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Where Journalism Collides With State ‘Security’: BBC News, MI5 and the Mantra of ‘Keeping People Safe’
David Cromwell – Media Lens,
21 Oct 2013
We make no apology for again citing the American writer H. L. Mencken: ‘The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.’
→ read full articleBlood and Tourism in Kashmir
Mehboob Jeelani – Dissent Magazine,
21 Oct 2013
Until 1989, before the start of the armed rebellion against Indian rule, foreign and Indian visitors flocked to the valley. In 1987, according to a government survey, Kashmir welcomed 700,000 tourists. Three years later, as violence gripped Kashmir, the number fell to just 6,000. The gun-toting militants became a common sight near butcher shops and corner stores.
→ read full articleEgypt: End of Hope
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Instead of passion and hope, all there is left on the streets of Cairo is depressing defeatism, frustration and hate.
→ read full articleHow US Pressure Bends UN Agencies
Robert Parry – Consortium News,
21 Oct 2013
Exclusive: Lost in the celebration over the Nobel Peace Prize to the UN agency eliminating the Syrian government’s chemical weapons is the question of who was really behind the Aug. 21 poison-gas attack near Damascus. Relevant to that mystery is the recent U.S. pressure to control key UN agencies including the prize recipient, reports Robert Parry.
→ read full articleOriginal Pakistani TV Bashir Interview and Massimo Mazzucco’s 9/11 Documentary
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Original Bashir interview that contradicts Washington’s account of killing bin Laden.
→ read full articleHow the World Health Organisation Covered Up Iraq’s Nuclear Nightmare
Nafeez Ahmed – The Guardian,
21 Oct 2013
13 Oct 2013 – Last month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a long awaited document summarising the findings of an in-depth investigation into the prevalence of congenital birth defects (CBD) in Iraq, which many experts believe is linked to the use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions by Allied forces. According to the ‘summary report’.
→ read full articleIt’s Time to Put an End to Israel’s Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell Nuclear Policy
Pam Bailey & Medea Benjamin – Al Jazeera,
21 Oct 2013
Israel’s nuclear facility at Dimona, a city in the Negev desert, has six underground floors to plutonium extraction and production of tritium and lithium-6, for use in nuclear weapons. Whereas Iran has signed the Non-proliferation Treaty, giving the international community the right to demand inspections and controls, Israel has not – and is therefore not subject to external oversight.
→ read full articleReport: EU to Bypass Its Own Anti-Settlements Guidelines
Noam Sheizaf, +972 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Israeli and European officials are reportedly nearing an agreement that would allow Israeli institutions to continue operating freely in the West Bank while enjoying EU grants.
→ read full articleGreece and the Neo-Nazis
Vasilis Migkos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Golden Dawn is the main nationalist extremist party in Greece. Created in 1980, its principles are neo-Nazi, with hymns to Hitler and propaganda of Aryan race superiority. Ironically, like-minded extremists in Germany were fond of killing immigrants, especially Greeks and Turks who inhabit Germany in vast numbers and are considered inferior.
→ read full articleHow Mega-Corporations like Nestlé Threaten Colombia’s Coffee Farmers
Andrew Gold, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
Colombia’s Zona Cafetera, or coffee zone, is one of the most prominent providers of coffee in the world. But a predicament now faces its native producers – who never even taste the coffee – and threatens to destroy them. Nestlé has a huge presence in Colombia. But it has no fair trade policy to ensure its coffee producers are paid a living wage.
→ read full articleHistory Class
Antonio C. S. Rosa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
The teacher said, “Let’s begin by reviewing some History. Who said ‘Give me Liberty, or give me Death’?”
→ read full articleChemical Weapons in Focus
Judith Bello – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2013
I tend to be a skeptic when it comes to the use of formal processes and international agencies to rein in imperial abuses. In many cases these efforts target only the weak while the powerful continue to pursue their interests. Examples are the International Criminal Court targeting Africa and the International Atomic Energy Agency being used to target Iran.
→ read full articleVideo: Edward Snowden Wins Sam Adams Award
WikiLeaks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
11 Oct 2013 – This week Edward Snowden received the Integrity Award from the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. These videos from the award ceremony are the first of Mr Snowden after being granted asylum in Russia.
→ read full articleMillennium Development Goals: The Failure of the Debt System
Daniel Munevar & Eric Toussaint, CADTM – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
As the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund hold their annual meeting in Washington 11-13 Oct 2013 it is necessary to take a look at the state of the Millennium Development Goals
→ read full articleSyrian Opposition Group Refuses to Attend Geneva Peace Talks
Al Arabiya – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
The main Syrian opposition group within the Syrian National Coalition said Sunday [13 Oct 2013] it would not attend a proposed peace conference in Geneva and would quit if the whole coalition participated. The Syrian opposition has said it will not negotiate until Assad’s regime steps down.
→ read full articleObscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case against Syria
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya - Global Research,
14 Oct 2013
The US federal government and the various agencies, media organizations, individuals, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, lobbies, forces, and other entities that are tied to it have done everything in their power to obscure the details involving the chemical attacks that took place in Syria on August 21, 2013.
→ read full articleVideo: Edward Snowden Wins Sam Adams Award
WikiLeaks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
11 Oct 2013 – This week Edward Snowden received the Integrity Award from the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. These videos from the award ceremony are the first of Mr Snowden after being granted asylum in Russia.
→ read full articleGrowing Backlash to NSA Surveillance
Martha Mendoza, AP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Policy makers, privacy advocates and political leaders around the world have been outraged at the near weekly disclosures from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden that expose sweeping U.S. government surveillance programs.
→ read full articleThe Desert of Israeli Democracy: A Trip Through the Negev Desert Leads to the Heart of Israel’s National Nightmare
Max Blumenthal - TomDisptach,
14 Oct 2013
While the prime minister ranted against Iran in New York City and in a meeting with President Obama, his government was preparing to implement the Prawer Plan, a blueprint for the expulsion of 40,000 indigenous Bedouin citizens of Israel from their ancestral Negev Desert communities that promised to “concentrate” them in state-run, reservation-style townships.
→ read full articleHow Mind-Wandering and “Positive Constructive Daydreaming” Enhance Creativity and Improve Our Social Skills
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
The science of why fantasy and imaginative escapism are essential elements of a satisfying mental life.
→ read full article(Castellano) Brasil Implementará Servicio Propio de Correo Electrónico Antiespionaje
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
La presidenta de Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, anunció este domingo [13 Oct 2013] a través de la red social Twitter que los correos electrónicos del Gobierno tendrán un sistema de protección. Esta medida es adoptada después de las denuncias del espionaje de Estados Unidos hacia la propia mandataria e instituciones de su país.
→ read full articleStorm Warning: The Disappearing State of the Central African Republic
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
On 10 Oct 2013, the UNSC in a resolution issued a “storm warning” calling for help to the CAR and its UN Peacebuilding Office. The skies have been so often cloudy since its independence in 1961 that the new dark clouds are hardly noticed. However, there are currently danger signs and storm warnings concerning the disappearance of all State structures.
→ read full article‘De-Americanised’ World Needed after US Shutdown: China Media
AFP – The Times of India,
14 Oct 2013
“As US politicians of both political parties (fail to find a) viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is perhaps a good time for the befuddled world to start considering building a de-Americanised world,” the state news agency Xinhua said Sunday [13 Oct 2013]. “Such alarming days when the destinies of others are in the hands of a hypocritical nation have to be terminated.”
→ read full articleCash-for-Castles: Italy Sells Off Historic Sites to Plug Budget Holes
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
A Grand Inquisitor’s villa, a Pope’s fort and a Venetian island will be sold off to fill Italy’s depleted state coffers, local media reports. It’s hoped the 50 historic sites will raise 500 million euros needed to obey strict EU austerity rules.
→ read full articleChina’s Official Press Agency Calls for New Reserve Currency, and New World Order
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
China’s official press agency Xinhua decries the “US fiscal failure which warrants a de-Americanized world” and flatly states that the world should consider a new reserve currency “that is to be created to replace the dominant U.S. dollar, so that the international community could permanently stay away from the spillover of the intensifying domestic political turmoil in the United States.”
→ read full articleReview: ‘The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body’
Roger Griffin, Library of Social Science – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Working with case studies and sources, Wittman collates the conflicting ‘receptions’ of the tombs and their incorporation into the collective psyche. She explores their impact upon national consciousness—swollen with pride rather than diminished by the war’s human cost and bottomless grief generated by its futility and mind-numbing destructiveness.
→ read full articleNSA Wiretapped Senate Candidate Obama in 2004
The Western Center for Journalism – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
And here is the rest [beginning?] of the story…
→ read full articleSnowden Accepts Whistleblower Award
Ray McGovern – Consortium News,
14 Oct 2013
Though former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has been indicted for leaking secrets about the U.S. government’s intrusive surveillance tactics, he was honored by a group of former U.S. intelligence officials as a courageous whistleblower during a Moscow ceremony, reports ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern who was there.
→ read full articleDivided N United
Rosa Parks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Bang bang bang!
Rang out the shots
Stand up if you’re Muslim
Wall Street Bets a Quadrillion Dollars of Everybody Else’s Money
Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
“Even if the whole planet were offered as collateral, it could not cover Wall Street’s bets… Derivatives are valued at six times more than the total accumulated wealth of the world.”
→ read full articleRacism, Colonialism and Exceptionalism
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
“What makes America different, what makes us exceptional, is that we are dedicated to act.” (Barak Obama, Sep 2013) It seems to be possible for nations, and the majority of their citizens, to commit the worst imaginable atrocities, including torture, murder and genocide, while feeling that what they are doing is both noble and good.
→ read full articleFifteen Minutes an American President
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Obama’s rhetorical exercise in ‘peace talk’ at the United Nations General Assembly impressed few delegations and even fewer Americans: Far more eloquent are his five years of wars, military interventions, cyber-spying, drone murders, military coups and the merciless prosecution of patriotic truth tellers.
→ read full articleThe Real “Global South” Today: BRICS*
Johan Galtung, 14 Oct 2013 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Two basic facts stand out in the world economic development, leaving aside military, political, cultural and social development:
* The BRICS–an acronym becoming a social fact–are emerging;
* The USA-EU are declining; not only as markets, also as producers.
The Data Hackers: Mining Your Information for Big Brother
Pratap Chatterjee - TomDispatch,
14 Oct 2013
Big Bro is watching you. In your mobile phone and behind your web browser are little known software that can follow you around. No longer the wide-eyed fantasies of conspiracy theorists, these technologies are routinely installed in all of our data devices by companies that sell them to Washington for a profit.
→ read full articleJapan Asks for World’s Help on Fukushima Leaks
Al Jazeera and The Associated Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday [6 Oct 2013] that Japan is open to receiving overseas help to contain widening disaster at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, where radioactive water leaks and other mishaps are now reported almost daily. “My country needs your knowledge and expertise,” he said.
→ read full articlePost-Intervention Libya: A Militia State
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
We can only wonder whether Libya as of 2013 is not better understood as a ‘militia state’ rather than a ‘failed state,’ which seems like an emerging pattern for societies that endure Western military intervention. The parallels of Libya with Iraq and Afghanistan are uncomfortably suggestive.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Politics of Fragmentation
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
If the politics of deflection exhibit the outward reach of Israel’s grand strategy of territorial expansionism and regional hegemony, the politics of fragmentation serves Israel’s inward moves designed to weaken Palestinian resistance, induce despair, and de facto surrender.
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Allegro Molto Appassionato (Music Video of the Week)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Nicola Benedetti – Violin
Author: Felix Mendelssohn
Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide – By Brian Martin
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
You may be not a Snowden or Manning, but you discover some wrongdoing such as corruption, injustice or danger to the public. What should you do? If you do nothing, the problem will continue. If you speak out, you become a target for attack. Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide tells how to assess your options, prepare for action, use low-profile operations, negotiate official channels, leak, build support and survive the experience.
→ read full articleImperialism Destabilizing Africa
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
The African continent is being ravished as it was in the darkest days of direct colonialism. There are no exact statistics available, but at least 6 million people have died in war-ravaged DR Congo since 1995. But some say that 10 million is a much more precise figure.
→ read full articleSmart Help
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
During a heavy rainstorm, you come with your car to a bus stop where three people are waiting:
→ read full articleTrapped in Qatar: Footballers Describe Nightmarish Treatment
Maik Grossekathöfer – Der Spiegel,
14 Oct 2013
Qatar, the host of the 2022 soccer World Cup, is spending a lot of money to attract players and coaches. SPIEGEL spent time with a handful who have gone to the emirate and say they aren’t getting paid, but have been prevented from leaving the country.
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Nuclear Engineer: Japan’s PM “Lying to the Japanese People” About Safety of Fukushima
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Oct 1, 2013 – Arnie Gundersen: Japan’s PM claims Fukushima is safe but the nuclear disaster is underfunded and lacks transparency, causing the public to remain in the dark.
→ read full articlePacific Pact – a Minefield for Health Care
Emilio Godoy – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Oct 2013
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), the negotiation of which is set to conclude this year, could drive research into new drugs and improve access to medicines. Except – it won’t.
→ read full articleEmpire under Obama (Part 1): Political Language and the ‘Mafia Principles’ of International Relations
Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
In the first part of this essay series on ‘Empire Under Obama,’ I will aim to establish some fundamental premises of modern imperialism, or what is often referred to as ‘international relations,’ ‘geopolitics’, or ‘foreign policy.’ Specifically, I will refer to George Orwell’s writing on ‘political language’ in order to provide a context in which the discourse of imperialism may take place out in the open with very little comprehension on the part of the public which consumes the information; and further, to draw upon Noam Chomsky’s suggestion of understanding international relations as the application of ‘Mafia Principles’ to foreign policy.
→ read full article(Português) Espanha: Cruel Festival “Toro Jubilo” Ateia Fogo em Touros Para o Entretenimento Local
Vinicius Siqueira – Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais,
14 Oct 2013
Neste festival, o touro, sua vitima indefesa, é chamado de “toro de fuego” por um motivo brutal. O animal é amarrado, imobilizado e pedaços de pano de algodão embebidos em alcatrão são fixados em um suporte que é, anteriormente, preso em seus chifres para que um participante, por fim, ateie fogo. Esta bárbara festa é considerada um marco cultural da região de Soria.
→ read full articleSlavoj Žižek: “Most of the Idiots I Know Are Academics”
Luke Massey – New Statesman,
14 Oct 2013
The cultural theorist and ideas machine on Obama, stupidity and his favourite quasi-fascist industrial metal outfit – Rammstein.
→ read full articleEuropean Union at the Crossroads
Massimo D'Alema – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Oct 2013
“One of the fundamental contradictions: that whereas economic life has internationalism as a necessary premise, state life has developed in the direction of ‘nationalism,’ of ‘self-sufficiency’.” With global financial capitalism the crisis of democracy linked to the loss of sovereignty by nation states has reached breaking point.
→ read full article(Português) A Inovadora Vila Solar da Alemanha
Outras Palavras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Em Friburgo, bairro tem painéis coletores em todas as casas, casas multifamiliares e automóveis compartilhados. Habitantes produzem quatro vezes mais energia do que consomem.
→ read full articleCanadian PM Says ‘Very Concerned’ by Brazil Spying Allegations
David Ljunggren, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed concern on Tuesday [8 Oct 2013] about allegations that Canada’s intelligence agency had targeted Brazil. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday demanded Canada explain a report that said the Communications Security Establishment Canada – the equivalent of the top-secret U.S. National Security Agency – had spied on Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry.
→ read full articleHuman Violence: Understanding it. Ending it.
Robert J. Burrowes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
What is violence? Let me define this phenomenon more precisely so that we might tackle it more effectively. It is social interference in the genetically programmed feelings, thoughts, sensing and/or behavior of another organism. It might be inflicted by an individual or an institution.
→ read full articleIsrael & BDS – A Note from Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
On Sep 7, 2013 Roger was interviewed by Alon Hadar for the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. Below is an open letter to the editor from Roger. -“Without wishing to fan the flames, I feel I owe it to my fans in Israel to correct the record on a number of points. The article was a serious distortion of the actual interview I gave. Both questions and answers were changed. I can only assume to suit an editorial agenda.”
→ read full articleWhy the Corporate Media’s Climate Change Censorship Is Only Half the Story
Sarah van Gelder – YES! Magazine,
14 Oct 2013
Of course the media needs to start talking honestly about climate change. But there’s more to the issue than just gloom and doom. Solutions journalism must investigate not only the individual innovations, but also the larger pattern of change.
→ read full articleHow the NSA Deploys Malware: An In-Depth Look at the New Revelations
Electronic Frontier Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
The template for attacking people with malware used by the NSA is in widespread use by criminals and fraudsters, as well as foreign intelligence agencies, so it’s important to understand and defend against this threat to avoid being a victim to the plethora of attackers out there.
→ read full articlePrescription Drug Abuse Now More Deadly Than Heroin, Cocaine Combined
Mark Guarino – The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Oct 2013
A new study shows that deaths from prescription drug overdoses have quadrupled during the past decade, suggesting that a stronger response is needed.
→ read full articleThe Cape of Good Hope: Russia, Syria and the Decline of American Hegemony
Israel Shamir - TomDispatch,
14 Oct 2013
American hegemony is over. The bully has been subdued. We cleared the Cape of Good Hope, symbolically speaking, in September 2013. It was touch and go, just as risky as the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. The chances for total war were high, as the steely wills of America and Eurasia had crossed in the Eastern Mediterranean.
→ read full articleGuardian’s NSA Revelations: Spies to Go under Spotlight
Patrick Wintour, Rowena Mason and Dan Roberts – The Guardian,
14 Oct 2013
British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is to start conversations in government about how to update the legal oversight of the UK’s security services in the light of disclosures by the Guardian that powerful new technologies appear to have outstripped the current system of legislative and political oversight.
→ read full article40 Percent of Your Chicken Nugget Is Meat. The Rest Is…
Tom Philpott – Mother Jones,
14 Oct 2013
Marketing isn’t about giving people what they want; it’s about convincing people to want what you’ve got—that is, what you can buy cheap, spiff up, and sell at a profit. Take the chicken nugget, that staple of fast-food outlets and school lunches.
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Myanmar: Can the Religious Violence Be Ended?
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
3 Oct 2013 – TRANSCEND member Dr. Maung Zarni and Debbie Stothard: A 25-minute analysis of Myanmar’s “Communal or Religious Violence.”
→ read full articleMedia Repression and Tamils in Sri Lanka
Daniel Kitts, TV Ontario – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Sri Lanka has gained a reputation as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists alongside Afghanistan, Somalia, Eritrea and North Korea. By way of preview of a forthcoming Tamils Against Genocide (TAG) report on media violence in Sri Lanka, we’d like to share our perspective.
→ read full articleBahrain Repression Continues Amid Sham Trials and Imprisonment
Emile Nakhleh – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Oct 2013
4 Oct 2013 – The lengthy prison sentences handed down to 50 Shia activists last week and the refusal of Bahraini courts to hear their allegations of torture once again confirm the regime’s continued repression of the opposition.
→ read full articleGlobal Power Project: Exposing the Institute of International Finance (Part 1)
Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
This is the first of a series of exposés focusing on the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the very “visible hand” of financial markets. It is a continuation of the Global Power Project produced by Occupy.com. Part 1 examines the origins of the IIF.
→ read full articleJohan Galtung Lecture on ‘The European Foreign Policy of my Dreams’
Global Governance Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
On 7 Oct 2013 Johan Galtung, the founding scholar of Peace Studies, opened the European Peace & Security Studies 2013 Lecture Series. The Distinguished Opening Lecture was titled “The European Union Foreign Policy of My Dreams”. In it Professor Galtung shared his method of conflict mediation.
→ read full articleFrançois Hollande’s Missteps Put France on Levant Sidelines
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
When Mr Hollande cast himself in the role of western war leader for the second time in a year, his popularity shot up again, though not with the French public, but with the US Zionist lobby and the neocons in Congress.
→ read full article2013 Don’t Bank on the Bomb Report
Susi Snyder, Don’t Bank on the Bomb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Over 314 billion US Dollars are currently made available to the nuclear weapon industry by 298 financial institutions around the globe. That is the core finding of the 2013 Don’t Bank on the Bomb report.
→ read full article(Italiano) La Politica Estera EU: Dieci Desideri
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
Bruxelles – Servizio d’azione esterna europea, Libera Università – L’UE è in una crisi prevalentemente auto-prodotta. Le seguenti sono alcune idee su misure che si possono prendere.
→ read full articleSystematic Gerrymandering of Declared Threats and Legality of Response
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2013
Opportunistic Exceptionalism Underlying Promulgated Rules of Governance – The crisis of governance and its eroding credibility is highlighted by a confluence of several factors, all variously questionable.
→ read full articleThe EU Foreign Policy: Ten Wishes
Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2013
Brussels – European External Action Service, Free University – The EU is in a crisis mainly of its own making. The following are some ideas about steps that can be taken.
→ read full articleCanadian Spy Agency ‘Dissected’ Brazilian Energy Ministry
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2013
A new leak by Edward Snowden showed documents from a meeting of the ‘Five Eyes’ spy network, comprising the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, in June of last year. In a presentation the Communications Security Establishment Canada – the Canadian version of the NSA – outlined how they used a program called Olympia to break through the Brazilian ministry’s encryption.
→ read full articleThe Obama Doctrine: Isolationism or Exceptionalism?
Noam Chomsky – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2013
At the fringes, some observers reject the shared assumptions, bringing up the historical record: for example, the fact that “for nearly seven decades” the United States has led the world in aggression and subversion – overthrowing elected governments and imposing vicious dictatorships, supporting horrendous crimes, undermining international agreements and leaving trails of blood, destruction and misery.
→ read full articleHere Comes the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Dragging a Broken Moral Compass
Norman Solomon – Common Dreams,
7 Oct 2013
Despite all its claims of independence, the Oslo-based Nobel Committee is enmeshed in Norwegian politics. The global prestige of the Nobel Peace Prize has obscured the reality that its selection committee is chosen by leaders of Norway’s main political parties—and, as a member of NATO, Norway is deeply entangled in the military alliance.
→ read full articleNew York Times Again Ignores Israel’s Nukes
Robert Parry - Consortium News,
7 Oct 2013
The U.S. news media’s bias in favor of Israel and against Israel’s enemies represents a journalistic failure to honestly inform the American people about issues that can lead to war. A glaring example is the double standard applied to Israel’s rogue nuclear arsenal.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Secret Nuclear Biological and Chemical Weapons
Manlio Dinucci - Il Manifesto,
7 Oct 2013
The UN inspectors would have much to do if they were sent to monitor the nuclear, biological and chemical weapons of Israel. But they cannot do so because Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or the Convention Banning Biological Weapons, and has signed but not ratified the Convention Banning Chemical Weapons.
→ read full article(Castellano) Inteligencia Canadiense Espió las Comunicaciones de Brasil
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Nuevos documentos filtrados por el agente de inteligencia norteamericano Edward Snowden revelaron que la Agencia Canadiense de Seguridad en las Comunicaciones (CSEC, po su sigla en inglés) espió las comunicaciones del Ministerio de Minas y Energía de Brasil, sumándose a la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos (NSA) como entes violadores de la soberanía brasileña.
→ read full articleRussia to Push for Mideast Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Steve Gutterman, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Russia wants to revive plans for a conference on ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction now that Syria has pledged to abandon its chemical arms, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday [30 Sep 2013]. Such a move could put Moscow at odds with Washington that feared the event would be used to criticize Israel, the region’s only nuclear-armed state.
→ read full article“We Used Chemical Weapons in Vietnam”: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick Explain How Telling the Untold History Can Change the World for the Better
Muneo Narusawa, Peter J. Kuznick, Norimatsu Satoko – The Asia Pacific Journal,
7 Oct 2013
“No matter what history says, the military is worshipped. If you look at Obama’s statement on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, he does not really talk about the war when he says, “we reflect with solemn reverence, upon the valor of a generation that served with honor.” Many of the veterans who go to war want to feel that they served with honor, even if it was a losing cause or a bad cause.”
→ read full articleGlenn Greenwald ‘Hostile’ Interview on Snowden, NSA, GCHQ and Spying
BBC Newsnight – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Oct 3, 2013 – BBC Newsnight exclusive hostile interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald.
→ read full articleUNESCO Votes in Favor of 6 Resolutions Condemning Israel
Times of Israel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted in favor of no fewer than six resolutions condemning Israel at its 192nd Session in Paris on Friday [4 Oct 2013] backed by Russia and France. The UK and Italy abstained while the US was the only country to vote against.
→ read full articleWTO: Stingy with the Poor, Generous with the Rich
Martin Khor – Inter Press Service-IPS,
7 Oct 2013
Martin Khor, the executive director of the South Centre, writes about how the WTO’s agriculture rules favour rich countries while punishing developing countries.
→ read full articleTransatlantic Free Trade Agreement: A Corporate Power Grab
Colin Todhunter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) between the US and EU intends to create the world’s largest free trade area, ‘protect’ investment and remove ‘unnecessary regulatory barriers’. Corporate interests are driving the agenda, with the public having been sidelined.
→ read full articleEcuador’s Correa: Obama’s Exceptionalism Talk Reminiscent of Nazi Rhetoric before WWII
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
“Does not this remind you of the Nazis’ rhetoric before and during World War II? They considered themselves the chosen race, the superior race, etc. Such words and ideas pose extreme danger.”
→ read full articleNetanyahu Pushes Back on Iran
Editorial Board – The New York Times,
7 Oct 2013
It could be disastrous if Mr. Netanyahu and his supporters in Congress were so blinded by distrust of Iran that they exaggerate the threat, block President Obama from taking advantage of new diplomatic openings and sabotage the best chance to establish a new relationship since the 1979 Iranian revolution sent American-Iranian relations into the deep freeze.
→ read full articleThe Italian Job
David Vine – TomDispatch,
7 Oct 2013
The US military has been shifting its European center of gravity south from Germany, where the overwhelming majority of U.S. forces in the region have been stationed since the end of World War II. At bases in Naples, Aviano, Sicily, Pisa, and Vicenza, among others, the military has spent more than $2 billion on construction alone since the end of the Cold War
→ read full article(Arabic: Peace and the Islamic Roots of Non Violence) صدر مؤخرا للبروفيسور عباس عروة كتاب عن السلام ومرجعية اللاعنف في الإسلام
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
في كتابه الجديد “السعي إلى السلام في الموروث الإسلامي” يواصل البروفيسور عباس عروة مشروعه في تقديم رؤاه الدينية لإيضاح صورة الإسلام الحنيف، وتقديمه للقارئ الغربي وتخليصه مما شابه من عوالق لسوء تأويل مارسه بعض دعاته من جهة، وإغناء مكتبة مسلمي ودعاة الغرب بكتاب دعوي يعود إلى مبادئ الإسلام الأولى تعليما وتثبيتا لهم من جهة أخرى.
(In his new book, “The Quest for Peace in the Islamic Tradition” Professor Abbas Aroua continues his program in providing a clear image of the Islamic religion and presenting it to the Western reader free from the accumulated ill-interpretations.)
(Castellano) Millones de Indios Conmemoraron 114 Años del Nacimiento de Gandhi
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Desde tempranas horas de este miércoles [2 Oct 2013], miles de indios entonaron cánticos y lanzaron flores sobre la pulida losa de mármol negro del Raj Ghat, sitio donde fue incinerado el Mahatma (Alma Grande), quien lideró la lucha por la independencia de su país.
→ read full articleKachin Response to Elders’ Myanmar Visit
Pangmu Shayi – Kachinland News,
7 Oct 2013
Instead of viewing Kachins recalcitrant for not falling in line with the government’s grandiose plan of a nationwide ceasefire signing ceremony, it is more important to try to understand why Kachins are wary of ceasefire agreements that fail to lead to genuine and lasting political transition.
→ read full articleUS Syria Plans Face Setback as Key Rebels Break from Coalition
Hannah Allam, Jonathan S. Landay and Mitchell Prothero — McClatchy DC,
7 Oct 2013
Some of Syria’s most effective rebel forces, including at least three that previously were aligned with the U.S.-backed rebel command, have formed a new alliance with an al Qaida affiliate, a development that undermines Obama administration efforts to build up Syria’s moderate opposition.
→ read full articleHotel Myanmar or the Unfolding Genocide in President Thein Sein’s Myanmar
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
A scene of “Buddhist” mob marching to targeted Muslim villages and being stopped by the local troops who are NOT really empowered by Naypyidaw Thein Sein’s government to use force, if necessary, to prevent any organized mass atrocities against the Muslims of all ethnic backgrounds. This is definitely Hotel Rwanda.
→ read full articleAfter the March
Antonino Bello – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
When we arrived at the port of Ancona
A crowd was waiting with torches and banners,
With hugs and kisses. See you! Goodbye!
Criticism of the 6th UN Report Presented by the Commission of Inquiry on Syria
Susan Dirgham – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
25 September 2013 – The fluid merging of facts with hearsay discredits the COI report. Its reliance on anonymous ‘interviewees’ whose allegiances and situations are not known discredits it. Its bias toward interviewees who support the ‘anti-government armed forces’ discredits it.
→ read full article(Português) O Impacto Devastador da Pecuária Sobre o Clima
Pagina22 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Novo relatório da FAO confirma: 14,5% dos gases do efeito-estufa são gerados por criação de gado, especialmente bovino. Atividade é, além disso, grande responsável por desmatamento. Não, nem todo ambientalista é vegetariano. Mas que reduzir o consumo de carne ajuda – e muito – isso é inegável.
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Stephen Hawking’s Big Ideas… Made Simple – Animation
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Pretty interesting science. Hawking said that ‘the universe does not need god because its laws are self-created and self-perpetuating,” and that “the universe came from nothing.” Do you believe that? Or do you believe in intelligent design? The point being, they are both beliefs: in a theory vs in scriptures.
→ read full article(Português) Ninja, Um Novo Modelo de Jornalismo
Carlos Castilho, Observatório da Imprensa - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
A mesmice da imprensa convencional no Brasil começa a ser sacudida pelo fenômeno Ninja, sigla de Narrativas Independentes, Jornalismo e Ação. Os ninjas, como foram batizados os integrantes do grupo Mídia Ninja, partem de uma mudança radical no conceito de notícia, o que altera a forma de praticar o jornalismo e se reflete diretamente no modelo de sustentabilidade do projeto.
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(Castellano) Parque Por la Paz Johan Galtung
Alfàs Noticias – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
28 Sep 2013 – El parque donde se erige la escultura de Agustín Ibarrola es denominado desde hoy el parque por la paz Johan Galtung tras un acto que ha contado con la presencia del pacifista internacional noruego, el alcalde de l’Alfàs, el cónsul noruego, y una representación de la corporación municipal.
→ read full articleFour Decades after the Tishrin…War Self-Delusion
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
In Damascus and many other areas of Syria this weekend, citizens will celebrate the accomplishments of the October 6, 1973 – 19 day war jointly launched by Syrian and Egyptian armies to regain Arab land illegally occupied since 1967.
→ read full articleWhy Evolution Is Not True
Bhakti Madhava Puri, Ph.D., The Harmonizer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Are physics and chemistry sufficient to provide a basis for a theory of everything? The world- view of materialist naturalism that forms the foundation of neo- Darwinian evolution, Big Bang cosmogony, and molecular biology in general has been subjected to challenge for its monumental failure to explain life, consciousness and other mind-related aspects of reality.
→ read full article4 Tons of Contaminated Rainwater Leaks at Fukushima Plant
Reuters - The Asahi Shimbun,
7 Oct 2013
Oct 2, 2013 – Four tons of rainwater contaminated with low levels of radiation leaked at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant during an operation to transfer the water between tank holding areas, the operator said Oct. 1.
→ read full articleIrish Schoolchildren to Learn about Atheism
Henry McDonald – The Guardian,
7 Oct 2013
In a historic move that will cheer Richard Dawkins, lessons about atheism are to be taught in Ireland’s primary schools for the first time. The lessons on atheism, agnosticism and humanism for up to 16,000 primary-school pupils in Ireland will be drawn up by Atheist Ireland and multi-denominational school provider Educate Together.
→ read full articleUS Cyber Command’s Plan X: Pentagon Launching Covert Cyber Attacks
Tom Burghardt – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
It should be clear, given what we have learned from Edward Snowden and other sources, that the US government views the internet, indeed the entire planet, as a battlespace. General Alexander told the House Armed Services Committee that “Cyber offense requires a deep, persistent and pervasive presence on adversary networks in order to precisely deliver effects.”
→ read full articleAge of Unreason
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
The governments of Britain, Canada and Australia are trying to stamp out scientific dissent. Shut up, speak through me, don’t dissent, or your behaviour will ensure that science becomes irrelevant. Note that the conflicts between science and policy are caused by scientists, rather than by politicians ignoring or abusing the evidence.
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