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Grand Geopolitical Project: Russia’s Gazprom Signs Agreement to Abandon the Dollar
Umberto Pascali - Global Research,
9 Jun 2014
Anglo-American Dominance Coming to an End – On June 6, 2014 Russia announced what many were expecting since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis: Russian main energy company, Gazprom, has “signed agreements with its consumers” [actually signed and not just discussed] to switch from Dollars to Euros “for payments under contracts”.
→ read full articleUS Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by New York Times Reporter James Risen
Thomas Gaist, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jun 2014
The US Supreme Court on Monday [2 Jun 2014] decided not to intervene in the case of James Risen, an author and reporter who is facing imprisonment for refusing to reveal the identity of one of his sources. He wrote a piece for the New York Times about the NSA’s compiling facial images of hundreds of millions of people in the US and around the world [published on TMS Spotlight today].
→ read full articleIsrael in Political Isolation over New Palestinian Government
Thalif Deen, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jun 2014
The United States’ decision to “work with” the new Palestinian government has virtually isolated Israel: the only country so far to have publicly rejected the political alliance between Fatah and Hamas.
→ read full articleGood, Innovative Governance – What Is That?
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jun 2014
Today China combines the best of marxism-communism, the focus on basic needs of the most needy, with the best of liberalism-capitalism, the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit. Lifting the bottom up indeed, maybe 400 million from 1991 to 2004, for participation in a blossoming market.
→ read full articleReclaiming the Kellogg-Briand Pact
James Page – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jun 2014
This was a treaty signed in 1928 by most of the nations of the world and by which the signatory nations pledged to renounce war as an official instrument of national policy and to use peaceful means to resolve disputes. One of the interesting facts about this Treaty is that it is still current.
→ read full articleBergdahl, Afghanistan and the ‘Darkening of the American Soul’
Amy Goodman – The Union,
9 Jun 2014
Bob Bergdahl’s remark about the U.S. war in Afghanistan: “I think this is the darkening of the American soul. It is where the guilt comes from, because you are being told you are helping, but you know on the inside that you are not.”
→ read full articleThe Pall of Silence around Myanmar’s Fictitious Democracy
Giacomo Tognini – The Jakarta Globe,
9 Jun 2014
The Rohingya are a mainly Sunni Muslim ethnic group that primarily reside in Rakhine, an area they have inhabited for centuries. According to the Myanmar government’s narrative, the roughly one-million-strong group are illegal Bengali immigrants from Bangladesh.
→ read full articleGreece – SS Songs and Antisemitism: The Week Golden Dawn Turned Openly Nazi
Helena Smith – The Guardian,
9 Jun 2014
7 Jun 2014 – Supporters of the far-right party gave Hitler salutes and sang the Horst Wessel song outside parliament last week. How Golden Dawn has taken on a sinister new tone.
→ read full articleProsecuting Syrians for War Crimes Now
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jun 2014
Is justice served when the authority of the ICC is invoked as a political instrument to influence the outcome of a civil war? Why was there never any initiative to pursue leaders of the United States and the United Kingdom during the course of the Iraq War, which also included many incidents that seemed to qualify as crimes against humanity? Double standards?
→ read full articleThe Heavens Declare: Astrological Ages and the Evolution of Consciousness
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jun 2014
There are a number of currents of thought which hold that humanity is coming to the end of an historical cycle and has entered into a new age with the start of the new millennium. Alice Howell, influenced by the work of C.G. Jung and astrological analysis has written a useful guide to the start of the New Age.
→ read full articleBeing a Vegetarian
Brown University Health Education – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Vegetarian foods are a major source of nutrition for most people in the world.
Vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease and some forms of cancer than non-vegetarians.
Vegetarian diets can be simple and easy to prepare.
Edward Snowden: Breaking Law Was Only Option, Says Whistleblower
Tom McCarthy – The Guardian,
2 Jun 2014
One year after revealing himself as the source of the biggest intelligence leak in US history, Edward Snowden appeared in a long network television interview on Wednesday [28 May 2013] to describe himself as an American patriot and to make the case that his disclosures were motivated by a desire to help the country.
→ read full articleGood Care
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Vice President Dick Cheney underwent surgery. When he woke up from his anesthesia, all shades were closed.
→ read full article(Français) Zone de Libre-Échange Transatlantique: Avec le TAFTA, l’UE et les États-Unis sabordent le climat et la transition
Amélie Canonne & Maxime Combes - Centre Tricontinental (CETRI),
2 Jun 2014
L’Union européenne propose aux États-Unis de libéraliser complètement le marché transatlantique de l’énergie et des matières premières. Le texte encourage ainsi l’exploitation et le commerce transatlantiques des hydrocarbures non conventionnels tout en réduisant considérablement les capacités des États à soutenir le développement des énergies renouvelables.
→ read full articleUtopia: The Inside Story
Chris Graham – New Matilda,
2 Jun 2014
On May 31 [2014], John Pilger’s latest film, Utopia will air on SBS television. New Matilda owner/editor Chris Graham worked as an Associate Producer on the film. In this special feature, he provides an inside look at the making of Utopia.
→ read full articleThe-O Ring and The Bull Ring as Spectacular Archetypes
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Dramatic Correlation of Theatre, Theory, Theorem, Theology, and Theosophy – The argument as a whole might be caricatured by an adaptation of the title of a famed study of psychotherapy: We’ve Had a 1000 Years of Theo — And the World’s Getting Worse.
→ read full articleMaya Angelou, Still She Rises
Amy Goodman - Truthdig,
2 Jun 2014
In remembering Maya Angelou, it is important to recall her commitment to the struggle for equality, not just for herself, or for women, or for African-Americans. She was committed to peace and justice for all.
→ read full articleThe Rise of the European Right: Reaction to the Neoliberal Right
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
The European parliamentary elections witnessed a major breakthrough for the right-wing parties throughout the region. The rise of the Right runs from the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom, the Baltic and Low countries, France, Central and Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean.
→ read full articleGreenwald: ‘I Wanted a Debate about Journalism’
Deutsche Welle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
In an exclusive interview with DW, Edward Snowden ally Glenn Greenwald says one central aim of breaking the NSA story was provoking a discussion about journalists’ tacit deference to government power.
→ read full article“Let’s Not Talk about It”: How the Mass Surveillance Debate Was Silenced in Romania
Matei Vasile – Open Democracy,
2 Jun 2014
The active suppression of debate about mass surveillance, SIM card registration and data retention by Romanian politicians reveals a twisted sense of priorities and little respect for the rights and demands of citizens.
→ read full articleWas Clinton’s “No Genocide” Dictate on Rwanda Meant to Ensure Kagame’s Military Victory in 1994?
Milton Allimadi - Black Star News,
2 Jun 2014
By opposing the designation of the 1994 conflict in Rwanda as “genocide,” Clinton not only opposed armed intervention but helped the Rwandan Patriotic Front into power. Many developments show a US preference for an RPF military takeover instead of the upholding the Arusha Peace Accords.
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Clocks (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Cold Play & Buena Vista Social Club – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Cold Play & Buena Vista Social Club in Cuba
→ read full articleTo Grow or Not to Grow GMO Crops
Silvia Giannelli, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
So far, 129.000 hectares of land – roughly the area covered by a city the size of Rome – are being cultivated with genetically modified corn in Europe, 90 percent of which is in Spain, while the rest is spread across Portugal, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
→ read full articlePrepackaged Thought
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
No longer staid and antiquated,
my thinking now is automated.
Why dream up ideas by myself
when I can get them off the shelf?
[More pornography] Hedge Fund Managers Still Making Billions
Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
David Tepper was the world’s highest earning hedge fund manager for the second year in a row, according to the Rich List. Tepper earned $3.5 billion in 2013, a major increase on his $2.2 billion take home income in 2012. Critics say that these sky-high salaries are a major cause of increasing poverty.
→ read full articleDavid Graeber: “Spotlight on the financial sector did make apparent just how bizarrely skewed our economy is in terms of who gets rewarded”
Thomas Frank - Salon,
2 Jun 2014
David Graeber explains why the more your job helps others, the less you get paid. He is an American anthropologist who teaches at the London School of Economics and played an important role in the launching of Occupy Wall Street.
→ read full articleUS Deploys Special Forces to Train Military Units in North and West Africa
Eric London, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
The Obama administration is establishing new elite military units in Libya, Niger, Mauritania and Mali. Although the ostensible purpose of the program is to combat terrorism, the new detachments are being set up to aid US to gain control of natural resources and establish positions of strategic geopolitical importance on the continent.
→ read full articleThe Future Visible in St Petersburg
Pepe Escobar – Asia Times,
2 Jun 2014
29 May 2014 – In more ways than one, last week heralded the birth of a Eurasian century at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum – the Russian answer to Davos. This is what Washington gets for over a decade of wars, incessant bullying, nasty sanctions and trillions of misspent dollars.
→ read full articleWeather Weapons Have Existed for over 15 Years, Testified U.S. Secretary of Defense
J. D. Heyes, Natural News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
“Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves. So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations. It’s real, and that’s the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and that’s why this is so important.”
→ read full articleChlorine in Your Chicken: Why Poultry Is More Dangerous Than Ever
Tracie McMillan, OnEarth – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Whichever part of the bird she happened to be packing on a given shift, the smell was as constant as it was noxious: a combination of raw poultry and chlorine, the latter emanating from the pathogen-killing chemical bath that the carcasses—often contaminated with fecal matter—would receive during processing.
→ read full articleUkraine & Syria: Elections of Mass Destruction
Tony Cartalucci, NEO – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Elections pushed ahead in Ukraine, obstructed in Syria, so mass murder can continue. The West’s weaponization of democracy.
→ read full articleMonsanto vs. the Monarchs: The Fight to Save the World’s Most Stunning Butterfly Migration
Lindsay Abrams - Salon,
2 Jun 2014
Monarch butterflies are pretty impressive insects famous for their annual winter migration, an up to 3,000-mile journey across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. North America is on the verge of losing one of its most spectacular phenomena.
→ read full articleRead Snowden’s Comments on 9/11 That NBC Didn’t Broadcast
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Only around a quarter of the recent NBC News interview with former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden made it to broadcast, but unaired excerpts now online show that the network neglected to air critical statements about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
→ read full articleThe Revival of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries
Samir Amin - Global Research,
2 Jun 2014
If the repeated discourse of the Western media is to be believed, the idea of the revival of Non-Alignment is unrealistic. According to that discourse, all that happened in the world between 1945 and 1990 can be explained merely by the ‘cold war’ and nothing else. The Soviet Union disappeared and the page of the Cold War has been turned.
→ read full articleMexico: 50 Peaceful Peace Policies
Johan Galtung & Fernando Montiel T., 2 Jun 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Toluca, Estado De México; Workshop on Drug Traffic and Violence
→ read full articleGreenpeace Blocks Two Major Oil Rigs to ‘Save the Arctic’
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
In the early hours of Tuesday [27 May 2014] morning, Greenpeace activists from 12 countries blocked two separate oil rigs destined for offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean.
→ read full articleMyanmar’s Appalling Apartheid
Nicholas Kristof - The New York Times,
2 Jun 2014
Welcome to Myanmar, where tremendous democratic progress is being swamped by crimes against humanity toward the Rohingya, a much-resented Muslim minority in this Buddhist country. Budding democracy seems to aggravate the persecution, for ethnic cleansing of an unpopular minority appears to be a popular vote-getting strategy.
→ read full articleIsrael to ‘Evict the Dead’ in Bedouin Village Demolished Over 60 Times
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Israel is trying out a new sort of “flexible evictions” in its quest to root out the “illegal” Bedouin village of Al-Araqib, demolished 63 times to date. Now even those buried in the village cemetery are reportedly receiving eviction orders.
→ read full articleThe Urgent Need for Renewable Energy
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
The Reason for Urgency – The scientific community is unanimous in telling us that if we do not rapidly switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, there is a danger that global warming will pass a tipping point beyond which uncontrollable feedback loops will lead to drastically increased temperatures. At present, our corporate-controlled mass media refuse to touch the subject. So the battle will have to be fought in the alternative media.
→ read full articleThe Impossibility of Growth
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
The inescapable failure of a society built upon growth and its destruction of the Earth’s living systems are the overwhelming facts of our existence. We live obsessed with fame, fashion and the three dreary staples of middle class conversation: recipes, renovations and resorts. Anything but the topic that demands our attention.
→ read full articlePope Francis Visit to Palestine
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land raises one overwhelming question: ‘what is the nature of religious power in our world of the 21st century?’ ‘Can it have transformative effects’?
→ read full articleObama’s Foreign Policy: A US Military-Intelligence Agenda Which Seeks to Destabilize the Planet
Joachim Hagopian - Global Research,
2 Jun 2014
Basically Obama’s form of Teddy Roosevelt’s “walk softly but carry a big stick” means continued US night raids invading homes in secret unknown places all around the world, killing, detaining and torturing many innocent victims under the umbrage of counterinsurgency warfare. Or it might entail financing, training, accompanying and supporting death squad commando units doing the same thing in their own countries against their fellow countrymen.
→ read full articleNYT’s One-Sided Ukraine Narrative
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
2 Jun 2014
The U.S. press coverage of the Ukraine crisis has been stunningly biased and one-sided, placing virtually all the blame on Russian President Putin. One of the worst offenders in this journalistic travesty has been the New York Times.
→ read full article“Beacon of Freedom & American Exceptionalism?”
Jim Albertini – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
The U.S. has between 800-1000 military bases around the world in 150 countries. Since WWII: has used military force 120 times; has tried to overthrow governments of 50 countries and grossly interfered in the elections of 30 others; has bombed civilian populations in 30 countries including the use of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. (Source: www.uslaboragainstwar.org) And don’t forget the U.S. illegal overthrow and continuing illegal occupation of the Nation of Hawai’i.
→ read full article10 of the Most Endangered Whales on Earth
Russell McLendon – Mother Nature Network,
2 Jun 2014
In 2010, world leaders debated whether to lift a ban on commercial whaling, but the talks broke down. Here’s a look at 10 whales that still haven’t recovered from the last assault.
→ read full articleRespected and Protected… Syrians Working to Preserve Jewish Cultural Heritage
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
In Syria today there is much evidence to refute the claims, often politically motivated, that Jewish cultural heritage sites are being singled out for destruction by rabid anti-Semites. One example of this is the Eliyahu Hanabi Synagogue in the neighborhood of Jobar, on the outskirts of Damascus.
→ read full articleWeaponized Agriculture – GMO Crops: Boon to Humanity or Reckless Science?
Tom Mysiewicz – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
As founder and editor of the weekly biotechnology newsletter–BioEngineering News–I was the first journalist allowed to cover the groundbreaking Gordon Research Conference on Plant Genetic Engineering at U.C. Davis in the 1980s. Making foreign countries dependent on externally-supplied GMO seeds leaves them open to the worst sort of extortion and could lead to wars and global instability.
→ read full articleThe Greatest Commencement Addresses of All Time
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
The commencement address is the secular sermon of our time — a packet of timeless advice on life, dispensed by a podium-perched patronly or matronly shaman of wisdom to a congregation of eager young minds about to enter the so-called “real world.” But the genre’s finest specimens speak to all of us looking for some guidance on the path to the Good Life, transcending boundaries of age or occupation or life-stage.
→ read full articleSetting the Agenda for Global Peace: Conflict and Consensus Building
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Currently the UN and its Specialized Agencies are involved in a Beijing Plus 20 evaluation of the progress and setbacks in the status of women in advance of the 20th anniversary of the 1995 women’s conference held in Beijing. Much of the planning for the conference had been done by NGO representatives at the UN in Geneva. This book is a good reminder of the process.
→ read full articleChina Asks Banks to Remove US-Made Servers
Press TV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
The Chinese government is asking domestic banks to remove their US-made IBM servers amid cyber-espionage concerns and replace them with a local brand.
→ read full articleTRANSCEND Peace University: Africa 2064 – A ‘Reciprocal Development & Basic Human Needs’ Approach
Mark Abdelsayed, et al – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Africa’s current development models tend to echo the priorities of colonialism, perpetuating structural inequalities that hinder development and exacerbate existing contradictions. To remedy this, development reciprocity and African-centred governance that promote franchise, representation and responsiveness to basic needs should be adopted.
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Fukushima – What the Media & Governments Are Not Telling YOU
Anonymous – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Jan 14, 2014 – Governments and mainstream media are covering up Fukushima’s radiation waves hitting the west coast of the U.S. As radiation levels spike and mutated wildlife washes ashore, government and media promote delusion.
→ read full articleCritics Slam the U.N. for Appointing Uganda’s “Anti-Gay” Minister to Top Leadership Role
Lindsay Abrams - Salon,
2 Jun 2014
The appointment is being called “the very antithesis of what the U.N. is supposed to embody”. The United Nations is getting hit with some serious backlash over the inauguration of Uganda’s foreign minister as the head of its general assembly.
→ read full articleInterview – Johan Galtung
Al McKay, E-International Relations - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
In 1985, I was amazed by the US inability to learn from the Vietnam disaster about limits to military approaches to politics, and, looking for something deeper than rationality, came up with such Deep Culture concepts as DMA – the Dualism-Manicheism-Armageddon syndrome of archetypes. I am now also working on Deep Nature, a fascinating topic.
→ read full article(Português) BRICS: Uma Nova Arquitetura de Finanças e Desenvolvimento
José Carlos Peliano – Carta Maior,
2 Jun 2014
Os BRICS iniciaram tratativas para a criação de alternativas ao FMI e ao Banco Mundial, instituições dominadas hoje pelos EUA e pela União Europeia.
→ read full articleThe Truth about Geoengineering – Science Fiction and Science Fact
David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbruner, Katharine Ricke – Foreign Affairs,
2 Jun 2014
In 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes admonished Dr. Watson, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.” And right now, the politics of geoengineering are far ahead of the science. As the 2010 decision within the Conventional on Biological Diversity shows, fears about geoengineering are leading to counterproductive policy schemes.
→ read full articlePeace Studies: Ten Basic Points
Johan Galtung, 26 May 2014 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Foreign Policy Studies, University of Malmö, Sweden – “Thanks for wanting a summary of key points in ‘Galtung Peace Studies’. I was just honored with a ‘Lifetime Award’ by world sociology, 60+ years; in short, time for summary with an author’s caveat: no substitute for reading books.
→ read full articleThe Paul Kagame Doctrine after 20 Years
Theogene Rudasingwa – Pambazuka News,
26 May 2014
The Kagame Doctrine is a a malignant cancer that spreads day by day. Appeasement and palliative treatment may give us a deceptive and temporary relief. What is needed is aggressive surgery to contain, stop and remove President Paul Kagame and his clique from power.
→ read full articleThe Illegality of NATO
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
In recent years, participation in NATO has made European countries accomplices in US efforts to achieve global hegemony by means of military force, in violation of international law, and especially in violation of the UN Charter, the Nuremberg Principles.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to Cecily McMillan
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
It is apparent that our strategy to remake society in accord with principles of justice and love must include recognition of the fact that the legal system is part of what must be removed. More sophisticated methods for dealing with conflict and violence – ranging from listening and needs-based processes to truth and reconciliation commissions as well as nonviolent action – have long existed.
→ read full articleFine Line Seen in U.S. Spying on Companies
David E. Sanger – The New York Times,
26 May 2014
The NSA has never said what it was seeking when it invaded the computers of Petrobras, Brazil’s huge national oil company, but angry Brazilians have guesses: the company’s troves of data on Brazil’s offshore oil reserves, or perhaps its plans for allocating licenses for exploration to foreign companies.
→ read full articleFukushima Daiichi Begins Pumping Groundwater into Pacific
Justin McCurry – The Guardian,
26 May 2014
21 May 2014 – The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has started pumping groundwater into the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to manage the large volume of contaminated water at the site. Tokyo Electric Power said it had released 560 tonnes of groundwater pumped from 12 wells located upstream from the damaged reactors.
→ read full articleThe Social Cost of GMOs
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
When Purdue University plant pathologist and soil microbiologist Don Huber pointed out unintended consequences of GMOs, other scientists did not support him because their careers are dependent on research grants from agribusiness. Monsanto controls the research on its own products.
→ read full article(Sinhala-සිංහල) පශ්චාත් යුද සංහිඳියාවේ ව්යුහාත්මක කෘත්යවාදය සහ අනාගත සුසමාදර්ශය (Structural Functionalism of Post War Reconciliation and Future Paradigm)
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
In conflict theory, reconciliation can be considered as an entrance to achieve peace and also it is a long way of dedicative process. Johan Galtung, who is one of the pioneer researchers and intellectuals about conflict study and peace research, introduces 12 creative ways to ascertain reconciliation. ගැටුම් න්යායේ දී සංහිඳියාව යන්න සාමය අත් කර ගැනීමට ඇති පිවිසුම් දොරටුවක් ලෙස සැලකිය හැකි අතර එය දීර්ඝ කැපකිරීම් සහිත ක්රියාවලියක් වන්නේය. ගැටුම් අධ්යයනය හා සාමය පිළිබඳ පර්යේෂණ කරන්නා වූ ප්රමුක පෙළේ විද්වතෙකු වන්නා වූ යොහාන් ගල්තුන් විසින් සංහිඳියාවකට පැමිණිම සඳහා නිර්මාණාත්මක මාරග 12ක් පෙන්වා දෙමින් ගැටුම නිමාවට පත්කර ගතහැකි ආකාරය පෙන්වා දෙනු ඇත.
→ read full article(Italiano) Norvegia 2050: un’immagine
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Due importanti contraddizioni: fra l’essere al primo posto per gli indicatori di qualità della vita, eppure con una gran solitudine in aumento e non solo degli anziani; e inoltre fra avere un paese ma lasciare sempre più che altri facciano il lavoro. Come mai? Perché le reti d’interazione si dissolvono.
→ read full articleSyria: Back to Square One for Good-Faith Negotiations
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
I am not sure that anyone in Syria has an overall policy framework, but lacking face-to-face negotiations, we might see if graduated reciprocation might work.
→ read full articleAnother Way Forward for Myanmar
Knox Thames – The Diplomat,
26 May 2014
Given the connection between religious identity and the serious human rights abuses occurring there today, the CPC-“country of particular concern” designation for severe religious freedom violations represents a useful, while perhaps forgotten, tool to move the country forward. It is one that the U.S. government should engage for positive change.
→ read full article(Italiano) Il Giornalismo di Pace indica la strada dalla Terra Santa al BDS
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
‘Stone Cold Justice’, come spesso fa un articolo di Giornalismo di Pace, termina con un punto interrogativo. Israele può essere forte in questo momento, osserva John, ma cosa succederà quando l’attuale giovane generazione di palestinesi – in molti casi brutalizzati e traumatizzati – diventeranno adulti?
→ read full articleWashington Post Seeks US-Patrolled ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria
Ray McGovern – Consortium News,
26 May 2014
Neocons never blush at their own hypocrisies, demanding Russia respect international law and do nothing to protect eastern Ukrainians, while demanding President Obama ignore international law and create a terrorist/rebel “safe zone” in Syria, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
→ read full articleCommon Questions on BDS & the Academic Boycott of Israel
Sydney Staff for BDS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
The call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is a Palestinian-initiated response to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, its siege of Gaza, and its systematic oppression of Palestinian citizens of Israel.
→ read full articleWilliam Worthy and Vincent Harding: Thank You and Goodbye
Amy Goodman - Aspen Daily News,
26 May 2014
The world lost two remarkable men in May, two African-Americans who helped shape modern history, yet whose names and achievements remain too little known. William Worthy, a journalist, died at the age of 92. Civil-rights activist Vincent Harding was 82.
→ read full articleThe Struggle to Ban Killer Robots
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Nicholas Marsh and Maral Mirshahi – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
26 May 2014
The campaign must balance technical expert conversations with active participation in public debate. Identifying and arguing for broad ethical principles while keeping the objective narrow appears to be the most feasible strategy, along with insisting that the development of lethal autonomous weapons is not inevitable.
→ read full articleTransgenics Prosper Amidst Pragmatism and Collateral Damage
Fabiana Frayssinet, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta published a map that dubbed a large area of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay the “United Republic of Soy”. In this “republic” more than 46 million hectares of transgenic soy are sprayed with 600 million litres of the herbicide glyphosate and are largely responsible for the deforestation of 500,000 hectares a year in the past decade.
→ read full articleFrom Prophecy to Reality: Join the Consciousness Revolution
John Perkins – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Participating in the consciousness revolution can no longer be ignored as simply a nice, feel-good choice for those who might care enough or find it convenient. It is now imperative for all of us who share this tiny, fragile space station as our only home.
→ read full article10 Reasons to Go Vegan That Have Nothing to Do with Animal Rights
Lindsay McDougall – The Guardian,
26 May 2014
Do you want to go meat free but are sick of the animal rights crowd? Can’t remember a single stat about sustainable land use? Then try these alternative reasons (excuses) on for size.
→ read full articleVirus Experiments Risk Unleashing Global Pandemic, Study Warns
Ian Sample – The Guardian,
26 May 2014
Several groups of scientists around the world are creating and altering viruses. But in a report published on Tuesday [20 May 2014], researchers at Harvard and Yale universities argue that the benefits of the work are outweighed by the risk of pathogenic strains escaping from laboratories and spreading around the world.
→ read full article(Italiano) TAP+TPP = “Tutti salvo la Cina” = Colpetto + Ribaltamento?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Washington sta lavorando sodo per riconquistare l’egemonia mondiale sfuggente; supponendo nella tradizione anglo-americana che il n° 2 – quest’anno forse n° 1 economicamente – sia un nemico, invece di intensificare la cooperazione.
→ read full articleRussia, China Sign Deal to Bypass U.S. Dollar
Michael Pizzi – Al Jazeera America,
26 May 2014
In a blow to U.S. global financial hegemony, Russia and China on Tuesday [20 May 20114] signed a deal to pay each other in domestic currencies, followed by the announcement on Wednesday of a $100 billion annual trade on natural gas, 10 years in the making.
→ read full articleAlan Lightman on Our Yearning for Immortality and Why We Long for Permanence in a Universe of Constant Change
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
A heartening perspective on mortality by way of the physics of the cosmos and the poetics of the night-blooming cereus cactus.
→ read full articleFirst Dog on the Moon on … surveillance, everywhere
First Dog on the Moon – The Guardian,
26 May 2014
Think the NSA doesn’t know you are reading this cartoon, right now? Think again.
→ read full articleWhere Should the Divestors Invest?
Brendan Smith, Jeremy Brecher and Kristen Sheeran – Common Dreams,
26 May 2014
The stunning success of the fossil fuel divestment movement has caught many of us off-guard. Activists are clamoring for guidance on what types of investments they should advocate for. They know that their victories will be ashes in their mouths if their universities simply divest from Exxon and into a “green” Coca-Cola.
→ read full articleKidnapped Girls Become Tools of U.S. Imperial Policy in Africa
Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
The “humanitarian” U.S. military occupation of Africa has been very successful, thus far. Imagine: the superpower that financed the genocide of six million in Congo, claims to be a defender of teenage girls and human rights on the continent.
→ read full articleReasons for Intellectual Conformity
Lawrence Davidson – Consortium News,
26 May 2014
Indeed, from a historical perspective most people of high intellect have sought to serve power and not critique or question it. This is quite in line with the fact that most non-intellectuals accept the word of those in power as authoritative and true.
→ read full articleThe-O ring: Theory, Theorem, Theology, Theosophy?
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
A Playful Intercultural Quest for Fruitful Complementarity – Curiously the prefix “theo” is effectively central to one of the most divisive debates in the current global civilization, namely that between science and religion.
→ read full articleMission Accomplished, Indeed – Iraq: The Biggest Petroleum Heist in History?
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
26 May 2014
These are the ‘best of times’ for the oil giants in Iraq. Production is up, profits are soaring, and big oil is rolling in dough. Face it: No one gives a flying fu** about Iraq. A million people were killed so a few rich fu**ers could get even richer. That’s a hell of a legacy.
→ read full article[Grotesquely Pornographic] Sunday Times Rich List: “Astonishing Year” for Britain’s Most Wealthy
Jordan Shilton, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
The headline on May 18 [2014] was that the number of billionaires in Britain had surpassed 100 for the first time. With a total of 104 billionaires, Britain has witnessed the emergence of more than 20 new billionaires over the past year and has the highest concentration of billionaires of any country.
→ read full article(Português) Žižek: A contradição principal da nova ordem mundial
Slavoj Žižek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Conhecer uma sociedade não é apenas saber suas regras explícitas. É também compreender como funciona sua aplicação: saber quando usar e quando violar as normas, saber quando recusar uma escolha oferecida e saber quando fingir que está se fazendo algo por livre escolha quando trata-se efetivamente de uma obrigação.
→ read full articleWorld Protests Monsanto Grip on Food Supply Chain
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Activists on five continents around the globe, comprising of 52 nations, joined the March Against Monsanto on May 24. Peaceful family protests spoke out for the need to protect food supply, health, local farms and environment. Last year over 2 million people in 436 cities in 52 countries worldwide joined the March.
→ read full articleNonkilling Peace between East and West: A Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
When will East and West be able to live in Nonkilling Peace?
When all conflicts and wars within or between them will cease.
Rise of Modi and Indian Politics
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Modi will have a better tool in his hand to lift the nation from the morass of poverty and unemployment – two biggest internal challenges. With a strong determination, and by combining the visions of Patel, Shastri and Vajpayee, Modi will be able to trudge through difficult terrains while keeping his mission high. I wish Modi good luck!
→ read full articleSeeds of Destruction: The Diabolical World of Genetic Manipulation
F. William Engdahl - Global Research,
26 May 2014
This is no ordinary book about the perils of GMO. “Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation” by F. William Engdahl is a skillfully researched book that focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish control over the very basis of human survival: the provision of our daily bread.
→ read full article[An Antithesis of Peace Journalism]: 1,000 Days of Syria – Turning War Journalism into a Game
Simon Parkin – The Guardian,
26 May 2014
How an American journalist is attempting to tell the story of Syria’s violence through an online adventure game. Swenson describes 1,000 Days of Syria, which is freely available to play on the internet, as “part electric literature; part newscast; and part choose-your-own-adventure.”
→ read full articleMarching Against Monsanto Is Marching for Freedom and Democracy
Prof. Vandana Shiva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
I send greetings of solidarity for all the people gathered for the March against Monsanto [24 May 2014]. Marching against Monsanto is marching for freedom and democracy, for health and safety, for seed and biodiversity. People often ask me “Why Monsanto”?
→ read full article(Português) A saída limpa…da Europa
Boaventura de Sousa Santos – Carta Maior,
26 May 2014
Portugal arranjará um lugarzito na soleira da porta da Europa, um país sem-abrigo por onde passarão regularmente os carrinhos da sopa humanitária.
→ read full articleFault Lines, The Sixties, The Culture Wars, and The Return of the Divine Feminine
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
The 1960s was the period when the shift to the New Age — the Age of Aquarius — became more obvious to many and manifested in social and political movements. The 1960s was one of the “Great Awakenings” — a period of enhanced social and spiritual concern and increased personal spiritual experience.
→ read full articleMAP: The U.S. Military Currently Has Troops in These African Countries
Adam Taylor – The Washington Post,
26 May 2014
This map shows what sub-Saharan nations currently have a U.S. military presence engaged in actual military operations. More details of the troops deployed are below.
→ read full articleBy Misdiagnosing Israel-Palestine, Donor Aid Harms Palestinians
Jeremy Wildeman and Sandy Marshall – Open Democracy,
26 May 2014
The goal of political Zionism has always been to divorce the land of Palestine from its inhabitants, and to return it to its rightful inheritors, ‘God’s chosen people’. In this way, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israel is a successful culmination of long-standing territorial strategy pre-dating the formation of the state of Israel itself.
→ read full article(Português) Sustentabilidade para Santuários de Animais
Sérgio Greif – ANDA-Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
26 May 2014
Santuários de animais são instituições e/ou pessoas que mantêm animais sob sua custódia, nas melhores condições possíveis e pelo tempo de suas vidas, mas não permitem sua reprodução, e não exploram esses animais de forma alguma (seja negociando animais ou suas partes, seja exibindo os animais ou entretendo pessoas à sua custa).
→ read full articleOn Citizenship in the 21st Century
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
Reading Robert Paehlke’s carefully crafted essay on global citizenship provides the occasion both for an appreciation of his approach and some doubts about its degree of responsiveness to the urgencies of the present or more specifically its adequacy in relation to the call for ‘transformative vision and praxis’ that lies at the heart of the ‘Great Transition Initiative.’
→ read full articleHuman Intelligence or Human Awareness?
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
The Self-aware human being is intelligent because their mind is integrated. In contrast, an ‘intelligent’ individual who is unSelf-aware, because their mind is disintegrated, might engage in activities that are destructive of our species and the planet. I am sure that you can think of many examples.
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