Articles by TRANSCEND Media Service
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India: 48,338 Child Rape Cases from 2001 to 2011
Asian Centre for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
336% Increase of Child Rape Cases from 2001 to 2011 – Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “India’s Hell Holes: Child Sexual Assault in Juvenile Justice Homes” stated that sexual offences against children in India have reached an epidemic proportion and a large number of them are being committed in the juvenile justice homes run and aided by the Government of India.
→ read full articleStrategic Implications of 12 Unasked Questions in Response to Disaster
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Produced on the occasion of publication of an analysis of What Went Wrong in Afghanistan (Foreign Policy, March/April 2013) and of investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings (April 2013) – Checklist of questions:
→ read full articleAnimals Should Be Off the Menu
Philip Wollen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Philip Wollen, Australian Philanthropist, Former VP of Citibank, Makes Blazing Animal Rights Speech
→ read full articleGeneral and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
A Global Harmony Association (GHA) Constant Petition to the UN to Collect 1 Million Signatures by September 21, 2013 – International Peace Day
→ read full articleA Commentary on the Marathon Murders
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Aside from the tensions of the moment, self-scrutiny and mid-course reflections on America’s global role is long overdue. Such a process is crucial both for the sake of the country’s own future security and also in consideration of the wellbeing of others. Such adjustments will eventually come about either as a result of a voluntary process of self-reflection or through the force of unpleasant events.
→ read full articleUntrustworthy AERB and Its Sloppy Sarkari Reply for the Koodankulam Fiasco
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
April 19, 2013 – The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has finally woken up, it seems. They have just acknowledged with great awkwardness: “…during testing of thousands of valves installed in the plant, the performances of four valves of a particular type were found deficient.” So, according to the AERB, it is a simple problem of just four valves malfunctioning in the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project. What an irresponsible and disingenuous explanation to a very complex and dangerous problem that is deeply mired in corruption, theft, wastefulness, shoddiness and sheer inefficiency.
→ read full articleA Peace Award to Burma’s Thein Sein from the International Crisis Group
International Crisis Group – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
[Noam Chomsky’s condemnation in the end]
In Pursuit of Peace – International Crisis Group’s goal is as ambitious as it is vital: to mobilise leaders around the globe to prevent and end deadly conflict.
American Culture of Death in Perspective
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
The best way to bring into perspective the culture of death in the United States is to examine what this nation seeks to do in theory and then in practice. Over the years, many statements were formulated to portray this phenomenon with clarity. Let us hope and pray that the American culture of death be replaced by an American culture of life, the sooner the better.
→ read full articleResponding to the Constitution Project Report on Detainee Treatment
Coalition for an Ethical Psychology – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Yesterday [16 Apr 2013] the independent and nonpartisan Constitution Project released its Task Force Report on Detainee Treatment. The Report documents – in no uncertain terms – that psychologists “helped create interrogation techniques for use in questioning detainees” and that many of these techniques “constituted torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
→ read full articleSportswriter Dave Zirin: Prayers for the People in Boston, Baghdad and Mogadishu
Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
“First, prayers for the people in Boston, Baghdad and Mogadishu who are suffering today,” Zirin said. “Second, I think people have to realize that an attack on the Boston Marathon is really an attack not on Boston or the United States, but on the world.”
→ read full articleKorea: Challenge and Response
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
The Association of World Citizens highlighted that the Tumen River Development Project, now often called the Greater Tuman Initiative, is probably the best framework for rapid cooperative development— a vast free economic zone which would involve parts of Mongolia, China, Russia and the two Korean States as well as Japan as a logical regional development partner.
→ read full articleAbnormal Is the New Normal: Why Will Half of the U.S. Population Have a Diagnosable Mental Disorder?
Robin S. Rosenberg, Slate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Beware the DSM-5, the soon-to-be-released fifth edition of the “psychiatric bible,” the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The odds will probably be greater than 50 percent, according to the new manual, that you’ll have a mental disorder in your lifetime.
→ read full articleWhere’s the Money? World Military Expenditure in 2012
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Stockholm, 15 April 2013 – World military expenditure totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, according to figures released today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute-SIPRI.
→ read full articleInferior Parts Being Used in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant: Top Scientist
The Times of India – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Chennai 7 Apr 2013: The Centre, speeding up the process to commission the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, received a jolt from one of the country’s noted nuclear scientist and former chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) A Gopalakrishnan, who raised doubts about the quality of equipment in the plant. “Sub-standard materials have come to the Kudankulam plant and they are causing problems,” he alleged.
→ read full articleDivestment in the University of California at Santa Barbara
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Moving Toward Divestment from Corporations Profiting from Israeli Militarism, Occupation, and Settlements.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Please allow us to bring the following dangerous developments, difficulties and discrepancies in the Koodankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP) to your kind consideration and immediate action: [1] Shoddy and Substandard Equipment from ZiO-Podolsk
→ read full articleThe First BRICS towards a South Bank?
Devaki Jain, SouthViews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
A member of the South Commission (1987-1990) reflects on the moves by the recent Summit of the BRICS to establish a BRICS development bank – an idea that the Commission had promoted.
→ read full articleNuclear Power in India
World Nuclear Association – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
(Updated 10 April 2013) – India’s nuclear industry has been largely without IAEA safeguards, though four nuclear power plants have been under facility-specific arrangements related to India’s INFCIRC/66 safeguards agreement with IAEA. However, in October 2009 India’s safeguards agreement with the IAEA became operational, with the government confirming that 14 reactors will be put under the India Specific Safeguards Agreement by 2014.
→ read full articleCanada-India Nuclear Deal Moves Forward
Bryn Levy, Saskatoon News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Saskatchewan uranium could soon be bound for India as the federal government wraps up a new trade deal. Canada had halted sales of uranium, reactors and other nuclear materials and equipment to India in the 1970s. This was a response to India’s detonation of a nuclear device in 1974 that was built using a Canadian reactor.
→ read full articleMap of the 15 Countries with the Highest Military Expenditure in 2012
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Recent Trends in Military Expenditure – Click on the map to view information on the top 15 military expenditure spenders for 2012.
→ read full articleUS Sending Weapons to Syria
News Day – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Contrary to claims by US officials that they do not deliver weapons to militants in Syria, US Senator Rand Paul said that the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, not only supervised the shipment of weapons to the Syrian opposition, but also recruited jihadists for them. Paul confirmed that Syrian fighters for the most part are composed of members of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organisation and have a relationship with al-Qaeda.
→ read full article(Galego) Sen Profes Non Hai Escola
Manuel Dios Diz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Semana Mundial pola Educación 21 a 28 de Abril – Estamos na Semana Mundial pola Educación (SAME), unha actividade que se enmarca nunha campaña, moito máis ampla, de carácter internacional, na que participan ONGs, sindicatos de educadores, centros escolares e movementos sociais comprometidos co dereito á educación en todo o mundo.
→ read full articleBurma: End ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
The 153-page Human Rights Watch report, “‘All You Can Do is Pray’: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State,” describes the role of the Burmese government and local authorities in the forcible displacement of more than 125,000 Rohingya and other Muslims and the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
→ read full article(Italiano) Un Futuro Dopo Il Petrolio: 6 Proposte
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
La Cina brucia carbone-petrolio-gas, ma è anche un possente pioniere nelle energie verdi, con pannelli fotovoltaici e solari termici e auto elettriche, prodotti in maniera sempre più ecologica. Negli USA lobby molto efficienti del carbone-petrolio-gas impediscono la conversione ecologica e promuovono tecniche estrattive ecologicamente dannose. Il mondo si sta spostando a Est, e l’Est si sta spostando all’ecologico. E così pure milioni di persone.
→ read full articleBox and Vicious Cycle
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
I live in a box
Up right and
The horizontal position
While I was let in
(Português) Andaluzia Decreta Função Social da Propriedade e Expropria Bancos
Rita Silva, Esquerda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
É um acontecimento histórico o que se está neste momento a passar no Estado Espanhol, onde um movimento de massas se organiza para defender o direito à habitação e conseguiu demonstrar que quando se luta, com tenacidade e persistência, se conseguem vitórias.
→ read full article(Português) A Guerra Mundial da Dívida
Juan Torres López – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
No passado dia 18 de março de 2013, o Banco de Pagamentos Internacionais (BIS – Bank for International Settlements) atualizou séries históricas sobre a dívida privada de quarenta países. Os dados referem-se ao sector privado não financeiro que inclui empresas, famílias e instituições sem fins lucrativos e foram tomados a partir de diferentes anos de partida, segundo os casos, e após terem sido homogeneizadas as diferentes formas em que as dívidas foram geradas (a metodologia e os dados de todos os países em formato Excel podem ser acedidos em BIS, Long séries on credit to private non-financial sectors).
→ read full articleMexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
On the 879th day of their strike, Mexican tire workers sought help in Germany, where the multinational that wanted to close their plant was based. After a determined 1,141-day campaign, the company sold them the plant, which they now run as a cooperative.
→ read full articleCan Worker-Owners Make a Big Factory Run?
Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
TRADOC leaders are now in contact with Goodyear tire workers in France who also want to take over their plant as a cooperative. They are eager to share their ideas and experiences with any workers who are considering a cooperative as an option in an industrial conflict.
→ read full articleDynamic Transformation of Static Reporting of Global Processes
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Suggestions for Process-Oriented Titles of Global Issue Reports – The main paper discusses the manner in which meaning is widely associated with “states”. This is evident in political efforts to create unions of states, exemplified by the United States, the League of Arab States, or the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as by the many proposals at the regional level (United States of Europe, United States of Africa, United States of Latin America, United States of Latin Africa.
→ read full articleFear Stalks Muslims in Myanmar
Bangkok Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Eyewitnesses to a massacre at an Islamic school say it was carried out by Buddhists, and many contend it stems from a coordinated effort with ties to the top. Mon Hnin, a 29-year-old Muslim woman from Meiktila, in central Myanmar, spent the night of March 20 with her daughter and mother-in-law hiding in terror in the bushes on the fringes of her neighbourhood.
→ read full article40 Days: Art Exhibition Review
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
On Friday, 12th April 2013, the A.M. Qattan Foundation in London opened doors to a free art exhibition titled ’40 Days’, created by an Israeli-Palestinian artist, Dor Guez. Guez has used photography archives and documentary film-making as means to capture the history, endurance and presence of the Palestinian-Christian community within the Israeli city of Lod, which was previously known by its Arabic name of Al-Lydd.
→ read full articleThe Arms Trade Treaty Opens New Possibilities at the UN
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
On April 2, 2013, an historic victory was won at the United Nations, and the world achieved its first treaty limiting international trade in arms. It is not only the ATT-Arms Trade Treaty that forms a precedent, but also the International Criminal Court, whose establishment was opposed by several militarily powerful states. Nevertheless, the ICC was adopted because a majority of the peoples of the world believed it to be a step forward towards a stable, peaceful and just global society.
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Israeli Journalist Amira Hass Sparks Furor at Home for Defending Palestinian Right to Resist
Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Amira Hass, the only Jewish-Israeli journalist to have spent almost 20 years living in and reporting from Gaza and the West Bank, recently suffered a torrent of hate mail and calls for her prosecution after she wrote an article defending the right of Palestinians to resist violent occupation. In the article, Hass defended the throwing of stones by Palestinian youth at Israeli soldiers, calling it “the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule.”
→ read full articleSeeing in the Dark – with Victoria Brittain
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
As with the best of journalists, Victoria Brittain has spent a lifetime enabling us to see in the dark! Or more accurately, she has shined a bright light on those whose suffering has been hidden by being deliberately situated in one or another shadow land of governmental and societal abuse, whether local, national, or geopolitical in its animus.
→ read full articleConference Highlights Fukushima Consequences
Richard Wilcox, Ph.D., Activist Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
The Caldicott conference is a first step toward opening the dungeon door to the dark and unspeakably evil secrets of the nuclear industry, and putting the stake in the heart of the radioactive vampire that is sucking life out of the planet.
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Samba e Amor (Music Video of the Week)
Vitor Araújo, pianist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
PORTUGUÊS: Chamado carinhosamente l’enfant terrible da música erudita, Vitor Araújo é um jovem pianista nascido em 1990 em Recife, no estado de Pernambuco no Brasil. Eclético, suas influencias vao de Radiohead a Villa-Lobos.
ENGLISH: affectionately called l’enfant terrible of classical music, Vitor Araújo is a young pianist born in 1990 in Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. He is very eclectic and influences range from Radiohead to Villa-Lobos.
What Every Parent Should Know About Monsanto
Toni Nagy, Occupy Monsanto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
When President Obama signed the Monsanto Protection Act, many citizens were outraged by this blatant violation of the Constitution. By approving this act, Obama has allowed Monsanto to exist above the law, since genetically modified seeds are now protected from any litigation involving health risks.
→ read full articleWaiting for War, Again
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
I sit on the edge of my chair,
hold my breath,
wait, pray, fret,
cower and rant.
(Français) Sida: L’Afrique du Sud Lance des Médicaments Antirétroviraux a Prix Record
François Dabis, RFI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Il y aurait 6 millions de séropositifs en Afrique du Sud, soit plus d’une personne sur 10. Le gouvernement réagit en lançant un programme de distribution de médicaments antirétroviraux à un prix record de 89 rands mensuels soit 7,5 euros.
→ read full article(Italiano) Perché l’Occidente Non Riesce a Capire la Realtà?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Siamo già piuttosto addentro in un mondo economicamente dominato dai BRIC, aggiungendo la S del Sud-Africa per chiarire il messaggio: Sud-Sud-Sud contro neppure un miliardo di abitanti del NordOvest del mondo + il Giappone; militarmente è solo una questione di tempo prima che i primi droni colpiscano gli USA, come seguito all’11 settembre 2001, e chiunque si dedichi a esecuzioni extragiudiziarie; decisioni cruciali vengono prese dai BRICS (CELAC per l’America Latina), un giorno magari istituendo una contro-ONU senza veto; culturalmente considerando la loro diversità come risorsa essenziale, ispirandosi a tutte le culture.
→ read full article(Italiano) Dichiarazione Finale delle Donne al Forum Sociale Mondiale
Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Dichiarazione dell’Iniziativa Internazionale Donne all’Assembla dei Movimenti Sociali al Forum Sociale Mondiale
→ read full article(Português) Os Direitos da Criança Sob a Perspectiva do Não Matar: Apelo aos Adultos
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Em nome das crianças do mundo, estas Reflexões Rimadas são apresentadas:
Como crianças, estamos felizes por saber que temos o direito de brincar.
Por isso, adultos, considerem seriamente o que nós vamos reivindicar
‘Dark Lightning’ Zaps Airline Passengers with Radiation
Charles Choi, LiveScience – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
“Dark lightning” that is almost invisible within clouds may regularly blast airline passengers with large numbers of gamma rays, Worryingly, terrestrial gamma-ray flashes can occur near the same altitudes at which commercial aircraft regularly fly. Past research has also found these flashes hurl beams of antimatter into space. Researchers detailed their findings on April 10, 2013 at a meeting of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna.
→ read full articleUsing the Tenets of Islam for Peace
Jaye Starr – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Lao-Tse wrote of peace at the individual level providing the foundation for peace at the global level. My dream is to help provide the foundation blocks for communities. I’d like to do this by combining my background in theater with my current chaplaincy studies to help bring peace to individuals impacted by disaster and armed conflict.
→ read full article(Français) Dynamique Femmes Forum Social Mondial 2013
Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Déclaration de la Dynamique Femmes Internationale a l’Assemblée des Mouvements Sociaux du Forum Social Mondial
→ read full articleWould You Believe That the United States Tried To Do Something That Was Not Nice Against Hugo Chávez?
William Blum, The Anti-Empire Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
WikiLeaks has done it again. I guess the US will really have to get tough now with Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. In a secret US cable to the State Department, dated November 9, 2006, and recently published online by WikiLeaks, former US ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to destabilize the government of the late President Hugo Chávez. The cable begins with a Summary:
→ read full articleSouth Africa as an Example of Stability and Diversity after the Apartheid Era
Pierre Célestin Bakunda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
From 1948 to 1994, South Africa witnessed a drastic and violent racial segregation. This has greatly affected and contributed to economic, social and political delays to the country. Let’s observe first the conflict resolution mechanism implemented in the country, as well as the current transformation of the country. Finally, we will briefly conclude on future hopes associated with this region, due to its recent inclusion in BRICS.
→ read full articleLobby Group Representing Google, Yahoo Backs CISPA
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
12 Apr 2013 – A lobbying organization that counts Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple and other tech giants among its clients has lent support to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which is lined up for a vote in the US House of Representatives next week.
→ read full articlePMANE Letter to KKNPP Employees
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
The Koodankulam delay is being blamed on the “corrosion and leakage since sea water was used as the coolant.” If these pipes and parts cannot withstand one year of sea water circulation, how on the Earth are they going to function for 40-60 years? If the pipes leak and corrode within such a short time, the government should order a probe into the quality of these pipes, the quality of the various equipment and spares that were sent by the Russians.
→ read full articleCyprus to Sell €400 Million in Gold, About 75% of Its Total Holdings, To Finance Part of Its Bailout
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Or about 10 tons of gold. But… the bailout was prefunded and there was no need to provide any additional cash?
→ read full articleGeneral and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
A Global Harmony Association (GHA) Constant Petition to the UN to Collect 1 Million Signatures by September 21, 2013 – International Peace Day
→ read full articleUSA-East Asia Looking Into the Abyss
Johan Galtung, 15 Apr 2013 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
North Korea could dismantle its verbal and physical threats, hoping for peace treaty-normalization in return. Like in Cuba 1962, that would not be one good for another, but one wrong for another. Would USA, used to dictate outcomes giving nothing in return, agree? Like in 1962 keeping it secret, with a “profile in courage” narrative? Hopefully, but not very likely, some secret deals are in the making. A change of mentality is needed, like in Europe in 1950. That may take centuries, but could also happen very quickly under enlightened statesmanship.
→ read full article“Dark Alliance”: The Federal Reserve, Wall Street and the Laundering of Drug Money
Tom Burghardt, Antifascist Calling – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
According to these worthies, the egregious economic disparities between the filthy ruling rich and the rest of us revolve around the salient fact that the “world is dividing into two blocs–the plutonomies where economic growth is powered by and largely consumed by the wealthy few,” and the great mass of proletarians who need to sit down, shut up and worship at the feet of their masters.
→ read full articleWhy Journalists Generally Get Their Burma Stories Wrong, Horribly Wrong
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
When it comes to reporting Burma the coverage has been beyond being biased. It is generally horribly inadequate, or downright incorrect. From a Burmese perspective, especially from the perspective of those who have borne the brunt of the half-century of military rule under various and evolving disguises, the way Burma is being reported is like adding insult to injury.
→ read full articleNPCIL, AERB, and KKNPP Dodge the Substandard Equipment Issue
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
There have been persistent reports that substandard equipment and parts have been used in the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). When the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) asked the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) under Right to Information (RTI) Act if they have indeed received equipment and parts from the controversial Russian companies, Zio-Podolsk and Informteck…
→ read full articleMonsanto Protection Act: A Post-Mortem for Our Legal System
Clay Rossi, The Legal Examiner – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
Now that President Obama has signed the legislation which included the MPA into law, there are certain facts that need not be forgotten for the next time (and there will be a next time) big business buys itself judicial immunity from Congress.
→ read full articleIs Burma’s Anti-Muslim Violence Led by “Buddhist Neo-Nazis”?
Ray Downs – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
When most Westerners think of Buddhism, they think of smiling men with potbellies and inspirational quotes from Phil Jackson. “Buddhist neo-Nazi” sounds like a contradiction in terms. But in Burma, vicious anti-Muslim sentiment has been on the rise, and Buddhist extremists are responsible for attacking Muslims and burning down their houses and mosques, …
→ read full articleSurviving ‘Collateral Murder’: Soldier Relives Infamous WikiLeaks Video
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
“I went back outside and we were told to take pictures and so I started taking pictures of the van,” he says. Then he discovered another child. “That’s me right there,” McCord tells Lopez as he walks her through the now infamous “Collateral Murder” clip. “That is a little boy that I originally thought was dead. I couldn’t stop myself from crying,” he says. “I know that I will never, ever, ever get better,” he says. “I will never get over this.”
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We Are the World – USA for Africa (Music Video of the Week)
Michael Jackson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
An unbelievable constellation of 47 legendary superstars—singers we love– singing together in a historic music video with a message of love from Michael to the world. Recorded in 1985. Michael died on Jun 25, 2009. A few of these artists passed away as well. RIP. (All their names are scrolled down at the end).
→ read full articleTop Swedish Judge Defends WikiLeaks’ Assange
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
A senior Swedish judge has said that the sex-crime allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are “a mess”, and praised him for leaking classified US documents. Speaking on Wednesday [3 Apr 2013] at the University of Adelaide in Australia, Stefan Lindskog, chairman of the Supreme Court of Sweden, also listed legal obstacles to extraditing Assange to the United States.
→ read full articleA Global Look at Gay Rights: ‘The Fight against Discrimination Must Go On’
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
Boris Dittrich, head of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy at Human Rights Watch, discusses the current debates on same-sex marriage in Europe and the United States and virulent homophobia in Russia and Uganda.
→ read full articleChildren`s Rights: A Nonkilling Plea to Adults
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
On behalf of the world`s children, these rhymed reflections are presented:
As children, we are happy to know that we have the right to play
so please, adults, also take seriously what we now want to say . . .
Martin Luther King, We Need Your Voice Today!
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
The son of a southern Baptist minister, Martin Luther King, Jr received his Ph.D. in theology from Boston University in 1955. During his studies, he had admired Thoreau’s essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” and he had also been greatly moved by the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
→ read full articleJapan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant Leaking Contaminated Water
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
As much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, contaminating the surrounding ground, Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Saturday [6 Apr 2013].
→ read full articleGeneral and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
A Global Harmony Association (GHA) Constant Petition to the UN to Collect 1 Million Signatures by September 21, 2013 – International Peace Day
→ read full articleThe Spark of Hope
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
Any movement which seeks to challenge the power of the elite needs to ask itself what it takes to shake people out of this state. And the answer seems inescapable: hope. Those who govern on behalf of billionaires are threatened only when confronted by the power of a transformative idea. A century and more ago the idea was communism.
→ read full articleHunger Strike at Guantánamo
The New York Times, Editorial - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
5 Apr 2013 – The hunger strike that has spread since early February [2013] among the 166 detainees still at Guantánamo Bay is again exposing the lawlessness of the system that marooned them there. The government claims that around 40 detainees are taking part. Lawyers for detainees report that their clients say around 130 detainees in one part of the prison have taken part.
→ read full articleLearning from El Salvador’s Ongoing Struggle for Peace, Dignity and Inclusion
Marilyn Langlois – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
The words of Monseñor Oscar Romero, who was murdered by US-trained snipers during a mass on March 24, 1980, still ring true today, offering us an ongoing challenge to restructure our society: “If we really want an effective end to violence, we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion of citizens from the management of the country, repression…”
→ read full articleUN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty Full Text
UN General Assembly – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
New York, 18-28 March 2013 – The States Parties to this Treaty, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, , . .
→ read full articleMonsanto: A Corporate Profile Sheds Light on GE Seed Giant’s Dark History
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
From its beginnings as a small chemical company in 1901, Monsanto has grown into the largest biotechnology seed company in the world with net sales of $11.8 billion, 404 facilities in 66 countries across six continents and products grown on more than 282 million acres worldwide. Today, the consumer advocacy nonprofit Food & Water Watch released its report, Monsanto: A Corporate Profile
→ read full articleJapan Confirms Sea Shepherd Success in the Southern Ocean
Sea Shepherd Whale Defence – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
Operation Zero Tolerance 2013 has been Sea Shepherd’s most effective campaign to date:
They wanted 50 Humpbacks. They took none.
They wanted 50 Fin whales. They took none.
They wanted 935 Minke whales. They killed 103.
832 Minke whales not slain! 50 Humpbacks and 50 Fins not slaughtered! This translates into 9.96% of their combined quota.
A Bradley Manning Panel Discussion with MP Birgitta Jonsdottir
Bradley Manning Support Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
Friday 5 April, 2013 New York – Video of the discussion panel held with Birgitta Jonsdottir, Kevin Gosztola (of FireDogLake), Alexa O’Brien (independent journalist long covering the Bradley Manning trial), Peter Hart (FAIR media critic). The discussion is moderated by Sam Seder.
→ read full article(Italiano) Iraq: Dieci Anni di Stupidità
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
Ipotizzare solo uno scenario, la guerra – magari dopo sanzioni – rivela povertà intellettuale. L’Iraq aveva problemi ma non le vittime, l’esilio e gli sfollamenti della guerra – che può durare altri 10 anni avendo sconvolto tanti equilibri instabili. Eppure si va incontro alle dipendenze belliciste di USA-RegnoUnito, mandando gli altri all’inferno. Quella gente dovrebbe essere nota per la loro incapacità collaudata di analizzare e prevedere e rimediare. L’accademia dovrebbe essere per gli intellettuali, non per i clercs, l’intelligentsia.
→ read full articleCongress Obsessed with American Muslims, Neglects Real Threat of White Supremacists
Juan Cole, Informed Comment – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
It is not allowed to say this in the corporate media, but some Republican representatives and their constituents are, if not implicated in white supremacist sentiments, at least a little smelly in that regard.
→ read full articlePresident Obama’s Second Term: Selling Death and Buying Assassins in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
As President Obama enters his second term with a new Cabinet, the foreign policy legacy of the past four years weighs heavily on their strategic decisions and their empire-building efforts. Central to the analysis of the next period is an evaluation of the past policies especially in regions where Washington expended its greatest financial and military resources, namely the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa.
→ read full articleEscaped Scientologist Goes Public about “Cult” Brainwashing and Labor Camps
JG Vibes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2013
3 Apr 2013 – A former Scientologist that was on a compound since childhood is now going public with a book and media appearances to speak about the brainwashing, child labor camps, as well as other horrors that she witnessed and experienced. She was made to sign a billion-year contract that bound her immortal spirit (known as the “Thetan”) to lifetime after lifetime of dedication to the organisation.
→ read full articleBRICS Agrees to Create $100 bn Contingency Fund
Times of India – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
In a major achievement for India in its campaign for reforming the international financial architecture, BRICS nations on Wednesday [27 Mar 2013] decided to establish a new development bank to finance infrastructure and to create a USD 100 billion Contingency Reserve Arrangement to tackle any financial crisis in the emerging economies.
→ read full articleCount Leo Tolstoy, We Need Your Voice Today!
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
“…The peoples of the Christian world have solemnly accepted this law, while at the same time they have permitted violence and built their lives on violence; and that is why the whole life of the Christian peoples is a continuous contradiction between what they profess, and the principles on which they order their lives – a contradiction between love accepted as the law of life, and violence which is recognized and praised, acknowledged even as a necessity in different phases of life, such as the power of rulers, courts, and armies…”
→ read full articleWeird Chemtrail Sky
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Chemtrails make crazy-looking skies. HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program)?
This short video was made in Arizona by a private citizen. Chemtrails – Frequently Asked Questions
Monsanto Bullies Small Farmers Over Planting Harvested GMO Seeds
Puck Lo, CorpWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Does Monsanto own all future generations of genetically modified seeds that it sells? The Missouri-based agribusiness giant wants farmers to pay a royalty to plant any seed that descended from a patented original. The legal decision has ramifications for other patented “inventions” that reproduce themselves like strands of DNA.
→ read full articleKKNPP 3 & 4 Announcement – A Cruel Joke on Indians and Our Democracy
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
There are several cases pending against the Koodankulam project as a whole and the KKNPP units 3-6 in particular at the Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about the various clearances, waste management, liability and so on. This announcement amounts to a serious contempt of all these courts.
→ read full articleThe Palestinian Children – Alone and Bewildered in Cell 36
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
This is Cell 36, deep within Al Jalame prison in northern Israel. It is one of a handful of cells where Palestinian children are locked in solitary confinement, tortured for days or even weeks. One 16-year-old claimed that he had been kept in Cell 36 for 65 days.
→ read full articleThe Holy Land Gets Skunked
Lawrence Davidson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Something Is Rotten in the State of Israel – Sooner or later everyone possessing a humane conscience, to say nothing of a functioning honest nose, will refuse to have anything to do with this “apartheid-like” state.
→ read full articleGenocidal Buddhists?: An Interview with Burmese Dissident Maung Zarni
Alex Caring-Lobel, tricycle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Burmese native Maung Zarni has lent his voice to the Rohingya and other minorities in the predominantly Buddhist nation, advocating for their human rights and distinguishing himself by examining the social and historical causes of the current conflict.
→ read full articleThe Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Northeast India
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
In 1958 the government of India passed the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which allows soldiers to arrest or shoot “anyone who has committed cognizable offences or is reasonably suspected of having done so”. The act also specifies that “Army officers have legal immunity for their actions. In practice, the AFSPA allows soldiers to terrorize the citizens of the states where it is being applied.
→ read full articleChevron Corporation Upgrades from “C” to “B”
Marilyn Langlois, April 1, 2013 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Richmond, California Refinery to Be Worker-Owned and Operated – “The work of organizations like 350.org made us realize that unless we do something dramatic to slow down climate change, the earth will no longer provide a livable habitat for our great-grandchildren and their descendants”, noted Chevron CEO John Watson in a statement released today. “Consumers are so addicted to oil that we, as producers of fossil fuel products, need to prioritize a rapid transition to renewable energy resources.
→ read full articleBuddhist Nationalism in Burma
Maung Zarni, tricycle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
The broadcast images of monks of the “Saffron Revolution” of 2007 are still fresh; these monks were seen calling for an improvement in public well-being in the face of the growing economic hardships afflicting Burma’s Buddhists. But in the past year, the world has been confronted with images of the same robed monks publicly demonstrating against Islamic nations’ distribution of aid to starving Muslim Rohingya, displaced into refugee camps in their own country following Rakhine Buddhist attacks.
→ read full articleMy Neighbourhood: An Israel-Palestine Documentary
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
My Neighbourhood is a short documentary film that records four different stories at crossroads between Israeli West Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian town of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. If I were to rename this film, I would call it ‘It is my home; I won’t leave it.’
→ read full article(Pусский-Russian) Истоки расизма
Socialist Worker – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Расизм настолько укоренился в нашем обществе, что многие считают, что он существовал всегда. Однако Юрий Прасад утверждает, что это относительно новый феномен, который развился вместе с капитализмом.
→ read full articleThe New Kalladi Bridge
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
In sounds of heavy weapons
And shot notices vibrated
Gods and Brahmas
Gradually praised …
Why Does the West Fail to Understand Reality?
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
We are already far into a world economically dominated by BRIC, with S added for South Africa to make the message clear: South-South-South against not even a billion living in the world Northwest+Japan; militarily with only a question of time before the first drones hit the USA, as follow-up to 9/11, and whoever engages in extrajudicial executions; key decisions are taken by BRICS (CELAC for Latin America), one day possibly making a counter-UN without veto; culturally seeing their diversity as a major asset, drawing on all cultures.
→ read full articleReading Palestinian Prison Diaries
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
The Prisoners’ Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, Gaza, 2013. What is most compelling is how much the material expresses the shared concerns of these prisoners. A few keywords dominate the texts: pain, God or Allah, love, dream, homeland, steadfastness, tears, freedom, dream, prayer. Survival with as much dignity as possible in a dank and poorly lit circumstances of isolation, humiliation, acute hostility on the part of the prison staff, including abusive neglect by the medical personnel.
→ read full article(Castellano) Banco de Desarrollo del BRICS Será la Nueva Alternativa Financiera Global
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Las potencias emergentes que integran el Grupo BRICS -Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica- acordaron oficialmente este miércoles la creación de un Banco para el Desarrollo, que permita financiar inversiones recíprocas y constituya una alternativa a los organismos financieros multilaterales dominados por Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.
→ read full article(Castellano) Pedagogía de la Catástrofe – Depresión
Stefano Caserini & Enrico Euli - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
La depresión generalmente se identifica como un estado patológico, de enfermedad, en el lenguaje común es también el estado del perdedor, de quien no lo ha logrado, del “gafe” diría un joven diputado italiano. En la psicología dinámica, una posición depresiva no es estar deprimido, es aceptar ser parte del problema y no sólo parte de la solución, aceptar que el bien y el mal en nuestras acciones están entrelazados y no pueden ser prescindidos, eliminado.
→ read full articleRefugee
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Take my land, take
the brook where I caught my first fish,
the field my grandfather
cleared of rocks and stones with . . .
Surprised? Monsanto Openly Wrote Own Monsanto Protection Act
Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
It should come as no surprise to many of you to find out that Monsanto actually authored the wording of its own Monsanto Protection Act hidden in the recently passed and signed Continuing Resolution spending bill. How could a major corporation write its own laws and regulations, you ask?
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Nessun Dorma (Music Video of the Week)
Blake & Camilla Kerslake – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Celebrating 20 years since Pavarotti first sang Nessun Dorma for the 1990 World Cup, Blake join beautiful Camilla Kerslake to perform a unique version of the anthem at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
→ read full articleA Conversation with Dr. Nick Begich about HAARP
PrisonPlanet TV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Dr. Begich talks about many controversial science experiments, including the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program-HAARP, mind control technology, compartmentalization within the science community, and how these technologies, which might be used for the progress of all mankind, is currently controlled by secret military industrial complex interests putting all of humanity at risk.
→ read full article(Português) A Alemanha Contra a Europa – O Artigo Censurado pelo “El País”
Esquerda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
Publicamos em seguida o artigo do economista Juan Torres López, do Conselho Científico de ATTAC Espanha, que o El País retirou do seu site, alegando que continha afirmações que o jornal considera inapropriadas. No final do artigo, pode ler também a resposta do autor.
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