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No More Foreign Wars? Yet America Is Fighting in Yemen’s Civil War
Ryan Goodman – The Guardian,
28 Oct 2013
On Syria, Obama went to Congress over military action. But in Yemen, the US has joined a counter-insurgency without a word.
→ read full articleElon Musk: Oil Campaign against Electric Cars Is Like Big Tobacco Lobbying
Adam Vaughan – The Guardian,
28 Oct 2013
Tesla chief executive likens attacks on electric cars to campaigns of misinformation by big tobacco and climate skeptics.
→ read full articleAmerican Government in Perspective: Theory versus Practice
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
We may develop a good perspective of the United States government if we were to have a clear concept of its structure and modus operandi. Since World War II ended in 1945, the USA has invaded more than 30 nations. Each time it justifies its belligerent policies by telling us that the primary purpose was to bring freedom and democracy to as many nations as possible.
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(Castellano) Nueva Investigación Sobre el Comercio de Carne de Perro y Gato en China
IgualdadAnimalVideos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Nueva investigación de Igualdad Animal revela imágenes inéditas del comercio de carne de perros y gatos en China. Desde las granjas donde son criados los animales hasta el transporte a los mercados y mataderos, los activistas han documentado todos los aspectos de esta industria, infiltrándose para ello entre las mafias clandestinas involucradas.
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Frank Sinatra – My Way (Music Video of the Week)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Composed by Paul Anka in 1974 – Insightful, Powerful Lyrics
→ read full articleFrance to Intensify Military Intervention in Central African Republic
Kumaran Ira, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
The decision by French and US imperialism to support Seleka rebel forces and topple President François Bozizé in March has led to a disaster. There has been a surge in sectarian fighting between Christian and Muslims in this impoverished country, where France, the former colonial power, has dictated the installation of various corrupt regimes since granting CAR formal independence in 1960.
→ read full article(Castellano) España Pedirá Este Lunes Explicaciones a EE.UU. por Supuesto Espionaje
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
El Gobierno de España convocó para este lunes [29 Oct 2013] al embajador de Estados Unidos en España, James Costos, para pedirle explicaciones sobre el supuesto espionaje del país norteamericano a la nación ibérica, tras conocerse que la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA, por su sigla en inglés) espió a 35 líderes mundiales.
→ read full articleJournalist Or Activist? Smearing Glenn Greenwald
David Edwards – Media Lens,
28 Oct 2013
Modern thought control is dependent on subliminal communication. Messages influencing key perceptions are delivered unseen, unnoticed, with minimal public awareness of what is happening or why. For example, journalists tell us that Hugo Chavez was ‘divisive’, that Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are ‘narcissistic’, that George Galloway is ‘controversial’. But beneath their literal meaning, these adjectives communicate a hidden message: that these individuals are acceptable targets for negative media judgement; they are fair game.
→ read full articleFollow the Rainbow-Bricked Road: The Olympic Flame’s Journey through Russia’s Antigay Provinces
Innokenty Grekov - Human Rights First,
28 Oct 2013
This page will be updated as the torch lighting events arrive in the cities below. Homophobia is widespread in Russia, you all know that by now, and President Vladimir Putin’s government has proved itself willing to exploit it.
→ read full articlePatenting the Food Supply and the Monopolization of the Biosphere
Dr. Vandana Shiva and James Corbett - Global Research,
28 Oct 2013
As the world begins to digest the implications of intellectual property for online censorship, another IP issue threatens an even more fundamental part of our daily lives: our food supply.
→ read full articleReport of SR on Occupied Palestine to UNGA, 29 Oct 2013
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
In the present report, while noting the continuing non-cooperation of Israel, the Special Rapporteur addresses Israel’s Operation “Pillar of Defense” and the general human rights situation in the Gaza Strip, as well as the expansion of Israeli settlements – and businesses that profit from Israeli settlements and the situation of Palestinians detained by Israel.
→ read full article19 Syrian Rebel Groups Refuse to Take Part in Geneva-2 Peace Talks
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
A total of 19 Syrian rebel groups fighting against President Bashar Assad have refused to take part in the upcoming Geneva-2 peace conference in November. “We announce that the Geneva 2 conference is not, nor will it ever be, our people’s choice or our revolution’s demand,” the groups said Saturday [26 Oct 2013] adding that to disobey this recommendation would be viewed as “treason” and result in the groups having “to answer for it before our courts.”
→ read full articleBig Brother’s New Crystal Ball: Washington Develops Online Data Mining Program to Predict Global Political Unrest
Cyril Mychalejko – Toward Freedom,
28 Oct 2013
This initiative involves academics working at the behest of a research branch of the NSA who are using US government-collected online data to actually predict future events, such as political protests, pandemics, and economic crises—with a focus on Latin America.
→ read full articleReport: US and UK Spied on Italian Government
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
U.S. and British intelligence services monitored Italian telecommunications, targeting the government and companies, L’Espresso reported Thursday [24 Oct 2013]. The report, based on evidence from Edward Snowden, is likely to fuel growing anger among Washington’s European allies.
→ read full article(Português) França Espionada: “EUA Não Têm Aliados. Só Alvos e Vassalos”
Eduardo Febbro – Carta Maior,
28 Oct 2013
A França, assim como dezenas de países no mundo, tomou conhecimento de como, quando, quem e com que armas digitais os EUA a espionam até nas sombras.
→ read full articleU.S. Reforms “Open Floodgates” on Arms Exports
Ramy Srour, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
On Tuesday [15 Oct 2013], the largest deregulation in the history of U.S. arms exports took place. But a day after the new reforms came into effect, former government officials and critics from the human rights community are warning of the serious human rights consequences and of the negative long-term impact for U.S. foreign policy.
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The Power of Addiction and the Addiction to Power
Gabor Maté, TED Talks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Canadian physician Gabor Maté is a specialist in terminal illnesses, chemical dependence, and HIV positive patients. His theme at TEDxRio+20 was addiction — from drugs to power.
→ read full articleBahrain Regime Waging War on Own People
Finian Cunningham – Press TV,
28 Oct 2013
The US-backed Bahraini regime is mounting an undeclared, merciless war on the majority Shia population of the tiny Persian Gulf island. Yet, this systematic crime against humanity is proceeding with impunity and barely a murmur of international protest. The regime may be the ones holding the gun, but it is the tacit support of Washington and London that allows these despots to pull the trigger on civilians.
→ read full articleElections to Constituent Assembly II – Voice of the Voiceless People of Nepal
Prof Bishnu Pathak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
The term “voiceless” represent from among the people who live both at countryside and urban center, but their voice do not necessarily influence the policy formation or decision making at the center. They are the neutral people in all professions often used as elevators by the parties and leaders for their specific purpose, simply vote-banks.
→ read full articleFukushima Fraud and Corruption: Japanese Organized Crime Involved in Recruitment of “Specialized Personnel”
Prof Michel Chossudovsky - Global Research,
28 Oct 2013
The crisis in Japan has been described as “a nuclear war without a war”. In the words of renowned novelist Haruki Murakami: “This time no one dropped a bomb on us … We set the stage, we committed the crime with our own hands, we are destroying our own lands, and we are destroying our own lives.”
→ read full articleFactory Farming: The True Price of a Pork Chop
Susanne Amann, Michael Fröhlingsdorf and Udo Ludwig – Der Spiegel,
28 Oct 2013
Germany slaughters 58 million pigs a year and has built an efficient meat industry second only to the US in pork exports — but at a hidden cost to the environment and our health.
→ read full articleGood Time in the Movies
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
A young man told his girlfriend, “Tonight we will have a good time, I bought three movie tickets.”
→ read full articleDaybreak Train
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
For Connor, an uncared boy who chose life.
→ read full articleEmpire under Obama (Part 2): Barack Obama’s Global Terror Campaign
Andrew Gavin Marshall – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Under the administration of Barack Obama, America is waging a global terror campaign through the use of drones, killing thousands of people, committing endless war crimes, creating fear and terror in a program expected to last several more decades. Welcome to Obama’s War OF Terror.
→ read full articleMelted Nuclear Fuel Sank into the Ground under Fukushima Reactors — Irradiated Groundwater Is Flowing into Ocean through Sea-Bottom Springs
Energy News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
It’s Too Late to Do Anything about This: Japan Journalist – A Letter to All Young Athletes Who Dream of Coming to Tokyo in 2020, and to Their Coaches and Parents: Some Facts You Should Know.
→ read full articleProtests Grow as Western Powers, Rival Militias Loot Libyan Oil Industry
Rosa Shahnazarian, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Over the past two years, the predatory character of NATO’s 2011 war against Libya has emerged most clearly in the looting of the heart of Libya’s economy: its massive oil industry. Virtually none of the frozen oil assets belonging to Muammar Gaddafi, his family and associates have been returned to Libya, and the country’s oil industry is the now subject to power struggles between rival armed groups and foreign oil corporations.
→ read full articleNSA Monitored Calls of 35 World Leaders after US Official Handed Over Contacts
James Ball – The Guardian,
28 Oct 2013
The National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given the numbers by an official in another US government department, according to a classified document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
→ read full articleEU Parliament Votes to Suspend US from Financial Databank to Avoid Spying
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
The European Parliament voted Wednesday [23 Oct 2013] for US access to the global financial database to be suspended. EU lawmakers are concerned that the US is covertly using information from the SWIFT database following leaked US documents aired by Brazil’s biggest television network Globo, which indicated that the US has secretly tapped into SWIFT.
→ read full articleRussell Brand on Revolution: “We No Longer Have the Luxury of Tradition”
Russell Brand – New Statesman,
28 Oct 2013
But before we change the world, we need to change the way we think. The revolution of consciousness is a decision, decisions take a moment. In my mind the revolution has already begun.
→ read full articleTreating Anti-Syria Charges as Flat Fact
Robert Parry - Consortium News,
28 Oct 2013
With the blessing of the New York Times, the Obama administration has succeeded in cementing a dubious conventional wisdom about the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons last Aug. 21 – without presenting a shred of actual evidence.
→ read full article(Castellano) Londres Desiste de Crear Comisión Con Ecuador Para Resolver Caso Assange
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Reino Unido decidió rechazar la creación de una comisión conjunta con Ecuador para dar solución al caso del fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, según informó el canciller de Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño.
→ read full articleDoes America Have a “Licence to Kill”? US Drone War on Yemen Violates International Law
Global Research News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
These aerial attacks have occurred in almost every province of the country. In the past two years, the number of drone strikes has multiplied and the infrastructure required for these attacks have been expanded.
→ read full article(Castellano) El Maíz Transgénico en México (en 15 píldoras)
Morral Campesino – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
La introducción del maíz transgénico en México pone en riesgo la biodiversidad de dicha planta, patrimonio de los mexicanos y fuente de diversidad genética para el mundo. La Unión de Científicos Comprometidos con la Sociedad presenta el libro “El maíz transgénico en México (en 15 píldoras)”, texto que fue realizado por diversos investigadores mexicanos de alto nivel.
→ read full article(Português) Subtração de Animais em Laboratórios: Justificável?
Luiz Flávio Gomes, Copyleft – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
“A questão não é saber se são capazes de raciocinar, ou se conseguem falar, mas, sim, se são passíveis de sofrimento… O fato de que os seres não pertencem à nossa espécie não nos dá o direito de explorá-los (…) não podemos deixar de levar em conta seus interesses (…)
→ read full articleSyria Rebels against Geneva Peace Talks
SBS Australia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
The rebels, who met with the so-called Friends of Syria group of 11 countries in London on Tuesday [22 Oct 2013], said they would not take part in the Geneva conference in late November if any regime members were there, and insisted that Assad’s departure was essential.
→ read full articleUSA Must Be Held To Account for Drone Killings in Pakistan
Amnesty International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
New evidence indicates that the USA has carried out unlawful killings in Pakistan through drone attacks, some of which could even amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said in a major new report released today [22 Oct 2013].
→ read full articleForthcoming Major Revolution in Global Dialogue
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Challenging New World Order of Interactive Communication – There is every reason to foresee in the immediate future the possibility that dialogue with artificial intelligence, in a variety of forms, will become more engaging and interesting than that with other human beings.
→ read full articleVictims of Haiti Cholera Epidemic Sue the United Nations
John Marion, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
On Oct 9 [2013], a lawsuit was filed against the UN in a US federal court by the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux. The suit seeks class action status for all victims of the epidemic, which to date has caused at least 8,300 deaths and left more than 679,000 sick.
→ read full article(Castellano) Líderes africanos se reúnen para crear mercado común y moneda única
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
25 Oct 2013 – Los líderes de 15 naciones miembros de la Comunidad Económica de Estados de África Occidental (Cedeao) se reúnen este viernes en Dakar, capital de Senegal, con el propósito de planificar al creación de un mercado común y una moneda única para el año 2020.
→ read full articleUN Envoy: Iran Participation In Syria Conference Essential
The Times of Israel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Saturday [26 Oct 2013] that Iran’s participation at the Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis, scheduled for next month, was essential.
→ read full articleInterview with UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar
UN Humanitarian Affairs – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
[During my] last mission my convoy was attacked by Buddhist mobs [where I was addressing the issue of communal violence]. And the police stood by so it was kind of planned somehow… It was more than tense. I was frightened. But I am still holding the mandate [as Myanmar’s special rapporteur on human rights].
→ read full articleThe Struggle for Meaning in a World of Violence
Robert J. Burrowes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
What is the measure of a human being? Is it their wealth? Their wisdom? Their spirituality? Is it something that can be measured from the outside? What if it is something else altogether?
→ read full articlePepsi, Nestlé, Coca Cola Revealed as Big Money behind GMO Labeling Fight
Jacob Chamberlain – Common Dreams,
28 Oct 2013
In Washington state battle, pro-GMO lobbyists forced to expose illegally hidden donors.
→ read full articleCommunique of the London 11 ‘Friends of Syria’: More Arms for Jihadists, No Hope for Peace
US Department of State – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Below is the text of a Communique issued following the London 11 Meeting held in London, United Kingdom, on October 22, 2013.
[Note from TMS editor: The London 11 consists of: Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Representatives of the leadership of the National Coalition also attend the meeting.]
(Italiano) Il processo d’integrazione balcanica in un contesto globale*
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Il processo d’integrazione balcanico all’interno, e il contesto globale all’esterno, sono entrambi parte della storia degli imperi che vengono, lasciano profonde linee di faglia all’interno e all’esterno, e poi declinano e cadono.
→ read full articleThe Case for Economic Reform
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
The serious threats which civilization is facing in the 21st century are well known. Nevertheless, it may be useful to list them and to examine how they are related to each other and to our growth-obsessed, war-addicted economic system.
→ read full articleInterview with UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar
UN Humanitarian Affairs – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
[During my] last mission my convoy was attacked by Buddhist mobs [where I was addressing the issue of communal violence]. And the police stood by so it was kind of planned somehow… It was more than tense. I was frightened. But I am still holding the mandate [as Myanmar’s special rapporteur on human rights].
→ read full articleAs Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
The year 2014 could be shaping up as the year that the chickens come home to roost. Americans, even well-informed ones, don’t know all of the mistakes made by neoconized and corrupted Washington in the past two decades. However, enough is known to see that the US has lost economic and political power, and that the loss is irreversible.
→ read full articleConfessions of a Drone “Warrior”
Matthew Power, GQ – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Meet the 21st-century American killing machine–who’s still utterly, terrifyingly human.
→ read full article(Português) Dívida Pública de Portugal Sobe Para 131,3% do PIB
Esquerda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
Portugal tem a 3ª maior dívida pública da União Europeia, apenas superado pela Grécia e a Itália. Mas no final de 2010, antes do memorando com a troika, dívida era de 94% do Produto Interno Bruto.
→ read full article(Português) Homens-Bombas, Versão Ocidental
Grégoire Chamayou- Le Monde Diplomatique,
28 Oct 2013
Que estranhos condicionamentos culturais levam ao horror diante dos atentados suicidas, e à indiferença às mortes impostas por controle remoto?
→ read full articleSnowden Leaks: France Summons US Envoy over NSA Surveillance Claims
Sam Jones and Angelique Chrisafis – The Guardian,
21 Oct 2013
On Monday [21 Oct 2013], Le Monde published details from the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden suggesting that the US agency had been intercepting phone calls on what it terms “a massive scale”. The French government has summoned the US ambassador in Paris, demanding an explanation.
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Black Hole: Evolution of a Mafia State (Part 1)
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The military’s regressive evolution in terms of its institutional ethos, culture, and practices have created its current mafia-like nature. A mafia mindset has infected the beliefs and attitudes of those who lead, manage and man this omnipresent organization, the self-proclaimed guardian of the national interest in Myanmar’s supposed new democracy.
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Black Hole: Fascist Roots, Rewritten Histories (Part 2)
Maung Zarni – Asia Times,
21 Oct 2013
One of the best known historical facts about Myanmar’s armed forces is that it was originally the product of fascist Japan’s military strategy to recruit, train and arm local nationalist elements in Asia against British and Allied forces during World War II.
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Black Hole: A Class above, the Heaven-Born (Part 3)
Maung Zarni – Asia Times,
21 Oct 2013
Only time will tell whether the forces of the free market will overpower Myanmar’s ruling soldiering class. Unlike the military in Indonesia, the Philippines and Turkey, Myanmar’s military is marching backward along feudal lines.
→ read full articleThe Science of Dreams and Why We Have Nightmares
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The Psychology of Our Built-In Nocturnal Therapy
→ read full articleMonsanto Buys a Food Prize
Jim Hightower – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
As Lily Tomlin has noted, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” But try this one: An Iowa group announces that the “World Food Prize” will go to Monsanto for pushing its patented, pricey, genetically-tampered Frankenseeds on impoverished lands as an “answer” to global hunger. This would be so morally perverse that the “cyn” in cynical would be spelled S.I.N. Yet, it’s actually happening.
→ read full articleReport: NSA Collecting E-Mail and IM Contacts Globally
Melanie Eversley & Byron Acohido - USA Today,
21 Oct 2013
Oct 15, 2013 – The National Security Agency has been collecting contacts from people’s personal e-mail address books and instant messaging accounts in an effort to detect relationships that might be crucial to government security, the Washington Post is reporting.
→ read full article(Italiano) Il vero “Sud globale” oggi: i BRICS*
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Nello sviluppo economico mondiale si stagliano due fatti basilari, a parte lo sviluppo militare, politico, culturale e sociale:
* I BRICS – un acronimo che sta diventando un fatto sociale – stanno emergendo;
* Gli USA-UE stanno declinando; non solo come mercati, bensì anche come produttori.
(Português) Marx, por Daniel Bensaid
Emir Sader – Carta Maior,
21 Oct 2013
Bensaid restabelece o caráter global da obra e da vida de Marx, como pensador e como militante, como analista e como teórico da revolução. O livro acompanha a biografia do Marx, sua formação intelectual e política, a construção da sua obra e sua imbricação com sua militância política.
→ read full articleVarieties of Violence: Structural, Cultural, and Direct
William T. Hathaway – Counter Currents,
21 Oct 2013
Where does it come from? The Norwegian peace researcher Johan Galtung denies that human nature condemns us to violence; instead he gives another explanation of its etiology based on three interacting forces: structural, cultural, and direct.
→ read full articlePsychosocial Implication of Without Within
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The possibility explored here is the degree to which much that is held to be “external” and “objective” can be fruitfully explored as a projection of an “internal”, “subjective” form of comprehension. The significance of the terms used with regard to this possibility is itself necessarily questionable, with the process of “defining” in effect calling for “refining” — “definition” for “refinition”.
→ read full articleEU Parliament Report: Europe Has 880,000 Slave Laborers
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
A report by the European Parliament says there are 3,600 international criminal organizations in the European Union and that some 880,000 slave laborers live in the 27-nation bloc, including 270,000 victims of sexual exploitation.
→ read full articleHumanitarian Intervention: Destroying Nations to Save Them
Ibrahim Kazerooni and Rob Prince – Foreign Policy in Focus,
21 Oct 2013
Humanitarian intervention and pre-emptive military strikes go together like a horse and carriage. The notion of “humanitarian intervention” by former imperialist and now neo-colonial powers is as old as the hills. One can trace such pretexts back far in modern history.
→ read full articleGlobal Power Project: Exposing the Institute of International Finance (Part 2) – Connecting Josef Ackermann, the IFF, and the Euro Debt Crisis
Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
When the European debt crisis hit headlines in 2010, the IIF was again on the scene and playing a major part. At the center was the CEO of Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann, who served as CEO of Deutsche Bank from 2002 to 2012, and over the same period served as Chairman of the IIF.
→ read full articleFrance Cements Fracking Ban
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
France’s constitutional court has upheld a ban on hydraulic fracturing, ruling that the law against the energy exploration technique known as “fracking” is a valid means of protecting the environment.
→ read full articleInternational Monetary Fund Strongly Suggests Countries Tax the Rich to Fix Deficit
Agence France-Presse ,The Raw Story – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
11 Oct 2013 – Tax the rich and better target the multinationals: The IMF has set off shockwaves this week in Washington by suggesting countries fight budget deficits by raising taxes.
→ read full articleThe Business of America Is War
William J. Astore – TomDispatch,
21 Oct 2013
Disaster Capitalism on the Battlefield and in the Boardroom
→ read full articleSlavery Was Believed Permanent Longer Than War Has Been
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Religion and science and history and economics all purported to prove slavery’s permanence, acceptability, and even desirability. In Ephesians 6:5 St. Paul instructed slaves to obey their earthly masters as they obeyed Christ. And culture, of course, that tries to preserve itself by calling itself “human nature.”
→ read full articleSwitzerland: Giant Companies Pinpricked by ‘Direct Democracy’
Ray Smith Reprint, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
A Swiss village has decided to reject tax money from Glencore and donate it to charities. Other towns may follow, sending a strong signal to the government to introduce transparency rules for the extractive industry. “Our tax regulation is deeply unfair; it makes us rich, while people in extraction countries suffer, as the companies evade taxation there.”
→ read full articlePierre Omidyar Commits $250m to New Media Venture with Glenn Greenwald
Dominic Rushe – The Guardian,
21 Oct 2013
Decision to set up news organisation fuelled by ‘concern about press freedoms in the US and around the world’. Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, has revealed more details of the media organization he is creating with journalist Glenn Greenwald.
→ read full articleThe US Calamities: There Are Solutions
Johan Galtung, 21 Oct 2013 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
How about USA making a deal with the Chinese and the Russians? 50 Percent Chinese debt forgiveness against 50 percent US reduction of the most offensive military components– the 800 bases around the world–over 5-10 years? Accompanied by a similar multilateral and balanced reduction in offensive arms in all three, building on the Russian chemical arms momentum?
→ read full articleBankrupt at Home and Abroad, Syria Shows Washington is a Spent Geopolitical Player
Finian Cunningham – Strategic Culture Foundation,
21 Oct 2013
Having largely created a quagmire of terrorism and lawlessness in Syria through covert insurgency operations over the past two and half years, the US government looks like a hapless Doctor Frankenstein who has lost control of the beast, or should we say beasts…
→ read full articleThe Not-So-Noble Past of the Nobel Prizes
Mark Jackson – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The Nobel Prize has had its controversies, and its combination of science and politics can create unusual relationships.
→ read full articleElite Insurgency
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The real threat to the national interest comes from the rich and powerful. Subversion ain’t what it used to be. Today it scarcely figures as a significant force. Nation states are threatened by something else. Superversion: an attack from above.
→ read full articleIs Homosexuality Really An Import?
Devika Mittal – Counter Currents,
21 Oct 2013
The Gulf nations are planning to conduct “gay tests” for foreign tourists. It is claimed that the test will “recognise” gays and transgenders who will be then denied entry. This will be applicable in all the GCC or Gulf Cooperation Council countries that includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. In all the GCC countries, homosexuality is outlawed.
→ read full articleThe In Amenas “Cover Up”
Jeremy Keenan – International State Crime Initiative,
21 Oct 2013
What is going on? Why is one of Al Qaeda’s biggest ever terrorist attacks being swept under the carpet? Some very significant new evidence of Algerian involvement in the attack and Western complicity in its “cover-up” has come to light, to the extent that it is questionable whether we can really even ascribe the terrorist attack to Al Qaeda.
→ read full articleUS Increases Military Operations in Africa for ‘Strategic Interests’
PressTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The US military is stepping up its military activity “in Africa to seize control of natural resources and strategic waterways and also to block the People’s Republic of China from enhancing its relationship with various African states,” the editor of Pan-African Newswire, Abayomi Azikiwe, said.
→ read full articleThe Disappearance of Palestine
Jonathan Cook: the View from Nazareth – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The idea that a financial lifeline – whether Kerry’s plan or Netanyahu’s economic peace – is going to smooth the path to the conflict’s end is an illusion. Peace, and prosperity, will come only when Palestinians are liberated from Israeli control.
→ read full articleU.S. Science Reporters Becoming an Endangered Species
Zofeen Ebrahim, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The news for environmental journalism in the United States is grim and getting grimmer.
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Michio Kaku on War, Peace, and the All-Powerful Will of the People
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Dr. Michio Kaku is an American thinker, physicist, professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York, futurist, and communicator. He has written several books and made frequent appearances on radio, television and film worldwide.
→ read full article1993-2013: Is the Twenty-Year Long “Pas de Deux” of Russia and the USA Coming to an End?
The Saker – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
While tensions have reached some sort of climax over the Syrian issue, problems between Russia and the USA are really nothing new. A quick look at the recent past will show that the western corporate media has been engaged in a sustained strategic campaign to identify and exploit any possible weaknesses in the Russian “political armor” and to paint Russia like a very nasty, undemocratic and authoritarian country, in other words a threat to the West.
→ read full articleA Young Syrian Al-Qaeda Member: “It is too late, I cannot come back anymore.”
International Network for Justice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
NGOs have been protesting the fact that young people from the eastern cities of Turkey are being taken to war in Syria. How come Syria-based organizations are able to run so easily? We will make an appeal to the parliament to ensure that the organizations recruiting troops from Turkey to Syria will be busted and those young people will be taken back to Turkey.
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William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
21 Oct 2013
Now we have a police state apparatus of almost unimagined dimension, most of which is kept secret and remains unknown, despite the efforts of a few reporters and whistleblowers who tell the truth at their personal peril.
→ read full article‘Our’ Weaponized Wahhabi Bastards
Pepe Escobar – Asia Times,
21 Oct 2013
Life is good if you’re a member of the Gulf Counter-revolution Club, officially known as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). You can crush the Arab Spring at will. You can hire goons all across dar-al-Islam to advance a sectarian Sunni-Shi’ite divide. You can be deeply implicated in the destruction of Syria. You can treat a significant part of your own population as third-class citizens. Not only you get away with it; you get rewarded with expensive toys. And in one particular case – Saudi Arabia – even with a two-year seat at the UN Security Council.
→ read full articleWhy Bad Movies Keep Coming Out and What to Do About It
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
David Cameron saw the hyped ‘The Fifth Estate’ and declared: “Brilliant, fantastic piece of acting. The twitchiness and everything of Julian Assange is brilliantly portrayed.” Neither he nor the makers of this fiction have ever met Assange. Based on a dodgy, axe-grinding book, the DreamWorks juggernaut is a perfidious, unethical exploitation of a man fighting for his freedom, if not his life.
→ read full articleDifference Maker – Glenn Paige’s Simple Idea: A ‘Nonkilling’ World
Beverly Deepe Keever – The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Oct 2013
A “nonkilling world” as one without killing, threats to kill, or conditions conducive to killing – and one in which there is no dependence on killing or the threat of killing to produce change.
→ read full articleJPMorgan, Department of Justice Strike Tentative $13B Deal
Julian Hattem – The Hill,
21 Oct 2013
JPMorgan Chase has reached a tentative $13 billion deal to settle charges with the Justice Department and other regulators over mortgage-backed securities, according to reports. The settlement reportedly does not release JPMorgan from criminal liability.
→ read full articleFrom England, One Man Feeds Western Media on Syria
Associated Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
It boggles the mind that a man living in Coventry is somehow able to count and categorize the dead in Syria hour by hour, every day of the week. “Something is going on which is quite fishy.”
→ read full articleThe Deep Roots beneath 1,000,000 Dead Iraqis
Mark LeVine – Al Jazeera,
21 Oct 2013
Iraq continues to suffer the legacy of two decades of US military intervention and meddling, with little end in sight.
→ read full articlePeace in Syria
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
XIII World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Warsaw, Poland Oct 21-23, 2013 – We pay tribute to the great work of so many of the religious leaders, both Muslim and Christian, and to many in the Syrian civil society who in spite of so much suffering have continued to bravely work for an end to violence and engage in dialogue with everyone.
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The Story of Solutions
storyofstuffproject – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
But what if we changed the point of the game? What if the goal of our economy wasn’t more, but better — better health, better jobs and a better chance to survive on the planet? Shouldn’t that be what winning means?
→ read full articleOil, Azerbaijan and the Strange Case of Rick Bourke
Amy Goodman - Truthdig,
21 Oct 2013
As a senior investigator on the Senate Watergate Committee, Armstrong uncovered the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret taping system. He considers Bourke a genuine whistle-blower and summed up the case: “This elaborate set of frauds that Kozeny was involved in were in essence covered up by the United States government, who chose instead to bring the full weight of their investigative enthusiasm against the whistle-blower. And that just shocks the conscience.”
→ read full articleA Very Perfect Instrument: The Ferocity and Failure of America’s Sanctions Apparatus
Andrew Cockburn – Harper’s Magazine,
21 Oct 2013
At the beginning of World War I Britain set up a blockade designed, according to Winston Churchill, to “starve the whole population of Germany — men, women and children, old and young, wounded and sound — into submission.” By January 1918 the country’s civilians were dying almost at the same rate as its soldiers.
→ read full article30 Million Modern Slaves around the World, Finds Global Index
Counter Currents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to the Global Slavery Index 2013, a new index ranking 162 countries. Even, Iceland, Ireland and the UK are not slave-free. This is the first year of the GSI.
→ read full articleAmerican Apocalypse: The Case for Divine Retribution
Justin Raimondo - Antiwar,
21 Oct 2013
Bound by no law but that which they legislate, Washington’s reckless hubris defies the laws of nature and the gods themselves. One cannot go on committing evil without reaping a whirlwind or two. Eventually Nemesis overtakes Hubris, and the results aren’t pretty.
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Made In France (Music Video of the Week)
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Recorded Live in Manchester – Aquarelle Guitar Quartet. Composer: Bireli Lagrene.
→ read full articleBloomberg News — Americans Sell Body Parts for Income
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Americans who lost their jobs have experienced dramatic reductions in their incomes and access to medical care. They have used up their savings and now have to sell parts of their bodies for money. This crisis will worsen as the American economic collapse proceeds. Income and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs.
→ read full articleGlenn Greenwald Announces Departure from the Guardian
Guardian staff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke a string of stories about widespread electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency based on files leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, has announced that he is leaving the Guardian.
→ read full articleInequality Is a Choice
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Economics Laureate – The New York Times,
21 Oct 2013
It’s well known by now that income and wealth inequality in most rich countries, especially the United States, have soared in recent decades and, tragically, worsened even more since the Great Recession. But what about the rest of the world?
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