lado do poder de uns poucos conglomerados financeiros que atuam a nível planetário, cujo poder é maior que qualquer Estado tomado individualmente. Estes de fato detém o poder real em todas as suas ramificações: financeira, politica, tecnológica, comercial, mediática e militar.
→ read full article(Français) Venezuela: L’Assemblée Nationale peut-elle soumettre le Président de la République à un procès politique?
Misión Verdad | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Au Venezuela, la récente tentative de « coup d’Etat parlementaire» de l’Assemblée Nationale ouvre un nouveau chapitre dans la lutte insidieuse pour tout le pouvoir politique qu’a entreprise l’anti-chavisme depuis qu’il contrôle le Parlement. La gendarmerie politique de l’élite économique vénézuélienne a entrepris un procès politique contre le président Nicolás Maduro, en plus de la révocation du Tribunal Suprême de Justice et du Conseil National Electoral.
→ read full articleHow Power Works
Chris Hedges | Truthdig – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Thompson meticulously documents the innumerable ways the state oppresses the poor by discrediting their voices, turning the press into a megaphone for government propaganda and lies, stoking the negative stereotypes of black people, exalting white supremacy, ruining the lives of people who speak the truth, manipulating the courts and law enforcement, and pressuring state witnesses to lie to obstruct justice. Her book elucidates not only the past but also the present, which, she concedes, is worse.
→ read full articleUnited States Nuclear Forces, 2016
Hans M. Kristensen & Robert S. Norris | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Published online: 2 March 2016
→ read full articleStockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, at 50. Now Change Name to SIMSI
Jan Oberg | Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
I have a proposal for this mainly government-financed and not exactly independent institute. Since its work has so conspicuously little to do with peace thinking and re-search into the vast and fascinating field called world peace, perhaps change its name to Stockholm International Military Security Institute, SIMSI?
→ read full article[Nobel Peace Laureate] Gorbachev Appeals for Sanity
John Scales Avery - Pugwash Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
28 Oct 2016 – President Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union and recipient of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, has appealed to world leaders to reduce the dangerous the tensions which today threaten to plunge human civilization and the biosphere into an all-destroying nuclear war.
→ read full articleRich Man’s World (1%) [RAP Music]
Immortal Technique – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
[Disclaimer] Not for the faint of heart. Strong down to earth offensive obscene language—but true to reality as only art can be.
→ read full articleUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights: PayPal
TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
31 Oct 2016 – Palestinians being denied access to PayPal means they cannot use their services to run a business, or raise money for a charity, or send cash to a relative, or make everyday purchases online. Getting access to PayPal can make a real difference in the lives of so many Palestinians as the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality continues. We are partnering with member group Jewish Voice for Peace and SumOfUs on this campaign, which already has been supported by more than 65,000 people.
→ read full articleDelhi – My Dilli
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Delhi is the capital of India but is also a beloved of many old people including myself who have been living here for decades. We call the city Dilli which has a reference to the word Dil (heart). Many books and accounts of this grand city have been written by historians, novelists and ordinary people. It has a long, tortuous history built, destroyed and rebuilt innumerable number of times by one invading kingdom or another.
→ read full articleThe Tragedy in Yemen
Derek Royden | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Besides intelligence and targeting assistance provided to the Saudis in Yemen, since 2010 the US has sold $60 billion in arms to the country, an absolute monarchy with one of the worst human rights records in the world. Human rights groups have concluded that these weapons, including cluster munitions banned in most countries, have been used indiscriminately against civilian targets including markets, schools and hospitals.
→ read full articleWashington’s ‘Pivot to Asia’: A Debacle Unfolding
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
In 2012 President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter launched a new chapter in their quest for global dominance: a realignment of policies designed to shift priorities from the Middle East to Asia. Dubbed the ‘Pivot to Asia’, it suggested that the US would concentrate its economic, military and diplomatic resources toward strengthening its dominant position and undercutting China’s rising influence in the region.
→ read full articleThe US and Canada Have Blood on Their Hands in Honduras
Grahame Russell – teleSUR,
31 Oct 2016
The international community needs to be held to account for propping up and subsidizing the murderous regime in Honduras.
→ read full articleThe White Helmet Controversy
Rick Sterling | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Unknown to most people, the White Helmets brand was conceived and directed by a marketing company named “The Syria Campaign” based in New York. They have managed to fool millions of people. Walt Disney might have made a great movie about this: unarmed volunteers fearlessly rescuing survivors in the midst of war without regard to religion or politics.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to a Son Whose Father Has Parkinson’s Disease
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
I read an online essay by a person whose father has progressive Parkinson’s disease for decades. The tone of the essay was of despair, confusion and frustration. Given the fact that a lot of the medical information on the internet comes from Big Pharma websites, the author understandably repeated many of the myths about Parkinson’s disease, such as the “no known cause” myth or the “it might be genetic” myth.
→ read full articleNauru, Refugees, and the Australian Torture Complex
Binoy Kampmark | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
The Four Corners program was informed by a significant Amnesty International report, aptly titled Island of Despair, which was released on Monday [17 Oct] night. That report examined the rather ghoulish extent the Australian government, with its Nauru satraps, has been going about the business of “processing” boat arrivals.
→ read full article(Português) Senciência Animal
Ética Animal - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
31 Oct 2016
A senciência é a capacidade de ser afetado positiva ou negativamente, isto é, a capacidade de receber e reagir a um estímulo de forma consciente, experimentando-o a partir de dentro. É a capacidade de ter experiências. Não é a mera capacidade para perceber um estímulo ou reagir a uma dada ação, como no caso de uma máquina que desempenha certas funções quando pressionamos um botão.
→ read full articleJust 90 Companies Are Accountable for More Than 60 Percent of Greenhouse Gases
Dan Drollette Jr | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
27 Oct 2016 – There’s a tendency to think that when it comes to climate change, we’re all equally at fault—and if everyone is to blame, then no one is to blame. But now it’s possible to identify the contributions of individual companies, thanks to the work of researchers such as Richard Heede. What he found is revealing.
→ read full articleRussian Nuclear Forces, 2016
Hans M. Kristensen & Robert S. Norris | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Published online: 15 April 2016
→ read full articleHow to Talk About #NoDAPL – A Native Perspective: Remember This about Standing Rock
Kelly Hayes | Transformative Spaces – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
27 Oct 2016 – This piece is very personal because, as an Indigenous woman, my analysis is very personal, as is the analysis that my friends on the frontlines have shared with me. Yes, everyone should be talking about climate change. But we deserve to survive because our lives are worth defending in their own right — not simply because “this affects us all.”
→ read full articleThe Struggle Within
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Facing life’s challenges and insecurity
The heart yearns for serenity
How can we ignore the oppressor’s meanness
And simply understand his weakness
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Doc Exposes Destruction of Rainforest for Palm Oil as Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions
Rainforest Action Network | EcoWatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
25 Oct 2016 – A new documentary produced and starring actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio premieres in Los Angeles today and will be broadcast globally in 45 languages in 171 countries on the National Geographic Channel starting Oct. 30, timed to air in advance of the November elections.
→ read full articleColombia: A Bright Light for Peace Is Extinguished
Immanuel Wallerstein | Toward Freedom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Frankly, I do not see any way the peace accord can be saved. Colombia is now like all the other areas of unending conflict. The chaotic world situation continues unabated in what I remind you is the struggle to decide on the successor system to the capitalist system that is now in systemic crisis.
→ read full articleFukushima Radiation in the Pacific (Revisited)
RP Siegel | Triple Pundit – TRANSCEND Media Servic,
31 Oct 2016
Greenpeace’s famed ship, the Rainbow Warrior, went out to sample the waters around Fukushima in February of this year with former Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Naoto Kan onboard. What they found was that radiation in the seabed off Fukushima “is hundreds of times above pre-2011 levels.” They also found levels in nearby rivers that were “up to 200 times higher than ocean sediment.”
→ read full articleArtemis or You
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
I couldn’t blame the moon,
Though tempted, for mistaking you
In Artemis, or Artemis in you,
Who could tell, she was so swift,
Somewhere in Time (Music Video of the Week)
Maksim Mrvica | Piano – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
John Barry’s Famous Composition – Croatian born pianist Maksim Mrvica started to play piano when he was nine and by the age of 11 he held his first concert as a soloist with an orchestra. It wasnt always easy to harbour his dream of becoming a concert pianist, especially when, at the age of 15, war broke out in Croatia.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Oct 31- Nov 6 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs
→ read full articleUN Unanimously Rejects Cuba Blockade as US Abstains for First Time
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Only two countries, the United States and Israel, abstained from the vote, while 191 of the 193 member states in the assembly voted in favor of the resolution for the 25th consecutive year. Last year, only the USA and Israel voted against it.
→ read full articleA Drinker’s Hamlet
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Ah, to drink, and with our sips
To end the heartaches and the thousand natural shocks Flesh is heir to;
Nay, to refrain, and with the virtue
Therein derived,
Face the onslaught, full strength alone.
Aye, that’s the rub!
Vote All You Want – The Secret Government Won’t Change
Jordan Michael Smith – Boston Globe,
24 Oct 2016
The people we elect aren’t the ones calling the shots, says Tufts University’s Michael Glennon.
→ read full articleInterview on Palestine for Middle East Eye with Hilary Wise
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
I want above all that Palestine will not suffer the fate of other oppressed people, and be written off as ‘a forgotten struggle,’ or worse, ‘a lost cause.’ “Apartheid, annexation, mass displacement and collective punishment have become core policies of the state of Israel.”
→ read full articleGenocide of Rohingya in Myanmar May Be Entering New and Deadly Phase
Queen Mary University of London – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary University of London has warned that reports of attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar may signal a new phase in what ISCI researchers say is genocide.
→ read full articleNonviolence Charter: Progress Report #9 (Oct 2016)
Robert J. Burrowes, Anita McKone & Anahata Giri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
This is the latest six-monthly report on progress in relation to ‘The People’s Charter to Create a Nonviolent World’ together with a sample of news about Charter signatories and organizations. Our collective effort to build a worldwide consensus against the use of violence in all contexts continues to make progress, even against rather overwhelming odds!
→ read full articleAssembly Line
TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Garbage In-Garbage Out
→ read full articleLet’s Talk about What UNESCO Resolution Does Say Instead of What It Doesn’t
Tom Pessah - +972 Magazine,
24 Oct 2016
UNESCO passed a resolution regarding holy Muslim sites in Jerusalem on Thursday [13 Oct]. After “affirming the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions,” the resolution calls for the restoration of the previous status quo around “Al-Aqṣa Mosque/Al-Ḥaram Al-Sharif and its surroundings.”
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The Power of Gratitude – Oprah Winfrey
OWN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
If you can’t find what to be thankful for, you should start by just being grateful for your breath. Focus on the good you have, not the lack of it, because whatever gets your attention will increase the energy of gratitude. That’s how joy rises.
→ read full articleLand without Mirrors
Dr. Emanuel E. Garcia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
At some point, hard to remember
Under the sway of the stars,
Along the pathless plains
Brimming towards I knew not what,
US-Led Sanctions Targeting Syria Risk Adjudication as War Crimes
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Let there be established without further delay a Special Tribunal for Syria, so that the global community can render its judgment on all claims of War Crimes being committed daily in Syria, by all sides. And surely these claims include the US-led civilian targeting sanctions on the people of Syria.
→ read full articleThe Terrifying Impunity of Brazil’s Riot Police
Vanessa Barbara – The New York Times,
24 Oct 2016
Protests are back with a vengeance since Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, and the cops are cracking down. Protesters will have to take matters into their own hands. I’ve seen it before: Activists once formed their own volunteer security group to protect people from police abuse. That could get ugly.
→ read full articlePhilippine President Duterte: ‘I Announce My Separation from the United States’
Barbara Demick and Tracy Wilkinson – Los Angeles Times,
24 Oct 2016
20 Oct 2016 – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced today that he was “separating” from the United States and embracing China as the new best friend of the Philippines. Chinese President Xi Jinping called the visit by Duterte a “milestone.’’
→ read full articleTravelers
Barbara Millar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Sea gulls squawked and arched their wings
and dove for scraps above the terminal
where long grey busses in their slots
waited for their human cargo,
each with his own destination.
10 Learnings from 10 Years of Brain Pickings
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Fluid Reflections on Keeping a Solid Center – I left Bulgaria for America lured by the liberal arts education promise of being taught how to live. As the reality fell short of that promise, I began keeping my own record of what I was reading and learning outside the classroom in mapping this academically unaddressed terra incognita of being.
→ read full articleThe Greater Evil of ‘Lesser Evilism’
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
It’s high time we freed ourselves from the politics of cronyism, fear and the greater evil of lesser evilism. If not now—when global stakes are at such a height, given nuclear weaponry, climate change, never-ending war and utter contempt for international law—when?
→ read full articleNatural Rights: A Solution in the 18th Century, a Problem in the 21st
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Individual and Human Rights – Let’s talk about natural rights. What shall we say? Well, let’s begin the way students in law schools begin when they brief a legal opinion to prepare for a class. They read the dissenting opinion before they read the majority opinion. Starting with the dissent is a good way to bring the issues into focus.
→ read full articleThe Perils of Market-Driven Education
Noam Chomsky, CJ Polychroniou and Lily Sage | ZNet – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
What is the actual role of education and its link to democracy, to decent human relations and to a decent society? What defines a cultured and decent society? World-renowned linguist, social critic and activist Noam Chomsky shares his views on education and culture.
→ read full articleReligious Goddesses and Conditions of Women Today in India
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Although I have focused on the situation of women in India today, in many parts of the world women are victims of prejudice, injustice and violence both physical and mental. What can be done to alleviate the situation? There is no easy answer. Let us remember that injustice and violence is taking many forms to which we must be sensitive and act against it sincerely.
→ read full articleEnergy Transfer Partner’s “Black Snake” (the Dakota Access Pipeline) is at Risk of Being Beheaded
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Amy Goodman’s Legal Charges Concerning the Standing Rock Water Protests Dismissed – The ALCU is calling on the state of North Dakota to stop its suppression of the right to protest and to demilitarize Morton County. Sign our petition and learn more about Sacred Stone Camp and how you can help at
→ read full articleWhat U.S. Progressives Should Do on Nov. 8
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The drift towards militarism and fascism which we can observe today, not only in the United States but also in several other countries, is worryingly reminiscent of the 1930’s. We must fervently hope that the disasters which resulted then from the rise of fascism and militarism will not occur again, and we must work with dedication to prevent this from happening.
→ read full articleCapitalism Is Doomed — Without Alternatives, So Are We
Jake Johnson – Common Dreams,
24 Oct 2016
Far from loosening the leash, elites have consolidated power to an unprecedented extent, and they have used their influence to undercut democratic movements and hijack public institutions… One thing is clear: The future of capitalism and the future of the planet are intertwined.
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Algarabías – (Music Video of the Week)
Vasco Hernández | ARC Music – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Algarabías (Spanish): Yelling, boisterous and confusing babble of people shouting/speaking all at the same time.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Oct 24-30 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know that we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.” – Mother Teresa
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Rohingya Continue to Suffer Systematic Extortion, Abuse
Physicians for Human Rights, Nobel Peace Laureates – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Report from Physicians for Human Rights Shows Severe Persecution Contributes to Cycle of Poverty and Despair among Rohingya Minority
→ read full articleMSF Refused a Million Free Vaccines to Stand up to Big Pharma
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 – Doctors Without Borders said last week it had refused a donation of one million pneumonia vaccinations from the drug manufacturer Pfizer as part of a principled stand against Big Pharma’s monopolistic drug-pricing policies. While Pfizer made $6.245 billion in revenue last year, 1.4 million children die each year from the pneumonia strain.
→ read full articleI Voted
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
I voted today. …
I voted for peace and justice and sanity
In an insane world of violence and injustice.
I voted.
What Is Peace Journalism?
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Profs. Jake Lynch and Dietrich Fischer reply to the question.
→ read full articleAs Honduras Activists Continue to Burn, US Backs Govt
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
21 Oct 2016 – The U.S. will continue giving millions of dollars in military funding to the Honduran government, despite the high-profile targeted assassinations and other human rights abuses documented this year in the Central American nation. The political instability plaguing the country largely followed from the U.S.-backed 2009 coup against President Elect Manuel Zelaya.
→ read full articleOverview of Class Struggle in Latin America
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
17 Oct 2016 – The class struggle from below has taken different forms and directions, with greater or lesser intensity, between countries and within countries in different time periods.
→ read full articlePeacekeeping: Fiction vs. Reality
T.J. Petrowski | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The word peacekeeping is like the word terrorism: it is meaningless on its own and able to be molded to serve the interests of a political clique. Peacekeeping “is usually an instrument for the attempted realization of a political…project that perpetrators lacking mass support are seeking.”
→ read full articleRussia’s First Ever Monument to Tsar Ivan the Terrible Unveiled in Oryol
TASS | RBTH Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
14 Oct 2016 – The first monument to Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Russia was unveiled on Oct. 14 in the city of Oryol, founded by the Tsar. The monument was erected near the Epiphany Cathedral and Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky welcomed the decision.
→ read full articlePlan Colombia, Permanent War, and the NO Vote
Laura Carlsen – Common Dreams,
24 Oct 2016
The NO vote unexpectedly flipped the political situation back in favor of the rightwing hawks. This uprising could not only flip it back in favor of peace, but also create a social movement capable of going beyond the accords in terms of establishing social justice and human rights and addressing the enormous backlog of demands from below.
→ read full articleGood Deaths in Mosul, Bad Deaths in Aleppo
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
24 Oct 2016
Note how differently The New York Times prepares the American public for civilian casualties from the new U.S.-backed Iraqi government assault on the city of Mosul to free it from the Islamic State, compared to the unrelenting condemnation of the Russian-backed Syrian government assault on neighborhoods of east Aleppo held by Al Qaeda.
→ read full articleFreedom of the Press Faces Judicial Harassment in Brazil
Mario Osava – Inter Press Service-IPS,
24 Oct 2016
The latest high-profile case involves the Gazeta do Povo, the main daily newspaper in Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, which is facing 48 lawsuits from judges and public prosecutors who are suing the paper and several of its employees for reporting their incomes in February.
→ read full articleBattle for Mosul. Can There Be Respect for the Laws of War?
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
In a situation confused by the number and nationalities of the groups in combat and the very ethnically and religiously mixed population of Mosul, what possibilities exist for respect of the laws of war? The laws of war, now often called humanitarian law, have two wings, one dealing with the treatment of medical personnel in armed conflict situations, the treatment of the military wounded and prisoners of war as well as the protection of civilians
→ read full articleThe Funeral Ruckus
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Shimon Peres would have enjoyed it. A public battle about his funeral. The Arab members of the Knesset did not attend. So what? I did not attend, either. We never liked each other, and my attendance would have been sheer hypocrisy. I don’t like hypocrisy… One thing is quite certain: there will be no change for the better in Israel, no change of government and policy, unless the Arab citizens and their representatives become an integral part of the new peace force without which there is no hope.
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Prof. Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Johan Vincent Galtung was born in Oslo, Norway on the same day that the UN would come to existence 15 years later. He was jailed for six months at age 24 as a Conscientious Objector to military service. In jail he wrote his first book, Gandhi’s Political Ethics, together with his mentor, Arne Næss. This event would trigger a world-changing lifetime work for peace: 167 books, plus.
→ read full articleThe Middle East and the Next Administration
Chas W. Freeman, Jr. | LobeLog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The U.S. is making enemies all over the Muslim world. And every day here at home, millions pay homage to the memory of Osama as they remove their shoes to pass through metal detectors and are stripped of their dignity by body-imaging devices at airports. Americans are less secure, less prosperous, and less free than we were as this century began. In life, Osama was transformative. In death, he continues to shape the world he left behind.
→ read full articleThe Invitation
Oriah | Mountain Dreamer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing…
→ read full articleGoogle Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking
Julia Angwin | ProPublica – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Google is the latest tech company to drop the longstanding wall between anonymous online ad tracking and user’s names.
→ read full articleOn Strip Searches and Press Freedom in North Dakota
Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!,
24 Oct 2016
Pipeline guards unleashed pepper spray and dogs on the land and water defenders. Democracy Now! video showed one of the attack dogs with blood dripping from its nose and mouth. The video went viral, attracting more than 14 million views on Facebook alone. Five days later, North Dakota issued the arrest warrant.
→ read full articleIf the Media Too Will Become a Party
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
If the media too will become a party
Who will then resolve the conflicts?
War or Peace?
Dennis Kucinich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
20 Oct 2016 – The most consequential statement by Secretary Clinton in last night’s debate was her pronouncement that a no-fly zone over Syria could “save lives and hasten the end of the conflict,” that a no-fly zone would provide “safe zones on the ground” was in “the best interests of the people on the ground in Syria” and would “help us with our fight against ISIS.” It would do none of the above.
→ read full articleProspects, Hope and Strategies for the Future in Palestine
Tommaso Segantini and Norman Finkelstein – teleSUR,
24 Oct 2016
Renowned scholar and political activist Norman Finkelstein talks about a range of issues around Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
→ read full articleDrunks
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Recently, a routine police patrol was parked outside a local neighborhood bar in Minnesota. Late in the evening, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk.
→ read full articleThe Uniform Civil Code Debate in India: Unveiling the Myths
Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
The Indian government has embarked on a marathon exercise of seeking public opinion on having a Uniform Civil Code. A uniform civil code will mean that personal laws will become subservient to constitutional law. The Constitution enjoins all religions and faiths to be respected equally and adherents be free to carry out the articles of their faith.
→ read full articleDrug Resistance: How Dirty Production of UK National Health Service Drugs Helps Create Superbugs
Andrew Wasley and Madlen Davies – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism,
24 Oct 2016
18 Oct 2016 – The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, and there are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening. The growth in superbugs – infections which are resistant to antibiotics – is one of the biggest public health crises facing the world today, and pollution in drug companies’ supply chains is one of its causes.
→ read full articleFree Distribution of Two UN Books
Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
At the Occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the United Nations, 24 October 2016
→ read full articleSpanish Court Overturns Catalonian Bullfighting Ban
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2016
Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday [20 Oct] overturned a ban on bullfighting imposed in Catalonia, calling it a cultural asset protected under national law in a ruling likely to fuel political tensions between the region and Madrid. Bullfighting, a bloody ritual intended to ennoble both the “torero” and his victim, has been popular in Spain for generations.
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