Articles by TRANSCEND Media Service
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Johan Galtung on How to Build a Culture of Empathy and Peace
Edwin Rutsch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
14 Sep 2012 – The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy – This is part of a larger documentary project by Edwin Rutsch on the nature of empathy.
→ read full articleThe Illusion of Democracy
Media Lens – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
We stand on the verge of one of the bleakest periods in human history, when the bright lights of civilizations will blink out and we will descend for decades, if not centuries, into barbarity. The elites, who successfully convinced us that we no longer possessed the capacity to understand the revealed truths presented before us or to fight back against the chaos caused by economic and environmental catastrophe, will use their resources to create privileged little islands where they will have access to security and goods denied to the rest of us. (p. 197)
→ read full articleGo Back, Mr. Putin. You Are Not Welcome in India!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
23 Dec 2012 – The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy strongly objects to the visit of Mr. Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, and asks him to go back. The Russian Ambassador to India has been interfering in the internal affairs of India by making unwanted statements and unacceptable comments on our energy policy, development policy, our national futures and our citizens’ right to protest against anti-national policies and projects.
→ read full articleStructural Violence, Peace–And the Handicapped
Johan Galtung, 24 Dec 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
“Development” from traditional villages to modern states means building hierarchies around omnipotent State logic, omnipresent Capital logic and omniscient Science logic. God’s successors all, monopolizing challenges. Not strange that many migrate to villages. First conclusion: Handicapped of all kinds unite! You have only your “normals” to lose. Second: relate to “normal” people on as equal terms as possible. Third: take on the challenge to construct a more inclusive society where your way of being different is an enrichment, a plus.
→ read full articleOnward U. S. Soldiers
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
Onward then, ye soldiers, brave and righteous throng,
blend with ours your voices in this insane song.
Show that you are loyal unto Obama our King,
Kill those who oppose him, and his praises sing.
China Is Opening a Confrontation on the Sea
Roberto Savio – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
The victory of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the recent Japanese elections, with LDP leader Shinzō Abe coming back as Prime Minister after five years, will probably mean an escalation of tension with China. Both countries are embarking on a fresh burst of nationalism, but for different reasons.
→ read full articleWatch Human Rights Watch – A Tribute to Prof Richard Falk
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
This week [22 Dec 2012] we learned that Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expelled from its ranks top U.N. official Professor Richard Falk.
→ read full articleNonkilling Lessons from the Connecticut Killings
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
The world cries again; innocent lives in Connecticut were sacrificed
and current legislation for gun control and use once more unsufficed…
The US Strategy in Asia
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Besides the New Silk Road idea, Indo-Pacific corridor too has been increasingly finding mention in policy circles in recent months. The corridor as explained by Blake will link South Asian countries including India and Bangladesh to further east through Myanmar and other Southeast Asian countries. The corridor will link South Asia to the Pacific through Southeast Asia.
→ read full articleBeware of Legality, Accountability, Marketability, Security!
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
The current period highlights concerns with end times scenarios, whether in the form of eschatological predictions, planetary disaster or civilizational. A particular focus is offered by predictions relating to December 2012 and the completion of the Mayan/Aztec long count cycle. As noted by Ed Vulliamy (Mayan ‘death and rebirth’ date marks the perfect time to tackle planet’s crisis, The Observer, 16 December 2012)
→ read full articleEgypt: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
10 Dec 2012 – I have had the opportunity to be in Cairo three times for brief visits in the last 20 months, the first a few weeks after the departure of Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011, the second in February of 2012 when the revolutionary process was treading water, and this third one over the course of the previous ten days. What is striking is how drastically the prevailing mood and expectations have changed from visit to visit, how fears, hopes, and perceptions have altered over time, and why they are likely to continue to do so.
→ read full articleWhat ‘Impartial’ Means At the Oz
Jake Lynch, New Matilda - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Journalist Christian Kerr recently filed a series of critical articles in The Australian about me over my support for an academic boycott of Israel, and then boasted to friends about using the paper to further his own views on the subject.
→ read full articleWhy I Boycott Israel
Jake Lynch, New Matilda - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Sydney University academic Jake Lynch has come under fire this week [13 Dec 2012] for his stance on Israel. Today he argues his case: Palestinians and dissenting Israelis need international support to achieve justice.
→ read full articleIndia: Let’s Have a National Debate on the Ambitious Nuclear Program
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
If the Congress Party or the BJP or any other party for that matter manages to convince the Indian voters about this full-scale nuclearization of the country and obtains absolute majority in the next Parliament, we will call off the ongoing struggle against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) immediately.
→ read full articleEnd of the World: Hear the Dec 21, 2012 Prophecy … Direct from the Mouths of the Mayan Priests
Washington’s Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Ignore Second-Hand Information … Hear the Real Prophecy – Contrary to popular belief the living elders of the Maya do not agree that December 21, 2012 is the end of their calendar. A new “Sun” represents the beginning of a new Long Count cycle in the calendar system of approximately 5,200 years, which they say may not happen for many years.
→ read full articleUK Pays Libyan $3.5m over Rendition
AP, News24 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
13 Dec 2012 – Lawyers say a Libyan military commander and his family have accepted £2.2m from the British government to settle a claim that the UK approved their rendition to face imprisonment by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
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Oh Holy Night (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Il Divo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Il Divo “Oh Holy Night” singing with Katherine Jenkins.
→ read full articleWe Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists – Trailer
OfficialAnonymousTV1 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Anonymous matters! The collective is a counterforce to powers that would control the public’s right to know or right to speak. It can act quickly to send tyrants and censors a strong message. And according to We Are Legion, the cyberbattle has just begun…
→ read full articleAbhorrent Roots & Development of Hugo Boss’ Business & Riches
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
In 1934 Boss became an Reichszeugmeisterei-licensed (official) supplier of uniforms to the Sturmabteilung (Brown Shirts), Schutzstaffel (SS), Hitler Youth, National Socialist Motor Corps, and other party organizations. To meet demand in later years of the war, Boss used about 30 to 40 prisoners of war and about 150 forced laborers, from the Baltic States, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union. According to German historian Henning Kober, the company managers were “avowed nazis”
→ read full article(Italiano) Combattere l’Antisemitismo – Costruttivamente!
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Definire pubblicamente “antisemiti” intellettuali come Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu, Richard Falk, Günter Grass, Judith Butler, Evelyn Hecht-Galinski, Richard Dawkins, Mairead McGuire, Noam Chomsky e altri è una falsa calunnia di persone per nulla antisemite, con prospettive importanti. Il discorso “corretto” non ci porta da alcuna parte: [1] Israele ha sempre ragione; [2] i critici d’Israele hanno sempre torto.
→ read full articleThe Complex Calculus of the Permanent Unemployment Crisis: Players, Causes and Consequences
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
As I listen to explanations, solutions, and promises from “experts,” economists, financiers, social commentators, politicians, and also lived experiences of the unemployed, underemployed, and hopelessly unemployed, I have become convinced the complex calculus of players, causes and consequences cannot lead to a resolution – a revolution, perhaps, but not a resolution.
→ read full articleHamas, Khaled Mashaal and Prospects for a Sustainable Israel/Palestine Peace
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
The most important element of context that needs to be taken into account is the seeming inconsistency between the fiery language used by Mashaal in Gaza and his far more moderate tone in the course of several interviews with Western journalists in recent weeks. In those interviews Mashaal had clearly indicated a readiness for a long-term hudna or truce, provided that Israel ended its occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, and agreed to uphold Palestinian rights under international law.
→ read full articleLiberated
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
There she lies at midday in the square
as if resting from her errands,
shopping bag in hand, wool gloves, sturdy shoes, …
What Child Is This?
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
What child is this? Whose child is this? Now this child rests amidst the dust and debris of war . . . lifeless . . . torn and shattered… killed by someone whom she or he never knew and would probably never meet. Death from a distance. . . a bomb from a drone or plane, a shell from a mortar, a strap of explosives . . . intentional and willing, calculated and planned, a measured effort to destroy.
→ read full articleValues – USA 2012 [No Joke!]
Andy Singer - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
Ends justifying means…
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India Develops USD $1 Vaccine against Deadly Rotavirus
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
In India there is a revolution taking place that could change the world’s approach to public health – and potentially save the lives of 100,000 Indian children every year. An Indian firm is developing a USD $1 vaccine against rotavirus – a disease that causes diarrhea in infants and is deadly in the developing world.
→ read full articleDec 10, 2012 – Human Rights Day
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted on 10 December 1948. The date has since served to mark Human Rights Day worldwide. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been awarded the Guinness World Record for having collected, translated and disseminated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into more than 380 languages and dialects: from Abkhaz to Zulu. It is thus the most translated document – indeed, the most “universal” one in the world.
→ read full articleEU Receives Nobel Peace Prize Today [10 Dec 2012] – Legal Action Is in Preparation
Fredrik S. Heffermehl – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
A summit of the European Union that today receives a prize that pretends to serve Alfred Nobel´s peace plan, will this coming Friday adopt a military co-operation program that spits in the face of the peace by disarmament ideas Nobel wished to support by his prize for a global demilitarization of international relations.
→ read full articleAll We Can Do
Morton Marcus – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
All we can do on this earth is step into the future
with a sense of the many people behind us,
the living and the dead, as if we carried our bodies…
Poetry of the Taliban
Charles Cameron, Books & Culture – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Regarding the image and likeness – The poet is Dr. Faizullah Saqib, and the poem is taken from an anthology of poetry written by the Taliban, our enemies. Could it not have been written when an earlier generation of mujaheddin, resisting the Soviet occupation, were our friends? What is this thing, enmity?
→ read full articleNuclear Safari in Deutschland: A Waste Story
S. P. Udayakumar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Most of the nuclear waste from the German nuclear power plants had been stored in the Salt Mine Asse II since 1967. In June 2008, it was found out that the water in the mine was contaminated with Cesium 137. We all know shit happens. But we cannot understand the concept of making nuclear shit for it to happen in the future to unborn generations. Those who make nuclear shit will suffer the shame and stigma. Or, will they?
→ read full articleEnactivating Multiversal Community: Hearing a Pattern of Voices in the Global Wilderness
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Poetry may be understood as discourse — even dialogue — in its own right. It is readily inferred that the writing of poetry is a mode of discourse and interaction with others — notably other poets. This clearly avoids any face-to-face interaction in the moment, as is suggested by the possibility which is the focus here. It is appropriate to note that the preparation and publication of scientific papers may also be considered as a mode of “discourse”, most notably within the scientific community. Scientific “debate” may well be associated with a succession of rounds of mutually critical paper publication — possibly over years.
→ read full articleThe UN Asks for Control over the World’s Internet
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
6 Dec 2012 – Members of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have agreed to work towards implementing a standard for the Internet that would allow for eavesdropping on a worldwide scale.
→ read full article2012 Corruption Perceptions Index
Transparency International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Governments Must Prioritise the Fight against Corruption – The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 – 100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very clean.
→ read full articleWhat Will UN Recognition Mean for Palestine?
Socialist Worker, editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The upheavals across the Middle East have helped the cause of Palestinian liberation. The potential for Palestinians to achieve much more than “nonmember observer status” at the UN is much clearer today–and should inspire all our struggles for justice and freedom, in the Middle East and around the world.
→ read full article“Legal Imperialism” and International Law: Legal Foundations for War Crimes, Debt Collection and Colonization
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
By now we are familiar with imperial states using their military power to attack, destroy and occupy independent countries. Boatloads of important studies have documented how imperial countries have seized and pillaged the resources of mineral-rich and agriculturally productive countries, in consort with multi-national corporations.
→ read full articleGlobal Terrorism Index
Vision of Humanity – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Impact of Terrorism on World Countries – Interactive Map Country by Country and Ranking
→ read full articleUN Calls on Israel to Open Nuclear Facilities
Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The resolution, approved Monday [3 Dec 2012] by a vote of 174-6 with 6 abstentions, calls on Israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty “without further delay” and open its nuclear facilities to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Those voting “no” were Israel, the U.S., Canada, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau.
→ read full articleIsrael Must Halt Construction of West Bank Settlements
Amnesty International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The Israeli government’s announcement that it is to expand settlements in the West Bank in response to the UN vote on Palestinian statehood violates human rights and international humanitarian law, Amnesty International said today [3 Dec 2012].
→ read full articleLand to the Tiller
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Cracked and clef soil of tolerated native mother
Beaten halo, attacked by the sun
Being friend and enemy to the end
Monsoon rain drops cried tears
It’s Time for the Media to Talk about Zionism
Philip Weiss – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
American media are not talking to their readers about Zionism, the ideology that is at the heart of the problem in Israel and Palestine. The media are honest about other movements of a religious character, from evangelism to opposition to stem-cell research to radical Islam. So they should be honest with them about Zionism.
→ read full articleI love my Family
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Of galaxies, stars, planets
Is an earth hamlet
Where lives a small family
Of humans
HAZMAT and Kismet: Dangerous Cargo and Dispassionate People
S. P. Udayakumar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The Indian Supreme Court is trying to find out the Indian government’s and the Department of Atomic Energy-DAE’s plans to store the Koodankulam spent-fuel, transport this dangerous cargo to reprocessing plants, and to safe-keep the radioactive wastes. The government and the DAE clearly have no plans or preparations for any of these important steps.
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What Really Happened In Gaza 14-22 November 2012
Owen Jones, BBC – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
On BBC’s Question Time on 22 Nov 2012, journalist Owen Jones described the reality– largely ignored by the mainstream media — of Israel’s brutal attack on Gaza, 14-22 November 2012, that left over 170 killed, more than 30 of them children.
→ read full article(Italiano) ONU: Due Imperi in Crollo – E Poi Che Cosa?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
C’è la Storia nel voto ONU del 29 novembre 2012: 138 SÌ all’attribuzione di status di “stato osservatore non-membro ONU”, solo 9 NO, e 41 astensioni. Oltre la politica del Medio Oriente, il voto rispecchia i limiti dell’impero globale USA e di quello regionale d’Israele: 138 paesi ne sfidano la morsa e favoriscono il cambiamento, 41+9=50 no, per varie ragioni. Un voto cruciale su un tema cruciale è un test cruciale. Chi vuole che cosa?
→ read full articleDiversity as a Source of Conflicts
Solomon Marcus – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The Simplest Diversity: A Binary Distinction – Diversity is unavoidable. It is a preliminary condition of complexity. Could the world be perceived as an amorphous, i.e., totally non-structured mass? Maybe in the eyes of a baby in its first period of life.
→ read full articleFighting Anti-Semitism–Constructively!
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
To label public intellectuals like Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu, Richard Falk, Günter Grass, Judith Butler, Evelyn Hecht-Galinski, Richard Dawkins, Mairead McGuire, Noam Chomsky and others “anti-Semitic” is false libel of persons in no way anti-Semitic, with important perspectives. The “correct” speech carries us nowhere: [1] Israel is always right; [2] Israel’s critics are always wrong.
→ read full articleBurma/Myanmar: Expert Warns of Rohingya Genocide
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
“Warning signs” are in place for a genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, an Al Jazeera investigation has been told by a leading expert in the field. According to Professor William Schabas, until recently President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, the findings of an Al Jazeera documentary reveal that “we’re moving into a zone where the word can be used”.
→ read full articleScience sans Humanity: India’s Pursuit of Nuclear Energy
Pradeep Kumar S, DiaNuke – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
When the USA admits publicly the amount of nuclear waste produced in their plants & discuss with independent experts to come up with a solution to protect their people from the radiation for next 10,000 years, our India is busy in labeling the people who are questioning them as fools, illiterate and anti nationals funded by foreign NGOs.
→ read full articleEuropean Football Players Declare Support for Palestine
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Sixty two English Premier League and 1st Division European footballers have issued an open letter in solidarity with Palestinians and condemning UEFA’s upcoming hosting of its 2013 Under 21 tournament in Israel.
→ read full articleAnonymous Message: #OpSyria V2.0
AnonInsurrection – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The United States government is openly creating terrorism alongside NATO and Israel to demonize the Syrian Arab Republic. Terrorism has no religion and will not hesitate to use any means to kill. Mainstream media prostitutes are spreading false claims stating that the “Syrian government” is planning attacks using biological weapons against its own people.
→ read full articleIsrael Rejects UN Call for Nuclear Transparency
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Israel has rebuffed a UN call to adhere to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and open itself to international inspectors, calling the suggestion a “meaningless mechanical vote” of a body that “lost all its credibility regarding Israel.” In a 174-6 vote, the United Nations General Assembly demanded in a non-binding call that Tel Aviv join the NPT “without further delay,” in an effort to create a legally binding nuclear-free Middle East.
→ read full articleVisit to Gaza: UN Press Release
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The Special Rapporteur [Falk] noted that his visit to the region consisted of meetings in Cairo and the Gaza Strip, with Governmental, inter-governmental and civil society representatives, as well as victims and witnesses. He received helpful briefings from UNRWA and other United Nations agencies, which provided an in-depth picture of the magnitude of the challenges in Gaza and the difficulties of addressing such challenges in a situation of occupation and blockade.
→ read full articleBradley Manning: A Window into the American Soul
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
The three branches of our government have united to destroy US civil liberties in the name of a hoax, “the war on terror.” The window into America’s political soul reveals total evil. The US government constitutes Satan’s Chosen People. Nothing else can be said for those who rule and oppress us.
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The Story of Change
StoryOfStuff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Can shopping save the world? The Story of Change urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and fulfilling world.
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On Meat Eating/Vegetarianism: Phillip Wollen Is Captivating
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
Amazing must-see speech by Phillip Wollen. Cornell and Harvard state that the optimum amount of meat in a healthy diet is precisely zero! – “If slaughter houses had glass walls, we wouldn’t be having this debate.”
→ read full articleMethods of Analysis in Social Sciences and Research for Peace – An Introduction
Alberto L’Abate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2012
This study deals with its subject in a rather original way if compared with the usual research methodology texts. First of all, it discards the traditional standpoint of research “neutrality”, which according to the author favours the preservation of the “status quo”, since research is increasingly financed by the state, by the army or by important economic entities, which are more concerned in furthering their own power rather than promoting peace.
→ read full articleTruthdiggers of the Week: Iceland’s Leaders
Truthdig – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
One country refused to bail out its derelict banks and slash social spending amid the financial crisis. And guess what? Unlike the eurozone and the United States, it’s making a sturdy comeback.
→ read full articleDocumenting Dissent: An Australian Film-Maker’s First-Hand Account of Police Brutality in Koodankulam
Dianuke – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
27 Nov 2012 – David Bradbury was detained and harassed in Koodankulam when he visited there to make a documentary on the massive anti-nuclear movement. Here is his first-hand account of facing the police brutality in Koodankulam, that he wrote recently for a newspaper in Australia.
→ read full articleThe 2012 Peace Prize is Unlawful and Cannot Be Paid to the EU
Nobel Laureates et al. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
The European Union, announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee as the winner of the peace prize for 2012, clearly is not one of “the champions of peace” Alfred Nobel had in mind when he described the purpose in his will. We ask the Board of the Foundation to clarify that it cannot and will not pay the prize from its funds.
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Johan Galtung on Peace Economy, Palestine and More (Video of the Week)
Al Jazeera, The Stream – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
28 Nov 2012 – The Founder of Peace Studies discusses Sociocide, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and building economies of peace.
→ read full articleViolent Attacks of Buddhists against Muslim Rohingyas in Burma as Obama Visits Country
Channel 4 News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
President Obama’s historic visit to Burma has been questioned by some as premature following the recent communal violence between Muslims and Buddhists.
→ read full articleFighting Recession the Icelandic Way
The Editors, Bloomberg – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Few countries blew up more spectacularly than Iceland in the 2008 financial crisis. Stock market plunged 90 percent; unemployment rose ninefold; inflation shot to more than 18 percent; the country’s biggest banks all failed. Today, Iceland has repaid IMF rescue loans ahead of schedule, growth this year will be about 2.5 percent, better than most developed economies. Unemployment has fallen by half. In February, Fitch Ratings restored the country’s investment-grade status, approvingly citing its “unorthodox crisis policy response.” Iceland’s approach was the polar opposite of the U.S. and Europe, which rescued their banks and did little to aid indebted homeowners.
→ read full articleThe End of Jewish Power
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Israel suffered a humiliating defeat at The UN yesterday [29 Nov 2012]. The nations of the world stood up and said NO to the Jewish state – NO to Israeli occupation, NO to Israeli human rights abuse, NO to Jewish racism. In effect, they stood up and confessed to serious Zio-fatigue.
→ read full articleAre Israel’s Jews, Some of Them, on Their Way to Becoming Nazis?
Alan Hart – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Some and perhaps many will regard my headline question as offensive but I make no apology for asking it; and I take comfort from the fact that my decision to pose it is fully supported by one of my very dear Jewish friends – Nazi holocaust survivor Dr. Hajo Meyer. He has said in public that Zionism is seeking to dehumanize the Palestinians in the same way the Nazis sought to dehumanize him in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
→ read full articleThe House of Rothschild – Full Documentary
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Money’s Prophets, Above Royalty – The secret history of the 19th century International Bearer Bond Market and a historical case study for digital bearer bonds in the 21st century.
→ read full article(Castellano) Intelectuales y Premios Nobel Piden un Boicot Internacional Contra Israel
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Entre los firmantes están los premios Nobel Mairead Maguire y Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, el académico estadounidense Noam Chomsky y el exdiplomático francés Stéphane Hessel, superviviente del Holocausto y coautor de la Declaración de Derechos Humanos.
→ read full articleAs Gaza Is Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC’s Historical Role Is Vital
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
In Peter Watkins’ remarkable BBC film, The War Game, which foresaw the aftermath of an attack on London with a one-megaton nuclear bomb, the narrator says: “On almost the entire subject of thermo-clear weapons, there is now practically total silence in the press, official publications and on TV. Is there hope to be found in this silence?”
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Interview with Evelin Lindner \ Entrevista com Evelin Lindner
abaontv - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
PORT: O Professor Francisco Gomes de Matos, Presidente do Conselho da Associação Brasil-América-ABA, conversa com Evelin Lindner, médica, psicóloga e fundadora presidente da Rede de Estudos sobre Humilhação e Dignidade.
ENG: Professor Francisco Gomes de Matos, President of ABA (Brazil-America Association), talks with Evelin Lindner, a physician, psychologist and founder president of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies.
Principles of Harmony
Bishnu Pathak, PhD- TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Peace is the process for perfection whereas harmony is a perfect relationship. Peace may be experienced alone by a person whereas harmony is a systematic character between two or more persons or parties; harmony is always a plural condition. Peace may be enjoyed alone; harmony is living together peacefully. Peace implies calmness; harmony requires unity.
→ read full article5 Persistent Myths about Bipolar Disorder
Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Psych Central – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Bipolar disorder is a serious and difficult illness that affects all facets of a person’s life: their education, work, relationships, health and finances, said Julie A. Fast, author of several bestselling books on bipolar disorder, including Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder and Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder, and a coach who works with partners and families.
→ read full articleInterview with Iceland’s Economy Minister: ‘We Reacted Immediately to Symptoms of Crisis’
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
In late 2008 and early 2009, all three of Iceland’s major banks collapsed amid the financial crisis. Now, the country is experiencing economic growth once again and unemployment is falling. Economy Minister Steingrimur Sigfusson explains to SPIEGEL how it was done.
→ read full article(Italiano) La Storia del Passato. E il Futuro?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Che idea meravigliosa, la storia della pace! Qualcosa su cui quasi tutti vorrebbero imparare, l’arte della pace! Come per la storia della salute, del cibo e dell’amore, anziché la storia delle guerre, delle malattie e della fame, dei generali, dei re e degli imperi. Si tratta della storia di qualcosa che può ispirare le persone, fra cui anche gli/le statisti/e, a far meglio.
→ read full articleKenya Bans Importation of GMO Foods
Occupy Monsanto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Public Health minister Beth Mugo subsequently directed all Public Health Officers at all ports of entry and all other government regulators to enforce the ban on importation of Genetically Modified Foods in the country.
→ read full articleSpeech at Rally for Gaza and Palestine
Mairead Maguire, 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
At City Hall, Belfast, N. Ireland, 24 Nov 2012 – Let’s wake up, this is not about Hamas, this is not about the fact that Israel has no partner for peace. I sat with Yasser Arafat in his little compound before he was killed and he cried out for peace. I sat in Gaza with Hamas in 2008 and they cried out for peace. What was Israel’s answer? Israel’s answer was war against them, and not only dropping one or two bombs but the policy of the Israeli government, and look it up, is that when they go to war, they do the utmost damage. They don’t kill one or two, they destroy the whole people.
→ read full articleThe Rise of the Sharing Communities
Cat Johnson, Shareable – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
As the sharing economy picks up momentum, its reach has become global. In cities and towns around the world, people are creating ways to share everything from baby clothes to boats, hardware to vacation homes. There are also groups emerging that consciously identify with the big-picture sharing movement. These groups focus on education, action and community-building, and advocate for a cultural shift toward widespread sharing.
→ read full articleCongo: What the International Community and Media Should Do
Hansueli Homberger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
The DRC-Democratic Republic of Congo is rarely in breaking news, unless armed groups overrun cities on its eastern border. This was the case in 1996, 1998, 2004, 2008, and again on November 20, 2012. Associated Press reporter Melanie Gouby was in the stadium in Goma where the armed group M23 celebrated victory over Joseph Kabila’s government troops, assisted by UN blue helmets.
→ read full article(Italiano) Patto Militare Italia-Israele: Un Accordo Scellerato e Illegale
Antonio Mazzeo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Sempre per l’accordo, le attività si svilupperanno grazie “alle riunioni dei ministri della Difesa, dei Comandanti in Capo e di altri ufficiali autorizzati, lo scambio di esperienze fra gli esperti delle due parti, l’organizzazione e l’attuazione delle attività di addestramento e delle esercitazioni, le visite di navi e aeromobili militari e ad impianti, lo scambio di informazioni, pubblicazioni e hardware, la ricerca, lo sviluppo e la produzione di sistemi d’armamento”.
→ read full articleObserving the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People in Cairo
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Text of my remarks delivered in Cairo at joint UN/Arab League ceremony marking the observance of the 2012 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 Nov 2012, some 10 hours prior to the historic vote in the UN General Assembly.
→ read full articleIdinthakarai Women Win Chingari Award for Nonviolent Struggle
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Eminent environmental activist, Dr.Vandana Shiva, the Chief Guest at the function, said, “The Kudankulam struggle has emerged not merely as the most defining challenge to nuclear power in the country today but is also one of the strongest demonstrations of nonviolent people’s power. The role of the women in the struggle has been critical in ensuring that the energy of the fight remains undiminished. They are truly the ‘chingaris’ of the struggle and it is an honour to be able to present the award to them.”
→ read full articleOvercoming the Scars of Our Caste Past
Anuttama Dasa for The Huffington Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
Recently, a religion scholar wrote an article on the Huffington Post questioning the legitimacy of non-Indian converts to Hindu/Vedic traditions. The essence of the Vedic culture, today known as Hinduism, teaches that none of us are white, black, brown, red or yellow. We are spiritual beings, eternally lovers and servants of God, who have forgotten our spiritual nature and are wandering through this material world seeking happiness via money, power, sex, fame and other temporary will-o-wisps.
→ read full article‘2 Million Friends of Afghan People for Peace in Afghanistan’
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate and Ann Patterson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
We will be visiting Kabul on 10th December 2012, international day of human rights, on behalf of the Peace People. We have been invited by Afghan peace volunteers to join them in their ‘2 million friends’ and ‘ceasefire’ campaign and we will join the voices for creative nonviolence delegation USA, to Afghanistan. The Afghan peace volunteers have chosen to ask for two million friends around the world remembering that in the last 40 years over 2 million Afghan people have died from violence.
→ read full articleUN: Two Empires Crumbling – And Then What?
Johan Galtung, 3 Dec 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2012
There is History in the UN 29 November 2012 vote: 138 YES to giving Palestine the UN status as “nonmember observer state”, only 9 NO, and 41 abstentions. Beyond Middle East politics the vote also mirrors the limits to the US global, and the Israeli regional, empires: 138 defy their grip and favor change, 41+9=50 do not, for various reasons. A crucial vote on a crucial issue is a crucial test. Who wants what?
→ read full articleWho Is the Terrorist….???
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
On everybody’s tongue, From every media organ, These words common
Listen we like sermon, As from a holy priest, Terrorist, terrorist, terrorist…
The Gaza Ceasefire: An Early Assessment
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
The Gaza Ceasefire, unlike a similar ceasefire achieved after Operation Cast Lead four years ago, is an event that has a likely significance far beyond ending the violence after eight days of murderous attacks. It is just possible that it will be looked back upon as a turning point in the long struggle between Israel and Palestine.
→ read full articleUNHCR Welcomes Brazilian Residency for Angolan and Liberian Refugees
UN High Commission for Refugees – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
The UN refugee agency on Friday [9 Nov 2012] welcomed Brazil’s recent decision to grant permanent residency to nearly 2,000 former Angolan and Liberian refugees. Brazil’s Ministry of Justice issued a decree on October 26 confirming the new status for this group. Brazil is the first country in Latin America and outside of the Africa region to adopt UNHCR’s recommendations.
→ read full articleMiko Peled, the General’s Son – Seattle Oct 1, 2012
Todd Boyle - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
Israeli peace activist Miko Peled, author of The General’s Son – Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, spoke last week to audiences at Georgia State University, Spelman College, Kennesaw State University, the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda and Oakhurst Presbyterian Church.
→ read full articleCharles Bronfman Prize to Jewish Humanitarians Whose Work Is of Universal Benefit
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
The Charles Bronfman Prize recognizes Jewish humanitarians whose work, while inspired by personal Jewish values, is of universal benefit to all people.
→ read full articleHow Germany Is Getting to 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
There is no debate on climate change in Germany, where architects of the clean energy movement estimate that from 80 percent to 100 percent of the country’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2050.
→ read full articlePuppet State America
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
The German assault on the Warsaw Ghetto is one of the horror stories of Jewish history. Such an event is happening again, only this time Jews are perpetrators instead of victims. No hand has been raised to stay Israel from the goal of the operation declared by Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai to be “to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages.”
→ read full articleWolfbane
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
So much for Norway’s eco-friendly image. Canada has mutated from a liberal, pacific, outward-looking values country to a thuggish petro-state, ripping up both international treaties and the fabric of its own nation. Another country, whose green and humanitarian principles were just as well-established as Canada’s, is undergoing a similar transformation. Again, it is not the people who have changed – in both cases they remain as delightful as ever – but the dominant political class and its destruction of both national values and international image. I am talking about Norway.
→ read full articleThe Silent Violence against Women Worldwide
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
November 25th is the UN-proclaimed International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence against women is a year-round occurrence globally and continues to an alarming degree.
→ read full article(Italian) Coltivare la Pace, Prevenire la Violenza…
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
… era il titolo del simposio al Virginia Tech di Blacksburg, Virginia-USA, dal 17 al 19.11.2012. Come si coltiva la pace? con la cooperazione a beneficio reciproco e uguale; armonia mediante empatia; conciliazione dei traumi, ripulendo il passato e costruendo un futuro; risolvendo i conflitti mediante le 3 C. Fattibile, possibile; mediante studi per la pace, con teoria e pratica.
→ read full articleA Peace Paradigm
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
Dedicated to Bernard Spolsky
Conflict resolution, Nonviolent resolution, Nonkilling resolution, Peaceful resolution, Peaceful (re)solution, PEACE is the solution!
Myanmar’s Step-By-Step Approach toward Rohingya Genocide and Ethni-cide
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
I would call the military’s policy towards the Rohingya “structural genocide”, a systematic and sustained act of policy maintained and pursued, irrespective of which general or ex-general is in charge. Welcome to our ugly majoritarian neo-Fascist democracy run by militarists!
→ read full articleExtraordinary World Phenomena – Photo Gallery
Yahoo! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
The outlandish landscapes might look like something from another planet but they are in fact completely natural eccentricities. And while these mind-blowing quirks of Mother Nature might continue to puzzle scientists, they also continue to draw in tourists fascinated by the surreal spectacles.
→ read full articleOut on the Right: On Being Gay, Conservative and Catholic
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
Jens Spahn is a conservative parliamentarian. He is also gay. In a SPIEGEL interview, the 32-year-old describes how this has informed his political career and assesses how far Germany has come on civil rights for gays and lesbians.
→ read full articleU.S. Government Hacked Nicolas Sarkozy, Former France President’s, Office in 2012, l’Express Claims
Huffington Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
The United States government reportedly hacked into the office of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy shortly before he was voted out of office earlier this year [2012], according to French newsmagazine l’Express. France’s cyberwar agency reportedly made the discovery after a major security breach in May, which, l’Express says, was caused by a “very powerful worm” developed jointly by the American and Israeli governments, called “Flame.”
→ read full articleNames and Ages of 170 Civilians Killed in the Israeli Attacks on Gaza LAST WEEK alone
Shahd Abusalama, palestinefrommyeyes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
25 Nov 2012 – Because we are NOT just numbers: names and ages of murdered people, victims of Israeli attacks on Gaza since Wednesday [14 Nov 2012]. The number rises to 170. Keep following this post. I’m going to keep updating it on everything that is happening as much as I can and as long as I’m breathing!
→ read full articleNames and Ages of 26 Civilians Killed by Rockets Fired from Gaza into Israel IN 12 YEARS
Phan Nguyen, Mondoweiss – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
Israeli spokespeople frequently remind the world that a million Israeli citizens are within range of Gaza rockets, twelve thousand of which have been fired into Israel in the last twelve years, inflicting thousands of injuries and several dead. However, only 26 people have been killed throughout this time. Below is a list of all the fatalities of rocket and mortar attacks fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
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