Articles by TRANSCEND Media Service
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The March of Folly
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Nothing could be more scary than the thought that this duo – Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak – is in a position to start a war, the dimensions and outcome of which are incalculable. It’s scary not only because of their ideological fixations and mental outlook, but also because of the level of their intelligence.
→ read full articleColombia: Extractive Capital and Peace Negotiations
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
In late August 2012, President Santos announced that the Colombian regime was opening peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, (FARC), with the aim of ending nearly 50 years of civil war. Several economic, social, political and military changes account for the Santos regimes abrupt shift from a policy of “peace” through extermination of the guerrillas to a policy of a negotiated peace.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Projeto de Cidades Privadas Gera Polêmica em Honduras
BBC Brasil – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Um polêmico projeto que prevê a construção de cidades privadas com leis, sistema fiscal, polícia e políticas de imigração próprios está causando polêmica em Honduras. Na última semana [7 Set 2012], o governo hondurenho deu sinal verde para a construção da primeira das “cidades-modelo”. As “cidades-modelo” serão construídas por investidores privados e geridas de forma autônoma.
→ read full articlePeople’s Siege in Koodankulam: Latest Pictures
Dianuke – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
9 Sep 2012 – Siege continues in Koodankulam: At least 20,000 people on the eastern compound wall from the sea side. People refused to talk to the Superintendent of Police (SP); the District Collector of Thirunelveli is expected to arrive. Administration’s demand to talk to the movement leaders – against whom sedition and other charges are slapped – is also refused by the people.
→ read full articleLet Us Do Some Soul-Searching and Talk Again!
Dr. S. P. Ukayakumar, PMANE – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Today we are surrounded by police, beaten up, harassed, accused of committing all kinds of crimes, arrested, and above all, mentally, emotionally, spiritually assaulted by police. We are all fisherfolks, shopkeepers, agricultural laborers, beedi-rolling women, and to be brief, working class people. But we are treated like criminals; dangerous, seditious, violent, vicious and wicked lawbreakers. Our leaders, who have been invoking the names and wisdom of Thiruvalluvar, Buddha, Mahavir, Ashoka, Guru Nanak, Mahatma Gandhi, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and Mother Teresa, are treated like dreaded terrorists.
→ read full articleOccupy Monsanto Stops GMO Seed Distribution
Occupy Monsanto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Nine Arrests Made at GMO Seed Distribution Plant – Today’s [12 Sep 2012] protest is the beginning of a series of over 65 different autonomous actions that officially start on September 17, a year since Occupy Wall Street movement began. Actions are planned throughout the world including the US, Germany, Canada, India, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Argentina, Australia, Spain, Russia, and Japan.
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International Day of Peace 2012 – September 21 (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
RootedInPeace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
“The Culture of Peace Initiative serves as a truly integrative cooperative local/global Initiative, an open field for all participants to co-operate, share resources and ideas along diverse pathways subjectively and objectively that enhances the effectiveness of each participant, while simultaneously building a Culture of Peace that benefits All.” ~ Avon Mattison, Pathways To Peace.
→ read full articleNetanyahu, Not Iran, Is An Existential Threat To Israel
M.J. Rosenberg – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
One ex-Israeli official put it best. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu seems to be “going berserk.” He is demanding that the United States set a “red line” that, once crossed, will automatically initiate a US attack on Iran. He doesn’t even bother to pretend that war with Iran is in US interests.
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The Other 9/11: Chile – Coup d’état – September 11, 1973
BBC – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
The BBC made this documentary about the coup. Don’t mind the sometimes dreadful choice of music; the film is actually the only full-length English-language documentary that interviews people from both sides, and provides a number of fascinating insider accounts of the coup that was to unleash the era of Neoliberalism onto Latin America and the world.
→ read full articleLetter from the Koodankulam Children to Citizens of Russian Federation
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Greetings! We, several thousands of children from the southernmost tip of India, are writing to you to send our love and seek your support for the peaceful and nonviolent struggle that we and our parents have been waging for the past twelve months against the Koodankulam nuclear power project.
→ read full articleMystery Man Behind the Anti-Muslim Film Blamed For Attacks
Eric Lach, TPM – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
September 12, 2012 – Who is Sam Bacile? So far, the answer depends on who you ask and what you read. Early reports after Tuesday’s [9/11/2012] violence against American diplomatic posts in Egypt and Libya identified Bacile as the producer and director of an absurd anti-Muslim film blamed for inspiring the anger of the mobs.
→ read full article(Castellano) “El Capitalismo Implosiona, Pero No Bajo los Efectos de la Movilización Popular” — Samir Amin
Other News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Según Samir Amin hemos entrado en una nueva fase del capitalismo. Cree que se trata de una etapa cualitativamente nueva. El sistema capitalista no solo está en crisis, -mantiene Amin- sino que lo que se está produciendo en él una autentica implosión, pero que no es el efecto de la lucha popular.
→ read full articleThe Other 9/11: Remembering the Neoliberal Coup in Chile
Jerome Roos, RoarMag – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Today it is 39 years ago that Pinochet launched a bloody CIA-assisted coup against the democratically-elected socialist President Allende of Chile.
→ read full articleGrowing Up a Proud Racist in Burma
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Like millions of my fellow Buddhist Burmese, I grew up as a proud racist. For much of my life growing up in the heartland of Burma, Mandalay, I mistook what I came to understand years later as racism to be the patriotism of Burmese Buddhists. Our leading and most powerful institutions, schools, media, Buddhist church and, most importantly, the military, have succeeded in turning the bulk of us into proud racists.
→ read full articleOn PEACE: An Artistic Paradigm
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
PEACE can be verbalized
PEACE can be imagined : PEACE universalized !
No ‘Red Line’ for Israel
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Israeli news outlets reported today [15 Sep 2012] that President Obama rejected an appeal by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to set a specific “red line” to stop any further Iranian uranium enrichment. It seems that, this time at least, President Obama has decided against launching a world war on behalf of the Jewish State and its powerful lobby.
→ read full articleThe Democrats’ Jerusalem Arithmetic: When Israel Is Concerned, Half = Two-Thirds
Alison Weir, IfAmericansKnew – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
We’re Tired of Pretend Democracy – Not often is a political fix so public. The Democratic committee that develops the party’s campaign platform recently failed to include the apparently obligatory “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel” pronouncement. In fact, I believe an uprising in the United States may be coming. People are tired of wars and killing, and of being sold a pack of goods by both parties using lies, deception, and manipulation.
→ read full articleNot Ours
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
I comment to the doctor on
the far worse plight of Afghani civilians
being maimed and killed by mines and bombs.
“Three a day, by the mines,” I remark.
“Not ours,” he replies.
Ah yes—the former Evil Empire’s.
SABONA: From Kindergarten to Geopolitics
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Some global bullies invented a new play: the nuclear game. One child had the monopoly for some time, refusing to give it up to that big kindergarten called the UN. Then other children came, and more, and more. What to do? Give all the weapons to the UN for destruction and then celebrate their demise from earth.
→ read full articleTransforming the Art of Conversation
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Conversing As the Transformative Science of Development – In a period of multiple global crises — with more foreseen — it is worth asking what skills might be usefully cultivated. It is increasingly evident that every form of claim and blame can be formulated.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Microsoft Identifica Computadores Que Já Vêm Infectados por Vírus de Fábricas
BBC Brasil – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Cerca de 20% dos computadores comprados em diferentes cidades chinesas foram infectados com programas maliciosos ainda na fábrica, segundo a Microsoft.
→ read full articleHouse Approves Sweeping, Warrantless Electronic Spy Powers
David Kravets,Wired – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
The House on Wednesday [12 Sep 2012] reauthorized for five years broad electronic eavesdropping powers that legalized and expanded the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The National Security Agency told lawmakers that it would be a violation of Americans’ privacy to disclose how the measure is being used in practice.
→ read full articleParadoxes of Turkish Pride
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Turkey is now an important middle power at the United Nations. It provides a diplomatic venue for many international events that used to be held in Europe. Its courageous Somalia initiative has given Turkey a post-colonial identity in Africa that no other non-African government has been able to achieve. It is my belief that Turkey more than any other country in the 21st century has increased its relevance to the conduct of regional and global politics.
→ read full articleThe Future of International Law
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
It is becoming increasingly clear that the concept of the absolutely sovereign nation-state is a dangerous anachronism in a world of thermonuclear weapons, instantaneous communication, and economic interdependence. Probably our best hope for the future lies in developing the United Nations into a World Federation.
→ read full articleThe Libya Fiasco and the Folly of Intervention
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), The Hill – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
There is danger in the belief we can remake the world by bribing some countries and bombing others. But that is precisely what the interventionists – be they liberal or conservative – seem to believe.
→ read full articleThe Mind Thieves
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
The evidence linking Alzheimer’s disease to the food industry is strong and growing.
→ read full articleIran’s Strategic Diplomatic Victory over the Washington-Israeli Axis: Its Larger Political Consequences
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Iran chaired, hosted and led the recently rejuvenated Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Teheran, attended by delegates from 120 countries, including 31 heads of state and 29 foreign secretaries of state. Even the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, notorious mouthpiece of Washington, felt obligated to address, a forum attended by two-thirds of the member countries of the UN, despite State Department and Israeli objections.
→ read full articleA Tale of Two Asylums: Assange, Palacio, and Media Hypocrisy
Keane Bhatt, NACLA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Every so often, world affairs offer us paired examples—two nearly identical instances through which we can better understand the role of powerful institutions, like the media. So when Ecuador granted asylum to Australian journalist Julian Assange in mid-August [2012], and then, two weeks later, the United States provided asylum to Ecuadorian journalist Emilio Palacio, the two cases laid bare the hypocrisy of the establishment press.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Sobre Ombros de Gigantes
Marcela Godoy, Consciência Animal – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Semana passada [16 Aug 2012], ministrei um mini curso na Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná-Brasil, durante o II Encontro de Ciências Biológicas. Dessa vez, trabalhei o tema Vivissecção no Ensino e na Pesquisa. Obviamente, o mini curso aconteceu pelo viés da anti-vivissecção.
→ read full articleThe Liberal Way to Run the World – ‘Improve’ or We’ll Kill You
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
In his 1859 essay On Liberty, to which modern liberals pay homage, John Stuart Mill described the power of empire. “Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians,” he wrote, “provided the end be their improvement, and the means justified by actually effecting that end.” The “barbarians” were large sections of humanity of whom “implicit obedience” was required.
→ read full articleCNN International’s Response to the Guardian
CNN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Here is CNN International’s response to Glenn Greenwald’s story in the Guardian about Amber Lyon’s documentary, iRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring.
→ read full articleIs Amnesty International Abandoning Human Rights?
Bev Cotton – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
“Amnesty International is primarily motivated not by human rights but by publicity. Second comes money… To be sure, if you are dealing with a human rights situation in a country that is at odds with the United States or Britain, it gets an awful lot of attention… But if it’s dealing with violations of human rights by the United States, Britain, Israel, then it’s like pulling teeth to get them to really do something on the situation”.
→ read full article16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
Antonio C. S. Rosa - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
The 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement was held from 26 to 31 August 2012 in Tehran, Iran. The summit was attended by leaders of 120 countries, including 24 presidents, 3 kings, 8 prime ministers and 50 foreign ministers. The summit’s framework was the “Final Document” adopted during the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Coordinating Bureau which was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 7 to 10 May [2012].
→ read full articleDr. Frankenstein and the American Psychological Association’s Decade of Monstrosities
Roy Eidelson, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
The betrayal of psychological ethics will not make the world safer.
→ read full articleTop Natural Remedies For Depression
Dr. Edward Group, Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
The experience of emotional and psychological depression has been noted and subjected to various explanations since the dawn of recorded history and quite probably before. The current model, which reduces all depression to a deficiency in serotonin, seems as overly simplistic and inadequate as those before it.
→ read full articleSave Jeju Island
Robert Redford – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
From September 6-15 [2012], some 10,000 environmentalists gather in Jeju Island for the International Union of the Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress. It will take place where the construction of a naval base is threatening coral forests, assaulting endangered species and destroying a 400-year old community of farmers and fishers. But instead of condemning the South Korean government’s actions, IUCN Director-General Julia Marton-Lafevre praised its seriously flawed “Environmental Impact Assessment.” This naval base is being built just 0.13 miles from a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Tiger Island.
→ read full articleTargeting Civilians
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Much was destroyed during World War II, and among the casualties of the war were the ethical principles that Roosevelt and Chamberlain announced at its outset. We live at a special time in history, a time of crisis for civilization. We did not ask to be born at a moment of crisis, but such is our fate. Every person now alive has a special responsibility: We owe it, both to our ancestors and to future generations, to build a stable and cooperative future world.
→ read full article(Portuguese) O Mapa Hexagonal do Mundo Multipolar
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Como é que enfrentamos, intelectualmente, o mundo de hoje?
→ read full articleFormer CIA Head: Iran Attack Will Push Iranians Toward A Bomb
Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Former Bush administration National Security Agency head and CIA director Michael Hayden told the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz that Israel may not have the military capacity to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities and reiterated his belief that any attack would only delay the Iranian program and perhaps push it toward obtaining nuclear weapons.
→ read full articleUS: Torture and Rendition to Gaddafi’s Libya
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
New Accounts of Waterboarding, Other Water Torture, Abuses in Secret Prisons – The United States government during the Bush administration tortured opponents of Muammar Gaddafi, then transferred them to mistreatment in Libya, according to accounts by former detainees and recently uncovered CIA and UK Secret Service documents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today [6 Sep 2012].
→ read full articleDefining DIGNITY Didactically through Rhymed Reflections
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
DIGNITY has to do with character elevation
It also refers to one`s wisdom in conversation
TRANSCEND Peace University Online Courses – 2012
Erika Degortes - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
12-Week All-Online Courses
→ read full articleHow Genetically Modified Corn Is Creating Super Worms
Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
5 Sep 2012 – There is mounting evidence raising concerns that insect resistance is developing in parts of the corn belt,” where Monsanto’s corn dominates the fields. Root worms exposed to the corn’s toxin seem to have become immune to it, breeding an unprecedented colony of superworms.
→ read full articleA Blast From the Past: The Non-Aligned Movement
Eric Margolis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
In spite of intense efforts by the US and Israel to deter attendance at the Tehran meeting – backed by a wave of western media attacks on the conclave – over 150 nations and international bodies attended. This big turnout marked a major failure by Washington to further tighten its siege of Iran. Of particular note was the presence of India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, and of Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, who shrugged off threats of a cut in US aid and flew to Tehran.
→ read full articleA Step towards the Dock
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
The prospect of a trial for Tony Blair now starts to look more plausible. When Desmond Tutu wrote that Tony Blair should be treading the path to the Hague, he de-normalised what Blair has done. Tutu broke the protocol of power – the implicit accord between those who flit from one grand meeting to another – and named his crime. I expect that Blair will never recover from it.
→ read full articleTransforming and Interweaving the Ways of Being Stoned
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
“Stone” is used metaphorically and otherwise in a quite disparate range of contexts. Use of “stoned” as a provocative mnemonic device is then arguably appropriate through the distraction it offers, whether through use of drugs by individuals, or collective dependence on oil as a drug. The exorbitant expenditure on the occasion of global summits is also suggestive of the “stoned” conditions under which it is deemed appropriate for decision-makers to envision the future.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Empresas Monitoram Pessoas Que Baixam Vídeos e Músicas Ilegalmente, Diz Estudo
BBC Brasil – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Segundo pesquisadores, qualquer download feito pelo BitTorrent pode ser identificado por agência de monitoramento em apenas três horas.
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Playing For Change Day 2012 (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
PFCfoundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
21 September 2012 – International Day of Peace. What if you had one day to change the world with music? On 22 September 2012, musicians and fans will come together on Playing For Change Day with a shared intention of doing something positive for the world and supporting music education for kids everywhere.
→ read full articleAvigdor Lieberman: Master of Mischief
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Well, he was born in Soviet Moldavia and speaks Russian fluently. Even though he came to Israel already 34 years ago, just a few days after his 20th birthday, he is still considered by most Israelis as a “Russian”, speaking Hebrew with a heavy Russian accent and looking as foreign as possible. He is an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin and his Doppelgängers, Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk and Victor Yanukovych in Kiev.
→ read full articleRussia Announces Enormous Finds of Radioactive Waste and Nuclear Reactors in Arctic Seas
Charles Digges, Bellona – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Enormous quantities of decommissioned Russian nuclear reactors and radioactive waste were dumped into the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia over a course of decades, Bellona is alarmed by the extent of the dumped Soviet waste, which is far greater than was previously known – not only to Bellona, but also to the Russian authorities themselves.
→ read full articleTRANSCEND Peace University
Erika Degortes - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
– ONLINE and ONSITE COURSES September 2012
→ read full articleConflict Resolution
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
When I perceive I’ve been attacked
there is a virtue that I’ve lacked:
Instead of letting strife abate
I’m eager to retaliate.
Letter from the Koodankulam Children to Pres. Obama’s Children
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Dear Malia and Sasha, let us all together, the children of the United States and India and other countries around the world, build a safe future for all of us without nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons. We would very much like to request you to talk to your Mom and Dad and friends and help us close down the Koodankulam nuclear power plant and not start any American plant in our country.
→ read full article‘Managing’ the Plaza: America’s Secret Deal with Mexican Drug Cartels
Tom Burghardt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
A series of some five million emails, The Global Intelligence Files, were obtained as a result of last year’s hack by Anonymous of the Texas-based “global intelligence” firm Stratfor. That major financial powerhouses in Europe and the U.S. (can you say Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC, ING and Wachovia) have been accused of reaping the lions’ share of profits derived from the grim trade, now a veritable Narco-Industrial Complex, the public continues to be regaled with tales that this ersatz war is being “won.”
→ read full articleOn 9/11, Doubts Were Immediate
Paul Craig Roberts, Journal of 9/11 Studies – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
It is not credible that not only the CIA and FBI failed to detect the plot, but also all 16 US intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, which spies on everyone on the planet, and the Defense Intelligence Agency, Israel’s Mossad, and the intelligence agencies of Washington’s NATO allies. There are simply too many watchmen and too much infiltration of terrorist groups for such a complex attack to be prepared undetected and carried out undeterred.
→ read full article(Castellano) Expertos Crearon Lista de Alimentos Con Mayor Contenido de Pesticidas
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
El melocotón, la manzana, pimiento, apio, nectarina, fresa, guinda, lechuga, uva, pera, espinaca y papa son las frutas y verduras que destacan en el listado como las más sucias. Entre tanto, el grupo de los limpios está formado por la cebolla, el maíz, la piña, aguacate, berza, mango, berenjena, melón, kiwi, sandía, batata, pomelo, setas y guisantes.
→ read full articleAustralian Zionists Fear Israeli Group ‘Breaking the Silence’ and Its Message on IDF Immorality
Antony Loewenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
This is an instructive story of how mainstream Australian Jewish groups are petrified that a) the public will hear critical and truthful views about Israeli behaviour in the West Bank and b) a desire to “protect” Jews from even understanding what Israeli occupation means.
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Be Nice to America…
NeemaSky – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
… or we’ll bring democracy to your country!
→ read full article(Castellano) Grecia Venderá Algunas Islas Para Reducir el Déficit Fiscal
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Mientras la población se enfrenta a graves problemas económicos generados por las drásticas medidas de recortes ejecutadas por el presidente Antonis Samarás, inversores extranjeros se disponen a comprar parte del territorio nacional.
→ read full articleNAM Final Statement
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
The Final Statement of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit (Tehran/Iran, 26-31 Aug, 2012) focused on the Palestinian issue, nations’ right to peaceful nuclear energy and global sustainable peace.
→ read full article16th NAM Summit Concludes
Kantipur (Nepal) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
The 16th summit conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) concluded here [Tehran] Friday [31 Aug 2012] with a decision to hold the 17th summit conference in Venezuela. The responsibility was given to Venezuela, a South American country on the basis of suggestions received and conclusion drawn from the discussions from various levels of the conference.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Quem É Quem no Comércio Mundial de Armas
Antonio Martins, Outras Palavras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Estados Unidos já abocanham 78% das exportações mundiais — e são cada vez mais influenciados por seu próprio “complexo industrial-militar”. Por isso, mídia norte-americana prefere falar da China…
→ read full articleRachel Corrie and the Kosher Legal Stamp
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Israel is surely a most peculiar state – it is impervious to ethical thinking and humanist thought. Accordingly, Judge Gershon gave this week a kosher stamp to a cold-blooded murder and by so doing, he proved, once again, that Israeli criminal actions are consistent with the most vile interpretations of Old Testament and Talmudic Goy-hating.
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The Gift Economy and the Commons
imMEDIAcyTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
This is a conversation between International Economist, James Quilligan and Charles Eisenstein, author of Sacred Economics.
→ read full articleThe Western Onslaught against International Law
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
The lawlessness that now characterizes the US and UK governments is a large threat to humanity’s finest achievement–the rule of law–for which the British fought from the time of Alfred the Great in the ninth century to the Glorious Revolution of the 17th century. Where are the protests over the Anglo-American destruction of the rule of law? Why Aren’t Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Chatham House on the case?
→ read full articleShas Spiritual Leader Calls on Jews to Pray For Annihilation of Iran
Haaretz and Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
During his weekly sermon, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef says Jews should pray for destruction of the enemies of Israel, with an emphasis on Iran and Hezbollah. In the past, the Baghdad-born Yosef has stirred controversy by likening Palestinians to snakes, calling for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to “perish from this world” and describing non-Jews as “born only to serve us”.
→ read full articleUN: The 1503 Procedure
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Among various human rights violation complaint procedures within the UN system, the 1503 Procedure is especially unique. This article briefly explores its uniqueness by focusing on several main aspects of this procedure. It was prepared primarily for those who are not familiar with international human rights law, the UN human rights complaint procedures or relevant issues.
→ read full articleLiving in the Gift: On Retreat with Charles Eisenstein
Adam Parsons, Share The World's Resources – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
What would the world look like if money embodied our values, if the best business decision was the best decision for society, and if wealth was defined by how much we give, not how much we have? Charles Eisenstein shared his insights during a workshop. (See: The Gift Economy and the Commons – In-Depth Videos)
→ read full article(Portuguese) O Imenso Buraco Negro da Economia Global
Sarah Jaffe – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
“Vinte e e um trilhões – com “t” – de dólares. Eis o que as pessoas mais ricas do mundo escondem em paraísos fiscais internacionais. Ao mesmo tempo em que os governos cortam o gasto público e demitem os trabalhadores, em prol de uma maior “austeridade” obrigada pela desaceleração da economia, os super-ricos – menos de 10 milhões de pessoas – esconderam longe do alcance do arrecadador de impostos uma quantidade igual às economias japonesa e estadunidense juntas.
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President Eisenhower on the Military Industrial Complex (Video of the Week)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
in 1953, US President Eisenhower said, “Modern weapons take food from the hungry and shelter from the homeless: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
→ read full articleBounty Paid for Blair Arrest Attempt
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
On Tuesday [4 Sep 2012] the Arrest Blair campaign will pay Tom Grundy £2,400 for his attempt to arrest Tony Blair during a public event in Hong Kong. The campaign was established to uphold the principle that no one is above the law. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, commissioned by George W. Bush and Tony Blair, meets the definition of a crime against peace, established by the Nuremberg Principles and described by the Nuremberg Tribunal as “the supreme international crime.”
→ read full article(Portuguese) Brasil Eleva Exportações e É 5º em Ranking de Vendas de Armas de Pequeno Porte
BBC Brasil – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
O Brasil aumentou suas exportações de armas de pequeno porte de US$ 273 milhões para US$ 382 milhões em apenas um ano, segundo o recém-divulgado levantamento “Small Arms Survey 2012”. Com isso, de acordo com os dados utilizados pelo estudo, o país se mantém como o quinto maior vendedor desse tipo de armamento no mundo.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Modelo Econômico Venezuelano Combina Socialismo e Mercado
OperaMundi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Estratégia de Chávez coloca o Estado como principal instrumento do desenvolvimento econômico, mas abre espaço para alianças com o capital privado e o empreendedorismo.
→ read full articleHey Justice!!!
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Hey justice!
Why not practice
Events of barbaric
Is it romantic?
Nobody Had the Slightest Idea of What It Would Be Like
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
The total explosive power of today’s weapons is equivalent to roughly half a million Hiroshima bombs. To multiply the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by a factor of half a million changes the danger qualitatively. What is threatened today is the complete breakdown of human society.
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After Capitalism: ”Beyond Capitalism”
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues that a world after capitalism is not a communist state but an advanced form of social democracy where the distribution of wealth is more stringently regulated.
→ read full articlePower to the Online People
Sarah Wenger, OpenSite – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Infographic highlights and illustrates the power of the Internet community when its citizens come together.
→ read full articleNetanyahu’s Secret War Plan: Leaked Document Outlines Israel’s “Shock and Awe” Plan to Attack Iran
Richard Silverstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
In the past few days, I received an Israeli briefing document outlining Israel’s war plans against Iran. The document was passed to me by a high-level Israeli source who received it from an IDF officer. My source, in fact, wrote to me that normally he would not leak this sort of document, but:
→ read full articleNo Way to Avoid Global Financial Collapse, Says Predictive Software
Susanne Posel, Occupy Corporatism – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
As the mega-banks face the controlled demolition of the US dollar, they have taken the stance of victim to the implosion and along with insurance companies, finance corporations, hedge and money-market funds are being touted according to the Financial Stability Oversight Council as being important institutions.
→ read full articleAppeal for the International Community to Act Urgently To End Burmese Government Repression against Rohingya Muslims
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
29 August 2012 – Nobel peace laureate Mairead Maguire said today that ‘the stateless Rohingyas of Burma have suffered from persecution and discrimination for decades and are now facing inter-communal violence that has evolved into large scale state-sponsored violence against them.’
→ read full articleCitigroup to Pay $590 Million to Settle Investor Suit
AFP, The Raw Story – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Citigroup said Wednesday [29 Aug 2012] it had agreed to pay $590 million to settle a suit by investors who accused the bank of misleading them on its subprime mortgage-based security losses in 2007-2008.
→ read full articleBurma’s ‘Niggers’
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
President Thein Sein, what really is your analysis of the plight of Burma’s “Bengali Kulars” (or the Burmese equivalent of “niggers”)?
→ read full articleI Am Too Poor To Go To War
David Inkey – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
I am too poor to go to war…
Let me tell you the score…
Constipation and Cleansing the Colon
Dr. Edward Group – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Millions of Americans exhibit constipation symptoms on a frequent basis, both minor and severe. Given how many people experience this, and how often, it gives support to the argument that constipation is so prevalent and widespread it should be considered an epidemic.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Por Que Defendemos o WikiLeaks e Assange
Michael Moore e Oliver Stone, Outras Palavras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
Se Assange for extraditado para os Estados Unidos, as consequência repercutirão por anos, em todo o mundo. Assange não é cidadão norte americano, e nenhuma de suas ações aconteceu em solo norte americano. Se Washington puder processar um jornalista nessas circunstâncias, os governos da Rússia ou da China poderão, pela mesma lógica, exigir que repórteres estrangeiros em qualquer lugar do mundo sejam extraditados por violar as suas leis. Criar esse precedente deveria preocupar profundamente a todos, admiradores do WikiLeaks ou não.
→ read full articleDistinctive Features of NONKILLING
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
NONKILLING dignifies personal power
NONKILLING dignifies public power
(Portuguese) Noam Chomsky: “Querem Vencer Assange pelo Cansaço”
Esquerda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
Nesta entrevista ao site equatoriano GkillCity, o linguista e filósofo norte-americano defende que Assange não teria hipóteses de ter um julgamento justo nos Estados Unidos. Chomsky acrescenta que do ponto de vista de quem ama a democracia, o fundador do Wikileaks merecia “uma medalha de honra” em vez de um julgamento.
→ read full articleMF’ing Justice
Jim Karger, TDV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
Jon Corzine is a contemporary Richard Nixon: a low rent thief, liar, and American success story. Corzine, you may recall, bet $6.3 billion on the wrong side of European sovereign debt, a wager his own risk department at MF Global told him was nuts, and a wager so big and so wrong that it wiped out the entire firm. Like Nixon, Corzine is a one man epidemic of deceit, a thug with the conscience of a rabid hyena, and like Nixon, he is not going to jail.
→ read full articlePeace Is War: How Israel Induces America into War with Iran
Maidhc Ó Cathail, The Passionate Attachment – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
On August 17 [2012], America’s two leading newspapers featured strikingly similar opinion pieces, providing further evidence of a coordinated effort by Israel and its American partisans to induce the United States into waging another disastrous Middle East war. In the Washington Post… the New York Times…
→ read full articlePeace-Building? Are You Kidding!!!
Punam Yadav, Nepali Advocate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
I still have a vivid memory of my interview with a Cabin Restaurant Worker. When people talk about peace process, peace building, conflict resolution, transitional justice, restoration of peace, or the compensation for conflict victims in Nepal, only thing comes to my mind is that woman whom I met in 2006 when I was writing my Masters thesis.
→ read full articleNo Crime, No Punishment
The New York Times, editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
When the Justice Department recently closed its criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs, it became all but certain that no major American banks or their top executives would ever face criminal charges for their role in the financial crisis. The shameless pursuit of Wall Street campaign donations by both political parties strengthens this perception, and further undermines confidence in the rule of law.
→ read full articleUS Arms Sales Shoot To Record Levels
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
Congressional report shows that arms exports tripled from previous year, with Gulf Arab states the main customers.
→ read full articleAppeal to Non-Aligned Leaders Meeting in Tehran
Veterans For Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
With the Non-Aligned Movement meeting this week [26 Aug 2012] in Tehran, Veterans For Peace is urging the organization of 120 nations not formally allied with any major power bloc to take steps to deter the Israeli-American threats of war against Iran over its nuclear enrichment program.
→ read full articleConspiracies: Theories and Hypotheses
Johan Galtung, 27 Aug 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
Conspiracies exist. They are a part of social reality, have always been, and will always be; as confirmed conspiracy theories, as unconfirmed conspiracy hypotheses, as suspicions, as allegations. The conspiracy-labeling carries all the characteristics of a conspiracy, using the cultural power of the media to steer the discourse away from important issues. Unacceptable.
→ read full articleCall for the Immediate Release of Marian Price on Health, Humanitarian and Justice Grounds
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
Open Letter to the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – The illegal detention of Marian Price for political offences committed nearly forty years ago, and for which she was pardoned, is a serious violation of her human rights, a blank disregard for due process, and a violation of our ‘Good Friday Agreement’.
→ read full articlePaul Ryan and the Fountainhead
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
I was not interested in Paul Ryan, the man about to be nominated by the Republican party for the office of vice-president, until the name Ayn Rand popped up. Ayn Rand, it was said, was one of the main inspirations for his particular philosophy. Since Ryan is being represented not as an ordinary, run-of-the-mill politician, like Mitt Romney, but as a profound political and economic thinker, the inspiration deserves some scrutiny.
→ read full articleTen Years of AKP Leadership in Turkey
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
It needs to be appreciated that Turkey viewed from outside by most informed observers, especially in the region, remains a shining success story, both economically and politically. Nothing could bring more hope and pride to the region than for the Turkish ascent to be achieved elsewhere, of course, allowing for national variations of culture, history, and resource endowments, but sharing the commitment to build an inclusive democracy in which the military stays in the barracks and the diplomats take pride in resolving and preventing conflicts.
→ read full articleBan Ki-moon Ignores U.S. And Israel and Attends the NAM Summit
Pravda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
The secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, will attend the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to be held in Tehran, the Iranian capital. Nearly one hundred members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have indicated their willingness to take part in the 16th Summit of this entity which will run from 26 to 31 Aug, 2012.
→ read full articleIsraeli Settlements and the United Church Boycott: Responding To Three Common Distortions
David Taub Bancroft, Rabble – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
After months of controversy and negative media attention, the United Church of Canada, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, finally made it official. The church’s General Council voted today [21 Aug 2012] to call on its members to avoid buying products coming from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Presbyterian and Methodist churches in the United States have made similar calls.
→ read full articleAnonymous Releases How-To Instructions on Fooling Facial Recognition
Erictronik Page – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
Here’s a predicament: you don’t want the government using high-tech face scanning technology to track every inch of your walk to the post office, but you also don’t want to take a sledgehammer to your neighborhood surveillance camera. What do you do?
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