Articles by Al Jazeera
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Why Is Macedonia Changing Its Name?
Dimitar Bechev – Al Jazeera,
2 Jul 2018
A resolution of the Macedonia name dispute is the good news the Balkans badly needed.
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Israel Approves More Than 2,000 Settlement Units in West Bank
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2018
31 May 2018 – The Israeli government has approved the construction of 2,070 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, local media reported. Since US President Donald Trump came to office, Israel has approved construction of more than 14,000 settlement units.
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What Can Palestinians Expect from the ICC?
Nada Kiswanson – Al Jazeera,
4 Jun 2018
The International Criminal Court has become a court of last resort for Palestinians.
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The ICC and the Plight of the Rohingya
Wayne Jordash and Uzay Aysev – Al Jazeera,
4 Jun 2018
The ICC can, and should, hold Myanmar’s authorities to account for the crimes they committed against the Rohingya.
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How the Gaza Massacre Exposed International Cowardice
Andrew Mitrovica – Al Jazeera,
28 May 2018
Cowardice. No other word suffices. No other word captures the signature essence of diplomats – from Canada, the United Nations, Europe – and their obscene, code-word-laced responses to the massacre of Palestinians. As Palestinians were getting killed in Gaza, political leaders around the world switched to their usual doublespeak.
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The Rohingya’s Hope for Justice Lies with the ICC
Tun Khin- Al Jazeera,
28 May 2018
The UN Security Council must refer the Rohingya’s case to the International Criminal Court.
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EU Launches Nine-Point Economic Plan to Rescue Iran Nuclear Deal
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2018
16 May 2018 – The foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, along with Iran’s foreign minister, have agreed on a nine-point economic plan to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive, including maintaining economic ties with Iran, ensuring Iran’s ability to sell oil and gas products and protecting EU companies doing business in Iran.
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US Opens Embassy in Jerusalem: Which Countries Attended?
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2018
29 countries attend US ceremony to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem, says Israel’s foreign ministry.
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Rosa Luxemburg: The Unsung Hero of Postcolonial Theory
Hamid Dabashi – Al Jazeera,
14 May 2018
12 May 2018 – The world at large is these days celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. Luxemburg’s work gave the postcolonial theorist a veritable voice at the global gathering of critical Marxist thinking.
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North Korea Is Changing
Richard Javad Heydarian – Al Jazeera,
23 Apr 2018
I visited North Korea with an official delegation and here’s what I saw and learned.
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‘Western Media’ and Mass Deception
Hamid Dabashi – Al Jazeera,
16 Apr 2018
What does the coverage of the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza tell us about the truth of ‘Western media’?
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Doping Ban against 28 Russian Athletes Overturned
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2018
1 Feb 2018 – In a decision issued today, the Court for Arbitration for Sport said it “unanimously found” that the evidence presented against 28 athletes were “found to be insufficient to establish” that doping rules were violated. With the decision, the sanctions imposed against the athletes are “annulled” and their individual medal results in the 2014 Sochi Winter Games are “reinstated”.
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The United States: Addicted to Special Forces
Belen Fernandez – Al Jazeera,
22 Jan 2018
In 2017, the US dispatched special operations to 149 countries. What were they doing there?
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USA’s Trump Wants War, South Korea’s Moon Wants Peace
Se-Woong Koo – Al Jazeera,
15 Jan 2018
11 Jan 2018 – By entering talks with Seoul, Pyongyang is trying to make it difficult for Washington to start a war.
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The EU’s Complicity in Refugee Abuse in Libya
John Dalhuisen – Al Jazeera,
18 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 – The EU and its member states are complicit in the suffering of refugees and migrants stuck in Libya.
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Israel Turns West Bank into a ‘Garbage Dump’
Jaclynn Ashly – Al Jazeera,
11 Dec 2017
5 Dec 2017 – Israeli rights group B’Tselem released a report today. Israel has established at least 15 waste treatment facilities in the West Bank to recycle waste largely produced inside Israel. Six of the facilities process hazardous waste that poses serious health and environmental risks for surrounding Palestinian communities, the group stated.
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Rohingya Women Sold as Sex Slaves in Bangladesh
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
3 Dec 2017 – Rohingya girls and women in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are being sold as sex slaves, according to a victim and aid agencies.
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The Rohingya Tragedy Shows Human Solidarity Is a Lie
Tawakkol Karman – Al Jazeera,
4 Dec 2017
1 Dec 2017 – Nobody argues any more about what is happening in Myanmar. The war being waged on the Rohingya Muslims is a clear example of ethnic cleansing and genocide. The crisis continues to get worse fanned by the Myanmar government’s intolerance and by the fact that the world’s interest in what is happening in Myanmar is just not deep enough.
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Israel’s Settlements: 50 Years of Land Theft Explained
Zena Tahhan – Al Jazeera,
4 Dec 2017
Fifty years ago, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 242. The resolution is used as a framework for implementing the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. But since its adoption in 1967, Israel has violated the resolution by entrenching its occupation of the Palestinian territories through illegal settlements.
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Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2017
29 Oct 2017 – This week, Palestinians around the world are marking 100 years since the Balfour Declaration was issued on 2 Nov 1917, which turned the Zionist aim of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine into a reality when Britain publicly pledged to establish “a national home for the Jewish people” there – paving the way for the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
→ read full articleThe Catalan Crisis Is Not Just about Nationalism
Santiago Zabala – Al Jazeera,
30 Oct 2017
19 Oct 2017- This is a difficult year for Spain. The fact that the EU unconditionally supports the Spanish prime minister’s policies towards the Catalonia impasse is an indication it cannot afford another Brexit. As President Jean-Claude Juncker said: “If we allow Catalonia – and it is not our business – to separate, others will do the same.”
→ read full articleHamas and Fatah: How Are the Two Groups Different?
Zena Tahhan – Al Jazeera,
23 Oct 2017
12 Oct 2017 – Hamas and Fatah are the two most dominant parties in the Palestinian political scene. Today, the two movements announced they had reached a deal to end a decade-long rift that brought them to an armed conflict in 2007.
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The Lobby: Young Friends of Israel (Part 1)
Al Jazeera Investigations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2017
10 Jan 2017 – In the first of a four-part series, Al Jazeera goes undercover inside the Israel Lobby in Britain. We expose a campaign to infiltrate and influence youth groups, including the National Union of Students, whose president faces a smear campaign coordinated by her own deputy and supported by the Israeli Embassy.
→ read full articleThe October Arab-Israeli War of 1973: What Happened?
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2017
Forty-four years since the October war in 1973, Israel still occupies Palestinian territories and Syrian Golan Heights.
→ read full articleIndia Is Complicit in the Rohingya Suffering
Bela Bhatia – Al Jazeera,
9 Oct 2017
7 Oct 2017 – The stance of the Indian government regarding the Rohingya crisis is a source of consternation, to put it mildly. The central government has decided that ethnic Rohingya who are already in India – around 40,000 – should be deported and others should not be allowed to enter. The government stand is unconstitutional and violates customary international law.
→ read full articleWill Seven Million Starving Yemenis Ever Find Justice?
Catriona Murdoch and Wayne Jordash – Al Jazeera,
9 Oct 2017
2 Oct 2017 – It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the control of food importation into Yemen is being used as a weapon of war, seemingly by all sides. Those responsible should be held accountable as primary perpetrators of, or accessories to, starvation.
→ read full articleTaking a Step against US Impunity in Guantanamo
Elsa Meany – Al Jazeera,
2 Oct 2017
The fight against impunity in Guantanamo Bay has reached the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
→ read full articleCovering the Rohingya: Separating Fact from Fiction
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2017
We examine how Myanmar’s government and military shape the media narrative surrounding the Rohingya crisis.
→ read full articleARSA: Who Are the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army?
Faisal Edroos – Al Jazeera,
18 Sep 2017
13 Sep 2017 – Maung Zarni, a non-resident fellow at the European Centre for the Study of Extremism, told Al Jazeera that the group’s actions were borne out of “systematic abuses of genocidal proportions” by the Myanmar military. “This is not a terrorist group aimed at striking at the heart of Myanmar society as the government claims it is,” Zarni said. “They’re a group of hopeless men who decided to form some kind of self-defence group and protect their people who are living in conditions akin to a Nazi concentration camp,” he added. “ARSA’s actions resemble Jewish inmates at Auschwitz who rose up against the Nazis in October 1944.”
→ read full articleMyanmar: Who Are the Rohingya Muslims?
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Sep 2017
Why are the more than one million Rohingya in Myanmar considered the ‘world’s most persecuted minority’?
→ read full articleKofi Annan Commission Urges Myanmar/Burma to End Rohingya Restrictions
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2017
24 Aug 2017 – Myanmar must scrap restrictions on movement and citizenship for its persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority if it wants to avoid fuelling extremism and bring peace to Rakhine state, a commission led by former UN chief Kofi Annan said today. It warns against using force and ignoring concerns of world’s ‘single biggest stateless’ community.
→ read full articleArson Attacks Push Thousands More Rohingya from Myanmar: Scorched-Earth Policy as They Flee Soldiers
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2017
3 Sep 2017 – More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s restive northwest in the last week, as tens of thousands more refugees fled into Bangladesh over the past 24 hours. Myanmar blames armed Rohingya group for burning homes in Rakhine, but survivors pin responsibility on soldiers.
→ read full articleMyanmar Troops Open Fire on Civilians Fleeing Attacks
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2017
26 Aug 2017 – Myanmar soldiers opened fire on fleeing Rohingya civilians – mostly women and children – as they attempted to cross the border into Bangladesh and escape surging violence. Bangladeshi border guards say troops fired mortars and machine guns at Rohingya civilians trying to escape bloodshed.
→ read full articleThe Demons Within: India’s Tryst with Torture
Arijit Sen – Al Jazeera,
28 Aug 2017
70 years on from independence, state torture is still prevalent in India. It’s time to enact anti-torture laws. “His intestine was dangling out of his stomach. He was a young man and in a completely vegetative state,” says Loitongbam. “That’s the first impression of torture that still stays with me”.
→ read full article150 Years of ‘Das Kapital’: How Relevant Is Marx Today?
Jayati Ghosh – Al Jazeera,
28 Aug 2017
22 Aug 2017 – It is quite amazing that Karl Marx’s Capital has survived and been continuously in print for the past century and a half. The seminal work of the 19th century economist still provides a framework for understanding contemporary capitalism.
→ read full articleWhy Is Neoliberalism Back in Latin America?
Dawisson Belem Lopes – Al Jazeera,
17 Jul 2017
Neoliberalism destroyed Latin America in the 1990s. Today it is being reintroduced – and it will wreak havoc again.
→ read full articleLifting Roma Voices: Europe’s First Roma Culture Centre
Valerie Hopkins – Al Jazeera,
10 Jul 2017
New institute in Germany aims to give artists a space to ‘reinvent’ the image of the 12 million Roma people in Europe.
→ read full articleOn Make-Up, Serbian Women and a Lesbian PM
Marija Pantelic and Lana Pasic – Al Jazeera,
3 Jul 2017
29 Jun 2017 – About Serbia’s first openly gay prime minister, Balkan Insight published an article that opens with this profound observation: “I feel sorry for Serbian MPs. Yes, you heard it right. I do feel sorry for them. […] It is bad enough for them that she is a woman. It’s even worse that she apparently feels no physical attraction for that hairy mythical beast, the Serbian Male. It’s even worse, again – if it’s possible to get any worse – that she disobeys Serbian Woman’s Rule No 1 – she wears absolutely no makeup.”
→ read full articleThe Climate Movement Charges On, Even without the USA
Winnie Byanyima – Al Jazeera,
26 Jun 2017
Developing nations lay claim to the mantle of leadership for a fairer, safer world.
→ read full article1967 War: How Israel Occupied the Whole of Palestine
Zena Tahhan – Al Jazeera,
19 Jun 2017
6 Jun 2017 – Fifty years ago this week, the state of Israel shocked the world when it seized the remaining Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, as well as the Syrian Golan Heights, and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, in a matter of six days. Palestinians are marking 50 years since the 1967 occupation.
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Aung San Suu Kyi [Nobel Peace Laureate, Buddhist]: Turning Her Back on Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar/Burma?
Mehdi Hassan | UpFront – Al Jazeera English,
12 Jun 2017
“We know that Aung San Suu Kyi does not control the armed forces,” says [TRANSCEND Member] Maung Zarni, an exiled dissident from Myanmar. “[But] she controls four other ministries that are directly involved in dismissing, denying, and legitimising the persecution of the Rohingyas.”
But former East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta disagrees, claiming Suu Kyi inherited an “extraordinarily difficult situation”.
Israel’s Occupation: 50 Years of Palestinian Oppression
Philip Luther | Amnesty International – Al Jazeera,
12 Jun 2017
After 50 years of Israeli war crimes on Palestinian land, the world has to act and ban Israeli settlement goods.
→ read full articleWhat is the Muslim Brotherhood?
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2017
The Muslim Brotherhood came up frequently during the GCC rift. Here is a breakdown of the group’s ideology and roots.
→ read full articleThe Elastic Girl: Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Emily Jane O'Dell – Al Jazeera,
5 Jun 2017
5 Jun 2017 – I am elastic girl. I’m as stretchy as they come, but I’m coming undone. My joints keep dislocating. Tendons tearing, ligaments loosening. Even my voice box is leaping out of place. What’s a girl with messed up glue to do? Emily Jane O’Dell has a rare connective tissue disorder that can cause dislocating joints, rupturing organs and death.
→ read full articleState Of Emergency in Yemen’s Sanaa over Cholera Crisis
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 May 2017
More than 184 Yemenis have been killed by a cholera epidemic that is gripping the Houthi-controlled Sanaa. “With the imminent collapse of the public health system, UNICEF is taking on as much of the burden as possible, procuring essential drugs and vaccines, and covering basic operations costs such as electricity and fuel.”
→ read full articleWhat Next for Brazil’s Decaying Kleptocracy?
Dawisson Belem Lopes – Al Jazeera,
22 May 2017
Temer’s popularity hardly reaches two digits in reliable opinion polls. Social policies are being downsized. Foreign policy chiefs are failing to explore some new windows of opportunity, insisting on same old formulas. Brazil looks desperately in need of a new beginning, of a fresh start. Very unfortunately though, political options seem scarce, vicious and chronically unfeasible. Nobody can predict what move is coming up next, but only one thing is for sure: this story is to be continued.
→ read full articleChild Soldiers Reloaded: The Privatisation of War
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 May 2017
1 May 2017 – From opportunistic guns for hire on the fringe of domestic conflicts to a global force operating within a multibillion-dollar industry – the private military sector seems to be flourishing. How private companies recruit former child soldiers for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
→ read full articleThe Trouble with Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma/Myanmar
Aela Callan – Al Jazeera,
15 May 2017
If Myanmar’s leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi fails to act on the things that lie within her power, then she fails on her own terms.
“She runs her party like a dictator.”
“She doesn’t listen, or accept advice.”
“She treats us as if we are school children and that we dare not question her as the elder.”
Life in Slovakia’s Roma Slums: Poverty and Segregation
Patrick Strickland – Al Jazeera,
15 May 2017
Institutional racism, unemployment and poor housing are among the hardships endured by Slovakia’s half-a-million Roma.
→ read full articleTwo Koreas: History at a Glance
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2017
A brief history of how North and South Korea got to where they are today.
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Occupation of the American Mind – Video Documentary
Media Education Foundation | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2017
March 2017 – Occupation of American media and mind by a pro-Israel narrative that has diverted attention from conflict resolution: end the occupation and the settlements so that Palestinians can finally have a state of their own. Narrator: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
→ read full articleKilled for Their Bones: The Trade in Human Body Parts of Albinos in Africa
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2017
April 2017 – In Malawi, people with albinism are being killed and their bodies harvested; children and adults hacked to death with machetes and kitchen knives. More than 115 people have been attacked in the past two years, at least 20, fatally. Those who have survived have been left with deep physical and psychological scars, and remain fearful that those who hunt them will return.
→ read full articleThe Hypocrisy of the Religious Slaughter Ban
Mimi Bekhechi – Al Jazeera,
8 May 2017
The idea of humane slaughter is a myth and a religious slaughter ban cannot end animal suffering. Going vegan can. The meat, egg and dairy industries are hell on earth for animals, and we already have the power to put an end to this misery simply by choosing to eat plant-based meals.
→ read full articleResistance Is a Way of Life for Kashmiri Youth
Ather Zia – Al Jazeera,
8 May 2017
26 Apr 2017 – The year 2017 is not even halfway through, but in the Indian-controlled Kashmir it has already been named “the year of the student uprising”. Why Kashmir’s millennials have stones in their hands.
→ read full articleHow Israel’s Violent Birth Destroyed Palestine
Ramzy Baroud – Al Jazeera,
8 May 2017
As Israel celebrates the Palestinian Nakba as its triumphant independence on May 1, it is preparing for a massive celebration for the 50th anniversary of its occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. Two dates are often used to frame the so-called Palestinian-Israeli conflict: Nakba Day on May 15 and Naksa Day on June 5.
→ read full articleUN Peacekeepers: Keeping the Peace or Preventing It?
Nimmi Gowrinathan and Kate Cronin-Furman – Al Jazeera,
8 May 2017
The UN peacekeepers’ capacity to commit rape with impunity undermines prospects for sustainable peace around the world.
→ read full articleWhen NGOs Save Children Who Don’t Want to Be Saved
Neil Howard – Al Jazeera,
1 May 2017
Western media misrepresent voluntary child labour as slavery.
→ read full articleDouble Standards: Do All Journalist Lives Matter?
Shafik Mandhai – Al Jazeera,
1 May 2017
Little attention is paid to reporters from the Global South who are killed, abused, or left stranded by foreign media.
→ read full articleThe Earth versus Capitalism
Belen Fernandez – Al Jazeera,
24 Apr 2017
Unfortunately, as of Earth Day 2017, capitalism is winning the war it has been waging against the planet.
→ read full articleInfrastructure Vulnerabilities Make Surveillance Easy
Bruce Schneier – Al Jazeera,
17 Apr 2017
Weakness in digital communications systems allows security to be bypassed, leaving users at risk of being spied on. Corporations are doing it for their own purposes; collecting and using this data has become the dominant business model of the internet.
→ read full articleInternational Organization for Migration: African Migrants Traded in Libya’s ‘Slave Markets’
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Apr 2017
People are held for ransom, forced labour or sexual exploitation after being sold for up to $500, UN agency says.
→ read full articleTrump’s Strike on Syria: A Convenient Distraction
Ibrahim Al-Marashi – Al Jazeera,
10 Apr 2017
It’s not the first time a US president launches missile strikes that do not amount to much but boost ratings.
→ read full article[Nobel Peace Laureate] Aung San Suu Kyi Has Lost Her Voice in Burma/Myanmar
Wayne Hay – Al Jazeera,
3 Apr 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi has lost her voice and if she doesn’t find it soon, many people say they will lose faith in her leadership.
→ read full articleWhy Washington Was a No Show at Human Rights Hearings
Lauren Carasik – Al Jazeera,
3 Apr 2017
27 Mar 2017 – The Trump administration’s failure to appear at hearings at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on March 21 telegraphs its disregard for international institutions generally and human rights in particular.
→ read full articleWhat Did the UN Apartheid Report Expose in Reality?
Mark LeVine – Al Jazeera,
27 Mar 2017
As Israel moves towards confronting apartheid, the questions raised by the report will become impossible to avoid.
→ read full articleThe Politics of Water Insecurity
Majed Akhter – Al Jazeera,
27 Mar 2017
This 22 March 2017, World Water Day, we focus attention on global issues of water access. The statistics are not comforting. The poorest ninth of us – about 800 million people – do not have reliable access to clean drinking water. To achieve universal water security, we need to let politics and culture drive water planning as much as economy does.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Human Rights Spies: Manipulating the Discourse
Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini – Al Jazeera,
27 Mar 2017
22 Mar 2017 – A fascinating expose in Haaretz reveals how, in the mid-1970s – not long after the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, and Golan Heights – Israel used university faculty members to infiltrate Amnesty International. Revelations shocked many but human rights ‘spies’ are still out there.
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Noam Chomsky – The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine
Listening Post | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
According to American linguist and political activist, Noam Chomsky, media operate through 5 filters: ownership, advertising, the media elite, flak and the common enemy. Narrated by Amy Goodman, Executive Producer of Democracy Now! Mar 2, 2017
→ read full articleThe Futility of Secrets in the Age of Technology
Andrew Mitrovica – Al Jazeera,
27 Mar 2017
The latest CIA leak proves that state actors no longer get to decide who can be privy to information stamped ‘secret’.
→ read full articleUN Report: Israel Has Established an ‘Apartheid Regime’
Ben White – Al Jazeera,
20 Mar 2017
15 Mar 2017 – A new UN report accuses Israel of having established “an apartheid regime that oppresses and dominates the Palestinian people as a whole”. It urged governments to “support boycott, divestment and sanctions [BDS] activities and respond positively to calls for such initiatives”. It was authored by Virginia Tilley, professor of political science at Southern Illinois University, and Richard Falk, former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, and professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University.
→ read full articleHow to Tackle the Challenges Posed by Electronic Waste
Eric Williams – Al Jazeera,
20 Mar 2017
18 Mar 2017 – Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to computers, mobile phones and other devices after users have thrown them away. We want to have a creative mind, a critical eye, and a helping hand if we are to find solutions.
→ read full articleThe Walled Off Hotel: The Struggle for Decolonization
Jamil Khader – Al Jazeera,
20 Mar 2017
13 Mar 2017 – The British street artist known as Banksy is no stranger to controversy and the recent debate over his new installation in the town of Bethlehem, the Walled Off Hotel, does not come as a surprise. It is a powerful anticolonial statement about the Zionist colonial project.
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Is Israel Imposing ‘Apartheid’ on Palestinians?
Al Jazeera | Inside Story – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2017
Mar 16, 2017 – The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has issued a report which condemned the Israeli government for its treatment of Palestinians. The authors call Israel an apartheid regime, saying it operates a system of divide and rule. But the office of the UN Secretary General has distanced itself from the report.
→ read full article[Nobel Peace Laureate] Aung San Suu Kyi and the World of Buddhist Islamophobia
Maung Zarni – Al Jazeera,
13 Mar 2017
Myanmar’s Muslim minority, demonised and persecuted for decades, is facing a fresh wave of violence amid media silence. “Suu Kyi’s denial of what Human Rights Watch has called “ethnic cleansing” and “crimes against humanity” deserves international scrutiny,” writes Maung Zarni.
→ read full articleThe Dangers of the New Child Marriage Law in Bangladesh
Soumya Guha – Al Jazeera,
6 Mar 2017
This law has unimaginable impact and has the ability to change the future of millions of girls in our country.
→ read full articleThe Brazilian Hangover: When the Party Ends
Ramon Blanco – Al Jazeera,
27 Feb 2017
Brazil is expected to have a significant role in international politics. However, the crisis that the country is currently going through structurally prevents it from fulfilling this expectation. Brazil is melting down, to put it softly. A euphemistic image is that the country is waking up after a huge party, with a terrible hangover, and now has to face a very hard reality.
→ read full articleIsrael Wants Settlements, Not Peace
Rami Hamdallah – Al Jazeera,
20 Feb 2017
With each new settlement, the prospect of peace and the formation of a Palestinian state become even more unattainable. Israel is above international law, or so it seems. On Dec 23, the United Nations Security Council passed resolution 2334, re-affirming the illegality of Israeli settlements.
→ read full articleRegional Actors Should Take a Stand against Myanmar
Priyamvada Gopal – Al Jazeera,
20 Feb 2017
15 Feb 2017 – Even by the standards of a region that has seen more than its fair share of xenophobic violence, forced migrations and displacements, the grim plight of the Rohingya of Myanmar stands out as an abomination of the worst sort. India and other South Asian nations should be unambiguous in their condemnation of Myanmar.
→ read full articleHow Factionalism Is Killing the Palestinian Struggle
Mariam Barghouti – Al Jazeera,
20 Feb 2017
19 Feb 2017 – In the first month of 2017, Gazans hit the streets to protest against the daily electricity cuts in the strip. Political leaders seized the opportunity to blame each other, turning it into a Hamas v Fatah debate. Factions have not only monopolised Palestinian politics but have also suffocated the youthful spirit of the struggle.
→ read full articleUS and Israel Join Forces to Bury Palestinian Statehood
Daoud Kuttab – Al Jazeera,
20 Feb 2017
17 Feb 2017 – Thanks to the lovefest between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, ignoring the Palestinian national leadership seems to be back on the front burner. They are trying to push a more blatant and legalised form of apartheid on the Palestinian people.
→ read full articleEU Should Invest in Development, Not Security in Africa
Nassim Majidi and Herve Nicolle – Al Jazeera,
13 Feb 2017
So what is the alternative? It must espouse a transnational approach and lead transformative interventions with a clear development agenda that replaces its current security agenda.
→ read full articlePlan Approved for 2,500 New Settler Homes in West Bank
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jan 2017
24 Jan 2017 – Building plan for occupied West Bank came two days after more than 500 settlement homes were approved in East Jerusalem.
→ read full articleIran after Rafsanjani
Massoumeh Torfeh – Al Jazeera,
16 Jan 2017
Rafsanjani’s death has created power vacuum in Iran’s political centre.
→ read full articleA Brief History of War and Drugs: From Vikings to Nazis
Barbara McCarthy – Al Jazeera,
2 Jan 2017
From World War II to Vietnam and Syria, drugs are often as much a part of conflict as bombs and bullets.
→ read full article2016 and the Truth behind Fake News
Belen Fernandez – Al Jazeera,
2 Jan 2017
But as The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald recently pointed out, “The most important fact to realise about this new term” is that “those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it”. Indeed, the ongoing hullabaloo in US mainstream media over the notion that the Russians hacked the election in Trump’s favour via a sinister campaign of mass disinformation would itself appear to be a strong contender for the “fake news” category.
→ read full articleThe UN Settlement Resolution Is Too Little and Too Late
Geoffrey Aronson – Al Jazeera,
26 Dec 2016
25 Dec 2016 – The United Nations Security Council vote decrying Israel’s policy of settlement expansion is a welcome, but empty, gesture – all but irrelevant to the contest waged daily between Israel and Palestinians, but perfectly suited to the new fascination with entertainment as policy. Palestinians know that they have been offered only stale crumbs from the UN Security Council’s table.
→ read full articleMexico: Neither Pax Mafiosa, Nor Rule of Law
Edgardo Buscaglia – Al Jazeera,
26 Dec 2016
The post-authoritarian political system in Mexico has become a violent symbiosis of organised crime and politics.
→ read full articleCircle of Poison
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2016
A look at the powerful pesticide industry, its effect on the developing world and how small farmers are fighting back.
→ read full articleFidel Castro in Context
Belen Fernandez – Al Jazeera,
28 Nov 2016
26 Nov 2016 – As of the year 2006, Fidel Castro, Cuba’s revolutionary leader, who has died aged 90, had reportedly been the subject of no fewer than 638 assassination plots by the CIA. The revolutionary’s achievements in the face of US meddling made him a powerful symbol of resistance against hegemony.
→ read full articleThe Fight for Brazil’s Future
Rodrigo Nunes – Al Jazeera,
21 Nov 2016
The Brazilian youth is leading the resistance to legislation that would reverse social gains and protect wealthy elites. If one could speak of a coup in Brazil, it was not against Rousseff, but against Brazilian society.
→ read full articleAfrica’s Challenge to the ICC
Solomon Dersso – Al Jazeera,
14 Nov 2016
On November 16, the signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court will come together and for the first time they’ll have to face defections. In a matter of weeks three states withdrew from the ICC. The scrutiny of the three African withdrawals from the ICC should not be reduced to accusations of seeking impunity.
→ read full articleThe Balfour Declaration 99 Years Ago Marked the Beginning of a Settler Colonial Project of Tragic Proportions
Ilan Pappe – Al Jazeera,
7 Nov 2016
2 Nov 2016 – November is a painful month dotted with commemorative days that have one theme in common: the partitioning of Palestine. Today is the 99th anniversary of the Balfour declaration. Although it did not offer partition, it sowed the seeds for it, which eventually allowed the Zionist movement to take over Palestine.
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Eloise Bollack – Al Jazeera News,
7 Nov 2016
Israeli control over water supplies in the occupied West Bank has left Palestinians desperate.
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Larry Beinhart – Al Jazeera,
31 Oct 2016
The members of the investor class are programmed to destroy. It is way too smart to stick under the mattress. Money is supposed to be out there making money, damn it!
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Khaled Diab – Al Jazeera,
10 Oct 2016
Despite increasing dangers Palestinian and Israeli activists continue their efforts to oppose the occupation peacefully. The Knesset recently passed the controversial ‘NGO law’ to single out left-wing and rights groups as treacherous agents of insidious foreign powers.
→ read full articleChristopher Columbus: The Myth That Keeps on Giving
Belen Fernandez – Al Jazeera,
10 Oct 2016
Why has a symbol of mass slaughter been unrepentantly idolised for more than half a millennium? On October 12, 1492, a geographically misguided voyager by the name of Christopher Columbus happened upon the so-called New World. Dismantling the myth of Columbus as hero would require some serious national introspection that would inevitably raise uncomfortable questions…
→ read full articleWhy Colombians Opposed the Peace Deal with FARC
Hisham Aidi – Al Jazeera,
10 Oct 2016
The outcome of the referendum on the peace accord may be shocking but it is largely a result of domestic politics. Critics of the accord have argued that, by granting amnesty to FARC, the agreement secured peace at the expense of justice.
→ read full articleGaza-Bound Flotilla Sails Off from Spain’s Barcelona
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Sep 2016
A new flotilla of international activists has left for the Gaza Strip from the Spanish city of Barcelona, hoping to break a nearly decade-long Israeli blockade. Two sailing boats with 11 women on board each sailed off on Wednesday [14 Sep] under the banner “The Women’s Boat to Gaza”.
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Maung Zarni on the Kofi Annan Commission and Persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar/Burma
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Sep 2016
Sep 7, 2016 – Dr Maung Zarni comments on Kofi Annan Commission and Myanmar Genocide of Rohingya, Al Jazeera English News Hour.
→ read full articleTowards a New Economic System for the 21st Century
C J Polychroniou – Al Jazeera,
12 Sep 2016
A revolution in consciousness is mandatory in order for a great shift to occur in the way the global economy works and the future we want. The new economic system should be based on localised forms of industry, finance and participatory democracy.
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