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DISENTANGLING LAYERS OF A LOADED TERM IN SEARCH OF A THREAD OF PEACE
Michael Slackman,
28 Feb 2009
If President Obama is serious about repairing relations with the Arab world and re-establishing the United States as an honest broker in Middle East peace talks, one step would be to bridge a chasm in perception that centers on one contentious word: terrorism. The recent fighting in Gaza offered a potent reminder of the challenge […]
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TMS Editor,
27 Feb 2009
Young Chuck, an investment banker, moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day he drove up and said, ‘Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died.’ Chuck replied, ‘Well, then just give me my money […]
→ read full article‘LESS NOISE THAN A CRAB’ – SERIOUS SUB COLLISION A ‘NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE’
Clemens Höges,
26 Feb 2009
The collision of two strategic nuclear submarines earlier this month shows that the Cold War is still being fought every day in the Atlantic — with the world’s most powerful weapons. The world is a good and beautiful place, and on the Mull of Kintyre, it seems as peaceful as Paul McCartney described it in […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) ISRAELIANI E PALESTINESI: OCCHO PER OCCHIO?
Parvez Ahmed,
26 Feb 2009
In un momento in cui così tanto sangue innocente è stato versato, è difficile riuscire a pensare al perdono. Ma è tempo che i palestinesi comincino a delineare un nuovo percorso per portare avanti la loro lotta, un percorso orientato alla nonviolenza – afferma il commentatore indiano-americano. Quando Israele ha lanciato le sue bombe americane […]
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Amy Goodman,
26 Feb 2009
Is your lipstick laden with lead? Is your baby’s bottle toxic? The American Chemistry Council assures us that “we make the products that help keep you safe and healthy.” But U.S. consumers are actually exposed to a vast array of harmful chemicals and additives embedded in toys, cosmetics, plastic water bottles and countless other […]
→ read full articleKASHMIR: CONFLICT IN A PEACEFUL VALLEY
Ershad Mahmud,
25 Feb 2009
The new US Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, identified Kashmir as one of the world’s hot spots and bracketed it with contested regions such as the Balkans and Golan Heights during her testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations committee last month. Likewise, in an interview with Time magazine in November 2008, US President […]
→ read full articleRIMINGTON IS RIGHT. THIS IS A RECIPE FOR CREATING TERRORISTS
Seumas Milne,
25 Feb 2009
New Labour’s sins in the war on terror are catching up with it, but ministers want to shift blame on to the Muslim community. I never imagined I would say this, but Stella Rimington is right. The former head of MI5 who made her career running the security service’s dirtiest operations in the 1980s, against […]
→ read full articleSTRATEGIC ASSESSMENTS: ISRAEL-PALESTINE
Walid Salem,
23 Feb 2009
(1) Conflict Management in the Name of Conflict Resolution During the last 20 years since the Palestinian declared officially the right of Israel to exist in the 19th Palestinian National Council held in Algeria in 15/11/1988, what was going on is a process of conflict management on the name of conflict resolution. When the two […]
→ read full articleIRAN’S DÉTENTE GESTURE TO OBAMA?
Muhammad Sahimi,
22 Feb 2009
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) just released its latest report on Iran’s nuclear program. The report states that all of Iran’s nuclear materials, research, and development are under the Agency’s containment and surveillance, and all the nuclear materials are safeguarded. The Agency also reported that there has been no divergence of nuclear material, in […]
→ read full articleAN IMPENDING GEOPOLITICAL EARTHQUAKE?
José Miguel Alonso Trabanco,
21 Feb 2009
The financial and economic turmoil the world is currently experiencing will certainly have many serious consequences beyond those fields. Indeed, its geopolitical fallout could be far more serious than commonly acknowledged and it is an element that cannot be neglected by neither statesmen nor analysts. Some scholars frequently hold that politics and economics are somehow […]
→ read full articleNUKED BY FRIEND AND FOE
George Monbiot,
21 Feb 2009
An unsentimental appraisal of our energy choices doesn’t boost your popularity. One of my favourite environmental writers, my friend Merrick Godhaven, is taking shots at me and Mark Lynas – http://bristlingbadger.blogspot.com/2009/01/nuke-mark-lynas.html. It concerns that most divisive of green topics: nuclear power. Merrick argues that if you express even qualified support for new nukes, it takes […]
→ read full articleJohan Galtung on “Class, Nation and the Philippines”
TMS Interview,
21 Feb 2009
TMS: Professor Galtung, as you write in your TMS editorial [week of 16-22 February] “Class, Nation and the Philippines,” about conversations you maintained from 4 to 9 February 2009 in Manila, you met with Government and Parties for a dialogue about the future of the peace process in the Philippines on issues of class and […]
→ read full articleSAVING SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS FROM THE SCOURGE OF WAR – BUILDING A NONKILLING, NONVIOLENT CULTURE FOR THE HUMAN FAMILY
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
21 Feb 2009
Annual Erskine Childers Lecture – 2009: Action for UN Renewal Dear friends, I am very happy to be here with you. I would like to thank Vijay Mehta and the Action for UN Renewal for kindly inviting me to give the 2009 Erskine Childers Lecture. Erskine Childers, UN Diplomat and son of the 4th […]
→ read full articleUK “COULD EXPERIENCE A CRASH SIMILAR TO ICELAND”
hedgeweek.com,
20 Feb 2009
The global financial crisis could be entering a ‘new and more treacherous phase’, which could push international countries to the brink of failure and further hinder the global economic recovery, according to Hennessee Group. Charles Gradante, co-founder of the Hennessee Group, points out that Iceland had one of the highest standards of living in the […]
→ read full articleGEORGE GALLOWAY – VIVA PALESTINA GAZA CONVOY, 14 February 2009
TMS Editor,
19 Feb 2009
From London to Gaza Convoy A convoy of more than 110 vehicles has snaked its way out of London for Gaza to deliver more than £1m worth of aid, including ambulances and a fire engine. 4:02-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) EM DEBATE: MONSANTO – VERDADES E MENTIRAS SOBRE OS TRANSGENICOS
Desirèe Luíse e Juliano Domingues,
19 Feb 2009
O uso de transgênicos pode ser a solução para acabar com a fome no mundo. A ideia foi defendida pelo vice-presidente da Monsanto, Jerry Steiner, em entrevista recentemente cedida ao jornal espanhol El País. O empresário defende a imagem da empresa, afirmando que a Monsanto é uma entidade preocupada com o meio ambiente, e ressalta […]
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An Expert’s Analysis of the Feb 3 2009 Collision between French and British Nuclear Submarines in the Atlantic
TMS Editor,
18 Feb 2009
Prof. Jan Oberg is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment, and director/founder of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc-sMy2I7jg
→ read full articleNUCLEAR REDUCTION TALKS WITH UNITED STATES POINTLESS
Vladimir Anokhin and Vadim Trukhachev,
16 Feb 2009
US President Barack Obama is ready to discuss the perspectives of the START-2 Treaty with Russia. At the same time, the question regarding the deployment of the missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic remains open. The Czech Republic expects the USA to build a radar station on its territory during the forthcoming […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) FORA COM TODOS!
Naomi Klein,
16 Feb 2009
Observando a multidão na Islândia a bater frigideiras e panelas até o governo caír fez-me recordar um refrão popular em círculos anticapitalistas, em 2002: “Vocês são a Enron, nós somos a Argentina!” A mensagem era bastante simples. Vocês – políticos e presidentes-executivos em alguma cúpula comercial – são como os fraudulentos e temerários executivos da […]
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William Astore,
16 Feb 2009
Is the U.S. Military Now an Imperial Police Force? A leaner, meaner, higher tech force – that was what George W. Bush and his Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld promised to transform the American military into. Instead, they came close to turning it into a foreign legion. Foreign as in being constantly deployed […]
→ read full articleIN SHIFT, BLACKWATER DUMPS TARNISHED BRAND NAME
Mike Baker, Associated Press Writer,
16 Feb 2009
Raleigh, North Carolina – Blackwater Worldwide is still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, but executives at the beleaguered security firm are taking their biggest step yet to put that work and the ugly reputation it earned the company behind them. Blackwater said Friday [Feb. 13] it will no longer operate under the name […]
→ read full articleTHE US AND IRAN TAKE CENTER STAGE
Rami G. Khouri,
16 Feb 2009
History is a stubborn companion to life and politics in the Middle East, so to understand what is happening in the region today you have to go back 30 years. One of the pivotal moments in modern Middle Eastern history was the 1977-1979 period, when three major developments occurred that still define, and sometimes plague, […]
→ read full articleJEREMY SCAHILL ON BLACKWATER: LEAVING IRAQ, CHASING PIRATES? After $1.3 billion in government contracts and controversy over the killing of innocent Iraqi civilians, Blackwater Worldwide is moving on.
TMS Editor,
14 Feb 2009
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→ read full articleLATIN AMERICAN LEADERS SAY ‘NO’ TO U.S. DRUG WAR
Marina Litvinsky,
13 Feb 2009
A commission led by three former Latin American heads of state has called the 30-year U.S. "war on drugs" in Latin America a failure and urged a drastic change in policy. The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy issued a report Wednesday, "Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift," which calls for the creation […]
→ read full articleTHE UNITED NATIONS AND NATO
Hans Christof von Sponeck, former UN Assistant Secretary General,
13 Feb 2009
Which security and for whom? The world the UN advocates looks good on paper.1 In June 1945, the Charter of the United Nations was signed by 51 member states. Several years later, the two great conventions for civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights came into being, and in subsequent years, important conventions on torture, […]
→ read full articleCAPITALISM’S SELF-INFLICTED APOCALYPSE
Michael Parenti,
11 Feb 2009
After the overthrow of communist governments in Eastern Europe, capitalism was paraded as the indomitable system that brings prosperity and democracy, the system that would prevail unto the end of history. The present economic crisis, however, has convinced even some prominent free-marketeers that something is gravely amiss. Truth be told, capitalism has yet to come […]
→ read full articleTHE WAR THAT DID NOT MAKE THE HEADLINES: OVER FIVE MILLION DEAD IN CONGO?
Keith Harmon Snow,
11 Feb 2009
Behind the Numbers Redux: How Truth is Hidden, Even When it Seems to Be Told The International Rescue Committee in late January 2008 released a new report on the mortality in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The report caught the eye of some news agencies, who quickly whipped up trite little articles as supposed […]
→ read full articleHOW COULD 9,000 BUSINESS REPORTERS BLOW IT?
Dean Starkman,
11 Feb 2009
A former Wall Street Journal writer dissects why business reporters bought the bull—and missed the biggest story on their beat. FOR CASUAL readers of business coverage—that is, most of us—the past 18 months have been a crash course in things we never knew existed but that, we are told, have already done us all irreparable […]
→ read full articleA CALL TO END ALL RENDITIONS
Marjorie Cohn, Jurist,
11 Feb 2009
Jurist Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that instead of leaving the door open for the CIA to continue to engage in the rendition of terrorism suspects to other countries so long as the process is somehow handled "humanely", the Obama administration should end renditions altogether and prosecute those who […]
→ read full articleALL OF THEM MUST GO
Naomi Klein,
11 Feb 2009
Watching the crowds in Iceland banging pots and pans until their government fell reminded me of a chant popular in anti-capitalist circles in 2002: “You are Enron. We are Argentina.” Its message was simple enough. You–politicians and CEOs huddled at some trade summit–are like the reckless scamming execs at Enron (of course, we didn’t know […]
→ read full articlePRO-PALESTINIAN AND PRO-ISRAELI?
Shayna Zamkanei,
11 Feb 2009
For those of us alarmed by the recent civilian death toll in Gaza, our obligation as concerned global citizens has been to promote the end of the war, provide humanitarian aid and press Israel and Hamas to reach a sustainable ceasefire agreement. With these weighty issues surrounding us, it might seem frivolous to harp on […]
→ read full articleTHE BOSNIAN EXAMPLE OF COEXISTENCE
Amir Telibečirović,
11 Feb 2009
"No ‘Westerner’ can erase the Islamic influences in Bosnia, and no ‘Easterner’ can impose their own influences on our way of life." This statement, overheard at a Sarajevo coffee bar, explains the unique character and identity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite the conflict of the previous decade, it is still a unique case of a […]
→ read full article50 YEARS, 100 PEACE & CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES
Rutagengwa Claude Shema, M.D. - Regional Coordinator, Great Lakes Peace Initiative (GLPI),
10 Feb 2009
Review of book by peace discipline pioneer Pr. Dr. Johan Galtung The world we live today is facing multiple challenges, different kind of disasters, but often the calamities made by human beings. In other words, the conflict issues and wars made by ourselves as humane are more disastrous than any natural disaster. The reason is […]
→ read full articleUSES OF GENOCIDE: KENYA, GEORGIA, ISRAEL, SRI LANKA
Martin Shaw,
10 Feb 2009
The concept of genocide has become a weapon of political polemic. But the violence inflicted on civilians in four conflicts shows how it is also rooted in the logic of modern wars. The accusation of "genocide" nowadays seems to accompany almost any episode of political violence and armed conflict around the world. In the last […]
→ read full articleRAPE AS A WEAPON OF WAR: MISANDRY VS. MISOGYNY
Rutagengwa Claude Shema, M.D. - Regional Coordinator, Great Lakes Peace Initiative (GLPI),
10 Feb 2009
My Opinion about Systematic use of Rape and Torture in the Conflict in the Congo A) Rape Rape in DR Congo (République démocratique du Congo, DRC) has been used as a war weapon in different ways. But the fundamental reasons can vary as well. Military on the front line can spend a long time in […]
→ read full articleGADDAFI’S CALDRON AND OUR COCKTAIL
The Gambia Journal - Editorial,
9 Feb 2009
The Heads of State Summit of the African Union ended Wednesday 4th February leaving a bitter after-taste in the mouths of many proponents of a new African Renaissance. In his inaugural speech as new African Union (AU) chairman, Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi said that multi-party democracy in Africa leads to bloodshed. Speaking at the AU […]
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Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2009
A peace education video by Fall 2008 students of the European Peace University in Austria. An introductory insight into the complexities of Peace and Conflict Studies as a mind-mapping tool. httpv://www.youtube.com/v/u5pU5DNjoXY&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleWOULD IT KILL US TO APOLOGIZE TO IRAN FOR THE COUP?
Robert Naiman,
8 Feb 2009
When President Obama told al-Arabiya, "if countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from us," the most widely reported Iranian response was President Ahmedinijad’s suggestion that if the U.S. truly wants good relations with Iran, it should begin by apologizing for U.S. "crimes" against Iran, including U.S. […]
→ read full articleOBAMA SEEKS NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DEAL WITH RUSSIA
Ian Traynor in Munich and Luke Harding in Moscow,
7 Feb 2009
Hillary Clinton to head US efforts to reduce warheads to about 1,000 The Obama administration is looking for a quick deal between the US and Russia to more than halve their nuclear weapons stockpiles, reversing the Bush White House’s refusal to be bound by international treaties. Diplomats and officials say they are optimistic Washington and […]
→ read full articleHOW TO CREATE A WORLD WITHOUT WARS
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
7 Feb 2009
From the early days of creation there seems to have been wars going on century after century. Needless to say, there have been extended periods in history that were characterized by peace. For example, we read in the Holy Scriptures that when Christ was born the whole world was at peace. As a result, […]
→ read full articleIMPRESSIVE: ARAB WOMAN SPEAKS OUT BOLDLY AGAINST ISLAMIC CULTURE – LIVE ON ALJAZEERA QATAR
Memri TV,
7 Feb 2009
A MUST WATCH – Wafa Sultan, an Arab American psychologist from Los Angeles, speaks her mind about differences between Arab/Muslim and Western cultures. 5-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleLATIN AMERICA BREAKS FREE
Benjamin Dangl,
6 Feb 2009
Five years ago, when Evo Morales was a rising political star as a congressman and coca farmer, I met him in his office in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was drinking orange juice and sifting through the morning newspapers when I asked him about a meeting he just had with Brazilian President Lula. "The main issue that […]
→ read full articleWHISTLING PAST THE AFGHAN GRAVEYARD
Tom Engelhardt,
6 Feb 2009
Where Empires Go to Die It is now a commonplace — as a lead article in the New York Times’s Week in Review pointed out recently — that Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empires." Given Barack Obama’s call for a greater focus on the Afghan War ("we took our eye off the ball when we […]
→ read full articleCAN MITCHELL TURN JERUSALEM INTO BELFAST?
Ali Abunimah,
5 Feb 2009
US President Barack Obama’s appointment of former Senator George Mitchell as his new Middle East envoy is a good choice. Mitchell showed even-handedness uncharacteristic of US officials when he led a fact-finding mission to the region in 2000. Had its recommendations been followed — cessation of all violence and a full freeze of Israeli settlement […]
→ read full articleIRISH CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign,
5 Feb 2009
The following letter was published in a full-page advertisement in The Irish Times on 31 January 2009: (The original ad, including signatures – headed by Irish Nobel Peace Prize Laueate Mairead Maguire – may be downloaded here. [PDF] ) Israel’s bombardment of Gaza killed over 1,300 Palestinians, a third of them children. Thousands have been […]
→ read full articleWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIP
News24.com,
4 Feb 2009
(Johannesburg) – Durban dock workers are expected to refuse to off-load an Israeli ship as part of a week of action against "apartheid" Israel, Cosatu and the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) said on Tuesday. Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven and PSC spokesperson Salim Vally said dock workers would refuse to off-load the ship arriving on Sunday, […]
→ read full articleTHE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF MISSILE DEFENSE
Mike Moore,
3 Feb 2009
William Lynn, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense, vowed to make the Pentagon’s missile defense system “cost-effective” during his confirmation hearing earlier this month before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Indeed, missile defense strikes a lot of national security analysts as a frightful waste of money. Money is not the central issue, […]
→ read full articlePAN-AFRICANISM THROUGH PEACE, NONVIOLENCE AND A NON-DISCRIMINATIVE LENS
Claude Shema-Rutagengwa, M.D.,
3 Feb 2009
Introduction Nowadays, Pan-Africanism represents the aggregation of historical, cultural, spiritual, artistic, scientific and philosophical legacies of Africans from past times to the present. Pan Africanism as an ethical system traces its origins from ancient times, and promotes values that are the product of the African civilization and struggles against slavery, racism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism. Pan-Africanism […]
→ read full articleTHE LOOMING CRISIS AT THE PENTAGON: HOW TAXPAYERS FINANCE FANTASY WARS
Chalmers Johnson,
3 Feb 2009
Like much of the rest of the world, Americans know that the U.S. automotive industry is in the grips of what may be a fatal decline. Unless it receives emergency financing and undergoes significant reform, it is undoubtedly headed for the graveyard in which many American industries are already buried, including those that made televisions […]
→ read full articleRAINFOREST RAZED SO CATTLE CAN GRAZE
Michael McCarthy, Environment editor,
2 Feb 2009
Brazil’s attempt to double its share of the global market for beef will carry a heavy environmental cost, report warns. Scenes like this, with vast tracts of Amazonian rainforest razed to make way for cattle, are to become more common in Brazil as it continues its drive to expand its beef export industry, according to […]
→ read full articleDIRTY BUSINESS, DIRTY WARS – U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS IN THE 21st CENTURY
Cyril Mychalejko,
1 Feb 2009
Much is being made across the political spectrum in the United States about Washington’s waning influence in Latin America. The region has seen an emergence of left and center-left presidents voted into office, many as a result of budding social movements growing democracy from the grassroots. Some pundits and analysts are suggesting that this phenomenon […]
→ read full article‘PALESTINE TODAY IS AN OPEN-AIR PRISON’ – TURKISH PRIME MINISTER RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN
Lally Weymouth,
1 Feb 2009
Tensions between Israel and Turkey broke into the open at the World Economic Forum in Davos when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted Israel for its offensive in Gaza. Excerpts from Erdogan’s interview with Newsweek-The Post’s Lally Weymouth: Q: You’ve been so critical of the recent Israeli operation into Gaza. Some say it’s because […]
→ read full articleGEORGE BUSH’S GIFT TO THE WORLD: THE END OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
David Michael Green,
1 Feb 2009
George W. Bush was unquestionably the worst American president in the two and a quarter centuries of the country’s existence. After all, James Buchanan, the previous aspirant to the title, merely did nothing while the South seceded. Hah! You’ll have to do better than that, Jimmy, if you want to wear this crown! Bush did […]
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Johan Galtung: 50 Years with Peace Studies
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Feb 2009
Interview with Jan Oberg of TFF-The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siSLNNBCA3E
→ read full articleOBAMA AND US POLICY TOWARD AFRICA
Horace Campbell,
30 Jan 2009
As Obama takes over the presidency of the United States, Horace Campbell contextualizes an Obama presidency in the realities of Africa and the ongoing global finance crisis. He argues that “capitalism should not be reconstituted and rebuilt on the backs and bodies of Africans." For Campbell, the crisis is not simply a cyclical crisis of […]
→ read full articleTHE WORLD IS FACING THE FIRST TRULY GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Vladimir Putin,
30 Jan 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2009 Good afternoon, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the forum’s organisers for this opportunity to share my thoughts on global economic developments and to share our plans and proposals. The world is […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) CEM MIL NA MARCHA DE ABERTURA DO FÓRUM SOCIAL MUNDIAL
João Romão, de Belém do Pará, Brasil, para o Esquerda.net,
29 Jan 2009
Os cem mil participantes no Fórum atravessaram a cidade de Belém, bloquearam o trânsito, trouxeram para as janelas a população local e mobilizaram um enorme aparato policial, intimidativo mas que se limitou a observar um extraordinário desfile com todas as reivindicações sociais do planeta, todos os sons da militância solidária, toda a alegria do desejo […]
→ read full articleNEITHER THE U.S. NOR ISRAEL IS A “GENUINE PARTY TO PEACE”
Noam Chomsky,
29 Jan 2009
Barack Obama is recognized to be a person of acute intelligence, a legal scholar, careful with his choice of words. He deserves to be taken seriously – both what he says, and what he omits. Particularly significant is his first substantive statement on foreign affairs, on January 22, at the State Department, when introducing George […]
→ read full articleTHE REFUGEES’ RIGHT OF RETURN AND ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO EXIST AS A JEWISH STATE
Jerome M. Segal,
29 Jan 2009
A widely held Palestinian position is that Israel should first recognize the right of return as a matter of principle, and then Palestinians will work out with them a realistic compromise on implementation. Repeatedly, Palestinian leaders have made clear that they are not seeking the actual return of millions of refugees. However, they maintain that […]
→ read full articleIS AN ‘ASIAN NATO’ REALLY ON THE US AGENDA?
José Miguel Alonso Trabanco,
29 Jan 2009
There has been some talk concerning American intentions to forge an Asian NATO, i.e. a US led military alliance meant to advance its members’ geopolitical interests in the region. During the Cold War, the US created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) which also encompassed France and the UK as well as regional pro-Western States […]
→ read full articleWORLD GETS ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
Peter Popham,
29 Jan 2009
Former air hostess to be sworn in as Icelandic premier after economic collapse The first government collapse of the global economic crisis is about to yield the world’s first openly-gay leader. Johanna Sigurdardottir, a former air hostess, is expected to be sworn in as Iceland’s Prime Minister by the end of the week. Her moment […]
→ read full articleBOLIVIA SETS NEW GLOBAL HIGH MARK FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
Sara Miller Llana - Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Jan 2009
A new constitution approved handily Sunday also risks dividing the nation. Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, easily won his campaign for a new constitution Sunday – promising vast new powers to the country’s indigenous majority and bolstering his political clout. Critics say Mr. Morales is dangerously dividing the nation and merely following […]
→ read full articleOBAMA ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE
Noam Chomsky,
28 Jan 2009
Barack Obama is recognized to be a person of acute intelligence, a legal scholar, careful with his choice of words. He deserves to be taken seriously – both what he says, and what he omits. Particularly significant is his first substantive statement on foreign affairs, on January 22, at the State Department, when introducing George […]
→ read full articleTHE MIDEAST’S ONE-STATE SOLUTION
Muammar Qaddafi,
28 Jan 2009
The shocking level of the last wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence, which ended with this weekend’s cease-fire, reminds us why a final resolution to the so-called Middle East crisis is so important. It is vital not just to break this cycle of destruction and injustice, but also to deny the religious extremists in the region who […]
→ read full articleOBAMA: REGIME ROTATION
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed,
28 Jan 2009
The arrival of the Obama administration will not fundamentally alter the course of military expansion accelerated during the Bush era. The origins of these policies do not lie uniquely in neoconservative ideology. While the election of President Obama may offer new opportunities for progressive forces to delimit the damage, their space for movement will ultimately […]
→ read full articleTMS INTERVIEWS JOHAN GALTUNG
TMS Editor,
27 Jan 2009
The following is an interview with Prof. Johan Galtung, founder of TRANSCEND, about his recent visits to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the UK Department for International Development, in London. TMS also asked him about his talk at the All Parties Peace Committee in the UK House of Commons and the European Parliament […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) CRONICA DE UM SUICIDIO ANUNCIADO: O CASO DE ISRAEL
Immanuel Wallerstein,
26 Jan 2009
O Estado de Israel proclamou a sua independência à meia-noite de 15 de Maio de 1948. As Nações Unidas tinham aprovado o estabelecimento de dois estados no território que fora a Palestina sob mandato britânico. A cidade de Jerusalém devia supostamente ser uma zona internacional sob jurisdição da ONU. A resolução da ONU tinha amplo […]
→ read full articlePALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL
Global BDS Movement,
25 Jan 2009
Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which found Israel’s Wall built on occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal; Israel continues its construction of the colonial Wall with total disregard to the Court’s decision. Thirty eight […]
→ read full articleISRAELI SOLDIERS REFUSE TO SERVE IN GAZA – Israel Social TV – Independent Media
TMS Editor,
25 Jan 2009
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→ read full articleHOPING FOR A NONVIOLENCE MOVEMENT IN PALESTINE
Achmad Munjid,
25 Jan 2009
Since I was a small child, I have been taught that the powerless party always deserves “affirmative action” in any unbalanced conflict before a true resolution can be settled. As a Muslim who now lives in the West, I keep trying very hard to understand why the mainstream West always assumes that the much more […]
→ read full articleWAR AGAINST IVORY TRADE TAKES TO THE SEA
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor,
25 Jan 2009
Auction House Agrees to Stop Sale of Whale Tusks After Pressure from Campaigners It’s the "other" ivory. And this week, conservationists in London stepped in to stop its sale. It might not be as well known as the stuff that comes from elephants, but the ivory from the narwhal, the tusked whale of the northern […]
→ read full articleCAPTIVE NATION
Avi Shlaim,
25 Jan 2009
How Gaza Became a Palestinian Prison The only way to make sense of Israel’s senseless war in Gaza is through historical context. Establishing the state of Israel in May 1948 involved a monumental injustice to the Palestinians. British officials bitterly resented American partisanship on behalf of the infant state. On June 2, 1948, Sir John […]
→ read full articleDIALOGUE WITH HAMAS IS ONLY PATH TO PEACE, URGES NOVELIST
Ben Lynfield in Jerusalem,
25 Jan 2009
Israeli writer who lost son in Lebanon accuses his countrymen of ‘cruelty’ David Grossman, the renowned Israeli novelist, issued a pained rebuke to his countrymen over the Gaza invasion yesterday and called for the immediate opening of talks with the militant Hamas movement. Embarking on what he conceded would be a daunting dialogue with Hamas, […]
→ read full articleMISTER OBAMA, YOU FORGET SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR TWO DAUGHTERS…
Michel Collon,
25 Jan 2009
Dear Mister Obama, You have declared about the Gaza conflict: "If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything to stop that, and would expect Israel to do the same thing". Protect your children? I certainly can understand that. But if you want to be […]
→ read full articleEU NATIONS DIVIDED ON TAKING GUANTÁNAMO DETAINEES
Judy Dempsey and Stephen Castle,
25 Jan 2009
BERLIN: For years, Europe has been calling on the United States government to close the Guantánamo detention center that the Bush administration established after 9/11. But now that President Barack Obama actually intends to shut it down, European governments are divided over whether they should accept any of the detainees to help the United States […]
→ read full articleNUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION: A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT IN A DEMOCRATIC WORLD
Dr. Ime A. John,
25 Jan 2009
Nobel Laureates Conference, Paris, December 2008 It gives me great pleasure to address this distinguished assembly of Leaders and Statesmen who have excelled in so many important endeavours to achieve a more peaceful world in which human dignity and security have the highest priority. I also wish to thank the Gorbachev Foundation for its unwavering […]
→ read full articleDEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES – PICTURES PROVE:
Norman G. Finkelstein,
25 Jan 2009
The grandchildren of holocaust survivors from World War II are doing to the Palestinians exactly what was done to them by Nazi Germany.CLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleDEAR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA,
Walid Salem,
25 Jan 2009
Bringing Peace Together (BPT) is a joint Palestinian-Israeli peace group dedicated to bringing real change to the lives of Palestinians and Israelis by contributing to the dialogue and development of a just and lasting peace. As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to escalate while the peace process remains stagnant, it is evident that a renewed commitment […]
→ read full articlePRO-LIFE GROUPS IN AMERICA PROMOTING CONFUSION AND DECEIT
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
25 Jan 2009
In the spiritual sphere of American politics we witness two major groups. We have the self-proclaimed pro-life group, usually known as conservative or extreme right, and the self-styled pro-choice group, normally referred as liberal or extreme left. Unfortunately, both names are inappropriate because they do not reveal the real nature and character of their […]
→ read full articleWHATEVER IT TAKES
Diane Pearlman,
25 Jan 2009
Open Letter to President Obama from Conflict Analysis Professionals for Enduring SecurityDear President Obama, Congratulations on your election. We look forward to working with you to heal our country in every way we can. We are interdisciplinary conflict analysis professionals including psychologists and other social scientists devoted to the study and practice of violence prevention, […]
→ read full articleISRAEL’S CONSPICUOUS SILENCE AFTER THE WAR
Pierre Heumann in Tel Aviv - SPIEGEL,
25 Jan 2009
Israelis do not understand a world that reproaches them for what they have done in the Gaza Strip. They brush aside concerns about civilian casualities and stories about Palestinian suffering are relegated to the back pages. Why is discussion about the war so taboo? The number of dead, wounded and homeless runs into the thousands […]
→ read full articleTHE NUCLEAR PARADOX: THREAT TO GLOBAL SECURITY AND PEACE
Dr. Ime A. John,
14 Jan 2009
Co-President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War–IPPNW, a Nobel Peace Laureate institution Point of Peace Summit – Stavanger, Norway It gives me pleasure to address you at this august gathering of experts, activists, and peacemakers in a Country renowned for honouring and supporting global peace. Our topic — REDEFINING SECURITY: FROM […]
→ read full articleWhy are the American (and Canadian) media so biased in the coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict? A video from The Paradigm Shift
TMS Editor,
14 Jan 2009
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→ read full articleYES GEORGE, YOU SERVED YOUR MASTER WELL
David R. Hoffman - Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru,
14 Jan 2009
Now George it is over. Your Faustian deal gave you eight years of illegal and undeserved power. And did you make the most of it! You stole elections without hesitation, you lied without compunction, you started illegal wars without any consideration for international law, you shredded the Constitution without any respect for the check-and-balance system, […]
→ read full article‘A DANGEROUS LUXURY’ – THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT’S DREAM OF GLOBAL JUSTICE
Thomas Darnstädt, Helene Zuber and Jan Puhl – SPIEGEL online,
14 Jan 2009
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is supposed to bring war criminals to justice, but it has yet to deliver a single verdict. Can international law bring peace to war-torn regions — or does it actually hinder the peace process? Calvin Ocora is afraid whenever he hears a rustling sound in the jungle. At […]
→ read full articleTAKE PART IN THE AJURI OF THE CARACOL IN OUTEIRO
Indymedia - CMI Brasil,
14 Jan 2009
The Zapatista inspired network "Flor da Palavra" ("blossom of words", in a free translation) invites everyone to participate in a "ajuri" (gathering) to build the first "caracol" (snail) of Brasil, in the island of Caratateua (Outeiro), in Belém, Brasil, starting in January 2009. These "snails" are the bases for the organization of autogestion in the […]
→ read full articleFLYING OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
George Monbiot,
14 Jan 2009
How did Marxist class warriors end up fighting for the bosses’ right to fly? It would be stupid to claim that environmentalism is never informed by class. Compare, for example, the campaign against patio heaters to the campaign against Agas. Patio heaters are a powerful symbol: heating the atmosphere is not a side-effect, it’s their […]
→ read full articleCALL ON THE UNITED NATIONS TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR ISRAELI WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Mairead Maguire – Nobel Peace Laureate,
14 Jan 2009
Rally at Belfast City Hall, 9/Jan/09 Dear Friends, Thank you all for coming here today to support the people of Gaza and call for an immediate ceasefire. I join you in sending my deepest sympathy to the families of those killed and injured by the Israeli massacre in Gaza, and to all those Israeli families […]
→ read full articleTHE TIME OF THE RIGHTEOUS
By Gideon Levy – Haaretz.com,
12 Jan 2009
This war, perhaps more than its predecessors, is exposing the true deep veins of Israeli society. Racism and hatred are rearing their heads, as is the impulse for revenge and the thirst for blood. The "inclination of the commander" in the Israel Defense Forces is now "to kill as many as possible," as the military […]
→ read full articleTHE FACTS ABOUT HAMAS AND THE WAR ON GAZA
Norman Finkelstein,
12 Jan 2009
Hamas was signaling that it wanted a diplomatic settlement of the conflict along the June 1967 border. In order to defeat the peace offensive, Israel sought to dismantle Hamas. The blockade was implemented before Hamas came to power. It doesn’t even have anything to do with Hamas. The record is fairly clear. You can find it […]
→ read full articleWHO WILL SAVE ISRAEL FROM ITSELF?
Mark LeVine,
12 Jan 2009
One by one the justifications given by Israel for its latest war in Gaza are unravelling. The argument that this is a purely defensive war, launched only after Hamas broke a six-month ceasefire has been challenged, not just by observers in the know such as Jimmy Carter, the former US president who helped facilitate the […]
→ read full articleUNUSUALLY LARGE U.S. WEAPONS SHIPMENT TO ISRAEL: ARE THE U.S. AND ISRAEL PLANNING A BROADER MIDDLE EAST WAR?
Michel Chossudovsky,
12 Jan 2009
A very large delivery of US weaponry to Israel consisting of 3,000 tons of "ammunition" is scheduled to sail to Israel. The size and nature of the shipments are described as "unusual": "Shipping 3,000-odd tons of ammunition in one go is a lot," one broker said, on condition of anonymity. "This (kind of request) is […]
→ read full articleTMS Interview with Gudrun Kramer
TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2009
Gudrun Kramer is co-director of Vienna’s Institute for Integrative Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding.
→ read full articleISRAEL: BOYCOTT, DIVEST, SANCTION – LOOKOUT
Naomi Klein,
10 Jan 2009
This article appears in the January 26, 2009 edition of The Nation. It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa. In July 2005 a huge coalition of […]
→ read full articleCHAIN OF HUMANITY FOR DIGNITY, EQUALITY AND LIFE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION
Shula Koenig - People's Movement for Human Rights Learning,
10 Jan 2009
In our fast moving tumultuous lives there are moments of unexpected transcendence that liberate us and give us real, meaningful hope. Recognizing and capturing these magical moments move us to reinvent our lives as one vibrant link in the chain of humanity’s expectations for dignity, equality and life without discrimination. As we gain this insight […]
→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE SUPPORTS CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR ISRAELI WAR CRIMES
TMS Editor (Press Release),
10 Jan 2009
JANUARY 4, 2009 – Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire has today written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and to Father Miguel D’Escoto, President of the UN General Assembly, adding her voice to the many calls from international jurists, human rights organizations and individuals for the UN General Assembly to seriously consider establishing an International […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) 0729 – BOICOTE OS PRODUTOS DE ISRAEL
Altamiro Borges,
10 Jan 2009
Durante a longa e heróica resistência ao apartheid, os lutadores anti-racistas da África do Sul contaram com uma inestimável solidariedade internacionalista. Além dos crescentes e massivos protestos de rua, um movimento mundial de boicote às multinacionais daquele país, que sempre lucraram com o segregacionismo, contribuiu decisivamente para isolar os racistas. Agora, diante da barbárie promovida […]
→ read full articleISRAEL AND GAZA: RHETORIC AND REALITY
Avi Shlaim,
9 Jan 2009
The historical record of Israel’s dealings with Gaza sheds light on its strategic aims in the current conflict there, says Avi Shlaim. The only way to make sense of Israel’s senseless war in Gaza is through understanding the historical context. The establishment of the state of Israel in May 1948 involved a monumental injustice to […]
→ read full articleWAR AND NATURAL GAS: THE ISRAELI INVASION AND GAZA’S OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS
Michel Chossudovsky,
9 Jan 2009
The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves. This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline. British Gas (BG Group) and its partner, the Athens based Consolidated Contractors International […]
→ read full articleTHE MARTYRS OF AMRITSAR
Andrew Buncombe,
9 Jan 2009
After 90 years and a long campaign, the victims of a British atrocity in a holy city are being recognised as martyrs and freedom fighters by the Indian government On a sweltering afternoon 90 years ago in April, a squad of Gurkha and Baluchi troops under the command of British officers marched into an enclosed […]
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