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(Italian) Aosta 25 Aprile 2010. Lettura Collettiva Della Costituzione Della Repubblica Italiana
Silvia Berruto, antifascista – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
Nell’ambito del progetto culturale Collettivamente memoria 2010
→ read full articleThe “Evil Guys List”? “Free Journalism” in the Service of US Foreign Policy
F. William Engdahl – Global Research,
10 May 2010
An organization calling itself Reporters Without Borders (RWB; French: Reporters sans frontières, or RSF) has just named Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, China’s President Hu Jintao, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to their list of Forty Worst Predators of Press Freedom for 2010. Most significant about their list of ‘bad guys’ is the geopolitical relation of those leaders and those countries to the current ‘enemies list’ of the US State Department. That is no accident, as becomes clear when we look more closely at who funds RWB.
→ read full articleBP: Billionaire Polluter
Amy Goodman - Truthdig,
10 May 2010
Less than a week after British Petroleum unleashed what could be the worst industrial environmental disaster in U.S. history, the company announced more than $6 billion in profits.
→ read full articleG.W. Russell (1867-1935): “The highest minds building one upon another”
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full articleJapanese
Dietrich Fischer - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
A Japanese airline stewardess told the passengers on landing…
→ read full articleNon-Violence Needs Women
Asma Asfour – Common Ground,
10 May 2010
Palestinian women as Palestinian citizens have much to say in this context. They are the ones who raise men. Partly because they are mothers, women are the real partners in building the future state. In addition, women—who are arguably naturally more predisposed to non-violence—could exercise significant pressure to stop internal violence first and then to form a common vision towards the future state.
→ read full articleAnother Battle of Okinawa
Chalmers Johnson – Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2010
Despite protests, the U.S. insists on going ahead with plans for a new military base on the island.
→ read full articleMaking a Difference Makes You Happy
Tim Kasser – Yes! Magazine,
10 May 2010
A series of studies find that activism brings pleasant emotions, greater life satisfaction, and more experiences of freedom, competence, and connection to others.
→ read full articleThe Next 9/11—Made in Israel?
Maidhc Ó Cathail – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
Citing the possibility of a terrorist organization getting hold of a nuclear weapon as the greatest threat to U.S. security, Barack Obama persuaded 46 other countries at the recent Nuclear Security Summit to agree to secure the world’s loose nuclear material. Those leaders who came to Washington might have done more to avert a nuclear attack, however, if they had asked the U.S. President to account for America’s own loose nukes.
→ read full articleColombia: State Terror in the Name of Peace
Prof. James Petras - ICH,
10 May 2010
The first casualty of state terror is the corruption of language, the invention of euphemisms, where words mean their opposite and slogans cover great crimes: There is no longer a world consensus that condemns crimes against humanity. This is because mass murder and assassinations secure investor ‘confidence’, because Indians are dispossessed so the mines can be exploited; oil workers disappear so the petroleum will flow; and the international financial press praises the success of el Presidente for “pacifying the country”.
→ read full articleBee Catastrophe: 1/3 of Colonies Died This Winter, Worries Grow About Terminal Decline
Alison Benjamin - The Observer UK,
10 May 2010
Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter.
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Global Food Bubble on the Way?
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
Jayati Ghosh: We have to ban finance speculation that does not physically hold food commodities.
→ read full articleUnited Nations World Press Freedom Day
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
Not a column this week but a podcast, by the UN, to mark World Press Freedom Day, with fellow guests Jenny Manrique, a Colombian journalist, and Brendan O’Malley, journalist and author of UNESCO’s 2010 Education Under Attack report.
→ read full article(Castellano) Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en resolución A/RES 62/90 ha proclamado al año 2010 como Año Internacional para el Acercamiento de Culturas, “para promover el respeto universal y la observancia y protección de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales”. Así, nos complacemos en presentar los esfuerzos creativos de personas que han ayudado a crear puentes de comprensión entre culturas.
→ read full articleA Middle East Peace That Could Happen (But Won’t)
Noam Chomsky - TomDispatch,
3 May 2010
In Washington-Speak, “Palestinian State” Means “Fried Chicken”
→ read full article(Italian) Amnesty International e Idea Rom
Silvia Berruto, gagé engage – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2010
La conoscenza e il diritto alla base delle idee per una convivenza civile.
→ read full articleThe Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners
John J. Mearsheimer – Al Jazeera,
3 May 2010
The following is an excerpt from the The Hisham Sharabi Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor John Mearsheimer at the Palestine Center in Washington D.C. on April 29, 2010. …There is going to be a Greater Israel between the Jordan and the Mediterranean. In fact, I would argue that it already exists. But who will live there and what kind of political system will it have?
→ read full article(Castellano) Un Nuevo Movimiento Sobre el Cambio Climático
Naomi Klein - TeleSur,
3 May 2010
El gobierno boliviano arrancó las discusiones proponiendo cuatro grandes ideas: que se debería otorgar derechos a la naturaleza, que protejan de la aniquilación a los ecosistemas (una declaración universal de los derechos de la madre tierra), (un tribunal de justicia climática), y que debería haber un mecanismo para que la gente en el mundo exprese sus puntos de vista sobre estos temas (un referéndum mundial de los pueblos sobre cambio climático).
→ read full articleThe Insanities of Our Time
Fidel Castro Ruz – Climate and Capitalism,
3 May 2010
“The greatest contradiction of our time is the ability of our species to destroy itself, and its inability to govern itself.”
→ read full articleBrazil Takes Centre-Stage
Marwan Bishara – Al Jazeera,
3 May 2010
It is rare that you see an optimistic country in these dire times. But Brazil is flying high when many are landing or crashing.
→ read full articleCochabamba’s Message: Let the People Speak
Janet Redman – Yes! Magazine,
3 May 2010
The World People’s Conference on Climate Change held last week in Bolivia was an experiment in replacing the less-than-democratic UN process with one that invites public participation. Janet Redman, one of the drafters of the People’s Accord, explains the difference between Copenhagen and Cochabamba.
→ read full articleKenneth Rexroth (1905-1982): The Poetry of Relevance
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full articleTony Blair, Very Close to Being Indicted for War Crimes
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky – Global Research,
3 May 2010
While on a speaking engagement in Malaysia organized by “Success Resources Company”, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was the object of an articulate protest movement demanding his indictment for war crimes. This was no ordinary protest. Tony Blair has been accused of war crimes in a legal initiative led by the country’s former Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
→ read full articleHow the Western Media Promotes a Mistaken View of the World
Ramzy Baroud – Global Research,
3 May 2010
Media channels – especially those dispatching their news from various Western capitals – focus not simply on sensational news, but they also intentionally sensationalize news, and purposely relay the news so as to be understood within Western contexts. Thus ‘democracy’, ‘elections’, ‘government restrictions’ and ‘terrorism’ are the usual buzzwords. Sadly, the south is also stereotyped in the south itself. Newspapers in non-Western societies depend on coverage provided by Western news agencies for their international news. An Indonesian friend recently commended on my ‘bravery’ for going to South Africa. For him, South Africa is just ‘Africa,’ where ‘primitive’ people, along with lions and other wild animals prey on innocent white tourists. Thank you, Hollywood, for perfecting the art of stereotype.
→ read full articleStingy
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2010
A beggar walked up to a well‑dressed woman shopping on Fifth Avenue in New York and said,
→ read full articleGaza’s Calm Determination
Norman Finkelstein – The Electronic Intifada,
3 May 2010
To preserve my sense of purpose, and keep the Palestine struggle from becoming a lifeless abstraction, I need periodically to recharge my moral batteries by reconnecting with the actual people living under occupation and by witnessing firsthand the unfolding tragedy.
→ read full articleIndegenous Peoples’ Declaration – World Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Many Authors – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2010
Mother Earth can live without us, but we can’t live without her. We, the Indigenous Peoples, nations and organizations from all over the world, gathered at the World Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, from April 19th to 22nd, 2010 in Tiquipaya, Cochabamba, Bolivia, after extensive discussions, express the following:
→ read full articleDeveloping Nations Gain Clout at World Bank – Depending on Your Math
Matthew Berger - IPS,
3 May 2010
Developing countries will have a slightly larger say at the World Bank under an agreement reached at the institution’s spring meetings this weekend. But some groups are challenging whether the shift in voting shares is as large as it should be – or as large as the bank says it is.
→ read full articleHow Do Wars End?
Johan Galtung, 3 May 2010 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2010
Gone are the old days when might was right and unconditional surrender was the end of a 141-year unbroken chain of US wars, from 1812–the final battle in the War of Independence– to 1953, the Korean war armistice. And gone are the days when might was a sign of divine mandate, God is behind. Among christians God may favor the mightiest. Among muslims, perhaps. But certainly not across that divide. Gone are the days of direct battle heroism. Sitting at a computer in the Pentagon directing drones, or in a cockpit at 44,000 feet hitting “coordinates”, in favor of pure cowardice. Or, rather: the risks change with the war. When more commit suicide than are killed in the field reality has changed. Confronted with a choice between a very elusive victory, defeat, and flight, conflict resolution might grow in attractiveness.
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US Military Enforces Attacks on Haitian Unions
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2010
Didier Dominique: US military helping to repress organizing of textile workers’ unions in Haiti.
→ read full articleThe NATO Nuisance
William Pfaff - Truthdig,
3 May 2010
Large and firmly implanted bureaucratic organizations are almost impossible to kill, even when they have no reason to continue to exist, as NATO has not since the Soviet Union, communism and the Warsaw Pact all collapsed.
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The Fight against Israeli “Impunity”
TMS Editor,
3 May 2010
How universal jurisdiction is used as a tool to bring to court Israeli leaders accused of war crimes.
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Japan’s PM Denies Washington Post Report about US Military in Okinawa
MoxNewsDotCom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Prime Minister Hatoyama denies that an agreement has been reached with US authorities regarding the relocation of the US military base in Okinawa. The base remains unwelcome by the Japanese people and government.
→ read full articleBolivia’s Fight for Survival Can Help Save Democracy Too
Naomi Klein – The Guardian,
26 Apr 2010
The people’s summit to tackle climate change is a radical, transformative response to the failure of the Copenhagen club.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Dia da Terra: Conferência Propõe Referendo Mundial
Esquerda.net – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
A Conferência de Cochabamba vai anunciar uma campanha para um referendo a realizar no dia da Terra, a 22 de Abril de 2011, sobre a criação dum tribunal internacional de justiça climática.
→ read full articleCochabamba’s New Direction
Jason Negrón-Gonzales – Yes! Magazine,
26 Apr 2010
Leaving Cochabamba, there is a real sense in the air that our real work lies in front of us.
→ read full articleTougher Cap and Trade Legislation
GRIT TV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
The Nation magazine Environmental Correspondent Mark Hertsgaard sits down with GRITtv’s Laura Flanders to talk about the environmental movement and the current climate legislation. Flanders is pessimistic that the current bill will actually reduce emissions. Hertsgaard agrees that the loopholes in the bill will make it difficult to actually cap emissions: “Cap and trade could work if you get tough legislation but that is a very big if in the United States of America,” Hertsgaard says.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley on their courageous Israeli Divestment Bill
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
There is nothing anti-Semitic in taking this stand, and those of us who will continue to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, until Israel changes its illegal policies, are not anti-Semitic, but pro-peace and advocates for genuine democracy and human rights for all people.
→ read full articleAPRIL 28: Associated Students of UC Berkeley Vote to Divest From Companies That Profit From Israeli Occupation of Palestine
Dana Bergen, Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Every so often, we get a moment when a remarkable future starts to unfold before our eyes. And when it happens, it’s our responsibility to do everything within our power to help it along. One of those moments is happening right now, unbeknownst to most of the world, on the University of California’s Berkeley campus.
→ read full articleThe Climate’s Second Chance
Tupac Saavedra and Lauren Rosenfeld - YES! Magazine,
26 Apr 2010
In Bolivia, indigenous people and grassroots groups are creating a second chance to stand up to climate change.
→ read full articleInterview with Carlos Latuff
Kourosh Ziabari – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
“I don’t trade ideology for money.” The hero of “freedom of speech”, boycotted by the corporate, mainstream media that are irresistible against the astringent truth: this is the most precise and accurate introduction which I can present about Carlos Latuff.
→ read full article(Castellano) Los Derechos del Hombre y la Tierra
Eduardo Galeano – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Mensaje del autor de Las Venas abiertas de América Latina a los asistentes a la Cumbre de la Madre Tierra que se celebra en Bolivia, como alternativa a la Cumbre sobre el Cambio Climático en Copenhague.
→ read full articleThe BRIC Summit
Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
BRIC, in spite of its weakness or differences among members, no doubt will play a significant role in international politics. The coming of the countries together is no mean achievement, and on various issues like Iran, United Nations, Bretton Woods structures, climate change, etc. the grouping has already been vociferous. The clout of BRIC as a significant multilateral body is bound to be reckoned with.
→ read full article(Portuguese) Direitos Humanos e Direitos da Terra
Eduardo Galeano – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Mensagem do autor de “As Veias Abertas da América Latina’ aos participantes da Reunião de Cúpula da Mãe Terra que se realiza na Bolívia como alternativa à Reunião de Cúpula sobre a mudanca climática em Copenhagen.
→ read full articleOndra Lysohorsky (1905—1989)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. Thus we are pleased to present the creative efforts of individuals who have helped to create bridges of understanding among cultures.
→ read full articleIndonesia: Lies, Non-Truths and the Path to Peace
ANU News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Lies, non-truths and a corrupt military have all played key roles in Indonesia’s transition from an unstable, violent state to a relatively peaceful democracy. This contradicts the idea that truth and transparency are always vital ingredients in fostering peace. That’s the argument made in the first of a series of books from a 20-year study of global peacebuilding efforts that is being undertaken at The Australian National University.
→ read full article(Portuguese) BRIC: Rumo a Um Mundo Multilateral, Mais Democrático e Justo
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey - Pravda,
26 Apr 2010
Os líderes do Brasil, Rússia, Índia e RP China, as quatro maiores economias emergentes, estiveram reunidos esta quinta-feira [15 Apr 2010] para a Segunda Cúpula BRIC em Brasilia. Os assuntos discutidos foram maioritariamente económicos, com as áreas de energia e infra-estruturas de maior relevo.
→ read full articleUS To Launch Secret ‘Space Warplane’
PressTV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Since the nature of the project is shrouded in mystery, defense analysts allege that the US military is building the first generation of US ‘space Predator drones’ that will build up the United States’ space armada, the Christian Science Monitor wrote in a recent article.
→ read full articleCochabamba, the Water Wars and Climate Change
Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Bolivian President Evo Morales calls Cochabamba the heart of Bolivia. It was here, 10 years ago this month, that, as one observer put it, “the first rebellion of the 21st century” took place. In what was dubbed the Water Wars, people from around Bolivia converged on Cochabamba to overturn the privatization of the public water system.
→ read full articleJapanese Rally against US Air Base
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
On the eve of the protest, the Washington Post said the Japanese government had indicated it would broadly accept the 2006 pact. But the government denied that on Saturday [24 April 2010], with [Prime Minister] Hatoyama repeating his objection to the 2006 plan. “The report is not true … We cannot accept the existing plan,” he said.
→ read full articleApartheid Is Alive and Well
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
There is a place where indigenous blacks are still being shunted off their land into reservations; where work is rewarded not with wages but with ration cards, to spend in white-owned supermarkets; where public services are lavished on the already wealthy but denied to the poorest unless they agree to hand over their birthright.
→ read full articleUnder the Disguise of Counterterrorism: Obama Expands U.S. Military Ops in Africa
UPI – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Amid a surge in big oil strikes in Africa and the threat of growing al-Qaida penetration in the north and east, President Barack Obama is expanding U.S. military involvement across the continent. This has given weight to the U.S. Africa Command inaugurated Oct. 1, 2008, which is viewed with growing suspicion by many in Africa who consider its primary mission is to secure oil supplies that America considers vital as it cuts its reliance on the Middle East.
→ read full articleFacing History for Social Healing
Claude Shema R., M.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
In the past, I was thinking most of the time that I was the only one who thought that “remembering is my right” as a victim of the unspeakable genocide , and day-by-day I learn that I share the same thoughts and feelings with other different victims of violence violent conflict all over the world.
→ read full articleFrom Crisis to Opportunity
Velcrow Ripper – Yes! Magazine,
26 Apr 2010
Will Cochabamba be a turning point in the climate crisis?
→ read full articleThe Palestinians Are Winning the Legitimacy War: Will It Matter?
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
A Palestinian victory in the legitimacy war with Israel would not necessarily produce the desired political results. It is vital that the Palestinians exercise “patience, resolve, leadership and vision, as well as sufficient pressure” if they are to win their just rights.
→ read full article(Castellano) Cumbre Sobre Cambio Climático en Bolivia Supera Nivel Previsto de Participación
TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
A la localidad de Tiquipaya, a 15 kilómetros de Cochabamba, han arribado delegaciones compuestas por unas 22 mil personas procedentes de 92 países para participar en la Conferencia.
→ read full articleBears vs. Hunters
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Two Canadian hunters were surprised by a bear. They began to run away from him.
→ read full article5th Bil’in International Conference on Popular Nonviolent Resistance
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
I thank you for your great spirit of nonviolent love in action and encourage you to keep hope alive and keep on building Palestinian unity – united, the Palestinian people will succeed. Believe passionately in peace and justice and it will come out of the seeds of nonviolence and sacrifice you, and your families, are making on behalf of us all, the human family.
→ read full article(Italian) Ti sposo entro l’anno. Prima mondiale al 25 Torino GLBT
Silvia Berruto, probabilmente – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Un documentario sulla lotta per il diritto al matrimonio civile fra persone dello stesso sesso.
→ read full articleBetting on Change
Clive Thompson – Mother Jones,
26 Apr 2010
Is the planet really warming up? Just ask the corporations that stand to make—or lose—billions due to “climate exposure.”
→ read full articleA Darkening Scenario in Nepal
Bishnu Pathak, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Nepal may again find itself in the middle of a deep national crisis if a new Constitution is not announced by the stipulated date.
→ read full articleBasic Human Rights in Perspective
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Over the centuries the topic on basic human rights often served as the center of attention for scholars, humanitarian groups and government officials. In spite of this, violations against basic human rights have taken place periodically to the point of making millions of people suffer immensely and unnecessarily on a global scale. Since this could be traced to manifold sources, we may simply here analyze carefully and concentrate properly on just four aspects as follows: respect, law, taxation, and environment.
→ read full articleBarak Urges End to Occupation
AlJazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Ehud Barak, Israel’s defence minister, has said that his country must recognise that the world will not put up with decades more of Israeli rule over the Palestinian people.
→ read full articleRecovering From Empathy
Robert C. Koehler – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
I remain stuck, churning in my own outrage and despair just as I have –- and so many millions of Americans have –- since the war on terror was launched amid all its lies and cowardly righteousness in 2001. For God’s sake, we’re killing people. We’re doing so in large numbers, with high-tech savagery. We aren’t even defending ourselves. We’ve invented an enemy out of whole cloth.
→ read full article(Castellano) Transformaciones: Periodismo Responsable
Roberto Sansón Mizrahi – Opinion Sur,
19 Apr 2010
En un contexto de confrontación antagónica es difícil practicar periodismo con cierto grado de objetividad. Algunos medios y periodistas actúan intencionadamente con motivaciones que no podrían confesarse abiertamente; la ausencia de objetividad es deliberada. Otros son pilares de la vida democrática; pueden ocasionalmente equivocarse pero buscan ayudar a encauzar constructivamente las energías.
→ read full articlePutting the Pope on Trial
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
International law presents a radical challenge to the powerful: they could be judged by the same standards as the rest of us.
→ read full articleFrom Church Bulletins
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
“The outreach committee has visited every family that is not afflicted with a church.”
“Don’t let worry kill you–let the church help.”
→ read full article(Portuguese) Transformações: Jornalismo Responsável
Roberto Sansón Mizrahi – Opinion Sur,
19 Apr 2010
Em um contexto de confrontação antagônica, é difícil praticar o jornalismo com certo grau de objetividade. Alguns veículos e jornalistas atuam intencionalmente com motivações que não se poderia confessar abertamente; a ausência de objetividade é deliberada. Outros são pilares da vida democrática; podem ocasionalmente equivocar-se, porém buscam ajudar a canalizar construtivamente as energias.
→ read full articleKolkata – The Legacy of Empire
Jonathan Power, TFF – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
I have spent eight months now in the glorious city of Kolkata. You wouldn’t think it is glorious from those who still pedal the story of “The Black Hole” and quote Kipling. Paul Theroux, an exceptional novelist, in his new book, “A Dead Hand, A Crime in Calcutta”, continues the myth. The city “went on growing, yet it still looked rickety and ruinous, and in areas of faded elegance and dramatic misery a bad smell lingered, haunted and human”, he writes.
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“PAX AMERICANA and the Weaponization of Space”
TMS Editor,
19 Apr 2010
Award winner documentary about the US ambition to monopolize space for [more] wars and dominance.
→ read full articleWhat Obama’s Nuclear Weapons Conference Missed
William Pfaff - Truthdig,
19 Apr 2010
The specific inspiration for weapons proliferation among vulnerable Third World states is the desire to have a nuclear deterrent against invasion or attack by the United States (or in the Iran case, Israel), or by some other nation in the future.
→ read full articleThe Nuclear-Weapons Risk
Paul Rogers – Open Democracy,
19 Apr 2010
The Washington-hosted summit on nuclear security heard Barack Obama warn of the fearful prospect of a non-state group using a nuclear weapon. How realistic is it, and how to prevent it?
→ read full articleKeeping a Finger on the Nuclear Trigger
Editorial, Socialist Worker – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
The U.S. has repackaged its strategy–but the terrible threat of nuclear war remains.
→ read full articleRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Rabindranath Tagore was the Renaissance man of modern India — the bridge from an Indian culture dominated on the one hand by a traditionalism that had long ceased to be creative and on the other by English colonial practice whose reforms were self-interested. He was known worldwide as a poet having received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. His aim was to combine a renewal of local thought, in particular that of his native Bengal, with an appreciation of the cultures of the world. The motto of the educational center he founded, Visva-Bharati, was “Where the world makes its home in a single nest.”
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Ikunga – “Di Bombs”
Ikwunga – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
A socially conscious music video by the First Afrobeat Poet Ikwunga. It addresses the ills of war that plagues our beloved African continent.
→ read full articleIsraeli Public’s Support for Dismantling Most Settlements Has Risen to a Five-Year High
Alvin Richman, World Public Opinion – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
A survey of the Israeli general public and Israeli settlers taken in early March shows three-fifths of the Israeli public (60%) support “dismantling most of the settlements in the territories as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians.”
→ read full articleU.S. Soldiers From WikiLeaks ‘Collateral Murder’ Video Apologize
ICH - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Two former soldiers from the Army unit responsible for the Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” incident have written an open-letter of “Reconciliation and Responsibility” to those injured in the July 2007 attack, in which U.S. forces wounded two children and killed over a dozen people, including the father of those children and two Reuters employees.
→ read full articleWorld’s Not Falling Apart, These Many Earthquakes Are Normal
Roger Bilham – The China Post, Worldpress,
19 Apr 2010
Is the world falling apart? Surely it isn’t, though this year’s frequent earthquakes and the occasional volcano have left an exceptional path of ruin and misery, raising concerns that something very unusual is occurring.
→ read full articleBlatant Victimisation
Jake Lynch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Australia is often a good place to observe the workings of political agency. There is a blatancy here, in the connection between cause and consequence, and the alacrity with which sectional interests exploit procedures, that is both appalling and, in a perverse kind of a way, simultaneously appealing. Political parties and business lobbies seem to feel little compulsion to concealment: there is not the sense of layers of subtlety having to be peeled back to reveal what is ‘really going on’, that one might encounter in Washington, say, or London, Paris, Delhi or Jakarta.
→ read full articleTransformations: Responsible Journalism
Roberto Sansón Mizrahi – Opinion Sur,
19 Apr 2010
In a context of antagonist confrontation, it is difficult to practice journalism with a certain degree of objectivity. Some media and journalists act intentionally, driven by motivations that could not be openly confessed; the absence of objectivity is deliberate. Others are pillars of democratic life; they may occasionally be wrong, but seek to help channel energies in a constructive manner.
→ read full article(Italian) Su Pedofilia Qualche Modesta Riflessione
Enrico Peyretti – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Qualche libera modesta riflessione sulla pedofilia sotto la generale attenzione.
→ read full articleIsrael: An Outpost of Empire
Michael Fiorentino – Socialist Worker,
19 Apr 2010
Israel’s sense of impunity knows no limits, writes Michael Fiorentino, who recently returned from a two-month stay in the occupied West Bank.
→ read full article(Italian) Babel Latino. Latinoamérica en radio
Silvia Berruto, giornalista contro il razzismo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Babel Latino è una radio interculturale (a cura) della comunità culturale latino-americana di Milano che ha festeggiato la puntata numero 100 con l’evento-festa “100 MATTONI PER L’INTERCULTURA DELLA TORRE DI BABELE” svoltisi lo scorso 13 aprile a Milano, presso la Caritas Ambrosiana.
→ read full articleAlmodovar Leads Celebrity Protest in Support of Civil War Case Judge
Anita Brooks in Madrid – The Independent,
19 Apr 2010
Spain’s crusading magistrate Baltasar Garzon already enjoys the support of many international human rights advocates as he faces trial for daring to investigate Franco-era crimes. Now he also packs star power.
→ read full articleDeport the Palestinians to Where They Came From
Ahmed Amr – Palestine Chronicle,
19 Apr 2010
It was bound to happen. The Israelis have decided to opt for outright ethnic cleansing. As of April 13, 2010 – the Israelis military will be accorded the power to deport any Palestinian or any foreigner in the West Bank if their papers ‘aren’t in order.’
→ read full articleTurkey to Challenge Israel, Support Hamas
Maayana Miskin, IsraelNationalNews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Turkey is planning a gesture that will challenge Israel and provide support to Gaza’s Hamas leaders next month. A flotilla of ships funded by Turkey will approach Gaza in May, in an attempt to challenge Israeli control at sea – or, as organizers put it, “break Israel’s illegal blockade on Gaza.”
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UN Helps Free Gaza of Israeli Bombs
TMS Editor,
19 Apr 2010
Over a year since Israel’s military offensive, Gazan Palestinians are still being killed/injured by unexploded bombs.
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Evidence of Israel’s Nuclear Weapons (Banned, Censored)
BBC – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
The story of Mordechai Vanunu… with music from Gilad Atzmon in the background.
→ read full articleThe New U.S. Nuclear Posture Review
David Krieger, TFF & Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
While pausing to celebrate the incremental steps in arms reductions and the limitations on nuclear weapons use that are being made now, we should also recognize that a policy of No First Use and a commitment to negotiate a Nuclear Weapons Convention would move us far more rapidly toward the peace and security of the nuclear weapon-free world envisioned by President Obama.
→ read full articleIsrael Must Denuclearize, Erdogan Says
Press TV – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Pointing out that Israel is believed to be the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the Middle East and is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Erdogan said, “Until now, we haven’t seen any request or intent from the international community with regards to Israel’s (armament). We are going to ask the international community: why haven’t you addressed this issue?”
→ read full articleRUSSIA AND USA GIVE START A NEW START
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey - Pravda,
12 Apr 2010
The sticky issue here is the planned missile defence shield in territories NATO moved on into after having promised Russia it would not. First the lie, then to rub it in, the insult. Setting up, or planning to set up, missile defence shields, whether in Poland or in the Czech Republic or in Romania or in Bulgaria while negotiating an arms reduction treaty is like shaking the other’s hand with the right hand while the left conceals a knife behind the back.
→ read full articleLEAKED VIDEO SHOWS CIVILIAN KILLINGS IN IRAQ, SIGNIFIES GROWING POWER OF INDEPENDENT WEB JOURNALISM
Brett Michael Dykes, Yahoo! News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2010
When a nonprofit group this week released video footage, leaked via a source in the Pentagon, showing a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack on a group of civilians in Baghdad, the clip unleashed a viral online sensation and ignited an intense debate about the conduct of U.S. forces in Iraq. But the simple fact of the video’s release also reflects the ongoing revolution in how news gets produced and published.
→ read full articleWHY THERE ARE NO ‘ISRAELIS’ IN THE JEWISH STATE
Jonathan Cook in Nazareth – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2010
A group of Jews and Arabs are fighting in the Israeli courts to be recognised as “Israelis”, a nationality currently denied them, in a case that officials fear may threaten the country’s self-declared status as a Jewish state.
→ read full article(GERMAN) RÜCKBLICK AUF DEN GAZA FREEDOM MARCH
Vera Hug & Mikael Eriksson – TRANSCEND MEDIA SERVICE,
12 Apr 2010
Der Gaza Freedom March (GFM) begann für uns als Mitkoordinatoren mit einem E-Mail aus Spanien. Eine Freundin schrieb uns ein paar Zeilen über die Idee für ein globales Solidaritäts-Projekt mit dem Ziel zum sofortigen Ende der Blockade des Gazastreifens.
→ read full articleON OLYMPICS, WORLD CUPS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Am Johal – Znet,
12 Apr 2010
Just after the 2010 Olympic Games closing ceremonies took place, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik, presented a comprehensive report to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2010 on the impacts of mega-events that went largely unnoticed.
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) CRIME E PECADO
Francisco Louçã – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2010
Ontem, à saída da missa, uma crente foi entrevistada por uma televisão acerca das palavras do Cardeal Patriarca, e explicou como via os casos de pedofilia: “todos somos pecadores”…
… Não, minha senhora, não foi pecado. Foi mesmo crime.
→ read full articleWHO’S AFRAID OF 9/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIES?
Maidhc Ó Cathail – Dissident Voice,
12 Apr 2010
In the absence of a proper 9/11 investigation, there remains a broad range of opinion about the precise nature of Israeli complicity. In The Terror Enigma, Justin Raimondo tentatively concludes that the Israeli connection to 9/11 amounts to “foreknowledge and passive collaboration with Bin Laden’s jihad.” Other experts, such as Alan Sabrosky, are less circumspect. Dr. Sabrosky, former director of studies of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College, has recently stated that “it is 100 percent certain that 9/11 was a Mossad operation. Period.”
→ read full articleJALAL AL-DIN RUMI (1207-1273)
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2010
“I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Gabr, nor Moslem. I am not of the East, nor the West, nor the land, nor the sea… My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless.” — Rumi
→ read full article“WE MUST TAKE PUBLIC CRITICISM INTO ACCOUNT. CRITICISM IS GOOD AND SHOULD HELP THE PROCESS”
Marta Harnecker and Edwin Herrera Salinas – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2010
One of the greatest problems is that we are trying to build an alternative society with an inherited individualistic and clientelistic culture. . . . Even our best cadres are influenced by this culture. So, it’s a process of cultural transformation. Human beings change themselves through practice, not by decrees.
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GOOD JEWS WHO REFUSE TO KILL PALESTINIANS
TMS Editor,
12 Apr 2010
Young Israeli conscientious objectors state their convictions courageously, compassionately: role models for the rest of us. Indeed.
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