Articles by TRANSCEND Media Service
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Strategic Embodiment of Time: Configuring Questions Fundamental to Change
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jul 2010
With respect to the global financial crisis, Sohail Inayatullah has presented a set of seven narratives derived by use of Causal Layered Analysis (Multiple Narratives of the Futures of the Global Financial Crisis, Journal of Futures Studies, 2010). The possibility explored here is that there are implicit questions associated with each of these foundational or generative narratives which could be considered in the light of the classical set of seven WH-questions (when, where, which, what, who, why, how).
→ read full articleJames H. Cousins (1873-1956)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jul 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full articleOn Shyness and Inteligence
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jul 2010
The people of Minas Gerais in Brazil are said to love cheese. A man there met a ferry, and she promised to grant him three wishes.
→ read full articleCommunicating Positive Peace in Australia
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
The brightly coloured ute stood out in the traffic crawling through the historic Indonesian city of Yogyakarta. As we drew closer, we could pick out the design, lovingly spray-painted on the side: the all too recognisable face of Osama bin Laden, and the single word, ‘damai’, meaning, of course, ‘peace’.
→ read full articleSarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888—1975)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full article(Castellano) Unión Europea Amenaza con Dictaduras Militares
Heinz Dieterich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
José Durão Barroso, ex Primer Ministro de Portugal y actual Presidente de la Comisión Europea ha advertido a los sindicatos y movimientos populares de Europa que si no aceptan los paquetes neoliberales de austeridad, podrían instalarse dictaduras militares en España, Grecia y Portugal…. La burguesía europea plantea, en otras palabras, un ultimátum al movimiento obrero y popular: paguen sumisamente los costos de la crisis que el gran capital ha causado, o se los hacemos pagar por la vía de la bota militar. En lenguaje político: si ofrecen resistencia a la reducción de su nivel de vida pasaremos de la dictadura burguesa velada (democracia representativa) a la dictadura burguesa abierta.
→ read full articleVeterans of Current Wars: Some Perspectives
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
And these are not good wars, in the sense of clear-cut wars of Good against Evil. The goals of USA-West, beyond suppressing “insurrection”, seem to include revenge, pure paranoia, clear economic interests, getting bases for future wars that may also be far from “good”. The goals of the enemy, defined by the US-West as Evil, are often very badly understood or not at all. These are not winnable wars. Like the English experienced 19 April 1775, being attacked by an invisible American enemy on the Boston-Concord road fighting “like savages”: savages have a tendency to win, even it may take time. “Asymmetric war” is in their favor, fighting for sacred values, freedom, human rights, ready to sacrifice their lives, with unlimited time perspective.
→ read full articleMaguire Calls for Israel’s Blockade of Gaza to Be Lifted Completely
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, who was a passenger on the MV Rachel Corrie ship that tried to break the siege and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, but whose boat was illegally confiscated by Israeli commandoes in international waters on 5th June 2010, has responded to the news that the Israeli government has eased blockade on Gaza. She stated:
→ read full article(Italian) Impermanenza, Compresenza e Fragilità
Prof. Nanni Salio – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
Di fronte alla morte di persone più o meno note, più o meno care e a me vicine, mi tornano alla mente i versi di una bella poesia di Vivian Lamarque:
A vacanza conclusa dal treno vedere
chi ancora sulla spiaggia gioca si bagna
la loro vacanza non è ancora finita:
sarà così sarà così lasciare la vita?
Peace Civil Interventions: The Nonviolent Peaceforce from a Historical Perspective
Marco Oberosler (Submitted by Antonino Drago) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
During the twentieth century a considerable number of civilian interventions has taken place in armed conflicts. Gandhi himself envisioned a Shanti Sena (literally Peace Army). His suggestion was later put into practice in India thanks to Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan; in Western countries it has taken the shape of a recurrent vision that promoted recurrent actions within the Peace Movement.
→ read full articleDebunking the War on Terror!!!
Dr. Kevin Barrett – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
The forthcoming “Debunking the War on Terror” symposium in London brings together four of the most outspoken and eloquent challengers to the Zio-American imperial order that has emerged post-September 11th. While most of the left and antiwar movements have chosen to remain “loyal opposition,” each of these four individuals has gone one step further, by challenging the very roots of the mainstream Western consensus and accepting the physical, professional or intellectual exile that ensues. If the consensus is starting to shift, it is due in large part to such bold challenges as these.
→ read full articleScrap Dollar as Sole Reserve Currency: U.N. Report
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
A new United Nations report released on Tuesday [29 Jun 2010] calls for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value.
→ read full articleEngaging with the Inexplicable, the Incomprehensible and the Unexpected
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
In celebration of the United Nations International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures and the International Year of Biodiversity.
→ read full article“Chuckles” The Sensible Woodchuck
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
Award-Winning Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow features “Chuckles” the sensible woodchuck to highlight American liberals who are afraid of critiquing President Barack Obama.
→ read full articleDealing with the Tragic Oil Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
In accordance with the Natural Law there is a cause and a purpose behind every disaster that takes place. This includes the tragic oil disaster that took place in the Gulf of Mexico during the spring 2010. Needless to say, the cause of such a tragic disaster was due to a serious drilling leak, which popped up deep down at the bottom of this huge sea that was operated by British Petroleum, commonly known as BP. After more than two months the oil is still leaking amounting to thousands of barrels a day.
→ read full articleViewpoint
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
During the German occupation of France, a German soldier entered Picasso’s studio
→ read full articleOpen Letter to President Barack Obama
Prof. Glenn D. Paige – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
On the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, as a Korean War veteran, recalling millions of civilian and military dead, I hope you can work with the leaders of all combatant countries and the UN Secretary General to bring the War decisively to an end before all of us surviving veterans are taken away by what Abraham Lincoln called “the silent artillery of time.”
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G20 Commits Itself to More “Neoliberalism”
Paul Jay, The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
Reporting from Toronto – Leo Panitch, political science professor at York University: “Free movement of capital and strengthening power of global elites is G20 objective.”
→ read full article(Portuguese) Arroz Transgênico – Entenda o que Está em Jogo
Pravda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
Dentro de poucos dias o Brasil pode se tornar a cobaia do mundo, ao permitir o plantio e o consumo de arroz transgênico não aprovado em nenhum país. O pedido da empresa alemã Bayer está praticamente pronto para ser votado pela Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança – CTNBio. Tratase do Arroz Liberty Link LL 62, resistente ao herbicida glufosinato de amônio (processo 01200.003386/200379). Neste caso, até os produtores e a Embrapa Arroz e Feijão estão contra. Parece que só a CTNBio está do lado da Bayer. Como vai se posicionar o governo LULA?
→ read full articleGuess Who Wants to Kill the Internet?
Maidhc Ó Cathail – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
On October 11, 2001, exactly one month after 9/11, Lieberman introduced S. 1534, a bill to establish a Department of Homeland Security. Since then, he has been the main mover behind such draconian legislation as the Protect America Act of 2007, the Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010, and the proposed Terrorist Expatriation Act, which would revoke the citizenship of Americans suspected of terrorism. And now the senator from Connecticut wants to kill the Internet.
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Cheat Neutral
TMS Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
The idea is a spoof on the current policy of carbon offsetting. In the same way that we shouldn’t be able to pay money to neutralize the damage done to our relationships, the site’s creators argue, we should not be able to pay money to offset our carbon polluting. The website’s satirical purpose is to “make it seem acceptable to cheat on your partner. In the same way, carbon offsetting tries to make it acceptable to carry on emitting excess carbon.”
→ read full articlePope Condemns Belgian Raid
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has criticised the “deplorable methods” of Belgian police who raided a meeting of bishops as part of a paedophilia probe. In a letter of support to Andre-Joseph Leonbard, the archbishop of Brussels-Malines, Benedict on Sunday expressed anger at the confiscation of phones, computers and other items.
→ read full articleLalon Shah (? – 1890) Men are vessels made for holy uses
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full articleThe World’s First Demonstration for Peace Journalism?
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
The theme of the demo is ‘Give Peace a Chance’. It is – as far as we know – a world first, being a demonstration in favour of peace journalism. In our book of the same name, Annabel McGoldrick and I define peace journalism in these terms: “Peace journalism is when editors and reporters make choices – of what stories to report, and how to report them – that create opportunities for society at large to consider and value non-violent responses to conflict”. Such choices are subjugated, in most media, most of the time, by journalistic conventions: conventions that grow out of the economic and political interests of the news industry. This is why, as Richard Keeble argues, “We need to move away from the concept of the audience as a passive consumer of a professional product to seeing the audience as producers of their own (written or visual) media”.
→ read full articleEnacting Transformative Integral Thinking through Playful Elegance
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
A Symposium at the End of the Universe?
→ read full article(Portuguese) Água e Envelhecimento
Dr. Arnaldo Lichtenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
Insisto: Não é brincadeira. Ao nascermos, 90% do nosso corpo é constituído de água. Na adolescência, isso cai para 70%. Na fase adulta, para 60%. Na terceira idade, que começa aos 60 anos, temos pouco mais de 50% de água. Isso faz parte do processo natural de envelhecimento. Mesmo desidratados, eles não sentem vontade de tomar água, pois os seus mecanismos de equilíbrio interno não funcionam muito bem. Portanto, de saída, os idosos têm menor reserva hídrica.
→ read full articleIcons, of Peace
David Inkey – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
I want to tell you a story about The Pieces of Peace in The United Nations.
It is a story that only I know how to tell and it is meant only for peacemakers:
Among Traitors
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
When relations between the Soviet Union and China soured in the early 1960s, Khrushchev met Chu En Lai and told him,
→ read full article(Portuguese) Bilionários Ficaram Mais Ricos Em 2009
Esquerda.net – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
Segundo um relatório da Merrill Lynch sobre a riqueza mundial, o número de pessoas que, no mundo, tem mais de um milhão de dólares para investir aumentou e a sua riqueza cresceu 18,9%.
→ read full articleVatican Anger over Belgium Raids
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
The Vatican has said it is indignant and astonished at police searches of the graves of two cardinals during Belgian investigations over child sex abuse. Police on Thursday [24 Jun 2010] raided the headquarters of Belgium’s Roman Catholic church, several buildings of the Mechelen-Brussels archdiocese and the offices of a church commission investigating abuse claims.
→ read full articleDaniel Ellsberg and Julian Assange: Whistleblowing, Then and Now
Personal Democracy Forum – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
Renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange discuss the power of transparency in the digital age at the 2010 Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City. Assange participated by Skype video from Australia. It was the first time the two men had ever talked with each other. PdF curator Micah Sifry hosted the conversation.
→ read full article(Italian) L’Uomo con la Pistola
Enrico Peyretti – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
In onore di Lev Tolstoj, nel centenario della morte.
→ read full articleChoose Peace – End the Siege of Gaza and the Occupation of Palestine
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
On Saturday 5th June, 2010, thirty five heavily armed Israeli navy seals commandeered our boat, MV Rachel Corrie, one of the Freedom Flotilla, in international waters (30 miles off the coast of Gaza). As they did so we, nineteen humanitarian activists and crew, were on the deck. We were quietly anxious, aware of the solitary figure in the wheelhouse with his hands held high against the window, in full view of the three Israeli warships, four approaching zodiacs and two commando carriers, whose guns were pointing in his direction. I personally wondered if the courageous Derek Graham would live to tell the tale, conscious of what happened on the Turkish ship, Mavi Marmara, earlier in the week.
→ read full articleWikiLeaks Editor Interview on Censorship
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
“Privatized Censorship”
WikiLeaks, a publisher of last resort.
→ read full articleOur Earth as Our Common Home
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
The modern means of technology that were developed over the past several decades made our planet Earth become much smaller. Travel between far distant countries is no longer measured in terms of miles or kilometers. It is merely measured in terms of time. Besides, what one nation may do for the better or the worse may eventually affect other nations as well. This explains, in part, why today we ended up facing so many insurmountable problems all of which may be solved if we were to take the appropriate approach.
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Amazing Speech by Iraq War Veteran – Discurso Inspirador de Veterano da Guerra do Iraque
Mike Prysner, Iraq Veterans Against the War – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
English with Portuguese subtitles – Legendado em Portugues – “Racism is an important weapon used by this government. It is more powerful than a rifle, a tank, a bomber or a battleship. It is more destructive than artillery shells, a bunk buster or a tomahawk missile… and convincing us to kill or die is based on their ability to make us think that we are somehow superior… without racism soldiers would realize they have more in common with the Iraq people than they do with the billionaires who send us to war.”
→ read full article(Castellano) El Plan para Destruir a Cuba*
Heinz Dieterich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
El plan para destruir a la Revolución Cubana es una combinación del modelo de subversión que se usó para terminar con el “socialismo realmente existente” en Polonia y en la Alemania socialista (RDA). Ese plan, que está en plena ejecución, cuenta con cuatro elementos: la crisis interna de Cuba, la campaña mundial de presión y chantaje, la liberalización mercantil suaversiva de Obama y, la Iglesia Católica.
→ read full article(Italian) La Strage e le Minacce Perderanno con il Giornalismo “Non Embedded”
Angela Lano – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jun 2010
Erano decine e decine di mostri che, dai canotti, salivano a frotte sulla nave. Sparavano, urlavano, si sono lanciati contro tutti noi. Abbiamo cercato di proteggere il capitano, ma i loro taser ci hanno bloccato. Avevano i volti coperti, le teste protette dai caschi e con questi colpivano le fronti di chi si avvicinava loro.
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Prof. Galtung on Democracy NOW! (Part 4)
Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
“I Love the US Republic, and I Hate the US Empire”: Johan Galtung on the War in Afghanistan and How to Get Out.
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Prof. Galtung on Democracy NOW! (Part 3)
Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
“I Love the US Republic, and I Hate the US Empire”: Johan Galtung on the War in Afghanistan and How to Get Out.
→ read full articleThis Modern World
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Award-winning political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow features the character “Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market-Man,” who explains to taxpayers why they are going to be taking care of BP’s mess.
→ read full articlePolitical Violence: General Overview in Nepalese Context
Devendra Uprety - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Political violence is characterized by both direct and structural violence used by a state, political party, ethnic or regional group to achieve its objectives. It is conceptualized by Moser and Clark (2001) very succinctly as the collective sphere manifested in “guerrilla conflict, para-military conflict, political assassinations, armed conflict between political parties, rape and sexual abuse as a political act and forced pregnancy/sterilization. It is a collective effort to impose or resist power and it is driven by intention or the will to power of a specific group, class, religion, gender, etc.
→ read full articleThe Istanbul CICA Summit
Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Whether CICA can be termed ‘OSCE of Asia’ it is not much difficult to answer. Also whether there is a need for a comparison between the two is an altogether different issue of concern. However, at the present stage, CICA members need to work in tandem towards playing an active role in the Eurasian space towards building peace and stability. Issues like ‘extremism, terrorism, drug trafficking, the threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and maritime piracy’ will likely goad CICA members to play a collective role in tackling these issues of common concern.
→ read full article(Italian) Per “I Diritti Sono Il Nostro Pride”. Il Mio Contributo. Un Felice As-Solo
Silvia Berruto, antifascista e giornalista contro il razzismo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Dedicato alle spose Antonella D’Annibale e Debora Galbiati Ventrella e alla regista Cristi Amione.
→ read full articleAimé Césaire: (1913 – 2008) A Black Orpheus
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
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Prof. Galtung on Democracy NOW! (Part 1)
Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
“I Love the US Republic, and I Hate the US Empire”: Johan Galtung on the War in Afghanistan and How to Get Out.
→ read full article(Castellano) El Milagro Económico Chino y la Educación del Partido
Heinz Dieterich – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
El milagro económico y de poder que ha producido el pueblo chino bajo la conducción del Partido Comunista se manifiesta de múltiples formas: un crecimiento económico anual del diez por ciento durante treinta años, sin ninguna recesión, ni siquiera durante la crisis capitalista mundial, y aumentos constantes de salarios que han sacado a cientos de millones de personas de la pobreza; el aumento de la expectativa de vida de 40.8 años en 1955, a 71.0 años en el 2005; la creación de una alianza militar defensiva (SCO) que abarca al 61% de Eurasia y la autosuficiencia bélica; la exitosa transición desde la experiencia de Mao al modelo actual, sin terrorismo de Estado y eliminación stalinista de los disidentes; la ascensión al rango de una de las dos potencias dominantes del sistema mundial de poder, sin que Occidente lo pudiera impedir; el desarrollo de algunas de las ciudades más bellas del mundo, como Suzhou y Beijing y, last but not least, el apoyo de 80% de los ciudadanos del país.
→ read full articleListening to Voices from Inside: People’s Perspectives on Myanmar’s 2010 Election
submission from Emma Leslie – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Given the elections are widely debated in the ‘international community’, it is critical that the voices of ‘ordinary’ citizens be heard. Given the wide range of views this report may not simplify the debate, and if anything reflects the increasing diversity of opinion inside Myanmar about future directions, possibilities for change and the development of their nation. This report does not intend to draw any conclusions, but simply to amplify what has been recorded from a series of 87 interviews conducted across Myanmar. However if the international community is to accompany a process towards democracy in Myanmar, it must come to terms with the complexity and myriad of perspectives held by its citizens.
→ read full articleNew Jake Lynch and Johan Galtung book launched at IPRA Sydney, July 8 2010
TMS Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Jake Lynch and Johan Galtung will launch their new book, Reporting Conflict: New Directions in Peace Journalism, in Sydney, on July 8th at Gleebooks. The launch is part of the Fringe programme of the International Peace Research Association biennial conference, taking place at the University of Sydney from July 6-10.
→ read full articleRed Cross: Gaza Blockade Illegal
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has described Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip as a violation of the Geneva Conventions and called on the Israeli government to lift it.
→ read full articleThirteen Religious Views of Life
Unknown – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Taoism: Shit happens.
→ read full articleIceland Safe Haven for Press Freedom: Wikileaks Insider
AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
Iceland is becoming an offshore safe haven for information, an insider with whistleblower website WikiLeaks said Friday [18 Jun 2010]. Iceland’s parliament, the Altingi, voted Tuesday to task government with finding ways to increase information freedom and to provide stronger protections for media sources and whistleblowers to make Iceland a leader in freedom of expression.
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Prof. Galtung on Democracy NOW! (Part 2)
Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
“I Love the US Republic, and I Hate the US Empire”: Johan Galtung on the War in Afghanistan and How to Get Out.
→ read full articleEngaging with the Future with Insights of the Past
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
In a world much characterized by denial in many forms, distinct cases may be made for exploring “undersides” or the “unconscious”, as variously argued (Elise Boulding, The Underside of History: a view of women through time, 1976; John Ralston Saul, The Unconscious Civilization, 1995), most notably by Carl Jung with respect to the collective unconscious and the individual “shadow”, as previously argued (Global Strategic Implications of the Unsaid: from myth-making towards a wisdom society, 2003). The case may be extended to various forms of “Omertà”, perhaps most recently and dramatically illustrated by the policies of the Catholic Church with respect to sexual abuse by clergy, widespread concern with the secrecy of tax havens, or the scientific neglect of a particular factor in consideration of climate change policy (Mapping the Global Underground: articulating Insightful Population Constraint Consideration, 2010; Sins of Hot Air Emission, Omission, Commission and Promission, 2009).
→ read full articleRowley, McGovern and Ellsberg — Statement on Wikileaks, June 18 2010
Institute for Public Accuracy-IPA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
The following statement was released today by Coleen Rowley, an FBI whistleblower who was one of Time Magazine’s people of the year in 2002; Ray McGovern, CIA analyst for 27 years; and Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers (top-secret government documents that showed a pattern of governmental deceit about the Vietnam War):
→ read full articleI Am Too Poor to Go to War…
David Inkey - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2010
A Poem
→ read full article(Portuguese) Palestina, um Povo em Marcha pela Libertação
Editorial, Brasil de Fato – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
Não se derrota 62 anos de colonialismo israelense com duas semanas de mobilizações, mas as lutas de agora vão se transformando numa onda.
→ read full articleJoint Statement on the Armed Assault on Ships to Gaza
Prof. Ernesto Kahan, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
The Palestinian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (PPPNW) and the Israeli Physicians for Peace and the Preservation of the Environment (IPPPE), affiliates of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, agree as follows:
→ read full articleThis Modern World
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
Obama the Far-Left Radical and a Few of the Far-Left Radical Things He Has Done
→ read full articleW.H. Auden: (1907-1973) Poet of the Age of Anxiety
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full articleRage after the Raid: Israel’s Voyage into Isolation
Spiegel* – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
After last Monday’s raid on a flotilla of peace activists heading toward the Gaza Strip, Israel finds itself on the defensive. Not only has Turkey turned its back on the country, but the US too is angered by the unilateralism of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
→ read full articleConflict Resolution
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when this absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big open mouthed kiss, then says she’ll see him later and walks away. The wife glares at her husband and says,
→ read full article(Italian) Aosta, 2010, June 1. For Freedom Flotilla
Silvia Berruto, amica e persuasa della nonviolenza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
Tuesday, 17:00 – Italy – Aosta – Piazza Chanoux. Manifestazione nonviolenta a sostegno della missione della Freedom Flotilla. Contro l’attacco in acque internazionali, da parte di un commando dell’esercito israeliano sferrato il 31 maggio scorso alla nave turca Mavi Marmara carica di aiuti umanitari.
→ read full articleEnabling Collective Intelligence in Response to Emergencies
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
The response to the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010), acknowledged as the greatest recent environmental disaster, is used here to summarize and illustrate the challenge of enabling collective intelligence in response to emergencies. The focus is therefore less on the oil spill disaster and more on how intelligence is gathered of relevance to emergencies for which no immediate solution is found.
→ read full articlePhenomenon of Ambidextrous Individuals Still Startles Scientists
Pravda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
Leonardo da Vinci could work with his both hands. He used to draw with his right hand and write with his left one. Jimmy Hendricks, the rock musician, could play right-handed guitar with his left hand turning it upside down. He used to place the strings backwards so they would be positioned the same way as on a regular guitar.
→ read full article(Castellano) Reflexiones sobre Educación y Paz: Acerca del Campeonato Mundial de Football y la Educación por la Cultura de Paz
Alicia Cabezudo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
La comprensión de la diversidad y las diferencias, la multiplicidad de formas de vida y visiones del mundo, las distintas civilizaciones y sus manifestaciones, la riqueza de las diversas culturas que representan estos equipos de futbol, la posibilidad de diálogo que genera, proponen una lección de pluralismo político, religioso y cultural que enriquece el proceso educativo y constituyen ejes fundamentales en la formación cívico democrática de niños, jóvenes y adultos.
→ read full articleJewish Ideology and World Peace
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
I am here to announce as loud as I can, there is no need for any ‘International’, ‘impartial’ or ‘independent’ inquiry into the latest Israeli massacre on the high sea. Though the Israeli opposition to such an inquiry is there to suggest that the Israelis have much to hide, the truth of the matter is actually deeper. If you want to grasp what underlies the Israeli deadly barbarism all you have to do is open the Old Testament.
→ read full articleCommunicating Peace: Organiser’s Introduction to IPRA Sydney 2010
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2010
Sydney plays host, from July 6-10, to the biennial global conference of IPRA, the International Peace Research Association. The keynote speaker is Johan Galtung. Delegates can register for the whole conference or for one day.
→ read full articleUN orders Israel to lift Gaza blockade
NineMSN – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
Speaking on his return from visits to Brazil, Malawi and Uganda, Ban told reporters on Wednesday that the underlying problem behind Monday’s tragedy was the long-running, crippling Israeli siege of Gaza which he described as “counter-productive, unsustainable and wrong.” The UN secretary general said Israeli authorities must provide a “full and detailed account” of the commando raid on six ships that tried to break the Gaza siege to deliver some 10,000 tonnes of supplies.
→ read full articleDesigning Global Self-governance for the Future
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
This is the development of the argument in an introductory paper (Tao of Engagement — Weaponised Interactions and Beyond: Fibonacci’s magic carpet of games to be played for sustainable global governance, 2010). It continues the exploration of the possibility of providing a common framework for the huge global investment in weaponry — and the binary logic associated with its use — in relation to a variety of other more complex games and non-weaponised modes of interaction.
→ read full articleCensorship in a Slingshot
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
Israel’s attacks on humanitarian workers heading for Gaza have been called piracy, murder, ‘state terrorism’, even an act of war against the countries whose flags the boats were flying. On the other side has been a massive and cynical campaign of misinformation and misdirection, aimed at muddying the waters and deflecting responsibility.
→ read full articleIsraeli Murders, NATO and Afghanistan
Craig Murray – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
Therefore what is troubling the hearts and souls of non-Americans in NATO HQ is this fundamental question. Is NATO genuinely a mutual defence organisation, or is it just an instrument to carry out US foreign policy? With its unthinking defence of Israel and military occupation of Afghanistan, is US foreign policy really defending Europe, or is it making the World less safe by causing Islamic militancy?
→ read full articleNicholas Roerich (1874-1947) The Highest mountains stand as the witnesses of the Great Reality
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
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Conspiracy of Silence: Who are the Bilderberg Group?
RussiaToday – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
It’s a club where the movers and shakers of the world meet under a veil of secrecy. The notorious Bilderberg group made up of politicians, business leaders and other power-brokers are having their annual meeting in an exclusive Spanish resort. But who is in this Club and what’s on the Bilderbergers agenda? RT is investigating.
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How Israel Planned the Flotilla Attack
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
As the MV Rachel Corrie ship is dragged to Israel,TRNN investigates Israel’s plan for attacking the flotilla.
→ read full articleOh, God!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
A very good-hearted young man came to the gates of heaven. He asked God, “Why have you brought me here so early?
→ read full articleU.S. Blocks Security Council Criticism of Israeli Raid
The Salt Lake Tribune – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
The Obama administration refused to endorse a statement that singled out Israel, and proposed a broader condemnation of the violence that would include the assault of the Israeli commandos as they landed on the deck of the ship.
→ read full articleIsrael Has Crossed the Rubicon
Lynda Brayer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
The PLO hijacking of the Achille Lauro p in 1986 in an attempt to free Palestinian political prisoners held illegally in Israeli prisons is held up as an act of terrorism. However, it can be argued, and correctly in my legal opinion, that the actual and continuing occupation and colonization of Palestine itself is the original and continuing crime. Resistance to conquest is not, and cannot be defined, as criminal. However, if the West considered that it was an act of terrorism, how should we now describe this latest Israeli attack? It can, and should, be defined as the very epitome of a double terrorism: the first act of terror is the use of military force on the high seas, while the second act of terror is the use of this illegitimate force against hors de combat unarmed civilians!
→ read full articleIsraeli’s Nuclear Policy: From South Africa to Iran
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
On May 24, 2010, the Guardian (U.K.) published a highly confidential document released by the South African government. The 1975 document reveals a secret military agreement signed by Shimon Peres, Israel’s Foreign Minister at the time (and today Israel’s President) and South Africa’s Defense Minister P. W. Botha. Israel offered to sell the apartheid regime, weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical and conventional weaponry to destroy and defeat the million person African resistance movement.
→ read full articleAustralia Acts over Japan Whaling
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
Australia has launched legal case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in an effort to halt Japanese whaling in the seas off Antarctica, officials in Tokyo have said.
→ read full articleListening Project Field Visit Report: Myanmar/Burma
submission from Emma Leslie – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
The Myanmar Listening Project was a joint venture between CPCS, Nyien/Shalom Foundation of Myanmar and CDA Collaborative Learning Projects of the United States. It sought to listen to recipients and deliverers of international assistance as a means of improving international assistance practices.
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Interview with Al Jazeera’s Jamal ElShayyal: One of the Passengers on the Mavi Marmara
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal has been released by Israeli authorities following Monday’s deadly raid on the Mavi Marmara aid ship that was destined for Gaza.
→ read full articleMexico-USA: Drugs-Arms-Money
Johan Galtung & Fernando Montiel T., 7 Jun 2010 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
In 1846-48 the USA conquered 53% of the Mexican territory in a terrible war; the USA says it was 33%. Today a fifth of the Mexicans live in the USA, legally or not; 53% of them would mean 30 million more in the USA. Far too much, says Arizona in the anti-illegal immigration law, denounced by Calderón as threat to human rights and democracy. Obama, to the right of Bush, sends 1,200 soldiers to the border; with 1 million Americans now living in Mexico, mainly close to beaches, to stretch meager pensions…. Meanwhile, Hugo Chávez was on CNN-Español and claimed that during his presidency Venezuelan poverty dropped from 73% to 40%, and misery from 23% to 5%. Given his social policy it might simply be true, or close to it. So much more important than GNP growth. And threatened by Obama’s seven bases in Colombia, and the Fourth Fleet. And yet the voice of the future.
→ read full articleTribute to the People of Gaza
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
This journey, by boat, will be my third with The Free Gaza Movement and it has shown me that people can make a difference. The Free Gaza Movement was started by a few people with an idea and the courage to make it happen. If people wish to support their work and follow us on the boat journey to Gaza visit their website at http://www.freegaza.org/
→ read full articleIsraeli Butchery at Sea
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
For days the Israeli government prepared the Israeli society for the massacre at sea. It said that the Flotilla carried weapons, it had ‘terrorists’ on board. Only yesterday evening it occurred to me that this Israeli malicious media spin was there to prepare the Israeli public for a full scale Israeli deadly military operation in international waters. Make no mistake.
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BREAKING NEWS: Israel Attacks Gaza Aid Fleet in International Waters
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service 31 May 2010,
31 May 2010
Al Jazeera’s report on board the Mavi Marmara before communications were cut.
→ read full articleBREAKING NEWS: Israel Attacks Gaza Aid Fleet in International Waters
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service 31 May 2010,
31 May 2010
Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country’s siege on Gaza. More than 10 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy of ships dubbed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, the Israeli military said.
→ read full articleThe Brazilian/Turkish Initiative: Rebalancing the World
Prof. Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
Instead of welcoming this notable effort to reduce regional tensions, the Brazilian/Turkish initiative was immediately branded as an amateurish irrelevance by the American Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton. She insisted that the concerns about Iranian nuclear enrichment be left exclusively in the hands of the ‘major powers,’ and immediately rallied China and Russia (in addition to France and the United Kingdom) to support a fourth round of punitive sanctions that were to be presented to the UN Security Council in the near future.
→ read full articleThe 2010 National Security Strategy
Fred Dubee – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
Worth reading? I guess it depends on your understanding of the relevance of US policy and strategy on the world stage. On the other hand it is relatively easy to argue that US national security strategy must always be taken into account and give due respect. In these very delicate times, and with increasing polarization in the media and public dialogue a strong point can be made in favor of having a look at the actual text of the strategy document – but as always, actions speak much louder than any policy statement.
→ read full articleFrom Japan to Guam to Hawai’i, Activists Resist Expansion of US Military Presence in the Pacific
Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
In Japan, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama sparked outrage this weekend when he announced he has decided to keep an American air base on the island of Okinawa. Before last year’s historic election victory, Hatoyama had vowed to move the base off of Okinawa or even out of Japan.
→ read full articleFraming Pakistan: How the Pro-Israel Media Enables India’s Surrogate Warfare
Maidhc Ó Cathail – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
In its bitter rivalry with India, Pakistan is at a fatal disadvantage. Unlike its South Asian neighbour, Islamabad lacks an ally with considerable influence over American mainstream media.
→ read full articleEdna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950) The World stands out on either side, no wider than the heart is wide
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full article(Italian) Alla Ricerca di Consenso
Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
New York, 24 maggio 2010. Senza un potere esecutivo internazionale che abbia un vero monopolio sulla violenza, la legge pubblica internazionale si lascia creare solo dal consenso: qual è infatti il senso di costringere Stati ad adottare certe leggi, se poi non potranno in alcun modo essere costretti a rispettarle?
→ read full articleThe NPT and the Nuclear Power TRAP
Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
For 40 years, there is virtual, unquestioned acceptance of nuclear energy, with frequent and automatic repetition of the mantras –the “inalienable right” to “peaceful uses” of nuclear energy, the “the third pillar” throughout the speeches. The belief in nuclear power is so deeply and widely held that it may seem outrageous to even question it.
→ read full articleAssessing Maoists Janaandolan III in Theory
Bishnu Pathak, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
Puspa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, Chairperson of the United Communist Party of Nepal or UCPN (Maoist), has time and again said that the party he represents is being isolated from the mainstream power-politics. Grave connotations can be drawn from this juncture of peace and epoch of constitutional writing.
→ read full articleThe NPT Review: Business as Usual Now, Disarmament Perhaps Later
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
The nuclear weapons of Israel and their meaning for Middle East policies have long been “an elephant in the room” of the NPT Reviews — too large not to notice but too dangerous to deal with if anything else in the review process was to be done.
→ read full articleConflict and Fragility
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
When you give aid in a context of armed conflict, you become part of that context and also therefore part of the conflict. The aphorism is from Do No Harm, by Mary B Anderson, the book-length account of an approach to development and humanitarian fieldwork that attempts to identify and foster local capacities and resources for peace.
→ read full article(Italian) Interviste a Nanni Salio e Angela Dogliotti Marasso
Giselle Dian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
Faccio parte della redazione di “Viterbo oltre il muro. Spazio di informazione nonviolenta”, un’esperienza nata dagli incontri di formazione nonviolenta che si svolgono settimanalmente a Viterbo con la partecipazione di Peppe Sini. Sto redigendo una tesina per gli esami di maturita’, l’argomento e’ il graffitista americano Keith Haring. Nella tesina ovviamente intendo anche mettere in evidenza tra le altre caratteristiche dell’esperienza di Haring il suo impegno per la pace e contro il nucleare. Peppe mi ha suggerito di farle una intervista su questi temi che vorrei poter eventualmente utilizzare per la mia tesina.
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A Distinctive Contribution: Radio Magwi FM 92.5 – Sudan
Dominik Lehnert, XCHANGEperspectives – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
This clip gives a brief overview on the Rural Youth’s Voices Project, a Community Based Youth Radio Station and Music Production Studio in Magwi, South Sudan. This project was implemented by Xchange Perspectives in cooperation with the German Development Service, DED. Peace is the theme and the objective.
→ read full articleManagers
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts:
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