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Bahrain 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(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 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.)
Kachin 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 articleCriticism 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 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!
(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.
→ 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 articleWas 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 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 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 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(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 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 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 articleTearing 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 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.
Colorful 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 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 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 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 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.
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