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A Happy & More Just and Peaceful New Year FOR ALL! -> Reduce the Great Divide between Rich and Poor
James Albertini – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2016
There are great divides that need healing. Honolulu has the largest number of homeless per capita of any city in the U.S. The gap between rich are poor widens while $50-100 million-dollar private jets crowd the Kona airport bringing the super rich to vacation in luxury homes and resorts.
→ read full articleSyria – A Light to the World
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2016
In November 2015 I visited Syria together with an International Peace delegation. This was my third visit to Syria in the last three years. There is hope and Syria is a light to the world as there are many people working for peace and reconciliation, dialogue and negotiations, and this is where the hope lies and what we can all support by rejecting violence and war in Syria, the Middle East and our World.
→ read full articleA Most Unhappy New Year at Guantanamo
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!,
4 Jan 2016
Currently there are 107 men imprisoned there, 48 of whom have been cleared for release for almost six years. Reuters recently reported that the Pentagon itself, which is supposed to be under the civilian control of Commander-in-Chief Obama, may be resisting the order to close Guantanamo.
→ read full articleComments to Paris Atrocities Editorial – A Reply
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2016
I grew up in Norway, forced into Christianity, dedicated to Western colonialism to spread Christianity, and fought both. Against the same from Islam, I favor using the military to defend the many exposed to IS brutality. But not to kill and escalate by using their approach. And in favor of negotiation based on understanding both.
→ read full articleDespair and Hope for the New Year
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2016
Most needed in these dark times is to hold tight to what we believe with an unruly embrace of faith, patience, and urgency. This is my most fervent New Year’s wish for 2016.
→ read full article(Deutsch) Dabeisein ist alles!
Jürgen Wagner - Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI),
4 Jan 2016
Deutsche Syrien-Interessen und der erste Hauptsatz internationaler Machtpolitik
→ read full articleRenewable Energy Soars in 2015
Nathanael Greene, Natural Resources Defense Council, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
With Tax Incentives’ Renewal, Expect More of the Same in Years to Come – The truth is, 2015 has been one in a series of very good years for these pollution-free, renewable resources—years that are helping us get on track for the low-carbon future we need and need now.
→ read full articleBrazil: Back to the Future
Lucia Nader, Manoela Miklos, and Ana Carolina Evangelista – Open Democracy,
28 Dec 2015
Even if mired in a deep crisis affecting the three brands of power, Brazil’s civil society still believes in democracy. Recent women and student’s mobilizations show the way into the future.
→ read full article(Italiano) Cina vs. Russia vs. USA; Xi vs. Putin vs. Obama
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Cina, il più popoloso; Russia, il più vasto; USA, il più militarizzato. E qui c’è l’ipotesi chiave, presumibilmente più giusta che sbagliata: Cina-Xi: pace positiva; Russia-Putin: pace negativa; USA-Obama: guerra. Ci vogliono almeno due per fare la guerra, e due per fare la pace. La domanda è: chi cederà all’altro, Cina-Russia a una guerra estesa, o gli USA a una pace estesa?
→ read full articleSacrifice: Meat Producing Worse Than Airplanes for Environment
George Monbiot - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
A Kg of beef protein can generate the equivalent of 643 kg of carbon dioxide. A kilogramme of lamb protein can generate 749 kg. One kilo of protein from either source, in other words, causes more greenhouse gas emissions than a passenger flying from London to New York.
→ read full articleA Perfect New Year Gift: A Calendar Dedicated to the Rohingya Victims of Myanmar’s Slow Genocide
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Here is a perfect gift for this holiday season, especially for those with a social conscience. And Myanmar authorities will arrest you if it is found in your possession!
→ read full article
Imagine (Music Video of the Week)
John Lennon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Remembrance on the 35th anniversary of his untimely death at the hands of an assassin on 8 Dec 1980. He was just 40 years old. RIP dearest John, your memory will live forever in our hearts and of upcoming generations of peace/music/poetry lovers throughout the world.
→ read full articleBurundi : In Moments of Crisis the Wise Build Bridges
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
On 17 December 2015, the UN Human Rights Council held a Special Session on preventing further deterioration of the human rights situation in Burundi. A Special Session is the “highest profile” measure that the Human Rights Council has to highlight a dangerous situation and to call attention to a need for action.
→ read full articleMemories of Urvashi
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Urvashi is no longer alive physically but her memories and her supreme sacrifice continue to inspire and motivate many young persons. She is a symbol of encouragement and peace.
→ read full articleThe Believer: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Ruler of the Islamic State
William McCants – The Brookings Essay,
28 Dec 2015
The bare facts of Baghdadi’s biography show an unusually capable man. He helped found an insurgent group, finished a Ph.D. while managing the religious affairs of the Islamic State, built coalitions, and intimidated rivals.
→ read full articleLarge Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins Endures Brutal Capture and Slaughter in Taiji’s Infamous Cove
Sea Shepherd News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
A large pod of approximately 85-90 bottlenose dolphins driven into Taiji, Japan’s infamous cove on Sunday, Dec. 20 was forced to endure brutal captive selection and slaughter that claimed the freedom of 30 dolphins and the lives of 28-30 others.
→ read full articleMilitary to Military
Seymour M. Hersh – London Review of Books,
28 Dec 2015
Seymour Hersh’s Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama on Syria with Tacit Help to Assad
→ read full articleThe Art Collector’s Wife
Submitted by Robin Poulton – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
A New York attorney representing a wealthy art collector called and asked to speak to his client, “Saul, I have some good news and, I have some bad news.”
→ read full articleSlouching toward Global Disaster: Chaos and Intervention in the Middle East
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Even the more thoughtful Democrats limit their proposals to enhanced militarism, hoping to induce the Arab countries to put ‘the boots on the ground’ with nary a worry about either igniting a regional war or the imaginative collapse that can only contemplate war as the recipe for peace, again recalling the degree to which Orwellian satiric irony is relied upon to shape foreign policy prescriptions by ambitious politicians.
→ read full articleAwakening an American Society and the Global Community
Clive Hambidge – Media with Conscience News,
28 Dec 2015
The celebrated physicist Fritjof Capra explains why this is a fact in nature, “Evolution is not just adaptation to environment … but rather an organism and its environment evolv[ing] together. Likewise, in music, the essence of the musical chord lies in relationship. Even subatomic particles are not discrete and separate.”
→ read full articleThe Roots of the Current Crisis in the Middle East
Free Haifa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
The wave of refugees that has reached Europe and the terror attacks in Paris reminded many people in Europe and beyond of the crisis in our region – but at the same time led them to forget that the main victims of this crisis are the people of the region themselves.
→ read full article15 Indigenous Rights Victories That You Didn’t Hear about in 2015
John Ahni Schertow – IC Magazine,
28 Dec 2015
21 Dec 2015 – Good news. Sometimes, it comes in the form of a cancelled hydro dam that spares 20,000 people from the burden of displacement. Other times, it takes the shape of a simple court admission that Indigenous Peoples do actually make the best conservationists. In this day in age such stories are incredibly rare.
→ read full articleAnglo-America, EU, the West: A Prognosis
Johan Galtung, 28 Dec 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Thanks dear Oxford students for the Xmas gift, challenging the cult of Cecil Rhodes–colonialist, classist, racist. Sounds like Reality TV: The USA claims monopoly on “leadership” granting “special relation” to the UK. And German Scare became Red Scare became China Scare became Islam Scare became Russia Scare. The scare of the day paranoia; easily combined with UK-US narcissism.
→ read full articleWhere to Invade Next
Godfrey Cheshire, Roger Ebert – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Moore tells us the Joint Chiefs of Staff invited him to Washington, DC to confess that all their wars since “the big one” have been disastrous and ask his advice. He responds by offering himself up as a one-man army who will “invade countries populated by Caucasians whose names I can mostly pronounce, take the things we need from them, and bring them back home to the United States of America.”
→ read full articleProf. Ståle Eskeland – A Life in the Vanguard for Peace and Justice
Fredrik S. Heffermehl – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Oslo, December 27, 2015 – A great Norwegian scholar for peace, justice and a sane foreign policy, Ståle Eskeland, died yesterday at age 72. He was a retired professor of (Norwegian and international) criminal law at the University of Oslo, who never shied away from pointing out social and political wrongs.
→ read full articleWhy Did You Make Me? A Pig’s Complaint to God
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
These Muslims, your Muslims
Why they hate me so much
They don’t want to see me
They don’t call even my name
What did I do to them?
The NRA Is Actually Half Right: Guns Don’t Kill People — Americans Kill People
Michael Moore – The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Dec 2015
The ‘Where to Invade Next’ filmmaker argues that even if the U.S. banned guns, its lack of a social safety net would still turn many toward violence: “We just need to modify [the NRA’s slogan] to, ‘Guns don’t kill people — Americans kill people.'”
→ read full articleRadical Localization in a Global Systemic Context
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Distinguishing Normality Using Playing Card Suits as a Pattern Language – There is currently considerable confusion as to what is to be distinguished as “radical” in contrast to “fundamental”, “extraordinary”, “exceptional” and “extreme”.
→ read full articleWhy Did Brookings Institution Hold a Secret Panel Countering BDS?
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Americans should be asking why such a conference is taking place behind closed doors at a leading liberal thinktank– and why it’s tackling BDS, which Israeli leaders have termed an “existential” threat to Israel. The gathering is a reflection of the power of the Israel lobby in Washington.
→ read full articleWhen Terrorism Becomes Counter-Terrorism: The State Sponsors of Terrorism Are “Going After the Terrorists”
Prof Michel Chossudovsky - Global Research,
28 Dec 2015
A complex network of Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist organizations overseen by US and allied intelligence agencies has unfolded, extending across the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Western China, South and South East Asia.
→ read full article(Deutsch) Das Weihnachtswunder von 1914
MMNews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Deutsche und britische Soldaten legten zu Heiligabend 1914 die Waffen nieder und feierten an der Front ein spontanes Friedensfest. Das als “Christmas Truce” (“Weihnachtsfrieden”) in die Geschichte eingegangene Ereignis zeigt die Sinnlosigkeit von Kriegen.
→ read full articleA Christmas Message in Dark Times
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Christmas has an ecumenical resonance that calls for bright lights, ornamented trees, celebration, and wishes for peace on earth and good will toward all, bringing together those of diverse faith or no faith at all. The legions of ‘the politically correct’ determined to avoid offending those, especially Jews, who are not Christians, will carefully express their good wishes with such phrases as ‘happy holidays!’
→ read full articleDuty to Warn – Nativity: Rev Kevin Annett and the “Little Matter of Aboriginal Genocide”
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
One of the most meaningful Christmas stories that I have ever read came from my friend from Vancouver, Canada, Reverend Kevin Annett. His story is titled “Nativity” and is printed further below.
→ read full article(Italiano) Il servizio Migranti di Aosta non deve chiudere. Petizione-appello alla comunità politica globale
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Da pochi giorni la comunità straniera e la comunità valdostana hanno appreso dai media che il servizio Migranti di Aosta dal 4 gennaio 2016 non sarà più operativo. Dopo 25 anni.
→ read full articleList of Palestinians [and Israelis] Killed between Oct. 1 and Dec. 18, 2015
Celine Hagbard – International Middle East Media Center,
28 Dec 2015
19 Dec 2015 – The Following is a list of names of all Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, including one in the Negev, in the period between Thursday October 1st and the end of December 18th, as confirmed by the Palestinian Health Ministry.
→ read full articleGot Fascism? The 1942 Norwegian Teachers’ Nonviolent Resistance to Nazis Has Answers
Rivera Sun, PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
In April 1940, the Nazis invaded Norway and occupied the country. In 1942, as part of an attempt to implement a fascist curriculum in the schools, Minister-President Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian collaborator, disbanded the existing teachers’ union and required all teachers to register with the new Norwegian Teachers’ Union by February 5.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Dec 28–Jan 3 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.” – George Santayana
→ read full articlePre-Deciding about Violence
Elizabeth Traubman and Lionel Traubman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
What does smacking your child have in common with the fast-spreading violence we read about in headlines from every continent like terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut, and Jerusalem, and drone strikes that kill innocent women and children? They all are part of the cycle of cruelty. Yet as today’s headlines clarify for us, violence primarily fuels more flames of hostility.
→ read full articleTerror, Climate Chaos, Financial Crisis Are the Costs of ‘Doing Business’
Nafeez Ahmed – Middle East Eye,
28 Dec 2015
The techno-narcissism of predatory neoliberal capitalism is locked into an endless war with the bastard monster of its own creation – Islamic State.
→ read full articleIt Wasn’t only Exxon That Knew about Global Warming since the 1970s
Lauren McCauley - Common Dreams,
28 Dec 2015
New investigative reporting by Neela Banerjee with Inside Climate News revealed on Tuesday [22 Dec 2015] that scientists and engineers from nearly every major U.S. and multinational oil and gas company may have for decades known about the impacts of carbon emissions on the climate.
→ read full articleOh Little Town of Bethlehem
Francis A. Boyle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
Israel, Palestine and American Christian Hypocrites
→ read full articleSurveillance Techniques: How Your Data Becomes Our Data
Domestic Surveillance Directorate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
We’ve turned our nation’s Internet and telecommunications companies into collection partners by installing filters in their facilities, serving them with secret court orders, building back doors into their software and acquiring keys to break their encryption.
→ read full articleThe First Christmas without Our Santa Claus: Remembering Dietrich
Nirmanusan Balasundaram – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
He was a thoughtful human being born to strengthen a shared future that would uphold nonviolence, humanity and peace. Either ordinary life problems or peace building studies, Dietrich had answers to most situations, not through complex political theories but rather through simple short stories or jokes.
→ read full articleTarantino: I ‘Utterly Reject’ Argument That only Some Cops Are Bad
Truth Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
“I completely and utterly reject the bad apples argument. It’s about institutional racism. It’s about institutional cover-ups that are about protecting the force as opposed to the citizens.”
→ read full articleRaw Pecans: Discover 7 Health Benefits of Pecans
Dr. Edward Group, Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2015
From 277 different nuts and foods, USDA researchers say pecans are the most antioxidant-rich nut; with more oleic acid than olive oil, they contain 90% unsaturated (heart-healthy) fats, are low sodium, cholesterol free, contain essential vitamins and minerals, and have alpha and gamma-tocopherol forms of vitamin E.
→ read full articleIs the EU the New USSR?
Sam Gerrans – Russia Today,
21 Dec 2015
“The Soviet Union was governed by 15 unelected people, who appointed each other and who were not accountable to anyone. The European Union is governed by two dozen people, who appoint each other and are not accountable to anyone.” His disturbing and lucid monologue concludes with the words: “I have lived in your future, and it didn’t work.”
→ read full articleI Helped Create ISIS
Vincent Emanuele - TeleSur,
21 Dec 2015
After we cut their zip-ties and took the black bags off their heads, several of our more deranged marines would fire rounds from their AR-15s into their air or ground, scaring the recently released captives. Always for laughs. Who knows how long they survived. After all, no one cared. We do know of one former U.S. prisoner who survived: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS.
→ read full articleSilence, Please! A New Middle East Is in the Making
Baher Kamal, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
When, in June 2006, former US National Security adviser and, later on, Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, spelled out the George W. Bush administration new, magic doctrine for the Middle East, tons of ink was poured and millions of words said in a harsh attempt to speculate with what she really did mean by what she called “Creative Chaos.”
→ read full articleTurkish-ISIL Oil Trade: Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Russia All Accuse Turkey of Smuggling Oil (Part 1)
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya - Strategic Culture Foundation,
21 Dec 2015
Russia is not alone in accusing Turkey of being involved in the theft of Syrian and Iraqi oil. Turkish opposition politicians, Turkish media, and various governments in the Middle East have also raised their voices about the role of Turkish officials in smuggling from the conflict zones in Syria and Iraq.
→ read full articleDuty to Warn – The 101st Anniversary of the Christmas Truce of 1914: Questioning Christian Participation in Aggressive War
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
“…and the ones who call the shots won’t be among the dead and lame;
And on each end of the rifle we’re the same” — John McCutcheon
Burma’s Hard-Line Buddhists Are Waging a Campaign of Hate That Nobody Can Stop
Francis Wade – Time Magazine,
21 Dec 2015
Sectarian hatred shown by Burma’s Buddhist extremists toward the country’s Muslim minority has become so pronounced that activists and politicians appear unable to stop it.
→ read full articleMistaken Identity
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
An old cowboy, dressed in a cowboy shirt, hat, jeans and boots went to a bar, sat down, and ordered a drink.
→ read full articleTurkish-ISIL Oil Trade: Did the Turkish Military Enter Mosul to Protect Its Oil Trade? (Part 2)
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – Strategic Culture Foundation,
21 Dec 2015
The move can be seen as a compensation for the weakening of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL / ISIS / IS / DAESH) and the ISIL’s oil smuggling infrastructure. It can also be viewed as a Turkish preparation for the aftermath of the future defeat of the ISIL in Iraq.
→ read full articleAs the World Debates Syria, Palestine’s Ignominy Continues in Silence
Ben Morris – CounterPunch,
21 Dec 2015
17 Dec 2015 – As the prophetic Orwellian concept of perpetual war is made manifest in Syria and Iraq, and the attention of the planet is understandably diverted towards the apocalyptic scenario currently being played out there, the subjugated and forgotten nation of Palestine limps quietly on under the curse of a media blackout.
→ read full articleClimate Change and the Road Through Paris
Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!,
21 Dec 2015
Author and activist Naomi Klein said the deal will “steamroll over crucial scientific red lines … it is also going to steamroll over equity red lines.” She added, “We know, from doing the math and adding up the targets that the major economies have brought to Paris, that those targets lead us to a very dangerous future. They lead us to a future between 3 and 4 degrees Celsius warming.”
→ read full articleA New World Order? ISIS and the Sykes-Picot Backlash
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The shaping of world order remains mainly the work of the heavyweight states that act on the basis of geopolitical calculations with respect for international law and morality displayed only as convenient. Yet the political monoculture of territorial states remains formally the exclusive foundation of world order, but its political reality is being challenged in various settings and nowhere more so than in the Middle East.
→ read full article(Italiano) Il clima contro il pianeta
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Hanno commesso un grosso errore a Parigi, anzi a Le Bourget: un gran parlare a proposito della struttura legale, ben poco rispetto al come. Le innovazioni non arrivano da sole; già molte ne esistono, si utilizzino; si chiedano innovazioni specifiche da condividere con l’umanità; per favore, niente brevetti, niente “forze di mercato” – che in genere rendono i ricchi ancora più ricchi.
→ read full articleEndless War Crimes in Yemen Slowed by Ceasefire
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
21 Dec 2015
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Has a Fascist Whiff of Franco’s Spain Circa 1936 – The first lie about Yemen’s dirty war in the world of official journalism is that the fighting there has been a “nine-month conflict” and that “the conflict started in March,” as the New York Times put it on December 17. This is simply not true in any meaningful sense.
→ read full articleAmerica Has Been at War 93% of the Time – 222 out of 239 Years – Since 1776
Washington’s Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The U.S. Has Only Been at Peace for 21 Years Total since Its Birth – Check Out Full Listing
→ read full articleDilma’s Fall: The Wrecking of an Inspiring Left-Wing Experiment in Brazil
Alfredo Saad Filho, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The country’s descent has been turbo-charged by a relentlessly negative media campaign and a succession of corruption scandals orchestrated by overtly partisan judges and a runaway Federal Police seeking to prosecute every instance of bribery and illegal finance touching the PT, however indirectly, as scandals involving the opposition remain un-investigated.
→ read full articleKerry Questions What Israel’s Policy Really Is
Jews for Justice for Palestinians – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
In a recent speech at the Brookings Institute, the US Secretary of State has clearly given up on reaching a two-state agreement. For the Israelis, he says, it is just a ‘slogan’ a ‘throw away remark’ contradicted by their practices of settlements and demolition of Palestinian homes.
→ read full articleA Special Relationship: The United States Is Teaming Up with Al Qaeda. Again
Andrew Cockburn – Harper’s Magazine,
21 Dec 2015
History of US/Saudi Alliance with Al Qaeda (excellent).
→ read full articleThe United States Drifts towards Political Irresponsibility
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The recent Republican presidential debates were held in the gaudy and luxurious Venetian Casino in Los Vegas, a building whose billionaire Republican-backing owner Sheldon Adelson held a private meeting with fellow-billionaire Donald Trump before the debate.
→ read full articleNorthern Arakan as Rohingya’s Ancestral Land: G.H.Luce Citing the Stone Inscription from Ava Period
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
According to the late Gordon H. Luce, essentially the founder of modern historical studies of the ancient Myanmar or Burma and the mentor of Professor Than Tun, the presence of the Rohinjas in Burma was evidenced in the stone inscriptions from the Ava period (AD 1400).
→ read full articleWhat the Women of Berlin’s Rosenstraße Protest Can Teach Us about Trump
Rivera Sun, PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The parallels between the 1930s-40s in Germany and the United States in 2015 are frightening. It is clear to many citizens that the rise of bigotry and fascism in our nation cannot be allowed to continue unchallenged. Organized resistance is essential. In this effort, revisiting the history of resistance to the Nazis offers us some tantalizing concepts.
→ read full articleMartin Shkreli Arrested for Securities Fraud
Tom Hall, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old former hedge fund manager who became infamous earlier this year for raising the price of a 62-year-old drug to treat cancer by 4,000 percent, from $13.50 to $750 per pill, was arrested Thursday [17 Dec] on charges of securities fraud stretching back several years.
→ read full article
Oh Holy Night! (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Il Divo with Katherine Jenkins – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Il Divo sing with Katherine Jenkins in “Steppin’ Out” on ITV.
→ read full articleEducation for Tolerance and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. - Transcend Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Executive Vice President of International Association of Educators for World Peace Keynote Speech at the Kerala State Convention on the theme: Education for Tolerance and Peace.
→ read full articleSaudi Arabia’s Execution Spree
Editorial Board – The International New York Times,
21 Dec 2015
Saudi Arabia’s justice system has gone into murderous overdrive. More than 150 people have been executed this year, the most since 1995. More than 50 people are reported to be scheduled for imminent execution on terrorist charges, though some are citizens whose only crime was protesting against the government. This wave of killing has prompted some to compare Saudi Arabia to the Islamic State: both follow Shariah law.
→ read full articleBruce Lee on Self-Actualization and the Crucial Difference between Pride and Self-Esteem
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
“Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner value with things in the world around you,” Anna Deavere Smith wrote. “When, for whatever reason, self-esteem is unattainable, the autonomous individual becomes a highly explosive entity. He turns away from an unpromising self and plunges into the pursuit of pride — the explosive substitute for self-esteem.” –Bruce Lee
→ read full articleWhat’s Left of the Latin American Left?
Hisham Aidi – Al Jazeera,
21 Dec 2015
As happens in democracies, Latin American voters are punishing parties of the left for economic mismanagement. That leftist and rightist parties are no longer immune to electoral punishment is a sign of the stability of Latin American democracy.
→ read full articleReflections on Witnessing the Republican Presidential Candidate Debate
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
At what point do we as a nation acknowledge we have helped create the tragedy of terrorism by our own actions — policies serving our selfish needs and those of a few allies? For this we have thrown the world into chaos and disarray! We cannot continue imposing our will and interests on the world without consequence. Think! Hate begets hate! Nuclear weapons now proliferate.
→ read full articleThe “Saving of Humanity” Framed by “Sinking of the Titanic”
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The 195 countries that gathered outside Paris… to negotiate a new agreement on climate change declared that the world’s temperature does not climb much more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels; and yet they simultaneously celebrated a new climate agreement that got nowhere close to preventing such a rise.
→ read full articleSanctuary for Refugees: André Trocmé and Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Rivera Sun, PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
What are we going to do? The moral obligation of compassion is clear. U.S. governors, like the officials in Europe, like the Vichy government and the Nazis, and all the cruel oppressors throughout history, must be resisted nonviolently. Like André Trocmé and Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, we must make our communities havens for those fleeing violence and death.
→ read full articleStingrays: A Secret Catalogue of Government Gear for Spying on Your Cellphone
Jeremy Scahill and Margot Williams – The Intercept,
21 Dec 2015
17 Dec 2015 – The intercept has obtained a secret, internal U.S. government catalogue of dozens of cellphone surveillance devices used by the military and by intelligence agencies.
→ read full article(Castellano) Medio Oriente: Toneladas de tinta y millones de palabras pero…
Baher Kamal, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Este es un análisis de Baher Kamal, periodista de nacionalidad española y origen egipcio, donde desmitifica alguno de los estereotipos más comunes sobre los árabes, la región de Medio Oriente, los musulmanes y el islam.
→ read full articleSaudi Arabia and the “War on Terror”
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
A more fundamental question is what does the Saudi regime mean by “terrorism”? Clearly, it is not referring to the various Al Qaeda-linked groups fighting in Syria, all of which get substantial funding as well as large numbers of fighters and their religious-ideological inspiration from the Wahhabist Saudi kingdom.
→ read full article(Português) Violência Contra Qualquer Espécie É Inaceitável
Malu Nunes - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
21 Dec 2015
Animais, plantas e micro-organismos silvestres estão desaparecendo em um ritmo avassalador, em decorrência de atividades humanas; e essa perda de biodiversidade também é uma forma de violência, que jamais poderia ser encarada como natural. A taxa de extinção atual é mil vezes superior ao ritmo normal da natureza, ou seja, a sociedade contemporânea é mais perigosa que o meteoro que dizimou os dinossauros em uma das outras cinco ondas históricas de extinções em massa.
→ read full articleFrom Taiji to Tanks: The Barren Life of Captive Dolphins
Sea Shepherd News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
16 Dec 2015 – The slaughter of dolphins and small whales that takes place in Taiji, Japan’s infamous cove is a horrific and inhumane massacre of highly intelligent and socially complex cetaceans. It is sad to say, though, that as they are taken from their ocean home to be sold for captivity, an even worse fate is soon to come, because their suffering is just beginning.
→ read full articleU.S. Air Force Hires Private Companies to Fly Drones in War Zones
Chris Thompson, CorpWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The unprecedented move is in response to demands from the Obama administration to dramatically expand the drone war just as the Pentagon faces a critical shortage of military pilots. As a result, civilian pilots will directly participate in military operations for the first time since the drone wars began about a decade ago.
→ read full articleIndia Declares Dolphins “Non-Human Persons” – Dolphin Shows Banned
EWAO – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests have made a groundbreaking decision, to completely forbid the keeping of captive dolphins for public entertainment in the entire country. A statement about their new policy was released Friday [30 Oct 2015],
→ read full articleImperialism and Capitalism: Rethinking an Intimate Relationship
Prof. James Petras and Prof. Henry Veltmeyer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
16 Dec 2015 – The literature on imperialism suffers from a fundamental confusion about the relationship between capitalism and imperialism. The aim of this paper is to remove this confusion.
→ read full article(Português) A Vida de Fraudes do Homem que Aumentou Um Comprimido para a SIDA [AIDS] de 13,5 para 750 Dólares: Foi Preso
Luís M. Faria – Expresso,
21 Dec 2015
As acusações têm a ver com uma fraude anterior, mas é possível que o ato que levou Martin Shkreli a ser odiado na internet tenha a ver com as suas dívidas pessoais.
→ read full article(Italiano) “Da Piazza Fontana a Piazza della Loggia. Tra violenza e verità”
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Parte seconda – Il processo d’Appello bis di Piazza della Loggia è l’unico processo per strage ancora aperto in Italia.
→ read full article
Empire Files
Abby Martin, TheRealNews - TeleSur,
21 Dec 2015
Abby Martin debuts teleSUR’s The Empire Files exploring the U.S. Empire and its rise to world hegemony.
→ read full articleChristmas Greetings 2015
Stephen Gill – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
I see the spirit resurrecting
in Christmas trees,
mistletoe and Santa Claus.
I see her appearing
within the decoration in churches,
homes and offices
in parties, family reunions
and drinks.
Paris: We Need System Change!
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Our entire system is leading us towards disaster, and this includes both economic and governmental establishments. To save human civilization, the biosphere and the future, the people of the world must take matters into their own hands and change the system.
→ read full articleWe Wish You a MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Magnificent Orchestra & Choir – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
→ read full articleChina vs. Russia vs. USA; Xi vs. Putin vs. Obama
Johan Galtung, 21 Dec 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
China, the most populous; Russia, the largest; USA, the most military. And here is the key hypothesis, presumably more right than wrong: China-Xi: positive peace; Russia-Putin: negative peace; USA-Obama: war. It takes at least two to make wars, and two to make peace. The other side has to play the same role. The question is: who will yield to the other, China-Russia to major wars, or the USA to major peace?
→ read full articleUniversity of Barcelona Announces Official Boycott of Israeli Occupation
The Palestinian Information Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
20 Dec 2015 – The Central University of Barcelona (UAB) announced its decision to boycott Israeli universities and institutions that have ties, whether direct or indirect, with the occupation of Palestine.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
Dec 21-27 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.” — Unattributed
→ read full articleTehran’s Damascene Moment?
James Denselow – Al Jazeera,
14 Dec 2015
14 Dec 2015 – The wider regional conflict between Riyadh and Tehran has influenced much of the machinations of the Middle East over the past decade. The fact that the two countries are sitting at the same table discussing Syria rather than negotiating through violence on the ground is a significant – and under-reported – success of the Vienna process to date.
→ read full articleWe Are Going Backwards; COP21 Is the Opposite of Progress
Frank Barat interviews Naomi Klein – New Internationalist Magazine,
14 Dec 2015
10 Dec 2015 – Naomi Klein speaks with Frank Barat about the limits of the Paris climate talks and how climate change is an accelerator that makes pre-existing problems worse.
→ read full articleWorld Leaders Agree to Historic Global Climate Agreement
Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2015
12 Dec 2015 – World leaders from 195 countries adopted an historic international climate accord Saturday [12 Dec] in Paris. The 31-page pact, which comes after two weeks of negotiations at the COP21 climate summit, is the first-ever agreement that commits almost every country in the world to fight climate change.
→ read full articleWhy the World’s Most Powerful Telescope Has Just Been Ruled Unlawful
Maddie Stone, Gizmodo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2015
7 Dec 2015 – Last week, Hawaii’s Supreme Court voided a construction permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), a $1.4 billion observatory that would peer into distant corners of our universe and back in time, exploring new cosmic landscapes with a resolution twelve times sharper than that of Hubble.
→ read full articleThe Five Key Decisions Made in the UN Climate Deal in Paris
Ewa Krukowska and Alex Morales - Bloomberg,
14 Dec 2015
12 Dec 2015 – Envoys to the United Nations climate talks handed down a 31-page document on Saturday [12 Dec] outlining their boldest steps yet to rein in global warming. Here are the key points of the text, along with comment on why the decisions made in Paris matter.
• Envoys set goal to cap temperature rise below 2 degrees C
• Climate finance for poor nations to be scaled up by 2025
Eight Lessons from the Climate Disaster and Why Paris Worked
Alex Morales - Bloomberg,
14 Dec 2015
13 Dec 2015 – It took years of careful planning by the United Nations and the 195 countries involved to reach the historic deal on climate change agreed in Paris on Saturday [12 Dec].
• Envoys from 195 nations labored six years on global accord
• Mouton Cadet wines, Venezuela critic helped the process
100 Years of General Relativity (Part 1 of 3)
Don Barrett, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2015
Produced in a revolutionary epoch, general relativity continues to be regarded as one of the momentous achievements of physics, yet its implications are far from exhausted. Even after the passage of a century, new insights connecting the theory and observed phenomena appear each year in the publications of thousands of physicists across the globe. It was the capstone to a century of intellectual struggle and the catalyst to a deeper understanding of the material world.
→ read full article100 Years of General Relativity (Part 2 of 3)
Will Morrow, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2015
The History, Science and Implications of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
→ read full articleClimate Deal Requires $16.5 Trillion Investment to Cut Pollution
Alex Morales and Ewa Krukowska - Bloomberg,
14 Dec 2015
13 Dec 2015 – The deal struck at United Nations climate talks requires an overhaul of historic proportions for energy policies worldwide and a huge investment in cleaning up the pollution now damaging the Earth’s atmosphere.
• UN deal in Paris would require much deeper fossil fuel cuts
• Envoys from 187 nations submit action plans to cut emissions