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Norman Finkelstein – Political Scientist
BBC HARD Talk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
May 2012 – What happens if American Jews fall out of love with Israel? That’s what the Jewish American academic Norman Finkelstein claims is happening. He says they are now so unhappy with what Israel is doing that they want to distance themselves from the country.
→ read full articleScientific Gerrymandering of Boundaries of Overpopulation Debate
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Review of the Royal Society Report – The Royal Society has published the results of a study, by a very distinguished group, on the population challenge of humanity (People and the Planet, 2012). The approach is introduced as follows:
→ read full articleAfrica Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future
United Nations Development Programme – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
The 2012 Human Development Report for Africa explores why dehumanizing hunger remains pervasive in the region, despite abundant agricultural resources, a favorable growing climate, and rapid economic growth rates. It also emphasizes that food security – the ability to consistently acquire enough calories and nutrients for a healthy and productive life – is essential for human development.
→ read full articleMeeting of the Portuguese Movement for the Abolition of Bullfighting with the Prime Minister
MFAB – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Last Tuesday, May 8th, the Portuguese movement for the abolition of bullfighting lived an historic moment when it was received by the Portuguese Prime-Minister at the headquarters of the Portuguese Government, the Palace of S. Bento.
→ read full articleIndia: End Intimidation of Peaceful Protesters at Nuclear Site
Human Rights Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Indian authorities should drop sedition cases against peaceful protesters opposed to the construction of a nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu state. At least 3,500 people are facing police investigations into allegations of sedition and “waging war” against the state for protesting against the plant in Kudankulam. Human Rights Watch urged the Indian parliament to repeal the colonial-era sedition law, which has frequently been used by authorities around the country to silence dissent.
→ read full articleAn Urgent Appeal to the Conscience of the Nation on Koodankulam
Many – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
This appeal is a reflection of our collective frustration and instead of being sent to the Govt, it will be presented before people of India.
VANDANA SHIVA to release the appeal in New Delhi: India Gate, Sunday May 20th, 2012 at 6 pm.
BINAYAK SEN, ANAND PATWARDHAN to release the appeal in Mumbai: Chaityabhoomi, Dadar, Mumbai, Sunday May 20th, 2012 at 6:30 pm.
(Italian) Brindisi. Una bomba contro la cultura nonviolenta
Silvia Berruto – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Bomba a Brindisi
Contro studentesse, contro la scuola e contro la cultura delle libertà nonviolente
Learning from the Irish Hunger Strikes of 1981 and the Palestinian Challenge
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
John Hurson in Ireland has been keenly conscious of the affinities between the historic Irish hunger strike of 1981 and the ongoing Palestinian hunger strikes. He has travelled to Gaza on several occasions on humanitarian aid convoys, and is the founder of the on line Gaza TV News service. I suggested that we collaborate on an article that might recall the Irish experience, especially the parallels and the potential implications for the future of the Palestinian struggle.
→ read full articleIn Kudankalum under the banyan tree: Aswath Vriksha
Theresa Wolfwood – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
A Poem for the Women of Kudankalum Village
“I am Banyan, tree among trees” – Bhagavad Gita
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John Pilger Speaks @ Marxism 2012
marxismconference – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
Pilger: “Marxism in Melbourne is now Australia’s premier festival of debate and free speech on issues that are either excluded from or suppressed by the mass media: issues such as the government’s agenda for Indigenous Australians, Palestine and propaganda in its many disguises.”
→ read full articleKoodankulam Protests are Fully Justified
Prashant Bushan, Senior Lawyer Supreme Court of India – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
The Koodankulam protestors are therefore fully justified in agitating against the plant. It is imperative that the government respects their sentiments and fears and immediately suspends work at the plant. It must constitute a credible independent expert committee to examine all the safety issues which have been raised, in a transparent manner with public hearings and not resume work on the plant till all safety issues have been credibly addressed.
→ read full articlePetition to Save the Koodankulam Protesters URGENT PLEASE SIGN
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
Over 6,000 people face prison for their non-violent opposition to the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, India. Now, 330 protesters (302 are women) have commenced an indefinite hunger strike in a last-ditch attempt to save their freedom and stop the nuclear plant — and only our added pressure can force the government to stop this illegal persecution of peaceful protesters. They need your help urgent, PLEASE.
→ read full article(German) Gewaltlose Terroristen? Warum die Proteste gegen den Bau eines Atomkraftwerks in Indien uns alle etwas angehen
Elias Bloch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
Im Süden Indiens protestieren über 10’000 Menschen gegen den Bau eines neuen Atomkraftwerkes. Sie verfahren dabei nach dem Prinzip des Gewaltlosen Widerstandes von Mahatma Gandhi.
→ read full articleHistoric Hunger Strikes: Lightning in the Skies of Palestine
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
Recourse to this desperate tactic of courageous self-sacrifice is an extreme form of nonviolence, and should whenever and wherever it occurs be given close attention. We cannot now know whether these hunger strikes will spark Palestinian resistance in new and creative ways. What we can already say with confidence is that these hunger strikers are writing a new chapter in the story line of resistance sumud, and their steadfastness is for me a Gandhian Moment in the Palestinian struggle.
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Imagine – Songs around the World (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
PlayingForChange – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
This song is the Playing For Change Foundation’s gift to the world.
→ read full articleOPEN LETTER to Indian PM, Authorities
Jørgen Johansen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
A copy of the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on liability secretly signed between the governments of India and Russia must be made available to the project-affected public. Complete and truthful information must be given to the local people and the citizens of India about nuclear waste that would be produced at the Koodankulam plants and its management. Our friends who are still languishing in prison, Muhilan and Sathishkumar, must be released immediately. The local people’s right to protest peacefully and nonviolently against the KKNPP and other related issues must be respected and honored.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Gengibre, um Poderoso Anti-Inflamatório Natural
Bombom, Tia Fatima – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
Gengibre, um poderoso anti-inflamatório e analgésico natural, que não tem contra indicações, segundo o Dr Al Sears.
→ read full articlePalestinian Prisoner Unity
Stephen Lendman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
On May 4 [2012], his [Jonathan S. Tobin’s] Commentary article headlined “Hunger Strikers’ Goal is Not Peace,” saying: “(T)he Palestinian goal is not their own state living in peace beside Israel but the end of the Jewish state and its replacement by one in which Arabs will rule. Palestinians view violence against Israelis as not only a legitimate tactic but also something that is integral to their nation identity.” Tobin wears blinders. History isn’t his long suit.
→ read full articleA Monstrous Proposal
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
Why the private sector should be subject to freedom of information laws.
→ read full articleNew Lawyer
TMS Editor,
14 May 2012
Joe grew up in a small town, then moved away to attend college and law school. He decided to come back to the small town because he could be a big man here.
→ read full article(French) Eldorado Blanc, Fièvre Noire – par Rais Neza Boneza
Kimpa Vita Press & Publishers – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
Communique de Presse – L’auteur Rais Neza Boneza basé en Norvège, est originaire de la région des Grand-Lacs d’Afrique. Il s’ est inspire de ce contexte et son travail en tant que chercheur et praticien sur le question de paix et de la transformation des conflits pour créer une œuvre de fiction et des faits pour amener à la prise de conscience sur le sort des communautés et des simples individus victimes des conflits à l’est du Congo.
→ read full article“Respect India”
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
‘Respect India’ is a call similar to ‘Quit India’ fervently made by the ordinary citizens of India here at Idinthakarai on May 8, 2012. ‘Quit India’ was a civil disobedience movement launched in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Quit India’ speech delivered on August 8, 1942 at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay. Gandhiji’s call for determined, but passive resistance appeared in his appeal to “Do or Die.” India is facing a similar “Do or Die” situation today.
→ read full articleAction Plan to End Banishing of “Witches” in Burkina Faso
Brahima Ouédraogo – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 May 2012
It’s called “the bearing of the body” in Burkina Faso: when a death is deemed suspicious and a group of men carry the corpse through the community, believing the deceased will guide them towards the person responsible for the death. The accused – almost always women – are then chased out of their homes. According to the Ministry for Social Action and National Solidarity, some 600 women across the country have fallen victim to this practice. Most have found precarious shelter at one of 11 centres around the country, run by various non-governmental organisations.
→ read full articleIndia Kudankulam Protest: 23,000 Surrender Voter ID Cards
Indo-Asian News Service – Hindustan Times,
14 May 2012
May 9, 2012 – Around 23,000 people belonging to nine villages in Tamil Nadu have surrendered their voter identity cards to draw attention to the continued neglect of the peaceful protest against the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). The decision to surrender the voter identity cards was taken by PMANE as the central and the state governments remain silent on the indefinite fast undertaken by round 340 people at Idinthakarai for nine days.
→ read full articleBlack Fever, White Eldorado – by Rais Neza Boneza
Kimpa Vita Press & Publishers – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
PRESS RELEASE-Author Rais Neza Boneza is based in Norway; he is originally from the Great-Lakes region of Africa. Now, he taps that background and work as a peace researcher and practitioner to create a work of fiction and fact to bring in the awareness about the plight of people and simple individuals in the conflict-ridden Eastern-Congo.
→ read full articleKoodankulam’s Reserve Water Requirements
Power Engineering – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
NPCIL did not do its homework regarding the availability of fresh water at or near the reactor site before signing a contract worth Rs 13,000 crore with the Russians. They constructed the KKNPP campus in violation of the terms and conditions laid down by the AERB. NPCIL and elements within the Government of India have been spreading misinformation about the safety of the reactor complex. Since the back-up for coolant water is insufcient, the commissioning of the reactor will be a dangerous gamble.
→ read full articleEmpire of Capital
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
Colonialism Never Ended, It Continues by Different Means – Despite its trumpeted reforms, the IMF remains under the control of the US and the former colonial powers. Belgium still has eight times the votes of Bangladesh, Italy a bigger share than India, and the United Kingdom and France between them more voting power than the 49 African members. The managing director remains, as imperial tradition insists, a European, her deputy an American.
→ read full articleJapan to Be Without Nuclear Power for First Time in 42 Years
Fox News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
Japan will be without nuclear power for the first time in 42 years when the country’s last working commercial reactor is switched off Saturday [5 May 2012]. At 5:00pm local time, the Hokkaido Electric Power Company will begin to reduce power at the No. 3 reactor at Tomari nuclear plant, broadcaster NHK reported. Output from the reactor is scheduled to cease completely at 11:00pm before it is brought to a “cold shutdown” at 2:00am Sunday.
→ read full articleDangers of Nuclear Power Generation
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
The exact number of casualties resulting from the Chernobyl meltdown is a matter of controversy, but according to a United Nations report, as many as 9 million people have been adversely affected by the disaster. Since 1986, the rate of thyroid cancer in affected areas has increased ten-fold. An area of 155,000 square kilometers (almost half the size of Italy) in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia is still severely contaminated.
→ read full articleJohan Galtung an Anti-Semite? I Don’t Think So!
Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
I think that Galtung’s main difficulty, in all this brouhaha, has been to speak carelessly and somewhat peremptorily about highly sensitive matters, previously taboo, that require much care and precision of speech in order to avoid arousing post-traumatic fears and giving an impression of insensitivity to people’s basic needs. “An anti-Semite used to be someone who didn’t like Jews. Now it means someone Jews don’t like.”
→ read full article(Italian) Non Siamo Soli Sul Pianeta
Jonathan Metzger – Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
7 May 2012
L’uomo non è solo nell’universo. Questo è uno slogan diffuso tra gli appassionati di ufologia. Di solito viene pronunciato con un vago tono di biasimo, probabilmente per instillare la sensazione inquietante che lassù, da qualche parte, si nasconda un mondo sconosciuto. Un mondo che incombe minaccioso sulle nostre vite, mentre noi, o almeno la maggior parte di noi, non ce ne rendiamo conto.
→ read full articleKeyboard Cops: CISPA
Naomi Wolf – Project Syndicate,
7 May 2012
CISPA is the successor to SOPA, the “anti-piracy” bill that was recently defeated after an outcry from citizens and Internet companies. SOPA, framed by its proponents in terms of protecting America’s entertainment industry from theft, would have shackled content providers and users, and spawned copycat legislation around the world.
→ read full articleOPEN LETTER to: Indian PM, Home Affairs Minister, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
We the undersigned are very concerned over the heavy-handed manner in which the governments of India and Tamil Nadu have treated the non-violent struggle against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. We understand that just between September and December 2011, complaints were registered against more than 55,000 people in just one police station – the Koodankulam police station.
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Political Correctness Gone Mad
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
RT’s Anastasia Churkina reports on the latest examples of political correctness gone wild in the U.S. We examine cases that could be on their way to turning the land of the free into the “United States of ‘I’m Sorry.'”
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American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
Baraka Productions, Ridgen Film & Mohawk Films – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist, activist and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust, an interest motivated by the experiences of his parents who are Jewish Holocaust survivors.
→ read full articleA Putsch against War
Uri Avnery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
In some countries, they arrest the president, occupy government offices and TV stations and annul the constitution. They then publish Communique No. 1, explaining the dire need to save the nation. Not in Israel. In our country we are now seeing a kind of verbal uprising against the elected politicians by a group of current and former army generals, foreign intelligence and internal security chiefs who condemn the government’s threat to start a war against Iran, and some of them condemn the government’s failure to negotiate with the Palestinians for peace.
→ read full articleHunger Strikes at ‘Unsafe’ Nukes Reactor
Blanche Tsetong, NewMatilda – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu, India, will be operational in less than a month, despite a 23-year long protest from nearby villages, including rolling hunger strikes. The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) claims there has been little transparency or public consultation in the building of the plant.
→ read full articleJustice Requires Action to Stop Subjugation of Palestinians
Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace laureate – Tampa Bay Times,
7 May 2012
These are among the hardest words I have ever written. But they are vitally important. Not only is Israel harming Palestinians, but it is harming itself. A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the time has come for similar action to force an end to Israel’s long-standing occupation of Palestinian territory and refusal to extend equal rights to Palestinian citizens who suffer from some 35 discriminatory laws.
→ read full articleDavid Horowitz’s Distortion of Reality and Truth
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
This week the David Horowitz’s Freedom Center perpetrated the same (foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman’s) historical distortion in its NYT advertisement comparing college professors who advocate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the state of Israel to the Nazi government’s persecution of Jews.
→ read full articleIndia, Koodankulam: Hunger Strikers’ Health Deteriorate – Appeal to Return Voter ID Cards
Dr. S.P. Udayakumar, PMANE – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
The indefinite hunger strike has been going on for the past 7 days. Some 25 men have been on the fast since May 1 and 302 women and 10 more men have joined the strike on May 4, 2012. We request all our supporters in Tamil Nadu and the rest of India to return their Voter IDs to the local Tahsildar and express their opposition to the governments and show their solidarity with our campaign. Indians living abroad can return their Voter IDs to the Indian embassies in their respective countries.
→ read full articleStop State Repression against Anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Activists
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
Tamil Nadu, India, 5 May 2012 – The indefinite hunger strike has been going on for the past 5 days. Some 25 men have been on the fast since May 1 and 302 women and 10 more men have joined the strike on May 4, 2012. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION – change.org
→ read full articleUN Rights Expert Raises Alarm Over Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
UN Press Release, Human Rights Council, 2 May 2012 – In extraordinary acts of collective nonviolent resistance to abusive conditions connected to Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestinian territory, more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners began an open-ended hunger strike on 17 April 2012, Palestinian Prisoners Day. This hunger strike is a protest against unjust arrest procedures, arbitrary detention and bad prison conditions.
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Who Is S P Udhayakumar? (Video of the Week)
NDTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
Born in Kanniyakumari district, S P Udhayakumar earned his post-graduation in literature in the US, taught in the university of Minnesota for three years before returning to India in 2001. He runs a school through a trust in his hometown and teaches Peace Studies around the World. A campaigner against nuclear energy for years, the recent Fukushima tragedy struck the right chord with the masses and catapulted him to be the face of the anti-nuclear campaign at Kudankulam. – Kumar is a Convener of the TRANSCEND Network for South Asia.
→ read full articleJeremy Scahill: US Has Become ‘Nation of Assassins’
Common Dreams staff – TRANSCEND Media Servivce,
7 May 2012
US Peace Conference Puts Face to Drone Victims – International law experts, peace activists, journalists and human rights advocates from around the world gathered in Washington, DC over the weekend [29 Apr 2012] to inform the American public about US drone policy and the impact it is having on human populations throughout the world.
→ read full articleCircumcision
TMS Editor,
7 May 2012
Two five year old boys are sitting in a hospital waiting room.
→ read full articleThe Massive Palestinian Hunger Strike: Traveling below the Western Radar
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
Can anyone doubt that if there were more than 1300 hunger strikers in any country in the world other than Palestine, the media in the West would be obsessed with the story? It would be featured day after day, and reported on from all angles, including the severe medical risks associated with such a lengthy refusal to take food.
→ read full articleRemembering Talal Hamseh, Murdered by Wahabbists in Damascus
Robin Edward Poulton – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 May 2012
On April 27 Talal was parking his car when a Syrian terrorist shot him through the head. He was a kind young man, my daughter’s friend. This murder has been proudly displayed on the murderers’ website, a ‘rebel’ trying to overthrow the Syrian regime. Why would we support Sunni Wahabbist terrorists murdering other Muslims, Christians and Alawites?
→ read full articleThe Spear Head of Justice
Thomas L. Are – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
If we can’t see the daily injustice inflicted on the Palestinians then what chance is there for justice anywhere? We might as well give up to a dog eat dog world, every man (and nation) for himself and to hell with the needs and pains of anyone else. The injustice in Palestine is so obvious. In the last two days, Israeli forces have killed at least 15 residents of the Gaza Strip and wounded over 30. Among the dead are two young boys.
→ read full articleThe Plight of Mr. Ordinary Citizen
S. P. Udayakumar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
April 22, 2012 (The Earth Day) From Koodankulam Nonviolent Nuclear Protest, India
Listen to my plight; I am a low class low caste Ordinary Citizen;
And I’m running from pillar to post with a public interest petition
That imported and imposed nuclear reactors threaten to jettison
My community’s livelihood, resources and the very existence.
US ‘Expands Yemen Drone Strikes Policy’
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Barack Obama has approved a new policy shift which allows the Central Intelligence Agency and the US military to launch drone attacks in Yemen when the identity of those who could be killed is not known. The Washington Post, quoting administration officials, said on Thursday [26 Apr 2012] that the US president approved the use of “signature” strikes this month.
→ read full articleIndia: Koodankulam Update Apr 27 2012
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Greetings! Please accept our sincere thanks for your keen interest in our struggle and the kind support for our cause. As you know, we have been fighting against the Koodankulam Nuclear power Project (KKNPP) since the late 1980s. To put it all in a nutshell, this is a classic David-Goliath fight between the ‘ordinary citizens’ of India and the powerful Indian government supported by the rich Indian capitalists, MNCs, imperial powers and the global nuclear mafia.
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Prove Your Charge or Quit: Kudankulam Activist to Indian PM (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
INB Live – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Anti-nuclear activist Uday Kumar criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over his statement that an NGOs based in the United States are fuelling the Kudankulam nuclear plant protests, and asked the Prime Minister either to prove the charge or step down.
→ read full articleA Plea of Pleas for Nonkilling
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Rhymed Reflections Dedicated to the Center for Global Nonkilling
→ read full articleLetter from Swiss Amnesty International to PM of India
Amnesty International - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
As members of Amnesty International Geneva, Switzerland, we are dismayed by the detainment of the Tamil Nadu nuclear plant protesters, the charges of sedition, conspiracy and rioting lodged against many of them, and by the prospect that some of these protesters continue to remain in jail.
→ read full articleMore Palestinian Prisoners Join Hunger Strike
Harriet Sherwood, Ramallah – The Guardian,
30 Apr 2012
26 Apr 2012 – The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has grown to 2,000, with more preparing to join the protest next week, according to human rights groups in the West Bank. The Israeli prison service is taking punitive measures against hunger strikers, including solitary confinement, the confiscation of personal belongings, transfers and denial of family visits, say Palestinian organisations.
→ read full articleYou Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going To Do About It?
John Pilger – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. Turn on your computer and the US Department of Homeland Security’s National Operations Center may monitor whether you are typing not merely “al-Qaeda”, but “exercise”, “drill”, “wave”, “initiative” and “organisation”: all proscribed words.
→ read full articleThe Obama Contradiction: Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad
Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch,
30 Apr 2012
He has few constraints (except those he’s internalized). No one can stop him or countermand his orders. He has a bevy of lawyers at his beck and call to explain the “legality” of his actions. And if he cares to, he can send a robot assassin to kill you, whoever you are, no matter where you may be on planet Earth. He sounds like a typical villain from a James Bond novel.
→ read full articleWhat Everyone Who Uses the Internet Needs To Know About CISPA
Annie-Rose Strasser and Scott Keyes, Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
CISPA’s broad language will likely give the government access to anyone’s personal information with few privacy protections – It supersedes all other provisions of the law protecting privacy – The bill completely exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act – CISPA gives companies blanket immunity from future lawsuits – Citizens have to trust that companies like Facebook won’t share your personal information.
→ read full articleCrucial Dilemma in American Politics
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Although in theory we do have quite a good number of political parties, in practice there are virtually only two for all practical purposes. They are known as Democrats and Republicans, both of which are characterized by extremes. This makes it difficult for the American people in general to really have a clear-cut choice when it comes to elections.
→ read full articleValues for the Future
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
In the world of the future, a future of changed values, women will take their places beside men in positions of responsibility; children will be educated rather than exploited; non-material human qualities, such as kindness, politeness, knowledge and musical and artistic ability will be valued more highly; and people will derive a larger part of their pleasure from conversation and from the appreciation of unspoiled nature.
→ read full articleDealing in Death: The Battle against the UK Arms Trade
Barnaby Pace – Open Democracy,
30 Apr 2012
The UK is a centre of the international arms trade. Despite moral and legal outcry, Cameron’s recent visit to Indonesia demonstrates the continuing political commitment to the industry. Means of resisting the Government’s close ties with the international companies that profit from war.
→ read full articleAusterities: “Politics Is at the Root of the Problem”
Joseph Stiglitz, Economics Nobel Laureate – The European,
30 Apr 2012
“The question of social protection does not have to do with the structure of production. It has to do with social cohesion or solidarity. That is why I am also very critical of Draghi’s argument at the European Central Bank that social protection has to be undone. There are no grounds upon which to base that argument. The countries that are doing very well in Europe are the Scandinavian countries – they all have strong social protection and they are all growing.”
→ read full articleMemories Conscious and Subconscious
Johan Galtung, 30 Apr 2012 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Two kinds of memories serve politics: glories and traumas. The glories–victory, liberation, constitution–are celebrated as the birth of a nation. The traumas–defeat, invasion-occupation, decline and fall–are surrounded with the oath NEVER AGAIN! We are guided not only by future goals, but also by past memories. They set the discourse, the frame for what happens. Anybody attacking the USA on US territory invokes Pearl Harbor; 9/11 is then sedimented on top of that, tripling the response should there ever be one more. Better know the wounds imprinted on the collective soul
→ read full articleA History of the World, BRIC by BRIC
Pepe Escobar - TomDispatch,
30 Apr 2012
Neoliberal Dragons, Eurasian Wet Dreams, and Robocop Fantasies – The multitrillion-dollar global question remains: Is the emergence of BRICS a signal that we have truly entered a new multipolar world?
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Gulf of Mexico Seafood Deformities Alarm Scientists
Dahr Jamail – Al Jazeera,
30 Apr 2012
It’s almost two years since BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, scientists say they have found deformities among seafood and a great decline in the numbers of marine life.
→ read full articleNuclear Energy and Democracy
MV Ramana and Suvrat Raju – Al Jazeera,
30 Apr 2012
For six months, protesters in Koodankulam, India have physically stopped construction of a nuclear plant.
→ read full article‘They’re Killing Us’: World’s Most Endangered Tribe Cries For Help
Gethin Chamberlain – The Observer,
30 Apr 2012
“It is not just the destruction of the land; it is the violence,” said Watson. “I have talked to Awá people who have survived massacres. I have interviewed Awá who have seen their families shot in front of them. There are immensely powerful people against them. The land-grabbers use pistoleros to clear the land.
→ read full article“There Are Marxists in India?”
Robert Jensen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
While there certainly are no shortages of capitalists, there are still lots of Marxists in India, as well as communist parties that have won state elections. Patnaik represents the best thinking and practice of those left traditions — both the academic Marxism that provides a framework for critique of economics, and the political Marxism that proposes public policies — which is why I was so excited to talk with him about lessons to be learned from the current economic crisis.
→ read full articleUS Arms Sales to Latin America by Country
Just the Facts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
U.S. Arms and Equipment Sales, All Programs, Entire Region, 2005-2010
→ read full articleIn Support of Ongoing Nuclear Power Satyagraha Protest in Koodankulam-India
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Although the world’s media have given it scant attention, it is important for all of us to follow the nonviolent mass resistance movement against the nuclear power plant construction in Koodankulam village, Tamil Nadu, India. It has built up steadily into a nonviolent mass action, with about 10,000 people resisting the imposition of the plant in their backyard. The leader of the movement faces 98 spurious charges including sedition, treason, terrorism and attempted murder.
→ read full articleBlamed for Bee Collapse, Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm
Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Monsanto, the massive biotechnology company being blamed for contributing to the dwindling bee population, has bought up one of the leading bee collapse research organizations. It appears that when Monsanto cannot answer for their environmental devastation, they buy up a company that may potentially be their ‘experts’ in denying any such link between their crops and the bee decline.
→ read full articleCircumcision
TMS Editor,
30 Apr 2012
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?”
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Johan Galtung: How Do You Define Peace?
Al Jazeera | The Stream – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Is US global dominance in decline? Discussing the future of geopolitics with Johan Galtung.
→ read full articleOpening the Other Eye: Charles Taylor and Selective Criminal Accountability
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
From all that we know Charles Taylor deserves to be held criminally accountable for his role in the atrocities committed in Sierra Leone during the period 1998-2002. But there are some elements of this conviction that feed the suspicion that the West is up to its old tricks of seizing the high moral ground while pursuing economic and geopolitical goals that obstruct the political independence and sovereignty of countries that were once their colonies.
→ read full article65 Egypt Prisoners Go On Hunger Strike in Israel
Mohamed Abdel Salam - Bikya Masr,
23 Apr 2012
65 Egyptian prisoners in Israeli jails began a open-ended hunger strike, according to a report by the Israeli Yedioth Ahronot, quoted by Egypt’s state-owned news agency MENA on Tuesday [17 Apr 2012].
→ read full articleA New Mali Federation?
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Since the fall of northern Mali to the forces of the Tuareg at the end of March 2012, the situation has grown in complexity. Can a new Mali Federation of the two sections of the current Mali work better than the earlier Federation of Mali? With good will and imagination, federalist structures should be able to be worked out. Yet there are times when good will and imagination are in short supply.
→ read full articleCreativity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Where is Creativity?
→ read full articleChoosing a President for the World Bank: West Centrism Prevails over Global Democracy
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
This post seeks to use the selection of an American as the new President of the World Bank both to expose the fraudulent claim of a merit-based selection process and to insist indirectly that the future peace and justice of the world requires a more democratic and legitimate structure of global governance that reflects the post-colonial rise of the non-West, a rise that is not reflected in antiquated structures that persist despite changed conditions.
→ read full articleA Really Bad Day
TMS Editor,
23 Apr 2012
There was this sad-looking guy at a bar, just staring at his drink, for about half an hour.
→ read full articleNobel Laureate Not Attending World Summit of Peace Laureates in the US
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
I cannot, in good conscience, be part of a partnership with the US government and by association with NATO. I also believe that my participation in such an event would compromise my position and put in jeopardy my work in the Middle East and other countries.
→ read full articleTranscending Simplistic Binary Contractual Relationships
Anthony Judge – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
What Is Hindering Their Exploration? – There are numerous examples of territorial and boundary disputes around the globe. These are readily described in the simplest binary form — “that land belongs to us” and “not true, it belongs to us” (Us and Them: Relating to Challenging Others, 2009). The debates on these matters may last for years, typically highlighted by sporadic bouts of violence and threats of violence.
→ read full articleNobel Laureate Praised For Not Attending US Summit
Antonio C. S. Rosa, TMS Editor,
23 Apr 2012
Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who was awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in Northern Ireland, invited to attend the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago, has canceled her trip because of a statement by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the State Department is an Active Partner in the summit. The Nobel Summit is hooked up to the NATO Summit in Chicago. Critics of the Nobel Prize and of NATO applauded Maguire’s decision:
→ read full articleThe Grand Prix, Western Hypocrisy and the Gulf States
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey - Pravda,
23 Apr 2012
Ahead of the Formula One race this weekend, arrests and cases of torture by the authorities have been rife, the use of shotguns against civilians has been widespread. Illegally detained citizens protesting against the murderous regime in Bahrain are denied access to lawyers and due legal process. Pre-dawn raids, discharging of firearms, detention in medieval conditions, torture chambers… never mind. Bahrain is cool. So, where is the invasion? Where are the special forces? Where is the demonology in the media? Nowhere, of course.
→ read full articleUnplugging Americans from the Matrix
Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Americans, the British, and Western Europeans are accustomed to thinking of themselves as the representatives of freedom, democracy, and morality in the world. The West passes judgment on the rest of the world as if the West is God and the rest of the world are barbarians in need of chastisement, invasion, and occupation.
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Johan Galtung Reflects on Norwegian Massacre, Afghan War (Part 1) (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Amy Goodman – Democracy NOW!,
23 Apr 2012
Today [17 Apr 2012] is the second day of the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the anti-Muslim Norwegian militant who massacred 77 people last summer. in a shooting spree at a summer youth camp on an island organized by the ruling Labour Party. As the trial continues in Norway, we are joined by Norwegian sociologist and mathematician, Johan Galtung who is regarded as the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. His granddaughter was on the island when Breivik attacked.
→ read full articleIndia: PMANE Announces Indefinite Hunger Strike from May 1, 2012
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy-PMANE plans to resume indefinite hunger strike from May 1, 2012, International Workers’ Day, in protest to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project-KKNPP in Tamil Nadu. More than 56,000 people have been charged with false cases until December 31, 2011 including some 6,000 sedition cases. No step has been taken to withdraw all the false charges; instead, fresh murder charges are framed against the leaders of the PMANE falsely.
→ read full articleUS-Israel War on Iran: The Myth of Limited Warfare
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Washington and Tel Aviv claim and appear to believe that their planned assault on Iran will be a “limited war”, targeting limited objectives and lasting a few days or weeks – with no serious consequences.
→ read full articleThe Titanic as an Allegory
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
On top are the enormously rich, enjoying a life of unprecedented luxury; below, the poor. But rich and poor alike are in the same boat, headed for disaster – surrounded by the miracles of our technology, but headed for a disastrous collision with environmental forces, the forces of nature that we have neglected in our pride and arrogance.
→ read full articleYusuf Islam on Music and Faith
Malika Bilal – Al Jazeera,
23 Apr 2012
Artist once known as Cat Stevens explains why he left music, why he returned and why his latest project tops the rest.
→ read full articleIceland’s President Explains Why the World Needs To Rethink Its Addiction to Finance
Adam Taylor – Business Insider,
23 Apr 2012
April 15, 2012 — Here’s the full transcript of our interview with Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who has been President of Iceland since 1996, and announced last month he would be running for a fifth term. Keep reading to hear his thoughts on Iceland’s recovery, and how a large financial sector can ruin a nation.
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(Spanish with English subtitles) Iceland Forgives Mortgage Debt of Its Population
telesurenglish – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
The government of Iceland has forgiven the mortgage debt for much of its population. This nation chose a very different way of stopping the crisis from the rest of European countries. It decided to hear the requests of the population and to put politicians and bankers on the bench of the accused three years after their financial excesses would sank one of the most prosperous economies in 2008.
→ read full articleThe Hidden Face of Indian Democracy
Sumeet Grover - The Huffington Post,
23 Apr 2012
Every day the police beat some of these non-violent protesters, file legal cases against shop-keepers for not opening their shops in protest, and force fishermen to go by the sea to send out a message of normalism to the world. Meanwhile, hundreds still remain arrested for demanding transparency and democratic involvement, and the government has filed legal cases of “waging a war against the State” against its non-violent leaders. Is this not déjà vu? China or Burma?
→ read full articleEuropean Airlines Silence Palestine Protest
Jillian Kestler-D’Amours – Inter Press Service-IPS,
23 Apr 2012
As 60 percent of the international activists set to land at Ben Gurion airport Sunday [15 Apr 2012] had their plane tickets cancelled, organisers of the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ fly-in campaign condemned what they say is European complicity in Israel’s illegal restrictions on their right to travel freely.
→ read full article(Castellano) A Coruña: El Concello Retira la Ayuda a los Toros y Solo Habrá Feria si se Autofinancia
G. Malvido & Á. Fernández – La Opinión A Coruña,
23 Apr 2012
El Gobierno local suspende la ayuda a la feria taurina que, cada año durante las dos últimas décadas, se ha desarrollado en agosto. El portavoz municipal, Julio Flores, no descarta que llegue a haber corridas en verano, aunque, eso sí, tendrán que realizarse a cargo de la empresa organizadora y no con dinero público.
→ read full articleGetting Away With Murder
Committee to Protect Journalists – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Special Report – CPJ’s 2012 Impunity Index Spotlights Countries Where Journalists Are Slain and Killers Go Free
→ read full articleWomen Power vs Nuclear Power in Kudankulam
NDTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Despite prohibitory orders, hundreds of women gathered at the Kudankulam nuclear plant site to protest against the plant. Many protesters were arrested. The women say they fear for the lives of their children and will not allow any work at the nuclear plant.
→ read full articleCISPA Will Give the US Unprecedented Access, Internet Privacy Advocates Warn
Dominic Rushe – The Guardian,
23 Apr 2012
Washington looks set to wave through new cybersecurity legislation next week [23 Apr 2012] that opponents fear will wipe out decades of privacy protections at a stroke. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa) will be discussed in the House of Representatives next week and already has the support of 100 House members.
→ read full articleJulian Assange’s “The World Tomorrow” Premiere: Hassan Nasrallah
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Hezbollah urged the Syrian opposition to engage in dialogue with Assad’s regime, but they refused. Hezbollah leader Sayyid Nasrallah confirmed this in his first interview in six years, the world premiere of Julian Assange’s ‘The World Tomorrow’ on RT.
→ read full articleCases against Koodankulam Protestors a Parody of Law: Fact Finding Team
Battleground Koodankulam – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Just between 10 Sep 2011 and 23 Dec 2011, the Police had filed 107 FIRs against 55,795 people. Of this, 6,800 have been charged with “sedition” and/or “waging war against the State,” perhaps the largest ever number in British or independent India for one police station. The recent FIR alleging “attempt to murder” by S.P. Udayakumar, V. Pushparayan and other leaders was fabricated and designed to malign the peaceful movement and its leaders.
→ read full articleNo Magic Solutions for the Extinction of Species that Produce Our Air, Water and Water
Stephen Leahy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Is There a Middle Ground Between Economic Interests, Livelihoods and Conservation? An exclusive interview with Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
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