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Was it a Psyop? Nairobi Mall Deceit Abets Israeli-Western Pipeline Wars to Oust Asian Rivals
Yoichi Shimatsu - Global Research,
7 Oct 2013
The gratuitous violence and spectacular overkill by a mysterious gang of supposed “terrorists” does nothing to further the aims of either Somali nationalism or sharia law, as espoused by the original Al-Shabaab movement, which seeks the withdrawal of Kenya forces from Somalia.
→ read full article(Português) Mulher Homofóbica É Deserdada Pelo Próprio Pai em Carta Emocionante
Yahoo! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Após descobrir que a filha havia deserdado o próprio neto, pai de família reagiu de forma impressionante. “Tenho um neto fabuloso (como os gays dizem) para criar agora, e não tenho tempo para uma filha sem coração. Se você encontrar esse coração, ligue para nós. – Papai”.
→ read full articleEdward Snowden’s Testimony to the EU Parliament
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Sep 30, 2013 – Government Accountability Project’s Jesselyn Radack reads Edward Snowden’s statement before the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in Brussels (with transcript).
→ read full articleThe Police State of America: ‘Freedom’s just another word…’
Dave Lindorff – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
There is one difference between China, the police state I lived in and reported on back in the 1990s, and the US police state of today. In China, everyone knows they are living in a totalitarian society. As it is, I no longer recognize the country I grew up in and in which I began my journalism career.
→ read full articleGlobal Security from an Interplanetary Perspective
Interplanetary Security Council – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Interplanetary Security Council — Resolution on Planet Earth – This unusual document appears to follow the pattern of earlier purported resolutions of the Interplanetary Security Council. It bears an extraordinary structural resemblance to the resolution agreed by the UN Security Council on 27 Sep 2013 — consequent on various calls for an exceptionally “strong resolution.”
→ read full articleThe Real North Korean Threat
Emanuel Pastreich – Foreign Policy in Focus,
7 Oct 2013
In North Korea, the threat of desertification should be raised to the same level as nuclear nonproliferation. I refer to the spread of deserts and semi-desert regions in North Korea as a result of the reckless logging of forests, the misuse of soil, and irresponsible farming practices. These ecological dead zones, where few plants can survive, are spreading.
→ read full articleDead Zone: The Deeper Poison beyond the NSA Revelations
Chris Floyd – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
The power of unlimited surveillance, as hideous and repulsive and inhuman as it is, still pales next to the greater power which our elites have granted to themselves: to kill — without warning, without warrant, without trial, without mercy — anyone they choose to kill.
→ read full articleSave the Nobel Peace Prize from Itself
David Swanson, War is a Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
On October 11, we’ll learn whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee is interested in reviving the Nobel Peace Prize or putting another nail in its coffin. In March 2012 the Swedish Foundations Authority ordered the Nobel Foundation to examine the will and ensure compliance. The NF defied the order and applied for a permanent exception from such oversight.
→ read full articleTwo Years after US-NATO War, Torture Rampant in Libya
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Two years after the end of the US-NATO war in Libya, thousands in the North African country remain imprisoned without charges and are being subjected to systematic torture, according to a report released Tuesday [1 Oct 2013] by the United Nations.
→ read full article(Castellano) FAO: Latinoamérica es la Región Más Exitosa en Lucha Contra el Hambre
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura ratificó a través de un informe, los avances que ha tenido América Latina y el Caribe en materia de alimentación, y se aproximan a lograr el primer Objetivo del Milenio que es reducir a la mitad las personas que padecen hambre.
→ read full articleDispatch from Djibouti: Total Militarized Lunacy
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
It is a brutal, militarized world, it is aggressive and definitely not at peace with itself. A small Muslim country, with approximately one million inhabitants, has for years basically made a living from being some sort of a service station for foreign legions and regular combat troops.
→ read full articlePakistani National TV Reveals That Obama’s Claim to Have Killed Osama bin Laden Is “An American Hoax”
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Before you believe “your” government’s lies about Syria, remember “your” government’s lies about Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction.” Remember Washington’s lies about the Gulf of Tonkin that unleashed the Vietnam War. Remember the lies about Gaddafi and Libya. Remember the lies about 9/11, the lies about the murders of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King.
→ read full articleWomen Empowerment Program in the Arab World
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
By nature women tend to guide themselves from the heart, which is the seat of love, mercy and compassion. By way of contrast, men tend to view everything they encounter from the mind, which is the seat of suspicion, distrust and conflicts. Hence, in the Arab world the leading role of women in the community cannot be taken lightly.
→ read full article(Português) Giap, o Homem Que Humilhou Dois Impérios
Xavier Monthéard, Le Monde Diplomatique – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Morre no Vietnã, aos 102 anos, gênio militar responsável por arrasar “mito da invencível superioridade dos Estados Unidos”. Sem formação militar acadêmica, Giap refina o conceito de “guerra popular prolongada”: um exército de camponeses firmemente apoiado na população.
→ read full articleWisdom from a MacArthur Genius: Psychologist Angela Duckworth on Why Grit, Not IQ, Predicts Success
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
“Character is at least as important as intellect.” Creative history brims with embodied examples of why the secret of genius is doggedness rather than “god”-given talent, from the case of young Mozart’s upbringing to E. B. White’s wisdom on writing to Chuck Close’s assertion about art to Tchaikovsky’s conviction about composition to Neil Gaiman’s advice to aspiring writers.
→ read full article(Italiano) Criminalizzare la Guerra!
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Il dio abramitico uccide alla grande – più nella Torah e nella Bibbia che nel Corano; essere re gratia dei, per grazia di dio, attribuisce lo stesso diritto regale ai propri successori, i presidenti e i primi ministri. Non stupisce che si trovi la massima belligeranza nell’ Occidente. Democrazia o meno, non importa. La “grazia di dio” è stata trasferita al popolo nella vox popoli, vox dei, che ha condotto all’idea grottesca che le democrazie abbiano più d’un mandato per uccidere.
→ read full articleOh, Peace Come Home
M. Ashaq Raza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
A Poem on Kashmir Conflict
→ read full articleHow Nordic Europe Is Guarding the Commons
Steve Rushton, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Nordic Everyman Rights give people in most Scandinavian and Baltic countries guaranteed access to nature’s bounty, demonstrating a strong model for reclaiming the commons.
→ read full articleJudge Orders Release of Schizophrenic Guantanamo Detainee
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
A federal judge issued a release order Friday [4 Oct 2013] for Ibrahim Idris of Sudan, who has spent much of his 11 years at the prison in a psychiatric ward and was never formally charged despite being held at the US naval base as an enemy combatant.
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Opposing Intervention in Syria without Apologizing for a Dictatorship
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Sep 23, 2013 – In part two of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and Rania Masri discuss the charge that opposing foreign intervention is support for Assad; the idea that Assad is “anti-imperialist”; and the role of violence in fighting dictatorship.
→ read full articleThe Sarin Mysteries: Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli
Michael Parenti – Information Clearing House,
7 Oct 2013
The “Syrian freedom fighters” include men who are not even Syrian. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ISIS, an Iraqi al Qaeda outfit operating in Syria, “has become a magnet for foreign jihadists” who view the war in Syria rather as a historic battleground for a larger Sunni holy war. According to Islamic prophecy they espouse, they must establish an Islamic state in Syria as a step to achieving a global one.”
→ read full articleCan Iran Trust the United States?
Sheldon Richman – The Future of Freedom Foundation,
7 Oct 2013
People ask whether the United States can trust Iran. The better question is whether Iran can trust the United States. Since 1979 the U.S. government has prosecuted a covert and proxy war against Iran. The objective has been regime change and installation of a government that will loyally serve U.S. state objectives.
→ read full articleAdobe Announces Security Breach
David Kocieniewski – The New York Times,
7 Oct 2013
Hackers infiltrated the computer system of the software company Adobe, gaining access to credit card information and other personal data from 2.9 million of its customers, the company acknowledged on Thursday [3 Oct 2013].
→ read full articleJohan Galtung: Pioneer of Peace Research – Edited by Dietrich Fischer
Dr. Vithal Rajan – Bangla Times,
7 Oct 2013
Professor Fischer is a long-standing friend and colleague of Johan Galtung, the widely acknowledged ‘father of peace research.’ In this new book, he brings together a collection of 16 key essays by Galtung; a voluminous Galtung bibliography, listing 165 books written between 1953 and 2012; and a detailed introduction to the life, beliefs, and writings of Galtung.
→ read full articleSkills
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
The radio announcer Daniel Shorr was considering working in television early in his career and asked someone what it would take to be successful there.
→ read full articleSwords into Solar Panels: Re-Purposing America’s War Machine
Mattea Kramer and Miriam Pemberton - TomDispatch,
7 Oct 2013
A great deal of good can happen if military contractors and militarized communities invest in new energy technology rather than Cold War weapons systems. As it happens, some savvy and forward-looking outfits in the military sector have already begun converting their know-how into green-tech manufacturing.
→ read full articleHow the West Helped Create Somali Terror
Tony Iltis, Centre Tricontinental – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Like the Taliban in Afghanistan, the unpopularity of al Shabaab due to its violence against the population is partially offset by its role in resisting foreign occupiers. The horror scenes in the Nairobi Westgate Shopping Mall are one outcome of the destablisation and occupation of Somalia ― all of which was backed by the West for its own interests.
→ read full articleMyanmar Is Bleeding P-E-A-C-E
Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Yes, the country is now pierced with PEACE.
Peace is bleeding everywhere.
The Nobel Peace Celebrity wants peace.
Myanmar President Nobel-short-listee calls out for peace.
Tearing Syria Apart
Jeremy Salt – Arena Magazine,
7 Oct 2013
A war is being waged in and on Syria. Protecting the people from the dictator is no more than the usual pretext for attacks on Middle Eastern countries. The dominant Arab actors in this deliberately induced catastrophe are the regimes in Riyadh and Doha. They engage with Israel behind the scenes. While consorting with the enemy and abandoning the Palestinians these two regimes – infinitely less representative of the will of the people than the government in Damascus – take the lead in the destruction of an Arab state.
→ read full articleColorful Statement? Germany’s Olympic Uniform Seen as ‘Pro-Gay’
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
On Tuesday [1 Oct 2013], Germany premiered the colorful uniforms for its Sochi Winter Olympics team with a runway show in Düsseldorf. The show has prompted reaction in Germany not only because of its bold design, but because many people are reading it as a silent form of protest against Russia’s anti-gay laws.
→ read full article(Français) Giap: Et le Stratège Défit l’Amérique et la France
Xavier Monthéard – Le Monde Diplomatique,
7 Oct 2013
4 oct 2013 – Décédé ce vendredi à l’âge de 102 ans, le général et homme politique vietnamien Vo Nguyên Giap fut l’un des grands stratèges du XXe siècle, le seul qui parvint à défaire successivement les armées française et américaine.
→ read full articleThe Commons – A Historical Concept of Property Rights
Hartmut Zückert – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
The historical concept of the commons is a concept of property rights. If we historicize the contemporary debate about the commons and bring the historical concept of the commons into play, we must take that into account. Yet we must consider whether the question of property rights is even the central issue if we seek to solve global problems, and if so, how common-property rights can be fleshed out today.
→ read full articleMahatma Gandhi’s Birthday Celebrated in India
Mercury News Media Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
PHOTOS-Considered the father of independent India, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on Oct 2, 1869 under British rule. After spending his life working for social justice and leading India to independence, Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 at the age of 78 by an Indian nationalist who believed he was too passive. Gandhi’s birthday is now a national holiday in India and celebrated worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence.
→ read full articleMother Agnes Mariam Attacked…By Human Rights Watch!
Daniel McAdams - Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity,
7 Oct 2013
Peter Bouckaert, “emergencies director” of Human Rights Watch, who is not on the ground in Syria, brushes off Mother Agnes Mariam’s work, stating flatly that “there’s just no basis for the claims, she is not a professional video forensic analyst.” Of course she never claimed to be. What she claimed is to have working eyes, which noticed that several of the purported victims of the attack were seen at different locations at the same time. It does not take a “professional video forensic analyst” to recognize that is impossible.
→ read full articleFukushima Autumn
William Boardman - Reader Supported News,
7 Oct 2013
Dishonesty of the Abe sort has characterized the nuclear industry (weapons and power) since its earliest days when its spokespersons were telling us radiation was more or less good for us.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Politics of Deflection
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
It seems clear that international law supports Palestinian claims on the major issues in contention: borders, refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, resources (water, land), statehood, and human rights. Then why not insist on resolving the conflict by reference to international law with such modifications as seem mutually beneficial?
→ read full articleThe Obedient Media
Jean-Philippe Tremblay – Open Democracy,
7 Oct 2013
“The media conglomerates are not the only ‘industry’ whose owners have become monopolistic in the American economy. But media products are unique in one vital respect. They do not manufacture nuts and bolts: they manufacture a social and political world”.
→ read full articleUN Refugee Agency Welcomes Brazil Announcement of Humanitarian Visas for Syrians
UN Refugee Agency – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
The UN Refugee Agency on Friday [27 Sep 2013] welcomed announcement by Brazil of special humanitarian visas for Syrians affected by the conflict and who wish to seek refuge there. It is the first country in the Americas to adopt such an approach.
→ read full article(Português) Discurso da Presidenta Dilma Rousseff na 68a Reunião da ONU em Nova York
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Sep 24, 2013 – Além de pedir ações pela proteção de dados nas redes, a presidenta Dilma Rousseff defendeu hoje, na 68ª Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas, as reformas do Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI) e do Conselho de Segurança das Nações Unidas.
→ read full articleTime to Rethink Misguided Policies That Promote Biofuels to Protect Climate, Experts Say
Science Daily – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Sep. 24, 2013 — Policymakers need to rethink the idea of promoting biofuels to protect the climate because the methods used to justify such policies are inherently flawed, according to a University of Michigan energy researcher.
→ read full articleDirect Democracy in Reykjavík: The Wisdom of the Icelandic Crowd-Sourcers
Steve Rushton, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Better Reykjavík is one of the pioneering direct democracy projects originating from Iceland. By harnessing the collective wisdom of the crowd, it enables people to connect directly with political power and could be applied far beyond Iceland’s shores.
→ read full articleInterview with Dr. Maung Zarni on Burma aka Myanmar
Keren I. Yohannes, Praxis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
What’s really clear is that when elites make pacts, usually they sell the people’s interests down the river. So if you really want change your number one focus will have to be the people. You have to find ways to educate people, to move people, to spread radical ideas. Without the people being involved in any change process it’s just elite power deals.
→ read full articleCyprus-Style Wealth Confiscation Is Now Starting to Happen All Over the Globe
Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Now that “bail-ins” have become accepted practice all over the planet, no bank account and no pension fund will ever be 100% safe again. In fact, Cyprus-style wealth confiscation is already starting to happen all around the world. Examples:
→ read full article(Castellano) ¿Y quién juzga a Estados Unidos por el uso de armas químicas y nucleares?
Fernando Velázquez - Contralínea Periodismo de Investigación,
30 Sep 2013
Experimentos entre 1946 y 1954 incluyeron: exponer a más de 100 pobladores de Alaska a yodo radiactivo, alimentar a 49 jóvenes con retraso mental con cereal mezclado con hierro radiactivo y calcio, exponer a 800 mujeres embarazadas a hierro radiactivo, inyectar a siete bebés recién nacidos (seis negros) con yodo radiactivo y exponer los testículos de más de 100 prisioneros a radiación cancerígena.
→ read full articleHas Obama Found a Peaceful Solution in Syria?
Robin Poulton – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Obama runs the world’s most aggressive nation, and he has to face down (almost on a daily basis) the impossible arrogance of the Pentagon, the CIA and the Nations Security apparatus that has been shown time and again to operate an Orwellian system of spying and manipulation on its enemies, its allies and its citizens.
→ read full articleAl-Shabab Defends Nairobi Attack
Hamza Mohamed – Al Jazeera,
30 Sep 2013
Military spokesman explains why mall siege was launched, and what will happen next.
→ read full article(Castellano) EE.UU. Usa la Lucha Antidroga Para Aumentar Fuerzas en Latinoamérica
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Estados Unidos ha incrementado el uso de sus Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales en América Latina “abogando por las políticas de seguridad para la región”, sostiene un informe presentado por tres centros de investigación estadounidense. Bajo ese pretexto, realiza labores de capacitación e inteligencia.
→ read full articleNASA’s Plutonium Problem Could End Deep-Space Exploration
Dave Mosher, Wired – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
In 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft left Earth on a five-year mission to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Thirty-six years later, the car-size probe is still exploring and sending its findings home, being more than 19 billion Km away from the sun and the first man-made object to reach interstellar space. The distance it covered is almost incomprehensible, taking more than 17 hours for its signals to reach Earth.
→ read full articleYou Can Make Peace in the World
M. Ashaq Raza (& Lao-Tse) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
Tango Adagio (Music Video of the Week)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Guitar – Gustavo Montesano
Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671– 1751)
The Empire President: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s “Neo-Con” Doctrine of Military Force in U.N. Speech
Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
“[Obama] basically came out and said the U.S. is an imperialist nation and we’re going to do whatever we need to do to conquer areas [and] take resources from people around the world,” says independent journalist Jeremy Scahill.
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Abu Ghraib Victims to Pay Their Torturers
breakingtheset – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Sep 24, 2013 – Abby Martin calls out Judge Gerald Bruce Lee as the day’s villain, for ruling in favor of the defense contractor CACI International in a lawsuit brought by former Abu Ghraib torture victims, citing the two tiered justice of forcing torture victims to pay their torturers for legal fees [14,000 dollars].
→ read full articleTehran, Moscow Agree to Build New Nuclear Power Plant – Iran’s Nuclear Chief
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
23 Sep 2013 – Tehran and Moscow will cooperate on the future construction of a new nuclear power plant, according to Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi. The news comes as Russia hands over operational control of the first unit of the Bushehr nuclear plant to Iran.
→ read full articleIsrael Gives Palestinian 10 Year Prison Sentence for Selling Pretzels
Apartheid Exists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
They require a permit to do anything – have a job, build a home, get water etc but when you file the appropriate paperwork …. it doesn’t get approved (if you’re Palestinian). Palestinians live under absolute tyranny even when they’re Israeli citizens. Their government takes a hostile approach to them and does everything possible to ensure they remain in poverty strictly because they’re not Jewish.
→ read full articleRight!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Someone was looking at a farm with the whole family working the field and said,
→ read full articleThe Ghouta Chemical Attacks: US-Backed False Flag? Killing Syrian Children to Justify a “Humanitarian” Military Intervention
Julie Lévesque and Prof Michel Chossudovsky - Global Research,
30 Sep 2013
To date, available evidence indicates that numerous children were killed by “opposition rebels”, their bodies manipulated and filmed with a view to blaming the Syrian government for the attacks, thus sparking outrage and galvanizing worldwide public opinion in favor of another bloody, imperial US-led war.
→ read full articleNow’s the Time to Strip Israel of Its WMDs
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Israel is doomed to bring a tragedy on itself and the region. Even God won’t be able to save his chosen people from themselves. But there is something the UN can do: stripping Israel of its chemical, biological and nuclear arsenal. I can see such a demand brewing up and I would love to see it materialising soon.
→ read full articleTimeline of Edward Snowden’s Revelations
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
In-depth look back at two months of leaks by the ex-NSA contractor who fled from Hawaii to Hong Kong to Russia after releasing loads of documents on surveillance in the U.S. and around the world. The information below is compiled from the news outlets that first reported the data.
→ read full articlePassing the Torch to a New Generation of Syrians
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Few, one imagines, in the Syrian Arab Republic these days question the urgency and enormity of the task of reconstruction of their ancient country from war inflicted destruction caused by a carnage already more than half as long as World War I and approaching half as long as World War II.
→ read full articleMcCain’s Moderates Join Al-Qaeda
Daniel McAdams – Lew Rockwell,
30 Sep 2013
Senator John McCain was sure he could pick moderates in Syria and went there this spring to demonstrate how much the insurgents were like us, struggling for democracy and equal rights for all. The pillar of McCain and the Democratic neocons crashed to the ground as their picked elements of the “moderate” Free Syrian Army have this week pledged their loyalty to the local al-Qaeda in Syria.
→ read full articleHuman Influence on Climate Clear, IPCC Report Says
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
IPCC Press Release. Stockholm, 27 Sep 2013 – Human influence on the climate system is clear. This is evident in most regions of the globe, a new assessment concludes.
→ read full articleUSA 2013
Chris Hedges – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
We now live in a nation where
doctors destroy health
Thoughts on R2P from the Arab Region
Fateh Azzam – Open Democracy,
30 Sep 2013
Opinions in the Arab region are divided regarding the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), although marked by a deep skepticism based in the perceived double standards of the great powers, especially the United States. Only a more democratic UN will ensure morality trumps politics in applying R2P.
→ read full articleNoam Chomsky on the Era of the Drone
Steven Garbas – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
“And of course now data can be collected endlessly. In fact Obama supposedly has a data storage system being constructed in Utah somewhere where all kinds of data are being poured in. Who knows what? And so slowly the foundations of liberty are ripped to shreds, torn apart.”
→ read full articleClimate-Change Protests Heat Up
Amy Goodman - Truthdig,
30 Sep 2013
25 Sep 2013 – Last week in the Arctic Ocean the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise approached a Gazprom oil-drilling platform and launched a nonviolent protest. The Russian government responded swiftly and with force, arresting 30 and towing the Greenpeace ship. This protest is remarkable for its sheer audacity but by no means the sole protest lately against runaway fossil-fuel extraction and consumption.
→ read full articleFinancial Core of the Transnational Corporate Class
Peter Phillips and Brady Osborne, Project Censored - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
In this study we decided to identify in detail the people on the boards of directors of the top ten asset management firms and the top ten most centralized corporations in the world. There is a total of thirteen firms with 161 directors on their boards. They collectively manage $23.91 trillion in funds and operate in every country in the world. Western governments and international policy bodies work in the interests of this financial core to protect the free flow of capital investment anywhere in the world.
→ read full articleThe Westgate Mall Massacre: Reflections
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
The Westgate Mall Massacre: The Rage of Fanaticism – Imagine deciding on the life or death of any person, but particularly a child, by whether or not they could name the mother of Mohammed or recite a verse from the Koran. Of course, even fanatics have a certain logic of justification that makes their acts congruent with a warped morality.
→ read full articleThe Violence of Psalm 21
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Psalm 21 and the Human Predicament – If a religious text nurtures morally unacceptable impulses that are acted upon either consciously or sub-consciously in political domains, how can these adverse influences be repudiated without purporting to claim a hegemonic status for a secular reader?
→ read full articleNairobi Tragedy – Carnage Foretold
Andre Vltchek – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
In 2010, one year before the invasion by Kenya of Somalia, Kenyan opposition leader Mwandawiro Mghanga, predicted trouble: “…Look at our foreign policy, our involvement with Somalia on behalf of the United States. The way it is going right now, it can only cause us much harm. We are the ones who will pay the big price for following instructions and defending U.S. interests in the region… Somalia is suspected of having an enormous amount of oil under the ground.”
→ read full articleUS Websites Should Inform EU Citizens about NSA Surveillance, Says Report
Bryan Glick, Computer Weekly – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
All existing data sharing agreements between Europe and the US should be revoked, and US web site providers should prominently inform European citizens that their data may be subject to government surveillance, according to the recommendations of a briefing report for the European Parliament.
→ read full articlePolice Harassment of PMANE Leaders Continues in Koodankulam
Anuj Wankhede – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy has been leading a long and completely non-violent struggle against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project. Their struggle has been highly appreciated for its length and non-violence all across the globe. The government of India and the state government of Tamil Nadu unleashed massive police repression against these innocent protestors.
→ read full articleBreaking: Whistleblower Reveals U.S. State Dept. Ships Arms Directly to al-Qaeda
Kit Daniels, Infowars – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
A former CIA gun runner revealed that the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in order to cover up the U.S. State Department’s direct arm shipments to al-Qaeda.
→ read full articleUS Caught Spying on Greek Diplomatic Communications in 2004-2005
WikiLeaks Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
September 23, 2013 – The following post is a summary of events from the “Athens Affair”, which was widely reported on in 2007. In particular, an investigation was re-opened and concluded in 2011, of which we found almost no reference in English media.
→ read full articleEncountering Otherness as a Waveform
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Human civilization has a serious “otherness problem” — as indicated by the media on a daily basis. The problem is evident in the relationships between the principles and the adherents of the Abrahamic religions in particular. It is also evident in the relations between science and alternative perspectives, one political ideology and another, or “development” and “environment”.
→ read full articleBragging Rights: Eight Exceptional(ly Dumb) American Achievements of the Twenty-First Century
Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch,
30 Sep 2013
It’s indisputable that the bragging rights to American exceptionalism are Washington’s. For those who need proof, what follows are just eight ways (among so many more) that you can proudly make the case for our exceptional status, should you happen to stumble across, say, President Putin, still blathering on about how unexceptional we are.
→ read full articleCrisis at Fukushima Continues to Spiral with Hole in Radiation Barrier
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams,
30 Sep 2013
In the latest in a series of mishaps to hit the crisis-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, a radiation-stopping “fence” around the reactors has developed a hole, plant operator TEPCO admitted on Thursday [26 Sep 2013]. Fences made of earth and sand sit in the harbor next to the plant and were erected to help contain radioactive material from flowing into the ocean.
→ read full articleA Corporate Coup of a Different Order: The Growing Resistance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Arthur Phillips – Toward Freedom,
30 Sep 2013
In February, more than four years later, President Obama claimed his to be “the most transparent administration in history.” Perhaps the least publicized example of that statement’s dishonesty is the White House’s efforts to negotiate the biggest trade agreement since the mid 1990s in near-total secrecy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, has been in negotiations since 2007.
→ read full articleScience Changes the Character of War
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Our ideas and our political institutions adjust much too slowly to the realities of technology. A nuclear war today could destroy human civilization and much of the biosphere. But politicians continue to risk the future of the world by initiating potentially catastrophic wars.
→ read full articleThe Millennium Development Goals and the Courage to Go Further
Paul Kagame – Al Jazeera,
30 Sep 2013
Rwandan President Paul Kagame argues for a post-2015 Millennium Development Goal agenda that goes beyond poverty reduction.
→ read full articleUK: How Politicians and the Media Made Us Hate Immigrants
Chitra Nagarajan – Open Democracy,
30 Sep 2013
Politicians and the press are locked in a cycle of increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric, presented as ‘uncomfortable truth’. Yet the problem is not immigration but socio-economic inequality. Poverty and exclusion are faced by working class people of all backgrounds.
→ read full articleCutting Controversy: German Court Sets New Circumcision Rules
Der Spiegel – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
In the latest twist in a controversy that has divided Germans, a regional court has ruled that doctors need to discuss circumcision procedures with the child before they can be carried out.
→ read full articleLife on the Line: Can Humanity Survive?
Robert J. Burrowes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
As we approach the International Day of Nonviolence on 2 October, which recognizes Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, one challenge we face is to celebrate his life in a way that Gandhi himself would have found meaningful.
→ read full articleQuestions Plague UN Syria Report. Who Was Behind the East Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack?
Sharmine Narwani and Radwan Mortada - Al-Akhbar,
30 Sep 2013
A senior United Nations official who deals directly with Syrian affairs has told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government had no involvement in the alleged Ghouta chemical weapons attack: “Of course not, he (President Bashar al-Assad) would be committing suicide.” When asked who he believed was responsible for the use of chemical munitions in Ghouta, the UN official, who would not permit disclosure of his identity, said: “Saudi intelligence was behind the attacks and unfortunately nobody will dare say that.”
→ read full article(Italiano) Bravo – Papa Francesco!
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
La Chiesa Cattolica romana è diventata “ossessionata” da aborto, matrimoni gay e contraccezione. La chiesa dovrebbe trasformarsi in una casa per tutti e non in una cappella per pochi. “Dobbiamo trovare un nuovo equilibrio”, ha affermato il Papa, “diversamente, con la perdita della freschezza e della fragranza del Vangelo, anche l’edificio morale della chiesa crollerà come un castello di carte.”
→ read full articleHouse Arrest
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
For Indian women who live an occupied life under marriages of honour.
→ read full articleA Poor
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
A word No vowels
A song No rhythms
NSA Surveillance Goes Beyond Orwell’s Imagination – Alan Rusbridger
Dominic Rushe – The Guardian,
30 Sep 2013
Guardian editor says depth of NSA surveillance programs greatly exceed anything the 1984 author could have imagined.
→ read full articleThe Chancellor of Europe, Re-Elected
Steffen Vogel – Open Democracy,
30 Sep 2013
Strengthened by a clear victory in the ballots, Angela Merkel is unlikely to change her austerity course. In the absence of a strong domestic opposition, it is up to the citizens of Europe to challenge her policies.
→ read full articleOld Dog, Old Trick: US, Saudis, Qatar Attempt “Arab Spring” Retread in Sudan
Tony Cartalucci – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Protests are smokescreen for unfolding US-Saudi-Qatari backed violence seeking regime change in Sudan.
→ read full articleNo New Nuclear Threats in India
Socialist Worker – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
The Indian government is currently planning to develop and install nuclear power plants in several states. In a statement, the International Socialist Organization extends its solidarity to those fighting to stop the new nuclear threats in India.
→ read full articleFasted Training: Should You Eat Before Exercise?
The Guardian Running Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Traditional research states that runners need carbohydrate to train effectively, but new studies show the benefits of fasted training. A nutritionist explains the ‘train low, compete high’ concept.
→ read full articleHenry Hikes to Fitchburg: Lovely Illustrated Children’s Adaptation of Thoreau’s Philosophy, Full of Universal Wisdom for All
Maria Popova, BrainPickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
An existential walk into what money can and can’t buy. “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” Annie Dillard wrote in her sublime meditation on presence vs. productivity.
→ read full articleHow the Nobel Prize Was Born: A Surprising Story of Bad Journalism, Existential Guilt, and Dynamite
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
How a deplored “tradesman of death” brought to life the highest accolade of human achievement.
→ read full articleIran Says It Has Finished Decoding Downed CIA Drone
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
“All the memories and computer systems of this plane have been decoded and some good news will be announced in the near future not just about the RQ-170 and the optimizations that our forces have done on the reversed engineered model of this drone, but also in area of other important defense achievements,” Fars quoted Hossein Salami, the lieutenant commander general of Iran’s Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.
→ read full articleMorales: Obama Can Invade Any Country for US Energy Needs
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
In his dramatic speech in New York, Bolivian President Evo Morales called for the UN to be moved out of the US and for Barack Obama to be tried for crimes against humanity. In his most controversial demand, Morales said that Obama should face an international trial with human rights watchdogs among the judges. He accused his US counterpart of instigating conflicts in the Middle East to make the region more volatile and to increase the US’s grip on the natural resources it abounds in.
→ read full articleCarter, Elders Call for End to Burma Violence
Voice of America – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Jimmy Carter and other former world leaders known as “The Elders” have called on Burma to end violence against the country’s minority Muslim population. Before ending a three day visit to Burma in Rangoon Thursday [Sep 26, 2013], the former U.S. president said the problem cannot be ignored.
→ read full articleThe Best Countries in the World for Vegetarians
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Glasgow has been heralded as the best city in the world for vegans, but where are the best nations for travellers on a meat-free diet?
→ read full articleThe Surveillance Marketplace
Jillian C. York – Open Democracy,
30 Sep 2013
Behind Google and Verizon lies a much more complex landscape of American companies ready to do global business selling surveillance technologies – and stay apathetic to the consequences.
→ read full articleAt 16, Ganesh Got a Job in Qatar – Two Months Later He Was Dead
Pete Pattisson in Kathmandu and Doha – The Guardian,
30 Sep 2013
Nepalese workers go to Qatar to find a way out of poverty. Instead, many are trapped into 12-hour days and nights in overcrowded, filthy camps. Some never make it home alive.
→ read full articleLook With Your Own Eyes: The Videos of the Chemical Attacks in Syria Show Tampered Scenes
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya - Global Research,
30 Sep 2013
The videos presented by the US Intelligence Community as evidence have staged scenes. Simple observations of the videos can verify this. This is exactly what a recent and modest study did.
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