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U.S., Brazil Nearing Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees
Carey L. Biron, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Aug 20 2014 – The U.S. and Brazilian governments are moving into the final stages of weighing approval for the commercialisation of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees, moves that would mark the first such permits anywhere in the world.
→ read full articleNot a War Criminal
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Like Julius Streicher,
I’ve never killed anyone.
He was a Nazi newspaperman
hanged at Nuremburg
for portraying Jews as evil.
Why Are You Dressed Like Darth Vader?
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Comic Strip – This Modern World
→ read full article‘Common Dreams’ Website Traps Hasbara Troll Spewing Anti-Semitism
Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
A Jewish student posting virulently anti-Semitic comments at various internet forums, allegedly “to gauge how pervasive anti-Semitism” is online, has been busted by the progressive website Common Dreams.
→ read full articleInternational Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
In 2013 the UN General Assembly declared 26 September International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. The first ever event will take place a month from now on 26 Sep 2014. What can you, as an individual, do?
→ read full articleBank of America to Pay $16.65 Billion to Settle Mortgage Fraud Charges
Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Bank of America has agreed to pay the government $9.65 billion to settle charges of misleading investors over mortgage lending in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. The bank will also pay out an additional $7 billion to help borrowers and communities affected by the loans.
→ read full articleCaliphate of Fear – The Curse of the Islamic State
SPIEGEL Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Images of Yazidis fleeing parts of Iraq and Syria have shocked the world and the battle against the jihadists with the Islamic State has united Americans, Europeans, Kurds and Iranians. Can the Islamists be stopped?
→ read full article(Português) Ratos Demonstram Empatia por Companheiros Torturados e Mortos em Laboratório
Mark Bekoff - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
25 Aug 2014
Aqueles dentre nós que estudam e convivem com animais já sabem muita coisa sobre suas emoções e capacidades mentais, mesmo que a ciência ainda não tenha provado além de uma sombra de dúvida acerca desse conhecimento.
→ read full articleIs Burma’s Anti-Muslim Violence Led by “Buddhist Neo-Nazis”?
Ray Downs, Vice –TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
According to Dr. Muang Zarni, a Burmese human rights activist and research fellow at the London School of Economics, much of the blame for the current situation in Burma can be laid at the feet of the 969 group, which he describes as an neo-Nazi organization of hatemongers who are using Hitlerian tactics to “purify” the country by getting rid of the Muslims—it’s also, he says, one of the fastest-growing movements in the country.
→ read full articleWhy We Hurt Each Other: Tolstoy’s Letters to Gandhi on Love, Violence, and the Truth of the Human Spirit
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The exchange sparked an ongoing correspondence between the two that lasted until Tolstoy’s death — a meeting of two great minds and spirits, eventually collected in Letters from One: Correspondence (and more) of Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas Gandhi and rivaled only by Einstein’s correspondence with Freud on violence and human nature.
→ read full articleDoes Iceland Gain From Whaling?
Lowana Veal, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The story of what then happens to the whales once they have been taken back to Iceland is part mystery and part an economic balancing act between the country’s economic interests and its international image.
→ read full articleNo One Wants You to Know How Bad Fukushima Might Still Be
Johnny Magdaleno | Vice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
When I asked past Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Helen Caldicott these questions, she was quick to respond: “Because money matters more than people.” Dr. Caldicott was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School when she became president of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
→ read full articlePeak Hour Traffic Trumps the Right to Protest, Court Finds
Nick Riemer – New Matilda,
25 Aug 2014
On Wednesday [20 Aug 2014] the Supreme Court upheld a decision by the New South Wales police to prohibit the protest called for last night’s Sydney opening of the 2014 Israeli Film Festival. Political freedoms matter in Australia, just as they matter in Palestine. The police cannot be given the right to determine which causes are allowed to take to the streets.
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Street Pianos – Rondo Alla Turca (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
the5brownsmusic's channel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The 5 Browns playing an arrangement and rift of Mozart’s Alla Turca by Greg Anderson.
→ read full articlePlaying Bridge
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Four women were playing bridge together every Friday afternoon for twenty years.
→ read full articleThree Questions for Hamas
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Whether wittingly or not, the international diplomacy of the West has produced dispossession, violence, and seemingly irreconcilable conflict with disastrous and tragic consequences for the indigenous population of Palestine ever since the end of World War I.
→ read full articleThe Rise of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Ahmed Moor – Al Jazeera,
25 Aug 2014
The BDS movement was founded by a broad coalition of Palestinian civil society groups in 2005. It has developed and gained force in tandem with two phenomena that will define the Palestinian fight for freedom for the foreseeable future:
→ read full articleThe Russian Appeal to Germany
Egor Prosvirnin – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
If we were to recall recent history, we would remember that a vast army of 300,000 Soviet troops along with 5,000 tanks, 1,500 aircraft and 10,000 artillery pieces (including tactical nuclear weapons) simply left the then just-united Germany without firing a shot. For what? For hope.
→ read full articleHackers Successfully Crack US Nuclear Facilities for the First Time… Twice
The Huffington Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
19 Aug 2014 – The United States has admitted that hackers attacking its nuclear power plants have already succeeded. Twice.
→ read full article(Français) Comment Moscou et Pékin vont évincer le dollar de leurs transactions
La Voix de la Russie – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
La Banque centrale de Russie et la Banque populaire de Chine se sont mises d’accord sur l’organisation des échanges financiers (des swaps) en roubles et en yuans. Il s’agit des transactions qui prévoient simultanément l’achat et la vente d’une monnaie en échange de la monnaie d’un autre pays.
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All Christian Supporters of Israel Need to Watch These
Lior Shlein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
This was broadcast on Israeli State TV as part of a nightly comedy show – mocking Jesus, Christianity, and calling Mary a whore.
→ read full articleHow the War on Terror Created the World’s Most Powerful Terror Group
Patrick Cockburn – TomDispatch,
25 Aug 2014
The Underrated Saudi Connection – From the hours immediately after 9/11 to the present, Washington’s policies in the Middle East have created the conditions for more—not less—jihadist terror.
→ read full articleArgentina Is “in the Mood of Tango”
TRT – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The Tango World Championship has turned the streets of Buenos Aires into dance floors packed with tango dancers. As festival’s organizers call it “the world’s biggest tango extravaganza,” most of Buenos Aires has tango fever now. In 2009, tango was recognized by UNESCO as an “Intangible Cultural Heritage.”
→ read full articleConversations with Ban Ki-moon: What the United Nations is Really Like – The View from the Top
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Ban Ki-moon comes from a Confucian tradition kept alive in certain Korean milieu: a leader leads by example in the hope that others will follow his example of hard work, honesty, concern for others. Can such a management style work in an organization such as the United Nations with people from many different cultures?
→ read full articleMy Plea to the People of Israel: Liberate Yourselves by Liberating Palestine
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate - Haaretz,
25 Aug 2014
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu calls for a global boycott of Israel and urges Israelis and Palestinians to look beyond their leaders for a sustainable solution to the crisis in the Holy Land.
→ read full articleThe American Cult of Bombing
William J. Astore – TomDispatch,
25 Aug 2014
Why You Should Expect More Bombs to Be Dropped Everywhere – Few Americans question the sanity or cult-like behavior of American presidents as they continue to seek solutions to complex issues by bombing Iraq (as well as numerous other countries across the globe).
→ read full articleThe End of the Israeli-American Alliance
William Pfaff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The alliance of the United States with Israel has become internationally seen as an alliance of international lawbreakers, which literally is true because of the indifference both states demonstrate to the established norms and conventions of international justice. “There is some confusion in Israel borne of an exaggerated sense of self-importance. The strategic asset in this equation is the U.S. for Israel, not the other way around.”
→ read full articleStalinist Zionism Is No Way to Treat a Friend
Michael Brull – New Matilda,
25 Aug 2014
It is not that these people are nostalgic for Stalin. It is that their style of worship of the state is reminiscent of supporters of Stalin. They display the same intellectual styles. And when people criticise their holy state, the response is lies, vilification, and whatever other means can be used to suppress criticism.
→ read full article(Français) L’Afrique bénéficiera de la banque des BRICS, selon Prétoria
Star Africa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
La nouvelle banque de développement récemment créée les BRICS a pour vocation de mobiliser des ressources pour des projets d’infrastructure de développement en Afrique, a rassuré la ministre sud-africaine des Relations internationales et de la Coopération.
→ read full articleTracking Cross-Border Weapons Trade with Youtube
Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,
25 Aug 2014
How German reporters revealed questionable international export practices of a major German arms manufacturer – and how a YouTube video helped break open the case.
→ read full articleReport: US Exerting Pressure on ICC Not to Open War Crimes Probe against Israel
The Jerusalem Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
‘The Guardian’ quotes lawyers and former court officials as saying that western pressure has influenced decision not to open probe.
→ read full articleAll This Talk of an ‘Apocalyptic’ Threat Is Simply Childish
Robert Fisk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The word movie is the clue. Chuck Hagel and Martin Dempsey were pure Hollywood. It only needed Tom Cruise at their press conference to utter the words “Mission impossible”. Who writes this God-awful script? Can’t the US Defence Secretary and his joint chiefs chairman do better than this?
→ read full articleImages of Gaza and the Erasure of History
Ludek Stavinoha – Open Democracy,
25 Aug 2014
What is lost is the Palestinian view of the war, a war that did not begin on July 8 [2014] but that has been going on for decades, not confined to the Gaza Strip but the entire Palestinian people, and that will continue to diminish their lives even when the bombs temporarily stop falling and news cameras rolling.
→ read full articlePentagon Funds New Data-Mining Tools to Track and Kill Activists (Part III)
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The U.S. Department of Defense’s multimillion dollar university research program, the Minerva Research Initiative, is developing new data mining and analysis tools for the U.S. military intelligence community to capture and analyze social media posts.
→ read full articleFIA Formula E[lectric] Championship
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Formula E is a new FIA-Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile championship featuring single-seater cars powered exclusively by electric energy. It represents a vision for the future of the motor industry over the coming decades.
→ read full articleAge: Choices for Being-in-the-World
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
There are many ages! Some are objective (i.e., quantifiable, legal), and some are subjective (i.e., private, perception, personal, psychological). We need to recognize the full range of age choices to avoid stereotypes and categorical conclusions. Obviously, physical and mental limitations and disabilities impose constraints.
→ read full articleDemand Swells for Straight Answers on Plane in Ukraine
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
22 Aug 2014 – A long list of prominent individuals has signed, a number of organizations will be promoting next week, and you can be one of the first to sign right now, a petition titled “Call For Independent Inquiry of the Airplane Crash in Ukraine and its Catastrophic Aftermath.”
→ read full articleCuba Sees Its Future in Mariel Port, Hand in Hand with Brazil
Patricia Grogg, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The Mariel special economic development zone, the biggest construction project undertaken in decades in Cuba, emerged thanks to financial support from Brazil, which was based on political goodwill, a strategy of integration, and business vision.
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The Powers behind the Islamic State
Nafeez Ahmed – The Real News Network,
25 Aug 2014
August 24, 2014 – Investigative journalist, TRANSCEND member Nafeez Ahmed gives specific examples of how Saudi, Qatari, and American interests have supported the group known as ISIS and what the global community can do now to rein them in.
→ read full articleProfessor Galtung: Erdoğan Should Focus on Foreign Policy
Yonca Poyraz Doğan – Today’s Zaman, Istanbul,
18 Aug 2014
August 17, 2014 – Galtung spoke with us during his recent visit to İstanbul for the International Peace Research Association’s (IPRA) biannual conference.
→ read full article(Português) Woodstock Foi Há 45 Anos
António José André – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
No dia 18 de agosto de 1969, chegou ao fim o Festival de Woodstock. A grande vitória da Geração Woodstock [hippies] foi ter contribuído para o fim da guerra do Vietname. O seu exemplo repercutiu-se posteriormente nos ativismos em defesa do meio ambiente e alguns dos modismos que ainda hoje são evidentes: o ioga, a macrobiótica, a não-violência, a agricultura biológica…
→ read full article“Muslim Rage” and the Hypocrisy of the Western Liberal Elite
Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The western liberal élite has a problem with Muslims, in particular with Muslim Rage, as Newsweek’s cover called it. It reminds me of that priceless, old misogynist quotation from Sigmund Freud: women–what do they want? What do Muslims want? They want to be part of the modern world yet they import these age-old hatreds that are so–well, primitive and unmodern. Muslims aren’t ready for civilization-primetime.
→ read full articleSOS! – Hospital Ships Needed to Save Gaza’s Children
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Middle East analysts point out that it is difficult to recall a time in modern history when there has been so much sustained slaughter of this region’s civilian population, with more than two-thirds of the victims being women and children. Five Hospital ships are urgently needed along Gaza’s shoreline at the following locations: opposite Jabaliya and North Gaza, Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis, and Rafah.
→ read full articleEyeless in Gaza
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The trouble with war is that it has two sides. Everything would be so much easier if war had only one side. Ours, of course. “We” – Israelis and Palestinians, locked forever in an embrace of war. Or do what Samson did: commit suicide.
→ read full articlePlanned U.S. Cyber Warfare Program Could Hurt Innocent Countries: Snowden
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
In an interview with WIRED magazine made public Wednesday [13 Aug 2014], Snowden said the program – MonsterMind – could hurt countries caught in the middle as hackers could disguise the origin of their attacks by routing them through computers in other nations.
→ read full articleAn Evaluation of Indian PM’s Independence Speech
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
I listened to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on India’s 68th Independence Day. Here I elaborate some of the points in the speech which I find inspiring for India’s growth.
→ read full article225 Jewish Survivors and Descendents of Survivors of Nazi Genocide Condemn the Massacre of Palestinians
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
They have signed this letter condemning Israel’s massacre on Gaza and calling for an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people. They also speak out against the abuse of their histories to promote the dehumanization of Palestinians advanced by Elie Wiesel and others.
→ read full articleStrange Regional Alignments in the Gaza Massacre
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Neighborly Crimes of Complicity in Gaza – The abysmal failure of the Kerry induced talks showed definitively that Israel has lost all interest in a diplomacy that promises the Palestinians a viable and independent sovereign state at the end of the road.
→ read full article(Português) Naomi Klein: Nosso modelo econômico está em guerra com a vida na Terra
Jon Queally - Common Dreams,
18 Aug 2014
As mudanças climáticas têm muito mais a ver com capitalismo do que com carbono: é nosso modelo de consumo que está nos levando à destruição do planeta.
→ read full articleGaza: A Testing Ground for Israeli Military Technology
Shir Hever – Middle East Eye,
18 Aug 2014
Commercial considerations of the arms industry play a key role in Israel’s policies towards the Gaza Strip.
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Gaza Rally in NYC: God’s Covenant in the Promised Land
Chris Hedges – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
On August 9, 2014 a rally supporting the people in Gaza took place at Columbus Circle in NYC. The rally lasted for 2 hours, followed by a march to the United Nations.
→ read full articleIs This a Weapon I See Before Me, the Trigger Toward My Hand?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Soliloquy of the Most Powerful Man on the Planet? – Slightly adapted from The Tragedy of Macbeth (2:1), with apologies to William Shakespeare. Barack Obama’s Soliloquy by Willy ShakesUS.
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Why US and Israel Want to Ban This Video…
Anna Baltzer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Jul 18, 2014 – A Jewish American speaks truth (to power) about her experience in occupied Palestine. “Not believing what I heard, I decided to do some research to prove myself right. Immediately, I was shocked to find how much I didn’t know about the situation on the ground.”
→ read full articlePutin Says Russia Should Aim to Sell Energy in Roubles
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
YALTA, Crimea – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday [14 Aug 2014] Russia should aim to sell its oil and gas for roubles globally because the dollar monopoly in energy trade was damaging Russia’s economy.
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Walk on the Wild Side: The Warhol Superstars (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Lou Reed and David Bowie – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Lou Reed and David Bowie’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ (1972) tells the stories of Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dellasandro, Joe Campbell and Jackie Curtis. Before stardom under Warhol’s wing they had lived a life of crime and prostitution to survive in the harsh New York City streets. Lou Reed died on 27 Oct, 2013. RIP
→ read full articleCry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement, Odious Debt or Pillage?
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Argentina has now taken the US to The Hague for blocking the country’s 2005 settlement with the bulk of its creditors. The issue underscores the need for an international mechanism for nations to go bankrupt. Better yet would be a sustainable global monetary scheme that avoids the need for sovereign bankruptcy.
→ read full articleMilitarization of US Police: Blowback in Ferguson, Missouri
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
[The fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager] This is a short call from informing the mainstream media that the country has been living under pseudo martial law for decades. Regardless of what big media wants us to believe, what we witness is a blowback. Our wars have come home to roost.
→ read full articleThe Tragedy of Great Power: The Massacre of Gaza and the Inevitable Failure of the Arab Spring
Khaled Abou El Fadl, ABC – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
After the military coup in Egypt, I braced for the slaughter in Palestine. Sadly, one’s worst possible fears materialized with nightmarish predictability.
→ read full articleIsraeli Genocide and its Willing Accomplices
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Outside of Israel and its organized supporters in the major Zionist organizations, world public opinion and most experts in international law see the Jewish State’s invasion of Gaza and its systematic attack on civilians and basic infrastructure as a crime against humanity. The purpose of this essay is 4-fold.
→ read full articleWho Is ISIS, Where Are They From, And Why Are They Fighting?
Amy McQuire – New Matilda,
18 Aug 2014
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) seems to have come from nowhere. The forces that have led to ISIS’ disturbing ascent—explained.
→ read full articleSwamped by Rising Seas, Small Islands Seek a Lifeline
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
11 Aug 2014 – The world’s 52 small island developing states (SIDS), some in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth because of sea-level rise triggered by climate change, will be the focus of an international conference in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa next month.
→ read full articleIsrael Furious as UN Unveils Gaza Probe Team
AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Israel lashed out on Tuesday [12 Aug 2014] after the UN Human Rights Council named the man who will be running an inquiry into its Gaza offensive. “This commission’s anti-Israeli conclusions have already been written, all it needs is a signature,” railed foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor.
→ read full article6 Things You Need to Know about Food and Cancer
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Servicer,
18 Aug 2014
The notion of using food to prevent or delay the onset of certain ailments is centuries old—Hippocrates himself is famous for saying “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
→ read full articleJames Risen, Surveillance and Obama’s Threat to Journalism
Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!,
18 Aug 2014
The Obama administration’s espionage case against alleged CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling is expected to come to trial soon, six years after he was indicted. In addition to Sterling, also on trial will be a central pillar of our democratic society: press freedom.
→ read full articleUS Just Not Sure Who to Bomb in the Middle East Anymore
Pan-Arabia Enquirer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
An exhausted Barack Obama told US citizens that he was “mostly clueless” about who he should bomb in the Middle East. The statement days after US forces began air strikes against Islamic State forces in Iraq, despite their opposition to Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad, who the US also consider an enemy and have considered bombing.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to My Palestinian Friends
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
I wish to acknowledge the sensitivity of some Palestinians to suggestions from those of us who are only Palestinian in the sense that ‘We are all Palestinian’. I did not choose my nationality. I did choose to study, exhaustively, strategic theory and nonviolent strategy so that I could share them with those who might be interested. I have no interest in doing more than offering this suggestion and my help.
→ read full articleSeaWorld Shares Tumble 33% Following Blackfish Documentary
Ben Beaumont-Thomas – The Guardian,
18 Aug 2014
The negative publicity from Blackfish, a documentary film that followed the violent behaviour of an orca kept captive by SeaWorld, has caused attendance to fall at the theme parks.
→ read full articleName Calling on the Road
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A man was driving a car along a winding mountain road.
→ read full articleWhy Latin American Leaders Are Standing Up to Israel
Laura Carlsen – Al Jazeera America,
18 Aug 2014
A Latin America freed from U.S. dictums has the capacity, if not to isolate a wayward state, at least to send a powerful message of opprobrium. Hopefully, other nations will see the example and follow suit.
→ read full articleEdward Snowden the Most Wanted Man in the World
James Bamford, Wired – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
In May [2014] I received an email from his lawyer, ACLU attorney Ben Wizner, confirming that Snowden would meet me in Moscow and let me hang out and chat with him for what turned out to be three solid days over several weeks. It is the most time that any journalist has been allowed to spend with him since he arrived in Russia in June 2013.
→ read full articleScience, Religion and War
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The principle of reciprocity is an ancient one in human history, and it is thus embedded in our emotions. It is the basis of non-market economies, and also the basis of social interactions between family members, friends and colleagues. In hunter-gatherer societies, it is customary to share food among all the members of the group. Similarly, among friends in modern society, no payment is made for hospitality, but it is expected that the hospitality will be returned.
→ read full articleU.S. Firm Helped the Spyware Industry Build a Potent Digital Weapon for Sale Overseas
Barton Gellman – The Washington Post,
18 Aug 2014
His contact turned out to be a former developer of computer security tools who had long since turned to the darkest side of their profession, built and sold systems to break into computers, seize control clandestinely, and then copy files, listen to Skype calls, record every keystroke and switch on Web cameras and microphones at will; a shadowy world of lucrative spyware tools for sale to foreign security services with records of human rights abuse.
→ read full article(Português) Estudo da legislação europeia referente à proibição da experimentação de cosméticos e seus ingredientes em animais, bem como sua comercialização
Sérgio Greif - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
18 Aug 2014
A legislação europeia referente à proibição dos testes de cosméticos em animais é rebuscada e confusa e tem gerado controvérsia com relação ao seu entendimento. Esboço o presente artigo com vistas a um melhor entendimento sobre a matéria.
→ read full articleYou Can Get Hacked Just by Watching This Cat Video on YouTube
Morgan Marquis-Boire – The Intercept,
18 Aug 2014
Many people think they have to do something wrong, or stupid, or insecure to get hacked—like clicking on the wrong attachments, or browsing malicious websites. But according to research I am releasing today at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, many of these commonly held beliefs are not necessarily true.
→ read full articleJapan’s “Peace Constitution” Is in Jeopardy
Akira Tashiro, Chugoku Shimbun – Hiroshima Peace Media Center,
18 Aug 2014
The concepts of “negative peace” and “positive peace” that Dr. Galtung devised have taken root . The former defines a state without war. The latter indicates a situation where not only war but also structural violence such as poverty, oppression, and discrimination do not exist. I expect that Dr. Galtung would no doubt criticize the term “positive pacifism,” a pet phrase of Mr. Abe which makes the military a higher priority, as a “distortion.”
→ read full articleCapital in the Twenty-First Century [e-book]
Thomas Piketty – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Download made possible by Wallace Patrick Farias.
→ read full articlePractical Solution to the Middle East Conflict
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The best way to solve problems properly and effectively is to go straight to their source. This way adequate solutions could be provided in the best interest of all those involved.
→ read full articleNo Talking
Ada Aharoni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The politicians decided
No talking with the enemy
Beat them because they attack us
Shed their blood and that of their leaders
Genocide in Iraq? A Political History of the Yazidis and Mandaeans
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
As an NGO representative to the United Nations, Geneva, and active on human rights issues, I had already raised the issues of two major religious minorities in Iraq at the UN Commission on Human Rights: the Yazidis and the Mandaeans.
→ read full articleUS, NATO and the Destruction of Libya: The Western Front of a Widening War
Horace Campbell – Pambazuka News,
18 Aug 2014
NATO claimed that its intervention in Libya was a historic success. But three years later, Libya is in complete chaos. Some 1700 militias have a combined total of 250,000 men under arms. Another external intervention seems necessary to stabilize the country. But the US and NATO must never be involved.
→ read full articleLGBT Rights around the World
InfoGraphic World – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
LGBT rights around the world vary; some countries such as Australia and Greenland recognize same-sex relationships. Many countries in Africa and the Middle East criminalize being gay, some go so far as to put a person to death. Learn how LGBT rights have changed over the years and what daily life is like around the world for the LGBT community.
→ read full article(Português) Um Lugar na Tua Alma
Tereza Halliday- TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A vida não anda para trás. Sustenta-me a assertiva de Marc Chagall: “Só é meu o lugar que se encontra na minha alma”. E não é a Caruaru de hoje. Quais lugares se encontram na tua alma?
→ read full article45 Years Ago: The Complicated, Generation-Defining History of Woodstock
Corbin Reiff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
On Aug. 15, 1969, some 500,000 people descended upon Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, NY, to take part in one of the most memorable spectacles of the century. Through all the mud, the mayhem, and the music, Woodstock is still remembered as the greatest music festival of all-time. No security personnel, no occurrence of violence.
→ read full article‘We Tortured Some Folks’
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
This Modern World – Comic Strip
→ read full articleThe Myth of American Exceptionalism
Stephen M. Walt – Foreign Policy,
18 Aug 2014
The idea that the United States is uniquely virtuous may be comforting to Americans. Too bad it’s not true, says Harvard international relations professor.
→ read full articleHumankind-Improving Concepts
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleA Repugnant New Form of Fascism: The Palestinian Holocaust in Gaza
Fidel Castro Ruz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
11 Aug 2014 – I think that a new, repugnant form of fascism is emerging with notable strength, at this time in human history when more than seven billion inhabitants are struggling for their survival.
→ read full articleThis Map of US and Russian Arms Sales Says It All
Allan Smith and Skye Gould – Business Insider,
18 Aug 2014
13 Aug 2014 – They say the Cold War is over, but Russia and the U.S. remain the leading suppliers of weapons to countries around the world and are the two biggest military powers.
→ read full articleJustice as Arbiter: Educating for Moral Authority, Legitimacy, and Credibility
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
This paper is about justice! The term “justice” is widely used in our daily life in media, politics, economic, and religion sectors. This has resulted in surplus meaning, and perhaps a dulling of its implicit power as a historical force. There can be no doubt “justice” is an enduring human virtue and value.
→ read full articleHashtag Genocide: Why Gaza Fought Back
Ramzy Baroud – Toward Freedom,
18 Aug 2014
Since Israel besieged Gaza with Egypt’s help and coordination, life for Gazans has become largely about mere survival. Gazans were not allowed to venture out, fish, or farm, and those who got even close to some arbitrary “buffer zone,” determined by the Israeli army within Gaza’s own borders, were shot and often killed.
→ read full articleBuddhism in Myanmar: Extremism Galore
Sufyan bin Uzayr – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The radical [Buddhist] monks serve as handy allies for the pseudo-civilian government of Myanmar. Even [Nobel Peace Laureate] Aung San Suu Kyi, so well-known for her pro-liberty credentials, has chosen to be a mute spectator while innocent Rohingya children are being massacred.
→ read full articleGaza Exit Interview
Eli Valley – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
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→ read full articleWhy Have the Media and Obama Administration Gone Silent on MH17?
Niles Williamson, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The deafening silence of the US media and government about the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 one month ago reeks of a cover-up. Having built up the crash into a casus belli against Russia, the US media suddenly dropped the matter completely. The New York Times has not found it fit to print a word on the MH17 crash since August 7. Why?
→ read full articleNetanyahu Indicates Israel Won’t Cooperate with UN Probe
Yifa Yaakov – The Times of Israel,
18 Aug 2014
13 Ago 2014 – PM says team should look for war crimes in ‘Baghdad and Damascus,’ not democratic Israel, charges UNHRC legitimizes Islamist terror groups.
→ read full articleWhy Socialism?
Albert Einstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.
→ read full article(Português) Bombardeios dos EUA no Iraque: A Hipocrisia Suprema
Robert Fisk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A pergunta persiste: os Estados Unidos teriam feito o mesmo se os refugiados do norte do Iraque fossem palestinos? Bombardeariam os agressores?
→ read full articleThe Marshall Islands Sue All Nuclear Nations for Violations of the NPT’s Article VI
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
One can gain a small idea of the terrible ecological consequences of a nuclear war by thinking of the radioactive contamination that has made large areas near to Chernobyl and Fukushima uninhabitable, or the testing of hydrogen bombs in the Pacific, which continues to cause leukemia and birth defects in the Marshall Islands more than half a century later.
→ read full articleMalaysian Press Charges Ukraine Government Shot Down MH 17
Alex Lantier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
A Thursday [7 Aug 2014] article in the New Straits Times, Malaysia’s flagship English-language newspaper, charged the US- and European-backed Ukrainian regime in Kiev with shooting down Malaysian Airlines flight MH 17 in east Ukraine last month.
→ read full articleU.S. Actions in Iraq Fueled Rise of a Rebel
Tim Arango and Eric Schmitt – The New York Times,
11 Aug 2014
10 Aug 2014 – When American forces raided a home near Falluja during the turbulent 2004 offensive against the Iraqi Sunni insurgency, they picked up an apparent hanger-on, an Iraqi man in his early 30s whom they knew nothing about.
→ read full articleMourning for a Judaism Being Murdered by Israel
Rabbi Michael Lerner – Tikkun,
11 Aug 2014
My heart is broken as I witness the suffering of the Palestinian people and the seeming indifference of Israelis. Israeli behavior toward Palestinians is destroying Judaism and creating a new kind of hatred of Jews by people who never before had any issue with Jews.
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