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A Taste of the Horrible Things to Come for Windows XP
Zach Epstein, Yahoo News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Windows XP is now more than 12 years old but is still used on more than 31% of desktop and laptop computers around the world. Those tens of millions of PC users could be in for a very rude awakening next year once Microsoft cuts off support for the aged operating system.
→ read full article(Italiano) Dove va l’economia globale?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Amici degli USA: date consigli assennati; ma de-americanizzatevi, prendete le distanze. L’economia globale è diretta a est e a sud: BRCS+altri, con una UE stagnante. Crescita con distribuzione, non stagnazione con disuguaglianza.
→ read full articlePeace Education for Protection of Human Rights and Global Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
This article of Prof. Prasad is on the eve of UN Day of Human Rights which annually falls on December 10. The job of conscientization to the citizens and people of the different nations of the world about their rights can be done very successfully through the knowledge and practice of peace education leading to global peace.
→ read full articleThe United States of America–Heading Where?
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Where would renewal, counter-forces that might get the country on another course come from? Economically: cannot be said often enough: lifting the bottom up, giving them hope and dignity, bringing them into the economy and above all changing the ethos of the economy from enriching the rich to empowering the poor.
→ read full article‘Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach’: Evil Octopus Strangling the World Becomes Latest US Intelligence Seal
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
The latest spy satellite to be sent into orbit by the NRO can be recognized by its seal: a malevolent octopus with furrowed brows that also happens to be wrapping its tentacles around all corners of the Earth.
→ read full articleWhose Sarin?
Seymour M. Hersh, London Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
8 Dec 2013 – The White House’s misrepresentation of what it knew about the attack, and when, was matched by its readiness to ignore intelligence that could undermine the narrative. Al-Nusra and its Islamist allies could end up as the only faction inside Syria with access to the ingredients that can create sarin, a strategic weapon that would be unlike any other in the war zone.
→ read full articleSpain’s Anti-Protest Bill Criticized as Anti-Democratic
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Spain’s conservative government agreed on Friday [29 Nov 2013] to toughen penalties for unauthorized street protests up to a possible 600,000 euro ($816,000) fine, a crackdown that belies the peaceful record of the anti-austerity protests of recent years.
→ read full articleEU Commission Fines Banks $2.3 Billion for Benchmark Rigging
Foo Yun Chee, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
EU antitrust regulators vowed to keep investigating rate- rigging on Wednesday [4 Dec 2013] as they slapped a record 1.7 billion euro ($2.3 billion) penalty on six financial institutions including Deutsche Bank, RBS and JPMorgan.
→ read full articleIsrael Destroys More Houses and Wells in the Jordan Valley
Middle East Monitor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
3 Dec 2013 – Local sources claim that the Israelis are on standby to carry out even more demolitions on the pretext that the buildings do not have planning permission. This is often used as an excuse by the Israelis who are trying to drive Palestinians off their land so that more illegal Jewish settlers can be moved in.
→ read full articleThe Continuity of Wars in World History
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
When we analyze carefully the sources of each war we generally discover that it was waged by those in the government. The vast majority of people across every continent always yearned to live at peace on a permanent basis.
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(Français) [BDS] Soutien au Pr. Jake Lynch
CAPJPO-Europalestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Nous sommes allés à une trentaine remettre à l’ambassade d’Australie en France, une lettre de soutien au Pr. Jake Lynch de l’université de Sydney, qui est attaqué en justice par un cabinet d’avocats israéliens parce qu’il applique le boycott académique, dans le cadre de la campagne internationale BDS (Boycott, Désinvestissement, Sanctions), et refuse donc de collaborer avec des universités israéliennes.
→ read full article‘Modern Slavery’: Int’l Delegation Decries Migrant Rights Abuses in Qatar
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
2 Dec 2013 – Qatar has made no progress in abolishing laws that effectively force foreign workers into slavery, an international delegation has said. A worker’s rights group has estimated 4,000 migrant workers could die if nothing is done before the 2022 World Cup.
→ read full articleUS Government Considered Nelson Mandela a Terrorist Until 2008
Robert Windrem, Investigative Producer, NBC News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
From the White House to the halls of Congress, U.S. government officials have responded to the death of Nelson Mandela with a hail of testimonials to the late South African president’s leadership in the struggle for freedom and human rights. Until five years ago, however, the U.S. officially considered Mandela a terrorist.
→ read full article10 Foods That Cause Polyps
Oxy-Powder – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Colon polyps, or colorectal polyps, are fleshy growths which can develop on the inner lining of the colon or rectum. They may be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Malignancies can take years to develop. Proper screening usually creates ample time to identify pre-malignant polyps; if not caught, however, they can develop into colorectal cancer, one of the leading causes of death in North America and Western Europe.
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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Music Video of the Week)
Lang Lang – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Liszt – Virtuoso. Classical Pop – Pop Classic
→ read full article(Un)holy River
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
So here comes John Kerry again, for the umpteenth time (but who is counting?) to make peace between us and the Palestinians. Unfortunately, it is based on a false premise. To wit: that the Israeli government wants peace based on the two-state solution.
→ read full articleElected Leader
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Sitting on the throne
Having the crown
Dwindles the brain
Having power Crane
Resolution on Academic Boycott of Israel
American Studies Association – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
It is resolved that the American Studies Association endorses and will honor the call of Palestinian civil society for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. It is also resolved that the ASA supports the protected rights of students and scholars everywhere to engage in research and public speaking about Israel-Palestine and in support of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement.
→ read full articleTom Daley Reveals He’s In a Relationship with a Man
The Sydney Morning Herald – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
British diving star Tom Daley said Monday [2 Dec 2013] he was in a relationship with a man but that he still “fancied” girls as he became the latest sports star to make a public declaration regarding their sexuality. The 19-year-old, a bronze medallist at last year’s London Olympics and one of the faces used in the pre-Games publicity, made the announcement in a YouTube clip.
→ read full articleExposed: Globally Renowned Activist Collaborated With Intelligence Firm Stratfor
Steve Horn and Carl Gibson, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Serbia’s Srdja Popovic is known as a leading architect of regime changes in Eastern Europe since the late-1990s. Lesser known investigation reveals that Popovic and the Otpor! offshoot CANVAS have maintained close ties with a Goldman Sachs executive and the intelligence firm Stratfor, as well as the U.S. government. Popovic’s wife also worked at Stratfor for a year.
→ read full article(Italiano) Pace in Colombia?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
In questa conferenza si sta usando una parola molto controproducente: post-conflitto, invece di post-violenza. Non confondetele: la violenza significa fare del male, nuocere; i conflitti sono obiettivi incompatibili. “Post-conflitto” suona come se tutto fosse risolto con la fine della violenza, senza la consapevolezza di dover ridurre la diseguaglianza flagrante, e procedere verso l’armonia attraverso l’empatia, la riconciliazione dei traumi, e la capacità di risoluzione ricorrente dei conflitti.
→ read full articleImagining Attractive Global Governance
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
The argument is that this pattern might help to frame the “language” through which attractive global governance of any viability can be usefully envisaged — prior to articulating the content of any global governance proposal. The approach is partly inspired by the initiative of Johan Galtung with respect to Forms of Presentation in the context of the UNU project.
→ read full articleBrazil Confirms Secure Satellite Deal to Stifle U.S. Spying
Agence France-Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Brazil’s state-owned telecom provider Telebras signed a $560 million contract to deliver a satellite for secure communications on Thursday [28 Nov 2013], following months of outrage over revelations of US cyber-spying.
→ read full articleSpecial Report – Deformities, Sickness and Livestock Deaths: The Real Cost of GM Animal Feed?
Andrew Wasley, The Ecologist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Much of our meat and dairy produce is made from animals raised on GM feeds. Alarming new claims suggest that the GM diet is affecting animal health – prompting fears over human safety.
→ read full articleMonsanto, the TPP, and Global Food Dominance
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Global food control has nearly been achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that are distributed by only a few transnational corporations. But this agenda has been implemented at grave cost to our health; and if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) passes, control over not just our food but our health, our environment and our financial system will be in the hands of transnational corporations.
→ read full articleWorld Press Photo 2013: Exhibition Review
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
The World Press Photo 2013 exhibition, currently on display at London’s Southbank Centre is a tribute to a diverse global civilisation pre-occupied with ceaseless challenges, chaos, celebration and reflection.
→ read full articleGenetically Modified Crop Could Migrate Dangerously
Ranjit Devraj, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Food security activists who secured a moratorium on introducing GM brinjal (aubergine) into India fear that their efforts are being undermined by release of same in neighbouring Bangladesh. “India and Bangladesh share a long and porous border and it is easy for GM brinjal varieties to be brought over.”
→ read full articleHARDTalk – Glenn Greenwald – Journalist
BBC – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
28 Nov 2013 – HardTALK speaks to journalist Glenn Greenwald – he broke the Snowden story. His mission, he says, is to hold power to account. Is this a journalistic crusade that has gone too far?
→ read full articleThe Debacle
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
The greatest danger to Israel is not the putative Iranian nuclear bomb. The greatest danger is the stupidity of our leaders. Let us start from the end.
→ read full article(Castellano) Ecuador Es Referente Mundial en Inclusión de Personas con Discapacidad
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
La directora de la División de Política Social y Desarrollo de Asuntos Sociales y Económicos de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), Daniela Bas, elogió que Ecuador posea hasta 21 artículos de la Constitución en favor de los grupos vulnerables o especiales, hecho que lo convierte como un referente mundial en la inclusión integral de personas con alguna discpacidad.
→ read full articleDelhi Accord: BRICS for Fair Play
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Recently the competition authorities of the BRICS countries signed the Delhi Accord, in which the members expressed “resolve and commitment to exchange views on different aspects of competition policy.”
→ read full articleCan You Hack It? Everything Electronic You Own Can Be Hacked
Amy Webb, Slate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
After the annual Black Hat Internet security convention a few months ago in Las Vegas, I asked a group of my friends—a Navy engineer, a professional hacker, and a hobbyist—to help me come up with a quick list of devices that will be vulnerable. Here’s our (incomplete) list. (Entries with a * are those we’ve tried hacking at home, for fun.).
→ read full articleThanksgiving: A National Day of Mourning for Indians
Mahtowin Munro and Moonanum James, Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
We object to the “Pilgrim Progress” parade and to what goes on in Plymouth because they are making millions of tourist dollars every year from the false pilgrim mythology. That money is being made off the backs of our slaughtered indigenous ancestors.
→ read full articleThe Decline of the US (and Everyone Else …)
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
The world political economy is a mosaic of cross currents: Domestic decay and elite enrichment, new sources for greater profits and deepening political disenchantment, declining living standards for many and extravagant luxury for a few, military losses in some regions with imperial recovery in others.
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With or Without You (Music Video of the Week)
2Cellos– TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
2CELLOS Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser perform With or Without You by Bono-U2 at C Music TV’s studios in London.
→ read full articlePeacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
This is a useful collection of essays, a cooperative effort between the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa and the Centre of African Studies at Cambridge University, England including a policy seminar held at the University of Botswana.
→ read full article(Catalan) ‘Els Paries del Caribe’ [Haitians]
Mario Vargas Llosa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Carta de la Pau Dirigida a l’ONU – 4 Nov 2013. La decisió converteix en apàtrides a més de 200.000 dominicans d’origen haitià. El racisme apareix quan calen bocs expiatoris que ocultin els veritables problemes.
→ read full articleCulture of War and Militaristic Culture of Peace
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
A careful study of history reveals that while people in general always opted for peace through dialogues on a mutually beneficial basis, their public officials often tended to resort to struggles and wars to get what they want.
→ read full articlePMANE and People of Idinthakarai Have Nothing to Do with the Blast
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Nov 27, 2013 – We would like to clarify one more time that the PMANE does not believe in violence or bomb-making, and the people of Idinthakarai and the PMANE have absolutely nothing to do with the blast. We condemn those who are behind this mindless action and express our sincere condolences to the bereaved families.
→ read full articleCriminal Intent
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Were I to be a criminal
I’d try to be original.
Matt Damon on Howard Zinn’s Civil (dis)Obedience
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Matt Damon, a lifelong friend of Howard Zinn and his family, read excerpts from a speech Howard Zinn gave in 1970 as part of a debate on civil disobedience. He is not asking you to participate and be proactive but when you hear this you might anyway. The problem is not Civil Disobedience, but Civil Obedience.
→ read full articleTaking Me to Court Won’t Stop BDS
Jake Lynch, New Matilda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
The More Informed People Are About Israel-Palestine, the More Likely They Are to Sympathise With the Palestinians – This week in Australia’s Federal Court I am defending my right not to participate in institutional arrangements with Israeli higher education, in response to the call by Palestinian civil society for an academic and cultural boycott.
→ read full articleIceland Defies Banks and Advances $1.2bn Debt Relief Plan
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Iceland’s government has announced that it will be writing off up to 24,000 euros ($32,600) of every household’s mortgage, fulfilling its election promise, despite overwhelming criticism from international financial institutions.
→ read full article3 Early Signs You Have Kidney Stones
Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
As the term implies, a kidney stone is a hard deposit, which can be located anywhere in the urinary tract from the kidneys to the bladder. Stones form when urine is too concentrated, allowing crystals to form. What they’re made of determines which of four types they are.
→ read full article(Italiano) Galtung: è un impero di assassini, il mondo ora si ribella
Libre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Il mondo si sta ribellando agli Usa: lo scandalo Datagate conferma che il centro dell’impero sta perdendo il controllo della periferia. Nel suo libro “This Town”, Mark Leibovich ritiene improbabile che il conglomerato politica-media di Washington riesca a trovare soluzioni a calamità tanto drammatiche come quelle che oggi ha di fronte Obama.
→ read full articleDoes the Road to Mideast Peace Run through Tehran?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
It is not too soon to begin considering what the Middle East would look like if relations between Iran and the West (the United States and Europe) were to improve.
→ read full articleThe Global Economy–Heading Where?
Johan Galtung, 2 Dec 2013 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Friends of USA: give sound advice; but de-americanize, keep distance. The global economy is heading East and South: BRCS+, with a stagnant EU. Growth with distribution, not stagnation with inequality.
→ read full article(Français) BDS : Lettre de soutien au Pr. Jake Lynch, remise à l’Ambassade d’Australie (Text also in English)
CAPJPO-EuroPalestine, France – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Ci-dessous la lettre de soutien au Pr. Jake Lynch, que nous sommes allés remettre ce mercredi 27 novembre [2013] à l’ambassade d’Australie à Paris, tandis que se tenait à Sydney la première audience de fixation au tribunal fédéral, concernant la plainte déposée par un cabinet d’avocats israéliens contre cet universitaire australien.
→ read full articleClashing Views of Political Reality: Chomsky versus Dershowitz
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
The book is much more than a comparison of two influential voices, one critical the other apologetic, with respect to the Israel/Palestine struggle and the subordination of private liberties to the purveyors of state-led security at home and abroad.
→ read full articleAttempts to Silence Environmentalists Continue
Dr. David Suzuki, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
A recent report by human rights organization Global Witness documents the murders of more than 700 environmental and indigenous-rights activists over the past decade—more than one killing a week, on average. They reviewed databases, academic studies and news reports, and consulted with the UN and other international agencies.
→ read full articleBDS: Letter of Support to Prof. Jake Lynch Delivered to the Australian Embassy
CAPJPO-EuroPalestine, France – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
We, French teachers, academics, researchers and intellectuals, wish to inform you of our support for Prof. Jake Lynch (of Sydney University), who has been subjected to legal proceedings by Israel, for refusing to collaborate with the Israeli occupier.
→ read full articleWhy Don’t We Try to Understand and End Human Violence?
Robert J. Burrowes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Most of us want to use violence when it suits us and to ‘get away with it’ when we do. This is why most of us find ways to inflict our violence in socially legitimized ways or we do it in relative secrecy. Apart from inflicting violence on our own children and the natural environment, society has created whole sectors of activity in which ‘legitimized violence’ can be inflicted.
→ read full article(Italiano) Niscemi, la Mafia e il MUOS
Antonio Mazzeo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Il processo di militarizzazione e la proliferazione di basi USA e NATO in Sicilia hanno contribuito così a rafforzare il potere economico e politico delle organizzazioni criminali, propostesi sin dallo Sbarco Alleato del 1943 come un partner credibile di Washington per il controllo sociale dell’Isola. La costruzione della base missilistica nucleare a Comiso o i programmi “Mega” a Sigonella per consolidare il suo ruolo strategico nel Mediterraneo hanno assicurato affari milionari alle aziende contigue a Cosa Nostra.
→ read full articleGaza: Life and Death under Israel’s Drones
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
There are many things to fear in Gaza: Attacks from Israel’s Apache helicopters and F-16 fighter jets, growing isolation, blackouts from power shortages, polluted drinking water, rivers of sewage flooding the streets, and the anxiety-inducing constant buzz of the remotely piloted aircraft – better known as “drones” – that hover in the skies above.
→ read full articleWhy We Shop: The Neuropsychology of Consumption
Bret S. Stetka, MD & Kit Yarrow, PhD, Medscape – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
The reasons for shopping might seem simple: acquiring goods that provide enjoyment, assist with everyday life and activities, or meet a cultural expectation (eg, gift-giving). But the work of neuroscientists and consumer psychologists suggests that the motivations driving purchasing and consuming are more complex.
→ read full articleGotcha!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
One evening, a husband brings his wife a glass of water and an aspirin.
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GMO-Free Hawaii: ‘Big Island’ Bans Biotech Companies
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Nov 22, 2013 – A Hawaian island has passed a law banning companies which produce genetically modified food from operating on its territory. Modified crops will also be restricted to indoor structures, and experimenting with new types of plants has been prohibited.
→ read full articleStay: The Social Contagion of Suicide and How to Preempt It
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
“In my experience, outside the idea that God forbids it, our society today has no coherent argument against suicide. Instead, many self-described open-minded, rationalist, sophisticated thinkers emphatically defend people’s right to do it. How did those in the modern world – who fight death so fiercely elsewhere – come to accept or at least leave unchallenged an ideology that kills”?
→ read full article(Italiano) Il Medio Oriente: diretto dove?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Siamo di fronte a un processo di distacco USA da un Israele lanciato verso un’illimitata espansione, che corrompe senatori e deputati con denaro e magari altro per le loro campagne? A un distacco USA dalle monarchie del Golfo e del G7 con l’Arabia Saudita che ora inscena proteste ovunque? Se così, stiamo vivendo in diretta un punto di svolta della storia mondiale.
→ read full articleAfrican Continent: Contrasts and Paradoxes
Pierre Celestin Bakunda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
When one analyses the bankruptcy of the African continent, one could wonder why since its independence of 1960s, it did not produce effective elite to manage their countries accordingly.
→ read full articleViolence against Women: Walls That Imprison
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
It is available worldwide evidence that violence against women exists to an alarming degree. It is an attack upon their bodily integrity and their dignity. As NGO representatives stressed, we need to place an emphasis on the universality of violence against women, the multiplicity of its forms and the ways in which violence, discrimination against women, and the broader system of domination based on subordination and inequality are inter-related.
→ read full article(Castellano) NSA Intentó Acceder al Sistema Operativo Linux
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
La Agencia de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos (NSA) le demandó a Linus Torvalds, fundador de Linux, crear “puertas traseras” para acceder al sistema, según reveló su padre, el eurodiputado finlandés Nils Torvalds.
→ read full articleThe Warsaw Walkout and the Climate Movement
Sasha Reid Ross, Earth First! Newswire - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The story is now part of climate history. Yesterday [21 Nov 2013], as climate talks degraded into a sideshow for the coal industry, more than 800 conference participants walked out. Wearing T-shirts adorned with the word, Volveremos (We will return), the activists handed in their registration badges and abandoned the United Nations Climate Change Summit.
→ read full articleNSA Asked Linus Torvalds to Install Backdoors into GNU/Linux
Christian Engström, Infopolicy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
19 Nov 2013 – The father of Linus Torvalds, Nils Torvalds, is a Member of the European Parliament for Finland. This week he took part in the EP’s hearing on the ongoing mass surveillance and brought a revelation: The United States security service NSA has contacted Linus Torvalds with a request to add backdoors into the free and open operating system GNU/Linux.
→ read full articleWal-Mart Asks Workers to Donate Food to Its Needy Employees
Business Insider – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
“That Wal-Mart would have the audacity to ask low-wage workers to donate food to other low-wage workers — to me, it is a moral outrage.” Wal-Mart has been criticized for paying low wages to its 2.2 million employees. It turned a profit of $15.7 billion last year.
→ read full article(Português) Por Que Deixamos Varsóvia
Jamie Henn, YES! Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Ao retirarem-se das negociações climáticas, movimentos por justiça global mandaram recado: não aceitaremos mais farsas. E voltaremos mais fortes. Pela primeira vez, parece que realmente sabemos quem são os inimigos. É a indústria de combustíveis fósseis – e estamos começando a ir atrás deles seriamente, fazendo de campanhas de desinvestimento à obstrução de dutos.
→ read full articleFukushima Fallout Damaged the Thyroids of California Babies
Chris Busby, Ecologist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
A new study finds that radioactive Iodine from Fukushima has caused a significant increase in hypothyroidism among babies in California, 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
→ read full articleOwen Jones & Mother Agnes: A Lesson on Conciliatory “Leftists”
Phil Greaves – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
[Outrageous] – Following the news that Mother Agnes Miriam, a nun who heads the Musalaha (reconciliation) initiative in Syria, was due to speak at the Stop The War conference in London, two journalists also due to speak at the event, Jeremy Scahill and Owen Jones, decided to withdraw participation unless Mother Agnes was removed from the speaking list.
→ read full articleGeneva 3 Talks: Iran Nuclear Negotiations 4 Dummies
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The third round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and P5+1 is well under way in Geneva. They present a unique opportunity – not for the United States, but for the revival of international law and treaties – and the rejection if imperialism. Let us hope that the opportunity is not plundered.
→ read full articlePeace in Colombia?
Johan Galtung, 25 Nov 2013 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
In this conference a highly counter-productive word is being used: postconflict, instead of post-violence. Do not confuse them: violence means hurting-harming; conflicts are incompatible goals. “Postconflict” sounds like all is solved with the end of violence, oblivious to reducing flagrant inequality, to harmony through empathy, trauma reconciliation, and capacity for ongoing conflict resolution.
→ read full articleSome People Are Gay: How Do We Get Over It?
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The word ‘gay’ has come to symbolise far too many images of people than what it originally meant. It has become one of the most offensively progressive terms in the English language, where it suggests much more than ‘light-hearted and carefree’ or simply suggesting the sexual orientation of some men.
→ read full articleG77 Walk-out at COP19 as Rich Countries Use Delaying Tactics
Claudia Ciobanu, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The G77+China group of 133 developing countries negotiating a new international deal at COP19 in Warsaw to combat climate change walked out of the talks in the wee hours of Wednesday morning [29 Nov 2013] to protest developed countries’ reluctance to commit to loss and damage.
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‘I Saw Rebels Beheading Men for Religion’ – Syrian Cleric
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
RT talks to mother Agnes Mariam, founder of monastery in Qara in Syria and witnessed what the people went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited the war.
→ read full articleAustralian Spying on Indonesian President Provokes Diplomatic Storm
Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Angry Indonesian officials threatened to retaliate after a leaked document yesterday [18 Nov 2013] revealed that the Australian Signals Directorate illegally tapped the phones of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and other members of his inner circle. Jakarta has already recalled its ambassador to Canberra.
→ read full articleCivilization as a Global Configuration of Silences: Recognizing Silence of a Higher Order
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The concern here is whether the matters on which there is collective silence can be understood as being configured “globally” in some way — such as to sustain civilization in an unsuspected manner. This approach contrasts with any assumption that civilization is primarily characterized by the pattern of what is openly and fruitfully said.
→ read full articleLove and Math: Equations as an Equalizer for Humanity
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
“Mathematics is the source of timeless profound knowledge, which goes to the heart of all matter and unites us across cultures, continents, and centuries.” Georg Cantor, creator of the theory of infinity, wrote: “The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.” Mathematics teaches us to rigorously analyze reality, study the facts, follow them wherever they lead. It liberates us from dogmas and prejudice, nurtures the capacity for innovation.
→ read full articleCarbon Emissions on Tragic Trajectory
Stephen Leahy, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Burning of fossil fuels added a record 36 billion tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere in 2013, locking in even more heating of the planet.
→ read full articleJohn F. Kennedy
Oliver Stone – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
History is a struggle of the memory. But when the counter evidence cannot be introduced into that memory, then we are closer to a Soviet-era propaganda mindset, in which the mainstream media, in their consensus to cover this up as if it were a Reichstag Fire, deeply discredit our country and continue to demean our common sense. We must question those who tell us what to think.
→ read full articleSri Lanka: The Time for an International Investigation Is Now
JS Tissainayagam, Asia Correspondent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
An international investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes is long overdue. It is time for the rest of the Commonwealth and the international community to stop treating Sri Lanka with kid gloves and follow the lead of Mauritius whose prime minister said world leaders must act because Sri Lanka’s total lack of accountability was unacceptable.
→ read full articleJPMorgan Says ‘Mea Culpa’ in $13 Billion Record Settlement with U.S.
Aruna Viswanatha, David Henry & Karen Freifeld, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
But even after the settlement, the bank faces at least nine other government probes, covering everything from its hiring practices in China to whether it manipulated the Libor benchmark interest rate. It may still also face criminal charges linked to mortgage matters. The bank said last month it had set aside $23 billion to cover litigation expenses.
→ read full articleThe Battle of the Titans
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
This is not merely a fight between Israel and the US. Nor is it only a fight between the White House and Congress. It is also a battle between intellectual titans. (I commented at the time that both sides were right, and that this is a unique dog-tail relationship. I even quoted the old Jewish joke about the rabbi who tells a plaintiff that he is right, and then says the same to the defendant. “But they can’t both be right!” remonstrates his wife. “You are right, too!” he answers.)
→ read full articleThe U.S. National Security State-CIA Killed J.F.K. in 1963
Jim Albertini – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Kennedy was killed by multiple shooters with the killing shot coming, not from the school book depository building in the rear, but from the front, behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll. Dr. Robert N. McClelland, MD, the surgeon that treated Kennedy, stated frankly that the killing shot came from the front causing a massive exit wound in the right side of the President’s skull.
→ read full article(Castellano) ‘Los Parias del Caribe’ [Haitianos]
Mario Vargas Llosa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Carta de la Paz Dirigida a la ONU – 4 Nov 2013. El racismo aparece cuando hacen falta chivos expiatorios que oculten los verdaderos problemas.
→ read full articleThe Truth
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Young Son: “Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of India and Middle East…”
→ read full articleNew York Times Mourns Death of Al Qaeda-Linked Syrian Opposition Fighter
Alex Lantier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The article, titled “Death of Pragmatic Leader Further Muddles Syrian Rebellion,” exemplifies the Orwellian character of the US media. Examining the Times piece critically, what emerges is a devastating picture of how the US media embedded itself in a layer of Al Qaeda allies, falsely promoting a bloody US-backed proxy war in Syria fought by far-right Islamist forces as a “democratic” uprising.
→ read full articleFight or Flight: Chilean Socialism 1- Indonesian Fascism 0
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Jakarta is a concept, an enormous experiment on human beings. What happens to a poor country that is hit by a brutal military coup, then thrown to religious zealots, and forced to live under the heel of extreme capitalism and fascism? You get your Indonesian model: almost no production, a ruined environment, collapsed infrastructure, endemic corruption, not even one sound intellectual of international caliber, and frankly speaking, a ‘functionally illiterate’ population, ignorant about the world, about its own history, and about its own position in the world.
→ read full articleSome People Are Gay: How Do We Get Over It?
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The word ‘gay’ has come to symbolise far too many images of people than what it originally meant. It has become one of the most offensively progressive terms in the English language, where it suggests much more than ‘light-hearted and carefree’ or simply suggesting the sexual orientation of some men.
→ read full articleJapanese Govt’s Websites Hacked by Anonymous over Dolphin Hunt
Tokyo Times – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Various Japanese government websites, including the prime minister’s, have been cyber attacked by Anonymous. “STOP these slaughters IMMEDIATELY, or get ready to face the extent of our wrath,” was the online message. The group has given this warning to put an end to dolphin slaughter and has 22 websites on their hit list.
→ read full articleNorway Admits It Carried Out Phone Surveillance for NSA
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Norway’s intelligence services said they, not the US National Security Agency, collected data on more than 33 million phone conversations in Norway over the space of one month last year.
→ read full article(Castellano) Brasil Insiste en Crear “Una Nueva Arquitectura de Control en la Red”
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Brasil, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, subrayó este miércoles [20 Nov 2013] la necesidad de crear una nueva arquitectura de control en la red digital, tomando en consideración que Estados Unidos intenta frenar la iniciativa sobre vigilancia conjunta de Alemania y Brasilia en el seno de ONU.
→ read full articleInside Emergency Damascene Shelters
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Palestinian Sisters as Keepers of Their Brothers – This brief update it seeks to highlight the esprit de corps, solidarity, resistance, and good will among Palestinians here in Damascus who were forced from Yarmouk and other camps and how they are huddled and preparing for a harsh winter which one senses these frigid nights it not far off.
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☢ Fukushima: Beyond Urgent ☢ (Must Watch 11 min. Video)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Oct 29, 2013 – What experts say about the Fukushima nuclear accident.
→ read full articleSleepwalking to Extinction: Capitalism and the Destruction of Life and Earth
Richard Smith, Adbusters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Capitalism is, overwhelmingly, the main driver of planetary ecological collapse. Economic systems come and go. Capitalism has had a 300 year run. The question is: will humanity stand by and let the world be destroyed to save the profit system?
→ read full articleWHO 2014 Violence Prevention Meeting Report
Joam Evans Pim – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The Center for Global Nonkilling, a member of the World Health Organization’s Violence Prevention Alliance, participated Nov. 11-15 in the 6th Milestones in a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting, organized in Mexico City by the country’s ministries of Health, State and Foreign Affairs.
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Strawberry Fields Forever (Music Video of the Week)
Carlos Bonell – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Carlos Bonell – Guitar. Masterpiece by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
→ read full articleSix Powers Clinch Breakthrough Deal Curbing Iran’s Nuclear Activity
Parisa Hafezi and Justyna Pawlak, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Aimed at easing a long festering standoff, the interim pact between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia won the critical endorsement of Iranian clerical Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. U.S. President Barack Obama said the deal struck after marathon, tortuous and politically charged negotiations cut off Tehran’s possible routes to a nuclear bomb.
→ read full article5 Reasons to Never Eat Shrimp Again
Leah Zerbe – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
“Shrimp is one of the most — if not the most — damaging fisheries around,” says Andy Sharpless, CEO of Oceana, the world’s largest conservation group focused solely on oceans. Shrimp farms are breeding grounds for bacteria and viruses.
→ read full articleTurkey Shoot
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Some say turkeys are dumb birds
and get what they deserve.
NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks with Malicious Software
NRC Netherlands – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
23 Nov 2013 – The NSA infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal sensitive information. Documents provided by Edward Snowden and seen by this newspaper prove this.
→ read full articleIsrael’s ‘Exceptionalism’ and the UN
Jonathan Cook – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2013
Israel ended a 20-month boycott of the UN Human Rights Council last month under pressure from Western allies. However, it did so only after securing promises of reforms that human rights groups fear will further weaken international efforts to hold Israel accountable for its illegal occupation.
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