Articles by TRANSCEND Media Service
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Criminal Investigation of Nobel Peace Prize
Fredrik S. Heffermehl – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The management of the Nobel Peace Prize has become a case for the Norwegian police, following a request for criminal investigation from 16 prominent Scandinavians, parliamentarians, lawyers, authors and peace activists to the authority on economic crime, the ØKOKRIM.
→ read full article(Français) Créer un Fonds Monétaire EuroBRICS (EuroBRICS monetary fund ou EBMF)
Agoravox – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Les pays du BRICS ont annoncé récemment qu’ils entendaient mettre en place dans les prochains mois l’équivalent du FMI et de la Banque mondiale dans le cadre de l’association qu’ils ont décidé de créer entre eux il y a environ un an.
→ read full articleIf Not Now, When? Unite Against Imperialism!
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
There are plenty of discouraged, scared voices of people who have already given up and come to the conclusion that the Empire is too powerful, too determined, and unstoppable. Hopelessness, fear and defeatism – this is how the Empire wants you to feel. Do not! Defeat is only purposefully encoded in the propaganda that is being spread by the West. In reality, nothing is lost.
→ read full articleBrazilian President Champions Internet Privacy
Xinhua – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Speaking at the opening of the NETMundial (WorldNET) conference she convened following revelations last year that U.S. security agencies used the Internet to spy on heads of state, ordinary citizens and corporations around the globe, Rousseff said such misuse of the web was “unacceptable.”
→ read full articleBristol Museum: Remembering the British Empire in India
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Exhibiting this painting in the present-day goes against the art for a culture of peace, and glorifies a ‘culture of occupation’. For this reason alone, I would urge the Bristol Museum to decommission this painting. The British Empire was culturally, morally and economically deteriorative to India than being a ‘force for good’.
→ read full articleWhoopi Goldberg Debuts as Marijuana Columnist
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Goldberg opted to focus on how pot has helped her cope with massive headaches induced by glaucoma, an eye disorder that can lead to blindness. “It helps my head stop hurting, and with glaucoma your eyes ache, and she takes the ache out. It’s wonderful,” she said. “The high is different, too. It feels like a gentle, warm breeze at the beach.
→ read full articleWords, Words, Words
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
In Israeli politics, the word “peace” has become poison. “Political settlement” is the vogue term. It is meant to say the same but of course, it doesn’t. “Peace” means much more than the formal end of warfare. It contains elements of reconciliation, of something spiritual. “Political settlement” means nothing but a document formulated by lawyers and signed by politicians.
→ read full articleHow a Smile Saved Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Life: A Soul-Lifting Meditation on Our Shared Humanity
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Care granted to the sick, welcome offered to the banished, forgiveness itself are worth nothing without a smile enlightening the deed. We communicate in a smile beyond languages, classes, and parties.
→ read full articleCollateral Damage
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
No one has asked me, but if they did
like Pilate I’d wash my hands of it.
University Cooperation for Equity and Empathy
Johan Galtung, 28 Apr 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The joint search for common ground is fascinating. And that leads us to a deeper field for university cooperation: joint exploration of epistemology, the criteria for valid knowledge. Imagine a four-week cooperative seminar with many universities about how to think (re-search), speak (also teach) and act (praxis) in the fields of international relations and epistemology; great NEWS!
→ read full articleIndia: Stakes for Elections 2014 – Secularism or Democracy
Mazher Hussain – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Finally we seem to have succeeded in dividing India, a country of a billion plus, into just two groups. Both groups claim to be secular… It is time people of India realize that in their mad scramble to vote for or against secularism, they should not end up sacrificing the very core essence of our nation: Democracy.
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Happy (Music Video of the Week)
Pharrell Williams – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Modeling
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
On a cold winter day, a model arrived at the painter’s apartment blue, almost freezing.
→ read full articlePersecution of Uganda’s Gays Intensifies as Rights Groups Go Underground
Amy Fallon, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
In the current climate of homophobia, which activists stress has been “imported” to Uganda via western evangelists, virtually everyone is aware they can use another person’s sexuality to exact revenge.
→ read full article(Français) Entre gouvernance et surveillance, le coeur de NetMundial balance
Antoine Duvauchelle, ZDNet – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
Les Etats regroupés à São Paulo, Brasil devaient se mettre d’accord sur des principes liés à la gouvernance, mais n’avaient visiblement pas prévus l’irruption – pourtant attendue – de la question de la Internet surveillance.
→ read full article‘Extreme Levels’ of Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Found in Soy Plants
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
The study, coming out in June’s [2014] issue of Food Chemistry and available online, looked at 31 different soybean plants on Iowa farms and compared the accumulation of pesticides and herbicides on plants in three categories.
→ read full articleSecret Plan to Advance Global Internet Censorship – ISPs to Act as “Internet Police”
Roots Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
This is a decisive moment: we need to act right now. Join with hundreds of thousands of people all over the world to shine a light on the TPP’s job-killing Internet censorship plan. Let’s send decision-makers and the lobbyists pulling the strings a message they can’t ignore: “Stop the secrecy now.”
→ read full articleThe Grand American Tradition of Violent White Supremacy
Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
16 Apr 2014 – Another U.S. shooting spree has left bullet-riddled bodies in its wake, and refocused attention on violent, right-wing extremists. A former leader of the Ku Klux Klan is accused of killing three people outside two Jewish community centers in Kansas City. As he was hauled away in a police car, he shouted “Heil Hitler!”
→ read full article25th IPRA General Conference LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
Nesrin Kenar, IPRA Secretary General – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
On the occasion of IPRA’S 50th anniversary – Istanbul, Turkey, August 10-14, 2014 – Uniting for Peace: Building Sustainable Peace through Universal Values – Deadline for Proposals: APRIL 30, 2014.
→ read full articleThe New York Times Wrestles with Israel’s Gag Orders
Haaretz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
20 Apr 2014 – The New York Times newspaper acknowledged late last week that it complies with court-ordered gag orders when reporting from Israel. Two senior editors at the newspaper say they were unaware of The Times ever agreeing to abide by gag orders in Israel.
→ read full articleFrom the Editor’s Desk
Antonio C. S. Rosa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
TMS is not yet at full force because I am still adjusting to a new laptop with Windows 8 after the other with Windows XP decided to quit on me. A new Portuguese keyboard does not help either. But next week all should be well–hopefully. Thanks for all the supportive messages received during the ‘crisis.’
→ read full articleFoundations of Mathematics and Set Theory As Viewed From a Historical Viewpoint
Prof. Antonino Drago – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Only by exiting out this metaphysics, mathematics will no more obstruct the conflict resolution; otherwise Leibniz’ dream of “Calculemus!” or other appeal to scientific techniques will exclude the personal engagement for achieving a supportive peace. Only by assuming a pluralist attitude mathematics will contribute to peace.
→ read full articleHappy Easter? – Christianity, Guilty as Charged!
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Motto: verse from Colossians 3:22: “Slaves, obey your masters.” How primitive and brutal, and how immoral! Almost the entire North and South America, in the era of the arrival of the priests, shuttled to the “New World” by that arch criminal Christopher Columbus (Colon) and his fleet, got ruined, massacred, cheated and contaminated by all sorts of diseases. The Cross – the symbol of Christianity – was always at the front and above all that carnage.
→ read full articlePeace Education for Genuine Democracy, Good Governance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Prof. Prasad has developed his own concept of peace education, which is based on universally inherent five elements, viz. body, vitality, mind, intellect and spirit, in every man and woman without any discrimination.
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Peace Studies Philosopher Johan Galtung Advises Tamils to Tell the Story with a Vision
Tamilnet – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Apr 6, 2014 – Professor Johan Galtung, principal founder of peace and conflict studies: “Tamils should come out with a campaign of vision that doesn’t threaten anyone, especially the Sinhala Buddhists.”
→ read full articleDavid Cortright – Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and an activist especially on nuclear arms issues, has set out a clear and up-to-date history of the ideas and movements that make up the colors on the peace pallet. While the book has been out for some time, I review it now as a first rate overview of peace efforts and ideologies.
→ read full articlePeace Journalism from the Holy Land Points the Way to BDS
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
It calls for journalism to offer backgrounds and contexts of conflict, not just the familiar series of big bangs; a wide range of voices rather than merely a leader on each ‘side’; supply readers and audiences with the means to challenge dominant accounts, and therefore resist propaganda; highlight peace initiatives, however small, which are always underway in any conflict, perhaps in out-of-the-way places; and show images of peace as well as those of war.
→ read full article(Italiano) Il Giappone e la comunità mondiale
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Svegliati, Giappone. Non c’è bisogno di scegliere fra USA e Cina; sii neutrale, in termini amichevoli con entrambi. Immaginiamo un Giappone trilingue con l’inglese e il cinese, che abbondanza! Accetta l’invito dell’Asia dell’Est e del Nord Est di congiungere le loro famiglie, come la Germania e il Sud Africa hanno congiunte le loro. Diventa Giappone, potenza di pace.
→ read full articleMultiethnic and Pluralistic States Have to Stay
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Development in Ukraine is a matter of concern as it has implications not only for Ukraine but also for other multiethnic and pluralistic states in the world. I am strongly in favor of multiethnic and pluralistic states.
→ read full articleForgiveness is Dysfunctional
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Certain religious traditions, including Christianity, emphasise the importance of forgiveness. I want to explain why forgiveness is misconceived and, therefore, a bad idea. And why there are important psychological reasons for this.
→ read full articleEast-South China Seas, Islands–Solutions?
Johan Galtung, 21 Apr 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
A Chinese proverb: better than giving a starving person a fish is teaching her to fish. So, not only solutions but how to solve conflicts.
→ read full articleBuild a Trap to Divert Europe Away From Its Own Destiny
Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Trigger a Cold War to Make It Easier To Annex Europe – The Ukrainian crisis was probably triggered for no other reason than to force the EU to buy US shale gas, to sign the TTIP (without which the former can’t be sold in Europe) and to justify a renewed increase of American-NATO military budgets thanks to the restarting of a Cold War between the West and emerging nations.
→ read full articleInternational Peace Research Association at 50
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder. IPRA rotates every two years from one peace research center to the other, and is now in very competent Turkish hands. And what is more natural than having the 50th anniversary for the hub of peace studies in that hub of the world, Istanbul, 10-14 August this year!! Hurry up, register!!!
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Ave Maria (Music Video of the Week)
Andrea Bocelli – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Composer: Gounod
→ read full articleNegotiators [not really a joke]
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Albert Einstein compared the disarmament negotiations sponsored by the UN with…
→ read full articleNow as the Ultimate Cognitive Strange Attractor
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
A Continuing Invitation “Down the Rabbit Hole”? Entering a “rabbit hole” has been understood as framing a period of chaos or confusion — appropriate to the current condition of global civilization and the challenge of individual response to it.
→ read full articleWar and the Visual Language of Flowers: An Antipodean Perspective
Ann Elias – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
For those of us who live in the Antipodes, the Anzac poppy is an emotive symbol and it is the catalyst for this study which looks at the significance and symbolism of floral imagery to the war imagination, and at the incongruity of flowers—which popularly signify innocence and beauty—within military contexts.
→ read full article25th IPRA General Conference LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
Nesrin Kenar, IPRA Secretary General – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
On the occasion of IPRA’S 50th anniversary – Istanbul, Turkey, August 10-14, 2014 – Uniting for Peace: Building Sustainable Peace through Universal Values – Deadline for Proposals: APRIL 30, 2014.
→ read full articleVoices of Ukraine: ‘Kiev, People Are Not Cattle!’
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
The majority of people in this country of around 44 million are concentrated around the enormous industrial and mining centers of Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk and Krivoi Rog. There is Odessa in the south, and Kharkov, “the second capital,” in the east. People in all those parts of the country mainly speak Russian and they see what has happened in Kiev as an unceremonious coup, orchestrated and supported by the West.
→ read full articleEurope Needs to Be Independent
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Legacies from the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War
→ read full articleReconciliation of Hawaiians For and Against Sovereignty
John H. McFadden – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
For both sides of the Hawaiian sovereignty issue, the idea of reconciliation with their opponents seems ridiculous and even insulting. After all, both sides are thoroughly convinced they are right and that the other side is, well, poorly motivated, to say the least.
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Chopin Fantasie Impromptu
Serena Wang – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Apr 2014
“Dances of the Dolls” -Serena Wang (born Oct 2004), the most conspicuous music prodigy under the direct tutorship of well-known and highly respected piano teacher Professor Dan Zhao Yi.
→ read full articleJapan and the World Community
Johan Galtung, 14 Apr 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Apr 2014
Wake up, Japan. No need to choose between the USA and China; be neutral, on friendly terms with both. Imagine a trilingual Japan with English and Chinese, what a wealth! Accept the invitation by East Asia and Northeast Asia to join their families, as Germany and South Africa joined theirs. Become Japan, the peace power.
→ read full articleMessage from TMS Editor
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Apr 2014
Dear TMS readers, subscribers and writers, unfortunately my computer crashed out and I was not able to upload the usual selection of materials to this Weekly Digest…
→ read full articleOuch!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Apr 2014
Napoleon came to inspect his troops, and every soldier had to appear before him. They were a little nervous and intimidated.
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Fear & Loathing: Albino Africans Survival in Tanzania
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
People can be so afraid that they’re even willing to kill. They say giving birth to such a “creature” is a curse. Some call them ‘ghosts’ and believe that owning a part of their body will make them rich–all because of the color of their skin. Documentary (26:10)
→ read full articleAmerica — A Failed State?
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Depends, of course, on the criteria. A state has an inside towards its citizens, and an outside toward the state system. Depends on domestic and foreign policy, in other words. That means it can fail in two ways, by not catering to its citizens and by not coming to terms with other states. Actually the two are closely related as often pointed out.
→ read full articleU.S. Finalizing Plan to Boost Support for Mercenary Invaders in Syria – Sources
Mark Hosenball and Missy Ryan, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
The U.S. government is finalizing a plan to increase training and small-arms shipments for Syrian jihadists, two U.S. security sources said on Friday [4 Apr 2014], as Syrian government troops gain momentum following the collapse of U.S.-backed peace talks.
→ read full articleUS Efforts to Curb Freedom of Speech on Israel and Palestine are of Grave Concern
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
I am writing today to express grave concern about a wave of legislative measures in the United States aimed at punishing and intimidating those who speak their conscience and challenge the human rights violations endured by the Palestinian people. Whether used in South Africa, the US South, or India, boycotts have resulted in a transformative change that not only brought freedom and justice to the victims but also peace and reconciliation for the oppressors.
→ read full articleEdward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald via Video at Amnesty Event
Karl Plume, Reuters - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
5 Apr 2014 – In Chicago, a crowd of nearly 1,000 packed a hotel ballroom at Amnesty International USA’s annual human rights meeting and gave Greenwald, who dialed in from Brazil, a raucous welcome before Snowden was patched in 15 minutes later from Russia – to a standing ovation.
→ read full articleUS Operates Global Drone War from German Base – Ex-Pilot
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
6 Apr 2014 – “The entire drone war of the US military wouldn’t be possible without Germany,” Brandon Bryant, who resigned in 2011, told NDR television and Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
→ read full articleNATO’s Aggression against Russia and the Danger of War in Europe
Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
7 Apr 2014 – This was made clear by last week’s NATO foreign ministers summit, which set out plans for the military alliance’s expansion up to Russia’s borders, including extensive war games and the possible stationing of troops within neighbouring states.
→ read full articleNonviolent Geopolitics: Law, Politics, and 21st Century Security*
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
In this short essay, my attempt will be to articulate a conception of a world order premised on nonviolent geopolitics, as well as to consider some obstacles to its realization.
→ read full articleBig Pharma Abandons New Tuberculosis Drug Research
Fatima Hansia, CorpWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Three major pharmaceutical companies – AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer – have recently delayed or canceled clinical trials for testing tuberculosis drugs in India and South Africa in a trend by Big Pharma to abandon research into diseases that affect poor people.
→ read full articleUnfulfilled Responsibilities of the Media
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
The media are a battleground where reformers struggle for attention, but are defeated with great regularity by the wealth and power of the establishment. This is a tragedy because today there is an urgent need to make public opinion aware of the serious problems facing civilization, and the steps that are needed to solve these problems.
→ read full articleExploring the Path towards a Nuclear-free World
Daisaku Ikeda, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
The work of building a world without nuclear weapons signifies more than just the elimination of these horrific weapons. Rather, it is a process by which the people themselves, through their own efforts, take on the challenge of realising a new era of peace and creative coexistence. This is the necessary precondition for a sustainable global society.
→ read full articleHuman Life’s Price-Tag for General Motors: 10 Bucks
Michael Moore – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
I am opposed to the death penalty, but to every rule there is usually an exception. If their top people crunch the numbers and can show that they will save more money by NOT fixing or replacing the part, then that is what they are going to goddam well do. F*** you, f*** me, and f*** everybody they sent to their deaths.
→ read full articleDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Why He Died & Why It Matters!
Jim Albertini – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the apostle of non-violence, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Few people remember him for his work for economic justice and an end to the U.S. war in Vietnam. Very few people realize that a jury in the wrongful death suit brought by the King family found that Dr. King’s death was “an act of State.”
→ read full articleShocking Court Documents Expose SeaWorld’s Continued Cruelty of Orca Whales
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
SeaWorld has faced intense criticism since the release of Blackfish, a documentary telling the story of orca whales kept in captivity at SeaWorld theme parks. Now court documents reveal that SeaWorld is pumping these marine animals full of psychotropic drugs.
→ read full articleA Quarter of Europe’s Bumblebees, Vital to Crops, Face Extinction: Study
Alister Doyle, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Almost a quarter of Europe’s bumblebees are at risk of extinction due to loss of habitats and climate change, threatening pollination of crops worth billions of dollars, a study showed on Wednesday [2 Apr 2014].
→ read full articleFIFA Threatens to Expel Israel over Restrictions on Palestinians
The Jerusalem Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
According to Inside World Football, FIFA has given Israel until the summer to improve travel and playing conditions for Palestinian soccer players.
→ read full articleBeing neither Dead nor Alive
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
How do such questions relate to the ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as embodied in the US Declaration of Independence? Does the sense of being alive relate to the experience of happiness or rather to some more profound and inexplicable engagement with life?
→ read full articleBrazil Marks 50 Years since US-Backed Coup
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Brazil marks the 50th anniversary of the April 1, 1964, military coup that subjected Latin America’s largest country to 21 years of brutal dictatorship. The events were orchestrated by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon and the White House under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
→ read full articleWhy I Am Not Going to Iraq
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
I am not going to Iraq
because I might see
a ten year-old girl get her face blown off
Boycott of Israel Moving to Next Level
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Apr 2, 2014 – Shir Hever: “BDS movement including large scale divestment by big corporations and approaching the level of government sanctions.”
→ read full articleSri Lanka Retaliates Against UN Call for War Crimes Investigation – List Tamil Groups as Terrorists
World News Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Chief among them is Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, which held internationally supervised elections among Tamils around the world to elect over 120 Members of Parliament and is leading a campaign for non-violent and democratic approach to solve Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict.
→ read full articleHappy 80th Birthday, Jane Goodall: The Beloved Primatologist on Science, Religion, and Our Human Responsibilities
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Legendary British primatologist Jane Goodall (b. April 3, 1934) is celebrated not only as humanity’s greatest expert on chimpanzees but also as a remarkable mind that bridges the rigor of science with the sensitivity of spirituality.
→ read full articleSecret Weapon
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
One day Satan challenged Heaven to a baseball game. Peter took a quick look at the rosters and accepted.
→ read full article‘Cuban Twitter’ Heads to Hearings in Congress
Jack Gillum, Desmond Butler and Alberto Arce, Associated Press - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
4 Apr 2014 – The head of the U.S. government agency that secretly created a “Cuban Twitter” communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba is expected to testify next week before a senator who thinks the whole idea was “dumb, dumb, dumb.”
→ read full articleThe Struggle for Humanity
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Insanity is widely understood to refer to a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behaviour or social interaction; it describes someone who is considered to be seriously mentally ill. And this is an accurate description of the global elite and those who serve it whether they be in political, business, legal, psychiatric, corporate media, academic or other circles.
→ read full articleGeorge Hewitt – Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South-Ossetian Conflicts
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Creating new types of political association takes time, goodwill and a willingness to compromise, to do with “less than the best”. Unfortunately, the years of Soviet rule did not create these traits in the leadership of the republics now become independent, nor within the ethnic-based regions within the new republics as we see currently in Ukraine.
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Hungarian Dance No.5 (Music Video of the Week)
David Garrett – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Composition: Johannes Brahms. David Garrett: Violin
→ read full articlePeace Pilgrimage to Syria and Iran
The Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Peace People, N. Ireland delegation Ms. Ann Patterson and Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire will join an International delegation visiting Iran and Syria from 4th – 16th April, 2014.
→ read full articlePeace Education in Boston
Daniel Horgan – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
That’s what life, and peace education looks like in Boston. It also serves as a stark reminder that the citizens, teachers, and students of any nation are often far removed from the militarism and violence that their federal governments promote in their foreign (and/or domestic) policies.
→ read full article(Italiano) Stati Uniti d’America — Uno stato fallito?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Dipende, ovviamente, dai criteri. Uno stato ha una politica interna verso i propri cittadini, e una esterna verso il sistema statuale. Dipende dalla politica interna ed estera, in altre parole. Questo vuol dire che può fallire in due modi, col non occuparsi dei propri cittadini e col non venire a patti con altri stati. Effettivamente i due aspetti sono strettamente correlati come sovente è stato fatto notare.
→ read full article15 Plants to Help Save Bees
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
With spring upon us, it’s a perfect time to think about what we can plant to help save the bees. Here’s a list of 15 plants to consider if you’d like to help.
→ read full articleW.H. Auden: (1907-1973) Poet of the Age of Anxiety
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Wystan Hugh Auden, is appreciated as a bridge builder by two separate groups of poetry readers. Each group celebrates half of his poetic life and rather tries to forget about the other half, seeing one part of his life as the perfect image of the modern poet who then lost his way.
→ read full articleYOU Can Stop the Slow Burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya and Muslims!
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
One of the legacies of the 50 years of military rule and societal isolation (from the world) is multifold: ultra-conservative versions of various faiths, particularly Buddhism, thrive there; the high level of public ignorance is matched only by the extremely low level of critical popular thoughts.
→ read full articleBRICS Countries Oppose Ban on Putin Attending G20 Summit
Times of India – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
25 Mar 2014 – Brazil, India, China and South Africa today opposed any restrictions on participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Australia later this year in the wake of Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine.
→ read full articleSniper
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
One man, one gun, one shot, one corpse.
That is how Ernie Pyle died on Okinawa,
caught in the crosshairs….
and how many others
in how many wars?
Does the Academy Matter?
Foreign Policy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Do policymakers listen? Should you get a Ph.D.? And where are all the women? In mid-February, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof kicked over an ivy-covered hornet’s nest when he complained that too many professors sequester themselves in the ivory tower amid “a culture that glorifies arcane unintelligibility while disdaining impact and audience.”
→ read full articleWhat’s the Difference between Force Feeding and Waterboarding?
Zak Newman, ACLU – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
24 Mar 2014 – The Department of Defense this month publicly released its newest rationalization for the abusive force-feeding program at Guantánamo Bay. In this latest memo on hunger strike policies, the abusive force-feeding program is referred to as “medical intervention.” Nothing could be further from the truth.
→ read full articleBanking Union Time Bomb: Eurocrats Authorize Bailouts AND Bail-Ins
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
“As things stand, the banks are the permanent government of the country, whichever party is in power.”
→ read full article(Castellano) Países del BRICS condenan imposición de sanciones contra Rusia
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Los Gobiernos de BRICS (Brasil, India, China y Sudáfrica) se reunieron este lunes [24 Mar 2014] in La Haya, al oeste de los Países Bajos, y condenaron las amenazas y sanciones unilaterales impuestas por Estados Unidos y sus aliados europeos contra Rusia.
→ read full articleReport Exposes Products Driving International Killing and Trade of Whales
Whale and Dolphin Conservation, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Whale and Dolphin Conservation released a new report [23 Mar 2014] which highlights the global scale of killing and trade in whales in the twenty-first century. WDC demonstrates that consumption of whale and dolphin meat and by-products is not confined to just a few nations, as many believe.
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The Local, Switzerland – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
The Swiss federal government on Wednesday [26 Mar 2014] decided not to impose sanctions against Russia for its seizure of Crimea, claiming it wanted to find a “balance” between international law and Switzerland’s interests.
→ read full articleLawyer Good Samaritan
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
One afternoon a wealthy lawyer was riding in his limousine through the country-side when he saw a man along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and got out of his car.
→ read full articleAdam Curle: Tools for Transformation
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Adam Curle was the first chair of the School of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, UK in the early 1970s. He had been active in mediation efforts in conflicts in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, usually on behalf of the Society of Friends (Quakers). He stressed the need to train mediators, and as he points out, one of the first steps for a potential mediator is to look deeply into one’s self, into one’s values and experiences.
→ read full articleInternational Peace Research Association at 50
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the only surviving founder. IPRA rotates every two years from one peace research center to the other, and is now in very competent Turkish hands. And what is more natural than having the 50th anniversary for the hub of peace studies in that hub of the world, Istanbul, 10-14 August this year!! Hurry up, register!!!
→ read full article25th IPRA General Conference LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
Nesrin Kenar, IPRA Secretary General – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
On the occasion of IPRA’S 50th anniversary – Istanbul, Turkey, August 10-14, 2014 – Uniting for Peace: Building Sustainable Peace through Universal Values – Deadline for Proposals: APRIL 30, 2014.
→ read full articleKenneth Roth and “Human Rights Watch”: Campaigners for War and Terror in Syria
Susan Dirgham – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
HRW avoids informing us of the extent of the suffering of ordinary Syrian people at the hands of 1,000 or more militant groups dominated by foreign fighters and Al-Qaeda. Instead it focuses principally on the alleged crimes of the Syrian government, thus fomenting more outrage against the government and the country’s president.
→ read full articleBRICS Rejects Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
PressTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
27 Mar 2014 – The group of five major emerging national economies known as the BRICS has rejected the Western sanctions against Russia and the “hostile language” being directed at the country over the crisis in Ukraine.
→ read full articleAdam Smith’s Invisible Hand Is at Our Throats
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
As everyone knows, Adam Smith invented the theory that individual self-interest is, and ought to be, the main motivating force of human economic activity, and that, in effect, it serves the wider social interest. He put forward a detailed description of this concept in an immense book, “The Wealth of Nations” (1776).
→ read full articleThe Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight
Bill Moyers – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about the “Deep State,” in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve powerful vested interests. “It is how we had deregulation, financialization of the economy, the Wall Street bust, the erosion or our civil liberties and perpetual war.” (26:40)
→ read full articleWorld’s First Battery-Powered Bus Transports 135,000 Passengers in 10 Days
Brandon Baker, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Electric buses have been rolled out at trade shows in recent years, but a suburb of São Paulo, Brazil began picking up riders earlier this month in what officials say is the world’s first battery-powered public transit bus.
→ read full articleUruguay’s Public Transport Goes Electric
Inés Acosta, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Uruguay plans to gradually replace oil-based fuels with electric energy in its public transport system, and is currently assessing the costs and benefits of the shift. Tests indicate that the running costs of electric buses can be six- to eight-fold lower than for diesel buses.
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Loucura (Music Video of the Week)
Mariza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Mariza sings the Fado Live at Union Chapel, London. Mariza canta o Fado ao vivo na Union Chapel, em Londres.
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George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
New research suggests there was no state of grace: for two million years humankind has been the natural world’s nemesis.You want to know who we are? Really? This article, if you have any love for the world, will inject you with a venom – a soul-scraping sadness – without an obvious antidote.
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It Doesn’t Make Sense to Buy Bottled Water
Yarra Valley Water – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
Did you know you can get 6,000 glasses of tap water for the same cost as a bottle of water? It’s kinda like buying Bottled Fresh Air.
→ read full articleChina Demands Explanation from U.S. on Huawei Spying Report
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
China wants a clear explanation from Washington over reports that the U.S. National Security Agency infiltrated servers at the headquarters of telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co HWT.UL, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday [24 Mar 2014].
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