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Peculiarities of Russian National Character
Dmitry Orlov – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Byzantine cultural influences, which came along with Orthodox Christianity, first through Crimea (the birthplace of Christianity in Russia), then through the Russian capital Kiev (the same Kiev that is now the capital of Ukraine), allowed Russia to leapfrog across a millennium or so of cultural development…. Russia has just offered the EU a deal. Why freeze yourselves out when we can all freeze out Washington instead?
→ read full articleTrade Secrets*
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Why will no one answer the obvious, massive question about the TTIP-Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership? The UK government, like that of the US and 13 other EU members, wants to set up a separate judicial system, exclusively for the use of corporations.
→ read full articleThe Charlie Hebdo ‘Hot Takes’
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Cartoon – This Modern World – Comic Satirical Strip
→ read full article(Italiano) Parigi – e poi?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
C’è un altro valore, un’altra norma nel campo dell’ espressione: la considerazione. La decenza. Il rispetto per la vita. Abbiamo leggi sui libelli che chiedono non solo “è vero?” ma “è rilevante?”, per smorzare la malignità per esempio nel “dibattito” politico. Escludiamo discorsi di odio, propaganda per la tortura, il genocidio, la guerra, la pornografia che coinvolga bambini. Molti, incapaci di capire o argomentare con i convertiti all’Islam in Francia, oltrepassano invece le norme della decenza; la facile soluzione.
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Lisboa Antiga – Old Lisbon (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Amália Rodrigues – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
FADO: Alma Portuguesa – Portuguese Soul
Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999) is the greatest Portuguese ‘Fadista-Interpreter of Fados’ of all time.
The Year 2015-What Are We In For?
Johan Galtung, 19 Jan 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Three, maybe four dramatic, global processes are unfolding. And then this: the Silk Railway Freight Train Yiwu from coastal China to Madrid, 8,111 miles, connecting all markets in Eurasia from one end to the other–and from Madrid on to Latin-America, of course.
→ read full articleThere Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human History
Terrence McNally - AlterNet,
19 Jan 2015
It is an industry that produces huge profits and countless wasted lives. To those who say we’re not really making progress, many might point to the fact that at least we’ve eliminated slavery. But sadly that is not the truth.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
January 19-25 – Quote of the Week: “At the center of nonviolence stands principle of love.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
→ read full articleThe Importance of Being Angry
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
If we want obedient and hardworking students, reliable and pliant employees/soldiers and submissive law-abiding citizens, then we must terrorize people out of being angry. Social control is not easy with people who are powerful and you need your anger to be powerful.
→ read full articleHell on Earth: Massacre in Nigeria
Charles P. Pierce, Esquire – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Massacre of somewhere north of 2000 people in the Nigerian fishing village of Baga. The details are horrifying. People fleeing the violence and drowning in a lake. Bodies still littering the streets and bushes. The idea that all of these individual acts of savagery are linked and there is one solution for the infinite facets of the problem — “More NSA spying!” “More torture!” “Immigration quotas!” — is as dangerous as it is fanciful.
→ read full article(Nederlands-Dutch) Waar rook is, is Vitol
Tomas Vanheste – De Correspondent,
19 Jan 2015
In olierijke landen als Nigeria, Irak, Libië rommelt het vaak. Te midden van alle chaos is één ding duidelijk: de olie moet verkocht. De Nederlandse oliereus Vitol heeft er zijn specialiteit van gemaakt. ‘Ze zijn niet immoreel, maar amoreel.’ Deel 3 in het Vitol-dossier.
→ read full article(Français) Ce qu’il y a de non Charlie en moi
Rony Brauman – Le Monde,
19 Jan 2015
Je suis Charlie, je ne suis pas Charlie. Le Charlie en moi est accablé par l’assassinat de figures familières, chantres de la grivoiserie et de la dérision, il est bouleversé par la mort de ces bouffeurs de religion dont l’outrance et le mauvais goût rigolards étaient la marque de fabrique.
→ read full articleImperialist War, the “War on Terror,” And the End of Democracy
Chris Marsden, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
For decades, the US, France and other imperialist powers have rained down bombs on defenceless civilians, carried out assassinations, and committed horrible war crimes.
→ read full article(Français) Une Tribu Guaranis de la Forêt Amazonienne Se Suicide
Center Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Pourchassés, harcelés, destitués et privés de leurs espaces de vies séculaires, de leurs droits et légitimité, n’acceptant pas le tribut sous forme de Diktat avilissant de la civilisation, ne pouvant plus lutter contre les intérêts des systèmes d’exploitation de la forêt Amazonienne : ils choisissent la Mort !
→ read full articleFaith
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
A mountain climber slipped down a slope and barely got hold of a small branch at the edge of an abyss.
→ read full articleTo Change Everything: Change Anything, Start Everywhere
CrimethInc – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
An Anarchist Appeal – Our private financial and emotional struggles mirror global upheaval and disaster. We could spend the rest of our days trying to douse these fires one by one, but they stem from the same source. No piecemeal solution will serve; we need to rethink everything. All it takes to find each other is to begin acting according to a different logic. The secret is to begin. Don’t cling to the old world.
→ read full article2000 Estimated Dead in Nigeria from Boko Haram Massacre. But Who Is Arming Them?
Cassius Methyl, The Anti Media – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
While recognizing how intense and horrific this event is, the only logical thing to do now is find out why this happened. A good first question might be: Who armed these people? Please keep in mind there is a lot of background information ignored by the mainstream media. It’s much more complicated than it seems.
→ read full article(Português) Charlie Hebdo: Uma reflexão difícil
Boaventura de Sousa Santos – Carta Maior,
19 Jan 2015
Esta análise é urgente, sob pena de continuarmos a atear um fogo que amanhã pode atingir as escolas dos nossos filhos, as nossas casas e as nossas instituições.
→ read full articleDenied Visa by Israel, UN Rights Expert Cancels Visit to Palestine
Ma’an News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
An official visit by Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, was cancelled Friday [16 Jan 2015] after Israeli authorities refused to give her a visa to enter Palestine. She had been invited on a fact-finding mission by the Palestinian Authority.
→ read full articleThe Complete History of Monsanto, “The World’s Most Evil Corporation”
E Hanzai, Waking Times – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Of all the mega-corps running amok, Monsanto has consistently outperformed its rivals, earning the crown as “most evil corporation on Earth!” Not content to simply rest upon its throne of destruction, it remains focused on newer, more scientifically innovative ways to harm the planet and its people.
→ read full articleInvestigation – Secret America
Alex Jordanov – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Over 1 million people inhabit the parallel world created by the US Secret Services after September 11.
→ read full articleCountries Ranked by Military Strength: 2014
Global Firepower – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
The Military Powers of the World in Full Perspective – The GFP list makes use of over 50 factors to determine each nation’s Power Index (“PwrIndx”) score.
→ read full articleJe Suis Martin Luther King
Daniel Horgan – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Today, January 19, 2015, is Martin Luther King Day here in the US. The world has changed quite a bit since our former great civil rights leader was with us.
→ read full articleI Am a Marxist, Dalai Lama Says
The Times of India – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
“As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist,” the spiritual leader said adding that he admires Marxism because of its focus on reducing gap between the rich and the poor.
→ read full articleSlavoj Žižek on the Charlie Hebdo Massacre: Are the Worst Really Full of Passionate Intensity?
Slavoj Žižek – New Statesman,
19 Jan 2015
How fragile the belief of an Islamist must be if he feels threatened by a stupid caricature in a weekly satirical newspaper, says the Slovenian philosopher… Those who do not want to talk critically about liberal democracy should also keep quiet about religious fundamentalism.
→ read full articleThe Unmourned: Another Mass Killing by the Nobel Peace Prize Prez
Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
A U.S.-led coalition airstrike killed at least 50 Syrian civilians late last month when it targeted a headquarters of Islamic State extremists in northern Syria, according to an eyewitness and a Syrian opposition human rights organization.
→ read full articleSan Francisco Buses Running Islamophobic Ads
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
Once again, an anti-Islam organization has bought ads on San Francisco buses, this time comparing Islam to Nazis.
→ read full articleU.N. Helpless as Saudi Flogging Flouts Torture Convention
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
“His flogging [1000 lashes, 50/week] and 10-year sentence are testament to the extreme lengths to which the Saudi Arabian authorities will go in order to crush dissent.”
→ read full articleI Am Not Charlie Hebdo
David Brooks – The New York Times,
12 Jan 2015
Let’s face it: If they had tried to publish their satirical newspaper on any American university campus over the last two decades it wouldn’t have lasted 30 seconds. Student and faculty groups would have accused them of hate speech. Public reaction to the attack in Paris has revealed that there are a lot of people who are quick to lionize those who offend the views of Islamist terrorists in France but who are a lot less tolerant toward those who offend their own views at home.
→ read full article(Português) Brasil: Maus Comportamentos
Tereza Halliday – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Educação, palavra mágica onde todo mundo diz que está a solução, mas quase ninguém se importa. Educação não é somente adquirir habilidades. Abrange ética e civilidade. Do contrário, o mau comportamento prevalece no calçadão onde caminho e nos descaminhos do país.
→ read full articleThe Bankster International
Mark Hackard – The Soul of the East,
12 Jan 2015
In their quest to liquidate the American, the Russian, and every other unique people, the predators from the bankster international consider themselves above all laws human and divine. Yet the swelling arrogance of sociopaths brings about their downfall – and the sooner their crime spree comes to an end, the better chance we all might have for peace and reconciliation.
→ read full articleHow a Tibetan Monk Brings Free Education to Herdsmen’s Children with Cheese Revenue, Government Funding
Zhou Yu - Global Times,
12 Jan 2015
For 20 years, a Tibetan monk-cum-teacher in Qinghai Province has explored a new way to combine traditional and modern educational methods to open new horizons for the children of poor herdsmen. His success story has shown how a community can improve itself through social responsibility, ideas of equality and hard work.
→ read full articleOn Freedom of Speech
David van Mill, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
The discussion moves on from the harm principle to assess the argument that speech can be limited because it causes offense rather than direct harm. [From TMS Editor – Of interest, in view of recent atrocities in Paris: 3.3 HATE SPEECH AND THE OFFENSE PRINCIPLE]
→ read full articleU.N. Confirms Palestinians Will Be ICC Member on April 1, 2015
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has confirmed the Palestinians will formally become a member of the International Criminal Court on April 1 and the court’s registrar said on Wednesday [7 Jan 2015] that jurisdiction would date back to June 13, 2014.
→ read full articleFighting Disease, Not Terrorism, Will Save More Lives in 2015
Charles Kenny – Bloomberg Business Week,
12 Jan 2015
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism & Responses to Terrorism reported 11,000 killed by terror worldwide in 2012 compared with around 4,000 in 2000. The definition of a “terror attack” is endlessly debatable, but let’s take those numbers at face value and compare them with other violent deaths.
→ read full articleJan 17, 1893: Americans Overthrow Hawai’ian Monarchy
History & Wikipedia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
In January 1893, a revolutionary “Committee of Safety,” organized by Sanford B. Dole, staged a coup against Queen Liliʻuokalani with the tacit support of the United States. The Queen was deposed on January 17, 1893, and temporarily relinquished her throne to “the superior military forces of the United States”.
→ read full articleOn Love (from The Prophet)
Kahlil Gibran – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
The Satyagraha of John Brown
Timothy Braatz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
In popular memory, Brown is known for taking an unwavering stand against the evil of slavery, to the point of killing civilians who stood in his way. In academic circles, Brown serves as the centerpiece of discussions regarding the use of violence for moral ends. As such, the John Brown story can easily become an aspect of cultural violence, meaning those beliefs, ideologies, and cosmologies that legitimize and perpetuate direct and structural (indirect) violence.
→ read full articleCharlie Hebdo Massacre: a Tragic, Universal Failure
Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Imagine if Charlie Hebdo drew a big-nosed Moses sitting amid buckets of cash. Does no one understand why if one is wrong the other is as well? In fact, a Hebdo cartoonist derided Nicholas Sarkozy’s son for “doing well” by converting to Judaism to marry a wealthy Jewish heiress. The cartoonist was fired. But cartoonists ridiculing the Prophet are now folk heroes.
→ read full articleJanuary: This Month in Nuclear Threat History
Jeffrey W. Mason – Nuclear Age Peace Foundation,
12 Jan 2015
January 2015 – Nuclear Threat in History
→ read full articlePope Francis and Religious Cosmopolitanism
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
It has never been more important to counter the widely disseminated view that religion is ‘inherently’ responsible for political extremism, and more destructively, to blame Islam as a religion for sociopathic violence when the culprits are Muslim. True, religious doctrine can be twisted to serve any values, however demonic, as can secularist thinking.
→ read full articleBe Like Water: The Philosophy and Origin of Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”
Nothing is weaker than water,
But when it attacks something hard
Or resistant, then nothing withstands it,
And nothing will alter its way.
Close Guantanamo—Then Give It Back to Cuba
Amy Goodman – Truthdig,
12 Jan 2015
7 Jan 2015 – This week marks the 13th anniversary of the arrival of the first post-9/11 prisoners to Guantanamo Bay, the most notorious prison on the planet. This grim anniversary, and the beginning of normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S and Cuba, serves as a reminder that we need to permanently close the prison and return the land to its rightful owners, the Cuban people.
→ read full article(Italiano) Pace positiva: che cos’è?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Sì, che cos’è? – cominciamo quest’anno nuovo con una nota positiva. Tenendo a mente che la pace è una parola d’onore, come la salute una salvezza per molti: un centro focale di sogni e desideri, un sommo bene che dev’essere sia molto preciso sia riconducibile a un lavoro di pace professionale e mantenuto aperto, riempito di nuovi sogni ed aspirazioni.
→ read full articleRiyadh’s Oil Play: Why the Kingdom is Keeping Prices Low
Bilal Y. Saab and Robert A. Manning – Foreign Affairs,
12 Jan 2015
Although some analysts are puzzled by the Saudi strategy shift, pure economic logic may well be driving Saudi behavior. Yet in the end, the motivations behind the Kingdom’s new oil strategy matter less than its likely outcomes, some of which could be quite negative.
→ read full articleThe U.S. Has More Jails Than Colleges – Here’s a Map of Where Those Prisoners Live
Christopher Ingraham – The Washington Post,
12 Jan 2015
To put these figures in context, we have slightly more jails and prisons in the U.S. — 5,000 plus — than we do degree-granting colleges and universities. In many parts of America, particularly the South, there are more people living in prisons than on college campuses.
→ read full articleAbolishing Nuclear Weapons – Useful and Not-So-Useful First Steps
Milan Rai - TeleSur,
12 Jan 2015
The most urgently-required negative security assurance (NSA) is a promise by all the declared nuclear weapon states never to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear weapon state.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
January 12–18 – Quote of the Week:
“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Remembering Victims of Terror–And Forgetting Some Others
Jim Naureckas - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting,
12 Jan 2015
Describing the attack on the French satirical paper, CBS News’ Morell said: “The motive here is absolutely clear. Trying to shut down a media organization that lampooned the prophet Mohammed. So no doubt in my mind this is terrorism.” Breivik’s motive was certainly not shutting anyone down for lampooning Mohammed. So perhaps, in Morrell’s mind, it doesn’t count as terrorism?
→ read full articleIn ‘Epic’ Chase, Sea Shepherd Vows to Pursue Poachers to ‘Ends of the Earth’
Deirdre Fulton – Common Dreams,
12 Jan 2015
9 Jan 2015 – The dramatic chase, which has gone on for 22 days, is thought to be the world’s longest pursuit of an illegal fishing vessel. Sea Shepherd’s sister ship, the Sam Simon, retrieved what it described as a “monster” gillnet more than 30 miles long.
→ read full articleParis–And Then?
Johan Galtung, 12 Jan 2015 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
There is another value, norm, in the land of expression: consideration. Decency. Respect for life. We have libel laws asking not only “is it true?” but “is it relevant?” to cut down nastiness in for instance political “debate”. We rule out hate speech, propaganda for torture, genocide, war, child pornography. Many, unable to understand or argue with converts to Islam in France, overstep norms of decency instead. The easy way out.
→ read full articleTribute to Patrice Lumumba on the 54th Anniversary of His Assassination [17 Jan 1961]
Carlos Martinez – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Malcolm X, speaking at a rally of the Organisation of Afro-American Unity in 1964, described Patrice Emery Lumumba as ’the greatest black man who ever walked the African continent. He didn’t fear anybody. He had those people [the colonialists] so scared they had to kill him. They couldn’t buy him, they couldn’t frighten him, they couldn’t reach him.’
→ read full articlePalestine Recognizes ICC Jurisdiction for Period Covering Gaza War
Ma’an News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
6 Jan 2015 – The International Criminal Court said Palestinian authorities had formally recognized the court’s jurisdiction to investigate crimes allegedly committed during last summer’s Gaza war.
→ read full article(Castellano) La Palabra
Pablo Neruda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Nació
la palabra en la sangre,
creció en el cuerpo oscuro, palpitando,
y voló con los labios y la boca.
Captain Paul Watson: If I Were CEO of SeaWorld
Paul Watson, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
There is no justification for the enslavement of animals. None. There never has been and there never can be. Slavery is slavery—unjustifiable, cruel, evil and soul-destroying, both for the victims and the oppressors. Circuses and places like SeaWorld are despicable places, and the only zoos that should exist are those that rehabilitate wildlife, contribute to the conservation of habitat and provide medical facilities for animals in the wild.
→ read full articleWho Should Be Blamed for Muslim Terrorism?
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Islam is not only a religion; it is also an enormous culture, one of the greatest on Earth, which has enriched our humanity with some of the paramount scientific and architectural achievements, and with countless discoveries in the field of medicine.
→ read full articleTheir Unpardonable Crime Is That They Are Syrian
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Unlike Jordan and Turkey, Lebanon has rejected the advice of the UN and has refused to create refugee camps, meaning refugees are dispersed throughout the country and setting the stage for a humanitarian nightmare. Lebanon’s complex sectarian make-up also plays a role.
→ read full articleThe New U.S. Congress Is 80 Percent White, 80 Percent Male and 92 Percent Christian
Philip Bump – The Washington Post,
12 Jan 2015
Trying to predict the gender and race of a member of Congress is like trying to predict who would win in an arithmetic competition between you and a talking horse. Which is to say: It is like trying to guess how many jellybeans are in a glass jar that contains two jellybeans. Which is to say: It is easy.
→ read full articleChanging Patterns Using Transformation Pathways
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Exploring “Camp-Us” Inspiration by an Alien World View as a Metaphor – As with the Catholic view of Protestants over centuries (duly reciprocated), “they” are considered beyond the pale, lacking any reasonable intelligence, sense of honour, or other values worthy of respect. The savagery of “them” is highlighted by every means, for purposes of propaganda; that of “us” is effectively censored. The basic message of “camp-us” is: Nothing for us to learn; we know all that needs to be known.
→ read full articleLearning from the Taliban: A Message to the Western Anti-War Movement
Rev. Aaron Doncaster – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
By learning from the strategic effectiveness of the Taliban, it does not at all mean that we are accepting their ideology. If this were the case, then I guess I should stop going to marches with theists. Those who refuse to see the differences between tactics, strategies and ideologies deserve to be looked upon with suspicion.
→ read full articleStopping the Biggest Corporate Power Grab Ever, the TPP
Arthur Stamoulis – Foreign Policy In Focus,
12 Jan 2015
How fighting back against one arcane, Nixon-era trade negotiating procedure could put a stop to a global corporate coup. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a corporate power grab clearly worthy of Seattle-caliber mobilization. But the fight against this reprehensible deal requires different types of tactics.
→ read full articlePalestine Joins the International Criminal Court
Falastin News Palestine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
8 Jan 2015 – The ICC has accepted the Palestinian Authority’s request to join the Rome Statute. A statement said that “the deposit of the instruments of accession by the State of Palestine,” effected as of January 2 [2015], had brought the number of state parties to 123.
→ read full article11 January: UN-designated Day for Developing Awareness of Human Trafficking
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
The recent interception by the Italian Navy of two ships filled with refugees from Syria and other migrants has highlighted in a dramatic way the ever-growing trade in persons. On both ships, the captain and crew had abandoned the ships which were heading toward a rocky shore when the ships were boarded by the Italian Navy.
→ read full articleBefore & After the Fact
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Before marriage…
→ read full articleChallenges Ahead: Sri Lanka’s Mass Atrocities and International Justice
Nirmanusan Balasundaram – Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka,
12 Jan 2015
After execution of mass atrocities and their failure to stop it, international actors have accepted their failure. Sri Lanka’s forthcoming presidential election will be the litmus test. Will international actors bring perpetrators of mass atrocity crimes in Sri Lanka to international justice and prove “Never Again” to be more than just a slogan?
→ read full articleAnne Lamott on Writing and Why Perfectionism Kills Creativity
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft.
→ read full articleHow Clint Eastwood Ignores History in ‘American Sniper’
Peter Maass – The Intercept,
12 Jan 2015
“A lot of people, myself included, called the enemy ‘savages,’” he wrote. “I only wish I had killed more. Not for bragging rights, but because I believe the world is a better place without savages out there taking American lives.” A decorated Navy SEAL, Kyle killed more than 150 “savages” in Iraq, becoming the deadliest sniper in the annals of American warfare.
→ read full article(Castellano) Descubren ciudad de 500 mil años en Turquía
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
La Administración para el Desarrollo Habitacional de Turquía (TOKI) realizó el mayor descubrimiento arqueológico del país este año, una ciudad subterránea de 500 mil años de antigüedad en la región turca de Anatolia Central.
→ read full article(Nederlands-Dutch) Ondanks twee regeringen tegelijk is in Libië iedere burger vogelvrij
Maite Vermeulen – De Correspondent,
12 Jan 2015
Wat doe je als je dochter op klaarlichte dag in een nette buurt van Tripoli wordt vermoord? Niets. Want de politie komt toch niet kijken. In Libië heerst, na de val van dictator Khadafi, nu totale wetteloosheid. Gastcorrespondent Eva Ludemann laat de noodkreet van de Libische bevolking horen.
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Refugee Child Prodigy from Damascus Plays Piano for Peace (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Tambi Assad Cimuk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
When 15-year-old Tambi Asaad Cimuk walked into a music store last year he had never played the piano before. The teenager, who left everything behind in Syria when his family fled to Turkey two years ago, says he hopes his music will somehow help foster peace. He will perform at Carnegie Hall in January 2015.
→ read full articleBlowback in Paris
Nafeez Ahmed – Middle East Eye,
12 Jan 2015
Recognising that the Paris atrocity is predictable blowback does not absolve the perpetrators of responsibility for their terrible crimes; but it might help us find a path to safety based on co-existence, renunciation of violence, and unity in adversity.
→ read full articleIndia is Building the World’s Largest Solar Plant — And That’s Terrible News
Justin Loiseau, The Motley Fool – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
6 Jan 2015 – India is gearing up to build 20,000 MW of solar farms, including the world’s largest solar plant to date. But are India’s electricity eyes bigger than its solar stomach? Here’s why having the world’s biggest solar facility may not be the best option for India.
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Johan Galtung on Denmark, Mohammed Cartoons, and Peacework
EnvisionPeaceMuseum – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Johan Galtung is widely considered the “Father of Peace and Conflict Studies.” A Norwegian sociologist and mathematician, Galtung has taught around the world, helped found many institutions dedicated to building peace, and been honored with the Right Livelihood Award.
→ read full articleFear of Government Spying ‘Chilling’ Writers’ Speech Worldwide
Lauren McCauley – Common Dreams,
12 Jan 2015
‘If writers avoid exploring topics for fear of possible retribution, the material available to readers—particularly those seeking to understand the most controversial and challenging issues facing the world today—may be greatly impoverished.’
→ read full articleJournal of Resistance Studies Is Calling for Papers
Jørgen Johansen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
The articles we want to publish focus on critical understandings of resistance strategies, discourses, tactics, effects, causes, contexts and experiences. Our aim is to advance an understanding of how resistance might undermine repression, injustices and domination of any kind.
→ read full articleAl Qaeda Source: AQAP Directed Paris Attack
Jeremy Scahill – The Intercept,
12 Jan 2015
9 Jan 2015 — A source within al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has provided The Intercept with a full statement claiming responsibility for the attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
→ read full articleReport: Erdogan Trying to Hide Evidence of Supporting ISIS
The Tower – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
6 Jan 2015 – Turkey’s regime is trying to hide any evidence that holds Turkish leaders responsible for the support of terrorist groups, especially the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Turkish media is reporting.
→ read full articleNuclear Power in India
World Nuclear Association – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Updated 31 December 2014 – India’s primary energy consumption more than doubled between 1990 and 2011 to nearly 25,000 PJ. India’s dependence on imported energy resources and the inconsistent reform of the energy sector are challenges to satisfying rising demand.
→ read full articleDoubling Down on Dictatorship in the Middle East
Amanda Ufheil-Somers, Other Words – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Even the collapse of multiple governments failed to upend the decades-long U.S. policy of backing friendly dictators. Washington has doubled down on maintaining a steady supply of weapons and funding to governments willing to support U.S. strategic interests, regardless of how they treat their citizens.
→ read full articleCuba under the Long Shadow of Castro Brothers
Stephan E. Nikolov, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
We are still to see details behind the lofty statements, that are coming just in time both for the unalterable Cuban leadership, and for the incapacitated President Obama. I believe that transition in Cuba will not be that similar to that familiar here in my country, Bulgaria, and in the Eastern Europe after 1989.
→ read full articleParis: A Dastardly Act of Terror
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Was some group sending a warning to the elite that it should not have supported Palestine’s recent failed bid to obtain an independent sovereign state? Was that group the master-mind behind 7th January? Questions of this sort strengthen the case for an independent investigation preferably by the UN.
→ read full articleAmerican Aircraft Dropped Weapons to ISIS, Says MP
Amre Sarhan – Iraqi News,
12 Jan 2015
On Saturday [3 Jan 2015], MP Majid al-Ghraoui said that an American aircraft dropped a load of weapons and equipment into the hands of the ISIS group militants in southeast of Tikrit, located in Salahuddin province.
→ read full articleThe Imperial Collapse Playbook
Dmitry Orlov, Cluborlov – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
The largest development of 2014 is, very broadly, this: the Anglo-imperialists are finally being forced out of Eurasia. How can we tell? Well, here is the Big Picture.
→ read full article(Português) Je ne suis pas Charlie, eu não sou Charlie
Leonardo Boff – Carta Maior,
12 Jan 2015
Alguns chamam os cartunistas mortos de “heróis” ou de os “gigantes do humor politicamente incorreto”, ou de “mártires da liberdade de expressão”. As charges polêmicas do Charlie Hebdo são de péssimo gosto, mas isso não está em questão. O fato é que elas são perigosas, criminosas até, por dois motivos.
→ read full articleThe New York Times and Washington’s “Propaganda Bubble” on Ukraine
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
In 2002–2003, the stable of State Department propagandists at the Times played a crucial role in paving the way for a war that claimed the lives of over a million Iraqis and some 4,500 US troops. Now they are involved in an even more sinister propaganda operation that threatens to ignite a Third World War.
→ read full articlePoliteness in Multi-Ethnic Societies
John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
The attack on Charlie Hebdo, in which 10 people were killed, claimed massive media attention worldwide. In Denmark, it was proposed that the offending cartoons of the prophet Mohammad should be reprinted in major newspapers. I believe [that] Denmark has not yet had time to learn that politeness is essential for preventing conflicts in a multi-ethnic society.
→ read full articleThis Doctor Moved Her Clinic to the Middle of the Ocean to Help Women Get Safe Abortions
Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
“How could we create a space in which the only permission a woman needs is her own?”
→ read full articlePaving Path towards Climate Goal, Denmark Sets World Record for Wind Power
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
12 Jan 2015
‘It shows that we can reach our ultimate goal, namely to stop global warming,’ said climate minister.
→ read full articleChina-CELAC Forum a ‘New Beginning,’ Says Xi
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a historic meeting with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Thursday [8 Jan 2015]. Representatives of more than 30 countries are meeting in Beijing to discuss South-South cooperation.
→ read full articleCambodia – Always Remember January 7
Kok-Thay Eng – The Phnom Penh Post,
12 Jan 2015
Today, January 7, marks the day in 1979 when Cambodians were liberated from genocide.
→ read full articlePositive Peace – What Is That?
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
Yes, what is it?–let us start this New Year on a positive note. Keeping in mind that peace is an honor word, like health, salvation for many: a focus of dreams and wishes, a summum bonum that should be both very precise and amenable to professional peace work and kept open, filled with new dreams and aspirations.
→ read full articleU.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
31 Dec 2014 – The United States re-asserted its political and economic clout – and its ability to twist arms and perhaps metaphorically break kneecaps – when it successfully lobbied to help defeat a crucial Security Council resolution on the future of Palestine this week.
→ read full articleWe Have So Much to Learn From Cuba
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
“It seems stupid to pursue a U.S. foreign policy by repeating a strategy that has proved a monumental failure for six decades. The definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over, and expecting different results. In this sense, the [Cuba] embargo is insane.”
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Michael Büker: What Ever Happened to Nuclear Weapons?
media.ccc.de – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
Dec 29, 2014 – An overview of 70 years of nuclear weapons, focusing on some of the underlying physics, the international politics that surround the topic, modern technology for nuclear weapons detection and monitoring, and what everyone can do to help nuclear disarmament.
→ read full article(Português) De volta para a Igreja: Cuba restitui templos cristãos
O Globo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
De maneira discreta, as autoridades cubanas vêm acelerando a restituição de antigas propriedades da Igreja Católica, que por muitos anos manteve uma relação conturbada com os Castro.
→ read full articleThis Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
January 5-11 — Quote of the Week: “It isn’t enough to talk about peace; one must believe it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it; one must work for it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
→ read full articleTorture Reports: Brazil and the United States Release Reports Documenting Systematic Human Rights Abuses
Kara Rochelle Martinez, Upside Down World – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
2 Jan 2015 – One day after the U.S. Senate released its Executive Summary of the CIA’s policy of torture, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff unveiled her country’s investigatory National Truth Commission Report, identifying human rights atrocities committed in Brazil during the military dictatorship, 1964-1988. [She was tortured too.]
→ read full articleNew Level: Monsanto Tries Patenting Natural Tomatoes
Christina Sarich, Natural Society – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
Stealing a Tomato with No Biotech Traits
→ read full articleAs Aleppo Goes, So Goes Syria? – A Strategic Area
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
Freezing hostilities in Aleppo could possibly achieve the same for Syria. It’s worth a try.
→ read full articleWhy Do Men Stupefy Themselves? Leo Tolstoy on Why We Drink
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
Decades before the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and nearly a century before alcohol abuse was recognized as a disease by the World Health Organization, Tolstoy writes: “What is the explanation of the fact that people use things that stupefy them: vodka, wine, beer, hashish, opium, tobacco, and other things less common: ether, morphia, fly-agaric, etc.?”
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