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What We Learned about Mercury from the Messenger Spacecraft
Bryan Dyne, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
On April 30, the Messenger spacecraft performed a planned impact onto the surface of Mercury, ending the four-year mission to the Solar System’s innermost planet. In the end, only 10 minutes of data was lost out of the 1,500 days worth of information collected by Messenger.
→ read full articleHonduran Democracy Still in Crisis 6 Years after Coup Sponsored by USA
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
According to a recent report, 15 assaults per month are perpetrated against journalists, human rights defenders, and political opposition. Meanwhile, gender-based violence is out of control with the femicide rate surpassing epidemic levels.
→ read full articleThe Truth about the Drug Companies: How They Manipulate Us Physicians without Our Awareness
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
“The pharmaceutical companies are an amoral bunch. They’re not a benevolent association. So they are highly unlikely to donate large amounts of money without strings attached. Once one is dancing with the devil, you don’t always get to call the steps of the dance.”
→ read full articleWorld’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Unveiled in Fukushima
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
22 Jun 2015 – Japan officially unveiled today its 7 megawatt (MW) wind turbine, the world’s largest offshore turbine to date. It is slated to be operational by September.
→ read full articleRightwing Radicalization, Militarization, and the Boomerang Effect
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia, rightwing governments have increasingly adopted extremist socio-economic policies, slashing social expenditures, labor and welfare legislation, while increasing corporate subsidies and reducing taxes for the elite. The euphoria, arrogance and smirks, which accompanied the rise of rightwing radicalism, are dissipating into foul sulfurous odors only waiting for a fresh wind to blow them away.
→ read full articleIceland Just Jailed 7 Bank Executives for Market Manipulation
True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
27 Jun 2015 – In one of the biggest cases of its kind, seven executives from the Kaupþing bank have been handed prison sentences for market manipulation today.
→ read full articleGoogle Chrome Listening in to Your Room Shows the Importance of Privacy Defense in Depth
Rick Falkvinge, Privacy Online News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Nobody is to be trusted with a technical capability to listen to every room in the world, with listening profiles customizable at the identified-individual level, on the mere basis of “trust us”.
→ read full articleThe Narrative of Statelessness in Myanmar
Sonu Trivedi – Asia Times,
29 Jun 2015
The historic conflict between the Muslims and Rakhines in the Rakhine State of Myanmar has complicated the religious landscape and aggravated tensions, where the Rohingya Muslim faces ethnic and religious discrimination.
→ read full articleSpain Agrees to Increased US Military Presence
Alejandro López, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015 – Spain has signed a new bilateral defence agreement to allow the US military permanent use of the Morón air base in Seville, with increased numbers of troops and aircraft.
→ read full articleWhy Greece Is on the Brink of Putting Life before Debt
Steve Rushton, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
22 Jun 2015 – “Greece has been and still is the victim of an attack premeditated and organized by the IMF, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission, reads the Preliminary Report of the Truth Committee on Public Debt published last week in Greece. “This violent, illegal, and immoral mission aimed exclusively at shifting private debt onto the public sector.”
→ read full articleMajority Rule
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
A Frenchman arrives on a South Sea island.
→ read full articleInternational Yoga Day: Some Reflections
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Last year, the UN declared 21 June as International Yoga Day. The Yoga lovers all over the world rejoiced at the UN declaration. Let me briefly analyze what I understand by the term Yoga.
→ read full articleDemocracy on the Retreat in Over 96 of the 193 U.N. Member States, Says New Study
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
“Legitimate civil society activities are worryingly under threat in a huge number of countries in the global North and South, democratic and authoritarian, on all continents.”
→ read full article‘The Perpetrator Has Been Arrested, but the Killer Is Still at Large’
Amy Goodman – Truthdig,
29 Jun 2015
Dylann Storm Roof is accused of methodically killing the congregants, reloading his Glock pistol at least twice. He let one victim live, according to a person who spoke with the survivor, so she could tell the world what happened. This brutal mass killing was blatantly racist, an overt act of terrorism.
→ read full articleEmbodying Strategic Self-reference in a World Futures Conference
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Transcending the Wicked Problem Engendered by Projecting Negativity Elsewhere – Creative review of the 17th International Futures Conference on Tackling Wicked Problems: where futures research, education and action meet.
→ read full articleWar Crimes? Us???
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
The convenient way out is to proclaim that all UN officials are by nature anti-Semites and Israel-haters, so that answering their questions is counterproductive. We are moral. We are right. By nature. We can’t help it. Those who accuse us must be anti-Semites. Simple logic. To hell with them all!
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Nikolai Starikov: Why Putin Does Not Recognize Donetsk and Lugansk Republics
Russia Insider – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Rising politician, leader of the Great Patriotic Party of Russia and writer Nikolai Starikov’s explanation and insights about Russia annexing or recognizing Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic. It would not be in Russia’s best national and geopolitical interest; they must stay within Ukraine.
→ read full articlePost-Capitalist Solutions: How Worker-Owned Tech Co-ops Are Boosting the Solidarity Economy
Matt Stannard, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
23 Jun 2015 – Many now agree that corporate capitalism needs to go away. But we differ about the methods of replacing it. Worker ownership is about alienation versus empowerment. For human beings to be able to be their full selves, they need to have a say in their own affairs.
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2015 Global Peace Index
Vision of Humanity - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Jun 16, 2015 – The 2015 Global Peace Index reveals a divided world, with the most peaceful countries enjoying increasing levels of peace and prosperity, while the least peaceful countries spiral into violence and conflict. Explore the state of world peace on the interactive Global Peace Index Map.
→ read full articleUN Human Rights Council—Report of Independent Commission: Israel’s Ravagement of Gaza
Norman Pollack - CounterPunch,
29 Jun 2015
Norman Pollack examines Israel’s array of war crimes.
→ read full articleThe Amazing Story of What Happened When One Tiny Country Decriminalized ALL Drugs
Sophie McAdam, True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Decriminalization has worked in Portugal, and should inspire governments around the world to do the same.
→ read full articleOrwell’s Triumph: How Novels Tell the Truth of Surveillance
Sam Frank – The Intercept,
29 Jun 2015
We are characters in narratives constructed by algorithms. Joshua Cohen’s new novel, Book of Numbers, explores the ambiguity of surveillance.
→ read full articlePopular Security Software Came Under Relentless NSA and GCHQ Attacks
Andrew Fishman and Morgan Marquis-Boire – The Intercept,
29 Jun 2015
To thwart and extract hacks from anti-virus software companies, the spy agencies reverse engineered software, intercepted email and spied on web traffic. Kaspersky Lab was a major target.
→ read full articleGlobal Peace Science (GPS): Subject’s Area Matrix
Leo Semashko and Subhash Chandra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Simply put, S-matrix expresses the architecture of global peace in its key structural blocks.
→ read full articleFreedom Flotilla III Leaves Greece for Gaza
PressTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
27 Jun 2015 – Freedom Flotilla III has set sail from Greece for the Gaza Strip in a bid to break Israel’s long-time blockade of the Palestinian territory. It consists of three vessels carrying around 70 people from 20 countries who were invited by the people of Gaza though contacting international aid organizations for help.
→ read full article(Français) Les Trois Victoires du Gouvernement Grec
Jacques Sapir, RussEurope – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Il est désormais clair que le gouvernement grec, abusivement appelé « gouvernement de la gauche radicale » ou « gouvernement de SYRIZA », mais en réalité gouvernement d’union (et le fait que cette union ait été faite avec le parti souverainiste ANEL est significatif), a remporté des succès spectaculaire.
→ read full article6 Devastating Heat Waves Hitting the Planet
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
23 Jun 2015 – Need proof that we’re having the hottest year on record? Scorching heat is searing parts of the world, sparking wildfires and claiming lives due to heat stroke and dehydration.
→ read full article(Português) Negócios com Primatas
Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
29 Jun 2015
Por que esta Faculdade que durante anos torturou chimpanzés inoculando-os com toda uma série de doenças e produtos químicos quer ser benemérita com todos aqueles inocentes torturados anos a fio? No Capitalismo tudo se resume ao custo/ benefício.
→ read full article2015 Global Peace Index
Institute for Economics & Peace, Vision of Humanity – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
The 2015 Global Peace Index shows that the world is becoming increasingly divided with some countries enjoying unprecedented levels of peace and prosperity while others spiral further into violence and conflict.
→ read full articleNYT’s Orwellian View of Ukraine
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
29 Jun 2015
In the up-is-down Orwellian world that is now The New York Times’ editorial page, there was no coup in Ukraine in 2014, no U.S.-driven “regime change,” no provocation on Russia’s border, just Moscow’s aggression — a sign of how propaganda has taken over mainstream U.S. media.
→ read full articleThe Stories of Compassionate Rebels Building a Culture of Peace
Burt Berlowe – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
A New Form of Journalism Is Emerging
→ read full articleWorld Bank Group: Project Critics Threatened, Harassed, Jailed
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
The 144-page report, “At Your Own Risk: Reprisals against Critics of World Bank Group Projects,” details how governments and powerful companies have threatened, intimidated and misused criminal laws against community members who stand to be displaced or harmed by projects financed by the WB and its private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation.
→ read full articleSecurity Council Action on Gaza War Crimes a Non-Starter
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
The chances of Security Council action are remote because of the traditional U.S. commitment to stand by Israel – right or wrong, mostly wrong. “When Israeli officials are put in the dock, U.S. officials ought to be right in there with them. Their conduct is inexcusable.”
→ read full article(Italiano) Papa Francesco: teologia spirituale, liberatoria
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
Che dono per l’umanità, questo papa! Scegliere il mutamento climatico globale come tema fra i principali del suo papato è nello spirito dei tempi. Ciò che è rivoluzionario, ed egli usa sovente la parola, è il punto focale sui poveri. Grazie, papa Francesco, per il tuo punto focale: la violenza strutturale.
→ read full articleBreaking Greece
Paul Krugman, Nobel Economics Laureate – The New York Times,
29 Jun 2015
25 Jun 2015 – I’ve been staying fairly quiet on Greece, not wanting to shout Grexit in a crowded theater. But given reports from the negotiations in Brussels, something must be said — namely, what do the creditors, and in particular the IMF, think they’re doing? At this point it’s time to stop talking about “Graccident”; if Grexit happens it will be because the creditors, or at least the IMF, wanted it to happen.
→ read full articleCorporate Interests Dominate Lobbying with EU Policy-Makers
Sean Buchanan, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
“There is a strong link between the amount of money you spend and the number of meetings you get [with European Commission officials]. Those organisations with the biggest lobby budgets get a lot of access, particularly on the financial, digital and energy portfolios” – Daniel Freund, Transparency International EU
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
June 29–July 5 – QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” – Flavia Weedn
→ read full articleDonors Pledge Over 4.4 Billion Dollars to Nepal – But With a Caveat
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
“It is critical that the international community and Nepal learn from the mistakes of past emergencies, where up to half of pledges are never delivered on.”
→ read full articleMilitarism’s Hostages
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2015
The military-industrial complex sells itself by claiming to defend civilians. It justifies vast and crippling budgets by this claim; but it is a fraud. For the military-industrial complex, the only goal is money and power. Civilians like ourselves are just hostages. We are expendable.
→ read full articleControversial GCHQ Unit Engaged in Domestic Law Enforcement, Online Propaganda, Psychology Research
Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Fishman – The Intercept,
22 Jun 2015
22 Jun 2015 – Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group’s use of behavioral science research is emphasized as critical to its operations. That includes detailed discussions of how to foster “obedience” and “conformity.”
→ read full article“Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards”: The Alice in Wonderland World of Fast-tracked Secret Trade Agreements
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
21 Jun 2015 – The terms of the TPP and the TiSA are so secret that drafts of the negotiations are to remain classified for four years or five years, respectively, after the deals have been passed into law. How can laws be enforced against people and governments who are not allowed to know what was negotiated?
→ read full articleA Bigot, a Coward, And a Nobel Laureate
Kayes Ahmed – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
This award has elevated her to a position of great moral and political authority in Burma, but she has not used them for human rights, better political environment, or the advancement of the quality of life for her people. Ms. Suu Kyi is extraordinarily close-mouthed when it comes to the suffering of the Rohingya population of Burma.
→ read full articleThe University for Peace, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Oliver Rizzi Carlson, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Like an engineering school building crumbling under the weight of its own tectonic deficiencies, the University for Peace in Costa Rica is dying of its own, festering conflicts.
→ read full articlePope Francis: Spiritual, Liberating Theology
Johan Galtung, 22 Jun 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
What a gift to humanity, this Pope! To choose global climate change as a major theme of his papacy is in the spirit of the times. What is revolutionary, and he uses that word often, is the focus on the poor. Thank you, Pope Francis, for your focus–structural violence.
→ read full articleFreedom Flotilla Set to Sail to Gaza amid Safety Concerns
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Activists say that they aim to end the blockade on Gaza, but they fear an Israeli violent response to their attempt.
→ read full articleCIA Torture Appears to Have Broken Spy Agency Rule on Human Experimentation
Spencer Ackerman – The Guardian,
22 Jun 2015
A previously classified CIA document, made public by the Guardian on Monday [15 Jun], empower the agency’s director to “approve, modify, or disapprove all proposals pertaining to human subject research”. The director has never in the agency’s history been a medical doctor.
→ read full articleEnding Child Marriage in Bangladesh and Beyond
Mabel van Oranje – Al Jazeera,
22 Jun 2015
Changing a social norm like child marriage might seem daunting but the experience in Bangladesh shows it can be done.
→ read full articleMillionaires Projected to Own 46 Percent of Global Private Wealth by 2019
Gabriel Black, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Households with more than a million (US) dollars in private wealth are projected to own 46 percent of global private wealth in 2019 according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group. This large percentage, however, leaves out businesses, residences and luxury goods, which comprise a substantial portion of the rich’s net worth.
→ read full articleGreed
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
An antique dealer used to visit farms in his area to try to find valuable old furniture, and buy it cheap.
→ read full articleThe Undisclosed Second Paradox in Michael Walzer’s ‘The Paradox of Liberation’
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
My contention is that Walzer’s paradox dissolves as soon as the claim to categorize Zionism as a mode of ‘national liberation’ is deconstructed while the second paradox, which dwells on the moral and political interplay of what transpires when the liberation of the self is organically linked to the dispossession of the other, remains to be explained.
→ read full articleAn Imaginary Wall
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
You stray dog!!
You stray dog!!
From the other side
Of the wall
Dripped a noise
UK Government, Murdoch Press Smear of Edward Snowden Unravels
Chris Marsden, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
16 Jun 2015 – A press attack on Edward Snowden has backfired on the UK government. This weekend’s Sunday Times ran an article under the headline, “British spies betrayed to Russians and Chinese,” The Times article was replete with unfounded assertions, distortions and outright lies.
→ read full articleBDS Could Cost Israel $4.7 Billion a Year
James North, Mondoweiss – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
The Financial Times has published a big, and somewhat balanced, article on the rapid rise of BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) that includes two stunning financial numbers showing how powerful the nonviolent movement for justice in Palestine/Israel is becoming.
→ read full article(Italiano) Nel frattempo, sbocciano grandi narrative
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Il declino e la caduta: della presa dell’Impero USA sul mondo; dell’Occidente; del sistema statuale – con il sorgere del sistema delle transnazionali, delle organizzazioni governative internazionali, delle ONG, delle regioni, delle nazioni, delle autorità locali; il sorgere dell’Est e del Sud, della Cina – molti dettagli passano per il tavolo di un capo-redattore, ispirando qualche ripensamento.
→ read full article(Castellano) La era de las grandes trasformaciones
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Vivimos en la era de las Grandes Trasformaciones. Entre tantas, destaco apenas dos: la primera en el campo de la economía y la segunda en el campo de la conciencia.
→ read full articleMoment of Truth Nears for Nuclear Waste Time Bomb
Vera Eckert, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
• Scandinavians closest to putting waste underground
• Time needed to permission storage, start disposal
• Public need to be brought on board
US Senate Votes to Ban Use of Torture
Julian Hattem, The Hill – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
The Senate on Tuesday [16 Jun 2015] overwhelmingly voted to ban the U.S. from ever again subjecting prisoners to waterboarding, “rectal feeding” and other brutal interrogation practices widely condemned as torture.
→ read full articleEcuador Just Set the World Record for Reforestation!
Amanda Froelich, True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
19 May 2015 – More than 45,000 people came together last weekend and set the Guinness World Record for single-day reforestation efforts.
→ read full articleIsrael Blocks Visit of UN Human Rights Envoy
AFP, Yahoo! News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Israel has blocked a visit to the Palestinian territories by a UN rights envoy, an official said Monday [15 Jun 2015], just ahead of the publication of a United Nations report on last year’s Gaza war.
→ read full article(Português) 23 Plantas Geométricas de Arrepiar os Fissurados em Simetria e Padrões
Diego Bravo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Os conhecimentos geométricos são muito usados por nós, seres humanos. O que nem sempre nos damos conta é que padrões, simetria e formas de todos os tipos não precisaram ser inventadas, pois fazem parte da natureza. A lista abaixo mostra 23 plantas que parecem obedecer algum tipo de fórmula matemática.
→ read full articleIsrael Govt. Report: BDS Can Devastate Economy
Alternative Information Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
An Israeli government report about the possible effects of BDS on the economy outlines devastating harm. No wonder Israel attempted to hide the report.
→ read full articleThe Ultimate Guide to Middle East
Sufyan bin Uzayr – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Let us make it clear that “Middle East” is a term invented by the West, and is thus a product of Eurocentric definitions of geography and history. West Asia is a better term, but for the sake of clarity, and also because Middle East is more common, I will stick to that in this essay.
→ read full articleThat Which Is Right vs. the Political Right
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
I think that in trying to overcome the present crisis (if that is possible) two factors must be seriously considered, otherwise we risk losing everything that we hope for: the collapse of the capitalist order and the limits of the Earth that cannot be exceeded.
→ read full articleUSA: The Nightmare Years
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
I don’t recall hearing any of my teachers talk about American-style fascism, and none of them led me to doubt the validity of the anti-democratic, pro-fascist and very unethical Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, Laissez Faire capitalism, the Dred Scott decision, or any of the wartime atrocities that were so commonly perpetrated by American troops in any of its wars.
→ read full articleAfter Three Years, the Injustice Handed Out to Julian Assange Must End
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Julian Assange is a refugee under international law and he should be given right of passage to Ecuador. The nonsense about him “jumping bail” is just that – nonsense. If his extradition case went through the British courts today, the European Arrest Warrant would be thrown out and he would be a free man.
→ read full articleGive Dignity Back to the Rohingya
Farish A. Noor - The Straits Times,
22 Jun 2015
They are not “homeless”. They are not “boat people”. They are a people with a culture, a history and a homeland, forced out of their abode by politics.
→ read full articleThe Americas, First Region to Have Convention on Protecting Human Rights of Older Persons
Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
The member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) on 15 June 2015 today approved the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons during the General Assembly of the institution, which was immediately signed by the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay at OAS headquarters in Washington DC.
→ read full articleSoil, Papered Over
Prof. Vandana Shiva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
The rhetoric for taking over food systems and seed supply is always based on ‘improved seed’. But industrial seeds are only ‘improved’ in the context of higher dependence on chemicals, and more control by corporations.
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Mysterium (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Alexander Scriabin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Ecstasy and Light – A homage to the awesomely megalomaniac and genius Russian composer Alexander Scriabin [7 Jan 1872 – 27 Apr 1915] who started out as a romantic and ended as a unique trailblazing impressionistic maverick intending to destroy the universe with his music and create a new one… and whose plan was cut short by his epically unspectacular death from septicemia.
→ read full articleIsratin or Palestrael?
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
There was this guy who had an earth-shaking invention: an airplane that flies on water. No more gas. No more pollution. No more astronomical prices. Just fill it up with water, and it will fly to the end of the world. “Wonderful!” people cried out. “Show us the plans!”
→ read full articleA Humanitarian Tragedy Imposed on Greece
Lode Vanoost, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
The austerity program imposed on Greek society is a humanitarian tragedy. Greece has lost more than 25 per cent of its GDP over the last five years. This is without historical precedent. Even the Great Depression more than 85 years ago was not this bad.
→ read full articleForgot
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
A weed scientist goes into a shop.
→ read full articleEncyclical Letter ‘Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father Francis on Care for Our Common Home
The Vatican – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
It is my hope that this Encyclical Letter, which is now added to the body of the Church’s social teaching, can help us to acknowledge the appeal, immensity and urgency of the challenge we face. Given in Rome at Saint Peter’s on 24 May, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in the year 2015, the third of my Pontificate. — Franciscus
→ read full articleVeterans Urge Drone Operators to Refuse Orders to Fly
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
17 Jun 2015 – Letter Reinforces Call Made in National TV Ad Campaign – An increasing number of United States military veterans are counseling United States military drone operators to refuse to fly drone surveillance/attack missions – the veterans are even helping sponsor prime time television commercials urging drone operators to “refuse to fly.”
→ read full articleOIC to Apprise UN Chief of Serious Concern over Rohingya Muslims Persecution
The Nation (Pakistan) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
17 Jun 2015 – A meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held at UN headquarters in New York on Monday [15 Jun 2015], decided to form a delegation to apprise UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the 57-member body’s serious concern over the continued persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and to underscore the need for step towards restoring their human rights.
→ read full articleShould Nuclear Devices Be Used to Stop Asteroids?
Seth Baum – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
22 Jun 2015
Given that asteroids and comets pose a significant risk of a low-probability extreme catastrophe, and given that the alternative means of deflecting them do not work as well, an anti-NEOs (near-Earth objects) nuclear stockpile merits serious consideration.
→ read full articleChina Rising – Have Grandmaster, Will Travel
Pepe Escobar – Asia Times,
22 Jun 2015
“The US cannot stop China’s rise. It just has to live with a bigger China, which will be completely novel for the US, as no country has ever been big enough to challenge its position. China will be able to do so in 20 to 30 years.”
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
June 22-28 – QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” – Lonardo da Vinci
→ read full articleAlexander Scriabin (7 Jan 1872 – 27 Apr 1915): Ecstasy and Light
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
27 April 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin who believed that music had the power to elevate the consciousness of people and therefore to transform social conditions. Scriabin is often described as a “mystic”, but there is no direct evidence that he personally had mystic experiences.
→ read full articleIn Imitation of Christ: Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Climate Change
Celia Deane-Drummond – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
22 Jun 2015
Small yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all of us, as Christians, are called to watch over and protect the fragile world in which we live, and all its peoples
→ read full articleYoga: A Practical Skill in Peace Education for Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service~,
22 Jun 2015
21 Jun 2015 UN International Day of Yoga – At the beginning of the ‘UN International Year of Yoga,’ let all people of the world be aware of the five elements within them and grow integrally through perpetual practice of skill of yoga for sustainable nonviolence.
→ read full articleNew Hope for Avoiding Catastrophic Climate Change
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
Because of the astonishing properties of exponential growth, we can calculate that if these growth rates are maintained, renewable energy can give us 24.8 terawatts within only 15 years! This is far more than the world’s present use of all forms of energy. All of us must work with dedication to provide the political will needed to avoid catastrophic climate change. The strong and friendly voice of Pope Francis can give us hope and courage.
→ read full articlePope Francis’ Encyclical Urges Swift Action on Climate Change Ahead of Paris Climate Talks
Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
18 Jun 2015 – Today in Rome, Pope Francis released his long-anticipated encyclical on climate change, fueling precisely the international conversation the Pope hoped to drive. The widespread media coverage of the 180-plus page document, Laudato Si, or Praised Be to You, has undoubtedly increased public awareness of environmental issues dramatically.
→ read full articleWhite Phosphorous War Crimes Connect Israel to Monsanto
Kit O'Connell – MintPress News,
22 Jun 2015
16 Jun 2015 — Monsanto Corporation, the agribusiness giant best known for its pesticides and genetically-modified crops, also manufactured white phosphorous for the U.S. government over at least the past 20 years. Used in incendiary military weapons, the United States sold white phosphorous-based weapons to Israel, which used those weapons to commit brutal war crimes against Palestinians living in Gaza in 2009.
→ read full articleUkraine and the Apocalyptic Risk of Propagandized Ignorance
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
‘Ukraine: Zbig’s Grand Chessboard and How the West Was Checkmated’ – This book may very well be the best written one I’ve read this year. It puts all the relevant facts — those I knew and many I didn’t — together concisely and with perfect organization. It does it with an informed worldview. It leaves me nothing to complain about at all, which is almost unheard of in my book reviews.
→ read full articlePapal Concern for Climate Change and Refugee Care
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
A Means of Concealing Criminal Systemic Negligence? Produced on World Refugee Day — on the occasion of publication of reports on the world refugee crisis and an Environment Encyclical by Pope Francis.
→ read full articleThe Fallen of World War II
Neil Halloran – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
Jaw-Dropping Visualization Will Give You New Respect for the Sheer Number Who Died in WWII – An animated data-driven documentary about war and peace, “The Fallen of World War II” looks at the human cost of the Second World War and sizes up the numbers to other wars in history, including trends in recent conflicts.
→ read full articleWhat You Should Know about the MERS Outbreak
Maggie Fox – NBC News,
15 Jun 2015
What Is MERS? And Other Questions about the Outbreak
→ read full articleU.S. House Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
15 Jun 2015
The U.S. House of Representatives has admitted an ugly truth that the U.S. mainstream media has tried to hide from the American people – that the post-coup regime in Ukraine has relied heavily on Nazi storm troopers to carry out its bloody war against ethnic Russians.
→ read full articleOn Balance and the Necessary Excesses of Life
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
On Being Too Much for Ourselves – “There are situations in which it is more dangerous to keep your balance than to lose it.”
→ read full articleAn Immodest Wish
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
A wealthy maharajah was so delighted with the game of chess that he offered the inventor of the game anything in his realm that he might wish.
→ read full articleDuality
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
→ read full articleCoca-Cola Slowly Deprives 30,000 People of Water in El Salvador
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
The main and only source of water for thousands of Salvadorans is in peril.
→ read full articleKeeping Quiet
Pablo Neruda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
Pregnancy at Slaughter: What Happens to the Calves?
Stephanie Ernst, All Creatures – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
What happens when a cow is pregnant at the time of slaughter? I almost wish I didn’t know. From the calves experiencing their mother’s death from inside her, while they too suffer or die their own terrible death, to live calves being cut from their dead mother’s womb, so that their blood can be drained for science while they’re still alive–it’s all horrific, and none of it is ever talked about, even though it’s a part of the dairy and beef industries and a part of how people get their “finest” leather.
→ read full article(Italiano) “Farla franca con l’omicidio”
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
È il titolo della (come al solito) brillante analisi di Susan George sulla situazione bancaria dopo il collasso bancario USA dell’ 11 settembre 2001 e il crollo del 2008.
→ read full articleThe US Government’s Not-So-Secret Support for Al Qaeda and ISIS
Dan Sanchez, Antiwar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
The Biggest State Sponsor of Terrorism of Them All – The general US policy of allying with the Gulf states (especially the Saudis) and Turkey in supporting radical Sunni insurgents to counter the “Shia expansion” was reported by Seymour Hersh back in 2007.
→ read full articleIssuance of Vatican Passports to Trans-Mediterranean Immigrants
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
A Modest Proposal Worthy of the 21st Century?- Produced on the occasion of announcement of the forthcoming Papal Encyclical ‘Laudato Sii’ (Explosive intervention by Pope Francis set to transform climate change debate, The Observer, 13 June 2015).
→ read full articleUnderage ‘Enemies’ of the US: Omar Khadr and the Juveniles of Guantánamo
Jenifer Fenton – Al Jazeera America,
15 Jun 2015
Jun 7, 2015 – “I have memories, but I don’t know if they’re mine, if they are accurate or not,” said Omar Khadr recently, recalling the events for which he was convicted by a U.S. military tribunal. Khadr, a Canadian citizen, spent almost nine years at Guantánamo Bay after being captured in Afghanistan at age 15.
→ read full articleSave Our Stones – Jihad and Vandalism
The Economist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2015
As well as killing people, Islamic State is smashing up ancient works of art. Only a little can be done to prevent its acts of barbarism. The scale is unprecedented. Four of Syria’s six world heritage sites lie in ruins.
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