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A COUP IS NOT A COUP. A NOT-COUP IS A COUP
Kevin Coleman,
8 Jul 2009
On Sunday June 28th, the Honduran military kidnapped their president, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya, and flew him to Costa Rica in his pajamas. In doing so, the military enforced an unconstitutional and undemocratic transfer of power from the Honduran left to the right. The international community immediately and unanimously condemned the coup d’état. Meanwhile, there is […]
→ read full articleVEGETARIANS LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP CANCER THAN MEAT EATERS, SAYS STUDY
Karen McVeigh,
6 Jul 2009
Striking difference found in risk of disease in blood. Scientists acknowledge more research still needed. For years, they have boasted of the health benefits of their leafy diets, but now vegetarians have the proof that has so far eluded them: when it comes to cancer risks, they have the edge on carnivores. Fresh evidence from […]
→ read full articleWHITHER PEACE IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT?
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra,
6 Jul 2009
The prospects of peace in the Indian subcontinent post-26/11 appear bleak. The meeting of the top leaders of India and Pakistan at the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on 16 June 2009 did not bring any respite to the peace seekers in the subcontinent as the pronouncements […]
→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 2) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of people on both sides.
TMS Editor,
4 Jul 2009
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→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE [MEMBER OF TRANSCEND] AND CYNTHIA MCKINNEY SPEAK FROM AN ISRAELI JAIL CELL
Free Gaza Team and Democracy Now!,
3 Jul 2009
Transcript and Audio "This is Cynthia McKinney and I am calling from an Israeli prison." Mairead Maguire: “Yes. We have just been locked into our cells now for a couple of hours. We are currently going through their process. We are being charged with entering illegally into Israeli—near Israeli shores. We are going, it looks like, […]
→ read full articleHOW TO DEAL WITH AMERICA’S EMPIRE OF BASES
Chalmers Johnson,
3 Jul 2009
A Modest Proposal for Garrisoned LandsThe U.S. Empire of Bases — at $102 billion a year already the world’s costliest military enterprise — just got a good deal more expensive. As a start, on May 27th, we learned that the State Department will build a new "embassy" in Islamabad, Pakistan, which at $736 million will […]
→ read full articleTHE LAUNCHING OF U.S. CYBER COMMAND (CYBERCOM)
Tom Burghard,
3 Jul 2009
Offensive Operations in Cyberspace U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed a memorandum on June 23 that announced the launch of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). A scheme by securocrats in the works for several years, the order specifies that the new office will be a "subordinate unified command" under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). According to the […]
→ read full articlePERU: INDIGENOUS VICTORY IS A VICTORY FOR ALL
MADRE,
3 Jul 2009
This month saw an important victory by Indigenous Peoples in Peru. Thanks to their months-long protest, the Peruvian government repealed new laws that opened the Amazon rainforest to oil drilling. This was an important win for Indigenous rights—and for all of us. The Amazon region (known as “the lungs of the earth”) is crucial to […]
→ read full articleRECORD TURNOUT FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY WEEK OF ACTION
Amnesty International - 22 June 2009,
3 Jul 2009
Last week, campaigners in the largest number of countries so far took part in an annual worldwide Week of Action, aimed at highlighting the need for an effective Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). NGOs in over 90 countries organized activities to draw attention to the treaty, and the rapid rise in the human cost of armed […]
→ read full articleEXPOSÉ – ANIMALS SKINNED ALIVE: A SHOCKING LOOK INSIDE CHINESE FUR FARMS
PETA-People for Ethical Treatment of Animals,
3 Jul 2009
Undercover investigators from Swiss Animal Protection/EAST International recently toured fur farms in China’s Hebei Province, and it quickly became clear why outsiders are banned from visiting. They found that many animals are still alive and struggling desperately when workers flip them onto their backs or hang them up by their legs or tails to skin […]
→ read full articleISRAELI NAVY ATTACKS, BOARDS AND COMANDEERS FREE GAZA BOAT
Press Release, Free Gaza Movement,
2 Jul 2009
Today [June 30, 2009] Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward […]
→ read full articleTRIBAL MARXISM FOR DUMMIES
Gilad Atzmon,
1 Jul 2009
"The European left must make a serious critical assessment of this “we know better” attitude and the ways it tends to deal with popular forces in the south as ideologically and politically inferior." Hisham Bustani “The subsequent emergence of Islamism holds a false promise. While it poses a challenge to Western domination, it is backward […]
→ read full articleHOW LONG IS LONG ENOUGH?
Bob Herbert, The New York Times,
1 Jul 2009
No one seems to know how old Mohammed Jawad was when he was seized by Afghan forces in Kabul six and a half years ago and turned over to American custody. Some reports say he was 14. Some say 16. The Afghan government believes he was 12.What is not in dispute is that he was […]
→ read full articleFRANCE: AMBIGUOUS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
Alecia D. McKenzie,
30 Jun 2009
As the international war of words over nuclear programmes heats up, with North Korea threatening to strengthen its "nuclear deterrence" against the United States, countries such as France find themselves in a stance that some analysts describe as ambiguous and hypocritical. France and Britain are the two countries in Western Europe that are nuclear weapon […]
→ read full articleSRI LANKA: CAMPS, MEDIA… GENOCIDE?
Martin Shaw,
30 Jun 2009
What kind of violence has the Sri Lankan state been committing against its Tamil civilian population as the island‘s civil war ended; on what scale and with what intentions? Martin Shaw explores the difficult terrain where war, atrocity and genocide meet. The civil war in Sri Lanka is receding from the international headlines, as crises […]
→ read full articleHELP ADDICTS, BUT LOCK UP THE CASUAL USERS OF COCAINE
George Monbiot - Published in the Guardian 30th June 2009,
30 Jun 2009
The UN’s Proposal for Decriminalisation is Senseless and DestructiveIt looked like the first drop of rain in the desert of drugs policy. Last week Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said what millions of liberal-minded people have been waiting to hear. “Law enforcement should shift its focus from […]
→ read full article(FRENCH) UNE ASSEMBLÉE PARLEMENTAIRE MONDIALE
Andreas Bummel, Grégory Gihoul, Dirk Van Der Maelen et Patrick Moriau,
30 Jun 2009
Et si l’Onu se "parlementarisait"? Une Assemblée parlementaire des Nations unies (UNPA) superviserait toute la gouvernance mondiale, du FMI à l’Onu en passant par l’OMC. La crise financière mondiale a déclenché l’une des pires perturbations économique et sociale au cours des cinq dernières décennies. Restaurer la stabilité économique et financière et redonner confiance dans le […]
→ read full article(NORWEGIAN) DROMMEN OM ÉN VERDEN
Kjartan Almenning Leder i Én Verden,
30 Jun 2009
En permanent parlamentarikerforsamling i FN kan være et viktig skritt på veien mot et verdensdemokrati. De av oss som arbeider for globale demokratiske institusjoner blir ofte sett på som drømmere. Og drømmere får sjelden politisk gjennomslagskraft. Da gjelder det å konseptualisere drømmen til noe som folk kan kjenne seg igjen i. Ny Tid har den […]
→ read full articleVERSAILLES, 1919-2009: A NEW WORLD ORDER’S LEGACY
David A Andelman,
30 Jun 2009
The treaty concluded on 28 June 1918 reverberates today across a huge area from Iran and Iraq to the Balkans and even beyond. The real roots of many major recent and current political events – the convulsions surrounding Iran’s Islamic regime, the bloody troubles in neighbouring Iraq, the ethnic cleansing and mass murders in the […]
→ read full articlePRIVATELY RUN CHEKPOINT STOPS PALESTINIANS WITH ‘TOO MUCH FOOD’
Amira Hass, Haaretz,
30 Jun 2009
A West Bank checkpoint managed by a private security company is not allowing Palestinians to pass through with large water bottles and some food items, Haaretz has learned. MachsomWatch discovered the policy, which Palestinian workers confirmed to Haaretz. The Defense Ministry stated in response that non-commercial quantities of food were not being limited. It made […]
→ read full articleHIGH-TECH BARBARISM: LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A BIRD… IT’S A PLANE… IT’S A RAYTHEON SPY BLIMP!
Tom Burghardt,
27 Jun 2009
As the American republic’s long death-spiral continues apace, newer and ever more insidious technologies usher us towards an age of high-tech barbarism"At first glance" Newsweek reveals, "there was nothing special about the blimp floating high above the cars and crowd at this year’s Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend." "Nothing special" that is, until you […]
→ read full articleAMERICA’S “BASES OF EMPIRE”
Stephen Lendman,
27 Jun 2009
Besides waging perpetual wars, nothing better reveals America’s imperial agenda than its hundreds of global bases – for offense, not defense at a time the US hasn’t had an enemy since the Japanese surrendered in August 1945. So when they don’t exist, they’re invented as former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Charles W. Freeman, Jr., […]
→ read full articleACTON FOR LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARAGUAY
TMS Editor,
26 Jun 2009
Sign a letter asking the president to veto the law that threatens life!Despite being a relatively small country, Paraguay has turned into the 4th world soy exporting country. GM soy monocultures, Monsanto‘s RoundupReady soy, are destined for the agro industry in Europe and China and currently take up over 2 million hectares in Paraguay. Industrial […]
→ read full articleWHICH LIFE WAS MORE VALUABLE?
Information Clearing House,
26 Jun 2009
Death on Camera Shame on CNN and the Western media for hypocritically ‘caring’ about the death of nonviolent protesters in Iran according to the interests of U.S. foreign domination. The ‘love’ these journalists profess for Neda equals their indifference towards Bassem Abu Rameh, a young Palestinian nonviolent protester shot by the Israeli military near the apartheid […]
→ read full articleSEEING THROUGH ALL THE PROPAGANDA ABOUT IRAN
Eric Margolis,
26 Jun 2009
Iran’s political crisis continues to blaze. It’s still impossible to say which leaders or factions will emerge victorious, but one thing is certain: the earthquake in the Islamic Republic is shaking the Mideast and deeply confusing everyone, including the US government. Highlighting the complexity of this crisis, Meir Dagan, the head of Israel’s intelligence agency, […]
→ read full articleTHE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO – CONTROLLING OUR FOOD
Information Clearing House,
26 Jun 2009
Video Documentary On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television – a documentary that Americans won’t ever see. The gigantic bio-tech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years.CLICK TO VIEW – GOOGLE VIDEO
→ read full articleWHO ARE WE?
Bob Herbert - The New York Times,
26 Jun 2009
Proof of guilt? In 21st-century America, there is no longer any need for such annoyances. Human rights? Ha-ha. That’s a good one. Policies that were wrong under George W. Bush are no less wrong because Barack Obama is in the White House. One of the most disappointing aspects of the early months of the Obama […]
→ read full articleJINGOISM ISN’T JOURNALISM: WHY I DON’T TRUST CORPORATE MEDIA ON IRAN
Linda Milazzo,
26 Jun 2009
Why is corporate media so eager to cover the people’s movement in Iran, but unwilling to cover the anti-war movement here? As a critic of media, in particular of cable/satellite "news," I’m troubled by American corporate-media, in particular CNN’s near non-stop coverage of the turmoil in Iran. Not because the story isn’t important. It’s critically […]
→ read full articleSTOP BUILDING TANKS
George Monbiot,
23 Jun 2009
Let’s divert the money spent on arms to addressing the real strategic threat.What would we be doing now if we took climate change seriously? Last week the government released a report on the likely temperature changes in the United Kingdom(1). It shows that life at the end of this century will bear no relationship to […]
→ read full articleTHE ST. LOUIS REFUGEE SHIP BLUES: ART SPIEGELMAN RECOUNTS A SAD STORY 70 YEARS LATER
Human Rights First-USA,
22 Jun 2009
In this cartoon commentary in The Washington Post on World Refugee Day [June 20], Spiegelman uses the familiar character from his graphic novel, Maus, to look back on how we treated refugees in 1939 – notably the refusal of the U.S. to grant entry to 900 Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. Spiegelman connects this to the […]
→ read full articleFOURTH SUMMIT, GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR MINISTRIES & DEPARTMENTS OF PEACE: BUILDING BRIDGES OF PEACE
TMS Editor,
22 Jun 2009
San José, Costa Rica – 13-21 September 2009 Dear Global Alliance Supporter, On behalf of the Costa Rican government, the Academy for Peace of Costa Rica and the Global Alliance, we are pleased to announce that Costa Rica will host the 2009 Summit of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace. Founded in […]
→ read full articleMADAGASCAR: DAEWOO’S RAINFOREST LAND GRAB IN NATURE’S PARADISE
TMS Editor,
20 Jun 2009
The island of Madagascar is a veritable Noah’s Ark of biodiversity, and this natural wealth is the country’s primary treasure and opportunity for future ecologically sustainable development. The Korean company Daewoo Logistics continues to pursue plans to lease half the agricultural land in Madagascar for 99 years, industrially producing maize and palm oil on 1.3 […]
→ read full articleHOPE FOR GAZA: ADDRESS TO THE UN RELIEF WORKS AGENCY’S HUMAN RIGHTS GRADUATING CLASS
Jimmy Carter, 2002 Nobel Peace Laureate - in Gaza, 16 Jun 09,
20 Jun 2009
Director of UNRWA operations John Ging, thank you for inviting me to Gaza. Distinguished guests, children of Gaza, I am grateful for your warm reception. I first visited Gaza 36 years ago and returned during the 1980s and later for the very successful Palestinian elections. Although under occupation, this community was relatively peaceful and prosperous. […]
→ read full articleWAZIRISTAN IS STILL A HANGOVER FROM THE COLONIAL HEADACHE
Jeremy Page,
19 Jun 2009
When Lord Curzon was Viceroy of India at the turn of the last century, he delivered the following verdict on the rebellious tribesmen of Waziristan: “No patchwork scheme will settle the Waziristan problem. Not until the military steamroller has passed over the country from end to end will there be peace. But I do not […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) LA DIETA CARNEA: INFORMAZIONI SU CUI RIFLETTERE
Maurizio Sabbadini,
19 Jun 2009
"I ricchi consumatori del Primo mondo si godono i piaceri di una dieta carnea, ma patiscono le conseguenze degli eccessi che la posizione dominante nell’artificiosa scala delle proteine comporta: con il corpo intasato di colesterolo, vene e arterie occluse dai grassi animali, sono vittime delle "malattie del benessere", degli attacchi cardiaci, dei tumori del colon […]
→ read full articleGRASSROOTS LESSONS FROM LATIN AMERICA
Michael Fox,
19 Jun 2009
Michael Fox is a Brazil-based independent journalist and co-producer of the new documentary Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (PM Press). He is also the co-author of an upcoming book called Venezuela Speaks: Voices From the Grassroots, also available through PM Press and set to be released this fall. Throughout his research for this […]
→ read full articleISRAEL IS LOSING THE PR WAR SO BADLY THAT EVEN EVANGELICAL SUPPORT IS ERODING
Brian Schrauger – The Jerusalem Post,
19 Jun 2009
The war that Israel keeps losing is the war of world opinion, the war for individual hearts and minds. Consider recent stumbles. Israel’s military campaign in Gaza should have been named "8,000 is enough!" This would have communicated a determination to stop the barrage of missiles from Hamas, using surgical precision to destroy its arsenal, […]
→ read full articleMASSACRE IN THE AMAZON: THE US-PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SPARKS A BATTLE OVER LAND AND RESOURCES
Raúl Zibechi - americas.irc-online.org,
19 Jun 2009
On June 5, World Environment Day, Amazon Indians were massacred by the government of Alan Garcia in the latest chapter of a long war to take over common lands—a war unleashed by the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and the United States. Three MI-17 helicopters took off from the base of […]
→ read full articleMcCARTNEY URGES ‘MEAT-FREE DAYS’ TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent,
15 Jun 2009
Chargrilled asparagus and lemon tart – that’s the vegetarian menu for a glamorous cast of musicians, actors, writers and artists starting a mass movement today to limit meat eating and combat climate change. With his daughters, Stella and Mary, Sir Paul McCartney is behind Meat Free Monday, which aims to persuade people to go veggie […]
→ read full articleINNER SPACE: THE POWER OF SOLITUDE
Tom Darling,
15 Jun 2009
When Tom Darling told his friends he planned to spend 10 days in silent meditation with a group of strangers, they joked that he was joining a cult. But the experience – gruelling and profound – offered an extraordinary antidote to the modern world. The moment the question is asked, the smiles and jokes we’ve […]
→ read full articleProf. Abbas Aroua Interviews Prof. Johan Galtung
TMS Editor,
15 Jun 2009
An Analysis of Current World Issues & Concerns Geneva, 30 May 2009 (in French) httpv://www.youtube.com/v/BHVFsommeBM&hl=en&fs=1 Abbas Aroua is a medical physicist and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Lausanne University, Switzerland. He is director of the Cordoba Foundation of Geneva for Peace Studies and Convener for the Arab world for TRANSCEND Network […]
→ read full articlePRICE OF PEACE FOR THE INNOCENT TAMILS
Dan McDougall,
15 Jun 2009
The Disappeared Murdered, missing, imprisoned in camps…The guns may be silent in Sri Lanka for the first time in 26 years, but the price of peace for the innocent Tamils caught up in the fighting could not be higher … Dan McDougall travels from the Tamils’ UK protest in Parliament Square to the killing fields […]
→ read full articleDEPRAVED INJUSTICE AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE GLOBAL FRESHWATER COMMONS
Frank Joseph Smecker,
15 Jun 2009
“Of all our natural resources water has become the most precious. By far the greater part of the earth’s surface is covered by its enveloping seas, yet in the midst of this plenty we are in want. By a strange paradox, most of the earth’s abundant water is not usable for agriculture, industry, or human […]
→ read full articleWE ARE ALL BUILDERS OF PEACE: A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO GANGS
Adrian Bergmann in San Salvador – Member of TRANSCEND,
14 Jun 2009
On the eve of the inauguration of El Salvador’s new government on June 1, 2009, a communiqué appeared, emanating from the country’s two largest gangs. Totaling seven very well written pages, the communiqué is entitled «We are human beings with very pronounced faults and potentials that are generally ignored». Word up! The letter was sent […]
→ read full articleAFRICA’S PEOPLE NEED BOLD, FOCUSSED AND SUSTAINED LEADERSHIP FROM ITS GOVERNMENTS
Graça Machel,
11 Jun 2009
It would be easy, when faced with the crisis in development that now threatens Africa, to demand that the rest of the world ride to our rescue. After all, it is not the people of Africa who are responsible for the financial crisis devastating our economies or the climate change that has unleashed floods, droughts […]
→ read full articleIS THERE A RIGHT TO PEACE?
James Avery Joyce,
11 Jun 2009
Human rights have recently been extended far beyond their earlier connotation as duties “owed” to individuals by a national government or, at least, by the community. Such rights are normally enforceable if and when they are violated by authority or by other individuals. In short, a human right is a legally enforceable claim. International lawyers, […]
→ read full articleDECLARATION ON THE RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO PEACE
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,
11 Jun 2009
Approved by General Assembly Resolution 39/11 – November 12, 1984 The General Assembly, Reaffirming that the principal aim of the United Nations is the maintenance of international peace and security, Bearing in mind the fundamental principles of international law set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, Expressing the will and the aspirations of […]
→ read full articleNUCLEAR PROMISES
Zia Mian,
10 Jun 2009
The leaders of the nuclear weapon states, led by President Barack Obama, are promising to abolish nuclear weapons. It is a good sign. But we have been here before. This time the world needs more than promises. To demonstrate that they are serious, nuclear weapon states should announce clear policies to move irreversibly and quickly […]
→ read full articleMANAGING WORLD WATER
Daniel Moss,
10 Jun 2009
With climate change deepening the water crisis, wonky discussions of how to manage our water systems are suddenly attracting increased public attention. "Unlike oil, there’s no substitute for fresh water," says Maude Barlow, senior advisor on water to the president of the United Nations General Assembly. "We all need it." This recognition of the indispensability […]
→ read full articleFOR 300 YEARS BRITAIN HAS OUTSOURCED MAYHEM. FINALLY IT’S COMING BACK HOME
George Monbiot,
10 Jun 2009
Opium, famine and banks all played their part in this country’s plundering of the globe. Now it’s over, we find it hard to accept. Why now? It’s not as if this is the first time Britain’s representatives have been caught out. The history of governments in all countries is the history of scandal, as those […]
→ read full articleIT’S TIME FOR A SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE SPIRIT OF PERESTROIKA
Mikhail Gorbachev - June 10, 2009,
10 Jun 2009
Years ago, as the Cold War was coming to an end, I said to my fellow leaders around the globe: the world is on the cusp of great events, and in the face of new challenges all of us will have to change, you as well as we. For the most part, the reaction was […]
→ read full articleDERAIL ALSTOM!
Omar Barghouti,
9 Jun 2009
In the first smashing and convincing victory of the global BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement against Israel in the field of corporate responsibility and ethical compliance, Veolia is reportedly abandoning the Jerusalem Light Rail project, an illegal project that aims at connecting Israeli colonies built on occupied Palestinian territory to the city of Jerusalem. As […]
→ read full articleFEASIBILITY OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
9 Jun 2009
Over the past few decades, the Middle East has increasingly emerged to become a malignant tumor of our earthly community. Like any other disease, this fatal malady can still be cured in one way or another, even through an unexpected miracle. During the past centuries, quite a few books were written on the nature […]
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DIAMONDS 101 – What You Should Know Before Buying That Diamond Ring
GOOD Magazine,
9 Jun 2009
If you’re planning on popping the question this year, you’re probably in the market for some jewelry. And we realize you might be too busy crafting the perfect proposal to research the pedigree of your engagement ring. That’s why we do the legwork for you in our latest video Transparency.CLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleTHE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE
Stephen Lendman,
8 Jun 2009
On March 15, 2006, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly 170 to 4 (with only the US, Israel, the Marshall Islands and Palau against) "to establish the Human Rights Council (HRC), based in Geneva, in replacement of the Commission on Human Rights, as a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly….responsible for promoting universal respect for […]
→ read full articleINDIA: NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF ANTI-NUCLEAR MOVEMENTS (NAAM) LAUNCHED WITH “THE KANYAKUMARI DECLARATION”
S.P. Udayakumar, Ph.D. - Member of TRANSCEND,
8 Jun 2009
More than one hundred organizations, peoples’ movements and concerned citizens from across the country came together for a National Convention on “The Politics of Nuclear Energy and Resistance” on June 4-6, 2009 at Kanyakumari. They discussed all the different aspects of nuclear power generation and weapons production, the various stages of nuclearization from Uranium mining […]
→ read full articleIS BAN KI MOON HEADING THE UN’S DEMOLITON SQUAD?
Satheesan Kumaaran,
8 Jun 2009
"This is one of the most unprincipled and shameless resolutions ever adopted by any body of the United Nations in the history of that now benighted Organization. It would be as if the U.N. Human Rights Council had congratulated the Nazi government for the ‘liberation’ of the Jews in Poland after its illegal and genocidal […]
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→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 2) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of people on both sides.
TMS Editor,
5 Jun 2009
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→ read full articleAMAZON RAINFORESTS PAY THE PRICE AS DEMAND FOR BEEF SOARS
David Adam in Maraba,
4 Jun 2009
Inquiry highlights concerns over ranching in heartland of Brazil. Four-year old Daniel Santos da Silva and his older brother Diego Mota dos Santos, 10, heard their first gunshots in April. Their father was shot in a dispute over land on a cattle ranch near the Brazilian town of El Dorado, in the Amazonian state […]
→ read full articleSRI LANKAN HISTORY AND THE STRUGGLE OF THE EELAM TAMILS
Sam Mayfield,
4 Jun 2009
This video offers a brief history of Sri Lanka and the Eelam struggle according to Thozhar Thiagu, activist and General Secretary of the Tamil National Liberation Movement in Tamil Nadu, India. I met with Thiagu at his office and at his home in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in February 2009. The struggle for Tamils in Sri […]
→ read full articleLGBT LIBERATION: BUILD A BROAD MOVEMENT
John D’Emilio, Interviewed by International Socialist Review,
3 Jun 2009
YOUR GROUNDBREAKING essay, “Capitalism and Gay Identity,” published in 1983, uses the Marxist method to root the emergence of a distinctive gay and lesbian identity in capitalism. You argue, “Capitalism has created the material conditions for homosexual desire to express itself as a central component of some individuals’ lives…” What, if anything, would you add […]
→ read full articleVIVA PALESTINA: A LIFELINE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO GAZA
George Galloway, UK Member of Parliament,
3 Jun 2009
Fresh from the success of the Viva Palestina: Lifeline from Britain to Gaza aid convoy – which took over 100 vehicles to Gaza from the UK, Minister of Parliament, George Galloway has linked up on his US tour with the Vietnam veteran and peace campaigner, Ron Kovic, to launch a similar, but even larger venture […]
→ read full article(A MUST-READ) ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS: CONFLICT & RESOLUTION
Moshé Machover,
3 Jun 2009
HOW SHOULD we think about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Please note: how comes before what. Before coming to any substantive conclusions—certainly before taking sides—we must be clear as to how the issue ought to be approached. It would be a mistake to start in normative mode. A moral value judgment must be made: I would certainly […]
→ read full articleOBAMA HAS 250,000 ‘CONTRACTORS’ DEPLOYED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND IS INCREASING THE USE OF MERCENARIES
Jeremy Scahill,
2 Jun 2009
Newly released Pentagon statistics show that in both Iraq and Afghanistan the number of armed contractors is rising. A couple of years ago, Blackwater executive Joseph Schmitz seemed to see a silver lining for mercenary companies with the prospect of US forces being withdrawn or reduced in Iraq. “There is a scenario where we could […]
→ read full articleST JAMES PALACE NOBEL LAUREATE SYMPOSIUM
The Nobel Laureate Symposium Series on Global Sustainability,
2 Jun 2009
The St James Palace Memorandum “Action for a Low Carbon and Equitable Future” London, UK, 26 – 28 May 2009 The St James’s Palace Memorandum calls for a global deal on climate change that matches the scale and urgency of the human, ecological and economic crises facing the world today. It urges governments at all […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) Ocupação Militar do Haiti Completa Cinco Anos
Ana Maria Amorim,
2 Jun 2009
A ocupação do Haiti por tropas militares, entre elas tropas brasileiras, completa cinco anos nesta segunda-feira (01). A ação integra a Missão das Nações Unidas para a Estabilização do Haiti (Minustah, na sigla francesa), que, segundo a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), tem o intuito de pacificar a região e fornecer segurança aos país. A […]
→ read full articleBIOPIRACY, GM SEEDS & RURAL INDIA
Priya Kumar,
2 Jun 2009
Introduction The reality for the average Indian remains the same: agricultural cultivation and the ability to farm is the bedrock of rural living. With its historical practices, values, and communal sentiments of respect, cultivation and the practice of farming has embedded roots. Farming for Indians is not only a source of income – it is […]
→ read full articleBRITAIN’S WEAPONS’ EXPORTS: IT’S THRIVING, BUT LETHAL
Mark Curtis,
2 Jun 2009
Britain’s decade of arms exports puts the lie to any notion of an ethical foreign policy under Blair. Three months before his election in 1997, Tony Blair wrote in BAE Systems’ newsletter that his government would champion arms exports and a "strong defence industry". That, despite the hoopla surrounding the idea of an "ethical" foreign […]
→ read full articleUNPUNISHED MASSACRE
Le Monde – Editorial 1/Jun/09,
2 Jun 2009
The Sri Lankan regime is exultant. It’s about to get away scot-free with the massacre of thousands of civilians on its country’s northeastern beaches. According to a UN estimate, close to 20,000 people could have perished in the Sri Lankan army’s end of January to end of May offensive against the ultra-violent Liberation Tigers […]
→ read full articleNORTHERN IRELAND: BETWEEN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
Tom Lodge,
2 Jun 2009
The political agreement of 1998 marked the end of thirty years of violent conflict, but ground-level divisions in parts of Northern Ireland remain rooted and bitter. The “interface” areas are where the tensions are most severe and the work of groups seeking a deeper settlement most important. Two years since the establishment of its power-sharing […]
→ read full articleCULTURE OF WAR MENTALITY: GOOD LOOK AT CHURCHES IN USA
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
1 Jun 2009
Theologians tell us that one of the great differences that exist between God and human beings lies here. God tends to view things objectively, that is, how they are a parte rei without any deception. At the same time, human beings tend to view things subjectively, that is, how they look at the surface […]
→ read full articleWHAT IS THE FETISHISM OF COMMODITIES?
Thomas Riggins,
1 Jun 2009
Things are not always as they appear. In proving this old proverb, Karl Marx explained some key features of capitalism that remain relevant today. Towards the end of the first chapter of Das Kapital, after having established the validity of the labor theory of value, Marx presents a section on the Fetishism of Commodities. Understanding […]
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Associated Press - May 27, 2009,
31 May 2009
DALLAS (AP) – A founding member of what was once the nation’s largest Muslim charity today was sentenced to 65 years in prison for funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. 50-year-old Shukri Abu Baker, of Garland, was the first Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development to be sentenced. The November […]
→ read full articleSPIRITUALITY OF HEART IN BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
31 May 2009
When the heart is spiritually oriented the human being may be termed as good, holy, and saintly. The spirituality of the heart is all that counts. God measures our greatness by the degree of spirituality our heart has reached and not by the visible achievements or good results of our work. How God Views Great […]
→ read full articleANARCHY, TERRORISM AND PIRACY IN SOMALIA: NEW RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Alemayehu Fentaw,
31 May 2009
Somalia has long been anarchic, hitting rock bottom claiming #1 in The Fund for Peace’s most recent Failed States Index. It had no functioning central government in the past 19 years, albeit 14 attempts to reconstitute state authority had been made since 1991, when the former Cold War dictator Mohammad Siad Barre was ousted after […]
→ read full articleUGLY FACE OF TERROR
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra,
31 May 2009
The first decade of the 21st century has witnessed horrendous incidents of terror. While its beginning witnessed the attack on the twin trade towers in New York, towards its end another horrible attack occurred in the Indian commercial centre Mumbai. The attack further reinforced that terrorism has no religion, terrorists are not humans, and […]
→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 1) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis
TMS Editor,
31 May 2009
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→ read full articleDOCTORS WARN: AVOID GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
Jeffrey M. Smith,
31 May 2009
Immediate Moratorium on All Genetically Modified Foods Recommended On May 19th, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks.” (1) They called for a moratorium […]
→ read full articleEVERYONE SHOULD SEE “TORTURING DEMOCRACY”
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship,
31 May 2009
In all the recent debate over torture, many of our Beltway pundits and politicians have twisted themselves into verbal contortions to avoid using the word at all. During his speech to the conservative American Enterprise Institute last week – immediately on the heels of President Obama’s address at the National Archives – former Vice […]
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David Krieger – Member of TRANSCEND,
31 May 2009
When a country tests a nuclear weapon, it is sending a message. It is not always clear, however, what that message is. In the case of the recent nuclear test by North Korea, some commentators have argued that the North Koreans are sending a “pay attention to me” message to the international community and particularly […]
→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE DETAINED BY U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY
TMS Editor,
31 May 2009
On Thursday, 14th May 2009, Homeland Security Immigration personnel detained Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, on her entry into Houston Airport in Texas, USA. Maguire was on her way home to Northern Ireland after attending a 3-day conference in Guatemala hosted by herself and three Sister Nobel Peace Laureates, Rigoberta Menchu, Jody Williams and […]
→ read full articleBRITISH DOCTOR 7-WEEK WAIT AT RAFAH BORDER TO GET TO PATIENTS IN GAZA
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace laureate,
31 May 2009
There are not many people (with the exception of the courageous people of Gaza) who match the extreme patience and courage of Dr. Sonia Robbins and her co-worker Nicholas Bolos who have been at the Rafah Border crossing for the past 50 days doing everything they possibly can to try and gain access to Gaza. […]
→ read full articleWHAT CHINA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH MEANS FOR THE GLOBAL ECOLOGY
Frank Joseph Smecker,
24 May 2009
Fueled by Western Capitalism, China is on the rise, knocking down forests, displacing watersheds, and exhaling a toxic amalgam of gases and particulates along its way. Much of the information below was retrieved in 2007, immediately before the unprecedented vagaries in the global ‘market’ (aka the barometer that purports to show how efficiently Capitalism is […]
→ read full articlePUTTING A HUMAN MASK ON IMPERIALISM
Paul D’Amato,
24 May 2009
Politicians and historians may argue that the U.S. is a force for good around the world, but the facts show the opposite.MAINSTREAM AND liberal opposition to the Iraq war is based on accepting the aims of the war, but criticizing its lack of success, its "excesses" or its tactical or strategic mistakes. The argument of […]
→ read full articleA MORATORIUM ON GENETICALLY MANIPULATED (GMO) FOODS
F. William Engdahl,
24 May 2009
US Association of Physicians calls for Moratorium on GMO Foods The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has just issued a call for an immediate moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods. In a just-released position paper on GMO foods, the AAEM states that ‘GM foods pose a serious health risk’ and calls for a moratorium on […]
→ read full articleNEOCON GROUP CALLS FOR MILITARY STRIKES ON MEDIA
Jeremy Scahill,
24 May 2009
In the era of embedded media, independent journalists have become the eyes and ears of the world. Without those un-embedded journalists willing to risk their lives to place themselves on the other side of the barrel of the tank or the gun or under the air strikes, history would be written almost entirely from the […]
→ read full articleAMERICAN AMNESIA: WE FORGET OUR ATROCITIES ALMOST AS SOON AS WE COMMIT THEM
Noam Chomsky,
21 May 2009
Historical amnesia is a dangerous social phenomenon because it lays the groundwork for crimes that still lie ahead. The torture memos released by the White House elicited shock, indignation, and surprise. The shock and indignation are understandable. The surprise, less so. For one thing, even without inquiry, it was reasonable to suppose that Guantanamo was […]
→ read full articleISRAEL KNOWS THAT PEACE JUST DOESN’T PAY
Amira Hass,
20 May 2009
Successive Israeli governments since 1993 certainly must have known what they were doing, being in no hurry to make peace with the Palestinians. As representatives of Israeli society, these governments understood that peace would involve serious damage to national interests. Economic damage: The security industry is an important export branch – weapons, ammunition and refinements […]
→ read full articleTHE AUTISTIC TALE OF PARIAH STATES
Adrian Bergmann,
19 May 2009
Two former British colonies, one formerly «the rice bowl of Asia», another formerly «the breadbas-ket of Africa», Myanmar and Zimbabwe are today among the most destitute and isolated countries in the world. Time for a new approach? Narrowing Minds The recent histories of Myanmar (the UN-recognized name) and Zimbabwe are heartbreaking tes-timonies to human inadequacy […]
→ read full articleWHY CAPITALISM SHOULDN’T BE SAVED
John Sanbonmatsu,
19 May 2009
From Zurich and Washington to Frankfurt, London, and Tokyo, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men-bankers, economists, policy analysts, and government leaders-are trying to put capitalism back together again. But none of them has stopped to ask whether capitalism is worth saving in the first place. Some will be tempted to dismiss the […]
→ read full articleREVIEW OF “RIGHT RELATIONSHIP: BUILDING A WHOLE EARTH ECONOMY”
Jack Santa Barbara – Member of TRANSCEND,
19 May 2009
Book written by Peter G Brown and Geoffrey Garver, with Keith Helmuth, Robert Howell and Steve Szeghi; Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. San Francisco, 2009“Right Relationship” is a book for the worrying-about-collapse weary. It is a book for those of us who realize the world we live in is in great peril and that something fundamental has […]
→ read full articleTHE RUSSEL TRIBUNAL ON PALESTINE
Stephen Lendman,
19 May 2009
After two years of “underground” work, it was launched with a “successful press conference” and announcement that: “The Russell Tribunal on Palestine seeks to reaffirm the primacy of international law as the (way to settle) the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Its work will focus on “the enunciation of law by authoritative bodies. The International Court of Justice […]
→ read full articleBEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
19 May 2009
Throughout history there have been as many forms of government as nations. Some 2,500 years ago, Aristotle, a well known Greek philosopher, told us: in media via stat virtus – virtue stands in the middle of the road. Going to extremes, either to the left or to the right is not conducive to good […]
→ read full articleFrom the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, a track written by Pierre Minetti, performed by musicians around the world: “Don’t Worry”
TMS Editor,
19 May 2009
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→ read full article400 WEEKS AGO TODAY, ON SEPTEMBER 12, 200l…
Jim Albertini in Hilo, Hawai’i, USA,
15 May 2009
… we began our HILO FRIDAY PEACE VIGIL, with a new leaflet prepared each week for local and international circulation. Four hundred leaflets later, the five points at the bottom of the page remain the same. Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (May l5, 2009 – 400th week) – Friday 3:30-5:00 p.m. downtown Hilo Post Office […]
→ read full article“DON’T BUY ANY FOOD YOU’VE EVER SEEN ADVERTISED”
Democracy Now! Amy Goodman, interviewing Michael Pollan,
15 May 2009
"The real food is not being advertised. And that’s really all you need to know." Amy Goodman: Energy, healthcare, agriculture, climate change, global outbreaks like swine flu—what do all these topics have in common? Food. That’s right, none of these issues can really be tackled without addressing some of the fundamental problems of the food […]
→ read full articleTHE DEBRIS OF DUAL CONTAINMENT
Melody Moezzi and Luis Carlos Montalván,
15 May 2009
Most Americans know little, if anything, about the Iran-Iraq War, which is troubling given how deeply involved we were in it. Well over a million Iraqi and Iranian soldiers, as well as civilians, perished during the war, with many more injured and wounded. Iranian public animosity toward the US in the 1980s had as much […]
→ read full articleXSTRATA DREAMING: THE STRUGGLE OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS AGAINST A SWISS MINING GIANT
Michael Deibert,
15 May 2009
The McArthur River winds through Australia’s remote Northern Territory creating lush floodplains that sustain vast herds of kangaroos, wallabies and cattle. Above them, finches, wild turkeys, and flocks of migratory birds fill an endless sky. The area around the river, which runs 300 kilometers before emptying into the Gulf of Carpentaria, also provides spiritual sustenance […]
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