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Tracking Cross-Border Weapons Trade with Youtube
Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,
25 Aug 2014
How German reporters revealed questionable international export practices of a major German arms manufacturer – and how a YouTube video helped break open the case.
→ read full articleReport: US Exerting Pressure on ICC Not to Open War Crimes Probe against Israel
The Jerusalem Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
‘The Guardian’ quotes lawyers and former court officials as saying that western pressure has influenced decision not to open probe.
→ read full articleAll This Talk of an ‘Apocalyptic’ Threat Is Simply Childish
Robert Fisk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The word movie is the clue. Chuck Hagel and Martin Dempsey were pure Hollywood. It only needed Tom Cruise at their press conference to utter the words “Mission impossible”. Who writes this God-awful script? Can’t the US Defence Secretary and his joint chiefs chairman do better than this?
→ read full articleImages of Gaza and the Erasure of History
Ludek Stavinoha – Open Democracy,
25 Aug 2014
What is lost is the Palestinian view of the war, a war that did not begin on July 8 [2014] but that has been going on for decades, not confined to the Gaza Strip but the entire Palestinian people, and that will continue to diminish their lives even when the bombs temporarily stop falling and news cameras rolling.
→ read full articlePentagon Funds New Data-Mining Tools to Track and Kill Activists (Part III)
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The U.S. Department of Defense’s multimillion dollar university research program, the Minerva Research Initiative, is developing new data mining and analysis tools for the U.S. military intelligence community to capture and analyze social media posts.
→ read full articleFIA Formula E[lectric] Championship
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Formula E is a new FIA-Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile championship featuring single-seater cars powered exclusively by electric energy. It represents a vision for the future of the motor industry over the coming decades.
→ read full articleAge: Choices for Being-in-the-World
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
There are many ages! Some are objective (i.e., quantifiable, legal), and some are subjective (i.e., private, perception, personal, psychological). We need to recognize the full range of age choices to avoid stereotypes and categorical conclusions. Obviously, physical and mental limitations and disabilities impose constraints.
→ read full articleDemand Swells for Straight Answers on Plane in Ukraine
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
22 Aug 2014 – A long list of prominent individuals has signed, a number of organizations will be promoting next week, and you can be one of the first to sign right now, a petition titled “Call For Independent Inquiry of the Airplane Crash in Ukraine and its Catastrophic Aftermath.”
→ read full articleCuba Sees Its Future in Mariel Port, Hand in Hand with Brazil
Patricia Grogg, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
The Mariel special economic development zone, the biggest construction project undertaken in decades in Cuba, emerged thanks to financial support from Brazil, which was based on political goodwill, a strategy of integration, and business vision.
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The Powers behind the Islamic State
Nafeez Ahmed – The Real News Network,
25 Aug 2014
August 24, 2014 – Investigative journalist, TRANSCEND member Nafeez Ahmed gives specific examples of how Saudi, Qatari, and American interests have supported the group known as ISIS and what the global community can do now to rein them in.
→ read full articleProfessor Galtung: Erdoğan Should Focus on Foreign Policy
Yonca Poyraz Doğan – Today’s Zaman, Istanbul,
18 Aug 2014
August 17, 2014 – Galtung spoke with us during his recent visit to İstanbul for the International Peace Research Association’s (IPRA) biannual conference.
→ read full article(Português) Woodstock Foi Há 45 Anos
António José André – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
No dia 18 de agosto de 1969, chegou ao fim o Festival de Woodstock. A grande vitória da Geração Woodstock [hippies] foi ter contribuído para o fim da guerra do Vietname. O seu exemplo repercutiu-se posteriormente nos ativismos em defesa do meio ambiente e alguns dos modismos que ainda hoje são evidentes: o ioga, a macrobiótica, a não-violência, a agricultura biológica…
→ read full article“Muslim Rage” and the Hypocrisy of the Western Liberal Elite
Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The western liberal élite has a problem with Muslims, in particular with Muslim Rage, as Newsweek’s cover called it. It reminds me of that priceless, old misogynist quotation from Sigmund Freud: women–what do they want? What do Muslims want? They want to be part of the modern world yet they import these age-old hatreds that are so–well, primitive and unmodern. Muslims aren’t ready for civilization-primetime.
→ read full articleSOS! – Hospital Ships Needed to Save Gaza’s Children
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Middle East analysts point out that it is difficult to recall a time in modern history when there has been so much sustained slaughter of this region’s civilian population, with more than two-thirds of the victims being women and children. Five Hospital ships are urgently needed along Gaza’s shoreline at the following locations: opposite Jabaliya and North Gaza, Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis, and Rafah.
→ read full articleEyeless in Gaza
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The trouble with war is that it has two sides. Everything would be so much easier if war had only one side. Ours, of course. “We” – Israelis and Palestinians, locked forever in an embrace of war. Or do what Samson did: commit suicide.
→ read full articlePlanned U.S. Cyber Warfare Program Could Hurt Innocent Countries: Snowden
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
In an interview with WIRED magazine made public Wednesday [13 Aug 2014], Snowden said the program – MonsterMind – could hurt countries caught in the middle as hackers could disguise the origin of their attacks by routing them through computers in other nations.
→ read full articleAn Evaluation of Indian PM’s Independence Speech
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
I listened to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on India’s 68th Independence Day. Here I elaborate some of the points in the speech which I find inspiring for India’s growth.
→ read full article225 Jewish Survivors and Descendents of Survivors of Nazi Genocide Condemn the Massacre of Palestinians
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
They have signed this letter condemning Israel’s massacre on Gaza and calling for an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people. They also speak out against the abuse of their histories to promote the dehumanization of Palestinians advanced by Elie Wiesel and others.
→ read full articleStrange Regional Alignments in the Gaza Massacre
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Neighborly Crimes of Complicity in Gaza – The abysmal failure of the Kerry induced talks showed definitively that Israel has lost all interest in a diplomacy that promises the Palestinians a viable and independent sovereign state at the end of the road.
→ read full article(Português) Naomi Klein: Nosso modelo econômico está em guerra com a vida na Terra
Jon Queally - Common Dreams,
18 Aug 2014
As mudanças climáticas têm muito mais a ver com capitalismo do que com carbono: é nosso modelo de consumo que está nos levando à destruição do planeta.
→ read full articleGaza: A Testing Ground for Israeli Military Technology
Shir Hever – Middle East Eye,
18 Aug 2014
Commercial considerations of the arms industry play a key role in Israel’s policies towards the Gaza Strip.
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Gaza Rally in NYC: God’s Covenant in the Promised Land
Chris Hedges – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
On August 9, 2014 a rally supporting the people in Gaza took place at Columbus Circle in NYC. The rally lasted for 2 hours, followed by a march to the United Nations.
→ read full articleIs This a Weapon I See Before Me, the Trigger Toward My Hand?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Soliloquy of the Most Powerful Man on the Planet? – Slightly adapted from The Tragedy of Macbeth (2:1), with apologies to William Shakespeare. Barack Obama’s Soliloquy by Willy ShakesUS.
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Why US and Israel Want to Ban This Video…
Anna Baltzer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Jul 18, 2014 – A Jewish American speaks truth (to power) about her experience in occupied Palestine. “Not believing what I heard, I decided to do some research to prove myself right. Immediately, I was shocked to find how much I didn’t know about the situation on the ground.”
→ read full articlePutin Says Russia Should Aim to Sell Energy in Roubles
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
YALTA, Crimea – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday [14 Aug 2014] Russia should aim to sell its oil and gas for roubles globally because the dollar monopoly in energy trade was damaging Russia’s economy.
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Walk on the Wild Side: The Warhol Superstars (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Lou Reed and David Bowie – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Lou Reed and David Bowie’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ (1972) tells the stories of Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dellasandro, Joe Campbell and Jackie Curtis. Before stardom under Warhol’s wing they had lived a life of crime and prostitution to survive in the harsh New York City streets. Lou Reed died on 27 Oct, 2013. RIP
→ read full articleCry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement, Odious Debt or Pillage?
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Argentina has now taken the US to The Hague for blocking the country’s 2005 settlement with the bulk of its creditors. The issue underscores the need for an international mechanism for nations to go bankrupt. Better yet would be a sustainable global monetary scheme that avoids the need for sovereign bankruptcy.
→ read full articleMilitarization of US Police: Blowback in Ferguson, Missouri
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
[The fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager] This is a short call from informing the mainstream media that the country has been living under pseudo martial law for decades. Regardless of what big media wants us to believe, what we witness is a blowback. Our wars have come home to roost.
→ read full articleThe Tragedy of Great Power: The Massacre of Gaza and the Inevitable Failure of the Arab Spring
Khaled Abou El Fadl, ABC – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
After the military coup in Egypt, I braced for the slaughter in Palestine. Sadly, one’s worst possible fears materialized with nightmarish predictability.
→ read full articleIsraeli Genocide and its Willing Accomplices
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Outside of Israel and its organized supporters in the major Zionist organizations, world public opinion and most experts in international law see the Jewish State’s invasion of Gaza and its systematic attack on civilians and basic infrastructure as a crime against humanity. The purpose of this essay is 4-fold.
→ read full articleWho Is ISIS, Where Are They From, And Why Are They Fighting?
Amy McQuire – New Matilda,
18 Aug 2014
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) seems to have come from nowhere. The forces that have led to ISIS’ disturbing ascent—explained.
→ read full articleSwamped by Rising Seas, Small Islands Seek a Lifeline
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
11 Aug 2014 – The world’s 52 small island developing states (SIDS), some in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth because of sea-level rise triggered by climate change, will be the focus of an international conference in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa next month.
→ read full articleIsrael Furious as UN Unveils Gaza Probe Team
AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Israel lashed out on Tuesday [12 Aug 2014] after the UN Human Rights Council named the man who will be running an inquiry into its Gaza offensive. “This commission’s anti-Israeli conclusions have already been written, all it needs is a signature,” railed foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor.
→ read full article6 Things You Need to Know about Food and Cancer
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Servicer,
18 Aug 2014
The notion of using food to prevent or delay the onset of certain ailments is centuries old—Hippocrates himself is famous for saying “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
→ read full articleJames Risen, Surveillance and Obama’s Threat to Journalism
Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!,
18 Aug 2014
The Obama administration’s espionage case against alleged CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling is expected to come to trial soon, six years after he was indicted. In addition to Sterling, also on trial will be a central pillar of our democratic society: press freedom.
→ read full articleSeaWorld Shares Tumble 33% Following Blackfish Documentary
Ben Beaumont-Thomas – The Guardian,
18 Aug 2014
The negative publicity from Blackfish, a documentary film that followed the violent behaviour of an orca kept captive by SeaWorld, has caused attendance to fall at the theme parks.
→ read full articleUS Just Not Sure Who to Bomb in the Middle East Anymore
Pan-Arabia Enquirer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
An exhausted Barack Obama told US citizens that he was “mostly clueless” about who he should bomb in the Middle East. The statement days after US forces began air strikes against Islamic State forces in Iraq, despite their opposition to Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad, who the US also consider an enemy and have considered bombing.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to My Palestinian Friends
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
I wish to acknowledge the sensitivity of some Palestinians to suggestions from those of us who are only Palestinian in the sense that ‘We are all Palestinian’. I did not choose my nationality. I did choose to study, exhaustively, strategic theory and nonviolent strategy so that I could share them with those who might be interested. I have no interest in doing more than offering this suggestion and my help.
→ read full articleName Calling on the Road
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A man was driving a car along a winding mountain road.
→ read full articleWhy Latin American Leaders Are Standing Up to Israel
Laura Carlsen – Al Jazeera America,
18 Aug 2014
A Latin America freed from U.S. dictums has the capacity, if not to isolate a wayward state, at least to send a powerful message of opprobrium. Hopefully, other nations will see the example and follow suit.
→ read full articleEdward Snowden the Most Wanted Man in the World
James Bamford, Wired – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
In May [2014] I received an email from his lawyer, ACLU attorney Ben Wizner, confirming that Snowden would meet me in Moscow and let me hang out and chat with him for what turned out to be three solid days over several weeks. It is the most time that any journalist has been allowed to spend with him since he arrived in Russia in June 2013.
→ read full articleScience, Religion and War
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The principle of reciprocity is an ancient one in human history, and it is thus embedded in our emotions. It is the basis of non-market economies, and also the basis of social interactions between family members, friends and colleagues. In hunter-gatherer societies, it is customary to share food among all the members of the group. Similarly, among friends in modern society, no payment is made for hospitality, but it is expected that the hospitality will be returned.
→ read full articleU.S. Firm Helped the Spyware Industry Build a Potent Digital Weapon for Sale Overseas
Barton Gellman – The Washington Post,
18 Aug 2014
His contact turned out to be a former developer of computer security tools who had long since turned to the darkest side of their profession, built and sold systems to break into computers, seize control clandestinely, and then copy files, listen to Skype calls, record every keystroke and switch on Web cameras and microphones at will; a shadowy world of lucrative spyware tools for sale to foreign security services with records of human rights abuse.
→ read full article(Português) Estudo da legislação europeia referente à proibição da experimentação de cosméticos e seus ingredientes em animais, bem como sua comercialização
Sérgio Greif - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
18 Aug 2014
A legislação europeia referente à proibição dos testes de cosméticos em animais é rebuscada e confusa e tem gerado controvérsia com relação ao seu entendimento. Esboço o presente artigo com vistas a um melhor entendimento sobre a matéria.
→ read full articleYou Can Get Hacked Just by Watching This Cat Video on YouTube
Morgan Marquis-Boire – The Intercept,
18 Aug 2014
Many people think they have to do something wrong, or stupid, or insecure to get hacked—like clicking on the wrong attachments, or browsing malicious websites. But according to research I am releasing today at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, many of these commonly held beliefs are not necessarily true.
→ read full articleJapan’s “Peace Constitution” Is in Jeopardy
Akira Tashiro, Chugoku Shimbun – Hiroshima Peace Media Center,
18 Aug 2014
The concepts of “negative peace” and “positive peace” that Dr. Galtung devised have taken root . The former defines a state without war. The latter indicates a situation where not only war but also structural violence such as poverty, oppression, and discrimination do not exist. I expect that Dr. Galtung would no doubt criticize the term “positive pacifism,” a pet phrase of Mr. Abe which makes the military a higher priority, as a “distortion.”
→ read full articleCapital in the Twenty-First Century [e-book]
Thomas Piketty – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Download made possible by Wallace Patrick Farias.
→ read full articlePractical Solution to the Middle East Conflict
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The best way to solve problems properly and effectively is to go straight to their source. This way adequate solutions could be provided in the best interest of all those involved.
→ read full articleNo Talking
Ada Aharoni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The politicians decided
No talking with the enemy
Beat them because they attack us
Shed their blood and that of their leaders
Genocide in Iraq? A Political History of the Yazidis and Mandaeans
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
As an NGO representative to the United Nations, Geneva, and active on human rights issues, I had already raised the issues of two major religious minorities in Iraq at the UN Commission on Human Rights: the Yazidis and the Mandaeans.
→ read full articleUS, NATO and the Destruction of Libya: The Western Front of a Widening War
Horace Campbell – Pambazuka News,
18 Aug 2014
NATO claimed that its intervention in Libya was a historic success. But three years later, Libya is in complete chaos. Some 1700 militias have a combined total of 250,000 men under arms. Another external intervention seems necessary to stabilize the country. But the US and NATO must never be involved.
→ read full articleLGBT Rights around the World
InfoGraphic World – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
LGBT rights around the world vary; some countries such as Australia and Greenland recognize same-sex relationships. Many countries in Africa and the Middle East criminalize being gay, some go so far as to put a person to death. Learn how LGBT rights have changed over the years and what daily life is like around the world for the LGBT community.
→ read full article(Português) Um Lugar na Tua Alma
Tereza Halliday- TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A vida não anda para trás. Sustenta-me a assertiva de Marc Chagall: “Só é meu o lugar que se encontra na minha alma”. E não é a Caruaru de hoje. Quais lugares se encontram na tua alma?
→ read full article45 Years Ago: The Complicated, Generation-Defining History of Woodstock
Corbin Reiff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
On Aug. 15, 1969, some 500,000 people descended upon Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, NY, to take part in one of the most memorable spectacles of the century. Through all the mud, the mayhem, and the music, Woodstock is still remembered as the greatest music festival of all-time. No security personnel, no occurrence of violence.
→ read full article‘We Tortured Some Folks’
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
This Modern World – Comic Strip
→ read full articleThe Myth of American Exceptionalism
Stephen M. Walt – Foreign Policy,
18 Aug 2014
The idea that the United States is uniquely virtuous may be comforting to Americans. Too bad it’s not true, says Harvard international relations professor.
→ read full articleHumankind-Improving Concepts
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleA Repugnant New Form of Fascism: The Palestinian Holocaust in Gaza
Fidel Castro Ruz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
11 Aug 2014 – I think that a new, repugnant form of fascism is emerging with notable strength, at this time in human history when more than seven billion inhabitants are struggling for their survival.
→ read full articleThis Map of US and Russian Arms Sales Says It All
Allan Smith and Skye Gould – Business Insider,
18 Aug 2014
13 Aug 2014 – They say the Cold War is over, but Russia and the U.S. remain the leading suppliers of weapons to countries around the world and are the two biggest military powers.
→ read full articleJustice as Arbiter: Educating for Moral Authority, Legitimacy, and Credibility
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
This paper is about justice! The term “justice” is widely used in our daily life in media, politics, economic, and religion sectors. This has resulted in surplus meaning, and perhaps a dulling of its implicit power as a historical force. There can be no doubt “justice” is an enduring human virtue and value.
→ read full articleHashtag Genocide: Why Gaza Fought Back
Ramzy Baroud – Toward Freedom,
18 Aug 2014
Since Israel besieged Gaza with Egypt’s help and coordination, life for Gazans has become largely about mere survival. Gazans were not allowed to venture out, fish, or farm, and those who got even close to some arbitrary “buffer zone,” determined by the Israeli army within Gaza’s own borders, were shot and often killed.
→ read full articleBuddhism in Myanmar: Extremism Galore
Sufyan bin Uzayr – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The radical [Buddhist] monks serve as handy allies for the pseudo-civilian government of Myanmar. Even [Nobel Peace Laureate] Aung San Suu Kyi, so well-known for her pro-liberty credentials, has chosen to be a mute spectator while innocent Rohingya children are being massacred.
→ read full articleGaza Exit Interview
Eli Valley – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Comic Strip
→ read full articleWhy Have the Media and Obama Administration Gone Silent on MH17?
Niles Williamson, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
The deafening silence of the US media and government about the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 one month ago reeks of a cover-up. Having built up the crash into a casus belli against Russia, the US media suddenly dropped the matter completely. The New York Times has not found it fit to print a word on the MH17 crash since August 7. Why?
→ read full articleNetanyahu Indicates Israel Won’t Cooperate with UN Probe
Yifa Yaakov – The Times of Israel,
18 Aug 2014
13 Ago 2014 – PM says team should look for war crimes in ‘Baghdad and Damascus,’ not democratic Israel, charges UNHRC legitimizes Islamist terror groups.
→ read full articleWhy Socialism?
Albert Einstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.
→ read full article(Português) Bombardeios dos EUA no Iraque: A Hipocrisia Suprema
Robert Fisk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A pergunta persiste: os Estados Unidos teriam feito o mesmo se os refugiados do norte do Iraque fossem palestinos? Bombardeariam os agressores?
→ read full articleThe Marshall Islands Sue All Nuclear Nations for Violations of the NPT’s Article VI
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
One can gain a small idea of the terrible ecological consequences of a nuclear war by thinking of the radioactive contamination that has made large areas near to Chernobyl and Fukushima uninhabitable, or the testing of hydrogen bombs in the Pacific, which continues to cause leukemia and birth defects in the Marshall Islands more than half a century later.
→ read full articleMalaysian Press Charges Ukraine Government Shot Down MH 17
Alex Lantier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
A Thursday [7 Aug 2014] article in the New Straits Times, Malaysia’s flagship English-language newspaper, charged the US- and European-backed Ukrainian regime in Kiev with shooting down Malaysian Airlines flight MH 17 in east Ukraine last month.
→ read full articleU.S. Actions in Iraq Fueled Rise of a Rebel
Tim Arango and Eric Schmitt – The New York Times,
11 Aug 2014
10 Aug 2014 – When American forces raided a home near Falluja during the turbulent 2004 offensive against the Iraqi Sunni insurgency, they picked up an apparent hanger-on, an Iraqi man in his early 30s whom they knew nothing about.
→ read full articleMourning for a Judaism Being Murdered by Israel
Rabbi Michael Lerner – Tikkun,
11 Aug 2014
My heart is broken as I witness the suffering of the Palestinian people and the seeming indifference of Israelis. Israeli behavior toward Palestinians is destroying Judaism and creating a new kind of hatred of Jews by people who never before had any issue with Jews.
→ read full article1914: The Great War Has Become a Nightly Pornography of Violence
Simon Jenkins – The Guardian,
11 Aug 2014
The centenary has been seized as a military propaganda opportunity. So-called lessons learned have been ignored or forgotten. Britain’s commemoration of the Great War has lost all sense of proportion. It has become a media theme park, an indigestible cross between Downton Abbey and a horror movie.
→ read full articleWhy the White Americans Got the ‘Secret’ Ebola Serum
Michael Daly – The Daily Beast,
11 Aug 2014
Never mind that there seem to have been no more than eight doses of the serum in existence. The scandal is not that two white people got an untested serum, but that the deaths of so many black people were ignored until two white people got sick.
→ read full articleHiroshima: The Myth of “Military Necessity”
Ronald Takaki – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
Harry S. Truman was an accidental president. He had been sworn into office only months earlier, when Franklin D. Roosevelt suddenly died on April 12 [1945]. Feeling inadequate to fill the shoes of the great F.D.R., he had to face indignities and sarcasm. In the streets, people asked, “Harry who?” and mocked him as “the little man in the White House.”
→ read full articleOver 400 Ukrainian Troops Cross into Russia for Refuge
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
More than 400 Ukrainian troops have been allowed to cross into Russia after requesting sanctuary. It’s the largest, but not the first, case of desertion into Russia by Ukrainian soldiers involved in Kiev’s military crackdown in the east of the country.
→ read full articleUS Suppressing Satellite Images Which Implicate Kiev in MH17 Crash: Petras
PressTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
Professor James Petras, who has written several books on the Latin America and Middle East, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Saturday [9 Aug 2014], commenting on a statement by former US Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul in which he says Washington is “hiding” the truth about the downing of the Malaysia Airlines MH17.
→ read full articleConclusive: Two Ukrainian Government Fighter-Jets Shot Down That Malaysian Airliner
Eric Zuesse, OpEd News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
August 5, 2014 – We’ll go considerably farther than has yet been revealed by the professional intelligence community, to provide the actual evidence that conclusively shows that (and how) the Ukrainian Government shot down the Malaysian airliner, MH-17, on July 17th [2014].
→ read full articlePalestinian Open Letter to UNSG Ban Ki-moon on Gaza
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
Open letter to Mr. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon: stand for law and Justice or resign!
→ read full articleIsrael’s Colonialism Must End
Ali Jarbawi – The New York Times,
11 Aug 2014
In the eyes of an occupying power, the humanity of those under its thumb depends on the degree of their submission to, or collaboration with, the occupation. If the occupied population chooses to stand in the way of the occupier’s goals, then they are demonized, which allows the occupier the supposed moral excuse of confronting them with all possible means, no matter how harsh.
→ read full article(Italiano) Marx e Freud, il Taoismo e Gandhi
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
Lo Stato stabilizza con il controllo esterno – punizione e ricompensa; lo Spirito con il controllo interiore – buona o cattiva coscienza. Voler fare ciò che va fatto semplifica l’esistenza umana.
→ read full articleSystemic Reliance of World Religions on Human Sacrifice
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
This is not intended as a condemnation of religion. The concern is rather to highlight a mode of operation of systems of belief in general of which awareness appears to be variously discouraged. Scientism and atheism therefore merit related consideration as forms of belief — as “religions”, understood metaphorically.
→ read full articleCamiño de Santiago: Soul Searching and Commerce on the Way of St. James
Juan Moreno on the Camino de Santiago – Der Spiegel,
11 Aug 2014
Not long ago, only a few people would make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Now, over 200,000 people a year spend several grueling weeks along the route. Traditionalists turn up their noses at the crowds, but the rewards are still vast. (Photos: TMS editor Antonio C. S. Rosa 2003 pilgrimage.)
→ read full articleHow Many Minutes to Midnight? Hiroshima Day 2014
Noam Chomsky - TomDispatch,
11 Aug 2014
The latter era opened on August 6, 1945, the first day of the countdown to what may be the inglorious end of this strange species, which attained the intelligence to discover the effective means to destroy itself, but not the moral and intellectual capacity to control its worst instincts.
→ read full articleHow Can We Destroy Love?
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
What is love? In essence, love is a feeling. It is not something you experience as a thought, although a thought might arise from the feeling… Self-love is true love. The individual who does not truly love her/himself cannot love another.
→ read full articleThe Universal Abolition of Militarism
Alberto Portugheis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
I was thrilled to read Mairead Maguire’s defence of a demilitarized world, something I’ve been talking about and campaigning for during the last fifty years!!!! However,…
→ read full articleObjectivity vs. Neutrality on Gaza
Suhail H. Patel – Open Democracy,
11 Aug 2014
The Palestine-Israel conflict poses a moral dilemma for journalists. Being objective does not necessarily mean being neutral, and being fair does not mean refraining from making a judgement. While the two may be interlinked, when the facts are laid out in front of us, free of political spin and misleading narratives, the truth does not and should not allow us to remain impassive.
→ read full articleSanctions for Russia and a Green Light for Israel to Continue War Crimes
Ajamu Baraka - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
A permanent solution will not come from the U.S. or the Israeli colonial state, and with over 80% of Israeli civil society in support of the military assault on Gaza no justice will come from that sector either. A just solution of the Palestine/Israel issue can only be facilitated by the international community (international meaning beyond the U.S. and Europe).
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Pepe Escobar – Asia Times,
11 Aug 2014
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is desperate; it is itching for a war in battlefield Ukraine at any cost. Let’s start with Pentagon supremo, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who has waxed lyrical over the Russian Bear’s “threat”:
→ read full articlePrinciples of International Co-Operation in the Detection, Arrest, Extradition and Punishment of Persons Guilty of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 3074 (XXVIII) of 3 December 1973
→ read full articleWhy Aren’t ISIS and Al-Qaeda Attacking Israel?
Brandon Turbeville, Activist Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
It is important to examine Israel’s central role in helping to create the very same organizations that it claims to be threatened by.
→ read full articleRussia, China Agree on More Trade Currency Swaps to Bypass Dollar
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
9 Aug 2014 – The Russian and Chinese central banks have agreed on a draft currency swap agreement, which will allow them to increase trade in domestic currencies and cut the dependence on the US dollar in bilateral payments.
→ read full articleKhmer Rouge Verdicts Bring History Alive for Cambodian Students
Preeti Jha, AFP News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
On Thursday [7 Aug 2014], Cambodia’s UN-backed court found “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea, 88, and ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, 83, guilty of crimes against humanity, sentencing them to life in prison.
→ read full articleLatin America Closes Ranks in Solidarity with the People of Gaza
Humberto Márquez, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
Latin America is the region whose governments have taken the firmest stance in support of Gaza in face of the battering from Israel, withdrawing a number of ambassadors from Tel Aviv and issuing harsh statements from several presidents against the attacks on the Palestinian people.
→ read full articleRussia Sanctions Accelerate Risk to Dollar Dominance
Rachel Evans - Bloomberg,
11 Aug 2014
U.S. and European Union sanctions against Russia threaten to hasten a move away from the dollar that’s been stirring since the global financial crisis. The greenback’s share of global reserves has already shrunk to under 61 percent from more than 72 percent in 2001.
→ read full article(Türk) İsrailli insan hakları grupları, devam eden savaşta stratejik tercihler yapmak zorunda
Dahlia Scheindlin – Open Democracy,
11 Aug 2014
İsrail-Gazze savaşı devam ederken, Filistinlilerin haklarını ilerletmek ve savunmak için çalışan insan hakları örgütlerinin karşılaşacakları ikilemler neler? Daha önce olanlar yüzünden zarar görmüş olan güvenilirliklerini kaybetmeden bir etkileri ve hatta söz hakları olabilir mi? Kolay değil.
→ read full articleGaza Blockade Must End
Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson – The Guardian,
11 Aug 2014
The UN should mandate an end to the siege of Gaza as a first step towards a settlement. There is no humane or legal justification for how the Israeli Defence Force is conducting this war, pulverising with bombs, missiles and artillery large parts of Gaza, including thousands of homes, schools and hospitals.
→ read full articleFr. George Zabelka’s Message for Peace
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
The former US Air Force chaplain who blessed the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and later became a peacemaker.
→ read full articleThe Hero
Felix Pollak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
I did not want to go
They inducted me.
I did not want to die
They called me yellow.
I tried to run away
Leaked Files: German Spy Company Helped Bahrain Hack Arab Spring Protesters
Cora Currier and Morgan Marquis-Boire – The Intercept,
11 Aug 2014
7 Aug 2014 – A notorious surveillance technology company that helps governments around the world spy on their citizens sold software to Bahrain during that country’s brutal response to the Arab Spring movement, according to leaked internal documents posted this week on the internet.
→ read full article(Português) Os abutres, isolados do mundo
David Cufré, Página/12 –TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Aug 2014
É digno de nota que a Argentina obtenha apoio do editorialista estrela do Financial Times. “O caso da Argentina é uma temática proeminente para a comunidade internacional, que evidencia um vazio jurídico e deve dar lugar para reformas que permitam proteger os bens comuns.”
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