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(Portuguese) Uma Reflexão Sobre a Internet e a Democracia no Brasil
Thomás S. Selistre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Uma democracia real e sustentável no Brasil, assim como em qualquer outra sociedade madura, não será possível sem o papel ativo dos meios de comunicação. Quando afirmo isso, no entanto, não me refiro àqueles veículos que pertencem a grandes corporações, que sempre terão filtradas as suas pautas através de interesses de anunciantes e da elite.
→ read full articleTamil Nadu: Independent Panel Finds Human Rights Violations at Kudankulam
India Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
An independent committee formed on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant to probe human rights violations by the Centre and the state government submitting its report on Monday [4 Jun 2012] said that people’s right to freedom of speech and freedom of movement were suppressed.
→ read full articleThe Health Benefits of Sungazing
Dr. Edward Group – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
The practice of sungazing closely resembles its name. At sunrise and/or sunset, when the sun is closest to the earth, sungazers stand barefoot on the earth and look directly at the sun for 10 seconds. The theory is that the sun is the force of all life, and staring at it can infuse the body with large amounts of energy.
→ read full articleFukushima: Pacific Ocean Will Not Dilute Dumped Radioactive Water
Washington's Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
The floating debris will likely be carried by currents off of Japan toward Washington, Oregon and California before turning toward Hawaii and back again toward Asia, circulating in what is known as the North Pacific gyre, said Curt Ebbesmeyer, a Seattle oceanographer who has spent decades tracking flotsam.
→ read full articleCorruption Watchdog Says Business and Politics ‘Too Cozy’
Deutsche Welle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
The anti-corruption group Transparency International says close ties between business and government across Europe have undermined economic stability. It singles out southern European countries as especially corrupt. The 63-page document showed a “strong correlation” between failure to rein in public spending and inability to tackle graft.
→ read full articleRelay Fast Begins in Support of Kudankulam Protesters
The Hindu – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Expressing solidarity with anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project protestors, now observing a relay fast at Idinthakarai, a section of the residents of neighbouring Kooththenkuzhi commenced a similar agitation on Friday [8 Jun 2012]. After showering flower petals in the sea to mark the World Oceans Day, the villagers and their children started the relay fast at Kooththenkuzhi.
→ read full articleAstronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way vs. Andromeda
NASA Science News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
May 31, 2012: NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
→ read full article(Italian) La Repubblica E’ Fondata Sul Lavoro e Non Sulle Armi
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
A partire dai principi fondamentali della Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana tra i quali l’articolo 1 e dall’articolo 11. Nei loro rispettivi incipit:
ART.1. L’Italia è una Repubblica democratica fondata sul lavoro. […]
ART 11. L’Italia ripudia la guerra come strumento di offesa alla libertà degli altri popoli e come mezzo di risoluzione delle controversie internazionali; […]
The Julian Assange Show: Cypherpunks
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Cyber threats, hacker attacks and laws officially aiming to tackle internet piracy, but in fact infringing people’s rights to online privacy. It’s an increasingly topical subject – and the world’s most famous whistleblower is aiming to get to the heart of it.
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We Are the World, We are the Children (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
A constellation of stars singing Michael Jackson’s classic.
→ read full articleThe Arab Spring and the Image of Islam
Johan Galtung, 11 Jun 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Europe has a right to limit its immigration. But once there, as citizens, there is only one way: the rule of law, human rights and democracy. And democracy is more than elections: no discrimination, tolerance, transparency, dialogue of civilizations, based on respect and a minimum of knowledge, engaging in mutual learning.
→ read full articleThe Colors of the Economy
Cristovam Buarque – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Until recently, the idea of “green economy” was seen as an environmentalist fantasy without theoretical basis. With the rapid acceleration of the environmental crisis, the “green economy” gained legitimacy, although traditional economists still do not consider it because, by seeking sustainable alternatives for the process of production, it does not respect the fundamentals of present theory.
→ read full articleSecret Cooperation: Israel Deploys Nuclear Weapons on German-Built Submarines
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
A German shipyard has already built three submarines for Israel, and three more are planned. Now SPIEGEL has learned that Israel is arming the submarines with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The German government has known about Israel’s nuclear weapons program for decades, despite its official denials.
→ read full articleSeeds of Doubt: Brazilian Farmers Sue Monsanto
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Five million Brazilian farmers are locked in a lawsuit with US-based biotech giant Monsanto, suing for as much as 6.2 billion euros. They say that the genetic-engineering company has been collecting royalties on crops it unfairly claims as its own.
→ read full articleIceland Economy Grows At Fastest Pace in Four Years
Niklas Pollard, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Iceland’s economy expanded in the first quarter at its fastest pace since its near-meltdown, powered by a surge in exports, tourism and domestic consumption. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.4 percent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of the year to put annual economic growth at 4.5 percent in the period, the highest since the first quarter of 2008, data from the statistics office showed on Friday [8 Jun 2012].
→ read full articleWindmills Play a Big Role in Easing Power Situation in Tamil Nadu
The Hindu – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Since May 25 [2012], windmills have contributed 31 to 34 per cent of the total power consumed in the State every day.
→ read full articleThe US Army’s Flawed Resilience-Training Study: A Call for Retraction
Roy Eidelson and Stephen Soldz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
In a report released today [4 Jun 2012] by the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology, two psychologists call upon the US Army to retract or publicly correct a recent research report that claims the Army’s $140 million Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) resilience program “works.” The psychologists Roy Eidelson and Stephen Soldz argue that the study design is flawed and that the results do not justify the researchers’ favorable conclusions.
→ read full articleSpiritual Cooperation: A Possibility or Farfetched Dream?
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
In international politics, relations of trade and commerce among nations are known, but spiritual cooperation?
→ read full articleThe War of Lies
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
THIRTY YEARS ago this week [8 Jun 2012], the Israeli army crossed into Lebanon and started the most stupid war in Israel’s history. Almost all wars are based on lies. Lies are considered legitimate instruments of war. Lebanon War I (as it was later called) was a glorious example. From beginning to end (if it has ended yet) it was a war of deceit and deception, falsehoods and fabrications. THE LIES started with the official name: “Operation Peace in Galilee”.
→ read full articleKiller Insect Virus Helping to Decimate World’s Bee Population
Common Dreams staff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that, in addition to the destruction of natural habitats and the widespread use of industrial chemical pesticides, the global bee die-off witnessed in recent years is also caused by a deadly virus carried by bloodsucking parasitic mites.
→ read full articleAnother Day, More People Drone-Bombed
Jim Albertini – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
We now know that, after our leaders decide who should be killed from photos and flimsy evidence, they then follow up by bombing the funerals of those they’ve killed, assuming that whoever shows up for the funeral must also be a terrorist. How low can the U.S. Go? It is unlikely that, from the most powerful nation on earth, the leaders will ever be hauled off to the International Court of Justice for trials, and so we have a world in which the hatreds are compounded daily.
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Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe
Survival International – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Colin Firth Launches Campaign To Save Them. Many Awá are still uncontacted, and they are running for their lives. “One man has the power to stop the loggers: Brazil’s Minister of Justice. But it’s just not his priority. Let’s push it up his list.”
→ read full articleFour Futures
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2012
Although the problems facing the world in the 21st century are both severe and difficult they do have solutions, which are vehemently opposed by the power holders of today, who control both governments and mass media. Indeed this opposition by power holders, who profit from the status quo, is the main reason why rational solutions to global problems have not yet been found.
→ read full articleGermany Sets New Solar Power Record, Institute Says
Erik Kirschbaum, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity – through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday [25-26 May 2012], the head of a renewable energy think tank said.
→ read full articleKoodankulam: Aruna Roy’s Letter to Sonia Gandhi
Aruna Roy - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
May 23, 2012 – Dear Mrs. Gandhi,
I have already forwarded two petitions on 21st January and 20th April 2012 to bring the matter regarding the protests against the non observation of norms in the nuclear plant at Kudankulam; the clamping down on protestors. Place for dissent is shrinking in India, which is a matter of great concern.
Eating This Could Turn Your Gut into a Living Pesticide Factory
Dr. Mercola – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Monsanto’s genetically modified “Bt corn” has been equipped with a gene from soil bacteria that produces the Bt-toxin, a pesticide that breaks open the stomach of insects and kills them. This pesticide-producing corn entered the food supply in the late 1990’s and the horror stories have started piling up. Last year, doctors at Sherbrooke University Hospital in Quebec found Bt-toxin in the blood of 93% of pregnant women tested; 80% of umbilical blood in their babies; and 67% of non-pregnant women.
→ read full articlePeople Struggle for Survival: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Plays Hide and Seek
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
The NPCIL plays hide and seek with the lives and safety of millions of Indian citizens. They argue that the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) “is a ‘third party document’ and therefore, without the prior consent of the third party, the same cannot be shared with anyone.” Although they are holding the SAR in a ‘Fiduciary Capacity,’ they cannot share it with the people of India.
→ read full articleJohn Pilger on the Importance of the Assange Affair
Dagens Nyheter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
On 30 May 2012 Britain’s Supreme Court turned down the final appeal of Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden. On the eve of the judgment, Sweden’s leading morning newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, interviewed investigative journalist John Pilger, who has closely followed the Assange case. The following is the complete text of the interview, of which only a fraction was published in Sweden.
→ read full articleBilderberg Meetings Final List of Participants
Bilderberg Meetings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Chantilly, Virginia, USA, 31 May-3 June 2012
→ read full articleBeyond the Politics of Invisibility: Remembering Not to Forget Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
With a certain amount of fanfare in Israel and Palestine, although still severely underreported by the world media and relatively ignored by the leading watchdog human rights NGOs, it was observed with contradictory spins that the Palestinian hunger strikes had been brought to an end by agreement between the strikers and Israel.
→ read full articleUnthought as Cognitive Foundation of Global Civilization
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Implications of God, Debt, Overpopulation, Waste, Negligence, Encroachment and Death? This is an exploration of the possible nature of an immense cognitive “hole” — far “beneath” the conventional thought processes characterizing society, relationships and communication. The approach is partly inspired by the work of John Ralston Saul (The Unconscious Civilization, 1995), partly that of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (The Phenomenology of Perception, 1945), and partly that of Carl Jung on the collective unconscious.
→ read full articleEco Warriors, Arise to Rio’s Earth Summit!
Prof. Vandana Shiva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
A paradigm shift is desperately needed. And it will not come from those who have created the crisis and who are looking for new ways to extend the life of the greed economy by commodifying and privatising all life on earth. They will come to Rio+20 to paint the “greed economy” green, and call it the “green economy”. And they will have powerful governments on their side.
→ read full articleSave Us from the Saviours
Slavoj Žižek, London Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Europe and the Greeks – In his Notes towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot remarked that there are moments when the only choice is between heresy and non-belief – i.e., when the only way to keep a religion alive is to perform a sectarian split. This is the position in Europe today. Only a new ‘heresy’ – represented at this moment by Syriza – can save what is worth saving of the European legacy.
→ read full articleEgypt: Is Democracy Still Possible?
Abdallah Hendawy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
There is no doubt that Egyptians have stepped miles onto the realm of democracy. They struggled and won unprecedented rights and gains but there is also no doubt that the fight for democracy is still far from where present day Egypt stands at the moment.
→ read full articleBenefits of Aloe Vera
Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Everybody knows aloe vera is great for cuts and sunburns, even bug bites. It’s been called the “First Aid” plant. But what about the rest of the body: are there benefits for your insides too? Aloe vera is one of the oldest and most popular medicinal plants known to man. It’s mentioned in ancient documents, including the New Testament, where it was used with other herbs for embalming!
→ read full article(Italian) Torino, 30 Anni di Centro Studi Sereno Regis. Ecologia e Nonviolenza
Giuseppe Iasparra, EcoDalleCittà – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
I vicini di casa di casa di Eco dalle Città compiono 30 anni di attività. Dal 1° al 3 giugno si svolge a Torino, in via Garibaldi 13, la festa per il trentennale del Centro Studi Sereno Regis. On line il programma della festa e la nostra intervista a Nanni Salio, presidente del Centro Studi.
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(Portuguese) Causa para a Abolição das Touradas Recebida pelo Primeiro-Ministro de Portugal
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Pela primeira vez a sociedade portuguesa que não gosta e defende o fim das corridas de touros foi ouvida pelo poder político. A audiência com o Primeiro-Ministro Passos Coelho surgiu na sequência de uma iniciativa do Governo destinada a eleger a causa mais popular em Portugal. A abolição das touradas foi a causa vencedora com a esmagadora maioria dos votos, revelando uma vontade social inequívoca dos portugueses em abolir este espectáculo que implica o sofrimento e o maltrato em público de milhares de animais.
→ read full articleNuclear Nirvana
S. P. Udayakumar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
If you do feel like pulling your hair off
when they deprive you of your daily bread,
If you do feel like screaming your head off
when they chip away at your wellbeing,
If you do feel like kicking up a storm
when they deny your identity and freedom,
The Julian Assange Show: Occupy Movement (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
The Occupy movement has united hundreds of thousands across the world to fight social and economic inequality. In the latest edition of Assange’s very own interview programme Julian Assange meets with prominent Occupy activists who say their collective efforts target global institutions.
→ read full articleTrust Deficit: People’s Struggle at Koodankulam
S.G. Vombatkere, CounterCurrents – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
A cursory glance at the Site Evaluation Report shows that its 12 pages are of limited legibility, with no title page, no authorship, no ownership, no publisher, no date, no index, and no names of the site selection committee. With it bearing no authorship, no publisher, no names, etc., could this “orphan” SER be an attempt to dodge responsibility for a haphazard site selection carried out by this highly scientific and technical department staffed by the best brains in India?
→ read full articleJournalist and Educators
Thomás S. Selistre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
The creation of a real and sustainable democracy in Brazil, as in any other mature society, will not be possible without the active role of the media. But now, when I say media, I do not mean the outlets owned by big corporations, which will always filter the information through the interests of the propaganda and the elite. I talk about an alternative journalism, that uses the internet as a tool to express itself and interact with the world.
→ read full articleDiscovering the Most Brutal Enemies of our Earthly Community
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
As the scholastics indicated: Quidquid contingens est causam habet – Whatever comes into being must have a cause. People across every continent are going through crucial pain of one kind or another. Such pain did not pop up from the midst of nowhere. Since in this world only people make things happen for the better or the worse, we may safely conclude that the origin all the problems facing the world could be traced to people.
→ read full articleConsequences and Costs of War (Graphic Illustration)
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Reflections on the costs and consequences of war and violence.
→ read full articleWhat Can Be Done About Syria? Tragedy and Impotence
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
The dilemma exposes the weakness of empathetic geopolitics in a world that continues to be dominated by territorially supreme sovereign states with insecure and antagonistic minorities. In the Syrian situation this tragic reality is revealed in all its horror, complexity, and contradictions. It is unacceptable to remain a passive spectator in a media wired world where events are reported visually almost as they are occurring, or immediately thereafter.
→ read full articleIt Starts In Quebec: Our Revolution of Love, Hope and Community
Ethan Cox, rabble.ca – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
In almost every report on the social movement now sweeping Quebec, including my own, words like conflict, crisis and stand-off figure prominently. Anger is omnipresent. The anger of protesters, the anger of government, the anger of those supposedly inconvenienced. Pundits scream about mob rule, anarchy in the streets and the dissolution of society as we know it.
→ read full articleThe Rendition Project
Rendition Research Team, University of Kent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Researching the Globalization of Rendition and Secret Detention – Welcome to The Rendition Project website. This site is the product of a collaborative research project between Dr Ruth Blakeley at the University of Kent and Dr Sam Raphael at Kingston University, funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council.
→ read full articleCelebrate “World Oceans Day” on June 8 and Protect the Mother Ocean
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
PMANE Plans Special Prayers, Floral Tributes and Cultural Programs in Coastal Villages
→ read full articleHow to Get Rid of Anti-Semitism!
Gilad Atzmon - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
To suggest that anti-Semitism can ever be explained, rather than condemned, is insensitive and, frankly, bizarre.
→ read full articleWithholding Water: Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti
Deepa Panchang, Other Worlds – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Scientists have shown that the cholera pathogen came to Haiti with foreign UN troops who carried the bacteria in their bodies, and whose military base was dumping its sewage into a nearby river. The imported disease has claimed more than 7,000 lives and continues to ravage communities across Haiti… despite billions in post-earthquake aid dollars.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Democracia, o Novo Fantasma dos Mercados
Slavoj Žižek, London Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
Num artigo publicado na London Review of Books, o filósofo esloveno sustenta que “só uma nova ‘heresia’ – representada hoje pela Syriza – pode salvar o que valha a pena do legado europeu: a democracia, a confiança nas pessoas, a solidariedade igualitária”. Recordamos que o Manifesto de Solidariedade com a Grécia continua a receber adesões.
→ read full articleMali: Refugee Flows and Increased Hunger Point To Need for a Mali Federation
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
The creation of a federation of north and south Mali rather than having the country split into two independent States with uncertain frontiers could be a measure acceptable to both the MNLA and the government of Bamako. A federal constitution could maintain the unity of the country while at the same time providing the needed autonomy to the north and a preservation of the Tuareg way of life.
→ read full articleWashington’s Hypocrisies
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
The US government is the second worst human rights abuser on the planet and the sole enabler of the worst–Israel. But this doesn’t hamper Washington from pointing the finger elsewhere. The US State Department’s “human rights report” focuses its ire on Iran and Syria, two countries whose real sin is their independence from Washington, and on the bogyman- in-the-making–China, the country selected for the role of Washington’s new Cold War enemy.
→ read full articleSwastika as Dynamic Pattern Underlying Psychosocial Power Processes
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
This speculative exploration is not about the problematic (neo) Nazi use of the Swastika, nor is it about the use of the Swastika as a traditional symbol much valued in many cultures of the world. However it does suggest further insights into why the Swastika has been recognized in such contexts and why those contrasting uses merit further reflection.
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Cambodia’s Orphan Business
AlJazeeraEnglish – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Increasing numbers of tourists including well-intentioned volunteers keen to help war-torn Cambodia are volunteering in the country’s orphanages. People & Power investigates the concept of “voluntourism” which is inadvertently doing more harm than good to Cambodian children, as well as the disturbing trend of exploitation by some companies that organise volunteers or run orphanages.
→ read full articleDharma Traditions’ Perspective Enhances Religious Leaders’ Statement to G8
Keshava Sharma, ISKCON News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Religious leaders gather in Washington, D.C. to issue joint statement to the world’s political leaders. The final statement reflected the shared values of the various religious traditions that were present, including Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Baha’i, Shinto, Buddhist, Hindu and Jain.
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The Myth of the Rich as Job Creators (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
TED Talks, Nick Hanauer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
In the talk, Hanauer, an early investor in Amazon.com and a multimillionaire, argued that income inequality was a detraction to a healthy economy and scoffed at the familiar rightwing talking point that the wealthy are the de-facto ‘job creators’ in the marketplace. “When businesspeople take credit for creating jobs, it’s a little like squirrels taking credit for creating evolution. In fact, it’s the other way around.”
→ read full articleDr. Robert Spitzer Apologizes to Gay Community for Infamous ‘Ex-Gay’ Study
John M. Becker, Truth Wins Out – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Today [25 Apr 2012], in a letter to Dr. Ken Zucker obtained exclusively by Truth Wins Out, Dr. Robert Spitzer made an unprecedented apology to the gay community — and victims of reparative therapy in particular — for his infamous, now-repudiated 2001 study that claimed some “highly motivated” homosexuals could go from gay to straight.
→ read full articleSite Evaluation Report – Analysis
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
There is hardly any mention of desalinations plants, the transportation of the nuclear waste and other crucial issues. To sum up, this SER reads like a practical joke being played upon the innocent people of southern Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala. The PMANE rejects this so called SER and demands the NPCIL to share the real, complete and updated Site Evaluation Report with the people of India along with the Safety Analysis Report as per the orders of the CIC.
→ read full articleEthiopia: Are the Islamists Coming?
Alemayehu Fentaw – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
It is imperative to bear in mind that it is the marginalization and suppression of Muslims by the Ethiopian Christian State in the past that bred extremism. The current interference by the secular tyrant in the internal affairs of the Muslim community won’t help if not to exacerbate the situation.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Seguir em Frente…
Paulo Coelho – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Sempre é preciso saber
quando uma etapa chega ao final.
Algerian MPs Boycott Parliament Session
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Opposition legislators boycott inaugural session of parliament, claiming fraud in election held earlier this month. For Algeria, the only country in North Africa left largely untouched by last year’s so-called “Arab Spring” revolts, a prolonged boycott by the MPs could complicate a reform of the constitution which President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has promised for this year.
→ read full articleReflections on the Great Palestinian Prison Hunger Strikes of 2012
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Ché Guevara was once asked what was at the root of his revolutionary commitment. His response, which we should all take some moments to reflect upon, “it is about love.” Reading the words of Khader Adnan (‘Open Letter to the People of the World’) and Thaer Halahleh (‘Letter to my Daughter’), or the comments of Hana Shalabi’s mother and sister, or Bilal Diab’s father, led me to recall Guevara’s illuminating comment.
→ read full articleWhat is New in the Palestine/Israel Conflict
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
The Israeli/Palestine conflict has changed its character in fundamental respects during the last couple of years.
→ read full articleLimited Liability – Nuclear Energy’s ‘Mother of all Subsidies’
Stephen Leahy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
The nuclear energy industry only exists thanks to what insurance experts call the “mother of all subsidies”, and the public is largely unaware that every nuclear power plant in the world has a strict cap on how much the industry might have to pay out in case of an accident. In Canada, this liability cap is an astonishingly low 75 million dollars. In India, it is 110 million dollars and in Britain 220 million dollars. If there is an accident, governments – i.e. the public – are on the hook for all costs exceeding those caps.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Parlamento Europeu Vota Contra as Patentes Sobre Plantas e Animais
Sustentabilidade é Acção – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
«O Parlamento Europeu aprovou ontem [12 maio 2012] uma resolução pedindo ao Instituto Europeu de Patentes para parar a concessão de patentes ao melhoramento genético convencional de plantas e animais. A resolução foi apresentada conjuntamente pelos deputados de vários partidos e foi aprovada com ampla maioria.
→ read full articleModernity’s Other and the Transformation of the University – I
Howard Richards – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Society as a whole and the university as a leading part of society need to revive some of the norms of African society prior to European contact. One could say the same about traditional norms in other parts of the world. I mention Africa because we are here.
→ read full articleOn Not Visiting an Orphanage in Cambodia
Jill – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
In Cambodia, visiting orphanages is listed as a tourist attraction on Tripadvisor, right up there with temples, museums and restaurants. Imagine if you had been rescued form an abusive or neglectful environment and had to retell (or hear someone else retell) your painful story every night. I don’t think there is any brand of therapy that would recommend daily public rehashing followed by compulsory dancing as a method of recovery.
→ read full articleA Political Blow to Austerity in Europe
Socialist Worker, Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Europe’s political situation has become more volatile as the economy deteriorates. The rejection of austerity by voters in Greece and France and the deepening turmoil of Spain’s unraveling banks are two faces of Europe’s political and economic crises–and they point to new potential for resistance.
→ read full articleSupporting Young Syrians Who Say “Stop the Killing”
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
A group of young nonviolent Syrians have created a movement, “Stop the Killing,” not related to a political party or a confessional religious group, but which wishes to unite those of good will to stop the violence and to develop a society in which all can contribute. Therefore, we who are outside Syria, send our support and willingness to cooperate.
→ read full articleBenefits of Equality
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Taking advantage of their superior weaponry, Europe, the United States and Japan rapidly carved up the remainder of the world into colonies, which acted as sources of raw materials and food, and as markets for manufactured goods.
→ read full articleWhen the Respectable Become Extremists the Extremists Become Respectable
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
By any historical measure, whether it involves international law, human rights conventions, United Nations protocols, socio economic indicators, the policies and practices of the United States and European Union regimes can be characterized as extremist.
→ read full articleThe Julian Assange Show: Rafael Correa
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
This week, Julian Assange talks to the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. Correa is a left wing populist who has changed the face of Ecuador. But unlike his predecessors he holds a Ph.D. in economics. According to US embassy cables, Correa is the most popular President in Ecuador’s democratic history.
→ read full articleGod’s Divine Maternal Qualities: Buddhism and Christianity in Perspective
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
Ascetical writers tell us that God is both Father and Mother. This means that in God’s essence we find the perfection of all paternal and maternal qualities.
→ read full article(French) Représentants du Mouvement Abolitionniste des Corridas au Portugal Ont Eté Reçus par le Premier Ministre
MACP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Le dernier mardi (8/mai/2012) le mouvement abolitionniste des corridas au Portugal a vécu un jour historique: ses représentants ont été reçus par le Premier Ministre chez sa résidence officielle, le Palais de S. Bento.
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The World Tomorrow: Surviving Guantanamo
Russia Today, Julian Assange – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Julian Assange speaks with Moazzam Begg – former Gitmo prisoner and a rights campaigner fighting for those still trapped behind the wire, and Asim Qureshi – former corporate lawyer, whose human rights organization Cageprisoners Ltd exists solely to raise awareness of the plight of prisoners who remain in Guantanamo Bay.
→ read full articleDire la Guerre, Penser la Paix
Johan Galtung, 21 May 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Important is not only to think peace, but to speak, write and contribute to making, building and keeping it. War is a social evil, causing untold suffering like slavery, colonialism, patriarchy, preventable-curable diseases; soon to join the others in the cemetery for social evils. And talk about “just war” is like talking about just slavery, just colonialism, just patriarchy, and disease as God’s or Nature’s cleansing humanity of those unfit for salvation-survival.
→ read full articleThou Shalt Not Kill
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
It is an interesting fact that Leo Tolstoy, who is generally considered to have been one of the greatest novelists of all time, was deeply aware of ethical problems, especially as an old man. “…The sharpest of all contradictions”, Tolstoy wrote, “can be seen between the government’s professed faith in the Christian law of the brotherhood of all humankind, and the military laws of the state, which force each young man to prepare himself for enmity and murder…”
→ read full articleThe Case of the Missing Terrorists
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
If there were any real terrorists, Jose Rodriguez would be dead. Who is Jose Rodriguez? He is the criminal who ran the CIA torture program. Most of his victims were not terrorists or even insurgents. Most were hapless individuals kidnapped by warlords and sold to the Americans as “terrorists” for the bounty paid.
→ read full article‘Journalists Failed To Tell the Story of War Crimes in Sri Lanka’
Frances Harrison, Journalism.co – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
How is it possible in this world of satellites, rolling news and internet we have no idea how many human beings really perished, even rounded up to the nearest thousand? It is because as journalists we have failed to get close to the truth.
→ read full article(Italian) USA e Italia in Giordania a Provare la Guerra
Antonio Mazzeo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Più di 12.000 militari provenienti da 17 paesi daranno vita ad Eager Lion 2012 che – secondo il Comando USA per le operazioni speciali – “avrà come obiettivo il rafforzamento delle relazioni tra le differenti forze armate attraverso un comune approccio multinazionale ed inter-governativo per affrontare tutte le odierne e future sfide per la sicurezza”.
→ read full articleContemporary Slavery: Understanding the New Face to an Old Evil
UNOY – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
On 27 June 2012, Metin Kazak MEP will open a conference in the European Parliament organised in conjunction with UNPO examining the current extent and forms of slavery across the world. Discussing cases from the Haratin in Mauritania to the human trafficking that afflicts Europe, the conference will raise awareness of contemporary slavery and, in bringing together policy makers and experts, posit possible solutions to the mitigation and halting of the practice.
→ read full article(Castellano) Movimiento Para la Abolición de las Corridas de Toros Recibido por el Primer-Ministro de Portugal
MPACT – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
El pasado Martes, el 8 de mayo, fue un día histórico para el movimiento para la abolición de las corridas de toros en Portugal al ser recibido por el señor Primer-Ministro de Portugal en su residencia oficial, el Palacio de S. Bento.
→ read full articleIsrael as Popular as North Korea According to BBC Poll
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Haaretz reported yesterday [16 May 2012] that, “Israel, Iran, Pakistan and North Korea were ranked most negatively by 24,000 people surveyed in an annual BBC poll.” Israel may want to consider changing its path immediately. Rather than investing in Hasbara and extensive Jewish lobbying, it may want to open its eyes to the prospect of humanism and peace because it appears that humanity clearly shows some real signs of fatigue towards the ‘Jews only State’.
→ read full articleNever Forget That Bradley Manning, Not Gay Marriage, Is the Issue
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
The award of the Nobel Prize to the first black president because he “offered hope” was both absurd and an authentic expression of the lifestyle liberalism that controls much of political debate in the west. Same-sex marriage is one such distraction. The truth is that what matters to those who aspire to control our lives is not skin pigment or gender, or whether or not we are gay, but the class we serve. Remember Bradley Manning.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to the People of Russia
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Greetings! We, several millions of people 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 have been waging for the past nine months against the Koodankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP). This mega nuclear power park is being built with Russian loan and technology against the will and wishes of the local people.
→ read full articleThe Nakba: 2012
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
The recent parallel hunger strikes in Israeli prisons reignited the political imagination of Palestinians around the world, strengthening bonds of ‘solidarity’ and reinforcing the trend toward grassroots reliance on nonviolent resistance Israeli abuses.
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(Portuguese) Dilma Instala a Comissão da Verdade
PalaciodoPlanalto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Cerimônia de Instalação da Comissão da Verdade – Brasília, 16 de maio de 2012
→ read full articleDaniel Ellsberg Accepts Human Rights Award on Behalf of Bradley Manning (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers whistle-blower) accepts the “People’s Choice Human Rights Award” on behalf of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Army PFC Bradley Manning at Global Exchange’s ceremony at the San Francisco War Memorial Building on May 10, 2012.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Audiência do Movimento para a Abolição das Touradas com o Primeiro Ministro de Portugal
Movimento para a Abolição das Touradas – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
PRESS RELEASE – Na passada terça-feira (8/maio/2012] o movimento abolicionista das corridas de touros em Portugal viveu um dia histórico ao ser recebido pelo senhor Primeiro-Ministro na sua residência oficial.
→ read full article(Castellano) Planeando Dominación Mundial
Socialist Worker, Editorial – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Aquellos manifestándose contra la cumbre de la OTAN presentarán una visión diferente para nuestra sociedad. En las calles de Chicago este fin de semana [20-21 mayo 2012], activistas anti-bélicos, el movimiento Ocupa, sindicatos y grupos comunitarios tendrán la oportunidad de exigir otras prioridades, en lugar del gasto militar y la rebaja de los niveles de vida.
→ read full articleEngendering 2052 through Re-imagining the Present
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Review of 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years As Presented To the Club of Rome
→ read full articlePlastic in ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Has Increased 100-Fold
Common Dreams staff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Plastic garbage in the ocean has increased 100-fold in the past 40 years and could have ecosystem-wide impacts, according to a study released Tuesday [8 May 2012].
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Norman Finkelstein – Political Scientist
BBC HARD Talk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
May 2012 – What happens if American Jews fall out of love with Israel? That’s what the Jewish American academic Norman Finkelstein claims is happening. He says they are now so unhappy with what Israel is doing that they want to distance themselves from the country.
→ read full articleAfrica Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future
United Nations Development Programme – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
The 2012 Human Development Report for Africa explores why dehumanizing hunger remains pervasive in the region, despite abundant agricultural resources, a favorable growing climate, and rapid economic growth rates. It also emphasizes that food security – the ability to consistently acquire enough calories and nutrients for a healthy and productive life – is essential for human development.
→ read full articleScientific Gerrymandering of Boundaries of Overpopulation Debate
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Review of the Royal Society Report – The Royal Society has published the results of a study, by a very distinguished group, on the population challenge of humanity (People and the Planet, 2012). The approach is introduced as follows:
→ read full articleMeeting of the Portuguese Movement for the Abolition of Bullfighting with the Prime Minister
MFAB – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Last Tuesday, May 8th, the Portuguese movement for the abolition of bullfighting lived an historic moment when it was received by the Portuguese Prime-Minister at the headquarters of the Portuguese Government, the Palace of S. Bento.
→ read full articleIndia: End Intimidation of Peaceful Protesters at Nuclear Site
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Indian authorities should drop sedition cases against peaceful protesters opposed to the construction of a nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu state. At least 3,500 people are facing police investigations into allegations of sedition and “waging war” against the state for protesting against the plant in Kudankulam. Human Rights Watch urged the Indian parliament to repeal the colonial-era sedition law, which has frequently been used by authorities around the country to silence dissent.
→ read full articleAn Urgent Appeal to the Conscience of the Nation on Koodankulam
Many – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
This appeal is a reflection of our collective frustration and instead of being sent to the Govt, it will be presented before people of India.
VANDANA SHIVA to release the appeal in New Delhi: India Gate, Sunday May 20th, 2012 at 6 pm.
BINAYAK SEN, ANAND PATWARDHAN to release the appeal in Mumbai: Chaityabhoomi, Dadar, Mumbai, Sunday May 20th, 2012 at 6:30 pm.
(Italian) Brindisi. Una bomba contro la cultura nonviolenta
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Bomba a Brindisi
Contro studentesse, contro la scuola e contro la cultura delle libertà nonviolente
Learning from the Irish Hunger Strikes of 1981 and the Palestinian Challenge
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
John Hurson in Ireland has been keenly conscious of the affinities between the historic Irish hunger strike of 1981 and the ongoing Palestinian hunger strikes. He has travelled to Gaza on several occasions on humanitarian aid convoys, and is the founder of the on line Gaza TV News service. I suggested that we collaborate on an article that might recall the Irish experience, especially the parallels and the potential implications for the future of the Palestinian struggle.
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