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Iron Wings
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2013
For the residents of London Hounslow who live under constant pollution of Heathrow flight path.
→ read full articleGlobal Power Project, Part 3: The Influence of Individuals and Family Dynasties
Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2013
The Global Power Project, an investigative series produced by Occupy.com, aims to identify and connect the worldwide institutions and individuals who comprise today’s global power oligarchy. In this third part, I examine the dynastic influence wielded by prominent corporate and financial families. This is not a study of wealth, but a study of power.
→ read full articleOn DIGNITechnologizing
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2013
Since Literacy has been called the Technology of the Intellect
Dignity could be referred to as the Technology of Deep Respect
The Criminal N.S.A.
Jennifer Stisa Granick and Christopher Jon Sprigman – The New York Times,
1 Jul 2013
We may never know all the details of the mass surveillance programs, but we know this: The administration has justified them through abuse of language, intentional evasion of statutory protections, secret, unreviewable investigative procedures and constitutional arguments that make a mockery of the government’s professed concern with protecting Americans’ privacy. It’s time to call the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance programs what they are: criminal.
→ read full articleOrigin and Development of Human Security
Prof. Bishnu Pathak – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2013
Human security is complementary to human rights. It is a comprehensive, interrelated, and coordinated concept that encompasses freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom to live in dignity, and freedom to inherit pro-nature environment for forthcoming generations as fundamental rights.
→ read full articleObama Called “War Criminal” & “Hypocrite of the Century” in Irish Parliament
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
21 June 2013 – Rep. Clare Daly in the Irish Parliament
→ read full articleNo Good Guys among Syrian Rebels – Paulo Sergio Pinheiro
InSerbia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
It is impossible to choose unequivocally good guys among the groups of Syrian rebels and send weapons to them. This warning was voiced by chairman of the UN independent panel investigating possible violations of human rights in Syria Paulo Sergio Pinheiro on Friday [21 June 2013].
→ read full articleHelen Keller on Optimism
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
“Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend.”
→ read full articleThe Last Mystery of the Financial Crisis
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone,
24 Jun 2013
It’s long been suspected that ratings agencies like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s helped trigger the meltdown. A new trove of embarrassing documents shows how they did it.
→ read full articleScience vs. Scripture and the Difference between Curiosity and Wonder
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
From Aristotle to St. Paul, or how rational thought and religion battled over knowledge.
→ read full articleStasi in the White House
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
When the Berlin Wall came down, the Stasi Spy State that suffocates the soul moved to Washington. The Stasi is alive and well in the Obama regime.
→ read full article(Português) “Nossos Sonhos Não Cabem no Capitalismo”
Fernando Meirelles – Outras Palavras,
24 Jun 2013
Para Fernando Meirelles, reconstrução da política exige superar lógicas que associam felicidade e sucesso a consumo e acumulação sem fim.
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“Adagio in G Minor” (Music Video of the Week)
Dominic Miller – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Guitar – A delight to the senses! – Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751)
→ read full articleThe Uprising against Brother Erdogan
Thierry Meyssan, Voltaire Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The Turkish people are not protesting against Recip Tayyeb Erdogan’s autocratic style, but against his policies; in other words, against the Muslim Brotherhood, of which he is the mentor. What started on Taksim Square is not a color revolution over a new building project, but an uprising that has spread across the entire country; in short, it is a revolution that calls the “Arab Spring” into question.
→ read full articlePerspectives on the Surveillance Scandal
Lawrence Davidson, Ph.D, Brave New World – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The existence of men like Manning, Snowden and a handful of others demonstrates that there are employees of the government who have a superior sense of morality as well as the courage to act on their principles. However, the numbers are very small and they are invariably considered as dangerous mistakes within the system. What of the rest of the government’s personnel?
→ read full articlePentagon Bracing For Public Dissent over Climate and Energy Shocks
Nafeez Ahmed – The Guardian,
24 Jun 2013
Top secret US National Security Agency (NSA) documents disclosed by the Guardian have shocked the world with revelations of a comprehensive US-based surveillance system with direct access to Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants. New Zealand court records suggest that data harvested by the NSA’s Prism system has been fed into the Five Eyes intelligence alliance whose members also include the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
→ read full articleHappiness on the Streets
Nasim Banaei – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Iran – The streets could be a good place for people to share their happiness and spend time with each other. A government with a wise policy and plan can create this Happiness on the streets.
→ read full articleGulf War Memorial
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
With its 750 oil well fires
burning like giant votive candles
on a vast sand altar,
Firefox Web Browser to Move Ahead Plan to Block Tracking
Craig Timberg – The Washington Post,
24 Jun 2013
The maker of the popular Firefox browser is moving ahead with plans to block the most common forms of Internet tracking, allowing hundreds of millions of users to eventually limit who watches their movements across the Web, company officials said Wednesday [19 June 2013].
→ read full articleWhat is Andropause?
Dr. Edward F. Group, Global Healing Center – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The phenomena of the biological clock isn’t exclusive to women, it seems men also are prone to age related changes in hormone levels, sexual function, physical features, and quality of life. These changes, dubbed “andropause” (and sometimes “male menopause”) are due to a progressive decrease in testosterone production.
→ read full articleThrough the Wall of Fire — Reconciliation
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Reconciliation is a process which requires spiritual understanding as it goes beyond the type of pragmatism that rests in the careful calculation of causes and consequences. Reconciliation needs to be seen not only as reconciliation between two persons or groups, but as reconciliation for something. It is not merely the repair of the past, but reconciliation is a bridge to the future. Reconciliation has to do with how antagonists construct a new future together.
→ read full articleThe Chimerica Dream: Two Nations, Two Dreams, One Pacific
Pepe Escobar - TomDispatch,
24 Jun 2013
Beijing was very much aware of Washington’s deep plunge into China’s computer networks over the past 15 years. Yet Xi merrily allowed Obama to pontificate on hacking and cyber-theft as if China were alone on such a stage. Enter — with perfect timing — Edward Snowden, the spy who came in from Hawaii and who has been holed up in Hong Kong since May 20th.
→ read full articleFormer Enron CEO Skilling’s Sentence Cut to 14 Years
Kristen Hays and Anna Driver, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
A federal judge slashed 10 years off the prison sentence of former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling on Friday [21 June 2013], a decision that could set him free as early as 2017.
→ read full articleYoga for Peace
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Swami Vivekananda in his book Raja Yoga, first published in 1896, elaborated this Yoga. He argued that Yoga is scientific. Even an atheist by following its rules can sharpen his mind, increase his mental power, develop a healthy body and maintain composure in worst situations.
→ read full articleFrom Times of War to Times of Peace in Syria
Alejandro Bandaña – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
No idea and no ideal, however heroic it might be, can possibly justify the death of thousands of innocent people. Nothing is important enough to justify the fact that millions are fleeing their homes just because they want to survive. And no war should continue if it results in the destruction of one’s own country.
→ read full articleThe War on Crime Is Enforcing Safety or Insecurity?
Federica Riccadonna – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Comparison between Nepal and Iceland
→ read full articlePalestinian Children Tortured, Used As Shields by Israel: U.N
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday [20 June 2013] of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.
→ read full articleGlobal Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class
Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The Global Power Project, an investigative series produced by Occupy.com, aims to identify and connect the worldwide institutions and individuals who comprise today’s global power oligarchy. By studying the relationships and varying levels of leadership that govern our planet’s most influential institutions — from banks, corporations and financial institutions to think tanks, foundations and universities — this project seeks to expose the complex, highly integrated network of influence wielded by relatively few individuals on a national and transnational basis. This is not a study of wealth, but a study of power.
→ read full article(Castellano) Homo Oeconomicus
Enrico Euli – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
“la capacidad de la mente humana para formular y resolver problemas complejos es muy pequeña en comparación con el tamaño de los problemas que debe resolver para obtener un comportamiento objetivamente racional en el mundo real o incluso una aproximación razonable a la racionalidad”.
→ read full articleGod, Guns and Automobiles
MaxMotorsDirect – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
[BEYOND DECADENCE: SURREAL VIOLENCE PROMOTION] On 21 July 2009 TRANSCEND Media Service published this story: Missouri Car Dealer Offers Free Ak-47 with Purchase of New Truck – The president of Max Motors (slogan: “God, Guns, Guts, and American Pick-Up Trucks”) says the response has been very strong. On 8 July 2013 History Channel will launch its newest show: God, Guns and Automobiles. WATCH TRAILER.
→ read full articleWhy Do People Lie? And Why Do Other People Believe Them?
Robert J. Burrowes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The purpose of fear is to suppress awareness of the truth. People always lie for the same reason: fear. But the precise fear that makes a person lie in one circumstance might be different from the fear that makes them lie in another.
→ read full article(Português) Brasil: O Preço da Gota d’Água
Luís Leiria, Esquerda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Vinte centavos de aumento fizeram transbordar “um pote até aqui de mágoa”, como diz a canção do Chico Buarque. Mas o Brasil não é agora um país rico? De que se queixam, então? De 20 centavos? Não, não é de 20 centavos (apenas), tal como os turcos não se queixam (só) da destruição do Parque Gezi de Istambul.
→ read full articleUnderstanding the Latest Prism Leaks Is Understanding the Rise of a New Fascism
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The director of Google Ideas, Jared Cohen, was an adviser to Condoleezza Rice, who lied that Saddam Hussein could attack the US with nuclear weapons. Cohen and Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt – they met in the ruins of Iraq – have co-authored a book, The New Digital Age, endorsed as visionary by the former CIA director Michael Hayden and the war criminals Henry Kissinger and Tony Blair.
→ read full articleSpy Drone Can See What You Are Wearing From 17,500 Feet (5,334 Meters)
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
A new camera developed by the Pentagon’s research arm was highlighted in a recent special on PBS’ “Nova” in an episode called “Rise of the Drones.” It is a camera system so detailed it can discern specific movements and even what a subject is wearing.
→ read full articleInfographic: The United Kingdom’s Tax Havens – Interactive
Simon Hooper and Ben Willers – Al Jazeera,
24 Jun 2013
About one-fifth of the world’s tax-free shelters are UK territories and crown dependencies.
→ read full articleCircumcision
TMS Editor,
24 Jun 2013
Two five year old boys are sitting in a hospital waiting room. One leans over to the other and says, “What are you in here for?”
→ read full article(Italiano) La Turchia si Sta di Nuovo Bloccando?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
La Turchia ha fatto l’impossibile, passando quasi senza violenza da una dittatura militare laica a una democrazia civile a maggioranza sunnita. La Turchia si è sbloccata.
→ read full articleSensible Thinkers Think about Leaks
Tom Tomorrow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Satirical Strip – This Modern World
→ read full articleIs Naomi Wolf Working for the NSA?
Dave Lindorff, This Can’t Be Happening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Just wondering…
I hate to do this, but I feel obligated to share, as the story unfolds, my creeping concern that the writer Naomi Wolf is not whom she purports to be, and that her motive in writing an article on her public Facebook page speculating about whether National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden might actually be still working for the NSA, could be to support the government’s effort to destroy him.
General and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
A Global Harmony Association Constant Petition to the UN to Collect 1 Million Signatures by September 21, 2013 – International Peace Day. PLEASE HELP THE WORLD BY SIGNING THE PETITION http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Global_Disarmament_Now_1/.
→ read full articleA Psychologist’s Guantanamo Nightmare
Roy J. Eidelson, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The United States has indisputably tortured “war on terror” prisoners – and psychologists and other health professionals played critical roles in the systematic abuse.
→ read full articleHow The G8 Joint Statement Should Read
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey - Pravda,
24 Jun 2013
For decades, an evil clique of nations controlled by the corporate elite whose goal was and is hegemony over the world’s resources – its capital – either installed governments or else closed ranks around them, neutering any socially progressive vectors by nipping them in the bud.
→ read full articleWorld Introversion through Paracycling
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Global Potential for Living Sustainably “Outside-Inside” – Produced on the occasion of the G8 Summit [2013] in Eniskillen (Ireland). The question meriting reflection is whether the courageous protests against the mindset of those who claim capacity to govern society could be set aside to enable exploration of other modalities.
→ read full article(A)tom and Kerry Show: It’s All Money, Stupid!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
One of the top issues on Kerry’s agenda is to close the India-US nuclear deal on America’s own selfish imperial terms and conditions. They want nuclear business, profit and power to dominate the Indian market but will not offer any liability.
→ read full articleRewilding Made Simple – An Animated Guide
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
Could the destruction of the natural world be reversed? Could our bare hills once more support a rich and thriving ecosystem, containing wolves, lynx, moose, bison, wolverines and boar? Does our wildlife still bear the marks of the great beasts that once roamed here? George Monbiot narrates an animation on the enchanting subject of rewilding.
→ read full articleCollected Essays – John Scales Avery
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
This book contains a collection of essays, most of which were first published in Countercurrents and in Professor Johan Galtung’s Transcend Media Service Weekly Digest during 2012 and early 2013. The Editor of Countercurrents, Mr. Binu Mathew, and the Editor of TMS Weekly Digest, Mr. Antonio C.S. Rosa, were kind enough to accept all the articles that I sent to them, and so I wrote more and more.
→ read full articleHC Notice to Govt for Withdrawal of Cases against Anti-Nuclear Activists
The Hindu – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
The Madras High Court on Tuesday [11 June 2013] ordered issue of notice to Tamil Nadu Government asking why steps were not taken to withdraw cases filed against anti-nuclear activists protesting against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.
→ read full articleMonsanto Refuses to Testify on Genetically Modified Crops in Puerto Rico
Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero – CorpWatch,
24 Jun 2013
Monsanto has refused to testify at a major government hearing about the development and sale of seeds in Puerto Rico. At stake is the research that the company conducts into genetic engineering on the island that critics say threaten the environment and can cause serious human health problems.
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Galtung-Overcoming the Taksim Square Conflict
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
11 June 2013 – Prof. Johan Galtung, in Turkey, presents an analysis and much info directed at peaceful/nonviolent solutions to the standoff in Istanbul.
→ read full article(Castellano) Se Estanca Turquia Nuevamente?
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Turquía hizo lo imposible: pasar casi sin violencia de una dictadura militar secular a una democracia civil mayoritariamente sunní. Turquía despegó. Sarkar y la circulación de las elites en el trabajo: las élites militares, luego los intelectuales religiosos, después las empresas, luego la gente común y una vez más los militares. Segundo ciclo. Los grandes negocios llaman a la puerta, como sucedió en la época de Thatcher y Reagan, en la revolución de mediados de 1980.
→ read full article(Português) Drogas, Equívocos e Soluções
Frei Betto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
O fenômeno das drogas atinge todos nós. Não há exceção. Ainda que você não tenha um dependente químico na família, o perigo reside no assalto. Portugal ensinou muito ao Brasil: o idioma, o prazer do queijo, a religiosidade cristã, a arte sacra, o gosto pela literatura, etc. É hora de aprendermos também com Portugal como lidar com as drogas. Lisboa é a capital europeia com menor índice de homicídios.
→ read full articleOver 6,000 Foreign Militants Killed in Syria
Shafaqna – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
More than 6,000 foreign militants have been killed in Syria, among them at least 630 from the terrorist Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO). According to the Lebanese Al Manar TV, citing reliable reports from European research centers, more than 40,000 foreign militants are fighting in a massive insurgency in Syria that has torn the country apart for more than two years.
→ read full articleWestern Military Intervention Will Leave Syria in Permanent Ruins Say Two Former NATO Secretary Generals
Javier Solana & Jaap de Hoop Scheffer – New York Times,
17 Jun 2013
13 June 2013 – Rather than secure humanitarian space and empower a political transition, Western military engagement is likely to provoke further escalation on all sides, deepening the civil war.
→ read full articleText of White House Statement on Chemical Weapons in Syria
The New York Times - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Following is the statement issued by the White House in the name of Benjamin J. Rhodes, deputy national security adviser.
→ read full articleThree Shots Please
TMS editor,
17 Jun 2013
A man walked into a bar, sat down, ordered 3 shots of whiskey, drank them, then left. This continued daily for several weeks.
→ read full articleColombia Worries as Troops Join Arab Mercenary Force
UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
7 June 2013 – Colombia’s defense ministry is alarmed about an exodus of top soldiers to the United Arab Emirates to join a highly paid U.S.-led mercenary force organized by Erik Prince, billionaire founder of the infamous security firm Blackwater.
→ read full article(Português) A Verdadeira Agenda e os Interesses da Revista “The Economist”
Dario Pignotti – Carta Maior,
17 Jun 2013
Na verdade, essa publicação é um órgão ideológico e um instrumento político do capital transnacional que busca ficar com a maior parte dos excedentes da sétima economia mundial. O mais recente “capricho” da The Economist é querer derrubar o ministro [brasileiro] Guido Mantega.
→ read full articleAfrica’s Worst Drought Tied to West’s Pollution
Becky Oskin, LiveScience – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
The biggest drought to hit the planet in the 20th century, the Sahel drought sucked Central Africa dry from the 1970s to the 1990s. The severe famines that resulted killed hundreds of thousands of people during this period. A new study blames the dry spell on pollution in the Northern Hemisphere, primarily from America and Europe.
→ read full articleIsraeli Death Merchants and Palestinian Guinea Pigs
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
“The Lab” is a new groundbreaking Israeli documentary film that redefines our entire understanding of the Jewish State, its aims, its identity and its global destructive role. I honestly believe that this film is the deepest and most important commentary on Israel.
→ read full articleThe Arrogance of Power
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
According to testimony given by CIA insider Susan Lindauer, the CIA knew about the planned attack on the World Trade Center as early as April, 2001. According to Lindauer, it was realized that airplanes striking the buildings would not cause their collapse, and so the disaster was deliberately made worse than it otherwise would have been by US government agents, who planted charges of explosives.
→ read full article(Português) Congresso do Equador Aprova Novo Marco Regulatório da Mídia
Página 12 – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Nova lei, entre outras coisas, proíbe a concentração de frequências de rádio e televisão e garante uma distribuição equitativa de frequências: 33% privadas, 33% públicas e 34% comunitárias.
→ read full articleEdward Snowden: The Whistleblower behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations
Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong – The Guardian,
17 Jun 2013
The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA’s history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows.
→ read full articleU.N. Chief Opposes U.S. Military Support for Syrian “Rebels”
Eyder Peralta, NPR – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday [14 June 2013] that he opposes the U.S. decision to provide Syrian rebels with military support. “The United Nations, and in particular I, have been making it consistently clear that providing arms to either side would not address this current situation. There is no such military solution.”
→ read full articleThe West to Pay a High Price for Targeting the Syrian Government, Security Experts Claim
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Sevice,
17 Jun 2013
This is one subjects that is reportedly being analyzed by the by US Intelligence Community. It is to be hoped that Washington and Brussels listen and act appropriately. If so they will avoid a steep price for their currently flawed policy.
→ read full articleGreek Solidarity with Struggling Turks
Vasilis Migkos, Peace Is Sexy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
An update on the Greek reaction to the Turkish upheaval, describing how these traditional rivals are now supporting each other.
→ read full articleWashington and the Breakdown of the Colombia-Venezuela-FARC Peace Process
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Washington has devised a dual strategy toward Latin America. This involves a new set of ambitious imperial initiatives designed to undermine the principal anti-imperialist governments (Venezuela), social movements and armed insurgency (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), while dismantling Latin America-centered integration and regional alliances, such as ALBA, Petro-Caribe, UNASUR and MERCOSUR.
→ read full articleRapprochement of Cultures and Creative Education
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the Decade 2013-2022 as the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures building on the efforts in the UNESCO General Conference which had called for “the development of a universal global consciousness.”
→ read full articleGlenn Greenwald on How NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Helped Expose a “Massive Surveillance Apparatus”
Amy Goodman – Democracy NOW!,
17 Jun 2013
10 June 2013 – Speaking from Hong Kong where he broke the story of Edward Snowden outing himself as the NSA whistleblower, Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald joins us to discuss Snowden’s actions and the multiple disclosures he’s revealed about government surveillance.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to the Mediahouses in India!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
There has not been one single editorial in any Indian newspaper or an informed debate on any TV debate on the repeated postponement of the KKNPP commission since 2005. Don’t the people of India need to know the reasons behind this constant postponement and continued ducking and dodging by the prime minister, central ministers, chief minister, and nuclear officials?
→ read full articlePretext for a New War: Obama Lies About Syrian Chemical Weapons
Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
In a statement issued Thursday [13 June 2013], the Obama administration has declared that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has violated “international norms” by using chemical weapons on multiple occasions over the past year. The claim is a transparent lie that will be used by the US and its European allies, Britain and France, as the pretext for arming their right-wing Islamist terrorist proxies and for military intervention.
→ read full articleParque Johan Galtung in Spain
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
PRESS RELEASE 15 June 2013 – Today Alfaz Mayor Vicente Arques unveiled a monument by the famous Basque sculptor Agustin Ibarrola in memory of the victims of the Oslo and Utoya terrorist attacks. The monument is located in a park named in honor of a long time Alfaz resident, Prof. Johan Galtung, Norwegian by birth and known as ‘the father of peace studies.’
→ read full articleNicaragua Approves China-Backed Atlantic-To-Pacific Canal
Don Knowland, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
The Nicaraguan National Assembly enacted legislation June 13[2013] granting a 50-year concession to a Hong Kong company to plan and build a trans-isthmian shipping channel from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea that would rival the Panama Canal.
→ read full articleTerror Bytes: Edward Snowden and the Architecture of Oppression
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!,
17 Jun 2013
Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg countered the criticism, writing, “In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden’s release of NSA material—and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago. Snowden’s whistleblowing gives us the possibility to roll back a key part of what has amounted to an ‘executive coup’ against the U.S. Constitution.”
→ read full articleThank NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Please sign a thank-you note that will be delivered to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
→ read full articleThe New Young Turks
Norman Finkelstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
The Taksim rebellion is his biggest challenge so far. If he can swallow his pride and make real amends, Mr Erdogan could yet repair much of the damage. But polarising the country is in his nature. If that continues, a decade of economic and political stability under the AK party may yet come to a pitiful or even tragic end.
→ read full articleSunni Clerics Call for Jihad against Syria’s Assad, Allies
Reuters, Newsmax – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Concluding a conference in Cairo at which more than 70 Sunni scholarly organizations were represented, a leading Egyptian preacher issued a call to holy war on Thursday [13 June 2013] against the Damascus government and its Shi’ite allies. He urged the faithful to send money and arms to Syria and pursue “all forms of jihad.”
→ read full articleWhy Obama is Declaring War on Syria
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
“The Syrian army’s victory at al-Qusayr was more than the [Obama] administration could accept given that town’s strategic position in the region. Its capture by the Assad forces has essentially added Syria to Iran’s list of victories starting with Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, as well as its growing influence in the Gulf.”
→ read full articleIt Won’t Be Easy, But Here’s How You Can Keep All Your Conversations Private
Roberto Baldwin, Wired – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
So how do you communicate without the whole world finding out that you’ve visited the doctor 12 times in the past six months for a mysterious rash? Well it’s not easy, but there are ways to keep your correspondence off the grid.
→ read full articleBetrayed
Tom Greening – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Boyish Soviet soldiers believed
they were being sent to Afghanistan
to build hospitals and plant trees.
Everything Is Rigged: This Time, It’s Currencies
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone,
17 Jun 2013
Given the LIBOR story, the Interest Rate Swap manipulation story, the Euro gas price manipulation story, the U.S. energy price manipulation story, and (by now) countless others of the “Everything is Rigged” variety, this screams out for immediate notice. Via Bloomberg: Traders at some of the world’s biggest banks manipulated benchmark foreign-exchange rates used to set the value of trillions of dollars of investments, according to five dealers with knowledge of the practice . . .
→ read full articleJeremy Scahill Deserves Academy Award, Pulitzer
Tom Hayden – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
After watching Jeremy Scahill’s film, Dirty Wars, and reading his book of the same name, my considered opinion is that he should be nominated for an Academy Award and considered for a Pulitzer Prize. Scahill joins Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzales and MIchael Moore in achieving the successful rise of the alternative media to mainstream impact in the past decade.
→ read full article1,455,590 Iraqis Killed by US War and Occupation
Just Foreign Policy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
The number is shocking and sobering. It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on a scientific study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003.
→ read full articleThe Whistleblower’s Guide to the Orwellian Galaxy: How to Leak to the Press
Nicholas Weaver, Wired – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article ran in Wired Opinion last month (“Hear Ye, Future Deep Throats: This Is How to Leak to the Press”). It has been updated given recent events and reflects the author’s new findings about government recording of mail.
→ read full articleUS-Backed “Rebels” Carry Out Sectarian Massacre in Syria
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
At least 60 people, including women, children and the elderly, were killed in a massacre of Shia Muslims by US-backed “rebels” in eastern Syria Tuesday [11 June 2013]. The slaughter in the village of Hatlah was reported by both the Syrian government and by a London-based human rights group that supports the Western-backed terrorist militias trying to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
→ read full articleGuide to Your Metadata
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Below, explore some of the data collected through activities you do every day. What you can tell using metadata – A case study of the Petraeus scandal.
→ read full articleWATCH: John Oliver Hosts the Daily Show for the First Time
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
“With the NSA scandal the Amish must feel really smart right now.”
Hilarious!
Israel Moving Ahead with 1,000 New Settler Homes
Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Israel is moving forward with plans to build more than 1,000 homes in two small isolated Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday [13 June 2013], as Palestinian officials complained that Israel is undercutting U.S. peace efforts at a sensitive time. The announcement drew swift U.S. condemnation.
→ read full articleWhat is the Government’s Agenda?
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Germans in the Third Reich and Soviet citizens in the Stalin era had a better idea of their government’s agendas than do “freedom and democracy” Americans today. The American people are the most uninformed people in modern history.
→ read full articleGeneral and Complete Disarmament in 50 Years on the Basis of Global Harmony
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
A Global Harmony Association Constant Petition to the UN to Collect 1 Million Signatures by September 21, 2013 – International Peace Day. PLEASE HELP THE WORLD BY SIGNING THE PETITION http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Global_Disarmament_Now_1/.
→ read full articleEdward Snowden and Whistleblowers: ‘The Truth Sets You Free’
Interviews by Leo Benedictus, Leo Hickman and Richard Norton-Taylor – The Guardian,
17 Jun 2013
Edward Snowden’s leaks about the NSA’s electronic surveillance make him one of the most damaging whistleblowers in history. But what drives loyal employees to reveal the truth? And how do they live with the backlash?
→ read full articleMy Creeping Concern That the NSA Leaker Is Not Who He Purports To Be…
Naomi Wolf – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
I hate to do this but I feel obligated to share, as the story unfolds, my creeping concern that the NSA leaker is not who he purports to be, and that the motivations involved in the story may be more complex than they appear to be.
→ read full articleGMO and Monsanto: Glyphosate Weed Killer Found in Human Urine across Europe
Friends of the Earth Europe – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
People in 18 countries across Europe have been found to have traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their urine, show the results of tests commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe and released today [13 June 2013].
→ read full articleNONKILLING: A New Force for a Peaceful World
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Rhymed Reflections
→ read full articleThe International Criminal Court’s Africa Problem
Solomon Dersso – Al Jazeera,
17 Jun 2013
The ICC’s current list of cases puts into question the international character of the ICC, giving credence to descriptions of the court as being the “International Criminal Court for Africa”. “Its name notwithstanding, the ICC is rapidly turning into a Western court to try African crimes against humanity”.
→ read full articleSpecial Rapporteur’s Report on Occupied Palestine, 10 June 2013
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
What follows below is the text of the report presented on 10 June 2013 to the Human Rights Council. It offers an overview of the situation from the perspective of human rights and international humanitarian law in occupied Palestine. Both Israel and the United States boycotted the session, presumably to express their displeasure with the report and my role as Special Rapporteur.
→ read full articleGaza: 7th Year of Unlawful Blockade (UN HRC SR Press Release)
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
I am posting a press release of yesterday, 14 June 2013, to take note of the start of the seventh year of the Israeli blockade. After the Mavi Marmara incident, 31 May 2010 and the more recent November ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Gaza government there was an undertaking to ease the blockade with respect to the flow back and forth of people and goods, but the situation remains desperate for the civilian population of Gaza.
→ read full articleIndependent UN Panel Calls for Diplomatic Surge to End ‘Daily Reality’ of War Crimes in Syria
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2013
4 June 2013 – With Syria engulfed in an escalating and increasingly brutal civil war, a panel of United Nations human rights experts today issued its latest report on the crisis, detailing war crimes it says were committed by both the Syrian Government and opposition forces, and calling for a “diplomatic surge” to end the violence.
→ read full articleThe Path to Peace in Syria
Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2013
Response to the UNHRC Report, “Independent UN Panel Calls for Diplomatic Surge to End ‘Daily Reality’ of War Crimes in Syria” – I want first of all to thank Mrs. Navi Pilay, High Commissioner for Human Rights for her valuable presence in this side event. We are sure that this path for peace is first of all interior, between Syrians and Syrians. To stop the foreign interference, to stop fuelling weapons and fighters, to stop the chain of hatred and radicalization is the path.
→ read full article1,000 US Troops Arrive in Jordan for Deployment at Syria Border
PressTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2013
The Israeli military intelligence website DEBKAfile has reported that 1,000 U.S troops from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Force arrived at the southern Jordanian port of Aqaba on Tuesday [4 June 2013] and made their way to the north of the country under heavy Jordanian military escort.
→ read full articleSyria: UN Report Reveals Opposition Crimes
Johannes Stern, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2013
A UN report presented yesterday [4 June 2013] by the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria in Geneva represents a devastating indictment of the United States and Europe and their regional allies, who have fueled a sectarian-based civil war in Syria for more than two years to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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